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"Has something happened to Young Master?"

Yunjin's little face turned pale, looking at Yuyan with some fear.

At the same time, Yuyan noticed the young girl trembling beside her. She immediately realized her loss of composure earlier and quickly withdrew her aura and pressure.

"It's nothing, this isn't your fault."

"Yunjin, thank you for delivering this letter"

Yuyan comforted her earnestly.

Meanwhile, she seemed to think of something and looked down at the crumpled paper ball she had thrown at her feet. Finally, Yuyan took a deep breath, bent down to pick up the paper, and then unfolded the crumpled letter to read it again, checking if she had missed any important clues.

"Northern Luo Snow Mountain..."

"Teleportation array... cultist headquarters..."

Yuyan's cold eyes quickly searched for keywords.

Suddenly, she remembered the cultist footprints she had discovered on Northern Luo Snow Mountain last night!

It was highly likely that Yino had also found clues there last night, then followed them all the way, accidentally stumbling upon the Full Moon Sect's hidden teleportation point near Northern Luo Snow Mountain!

"Um..."

At some point, Yunjin cautiously spoke up again.

Yuyan looked down and saw the latter pointing her small finger at the bottom of the letter—

"Senior Sister, there seems to be a small string of writing at the bottom of this letter too," Yunjin said sheepishly.

"?"

Yuyan furrowed her brows and quickly moved her gaze downward.

At the bottom of the letter, which Yuyan had already crumpled, there was a small cartoon image of a black-haired boy.

Yuyan raised an eyebrow, spread the letter on the long table, and smoothed it out with her hand.

She saw a small figure clinging to the bottom of the letter, smiling and pointing behind him—

"?"

Yuyan was really getting a headache from Yino's outrageous creativity.

She couldn't understand why Yino, who had already infiltrated the dangerous Full Moon Sect headquarters, didn't immediately crush the jade pendant to call for her help. Instead, he had the leisure to write her a letter, and not only that, but the letter wasn't all text. He even included two smiling cartoon characters to tease her!

"The little thing Young Master drew seems to be pointing behind him, but there's no text behind the cartoonish person... I think he means for us to turn the envelope over?" Yunjin said, unable to hold back.

Upon hearing this, Yuyan who had been racking her brains trying to solve the riddle, suddenly had her lips twitch as she realized.

For some reason, Yuyan felt her fists clench again, feeling a sense of humiliation as if her intelligence had been severely insulted.

She had stared at the little figure for a long time, thinking it was some kind of distress signal code, but it turned out the meaning of pointing behind was for Yuyan to flip it over!

"..."

She took a deep breath and turned the crumpled envelope over.

On the back of the envelope, she saw another cute cartoon character.

This time, the miniature version of Yino had his hands on his hips, looking smug, sticking out his little tongue, his eyes shining, and smiling somewhat lecherously at her on the front of the envelope -- [If I make a great contribution to the sect tonight, Senior Sister must remember the reward she promised me earlier!]--

Bang--!!!

In front of the envelope, Yuyan stared silently at the drawing with a cold face, without saying a word, suddenly slamming her fist onto the envelope.

A moment later, the entire stone table under the envelope collapsed, breaking into two halves.

Yunjin was startled but didn't dare to make a sound. She could only sit on the stone stool, watching wide-eyed as Yuyan smashed the stone table with one punch.

The atmosphere fell into an icy silence.

As the sun set in the west, night fell once again on the second day.

"Heh... hehe..."

At some point, Yuyan's lips curled up, and she couldn't control her expression as she laughed out loud.

Although she was laughing, Yunjin couldn't see any trace of happiness on her face. It was as if the reality before her had reached some critical point of absurdity. Yuyan had been angered beyond measure by Yino and was now laughing from being pushed too far.

"Yino..."

After a moment, the white-robed maiden took several deep breaths, her mood shifting from anger to breakdown, and then back to her initial calmness.

Now, Yuyan's heart was as still as water, as if after a brief internal struggle, she had completely resigned herself to the situation.

"Yino..."

"Yino..."

She kept softly repeating the young man's name, but her beautiful eyes had lost their spirit, and her lips couldn't smile anymore. She had returned to the purest concern of a senior sister for her junior.

In her daze, she recalled the bits and pieces of their life together on Ranmo Peak over the past half month.

It seemed that for the vast majority of the time, Yuyan hadn't shown much kindness to the young man.

She was either scolding him, sarcastically mocking him, or coldly supervising his sword practice with the extremely harsh standards of her own sword genius...

