A moment later, Xiao Xiyue arrived at the mountaintop, clad in snow-white garments. Her face was cold and aloof, as if she embodied the bright and unblemished moon.

Seeing the unparalleled beauty before her, wearing a vibrant palace dress, with an air of nobility and elegance, Xiao Xiyue bowed deeply and said, “Master.”

“Xiyue, Lu Changsheng encountered an accident in the Tianyuan Secret Realm. Go to Bi Lake Mountain and see if he left behind a Soul Lamp or Life-bound Token.”

Yun Wanshang looked at Xiao Xiyue standing before her, sighed softly, and said, “If he did not, then bring back one of his commonly used items.”

“What!?”

Upon hearing her master’s words, Xiao Xiyue’s slender figure trembled violently, and the detached mindset of the Supreme Forgetful Love Technique she cultivated instantly collapsed.

With a look filled with disbelief, she spoke, “Master, are you saying that Changsheng… encountered an accident in the Tianyuan Secret Realm?”

“Alas…”

Yun Wanshang gazed at her disciple’s expression and sighed deeply in her heart yet again.

The Supreme Forgetful Love Technique placed the utmost importance on mental fortitude.

Her disciple had cultivated this technique for years, maintaining a demeanor that was unmoved by emotions and untouched by sentiment.

Now, upon hearing news of Lu Changsheng, her composure shattered in an instant, and her Dao Heart trembled. This showed that the seeds of emotion had taken deep root, and there was no turning back.

If something truly happened to Lu Changsheng—if he were to perish—then her disciple’s cultivation path would likely be utterly severed.

Yet, when Yun Wanshang thought of the potential death of Lu Changsheng in the secret realm, a strange sorrow stirred within her heart as well.

“The Tianyuan Secret Realm experienced an anomaly, and Lu Changsheng’s status is now uncertain. He has not emerged from the secret realm, which is why I am asking you to visit Bi Lake Mountain.”

“Afterward, I will ask Elder Du to perform a divination regarding Lu Changsheng’s condition.”

Yun Wanshang’s expression remained dignified and serene, her voice soft as she spoke.

“The secret realm experienced an anomaly, and he has not emerged…”

Xiao Xiyue let out a slight breath of relief at her master’s words.

Alive, she must find him; dead, she must see his body!

As long as she hadn’t seen his corpse, she refused to believe that Lu Changsheng had fallen!

Initially, upon hearing her master say that he had met with an accident and instructing her to check the Soul Lamp and Life-bound Token at Bi Lake Mountain, she had assumed the worst.

“Master, do we know what kind of anomaly occurred in the secret realm? And what kind of accident Changsheng… encountered?”

Lightly biting her lip, Xiao Xiyue asked softly.

She stood there in a moon-white dress, her dark hair gently flowing, her breathtakingly beautiful face devoid of cosmetics, yet surpassing all mortal beauty.

Her usually serene and detached eyes now rippled like a turbulent mountain spring, filled with waves of emotion.

If the disciples of the Qingyun Sect were to witness the usually aloof and cold Fairy Xi Yue, who was like the Nine Heavens Bright Moon, caring so deeply for a man, their hearts would surely shatter, convinced they were hallucinating.

Even Yun Wanshang, Xiao Xiyue’s own master, couldn’t help but sigh at the sight, wondering what kind of allure Lu Changsheng possessed to have bewitched her disciple so thoroughly.

“The Tianyuan Secret Realm has collapsed… A corpse-monster with power comparable to a Nascent Soul emerged. As Lu Changsheng fled toward the exit, he was suddenly hunted by a Core Formation cultivator. His whereabouts are unknown, and he has not emerged from the secret realm.”

Yun Wanshang did not withhold anything and spoke plainly with her rosy lips.

“Hunted by a Core Formation cultivator!?”

Xiao Xiyue furrowed her brows slightly, finding this rather puzzling. She continued to inquire, “Master, why would Changsheng be targeted by a Core Formation cultivator? And has this Core Formation cultivator emerged from the secret realm? What is their current status?”

“The exact details, I am unsure of.”

“The Core Formation cultivator has also not emerged from the secret realm, but we cannot rule out the possibility that he used some method to escape unnoticed.”

Yun Wanshang replied calmly.

Though a Heaven-and-Earth Net had been laid outside the secret realm,

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“Understood.”

Xiao Xiyue gently pursed her lips, deep in thought, believing that Lu Changsheng was likely unharmed.

Partly because of the trust she had placed in him over the years,

and partly because she had faith in his abilities.

No matter how brief his time in the Core Formation stage had been, she believed Lu Changsheng was no ordinary Core Formation cultivator!

“Master, is Senior Sister safe?”

At that moment, Xiao Xiyue, recalling the anomaly in the secret realm, thought of her senior sister who was tasked with guarding the realm and voiced her concern.

“Your senior sister has also encountered an accident. Her situation is perilous, and her whereabouts are unknown.”

Yun Wanshang sighed deeply.

“How can this be!?”

Xiao Xiyue’s expression turned to one of shock.

She hadn’t expected that not only was Lu Changsheng missing,

but even her senior sister Chu Qingyi was now unaccounted for.

If it were said that Lu Changsheng, pursued by a Core Formation cultivator, was missing, with life or death uncertain, it might be understandable.

But her senior sister, as a Core Formation True Pill Master of the Qingyun Sect, should have been brought out of the secret realm by the Qingyun disciples or other Core Formation True Pill Masters, even if gravely injured or worse.

“Your senior sister was in a dire situation and was rescued by a sword cultivator.”

“But who would have thought this sword cultivator would take her into the depths of the secret realm? When the realm collapsed and shattered, they did not emerge.”

Yun Wanshang’s clear eyes flickered slightly as she spoke.

If Qingyun Sect disciples hadn’t witnessed the scene, she might even have suspected that True Master Lingfeng was deceiving her.

“A sword cultivator, venturing into the depths of the secret realm?”

Xiao Xiyue’s cold, moonlit eyes stirred with a trace of peculiar emotion.

Lu Changsheng had disappeared.

Her senior sister had disappeared.

The Core Formation cultivator who pursued Lu Changsheng had also vanished.

Her senior sister had been rescued by a sword cultivator and was now missing.

“If that sword cultivator were Changsheng…”

A thought emerged in Xiao Xiyue’s mind, and everything seemed to suddenly make sense.

After all, she was well aware that Lu Changsheng had practiced Sword Dao techniques in his early years.

Although he later switched to cultivating other techniques, disguising himself as a sword cultivator should not be difficult, should it?

She asked, “Master, was that sword cultivator also a Core Formation cultivator? Why would he rescue Senior Sister?”

“Yes, that person was a Core Formation cultivator. His methods appear to originate from a different nation’s loose cultivators. As for why he rescued Qingyi, I have no idea.”