Are you really trying to cultivate immortality? Something feels off.

The old tree spirit shook its head, sighed, and didn't try to stop it any further: "Never mind."

He murmured, "Whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's all your fate."

Wiping away her pale green tears, she choked back sobs and said, "Grandpa, it's because our Spirit Herbs have weak attack power, so we couldn't stop them even if we tried. That sister could burn us all to death with a single fire."

The old tree spirit tapped it on the head with its cane: "Little child, don't talk nonsense!"

As the noise from the grandfather and grandson faded into the distance, the group followed Xie Weixing and walked forward.

Deep within the Beast Forest, a heavy miasma hung in the air, and towering ancient trees blocked out the sun, locking away all the sunlight. The ground was covered with a thick layer of decaying leaves, several feet thick.

"Something's not right," Nie Zhao said in a low voice, breaking the silence of the forest. "This place is very strange."

The spiritual energy is disordered, and yin and yang are in conflict, which is not found in ordinary mountains and forests.

Shen Chunri gripped his senior sister's arm, looked her up and down, and swallowed hard. "Boss, is it really okay for us to be so reckless?"

Xie Weixing thought for a moment and said, "Wait here for me for a while, I'll go in by myself."

He has the cheat code of the shop items. Although the teleportation talisman costs as much as 10,000 cultivation points, it ignores geographical restrictions and is only suppressed by cultivation level. It is an absolutely reliable life-saving artifact.

If anything goes wrong, he can get out immediately.

Nie Zhao turned around, looked at him coldly, and uttered five words with a sharp, angular quality: "Don't even think about it."

"Exactly," Shen Chunri frowned, "How could we let you go in alone? Even if we're going to court death, we'll do it together."

Xie Weixing asked earnestly, "Is it necessary to be so loyal at a time like this?"

"Are you looking down on me?" Yu Xintang reached out and hugged him. "When we were fighting five Nascent Soul cultivators and six Golden Core cultivators, why didn't you abandon me and run away?"

Xie Weixing was speechless and rolled his eyes: "How can this be the same? I have a life-saving magic weapon to run away. What will you guys do with your spirit swords if I get injured inside? After going to the Sword Tomb, we still have to go to Night Water..."

"We are fellow disciples," Yu Xintang interrupted him, her voice gentle but her eyes extremely serious. "We are partners who can entrust our backs to each other forever. Xie Xiaoshui, even if we can't help you, at least we will never leave you alone."

Xie Weixing was stunned.

"Sharing weal and woe, fortune and misfortune, is the ancestral precept of our sect." Tan Suiting spoke, his aloof and reserved features revealing his inner strength, yet he held his hand tightly.

"Kunkun," he said indifferently and coldly, "we will never abandon each other, even in life and death."

The forest breeze suddenly fell silent, and Xie Weixing's eyes trembled slightly as he was struck by those four words that seemed to weigh a ton.

[Let everyone experience it]

[This Xie Weixing has been clearly pleased with himself the whole time; you can see the smile constantly playing on his lips.]

[Do you know that things will be very difficult to resolve if you two don't get married right now?]

[It's so satisfying to see my family's wealth constantly being proclaimed! Dragon, what do you guys think is the meaning of life?]

[Is there a couple in this observation room that you're unhappy about? I was just watching Nie Xiaomei and the senior sister and I were crying my eyes out, and now I'm starting to smile weirdly. My mom thinks I've gone crazy, you know?]

[I was just joking, but you two are actually dating?]

There was a long silence.

"Dragon Lord, I knew it wasn't for nothing that I spent all my time eating and sleeping with you, being together day and night, never leaving your side..." The young man let out a soft sigh, his eyes filled with emotion, his light amber eyes curving into a gentle and sincere arc, while he gave a thumbs up, "Benevolent and righteous."

[At this point, I hope readers will remember our domain name: ①⓪①ⓚⓚⓢ.ⓒⓞⓜ]

Tan Suiting: ?