The only memory that seemed to bring the young man joy was at the very end, on the eve of their parting at Ranmo Peak, when Yuyan had stroked his face and earnestly instructed him several times.

Only then had Yuyan rarely shown tenderness and indulgence, praising him a few times and promising that if he performed well in the snow village mission, she would give him a reward he would like when he returned.

For a moment, Yuyan was slightly stunned.

Before her eyes, she vaguely saw the image of that afternoon, the young man's face reddening with surprise as she stroked it, his eyes became wide, full of longing for his senior sister's approving smile, with an innocent look.

"So... all along... was I pushing him too hard?"

"Was he just... trying to gain my approval?"

At some point, Yuyan blinked slightly, and her beautiful eyes, which should have been cold and emotionless, reflected a hint of sourness.

She felt a tightness in her chest, but still turned her face away, taking a soft breath to suppress the moisture in the corners of her eyes.

-No matter how glib he is usually... he's still just a sixteen-year-old child...-

-When he was at the Grand Tutor's Mansion, apart from his aunt, no one really considered his feelings...-

-Now that he's at Ranmo Peak, he's just like the other disciples... admiring me... so he wants to gain my attention... wants me to praise him, wants me to give him a few more rewards, that's all...-

Yuyan pondered, and the knot in the depths of her heart gradually unraveled.

She refolded the crumpled letter and carefully tucked it into her bosom.

In the moonlight, the white-robed maiden swallowed, gently pursed her lips, and wiped away the moisture in her eyes caused by her earlier emotions of guilt and regret. She slowly stood up, her cold eyes once again reflecting a chilling light, sharp and fierce.

"This fool..."

"Risking his life for that little reward I casually mentioned..."

The first two sentences were spoken so softly that Yunjin beside her couldn't hear.

But for the last sentence, Yuyan truly summoned her sword, her aura became fierce as she set off again towards Northern Snow Village, thousands of miles away--

"Once I rescue you, you'll never leave Ranmo Peak half a step for the rest of your life!"

…

At the back mountain of Wuji Peak.

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As night fell again, countless blood-colored vines in the center of the altar in the Mountain Temple once again revived and grew.

In the center of the altar stood a thick wooden stake, and Chen Jianxin, who had been beaten until blood flowed from his seven orifices and had fallen into a deep coma, was bound to the stake.

Below the altar, Gu Wanglan was slowly preparing the materials for tonight's sacrifice.

There were only thirty minutes left until the blood moon rose!

This time, Gu Wanglan wouldn't waste any time. Holy Maiden had given him urgent instructions. According to her will, Gu Wanglan should have killed Chen Jianxin and sacrificed him first thing this morning.

But he still couldn't bear to waste this rare innate sword dao holy body that only appears once in a hundred years!

If he missed Chen Jianxin, Gu Wanglan's swordsmanship would never have a breakthrough, and he would probably be suppressed by Yuyan for his entire life, never having a chance to turn the tables!

Rather than being suppressed for a lifetime, Gu Wanglan would rather disobey the Holy Maiden's orders and wait until the blood moon rose to kill Chen Jianxin and possess his sword dao holy body.

Otherwise...

Without the chance to turn the tables with the sword dao holy body, what meaning would there be for Gu Wanglan to live on? Was he really supposed to be Yuyan's supporting character for life, just to highlight her talent?

-What a joke! I might as well kill myself!-

"Heh."

Thinking of this, Gu Wanglan couldn't help but let out a morbid cold laugh.

Outside the Mountain Temple, where Gu Wanglan couldn't detect, the foxgirl who had been observing from a tree branch for a long time also let out a cold laugh and commented: "Idiots..."

She cursed under her breath, feeling bored by the cliché plot, shrugging her shoulders as she looked up at the bloody moon gradually rising in the night sky.

"Calculating the time, the sacrifice will begin in ten minutes."

"It seems it's time for me to notify Yuyan to come and rescue him."

Jinyue said calmly, leaning against the branch and swinging her feet, casually snapping her fingers.

As the sound faded, the foxgirl's enchanting eyes reflected a black kaleidoscope. Following this, several abyss auras on the girl's shoulder transformed into an eerie raven.

Jinyue stroked the raven's head, then tied a rolled paper to its claw, and gently blew a melodious whistle--

"Go."

The raven took flight.

After gliding for a long time, the raven landed on the courtyard wall at the top of Ranmo Peak.

Its black eyeballs rolled back and forth, but it couldn't find the white-robed sword immortal its master had instructed it to seek in the house.

"?--?"