“Do you think I’m a troublemaker?” Mu Shu asked with black lines on her forehead.

Mu Yan turned to her with a smirk. “Yes! You always give me endless trouble wherever you go!”

“Haha.” Meng Xianzi laughed when she heard that. “Yanyan is right; you always give her endless trouble because you are too hot-headed, so you have to learn to think about everything with a cool head.”

“Humph!” Mu Shu snorted at them without being able to come up with any words to refute them.

Mu Yan then turned to Meng Xianzi. “I didn’t expect that those heretic cultivators had invaded this realm, and they could even infiltrate the Tian Clan so easily.”

“That’s true.” Meng Xianzi sighed softly. “If it weren’t for Jiange Xiuxi, Tian Huang and the others would still not have found out the clear cause of Tian Yueling’s illness, but they were lucky that she had returned now. Unfortunately, she no longer cared about matters in the upper realms, and she only cared about her husband.”

“Jiange Xiuxi’s husband?” Mu Yan raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Meng Xianzi smiled and pointed at Mu Shu. “Why don’t you ask your little sister?”

“Who is her husband?” Mu Yan asked her little sister.

“Who else?” Mu Shu asked back with a shrug. “Aren’t you smart? Why can’t you guess his identity?”

“Hmm?” Mu Yan’s brow furrowed when she heard that, but she quickly realized it. “Don’t tell me that her husband is your husband.”

“Yes! We do share a husband! Are you satisfied now?”

Mu Yan’s jaw instantly dropped as she looked at them in turn with a look of shock, especially since she remembered for sure that Ling Yun was still too weak.

“Why is your reaction like that, Little Yanyan?”

“Hmm?” Mu Yan immediately looked up at Ling Xi, who had just appeared. “Is that true, Luxuria? She is really Ling Yun’s wife?”

“Yes.” Ling Xi nodded before telling her. “In fact, Jiange Xiuxi is her second identity, and her real identity is Zhou Yu, the spirit of void.”

“Huh?” Mu Yan looked even more shocked after she heard that, but she remembered the story about Jiange Xiuxi’s unusual abilities. “I see, no wonder no one can find her, as she turns out to be a woman from the spirit race, let alone the spirit of void.”

“Zhou Yu has always been like that; she likes to do many things, but she easily gets bored with everything, and she will disappear when she gets bored.”

Mu Yan nodded at her. “So what are your plans next? Are you guys going to continue living in this cold region?”

“Yes.” Ling Xi then said to her. “Some of them want to establish a sect in this region, and Ling Yun has agreed to their idea, so we will continue to stay here.”

“Then where is Ling Yun now? Why isn’t he here?”

“Hmm?” Ling Xi thought for a moment and answered her. “Currently, Ling Yun and the others are in the Death Village, and they have found the mastermind behind the massacre of the villagers, who are people from the Gui Clan.”

“The Gui Clan?” Mu Yan’s face darkened after she heard that.

Ling Xi nodded to her. “They found a heaven-grade ferocious ghost in that village, and they also found a Demonic Corpse Tree there, so Zhou Yu was sure that the mastermind was people from the Gui Clan, especially since they were ghost cultivators.”

“I see.” Mu Yan nodded in understanding. “Unfortunately, we always find it difficult to find clear information about the heretics from the Earth Cloud Realm, but Big Sis Yuan said that she and the others have sent some people to investigate that realm after they discussed it with Tang Chen. However, I’m not sure if they can discover anything, especially since they always act very cautiously and secretly.”

“That’s true.” Meng Xianzi said. “Back then, I tried infiltrating there, but I couldn’t find anything, and I almost fell into their hands instead. However, Zhou Yu seemed to have found out some things about them, or else she wouldn’t be able to cure Tian Yueling, but she doesn’t seem to want to tell us anything.”

“It’s fine; you guys don’t need to think about them for now.” Meng Xianzi and Mu Yan looked up at Ling Xi, but she only shook her head at them. “Sooner or later, we will fight them, and we just need to wait for the right time.”

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Meanwhile, Zhiyu Yushen had just returned to her clan, but a servant told her that Yi Mingxia was looking for her, so she immediately went to meet her. “Why are you looking for me?”

