A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

While Lin He and the others were engaged in fierce battle, Dong Xuan'er, Senior Sister Chen, and Yuan Yi were chatting together in the Seven Sects' camp.

Senior Sister Chen looked worried and couldn't sleep at all. Seeing this, Dong Xuan'er patted her shoulder and said...

"Senior Sister Chen, you can rest assured, Senior Brother Lin will be fine."

After spending these days together, and with Sarutobi's mediation, the two have grown quite close.

Yuan Yi also reassured her, "Master is incredibly powerful, Sister Qian, you can rest assured."

Hearing this, Senior Sister Chen felt much more at ease, and then the three of them started chatting about the events that had taken place on the Jingu Plain battlefield in the past few days.

In the past few days, thanks to the late-stage Foundation Establishment bronze armor corpse given to them by Lin He, as well as the fragment of the Rock Spirit Fan magic weapon, Senior Sister Chen and Dong Xuan'er have performed exceptionally well, killing many demonic disciples, which made Hong Fu very happy, and Li Huayuan also praised them highly.

As for Ape One, it performed exceptionally well, even ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators were no match for it, and some even called it General Yellow Ape.

Ape One quite liked this title; it sounded impressive enough, so he let them call him that.

"Yuan Yi, you're really something now. Those demonic disciples run away as soon as they see you from afar, and they don't dare to fight back at all."

Yuan smiled and said, "That's all thanks to the magical artifacts gifted by the two seniors. I think they're perfect for me. Anyway, the two sisters have been making quite a splash these past few days, earning the admiration of many disciples from the seven sects."

Seeing this, Dong Xuan'er teased, "Senior Sister Chen is beautiful and so strong now. Only someone like Senior Brother Lin is worthy of you."

Upon hearing this, Senior Sister Chen blushed and said, "I... I'm not that good. When it comes to beauty, I can't even come close to that Fairy Nangong. She's truly a celestial being descended to earth."

Upon hearing this, Dong Xuan'er sighed and said, "Yes, otherwise why would Senior Brother Lin always like to go there?"

"Ah..." Senior Sister Chen said with some surprise, "You know about this too?"

"Don't you know too?" Dong Xuan'er retorted. "You've been pretending not to know, afraid of upsetting him. Sigh, Senior Brother Lin is smart, strong, and handsome, but... cough cough, he's a bit of a womanizer."

"He's more than just a bit of a womanizer. There's also a Miss Xin in the Hidden Moon Sect." Ape thought to itself, but it would never dare to say it aloud.

When this matter was brought up, Senior Sister Chen suddenly asked, "Junior Sister Dong, do you also have feelings for Senior Brother Lin...?"

Upon hearing this, Dong Xuan'er blushed and then said without any attempt to hide her feelings, "That's right, I like Senior Brother Lin. If I were a Nascent Soul cultivator, I would have already captured him and taken him to my cave. Unfortunately, I can't beat him, and he's unwilling to come with me. Hmm, how about this? I'll go and beg my master to grant me a marriage. What do you think?"

Senior Sister Chen was somewhat surprised by her frankness, but she became anxious upon hearing the content of her words. If Hong Fu were to bestow a marriage upon him, Lin He would probably find it difficult to refuse.

Seeing Senior Sister Chen's anxious look, Dong Xuan'er smiled and said, "Senior Sister Chen, not to criticize you, but your thoughts are too easy to guess. When it comes to scheming, you can't outsmart other women at all. And someone like Senior Brother Lin will attract more and more women, and you might suffer in the end."

"Ah..." Senior Sister Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.

Dong Xuan'er shook her head and said, "Senior Sister Chen, your Chen family has protected you too well. You have no idea how wicked people can be. But perhaps it is precisely because of your naivety that you have won Senior Brother Lin's favor."

Senior Sister Chen, however, sensed something different and quickly asked, "Junior Sister Dong, you are Senior Aunt Hong Fu's disciple, your family must be very well-off, right? Have you experienced anything bad?"

Dong Xuan'er looked up at the sky, sighed, and said, "I've always had a knot in my heart, which is about my parents."

"Isn't your father a distant relative of Master Hongfu?" Senior Sister Chen asked, somewhat surprised.

Dong Xuan'er shook her head and said, "I used to think so too, but after cultivating immortality, my hearing and eyesight became sharper, and I was able to discover many flaws. Later, I asked my master about it several times, but every time I asked her, she would get angry. Over time, I became too lazy to ask anymore, but I know that my master must be hiding something from me."

Senior Sister Chen, unaware of the details, could only comfort her, saying, "Perhaps there's something she can't tell you. In any case, Aunt Hongfu would never harm you. She must have her own reasons for not telling you."

"That's what I thought too, so I didn't ask any more questions."

The three women chatted for a while longer before Dong Xuan'er got up to take her leave. Senior Sister Chen quickly asked...

"Why don't you wait a little longer? Junior Brother might be back soon."

"Let's forget about it," Dong Xuan'er sighed. "I'm not going to watch you two being all lovey-dovey later."

After Dong Xuan'er finished speaking, she left. Watching her departing figure, a sense of loneliness crept in. Senior Sister Chen looked at Yuan Yi.

"Yuan Yi, there are rumors in Huangfeng Valley that Junior Sister Dong is frivolous, but after spending these past few days with her, I think the truth may not be so. Perhaps we have all misunderstood Junior Sister Dong."

Yuan Yi nodded and said, "Sister Qian, I don't know about the past, but the current Sister Xuan'er is definitely not that kind of person."

"Then why don't you go and keep her company tonight? She's quite lonely without her Aunt Hongfu around."

"Okay." Yuan nodded and caught up with Dong Xuan'er.

Seeing Yuan Yi chasing after them, Dong Xuan'er was very happy. She took Yuan Yi's hand and was about to walk back to her residence when she suddenly seemed to hear something and quickly asked,

"Saruichi, did you hear that?"

"What?"

"There's a special voice, it's like... it's calling me."

Dong Xuan'er felt that this feeling was very special, as if a voice in her heart was telling her that she could get the answer as long as she went out.

"Sister Xuan'er, it's so late, you shouldn't go out."

"Senichi, I've never had this strong feeling before. I want to go see it. Will you come with me?"

Seeing Dong Xuan'er's pleading expression, Yuan Yi shook his head and said, "Master instructed me before to protect Sister Xuan'er's safety. It's so late, we shouldn't go out."

Seeing that Yuan Yi refused, Dong Xuan'er was also somewhat helpless. She knew that what Yuan Yi said made sense, but she always had a particularly strong feeling in her heart.

Just as the two were about to turn back, several Core Formation stage cultivators were floating in mid-air outside the camp, including the Red-Pink Skeleton.

These people actually attacked the main camp, which immediately caused great chaos. After all, Hong Fu and the others had entered Jingu Plain and had not yet returned, which was the time when the main camp's defenses were at their weakest.

Several Core Formation cultivators from the Seven Sects flew into the sky to intercept them and quickly engaged in combat. At the same time, a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Joyful Union Sect also appeared and attacked from all sides, provoking a counterattack from many Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Seven Sects.

The Seven Sects' camp was thrown into chaos. Yuan Yi frowned, but he did not forget his master's mission and remained by Dong Xuan'er's side.

"Judging from their attire, they should be from the Hehuan Sect. I didn't expect them to still be haunting us."

Just as Dong Xuan'er was about to pull Yuan Yi into the fray, a cloud of pink mist suddenly enveloped Yuan Yi, and it fainted before it could even see the other party's face.

At this moment, a man with exceptionally handsome features appeared in front of Dong Xuan'er.