Everyone came to their senses and looked down hurriedly, but all they saw was a vast expanse of space. Where was anyone?

"Master Jijiu, this..." Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

"What are you still standing there for?" Li Yuebai scolded, "Go down and look for her quickly, but be sure to protect yourself."

"Yes!" After receiving the order, everyone made a move and flew down.

Li Yuebai remained suspended in the same place, not joining the others in the search.

Before long, Wan Guangliu had returned. Seeing that only the chief priest was left in the empty room, he was shocked and asked, "What happened? Where is Ji Yao?"

"...Host, are you so unlucky?" The system was confused by this sudden turn of events: "Now it's good, Wan Guangliu must want to tear you apart."

Ji Yao disappeared after being away for only a short while. Even if Wan Guangliu did not suspect that the Lord Jijiu had intentionally harmed Ji Yao, he would have believed that the Lord Jijiu had failed to take good care of Ji Yao and had not fulfilled his responsibilities.

"Your wife..." Li Yuebai calmed himself down and explained what had just happened in the simplest terms.

Wan Guangliu didn't bother to cause trouble for him at this moment and rushed downstairs in a hurry.

Li Yuebai followed quietly.

Everyone searched everywhere on the ground, but couldn't find Ji Yao at all.

"What's going on? What's going on? What's going on?" The system began to mutter in panic.

“Stay calm.”

"How can you stay calm, host?" The system said sadly, "Don't you think something big has happened? There must be something wrong with Ji Yao!"

"Do you think she disappeared on purpose?" Li Yuebai asked.

"That must be it." The system said, "She first tried to get Master Wan Feng away, and then disappeared on purpose, so as to frame you and make Master Wan Feng suspicious and angry with you."

"There's no need to be so sure. The place is filled with thick fog and demonic spirits everywhere. Maybe she was attacked by a monster. We don't know for sure." Li Yuebai said.

"...Your words don't count." The system complained, "What if Master Wanfeng comes to trouble you later?"

Sure enough, Wan Guangliu couldn't find Ji Yao and began to question the other monks harshly. Those monks naturally knew nothing about it. Ji Yao was at the end of the team at that time, and no one saw clearly how she disappeared.

Wan Guangliu couldn't get any information out of his question, and became even angrier. He had already turned his attention to Li Yuebai.

"Forget it. I am too lazy to deal with him." Li Yuebai sighed, "System, help me search for Ji Yao's location."

"Host, do you think it's so easy to search for her?" The system complained: "Although I am omniscient and omnipotent..."

"But searching takes time, right?" Li Yuebai said, "Then let's do it according to your assumption. She might be hiding on purpose, escaping on purpose, so we should look for her in the direction where she can escape most easily..."

"Yes." The system quietly started the search.

"Master Jijiu." Wan Guangliu had already walked over here with a gloomy face: "What's going on?"

"..." Li Yuebai knew that whatever he said at this moment would provoke the other party's anger, so he simply did not answer.

"What does this mean, Master Jijiu?"

"Master Wanfeng, don't worry." Li Yuebai said calmly, "We will find it."

"Hmm?" Wan Guangliu frowned, feeling very suspicious about the motionless way that the Lord Jijiu was looking for someone.

The system worked quickly and found the correct location.

"Got it." Li Yuebai's eyes widened suddenly: "Southeast direction, go outside!"

When everyone heard his order, they were all cheered up and hurriedly followed with swords in hand.

Sure enough, after chasing for a while, a hurried figure was seen in the deep fog. It was Ji Yao.

In order to make it easier to escape, she put on a black cloak, covering her bright red dress, and she was almost unrecognizable in the thick mist.

"Madam, please stay!" a monk shouted hurriedly, "We are here to look for you!"

Hearing the shout, Ji Yao shuddered noticeably.

However, she did not look back, but ran forward at a faster speed.

Li Yuebai breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this scene, Wan Guangliu would never blame himself no matter what.

It is obvious that Ji Yao intends to escape now.

"Yao'er, what's wrong? Come back soon!" Wan Guangliu also frowned and shouted.

Seeing that it was difficult to escape, Ji Yao simply turned around and faced everyone proudly.

She held a sharp knife in her hand, which gleamed silver in the dark smoke. At this moment, the tip of the knife was pointing at her throat.

"Don't come over here, all of you, don't come over here!" Ji Yao shouted angrily, his voice much sharper than usual.

"Yao'er, stop making trouble. Let's talk nicely. What do you want?" Wan Guangliu was confused and worried, and shouted hurriedly.

"What do I want?" Ji Yao sneered, "I just want to leave this dirty and filthy place far away and never come back!"

"So, it turns out that you escaped on purpose." Wan Guangliu sighed.

"Yes, I want to escape. As for why I want to escape, you should ask the chief priest next to my husband!" Ji Yao was no longer willing to maintain her usual noble lady demeanor, and her expression became a little crazy.

