Returning to Youzhou, the Sword Pavilion Destroyed!

["What? Wasn't she only at the third level of Qi Refining? How could that be?"]

[Wei Qing's eyes widened as he kept looking back and forth between you and Zhou Lingxi.]

[You ignored Wei Qing. This was her secret, and for now, you would not tell him.]

[After entering the room, you had Zhou Lingxi briefly explain her circumstances.]

["My name is Zhou Lingxi. I am the Ninth Princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty."]

["You're that Great Zhou Dynasty princess who was demoted to a commoner last year?"]

[At this moment, you could not help shooting Wei Qing a glare, signaling for him to keep quiet for now.]

[Wei Qing immediately behaved after your glare. Though your cultivation was lower than his, he knew your background was far from simple.]

[One senior sister alone was a Void Refinement expert, not to mention the cultivation of your other senior brothers—or even your master.]

[Zhou Lingxi nodded and sighed.]

["The reason I was driven out of the imperial family was because I deliberately made it happen."]

[Next, Zhou Lingxi told you why she had done so.]

[When she was six years old, she awakened her Immortal Eye. Afterward, she discovered that her entire worldview had collapsed.]

[The imperial father who had once treated her well had a monster inside his body. The Crown Prince and all her imperial brothers were monsters as well.]

[The few who were still human were the underage princes, but she discovered that once those princes broke through to Foundation Establishment, they too gradually became monsters.]

[Having awakened her Immortal Eye, she was more mature than ordinary people. She knew she had to escape that imperial city.]

[The only thing she found fortunate was that she had been born without a Spiritual Root. In the eyes of outsiders, she was nothing but trash.]

[But only she knew that, even without a Spiritual Root, she could cultivate with her Immortal Eye, and her cultivation speed was not inferior in the slightest.]

[Thus, she continued pretending to be trash, causing all manner of trouble in the palace and giving outsiders the impression that she was a wastrel because she could not cultivate. In the end, she was driven out of the palace.]

[Today, at the Ghost Market, she happened to see you and discovered that you were shrouded in mist. Even her Immortal Eye could not see through you. She only knew that you were a normal human, not a monster.]

[After hearing of her experiences, you decided to let her stay and cultivate, giving her some cultivation resources as well.]

[One year later, Zhou Lingxi had reached Great Perfection of Qi Refining. The Foundation Establishment Pill you refined for her helped her break through to Foundation Establishment.]

[Three months later, her cultivation successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment. With her Immortal Eye, she easily suppressed the Sinister Worm after her breakthrough.]

[In the nineteenth year, after three years together, you and Zhou Lingxi had grown increasingly familiar with each other, and your feelings had deepened.]

[You also taught her the Heavenly Evolution Art, discovering that it was especially suited to the cultivation of the Immortal Eye.]

[After cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Art, Zhou Lingxi became ever more captivating. As for Zhou Lingxi, who had known the truth since childhood, after spending several years with you, she too developed feelings for you.]

[In the twentieth year, you became Dao Companions. Zhou Lingxi became your first Dao Companion in the Canglan Realm.]

"Fuck? No way! That definitely wasn't me!"

After seeing his own actions in the Simulator, Su Ming covered his face and shook his head.

He had never expected that, after going to Zhongzhou, the story would develop in this direction.

Su Ming suddenly became curious about what Zhou Lingxi looked like, to have him so infatuated with her.

"Born with an Immortal Eye, huh..."

[Having lived in the capital for more than a decade, you had almost forgotten that you were a disciple of the Sword Pavilion.]

[One day, an uninvited guest arrived at your Courtyard. When you saw the figure standing in the yard clearly, your body could not help trembling.]

["Gu... Senior Sister Gu?"]

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["Junior Brother, more than ten years have passed. Why are you still at Nascent Soul?"]

[Upon hearing the voice, Wei Qing and Zhou Lingxi both came outside.]

[When Wei Qing saw Gu Xinyue's face, his eyes widened. He had heard no news of her all these years and had thought she was already dead.]

["Oh? Keeping a beauty hidden away in a golden house, are you, Junior Brother?"]

[Gu Xinyue glanced at Zhou Lingxi, who was only at Foundation Establishment, and could not help teasing him.]

["Senior Sister, I've been waiting for you here all these years. You finally came!"]

[You did not mind her teasing, but you also knew that life had been too comfortable these past years. Your cultivation had stagnated, and only now had you just broken through to Nascent Soul Great Perfection.]

[The next second, you saw Gu Xinyue's smile vanish as she looked at you with a grave expression.]

["Junior Brother! I just received word from the Pavilion Master that something happened to Third Senior Sister. He wants us to return."]

["Third Senior Sister?"]

[You were deeply puzzled. Wasn't Third Senior Sister Xia Qiange guarding the Blood Demon Secret Realm? How could something suddenly have happened to her?]

[At that thought, a bad feeling suddenly rose within you.]

[You turned and told Wei Qing and Zhou Lingxi that you were returning to Youzhou, asking them to wait here for you to come back.]

[After saying that, you left behind most of the spirit stones you had accumulated over the years for Zhou Lingxi, then hurried away with Gu Xinyue.]

[On the road back to Youzhou, you asked Gu Xinyue what exactly had happened.]

[Gu Xinyue explained that something had gone wrong in the Blood Demon Secret Realm—the thing beneath the Blood Tablet had escaped.]

[Your heart jolted in horror. You knew of that Sinister Worm, but hadn't it been suppressed by the Blood Tablet? The spiritual energy within the secret realm should have been enough to sustain it for quite some time.]

[Faced with your question, Gu Xinyue fell silent.]

[Because she did not know the reason either. Only by returning to the Sword Pavilion could they learn the truth.]

[Half a year later, you successfully returned to Youzhou. Without stopping for even a moment, you hurried toward the Sword Pavilion.]

[When you returned to the Sword Pavilion, you discovered that it had already become a pile of ruins, with traces of battle everywhere.]

["How could this have happened? Wasn't the Pavilion Master there? Was there really an enemy even the Pavilion Master couldn't defeat?"]

[Though you did not know the Pavilion Master's exact cultivation, he was at least a powerhouse above the Void Refinement realm. If even someone of that level could not defend the Sword Pavilion, you did not dare imagine how powerful the enemy was.]

["Senior Sister, let's return to Qingzhou first and ask Sixth Senior Brother what happened."]

[Gu Xinyue nodded in agreement upon hearing you. Once more, you set off for Qingzhou.]

[A month later, you arrived at Tianqi Academy in the Qin Kingdom.]

[The moment you stepped into the academy, you saw Fang Jingchun sitting alone in the courtyard.]

["You're back."]

[Fang Jingchun spoke in a calm tone, as though nothing had happened.]

["Sixth Brother, what exactly happened? How was the Sword Pavilion destroyed?"]

[Upon hearing this, Fang Jingchun did not answer at once. He simply poured himself a cup of tea.]

["I don't know either. We'll know once Xiao Tian wakes up."]

["Xiao Tian? Lin Tian is here with you?"]

[Fang Jingchun nodded, his gaze turning toward the wooden hut.]