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"How far have you practiced the new sword manual I taught you last night?"

Yuyan crossed her legs beneath her cheongsam, her black stockings catching around her high heels.

As she spoke, she turned to face Yino, her hand delicately curling a strand of hair around her ear.

Her very first words reminded Yino of his past life's homeroom teacher.

The difference was that she was a thousand times more beautiful than his homeroom teacher, and his homeroom teacher wouldn't let students live in her home for one-on-one guidance.

"I've, I've practiced it pretty well..."

As he said this, Yino's gaze wandered, and he couldn't help but look down at the little deer lying by the stockings-clad legs.

The nine-colored deer stretched lazily, her little face resting on Yuyan's beautiful legs, looking back at Yino with sleepy eyes.

-You little traitor! Have you forgotten our plan?-

-Is it you who's going to act coquettish to win over Yuyan, or have you been won over by Yuyan's black stockings?-

Yino's expression was displeased, and he felt envious and jealous.

Instantly, Wangxue also seemed to remember some mission, pricking up her ears and nodding firmly at Yino with a serious look.

"Yino, where are your eyes wandering to again?"

Yuyan's beautiful eyes stared suspiciously at Yino. She noticed Yino kept his head down, so she abruptly stopped her habitual motion of toying with her shoes under the table.

Yuyan changed her sitting posture, leaning forward and resting her chin on one hand.

Although her brow furrowed slightly on the surface and her icy eyes were serious, beneath the table she quietly straightened her feet, secretly reattaching her gently swaying high heels.

After putting her shoes back on, she let out a small chuckle and sat up again with a playful tone: "Come on, have a few moves with your senior sister. Let your senior sister properly experience the sword skills that our genius young master has mastered in just half a day."

"If you pass, this young lady will reward you with a day trip down the mountain~"

Yuyan spoke teasingly, raising her hand to summon the Frost Chant sword.

She gently sat up, taking off the outer layer draped over her shoulders, both for ease of movement and to reveal her snow-white shoulders and collarbone in the sunlight.

But halfway through taking off her clothes, Yuyan seemed to think of something, suddenly narrowing her beautiful eyes and staring at Yino with a resentful tone, adding:

"If you pass, you must also return to Ranmo Peak before dark, otherwise you won't have a chance to go down the mountain to play next time!"

"Senior Sister, actually... I'm not going down the mountain to play."

Yino's gaze was completely drawn to her fragrant shoulders, only his mouth continued to recite the lines he had prepared earlier without being affected.

In fact, Yino was quite aware of his own level of sword skills. The new sword technique Yuyan taught last night, with only half a day's time, Yino's amateur skills simply couldn't gain Yuyan's approval in swordsmanship.

So, when Yino came to ask Yuyan for leave this time, he had made ample preparations from the very beginning.

"Not to play?"

Yuyan crossed her arms under her chest, raising an eyebrow slightly, sitting back down in her chair.

She didn't know why, but a vague image of a certain red-haired girl laughing and talking with Yino floated in her mind.

"It's like this, last night Senior Sister Yunjin sent me a pigeon message, saying that our Wuji Sect's Immortal Alliance branch has issued a large-scale mission!"

"Sister Yunjin said that the threshold for this mission is very low, and the task description looks not difficult, so many young disciples of Wuji Sect are enthusiastically participating in the experience!"

Yino spoke with an air of importance, but in fact, he was just repeating the opening lines of Yunjin guide from his past life.

The reason for telling Yuyan today was that Yino had calculated that the tragic incident of Snow Village being wiped out in one night should have spread by now, and today was also the day corresponding to the "Investigate Snow Village" side quest in the game!

"Come to think of it, it seems the Immortal Alliance did have such a mission."

Yuyan nodded slightly, also recalling some impression of it.

She pondered for a moment, resting her chin on her hand, but then suddenly raised her eyebrows, staring at Yino's eyes with suspicion—

"Wait! You've only known Yunjin for one day, how did you already arrange pigeon message contact methods?"

"Didn't Senior Sister instruct me to humbly learn more from Sister Yunjin?"

"So you just directly asked for Yunjin's contact information?"

"Senior Sister, you know, this disciple just wants to improve so badly."

Yino pressed his lips together, nodding with seriously, though a few beads of sweat silently rolled down his face.

Even though this was his private matter with Yunjin, being questioned by Yuyan now made him feel quite guilty.

Conversely, Yuyan actually had a similar mindset.

Thinking calmly, what did Yunjin and Yino's relationship have to do with her?

Yuyan didn't know why, but she instinctively pursued the questioning.

"Forget what I said, let's talk about the main issue."

"I remember, some time ago, a small village in the North Falling Snow Mountain was wiped out, but because it was secluded deep in the mountains, this matter only recently spread across the continent to the Immortal Alliance. Since our Wuji Sect is the closest to the Snow Village ruins, this large-scale investigation task has been entrusted to the disciples of Wuji Sect by the Immortal Alliance..."

Yuyan dismissed her distracting thoughts and recalled thoughtfully.

She put her hand to her lips, pondered for a while, and finally shook her head, feeling it was inappropriate: "This matter is truly strange."

"The information given by the Immortal Alliance is too superficial. If it were just an obscure small village being wiped out, it wouldn't be worth the Immortal Alliance issuing a large-scale mission to mobilize Wuji Sect disciples. There must be hidden mysteries yet to be uncovered."

"Yino, your cultivation is still shallow now, you'd better not go join the commotion. Stay on Ranmo Peak and practice your swordsmanship well."

"Snow Village is not close to Wuji Sect. If something were to happen to you, I might not be able to arrive in time..."

After analyzing, Yuyan put down the chess manual and looked up at Yino earnestly.

This time, her beautiful eyes were serious and worried, not like she was joking with Yino.

"But when I didn't come home for the night before, didn't you tacitly approve?"

Yino didn't quite understand. He had made full preparations and reasons, but didn't expect to be refused by Yuyan because of this.

In front of the stone table, the white-robed immortal lady picked up the hot tea and took a sip:

"No matter how far you could run that night, with a mortal body you couldn't cross the barrier of Wuji Peak... As long as you don't leave the range of Wuji Sect's barrier, no one can kill you under my nose within a ten-mile radius."