The exquisite and finely contoured features were breathtakingly beautiful, indescribable by words, carrying both the softness of femininity and a certain cold aloofness and heroism that left one in awe upon gazing.

As if sensing Lu Changsheng’s return, her slender lashes trembled gently, hinting at a trace of nervousness.

“Goodness, am I really that intimidating?”

As a Core Formation cultivator, Lu Changsheng’s soul was exceptionally sharp, and he naturally noticed this subtle movement from Chu Qingyi, leaving him momentarily speechless.

Although, gazing upon Chu Qingyi clad in the Qingyun Robe, her brows like a painting, exuding heroic charm, her beauty befitting that of a Sword Immortal, he couldn’t help but feel a slight heat in his heart.

Still, it’s not as though he was constantly preoccupied with such thoughts.

Not to mention, having spent countless days and nights healing Chu Qingyi and condensing her Golden Core, even with his body as resilient as a Magical Treasure, nourished by the Nascent Soul Origin, he still felt weary and needed some rest to stabilize his Realm.

“I wonder where we are right now?”

Lu Changsheng extended his Divine Sense to observe the surroundings.

He had previously surveyed the external environment and knew that after the Tianyuan Lotus tore through the void, it landed in a water domain.

However, the specific location remained unclear.

He simply intervened whenever he sensed a Demon Beast interfere with the Tianyuan Lotus.

Setting aside these thoughts, Lu Changsheng moved to sit cross-legged beside Chu Qingyi, beginning to adjust his state and stabilize the situation.

Yet for some reason, he couldn’t shake the feeling that he had forgotten something…

“Phew…”

Seeing Lu Changsheng merely sit down beside her, Chu Qingyi let out a soft sigh of relief in her heart.

She did not dislike Lu Changsheng.

However, she couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy about how to interact with him if he were to become too close or intimate with her.

…

Qingyun Sect.

Caiyun Peak.

Inside a luxurious palace.

“Hmm, has Qingyi escaped danger?”

Yun Wanshang, adorned in a colorful and ornate palace gown, her face exquisitely beautiful and dignified, with an air of nobility, was radiant with joy as she gazed at the Soul Lamp in front of her, now finally stabilized.

After returning from the Heavenly Sword Sect, she had no heart for cultivation and had been closely monitoring her disciple Chu Qingyi’s Soul Lamp.

At this moment, seeing the flickering flame that once seemed like a candle in the wind now robust and steady, she knew Chu Qingyi had passed through the shadow of danger, and her heart brimmed with both relief and joy.

“I wonder what fortuitous encounter Qingyi obtained…”

Yun Wanshang recalled Xuanjian True Monarch’s words, where he hinted that Chu Qingyi’s current experience was a blend of catastrophe and opportunity.

If she survived this great calamity, there would be an auspicious turn awaiting her!

Although he didn’t specify what this auspicious turn was, for it to accompany such a dire tribulation, it was bound to be extraordinary.

“I wonder how that little scoundrel is doing…”

At this thought, Yun Wanshang’s mind shifted to Lu Changsheng, a hint of concern emerging in her heart.

Previously, she had instructed Xiao Xiyue to inform her at once if Lu Changsheng returned to Bi Lake Mountain.

However, so much time had passed, and there was still no news from Bi Lake Mountain.

“If that Core Formation Sword Cultivator truly is Lu Changsheng, then with Qingyi out of danger, that little scoundrel should also be safe.”

Thinking back on her previous conjecture, Yun Wanshang let out a faint sigh in her heart.

She both hoped that the Core Formation Sword Cultivator was Lu Changsheng and deeply feared that he was indeed Lu Changsheng.

After all, the thought of the two of them being together out there, jointly escaping danger, gave her an inexplicable sense of foreboding.

A premonition she didn’t dare to dwell on further.

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Yun Wanshang took a deep breath, forcibly dismissing the chaotic thoughts in her mind, and sat cross-legged to begin her cultivation.

Now that her disciple Chu Qingyi was out of danger, she could finally focus on her training in peace.

But no sooner had she settled down than a wave of restlessness surged within her.

Imagining that if the Core Formation Sword Cultivator was truly Lu Changsheng, and if some bond or emotional entanglement developed between them, how should she handle it?

“Ah, what a mess this is!”

A moment later, Yun Wanshang opened her beautiful eyes and let out a deep sigh.

She felt that ever since encountering Lu Changsheng, the moments her heart was thrown into chaos far outnumbered all those in the past century.