Seeing Ning Yuyao's departing figure, Ning Zhaoyun's face turned extremely gloomy before he went over to help Ning Xiao, who had fallen to the ground.
"Cough cough cough!" Ning Xiao's face was still deathly pale: "Zhao Yun, is what you just said true?"
Ning Zhaoyun nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then whispered, "Father, we must not tell anyone about the young palace master! After all, Ning Yuyao is still my niece, she wouldn't kill us... But if we offend the young palace master, we will surely die!"
Ning Xiao nodded in lingering fear, and said regretfully, "It's all my fault. If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have had these wicked thoughts. Are you and Ning Yuyao really that different?"
Ning Zhaoyun lowered his head, reluctantly but helplessly nodding: "The gap between the immortal-grade innate talents of the Guanghan Palace and others will only widen in the future! How hateful! How hateful!"
...
In the evening, a carriage was traveling slowly through the secluded forest in the mountains. At a certain moment, two young men appeared in front of it and blocked its way. Ning Zhaoyun, who was in the carriage, quickly got off to meet them.
"Young Palace Master! What brings you here!"
One of the handsome men, dressed in luxurious clothes, narrowed his eyes and looked at Ning Zhaoyun: "I heard that Ning Yuyao has come out of seclusion, and it seems she knows about that kid?"
"this……"
Ning Zhaoyun's face was extremely ugly; he hadn't expected the other party to find out so quickly.
Behind them, the middle-aged man shakily stepped down from the carriage, looking dejected as he said to Gu Yantang, "Young Palace Master! I don't know where Ning Yuyao got the information, but she found out that I hired someone to attack that kid. If Zhao Yun hadn't returned in time, she would have almost beaten me to death today!"
Gu Yantang's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and finally he said, "Ning Yuyao...she didn't ask you anything, did she?"
At this moment, Ning Zhaoyun quickly interjected, "We asked! She seems to have guessed that someone was giving instructions behind the scenes, but we didn't say anything!"
"You really didn't say anything?"
“It’s true!” Ning Xiao said, “We know that even if we told them, we wouldn’t survive! If we didn’t tell them, we might be able to live out of consideration for our family ties, which is why we’ve stuck to our guns and haven’t given in!”
Gu Yantang's brows relaxed: "Not bad, not bad! You guys aren't stupid after all!"
"However... we've offended Ning Yuyao, so we're afraid we can't stay in Yunzhou any longer. We're thinking of going to Hanxuan City to take a flying boat and leave..."
Ning Zhaoyun sighed and said, "Now that Ning Yuyao is focused on finding that kid, we have a chance to escape Lin Yuan City!"
Gu Yantang gave them a deep look and nodded, saying, "Indeed... the farther you escape, the better! Don't let Ning Yuyao find you again!"
As he spoke, he took out a small bag: "This is a top-grade spirit stone. Consider it a reward for keeping your mouth shut this time. Take good care of yourself from now on!"
"Top-grade spirit stone!"
Ning Zhaoyun was overjoyed. He hadn't expected Gu Yantang to be so generous, giving away top-grade spirit stones so readily!
"Thank you, Young Palace Master! Thank you, Young Palace Master!"
"Okay! You guys should go now!"
After saying that, he waved his sleeve, summoned a small carriage that was floating in the air, and jumped onto it.
The carriage took off and flew forward.
Another man standing not far away also leaped after him.
He was actually a cultivator at the Soul Control Realm or higher!
Seeing such a wondrous thing unfold before his eyes, Ning Xiao sighed, "The difference between immortals and mortals is greater than the heavens! This journey may be one of never returning!"
"Zhao Yun! What is that top-grade spirit stone that the young palace master gave you? Is it very rare?"
"It's nothing special considering his background, but it's extremely rare for ordinary cultivators! It's worth over a thousand spirit stones. I've only managed to save a few hundred spirit stones in all these years at Huayin Palace!"
As he spoke, he opened the small bag.
A dazzling red light emanated from it.
"As expected of a top-grade spirit stone, it's so imposing... Hmm?"
However, the radiance of that "top-grade spirit stone" grew brighter and brighter!
at last……
"boom!"
A tremendous explosion rang out, engulfing the area within a radius of dozens of meters in flames. Trees and weeds in the area were all reduced to nothingness in the blast...
A moment later, the smoke and dust dissipated, leaving only a pit about one meter deep, and Ning Xiao and Ning Zhaoyun could no longer be seen.
...
Looking towards the distant horizon, Gu Yantang glanced back at the explosion site, his expression still uneasy.
"The assassins' souls were scattered, how could anyone still track them down! These two idiots must have given themselves away... They even tried to escape in front of me? Utterly foolish!"
"I'm so angry! That kid was thrown into the abyss, how could he still be alive? Now not only did we not kill him, we've also gotten ourselves into a lot of trouble. What bad luck!"
"I just hope those two idiots have some self-awareness and haven't leaked the news to Ning Yuyao..."
At this moment, another man riding the wind beside him said, "Ning Yuyao has already emerged from seclusion. Why doesn't the young palace master go and test her attitude? That way, he'll know whether she's investigated you or not!"
"Ning Yuyao is angry right now. Going there rashly will only increase suspicion... Let's wait until things calm down a bit!"
However, the two were unaware that several miles behind them, a woman dressed in a dark blue palace dress stood suspended in mid-air, watching them fly away with an icy expression.
...
There are two sides to the story.
The vast mountain range, the secluded valley.
Within the Azure Vein Secret Realm.
Four months later, Shen Yunhao's body, which was sitting cross-legged, was covered with silver-black light patterns.
Until a certain moment, all these light patterns merged into Shen Yunhao's body, condensing into a silver shell.
Shen Yunhao suddenly stood up and struck a very arrogant pose!
"Iron Bone Realm! I finally succeeded!"
As the light patterns on his body slowly dissipated, Shen Yunhao threw a punch, and a faint gust of wind could be heard.
"I feel like I could kill a bull with one punch right now!"
From a mortal's perspective, cultivators at the Iron Bone Realm are already comparable to grandmasters who have cultivated their martial arts skills for over a decade.
Shen Yunhao, if we don't count the previous Qi Refining period, only spent less than a year.
However, before he could even begin to feel smug, a tiny foot loomed large in front of him and then slapped him across the face with a loud "smack."
"Holy crap! Who! Who attacked me?!"
"Iron Bone Realm..." The girl in the purple dress had appeared behind them at some point, a hint of surprise hidden deep in her eyes.
Four months... and that stinky older brother actually succeeded!
She had absorbed both elemental powers to perfection at the same time, something she had never mentioned in all her years of life!
"Not bad... But, you brat, isn't it a bit too arrogant of you to let me out now?"
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