“…”

"Master Jijiu established a false immortal master and put my family in jail." Ji Yao said sadly: "Why can't I hate him? Since I can't kill him, I can only run away!"

"But... Madam can't escape now." a monk said angrily.

"Mu Qingning, you are indeed insidious and cunning, and you have planned everything." Ji Yao gritted her teeth, her face full of hatred: "My actions just now were clearly flawless, and you couldn't possibly chase me here! How...what kind of evil technique did you use to find me?"

Li Yuebai was speechless. Indeed, in such a dark fog, it was harder than climbing to the sky to find a person who deliberately escaped. If he hadn't used the system's search function, he would never have found Ji Yao.

"But it doesn't matter. Everything in the world flows away like the river." Ji Yao showed a crazy smile: "Now that things have come to this, I will either die or fight you to the death!"

When the monks heard her wild words, they all became nervous and held their swords in front of them, ready to fight.

Wan Guangliu, however, did not make a move. His face was gloomy and he did not move.

Ji Yao held a knife against his throat in one hand and pointed a sword at everyone in the other.

Her meaning was very clear - she would rather die here than be captured and taken back to Kunlun.

"Although it's inhumane to say this, I am a system, not a human like you." The system whispered, "Host, the system gives you a suggestion - if you let Ji Yao die here, a lot of troubles can be saved in the future, and it will be over once and for all."

It was no use for Li Yuebai. The wet, gloomy black mist rolled up his sleeves and the corners of his clothes, fluttering and flying.

"Master Jijiu." Wan Guangliu turned around suddenly and faced Li Yuebai: "I have never asked anyone for anything in my life, but today, I have to ask you for something."

"Oh?" Li Yuebai smiled bitterly. He had already guessed what Wan Guangliu wanted.

"Yao'er... although she has no attachment to me, I still love her." Wan Guangliu gritted his teeth and said, "I really can't let her go."

Although the monks present were extremely nervous and ready to fight at any time, they were also shocked when they heard Wan Guangliu's words, thinking: "So Master Wan Feng has come to this day, the rumors are indeed true..."

Wan Guangliu was used to being arrogant and domineering on weekdays, and this time he showed his true feelings, which really made everyone feel mixed emotions.

"Yao'er's father and brother have been executed, and she... is all alone and helpless with no one to take care of her." Wan Guangliu spoke each word with great difficulty: "Although she was disrespectful to you, she did not do anything to harm Kunlun after all, so... for my sake, please, Master Jijiu... let her go."

"Let her go? Not catch her back?" Li Yuebai asked curiously, "If I let her go, then Master Wanfeng and her will never see each other again, right?"

"Since she doesn't want to stay in Kunlun, meeting her will only add to her pain." Wan Guangliu said slowly.

His face looked bad, but every word he said was sincere and touching.

"Don't listen to him." The system said, "He's just a self-indulgent lover."

"System, do you also understand feelings?" Li Yuebai smiled.

"It cannot be felt, but it can be simulated digitally." The system replied: "In short, emotions are something that makes you humans fragile and stupid. They are useless."

"Yeah, it's useless." Li Yuebai smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Seeing that he was taking no time to respond, Wan Guangliu lifted the hem of his robe, knelt on one knee and bowed.

The world of immortal cultivation is not as cumbersome as the ancient world of the human world. Even if you meet the immortal master, you may not need to perform formalities. Not to mention that Wan Guangliu is a master of swordsmanship and has made great achievements in battle. He is usually arrogant and looks down on others...

Everyone can see the weight of this kneeling.

"It appears, moral kidnapping!" The system complained: "I have seen this term in your human database, but this is the first time I have seen it in person..."

"Master Wan Feng, why are you doing this?" Li Yuebai panicked and hurried forward to help the man up: "I really can't accept this courtesy..."

Wan Guangliu said nothing more, but just looked at Li Yuebai stubbornly.

Li Yuebai avoided his gaze and looked at Ji Yao in the distance.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "I have made a promise before."

"Promise? What promise?" The monks were puzzled.

"I once promised an old man that I would keep Ji Yao safe and healthy." Li Yuebai said slowly, "Now, even though Ji Yao hates me to the core, avoids Kunlun as much as possible, and faces swords with all of them...but the promise must be kept."

The world of cultivating immortals advocates gentlemanly demeanor and keeping promises, which is a must. Violating this will surely lead to being despised.

"Let her go." Li Yuebai nodded.

"But……"

"Let her go!" Li Yuebai said.

"..." Ji Yao shuddered, and the tip of the knife in her hand drew a little blood on her neck, which was frighteningly red. She bit her lips tightly and widened her eyes. She never thought that the Lord Jijiu would let her go so easily.

Everyone put down their swords, each with their own thoughts.

Ji Yao didn't have time to think about it, turned around abruptly, and disappeared into the thick fog.