Jing Yangyu thought that Yan Chunhui was asking him to let her leave the Dilute Spirit Pool faster. Jing Yangyu knew that Yan Chunhui was most afraid of loneliness. Now that the Ling Mansion was being restored, it was only natural for her to not want to stay in this forbidden place.

However, he didnt expect Yan Chunhui to be so hesitant and coquettish, not because of leaving the Dilute Spirit Pool, but because of Junior Brother Yuchen.

The disciple from the outer gate at the foot of the mountain? If Yan Chunhui hadnt mentioned it, Jing Yangyu would have forgotten about that person.

Yan Chunhui nodded, Yes, I accepted his fish to return a favor to him, to ease his troubled heart.

This kind of explanation actually suited Yan Chunhuis temperament. After all, she used to believe that if someone did her a favor, she needed to return ten in return.

But Jing Yangyu didnt know that this time Yan Chunhui had her own ulterior motives. If she truly wanted to raise spirit pets, there were many ready-made options within the sect for her to choose from.

The pair of Yin and Yang fish was truly not pleasing to the eye. Her return of the favor was simply to assist Yin Yuchen.

She didnt dare to directly tell Senior Brother, as he had already put in too much effort for her sake. Yan Chunhui meddling in others affairs would be ungrateful.

What do you want to give him in return? Jing Yangyu asked, I can have someone deliver it for you.

Jing Yangyu paused and continued, He does have a simple and honest nature. Previously, due to the matter of the Yin and Yang fish, the outer gate disciples teamed up to bully him. When it came to handling the matter, he was asked to decide whether to cripple the cultivation of those disciples and send them away, or let them stay at the outer gate to do menial tasks.

Jing Yangyu said, Youchen mentioned that he didnt hold a grudge, nor did he instruct the outer gate disciples to drive those people away.

Youchen was Jing Yangyus junior disciple, not very high in cultivation but extremely steady in character.

He was highly respected within the sect, second only to Jing Yangyu. Later, he became the chief disciple of the Punishment Hall, and he assisted Jing Yangyu in matters related to disciplining inner disciples.

When Youchen heard that Jing Yangyu was dealing with an outer gate disciple and two fish, he was quite surprised. However, being a person of integrity, since the matter had come to light, it was an opportunity to thoroughly investigate and eliminate the secret consumption of intelligent beings by both inner and outer disciples.

The chief disciple of the Punishment Hall personally informed the outer gate supervisor. The outer gate assumed that someone from the inner sect was supporting Yin Yuchen, which surprised them. How to handle those few disciples naturally fell on Yin Yuchen to decide.

Yin Yuchen handled it gracefully, not only mending the relationships among the outer gate disciples but also making it easier for the supervisor. Youchen, an inner disciple, was satisfied with his decision, showing his understanding and tact. Naturally, he reported back to Jing Yangyu.

Youchen was unaware of the relationship between Jing Yangyu and Yin Yuchen. When reporting back, he even added an unprecedented comment, This child has a gentle temperament, leaving Jing Yangyu with a rather favorable impression.

Upon hearing Yan Chuns words, he immediately smiled, To receive a compliment from Senior Brother Youchen, one of the few in the entire sect.

I have already prepared my gift in return. Just have a junior disciple deliver it to Senior Brother, Yan Chun said, reaching into his storage bag and pulling out a neatly folded pure white gauze ribbon.

What is this... Yan Chun began to explain, but Jing Yangyu interrupted, Jiao gauze.

Jing Yangyu furrowed his brows slightly, If Im not mistaken, this is the robe that Elder Fu refined for you. You actually destroyed the robe?

No, no! Yan Chun hurriedly explained, I just tore off a piece from an area with less dense runes, it doesnt affect it, really!

Senior Brother saw it last time. His eyes are afflicted and cannot withstand direct sunlight. In a few days, it will be the sects grand competition. The Four Symbols masks are prone to falling off during fights. If it falls off halfway through a match, it will lead to a loss. He has a strong desire to win, if he truly loses because of this, it might become a mental demon for him.

Yan Chun also worried that outer sect disciples might target the weakness of Yin Yuchan, who couldnt bear bright light, by attacking his mask. The protective runes on this gauze were crafted by Fu Tianlan and Yan Gaohan, making it difficult for outer sect disciples to break through.

Yan Chun had been secretly observing Yin Yuchans cultivation for many days, spending nights with him, so she naturally didnt notice the familiarity in her tone at the moment.

How can he with such cultivation participate in the sects grand competition? Moreover, how did Junior Sister know he was going to participate? Jing Yangyu knew from their last encounter that his cultivation was only at the early stage of the Illusory Realm.

The gap between realms for cultivators is vast, and in Jing Yangyus eyes at the mid-stage of Transcendence Realm, Yin Yuchans cultivation seemed almost nonexistent.

Ah... he mentioned it to me last time. Yan Chun rarely lied in front of Jing Yangyu because she could confide almost anything to him, even things she couldnt tell her parents.

Jing Yangyu looked at Yan Chun and felt that she was still innocent. She could easily become so familiar with others, yet he didnt realize she was lying.

But wasnt it Yan Chuns purity and straightforwardness that Jing Yangyu was willing to go against the right path with the two venerables to preserve?

Alright, Jing Yangyu checked the gauze again and confirmed that the runes on it indeed didnt affect the robe, so he accepted it.

However, when he took it in his hand, he found that there was something else wrapped in the Jiao silk. With his cultivation level, a glance down was enough to see that it was a small bottle.

Ah, this is some medicine for injuries! Yanchun said, He got injured last time...

If Yanchun wasnt soaking in the water, he would have broken out in a sweat by now. Indeed, inside the bottle was medicine for injuries, but mixed within the medicine was a top-grade breakthrough pill.

