Those Three?? Were They Out of Their Minds!!

"Why is the mist still here after we killed the vine demoness?" Xie Wenyun circled the area, yet still failed to find a way out.

Logically, since the demoness had been guarding this place, it should have been the exit.

Gu Yi ate the flower stamens and sat beside Jiang Lingzhou to regulate his breathing, while Lin Yuan stood on the other side with his arms folded.

Just then, Jiang Lingzhou, who had remained unconscious all this time, suddenly began coughing. "Cough, cough... Water... I want some water..."

Hearing him, Xie Wenyun feared he would disturb Gu Yi, so he hurriedly helped Jiang Lingzhou up, settled him against his chest with practiced ease, and poured water into his mouth, gulp after gulp.

Jiang Lingzhou opened his eyes a crack and suddenly flashed a wicked grin. "Senior Sister Ye, you're so good to me..."

Xie Wenyun: "..."

It had been days already. Why was he still hallucinating?

Before Jiang Lingzhou could react, he laid him back down, turned, and walked away.

He wasn't his junior sister. If she and Jiang Lingzhou truly had feelings for each other, they ought to make things clear. Why put him in the middle?

After two steps, he suddenly noticed the scenery shifting before his eyes. When he looked back, Gu Yi and the other two were nowhere to be seen.

Xie Wenyun's heart lurched. All three of them had vanished!!!

Meanwhile, the newly awakened Jiang Lingzhou clutched his wound and sat up, muttering, "Senior Sister Ye? Where did you go?"

He rubbed his eyes and discovered that he was in his own room at the Taichu Sect.

Hadn't he fallen to the bottom of the cliff with Xie Wenyun? When had he come back???

Lin Yuan stood with his arms folded and his head lowered, considering where he should look for Gu Yi's Life Lamp once they got out. Just then, a pair of white boots suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

His gaze slowly traveled upward. A white fox-fur cloak, a silver mask-who else could it be but Gu Yi?

"Gu Yi?" Lin Yuan looked at the person before him and reached out to grab him.

But the "Gu Yi" before him instantly reappeared several yards away. No matter how he reached, he could never catch him...

Meanwhile, the real Gu Yi had his eyes tightly shut. After eating those flower stamens, it had taken him quite some effort to purge the toxins from his body. When he opened his eyes, the sight before him left him stunned.

Those three?????

Were they out of their minds...

Jiang Lingzhou, who was closest to him, sat on the ground giggling foolishly, looking exceedingly bashful. Every so often, he muttered something about "finally marrying you."

His hands kept fiddling with thin air, and it wasn't hard to tell what he was doing.

First, he bowed to heaven and earth before thin air, smiling so broadly his whole face practically blossomed. Then he lifted an "invisible bridal veil" and proceeded to perform an "invisible wedding wine toast"...

All the while, he kept murmuring, "Yiyi... You're so beautiful..."

Gu Yi's mouth twitched. No longer caring whether Jiang Lingzhou was injured, he went up and kicked him straight over.

"Beautiful, my ass! You filthy creep..." He was actually fantasizing about marrying him. If he didn't kick him awake now, would the next step be their "precious wedding night"?

After Gu Yi kicked him over, Jiang Lingzhou's eyes were somewhat dazed. It took quite a while before they cleared. He stared blankly at Gu Yi, who was looking at him as though he were an idiot, and said, "Wife!"

Gu Yi went straight up and rapped him hard on the head. "Who's your wife? Are you still not awake?"

Jiang Lingzhou clutched his head and let out a couple of howls before saying, sounding rather aggrieved, "Senior Sister Ye... I think I just... had a dream. You married me in it!"

With a dark expression, Gu Yi looked toward Xie Wenyun and Lin Yuan. "That wasn't a dream. It was an illusion. There really is something wrong with this mist. There was something strange about that demoness."

He stuffed some Love Vine stamens into Jiang Lingzhou's mouth. "Eat these, and you won't be affected."