“Master, do you have a purifying technique?”

“Hmm?” Zhiyu Yushen asked her back directly. “What do you want to do with that technique?”

Yi Mingxia immediately explained to her about Ling Yun’s discovery in the Death Village, and Zhiyu Yushen was completely shocked after she heard everything. “What should we do now, Master?”

“Did he really find all that?” Yi Mingxia nodded to her, and Zhiyu Yushen then said to her. “I do have a purifying technique, but I can’t teach it to other people, so we will go to the Death Village right now, and you can contact him to wait for us there.”

“Yes, Master.”

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“Hmm?” Ling Yun, who was practicing, immediately stopped as soon as Yi Mingxia contacted him. ‘Are you two really going to come here? How long did it take for you to travel here?’

Yes, we are on our way there, but Master said we might not arrive until two days.

‘That’s taking too long, so I’ll ask Zhou Yu to pick you guys up now.’

All right.

After she heard that, Zhou Yu disappeared from their sight, and Tian Yueling asked him. “What happened? Where did Big Sis Yu go?”

“I can’t do anything to take care of those ghosts, so I asked Zhou Yu to pick up Zhiyu Yushen.”

“I see.” Tian Yueling nodded in understanding. “It would be great if Zhiyu Yushen was willing to help us, so the problem in this village could be resolved quickly, and we could go to the Ancient Garden.”

“En, I’m also curious about the Ancient Garden.” Suddenly, Ling Yun felt the qi fluctuations in his body, so he immediately removed all the equipment attached to his body and stored them. “Yueling, I will find a quiet place to breakthrough, or else this village will be destroyed because of my breakthrough, and you can protect the others together with Xiao Xiao.”

“All right.”

After that, Ling Yun went straight to the top of the hill where the Demonic Corpse Tree was located, and he immediately focused himself to begin his breakthrough.

‘Sigh, I know that dual cultivators can indeed cultivate quickly, but his cultivation speed is simply absurd, and he can even break through several levels in just a few days.’ Tian Yueling muttered in her heart as she looked at the hill.

Suddenly, Zhou Yu appeared in front of her together with Zhiyu Yuzhen and Yi Mingxia, and she immediately asked him. “Where is he?”

“Over there.” Tian Yueling pointed towards the top of the hill. “His qi suddenly fluctuated, so he immediately went there to prepare to break through.”

“Will he be okay, Big Sis Yu?” Yi Mingxia asked with a panicked look.

Zhou Yu nodded to her. “You don’t need to worry about him, and I will go there to protect him.”

After Zhou Yu disappeared, Zhiyu Yuzhen asked Tian Yueling. “How could she cure you? Moreover, your appearance is much different from the last time we met, and you are much prettier than before.”

Tian Yueling just smiled when she heard that. “Big Sis Yu discovered the source of my illness was the Gu Corpse Bug, and I was able to recover after she removed it from my body.”

“The Gu Corpse Bug, huh?” Zhiyu Yuzhen frowned for a moment before sighing heavily. “It seems that my title as the best healer is completely in vain, and I still have more to learn. Back then, I have checked your body many times, but I have never managed to find the source of your illness.”

“You don’t have to feel that way, you know.” Tian Yueling said while shaking her head. “After all, we don’t know much about the abilities of those heretics; even my grandfather never managed to find that gu bug in my body, so you don’t need to blame yourself.”

Zhiyu Yushen just nodded and observed the entire village. “Back then, this village was very prosperous, but everything is in ruins now, and everything happened because of those heretics.”

“Are you able to purify their ghosts?” Tian Yueling asked her.

“Yes.” Zhiyu Yuzhen responded with a nod and took some items before handing them over to Tian Yueling and Yi Mingxia. “You can spread out to this village and place them in the places I will show you two later; only then will I be able to purify their ghosts. However, we can’t possibly purify the ferocious ghost, so we have to think of another way to get rid of it.”

Yi Mingxia then said to her. “Master, you don’t need to think about that ferocious ghost, and my husband has a way to get rid of it, but I can’t explain the details to you, so you can see for yourself later.”

Afterward, the two women dispersed to the village, and Zhiyu Yuzhen pointed out each coordinate for placing those items.

– To Be Continued –