Although Jiao silk was woven by the Jiao people using incredibly tough hair, it was already considered a high-quality material for refining clothes that ordinary cultivators in the cultivation world could only dream of. Logically, as a gift, this small piece was already valuable enough, especially since it also had effective runes inscribed on it.

But what Yanchun really wanted to give was the breakthrough pill hidden inside the Jiao silk, concealed within the medicine for injuries.

That was the thing that could truly help Yin Yucheng at the moment.

He needed to advance a bit more in his cultivation to better draw in spiritual energy and have a chance at a life-or-death battle.

However, the breakthrough pill Yanchun gave was not the low-grade ones the disciples could get from the medicine hall, it was personally refined by Jing Yangyu, a top-grade breakthrough pill that he would bond with her as Dao companions once she advanced.

Yanchun naturally knew how good this item was, but she didnt need it now and didnt know when she would use it. Besides, her mother had plenty of top-grade pills, so it wasnt that rare.

She couldnt leave the Cleansing Spirit Pool now to get other breakthrough pills for Yin Yucheng, and asking Jing Yangyu to do so would be too much. So, she secretly mixed the breakthrough pill in the Jiao silk.

She anticipated that Senior Brothers temperament; if she said it was medicine for injuries, he wouldnt use any spells to check further.

However, Yanchun didnt expect that when Jing Yangyu refined this breakthrough pill, he sealed some of his own consciousness in it to ensure her safe advancement. Once the pill was used, it would immediately trigger his spiritual consciousness.

Yanchun thought her secret plan was clever.

Sure enough, when Jing Yangyu heard it was medicine for injuries, he didnt investigate further and said, I will have someone deliver it to him.

Yanchun nodded, then acted coquettishly towards Jing Yangyu, hugging his waist and playing around for a while before Jing Yangyu left the Cleansing Spirit Pool.

He only felt that what he was doing was right when he came to the pool every day to bond with his junior sister, who was indeed getting better day by day and showing the same affection towards him as before.

Everything would return to how it was eleven years ago. Jing Yangyu left the Cleansing Spirit Pool, casually had a junior disciple deliver the gift to the outer disciple, clenched his fists, stood in a side room in his courtyard, took a few deep breaths, and then walked in.

Inside, the person was lying on the bed in agony, coughing up blood, her face extremely pale, looking like a ghost.

Even though Jing Yangyu had mentally prepared himself, seeing a face so similar to his junior sisters in such a weak and painful state still startled him.

He quickly approached, grabbed the womans wrist through his sleeve, and infused spiritual energy to smooth out the cracks in her spiritual palace and meridians.

The woman let out a sigh of relief, then reached out and grabbed Jing Yangyus hand weakly, smiled faintly, tears shimmering in her eyes, and blood still at the corner of her mouth.

She spoke, and her voice surprisingly resembled Yanchuns by about forty to fifty percent.

She said, Senior Brother, have you gone to see your junior sister?

Jing Yangyus eyelashes fluttered, and she weakly fell back onto the bed, saying with a pained expression, Dont worry, Senior Brother should have seen it too, shes recovering well, isnt she?

The pain of a shattered Ling Mansion is truly unbearable, she said, No wonder you care for her so much, going to such lengths for her...

Mo Qiulu.

Jing Yangyus tone remained unchanged, just softly calling out her name. There was no hint of threat or coldness in her voice, yet Mo Qiulu lying on the bed shuddered all over.

After a moment, she opened her eyes again, weakly and ingratiatingly smiling, saying, Senior Brother, dont be angry, I wont mention her again...

She knew that with such a smile, resembling An Chuns features, she could evoke a similar response, which was enough to move Jing Yangyu.

Indeed, Jing Yangyu remained silent, sitting cross-legged on a stool beside the bed, continuously channeling spiritual power into her hand.

Senior Brother... Mo Qiulu murmured Jing Yangyus name, her eyes filled with the same infatuation and admiration as An Chuns.

No one could help but admire such a man, gentle yet powerful, exceptionally talented, and so handsome and charming. Despite his usual cold demeanor and icy temperament, he possessed a pair of deeply affectionate peach blossom eyes...

How could such a great man not belong to her? Nourished by spiritual power, once this thought took root in Mo Qiulus mind, it became uncontrollable.

She thought, she wanted everything.

Even as a proud woman of the heavens, wasnt she still relying on him to survive?

Mo Qiulu touched the silver jade necklace around her neck, a flash of golden light swiftly passing by.

She covered it with her hand, thinking that when Heng Jue Shuangzun found the herbs to completely stabilize their souls, then... well.

An Chun was soaking in the Cleansing Spirit Pool, playing with the Yin Yang Fish, when suddenly the necklace on her neck flashed silver light, surrounded by a silver spiritual aura. She exclaimed softly, lowered her head, and suddenly felt dizzy.

She fell straight into the pool, sinking to the bottom.

The Yin Yang Fish circled around her, not knowing how she could still breathe in this spiritual pool, fearing she would drown. They struggled hard to lift her unconscious body from the bottom of the pool to the surface, with her mouth and nose above the water.

Meanwhile, An Chuns spirit had left her body again, and she soon realized that the spiritual wind of Longya Mountain seemed to blow in only one direction, as she found herself outside Yin Yuchens cave once more.

An Chun floated at the entrance of the cave, scratching her head. She knew she couldnt blame the wind for always bringing her here; she did have some interest in this junior brother Yuchen.

Perhaps it was because they had such a pleasant conversation before, or maybe because the Yin Yang Fish was too entertaining.

An Chun sighed and drifted into the cave.

However, upon entering, she found it pitch black inside, and to her surprise, Yin Yuchen was not there tonight!

How could he not be there!

Didnt that mean she had come for nothing!