Then he went over to Xie Wenyun.

Xie Wenyun wasn't as bizarre as Jiang Lingzhou. From the look of him, he seemed to have returned to the sect as well.

Because he was reading an "invisible book."

He was also muttering, "A pill refined from rare ingredients such as thousand-year lingzhi, ten-thousand-year snow lotus, qilin blood, and a Phoenix Inner Core.

"After consumption, it can repair damaged bodily functions, replenish vitality, and extend one's lifespan. Junior Sister could try this.

"This Resurrection Pill can recall a soul about to leave the body, bringing the dead back to life or restoring vitality to someone on the verge of death.

"But it isn't suitable for Junior Sister. Not an option.

"Spirit beast inner cores, life-extending formations, life-extending magical treasures-these could work. I should try them if I get the chance.

"Life extension through dual cultivation: through the blending and mutual supplementation of yin and yang energies, both parties' bodies and souls can be nourished, thereby extending their lifespans.

"The method of dual cultivation requires both parties to share mutual affection... This... How could this be allowed... I mustn't harbor improper thoughts about Junior Sister..."

Gu Yi: "..."

Jiang Lingzhou had come over by then, just in time to hear that last part: harbor improper thoughts about Junior Sister...

He gritted his teeth in anger. "Well, well, Xie Wenyun! I want to marry Senior Sister Ye, but you? You're going straight to taking liberties with him!"

As he spoke, he grabbed Xie Wenyun, who was sitting there reading his "invisible book," and hauled him up. "Get up, you sanctimonious fraud!"

Gu Yi: "..."

This was mortifying... As if one hadn't been enough, now there were two.

A... a trifold? However you folded it... there was still another side????

Even in an illusion, Xie Wenyun was worrying about his lifespan. Honestly, Gu Yi was deeply touched.

Jiang Lingzhou's scolding jolted Xie Wenyun awake, and his eyes cleared at once. "You're finally awake..."

"Hmph, what an act!" Jiang Lingzhou jabbed a finger at Xie Wenyun's shoulder. "I saw everything. You wanted to practice dual cultivation with Senior Sister Ye..."

The moment Xie Wenyun heard the words "dual cultivation," his expression darkened. "I did not!"

"Yes, you did!" Jiang Lingzhou shouted. "You hypocrite, you sanctimonious fraud... I never imagined your mind was so filthy..."

Gu Yi: "..."

Why did he have to stand here listening to these two argue?

And the subject of their argument was him...

One had wanted to marry him in his illusion and would have gone straight to the bridal chamber if he hadn't been stopped...

The other's illusion had been about extending his lifespan, with dual cultivation thrown in...

He felt as though his toes could curl hard enough to carve an entire immortal mountain out of the ground...

Watching the two grow increasingly worked up, with even the usually calm and composed Xie Wenyun arguing back red-faced, he couldn't help retreating a couple of steps to leave that place of strife. After all, he didn't want to get caught in the crossfire.

Only then did he remember there was still Lin Yuan, who was playing "hide-and-seek."

Ever since earlier, Gu Yi had seen Lin Yuan running all over the place, shouting as he ran, "Don't go... Don't leave me... Please..."

He didn't even need to think about it. After all, he had seen Lin Yuan's inner demon.

It was him.

So the person Lin Yuan was chasing now was also him...

He sighed and walked over to Lin Yuan.

Without so much as glancing at him, Lin Yuan gazed affectionately at thin air. "Come back with me, all right...?"

Gu Yi: "..."

"All right, my ass..."

Gu Yi grabbed Lin Yuan, pulled him over, and punched him squarely in the lower abdomen. "Snap out of it! That's fake!"

Punched in the stomach by Gu Yi, Lin Yuan merely bent forward slightly. It took a while before he regained his senses. Then he looked at Gu Yi angrily, his voice sounding as though he was about to cry:

"What are you doing? Do you have any idea! I almost caught him... I was so close..."