Target: "Amethyst Winged Lion King"

The golden grilled fish gave off a rich aroma. Its appearance alone was enough to catch the eye and whet anyone's appetite.

Yun Yun looked at the charred fish beside her, then at the grilled fish Xiao Yi Xian handed over...

"Why is the difference between people so huge?"

Yun Yun ate the grilled fish, crisp on the outside and tender within. Its fragrant, delicious taste was completely different from the fish she had made herself.

Xiao Yi Xian glanced at Yun Yun, who was eating with great relish beside her. Yun Yun's cooking skills truly were extraordinary.

As the Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect, how could she possibly know how to cook?

It would be best if she never entered a kitchen again. It was perfectly normal for the strong to go without food or drink. A Dou Zhe could fast for an entire day, let alone a Dou Huang.

Still, asking her to completely give up eating was a little difficult. How could one abandon appetite and flavor?

Even cultivation novels did not go that far. The seven emotions and six desires were ultimately human instincts.

True happiness was freedom—living without restraint, wandering carefree between heaven and earth!

She had been bound by rule after rule in her previous life. In this life, she had to experience what it felt like to be carefree.

Letting herself go was fine, but the bottom line that had always existed in her heart remained the principle by which she acted!

If a person did not even have a bottom line, that was truly terrifying...

"Mm!"

Honestly, Xiao Yi Xian found the fish she had grilled herself very delicious too. Very nice... It would have been even better with some soup...

"Oh, right. I have a friend in the Misty Cloud Sect. I can introduce you to them and have you become a personal disciple. Do you want to go?" Yun Yun pursed her slightly oily red lips and smiled.

Xiao Yi Xian froze at those words, then shook her head under Yun Yun's stunned gaze. "Thank you, but I think I'll pass."

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian reject her goodwill, a clear flash of astonishment crossed Yun Yun's pretty face. Her introduction had actually been refused by the person involved?

This was the first time it had happened in all these years. At that moment, Yun Yun almost impulsively wanted to ask, "Do you know who I'm planning to introduce you to?"

She had intended to bring Xiao Yi Xian to the Misty Cloud Sect to become either her disciple or Yun Shan's. Once her identity was revealed, along with the other circumstances, she had thought she could keep this genius. Who would have expected...

The impulse vanished as soon as it appeared. Given Yun Yun's composure and status, she naturally would not ask such a question outright. She merely nodded slowly, with a faintly indescribable look in her eyes.

"After your injuries heal, are you still planning to seek out the Amethyst Winged Lion King?" Xiao Yi Xian asked somewhat indistinctly as she tore off the last piece of fish.

"Mm. I need to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal." Yun Yun sighed softly.

"Do you need my help?" Xiao Yi Xian looked at Yun Yun and asked seriously.

Yun Yun paused at Xiao Yi Xian's gaze, then smiled. "Yes. Next, you need to do this... then that..."

Listening to words that were more or less the same as in the original story, Xiao Yi Xian merely smiled calmly. With her current strength, she was countless times stronger than Xiao Yan had been at that time.

During this time, the relationship between Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun had risen sharply, and the conflict between Yun Yun and Xiao Yan had been resolved as well.

The future had begun to change from this point onward. Without the story between Yun Yun and Xiao Yan, what would become of the Misty Cloud Sect in the end?

Xiao Yi Xian did not know, but she would do her utmost to resolve every matter. She could never forget what a teacher from her previous life had said:

"Every person has their own fate, decreed by heaven!"

"Some are born to be kings, while others become bandits!"

"If the road beneath your feet is not one you chose yourself, then no one knows where the journey will end!"

Since she had transmigrated here, the future had gradually become blurred with each small change, drifting away from the path ordained by fate.

Since she had chosen this road, she would remain unwavering until death and keep walking forward. She wanted to see where this journey would end.

A few days later

Xiao Yi Xian opened her sleepy eyes. The instant she woke up, she suddenly remembered something and turned her head.

Yun Yun sat cross-legged on the stone bed within the cave, an unusual longsword laid flat across her legs.

Today, she wore a simple snow-white dress. The somewhat languid phoenix hairpin atop her head had been gathered up once more, giving off a faint air of nobility. Her beautiful face was calm and elegant.

The subtle frailty she had shown a few days ago had completely vanished, like a phoenix reborn through nirvana.

As if sensing Xiao Yi Xian awaken, Yun Yun slowly opened her eyes as well. Her beautiful gaze swept toward Xiao Yi Xian as she said lightly, "You're awake?"

It was still the same crisp voice as before, but this time, it carried a touch of coolness. Beneath her calm tone lay a hint of concern.

Xiao Yi Xian looked Yun Yun over, then slowly exhaled and tilted her head. "The seal has been broken?"

"Mm."

Yun Yun nodded faintly. Her body moved slightly, and when she appeared again, she was already standing directly before Xiao Yi Xian.

Her gaze lowered to Xiao Yi Xian's face. With a faint smile, she said, "Let's go. I believe we'll succeed..."

With that, she turned and headed toward the cave entrance first. Her graceful steps were elegant and captivating.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded and followed Yun Yun. Perhaps because she was a girl, Yun Yun's attitude toward her was far better than it had been toward Xiao Yan in the original story.

Maybe this was the so-called friendship between girls!

If it had been a man and a woman instead, perhaps it really would have been... just like the original story.

Yun Yun led Xiao Yi Xian through the dense forest, avoiding the magical beasts wandering about everywhere.

Looking at Xiao Yi Xian beside her, dressed in a black robe that concealed her face behind a worn bronze mask, Yun Yun asked in confusion, "Why are you dressed like that?"

There was no one else here, so why was Xiao Yi Xian dressed this way?

Seeing Yun Yun's puzzled expression, Xiao Yi Xian said calmly, "I'm afraid that if I run into the Amethyst Winged Lion King again, it'll come looking to settle the score with me."

Hearing that, Yun Yun felt somewhat embarrassed. Setting aside the fact that they had done something so sneaky, if Xiao Yi Xian encountered the Amethyst Winged Lion King alone...

She might really be in great danger...

As she watched Yun Yun walking ahead, Xiao Yi Xian secretly sighed in relief. She could hardly say, "I'm afraid Xiao Yan will recognize me."

She did not know whether Xiao Yan was still around. After all, a battle between Dou Huangs was incredibly exciting. What if he came over to watch the spectacle?

What would she do then?

Better safe than sorry!

A streak of azure light flashed across the sky, then landed soundlessly atop a pile of scattered rocks.

After landing, Xiao Yi Xian reluctantly released Yun Yun's soft waist!

Her gaze swept toward the enormous mountain in the distance. At its peak, a huge cave entrance flickered in and out of sight beneath the cover of branches.

"That is the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave?" Standing behind a boulder, Xiao Yi Xian carefully cast her gaze toward the mountaintop and asked softly.

"Mm." Yun Yun nodded slightly, her eyes slowly sweeping over the area around the cave. Her brows furrowed as she said, "The defenses around it have become much tighter. It seems that fellow has raised its guard as well."

"I'll do my best to kill or injure the high-level magical beasts near the entrance later. You should choose the best moment and sneak into the cave." Yun Yun turned around and instructed her with concern.

"Alright."

Xiao Yi Xian nodded to show that she understood. She did not believe that a mere Dou Shi could do it in the original story while she, a Da Dou Shi, could not.