After a moment of silence, the comments section erupted with a flood of question marks.

System: Bro, I don't even know how to greet you. The atmosphere was just starting to build when you opened your mouth and it all was gone.

Xie Weixing looked completely innocent: What did I do wrong?!

[Didn't you guys tell me this Long Aotian is gay? Why didn't you tell me it's a 90-degree bend?]

[My gay charm completely fails me after meeting the Queen of Awakening]

[Aside from being handsome, it's exactly the same as the guide for losers]

Yu Xintang's lips twitched: "Something doesn't sound right to me. Are these words used like that?"

Why are we, the members of the Feng Hua Sect, all illiterate?

Shen Chunri rolled her eyes, arms crossed: "Can you stop being so lovey-dovey? Do you think I'm shipping you two?"

She really needs to give it a good beating.

Nie Zhao held his sword, expressionless, unsure which one to curse first.

Both the palms and the backs of my hands are covered in shit.

*

After arguing for a while, the group decided to go together.

The deeper you go, the stronger the intense, silent chill becomes.

Suddenly, Tan Suiting stopped, his posture upright and aloof, his narrow, cold eyes slightly narrowed, with a faint flash of lightning in his eyes.

Dragons have the most acute senses.

Xie Weixing held his hand and immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Tan Suiting said, "It is a spiritual artifact. Its aura is chaotic and intense, and it is impossible to distinguish between good and evil."

Xie Weixing thought to himself that this damn system was still very useful at crucial moments.

System: Feed. I can hear you.

Xie Weixing ignored it, but even at this moment, he didn't forget to tease people in a casual tone: "For our little prince of the dragon clan to be able to sense it, it can be considered a treasure. It seems that we are lucky today, and this trip to this dangerous place was not in vain."

Tan Suiting's eyelashes trembled slightly, and his usually indifferent tone turned serious: "Be careful, the atmosphere here is extremely unstable."

Xie Weixing stopped teasing.

The closer you get to the center, the heavier and more oppressive the air feels.

Suddenly, the soft, decaying leaves beneath my feet stiffened abruptly, revealing a dark, black stone base.

A huge rock slowly appeared before them, covered with mysterious and ancient runes that meandered and intertwined like the patterns of a dormant dragon's scales. Faint black and red light surged and flowed beneath the rock.

"Be careful." Nie Zhao raised his hand to stop them.

She cautiously stepped forward, her fingertips lightly touching the stone surface.

The next moment!

A powerful force, a mixture of hot and cold, surged from his fingertips straight into his soul!

The sudden release of the fingers sent a chill through the soul, making one's heart tremble.

Nie Zhao's eyes suddenly hardened with frost: "It's a seal."

The moment the words left his mouth, the entire ground trembled violently!

Black and red light burst forth from the cracked rock crevices, and a sharp whistling sound echoed through the dense forest.

It was not the whistling of ordinary weapons, but a low, hoarse murmur, buried for a thousand years and entwined with dragon energy.

The shock left everyone stunned and disoriented.

As the sky filled with smoke and dust, something slowly emerged from the ground.

It is a whip.

A whip, entirely black and red, swirling with spiritual energy, its body covered in layers of fine, overlapping patterns resembling dragon scales. Its base color is deep, dark black, with vibrant, glistening dark red flowing between the patterns.

Upon seeing this object, Tan Suiting immediately raised his hand to cover his chest.

"What's wrong?" Xie Weixing frowned, reaching out to help him. "Dragon Palace?"

Tan Suiting frowned slightly, staring intently at the magical artifact before him, seemingly somewhat shocked: "My bloodline can resonate with it."

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I don't know why my manuscript isn't being published in the book circle, so please check it out on Douyin (TikTok). I'll also be commissioning other authors for characters other than Long Kun (a character from a popular Chinese web novel platform). I'll choose artists whose art style suits my taste, so please don't judge my preference for any particular character based on the manuscript fee. Thank you all for your support! Best wishes to you all!