The Confucian and Taoist Sages of Mortal Cultivation

"Why……"

An hour later, Yang Qingyuan got up, dressed, and sighed. He hadn't expected that the Iron Crotch Skill would be the first thing to take effect in the Thirteen Protectors' Horizontal Chain Golden Bell Cover.

Chen Qiaoqian had regained consciousness. Her eyes were filled with tears, and she bit her red lips. She silently took out a new dress from her storage bag and put it on. She struggled to stand up, but her legs went weak and she couldn't stand up at all.

Yang Qingyuan reached out and helped Chen Qiaoqian to her feet, allowing her to regain her balance.

"What happened today must not be known to anyone else!" Chen Qiaoqian bit her red lips, her face stern, and said fiercely, "I will use my magic to force out what you left inside me."

"Once we leave the ancient tomb, we'll be like strangers!"

"Let's pretend today's events never happened."

Betrayed by her senior brother Lu and tragically losing her virginity, she now hates all men.

Seeing that the other party was angry and nothing he said would make a difference, Yang Qingyuan stepped forward and picked up the Wind and Thunder Fan, Senior Brother Lu's storage bag, and Wu Sangchong's storage bag.

When he saw the five flying swords with dim spiritual light, his face turned grim. He prepared to go back and nurture them with his magic power for half a year so that he could restore them to their original state before the Blood Forbidden Land opened.

In addition, he put the Azure Dragon Flag and the Azure Wood True Cover into his storage bag.

Seeing that Yang Qingyuan was engrossed in looting treasures and had actually stopped paying attention to her, Chen Qiaoqian felt a mix of emotions. She coldly said, "Go check on Wu Feng."

Yang Qingyuan then turned to look at the hole in the wall, then quickly stepped forward, climbed over the hole, and came to the burial chamber. He moved the rubble on the ground and finally saw Wu Feng buried.

At this moment, Wu Feng's eyes were closed, his face was pale, and his chest was not rising or falling.

Yang Qingyuan crouched down, placed his right hand under the other person's nose, carefully sensed her, and then shouted to Chen Qiaoqian behind the cave entrance, "Still alive."

"Senior Sister Chen, could you lend me one of your Rejuvenation Pills?"

"Right now, only the Rejuvenation Pill, a top-grade healing pill refined by Foundation Establishment cultivators, can save Senior Brother Wu's life."

"Why save him?" Chen Qiaoqian said coldly. "Don't forget, Lu Yunfeng died at your hands."

"Once the sect finds Wu Feng involved, and he reveals the truth, you will inevitably be implicated."

Yang Qingyuan had already become Lei Wanhe's disciple, and it was all in self-defense, so he naturally wasn't worried about Lu Yunfeng's death spreading. However, when he heard that Chen Qiaoqian seemed to care about him, he couldn't help but cast a surprised look at her.

Chen Qiaoqian realized she had lost her composure, a hint of panic flashing in her eyes, and said, "Don't overthink it."

"I'm worried that the sect leader will use the Mind-Testing Technique to interrogate you about the whole incident. Wouldn't that make our affair public knowledge?"

Yang Qingyuan pondered for a moment and said, "If I were to stand by and watch someone die, how would my actions differ from Lu Yunfeng's?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Qiaoqian fell silent. After a long while, she gently parted her lips and said, "I can lend you a Rejuvenation Pill, but after Wu Feng wakes up, I have a few questions to ask him."

Yang Qingyuan naturally did not refuse and nodded in agreement. He then borrowed a Rejuvenation Pill and gave it to Wu Feng.

The effects of the Rejuvenation Pill were immediate, and Wu Feng quickly woke up, opened his eyes, and looked around.

"Junior Brother Yang, Junior Sister Chen, how long have I been unconscious?"

"What about Wu Sangchong and Lu Yunfeng?"

Yang Qingyuan explained, "They are already dead at my hands."

Upon hearing this, Wu Feng was also taken aback, never expecting Yang Qingyuan to be able to fight two against one. He replied, "I underestimated Junior Brother Yang."

