Just a moment ago, Shi Mingxiu was moved by the pills Shi Xuan had laid out for him. But when he turned around, he saw Shi Xuan leading Lin Daozi and Lu Shenzhi away like bandits, as if they were going back to Fuyu Peak to divide the spoils. Shi Mingxiu felt heartbroken again...
So, the people from Fuyufeng treated him like a target for robbery, intending to fleece him and then go home to divide the spoils?
In the blink of an eye, the three of them flew away on their swords, leaving Shi Mingxiu alone watching their departing figures. He felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it...
Lu Wenxing, He Weiqing, and Tang Nong had been waiting on the way. When they saw their master returning with their senior brother and junior sister, they immediately went to greet them. The entire Fuyu Peak team returned in a grand procession.
The disciples who saw it along the way couldn't help but marvel that although Fuyu Peak had the fewest people, it had never lost in terms of momentum.
Back at Fuyu Peak, Lu Wenxing was determined to seize the opportunity to boast to his junior sister, whom he hadn't seen for over a year, about his remarkable achievements during that time: his rapid increase in cultivation, his outstanding performance in the secret realm, and the difficulties he had helped the sect's new disciples overcome...
"Junior Sister, you've finally come out! Your senior brother has been waiting for you to come out so I can tell you about our trip to the Crescent Moon Secret Realm!"
Shi Xuan didn't want to hear him talk about the secret realm, but Lu Wenxing was in high spirits and they hadn't seen each other for over a year. Shi Xuan sighed inwardly and thought to himself, "Let him talk for a quarter of an hour."
So Shi Xuan looked at Lu Wenxing, waiting for him to speak.
This really got Lu Wenxing excited. He spoke even more animatedly, spitting as he spoke.
"Junior Sister, let me tell you, Senior Brother is absolutely unique in the New Moon Secret Realm! He's stealing the show!"
Shi Xuan nodded in agreement: "Second Senior Brother is always unique, no matter when or where."
"Right? Haha!" Lu Wenxing laughed heartily, "Junior Sister, I knew you had good taste!"
After emerging from seclusion, the junior sister appeared even more kind and approachable, and showed him great patience.
"In the Crescent Moon Secret Realm, we entered a treasure hall, where we were all trapped. The situation was extremely critical! Just when everyone was at a loss, your second senior brother stepped forward and broke the deadlock!"
"Oh?" At this point, Shi Xuan actually became a little interested. A group of people were waiting for her second senior brother to break the deadlock and rescue them. This situation sounded so strange...
"Second Brother, tell me in detail how you managed to rescue everyone?"
Speaking of this, Lu Wenxing immediately perked up. He had talked about this with He Weiqing many times before, and now he could recite it with ease.
He Weiqing was not good with words. He looked at Lu Wenxing, then at Shi Xuan, and frowned slightly. He was tired of hearing this passage. He wanted to go out for a walk for a while.
But my junior sister just came out of seclusion... Oh well, I've heard it so many times already, one more time won't make a difference...
Lu Wenxing said with great enthusiasm: "At that time, everyone was lost and trapped in a maze. Every path was a dead end, and they were almost in tears!"
Shi Xuan raised an eyebrow. Just because they're trapped, these cultivators are crying? Are they even cultivators? They're probably just some country bumpkin from next door…
Lu Wenxing didn't care about any of that; he was in the middle of a great time.
"Back then, your second senior brother was the one who broke this deadlock!" He said, swinging his arm and gesturing as he spoke, "I just smashed it with my sword, directly breaking through that maze! Guess what? It wasn't a maze at all, but an illusion array!"
Shi Xuan was genuinely surprised this time, as illusion arrays are not something that can be broken by sheer luck.
Among so many people, the possibility that only Lu Wenxing could break the illusion array with a single sword strike is extremely small.
"How did Second Senior Brother find the right spot to unleash that sword strike?"
"That's where my skill lies!" Lu Wenxing's eyebrows practically flew to the sky. "I saw something they couldn't! A special pattern appeared on the wall next to me! It was that annoying big eyeball, you remember? That damn 'New Life' organization's' big eyeball, that big eyeball was still moving, trying to lure me into a passage. Did I think I'd fall for that? I immediately smashed it with my sword, shattering that big eyeball to pieces! And then the illusion array broke!"
Lu Wenxing had obviously recounted his great achievements countless times, and now he spoke of them with great fluency and ease.
Shi Xuan's lips twitched. The [New Life] totem, visible only to him, was guiding him in a certain direction. He broke the totem's illusion array, and it shattered... All of this was rather unusual. Perhaps only a thick-skinned guy like her second senior brother wouldn't notice the strangeness of this situation...
Shi Xuan turned slightly and glanced at Lu Shenzhi beside her.
Clearly, Lu Shenzhi had already heard about Lu Wenxing's remarkable achievements. He immediately understood Shi Xuan's meaning, shook his head at Shi Xuan, and said, "The sect has already sent people to investigate that secret realm, but they found nothing else."
That's what Lu Shenzhi said, but they knew that Lu Wenxing was somewhat different; he was a half-demon.
His half-demon status seems to have intricate connections with Xin Yao's demonic experiences recorded in the "New Life" book.
This time, in a trapped illusion, a totem was revealed that only he could see. If it were an ordinary person, even if driven by curiosity, they would probably follow the direction of the totem to see what was in the place that led them there.
But they probably didn't expect Lu Wenxing to be such a hothead. He didn't care about clues or whether he was curious or not, and just went up and beat him up.
Shi Xuan guessed that the illusion array might not have been broken by Lu Wenxing, but rather prepared specifically for him. Seeing that Lu Wenxing wouldn't take the bait, he had no choice but to retract his attack himself…
As for Lu Wenxing, he'll probably boast about his "single-handedly breaking the illusion array" feat for years. Shi Xuan coughed lightly and decided to let it go and not talk to him about it. It wouldn't hurt to let him continue to be happy.
“I think it’s necessary for us to go to that Crescent Moon Secret Realm again,” Shi Xuan said.
Since they want to lure Lu Wenxing over, they must have something to ask him. Could it be that they want to recognize their kinship, to return to their roots, and then avenge Xin Yao?
They seem unaware that the secret of the tree heart has been cracked, but they should know by now, since Shi Mingxiu has already made a large-scale announcement about their actions, which has been publicized to all sects and cities in the western region of Qian Yuan.
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