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"Chirp!"

"Chirp chirp!"

The Skylark Bird suddenly flew up from the eaves, circling above Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu, chirping rapidly.

"Someone's coming!"

The siblings immediately stopped. A moment later, a figure indeed drifted down and landed in the center of the courtyard.

Lu Qingyu retreated to call Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingshan held the Nine Ring Saber and looked at the newcomer, "Who are you?!"

Trespassing into a residence, it looked like they meant trouble!

Even though this person was excessively beautiful, in Lu Qingshan's eyes, she was just a threatening enemy.

"You three little ones are hiding in Big Sister's city for refuge, yet you're acting like you own the place." Daoist Miao Yin held the Ice Toad and glanced at Lu Qingshan, who was burly and wary, and couldn't help but purse her lips and smile.

"Your city?"

Lu Qingshan glared at Daoist Miao Yin.

At this moment, Lu Qingyu had already woken Lu Qingfeng and he came out. Lu Qingshan quickly ran to his Big Brother's side and whispered, "Big Brother, this person in yellow clothes said Miao Yin City is her city. I suspect she was sent by the Returning Truth Sect!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingfeng looked at Daoist Miao Yin. "So it's the City Lord who has graced us with her presence. We siblings have failed to welcome you properly, and we hope the City Lord will forgive us."

Lu Qingfeng had long heard that the City Lord who ruled Miao Yin City was a woman as beautiful as a celestial immortal. Seeing her today, he knew the rumors were not false.

Big Brother is too foolish!

He believes whatever others say. He'll suffer greatly in the future!

Lu Qingshan's eyes widened, and he felt anxious.

Daoist Miao Yin's eyes flowed, landing on Lu Qingfeng, and a radiant light immediately flickered.

Although Lu Qingshan had appeared precocious just now, he still had the vitality of a young man. In Daoist Miao Yin's eyes, he was even quite immature.

But this person before her, at first glance, looked like an old monster who had cultivated for many years. The way he spoke, the aura he exuded, all strongly resembled the senior experts she had met before.

Could it be an old monster reincarnated?

Or... possession?

Suppressing her doubts, Daoist Miao Yin looked at Lu Qingfeng and smiled, "The Sect Master of the Returning Truth Sect came earlier to demand the three of you, and I protected you. Do you three have any token of appreciation?"

"Thank you, City Lord!"

"We've always heard that there are no fights in Miao Yin City, and killing is forbidden. Seeing it today, it truly is a pure land on earth!"

Lu Qingfeng cupped his fists and thanked her, then praised Miao Yin City again.

"Even a pure land on earth is about to be disturbed."

"You are taking refuge in Miao Yin City and have caused these disturbances. You can't just gloss over it with a few nice words." Daoist Miao Yin gently shook her head, holding the Ice Toad.

"What are the City Lord's instructions?"

Lu Qingfeng felt that Daoist Miao Yin was a bit troublesome. However, since she appeared here, she must have a request. Catering to her preferences might even be a good thing.

"I heard that the owner of your Black Sand Medicine Shop is skilled in alchemy."

"I was eroded by the cold in my early years, causing my True Qi to be impure, and I haven't made any progress for many years."

"If you can find a way to cure this cold, Miao Yin City will bear all the difficulties from the Returning Truth Sect."

Daoist Miao Yin got straight to the point, revealing her intentions.

Daoist Miao Yin had always ignored the major and minor affairs in Miao Yin City. It was only this time, involving the Returning Truth Sect, that she had her subordinates retrieve the files. Upon understanding the situation, she became interested in the Lu siblings.

Therefore, after protecting the Lu siblings under Zhuge Chongyang, she immediately came to make her offer.

If things were as she predicted, perhaps the problem that had plagued her for decades could be resolved, and her strength could advance further, no longer being stuck in this shallow water!

As expected!

Hearing this, Lu Qingfeng felt a little more at ease.

The information he had revealed in Miao Yin City was related to medicinal herbs, ores, and the like. For the dignified City Lord of Miao Yin City to come in person, if she had a request, it should only be in these two areas.

