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Shen Yun clasped her hands in a salute, her tone calm and composed: "Senior, a Void Refinement demonic beast did indeed attack. Fortunately, the few sixth-order purple lightning talismans I had on hand worked in time, allowing me to severely injure and kill it before it was caught off guard."

Her speech was neither fast nor slow, perfectly condensing all the chaos that had occurred in that hour into just a few words, without mentioning any details.

The woman in the silver-white outfit lingered for a moment on the red mark on Shen Yun's neck that had not yet completely faded, then looked away.

She glanced at the remains of the Void Refinement Beast floating on the sea and nodded slightly: "To be able to kill a Void Refinement Beast, your progress in the Dao of Talismans has indeed been quite significant in the past few years."

Shen Yun looked at Li Hanshan and said, "We were able to kill him this time thanks to Elder Li of our Purple Thunder Pavilion. He has a mysterious attack treasure. Otherwise, even if I had three sixth-level Purple Thunder Talismans, I wouldn't have been able to kill the Void Refining Beast."

The woman in the silver-white outfit also looked at Li Hanshan. After Li Hanshan glanced at her, she said, "I've never seen this unfamiliar face before. Is she a newly accepted disciple of your Purple Thunder Pavilion?"

Shen Yun's heart skipped a beat. Her fingers tightened slightly around her sleeve, then she heard her voice emerge calmly from her throat, steady beyond what one would expect from someone who had just emerged from chaos: "He's a newly recruited elder of our Purple Thunder Pavilion, quite talented in talismanic arts, so we brought him along for training. Although his cultivation isn't high, he's reliable and didn't cause any problems while guarding the island."

Li Hanshan stood a few steps to her side, bowed his head, clasped his hands in a salute, his posture respectful yet not humble, just the proper demeanor of an outer sect elder newly entering the sect when facing a senior cultivator at the Void Refinement stage.

The woman in the silver-white outfit glanced at Li Hanshan, her gaze sweeping over the fluctuations of spiritual energy flowing around him. She sensed that he was indeed only at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, with no suspicious residual aura. Just as she was about to speak, a communication talisman flew from afar and hovered in front of her. Her brows furrowed slightly. She took the talisman, sensed it for a moment, and her expression changed slightly: "There's an urgent report from the main city of the defense zone. I'll go first. Be careful, and send a message immediately if anything unusual happens." After she finished speaking, she transformed into the silver-white streak of light and soared into the sky, disappearing as quickly as she had come, soon swallowed by the twilight and disappearing into the depths of the clouds.

Shen Yun stood at the edge of the tower, watching the streak of light disappear into the horizon until the silvery-white afterglow completely dissipated before turning around. Her gaze returned to Li Hanshan, and she remained silent for a long time. The sea breeze slipped through the gap between them, causing the strands of hair at her temples to flutter slightly.

Her voice was neither loud nor soft as she spoke: "No one else will know what happened today. The Void Refining Beast was killed by us together, and your records in the Purple Thunder Pavilion still show you as a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator. As for your true cultivation level—"

She paused, her gaze lingering on his face for a moment. "Don't reveal this to anyone yet. When the time is right, I will upgrade your registered cultivation level through normal channels. This way, it won't arouse suspicion, and you won't have to continue to bear the risk of concealing it."

Li Hanshan looked at her and could sense the seriousness in her tone as she spoke. She didn't pursue the mistake of concealment, nor did she use the opportunity to blackmail; instead, she offered a safe path.

As for why she did this, Li Hanshan wasn't quite sure.

He clasped his hands in a respectful bow and said, "Thank you, Sect Master."

Shen Yun did not respond.

She turned around and walked towards where Shen Qingyue was lying, her pace quickening slightly. The hem of her deep purple dress brushed against the ground, creating a soft rustling sound.

She knelt down beside Shen Qingyue, checked her daughter's pulse, and after confirming that she had only been knocked unconscious by the sound waves, she withdrew her hand and picked up Shen Qingyue.