After being jilted by the saintess at the beginning, why is she crying?

Lin Fengmian smiled and released his hand.

Zhao Yun'er quickly took two steps back to create some distance.

She looked up and glared at him.

That one glance filled me with both shame and anger.

Lin Fengmian felt a slight stirring in his heart as he read this.

Zhao Yun'er felt increasingly uncomfortable under his gaze, and her eyes involuntarily shifted downwards.

Then, her face turned even redder.

Lin Fengmian's upper body was still naked.

Zhao Yun'er glanced at it only once before quickly looking away.

This lecherous man... how come he has such a great figure?!

However, she also knew that every cultivator had their own secrets and opportunities.

He won't say anything, and she won't ask.

After a moment of silence, Zhao Yun'er finally spoke:

"Since... you're alright, I... I'm leaving."

Upon hearing this, Lin Fengmian assumed she meant to go to other parts of the secret realm, and said:

"Where are you going? I'll go with you. I'm worried about leaving you alone."

Zhao Yun'er shook her head:

"Idiot, I meant... I'm leaving the secret realm."

Lin Fengmian was stunned.

"Leave the secret realm?" He frowned slightly.

"Isn't this secret realm supposed to open in a month?"

Zhao Yun'er did not answer.

She simply turned around and looked at the steep stone wall not far away.

Under the moonlight, the stone wall looked unremarkable, no different from the surrounding rocks.

But Zhao Yun'er could sense it.

The keepsake her mother left her, nestled in her bosom, was slightly warm.

When she was being chased by those three men, she fled in a panic and unintentionally passed by this area.

At that moment, the keepsake in my arms suddenly resonated strongly.

She was shocked, but had no time to look closely; she could only run away as fast as she could.

Later, she was driven to the brink of despair and thought she was going to die.

Until Lin Fengmian appeared and saved her.

Standing here now, she felt the growing resonance within her.

An indescribable emotion welled up inside me.

She took a deep breath and walked towards the stone wall.

Seeing this, Lin Fengmian quickly followed.

"Yun'er?"

Zhao Yun'er didn't turn around, but said softly:

"You...come along."

Lin Fengmian raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and simply followed silently behind her.

The two arrived at the stone wall.

Zhao Yun'er stopped and took out a crystal-clear jade pendant from her bosom.

He then affixed the jade pendant to the stone wall.

next moment--

"Boom—!"

The stone wall suddenly began to tremble violently!

Cracks spread from where the jade pendant was attached, quickly covering the entire stone wall!

A blinding white light shot out from the crack!

Before our eyes, the once intact stone wall has suddenly cracked open with a huge portal!

Inside the gate, the mist was thick and hazy, obscuring its depth.

Lin Fengmian was shocked.

This girl's identity is definitely not simple.

He had long felt that she possessed an indescribable charm.

She was aloof and distant, yet possessed an innate air of nobility.

Now it seems that her background is far more complicated than I imagined.

Zhao Yun'er took a deep breath and turned to look at Lin Fengmian.

"You...come in with me."

Having said that, she turned around and stepped through the doorway.

Lin Fengmian watched her figure disappear into the mist, a smile playing on his lips.

This little girl trusts me quite a bit.

He shook his head and followed.

Although Zhao Yun'er is aloof, she is definitely not the kind of person who would harm me.

Without hesitation, he followed.

The moment Lin Fengmian stepped through that portal, he saw a flash of white light.

When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in an ancient cave.

The cave was not large, about three zhang square.

The most eye-catching feature is a stone platform in the very center of the cave.

On the stone platform, a lotus-shaped object lay quietly.

The lotus was entirely white, with layers upon layers of petals, so lifelike.

It looked as if it had just been picked from the water.

A faint mist rises from between the petals, carrying an indescribable mystical aura.

"Yun'er, what's in here?" Lin Fengmian asked, looking around.

Zhao Yun'er shook her head and said softly:

"I'm not quite sure either. My mother just said that my grandmother... once left a trace of her destiny here."

As she spoke, she slowly walked towards the stone platform.

Lin Fengmian followed behind her.

Zhao Yun'er took a deep breath and took out the crystal-clear jade pendant from her bosom.

That was a keepsake left to her by her mother, which she had never parted with since childhood.

She gently placed the jade pendant into the groove at the very center of the lotus flower—

"Click."

A soft sound.

The next moment, the white jade lotus suddenly bloomed!

The petals curled outwards layer by layer, and soft white light rose from the center of the flower.

The light illuminated the entire cave. Within the light, the object lay there quietly—

A palm-sized token, entirely black, with a lifelike spider pattern engraved on the front;

Three small jade bottles, their surfaces warm and smooth, with something slowly wriggling inside.

There was also a yellowish jade tube.

Zhao Yun'er's heart stirred, and she reached out to pick up the jade tube and placed it on her forehead.

The moment her consciousness sank in, a flood of information rushed into her sea of ​​consciousness.

for a long time.

She opened her eyes, a flash of clarity in them, along with a hint of undisguised shock.

Jing was surprised.

"So... so my grandmother was actually the previous Spider Envoy of the Five Poisons Sect!"

"The current Spider Mage is my grandmother's personal disciple. As long as I take this token to her, she will definitely help me in any way she can."

Zhao Yun'er then looked at the jade bottles. The jade tube clearly stated that the bottles contained Gu worms unique to the Five Poisons Sect, all treasures left by her grandmother.

She picked up the first jade bottle, probed it with her divine sense, shook her head after a moment, and put it down.

The second one, the third one—

Finally, her gaze fell on a jade bottle that shimmered with a faint blue light.

She picked up the jade bottle, turned around, and handed it to Lin Fengmian.

"You big idiot, here, take this."

Lin Fengmian took the jade bottle and looked down at it.

Inside the bottle, a Gu worm the size of a little finger was slowly wriggling, with a pale golden pattern on its back, faintly resembling a sword.

"Yun'er, what's this?"

Zhao Yun'er said softly, "This is the Sword Qi Grand Gu."

"Gu worms?"

Lin Fengmian was also taken aback upon hearing this.

This word reminded him of some miscellaneous records about cultivating immortality that he had read.

Those miscellaneous notes mentioned that the world of cultivation was vast and boundless, with countless strange and unusual cultivation methods.

Besides orthodox cultivation techniques,

There are also alchemy cultivators, array cultivators, weapon cultivators, body cultivators... and Gu cultivators.

Gu cultivators do not cultivate techniques, but instead refine Gu worms with their essence, blood, and soul, and use spiritual energy to power the Gu worms to fight enemies.

He had initially thought it was just a fabrication in a miscellaneous record, but he never expected to actually see a Gu worm today.

Zhao Yun'er nodded and patiently explained, following the instructions recorded in the jade tube:

"After refining it, activating it in battle will make your sword energy more and more powerful as the number of attacks increases."

She paused, glanced at Lin Fengmian, and then quickly looked away:

"I feel... it suits you quite well."