Bai Shengyi gave an awkward laugh, "I understand, Master."
She didn't look at Qin Si, and flew towards the Huanyu Secret Realm on her sword.
Along the way, new spatial rifts were constantly forming, and occasionally hurricanes carrying turbulent currents flowed back and forth. Bai Shengyi avoided them with the subtle reminders from the Samsara Brush.
"A'yi!" Yue Bufan saw Bai Shengyi and was very excited. He strode forward, wanting to say many things, but in the end, his lips just moved, forming one sentence, "It's good that you're back!"
Sentimental things were really not his style!
In contrast, Yue Yangui was more talkative, "Don't look at how steady Father is now, but before you returned, he would mutter to himself three or four times a day, fearing that you would be wronged in the upper realm after your ascension..."
Yue Yangui smiled faintly, and before Yue Bufan could get angry, he gently changed the subject and asked, "Shengyi, how are things in the upper realm?"
Qin Si stood not far away, watching Bai Shengyi being surrounded by Yue Yangui, Yue Bufan, Qian Ying, and others. She stood in the middle of the crowd. Although her expression was still calm, her eyes were smiling, her demeanor natural, and the scene was harmonious.
It was as if she hadn't seen herself at all. No, she was deliberately not looking at herself.
Even though her martial uncle had specifically asked her to return with him, paving the way for them, she still refused to acknowledge him.
Qin Si couldn't help but sigh. It was her fault, she had indeed said the wrong thing at the time.
"Fellow Daoist Qin."
"Zen Master."
Qin Si suppressed the emotions on her face and looked up at Zen Master Ku Le.
Zen Master Ku Le was covered in various incantations. Those incantations were a blinding crimson, even spreading to the distance. Qin Si followed the line of sight and saw the cultivators in the Mahayana stage sitting cross-legged in various positions not far away.
His heart skipped a beat, "You... you didn't find replacements?"
When he and Yue Bufan had moved the Huanyu Secret Realm to the Road of No Return, he had burned his lifespan, and the other Mahayana cultivators had also paid heavy prices such as a significant drop in cultivation or severe injuries. At that time, according to their plan, they would have summoned new Mahayana cultivators to replace them, controlling the descent of the Huanyu Secret Realm by providing a continuous stream of formation power.
But now, looking at the appearance of these cultivators, Qin Si realized they had clearly chosen another path.
"The Secret Realm has a spirit and will absorb the vital energy from within people," Zen Master Ku Le's expression was very calm, as if this was a trivial matter to him.
"We discovered that even if we left the formation, the Secret Realm's devouring of our vital energy would continue. Since that is the case, why not sacrifice ourselves to suppress the Secret Realm? It would be a fitting end."
"But this way..."
"So we also asked the Sect Master of Xuantiian Sect to place a curse on us. With the curse, we won't die anytime soon. As long as we can hold on until the Secret Realm opens, we win."
Yue Bufan walked over at this moment, "Zen Master is right, Qin Si, we need your help now to find the entrance to the Huanyu Secret Realm."
"I will not fail this mission!"
Qin Si cast a deep glance at Zen Master Ku Le and Yue Bufan, moved slightly, and disappeared into the distance.
And from the place where he had just disappeared, a Xuanjing Tiger ran out of the contracted space and transformed into a fiery and voluptuous beautiful woman.
The beautiful woman, Chuan Ming, ignored everyone else, squeezed into Bai Shengyi's circle of people, and stood behind Bai Shengyi.
"Chuan Ming, what are you doing?" Bai Shengyi looked around, "Where is Qin Si?"
Chuan Ming waved her hand, "Little girl..." She paused, suddenly realizing that it was no longer appropriate to call Bai Shengyi "little girl."
"Don't mind me, I'm just ordered to protect you."
Although her dog master was usually a bit of a dog, she still had to fulfill his instructions.
Bai Shengyi frowned, "I don't need your protection."
Chuan Ming smiled and remained silent, not moving, pretending not to understand what she was saying.
Qian Ying watched for a while, her eyes rolled, and she chuckled. Her beautiful eyes flickered with curiosity, wanting to see a good show, "Junior Sister, did you and Qin Si argue?"
It was rare. The two who were usually inseparable would actually argue?
It wasn't that Bai Shengyi and Qin Si were often together, being lovey-dovey and inseparable. On the contrary, as the closest observers, Qian Ying understood better than anyone that they were often apart. But, as it were, once Bai Shengyi and Qin Si stood in the same space, their gazes were so sweet they could draw silk, making her inwardly sigh.
Bai Shengyi was a little speechless, "Does Senior Sister really want to see us argue?"
Sensing something was wrong, Qian Ying immediately changed her tune, "How could that be? Senior Sister naturally hopes that you two will be together forever."
Seeing her friend so submissive, Chuan Ming unceremoniously burst into laughter.
Qian Ying gave Chuan Ming a glare, pushed Chuan Ming away from Bai Shengyi, and leaned close to Bai Shengyi's ear in a low voice, "Junior Sister, your father has been found. Before the Secret Realm opens, go back with me to see him."
"Did something happen?" Bai Shengyi frowned slightly.
"Didn't Qin Si tell you?" Qian Ying asked.
Bai Shengyi: "No."
To be honest, there was no opportunity to talk. The moment they were reunited, they were being chased. Later, their minds were entirely focused on how to return to Shenqi. Once the situation finally calmed down, they had another argument.
Bai Shengyi frowned slightly and followed Qian Ying towards Shenqi Mountain.
As the top combatant of the Shenqi Little World at this time, she should, strictly speaking, be guarding the Huanyu Secret Realm just in case. Lin Qingyu, standing nearby, instinctively wanted to stop Bai Shengyi but was blocked by Yue Bufan.
"Bai Qingjiang is unconscious, is it not allowed for Shengyi to go back and see him?"
Lin Qingyu tapped his hand with his ornate feather fan and said elegantly, "Mountain Master Yue, are we such unreasonable people? We just didn't think of it for a moment."
After all, they had no relationship with Bai Qingjiang, so who would care if an outsider lived or died?
Lin Qingyu said with a long sigh, "This King is now only worried, can we really protect Shenqi?"
The major external forces could still listen to them and wait outside Shenqi, but once the Secret Realm opened, would they really be willing to give up the immediate benefits?
Lin Qingyu thought this, but he didn't expect that the situation would soon prove his words true.
That evening, people from the Chongyuan Middle World, holding the Yingwu Continent token, brazenly drove out the disciples stationed in Qianlian City and demanded that the Shenqi Little World open the Secret Realm for them to enter first.
"You people have guarded the Secret Realm for so long, I don't believe you don't know how to open it? If you don't know, then how did you move the Secret Realm to this location?"
"Of course, you can rest assured, as long as you are obedient, our Yingwu Continent will also protect you while exploring the Secret Realm. Of course, if you are disobedient, don't blame us for being impolite. Do you understand, you trash?"