Hearing it now, it was no different from what he had expected.

"I need to see the extent of the City Lord's cold erosion."

Lu Qingshan glanced at the Ice Toad in Daoist Miao Yin's arms, which was puffing clouds and mist, and felt a little more confident.

"How do you want to see it?" Daoist Miao Yin's beautiful eyes conveyed a look towards Lu Qingfeng.

"Hmph!"

Seeing this, Lu Qingyu snorted inwardly and turned her head away in a huff.

"Circulate your True Qi and gently strike this stone table with a soft force." Lu Qingfeng pointed to the stone table in the courtyard.

Daoist Miao Yin immediately walked to the stone table and pressed down with a light palm, leaving a three-inch deep palm print on the stone table. Cold air emanated from the palm print. After her hand left, the cold air condensed, forming water droplets in the palm print.

Lu Qingfeng was already standing nearby. He extended a finger to sense the coldness of the palm print. After a moment, he looked up and said, "This level of cold poison is not difficult to remove. Three days from now, Qingfeng will give City Lord Miao Yin an answer."

"Good."

"As long as you can cure the cold poison, the Returning Truth Sect won't be able to touch a single hair on your siblings' heads!"

Daoist Miao Yin smiled. Her gaze lingered on the Skylark Bird on Lu Qingyu's shoulder for a moment before she turned and left.

"Big Brother, can we trust what that person said?"

Lu Qingshan asked with a frown after Daoist Miao Yin had walked far away.

"Hmph!"

"You can't trust a vixen's words!"

Lu Qingyu pouted and snorted. She had no good feelings towards Daoist Miao Yin.

"It doesn't hurt to believe her."

In reality, it had nothing to do with trust, merely a transaction of mutual needs.

Daoist Miao Yin believed that Lu Qingfeng had a powerful alchemist behind him, while Lu Qingfeng needed Daoist Miao Yin to temporarily block the Returning Truth Sect's various schemes.

"This cold poison isn't caused by an unusual True Qi, but by consuming pills similar to the Cold Essence Pill. The Cold Essence Pill can save lives and heal injuries, but its side effects are significant. Without a pill of the opposite attribute to neutralize it, your True Qi will be impure, your strength will stagnate, and that's just the least of it. Being able to maintain your current cultivation level without regressing would already be extremely difficult."

Lu Qingfeng pondered, thinking of the Ice Toad in Daoist Miao Yin's embrace.

"A second-tier demon beast, the Cold Ice Toad, can spit ice arrows. Its combat power is average, around the fifth level of the True Qi Stage. However, it has the ability to absorb and expel cold energy. It's this demon beast that Daoist Miao Yin relies on to barely suppress the cold poison." Lu Qingfeng had spent three lifetimes in the Primordial Chaos, totaling over a hundred years, so he was naturally knowledgeable.

He had at least dozens of methods to resolve such cold poison.

"Now that we've directly confronted the Returning Truth Sect, relying on just three Truth Destroyer Type-1s is not enough to overthrow them. This period is the most dangerous. If we have the protection of Miao Yin City--"

Lu Qingfeng made up his mind.

He instructed Lu Qingshan and Lu Qingyu to continue their cultivation and remain vigilant, then entered the Primordial Chaos to search for and master the solution!

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During these three days, Guangyuan Prefecture was quite shaken.

First, the Hall Master of the Punishment Hall of the Returning Truth Sect, Zhao Zhou, and dozens of Returning Truth Sect disciples died outside Miao Yin City. Immediately after, the Sect Master of the Returning Truth Sect, Zhuge Chongyang, personally came to Miao Yin City but left on bad terms with the City Lord Miao Yin.

The martial arts world sensed something unusual.

After that, in the past three days, another thirty to forty disciples of the Returning Truth Sect died. Most of these disciples were shot and killed by arrows, each arrow aimed directly at vital points like the heart, throat, and head, killing them with a single shot!

Their deaths were exactly the same as the dozens of Returning Truth Sect disciples who died outside Miao Yin City three days prior.