"I never expected Junior Brother Yang to be so skilled."

"The lower-level disciples in the valley often compare the two of you with different spiritual roots, saying things like 'Southern Qingyuan, Northern Yunfeng'."

"Now it seems that Lu Yunfeng isn't even worthy of carrying your shoes."

Chen Qiaoqian interjected, "Senior Brother Wu, the death of Lu Yunfeng, a wind spirit root cultivator, will surely cause a sensation within the sect. What do you think?"

Wu Feng noticed a hint of threat in Chen Qiaoqian's words, and his heart jumped into his throat, fearing that she would kill him to silence him. He carefully said, "As I said before, I have resigned from my post in the Transmission Pavilion and plan to go to the mortal world to start a family. I will never return to the sect in this life."

"Even if Lu Yunfeng's death causes a sensation within the sect, it has nothing to do with me."

Upon hearing this, Chen Qiaoqian's expression softened slightly, and she continued, "To have more descendants? Senior Brother Wu, our Chen family happens to have several members of our clan of marriageable age who are about to get married."

"Senior Brother Wu, why don't you come visit our Chen family and take care of your injuries while you're at it?"

Wu Feng realized that Chen Qiaoqian meant to put him under house arrest, and he couldn't help but feel flustered. However, he didn't dare to offend the Chen family, so he could only smile wryly and say, "Alright, then I'll trouble Junior Sister Chen."

Chen Qiaoqian's expression finally softened completely, and she said to Yang Qingyuan, "Let's go. Let's leave this place."

Yang Qingyuan waved his hand and replied, "I want to wander around here a bit more."

"Wu Sangchong mentioned before that he has a way to freely enter and exit the Crimson Forbidden Zone. I want to investigate that."

"You believe what a madman says?" Chen Qiaoqian replied coldly, unconcerned. "He's probably just saying that to seduce Lu Yunfeng."

"If the Crimson Forbidden Land were truly free to enter and exit, then the Nascent Soul patriarchs of our seven major sects would have gone in long ago."

"Will it be his turn?"

Wu Feng chimed in, "Yes, if Wu Sangchong truly had a way to freely enter and leave the Crimson Forbidden Zone, why would he need to stay here?"

Yang Qingyuan, however, was determined and said, "I want to investigate further."

"Whatever you want." Chen Qiaoqian stamped her foot, her tone reproachful. Then, with a flick of her sleeve, she released the Azure Leaf magic artifact, carrying Wu Feng into the passageway.

But then she turned back to look at Yang Qingyuan, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Does Senior Sister Chen have anything to say?" Yang Qingyuan asked upon seeing this.

"Hmph." Chen Qiaoqian snorted coldly, then carried Wu Feng into the passageway and disappeared.

Yang Qingyuan blinked, already guessing the reason for Chen Qiaoqian's abnormal behavior. It was probably because after losing her virginity to him, she was bound by traditional concepts, wanting an explanation but ashamed to speak up, which made her personality extremely conflicted.

However, Yang Qingyuan's mind was filled with thoughts of the Blood Forbidden Zone, so he naturally didn't want to get entangled with Chen Qiaoqian. Therefore, after watching her leave, he immediately took out the storage bags of Senior Brother Lu and Wu Sangchong, opened them, and scattered treasures all over the ground.

In Senior Brother Lu's storage bag, there was a pair of high-grade magic artifacts shaped like silver hooks and a high-grade magic artifact shaped like a blue rope, but they were no longer of interest to Yang Qingyuan.

Yang Qingyuan took out a white porcelain bottle from among the many items, brought it to his nose, sniffed it twice, and chuckled, "This should be the Foundation Establishment Pill that the sect gave to Lu Yunfeng."

Now that he has lost his virginity, the difficulty of Foundation Establishment has increased, and this third Foundation Establishment Pill has come at just the right time.

He then rummaged through Wu Sangchong's storage bag, and took out a cyan jade slip, which he pressed against his forehead to examine it.

After a long while, Yang Qingyuan suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze filled with shock, and murmured, "So what Wu Sangchong said was true..."