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The nights at Qingyun Sect are as bright as day.

The golden light of the sect-protecting formation shone brightly, illuminating every mountain peak...

Elite disciples from both the inner and outer sects were summoned and, under the personal guidance of the peak masters and elders, patrolled the various mountain peaks...

Tianling Peak, in Cave Number Twenty...

Ye Chen and Liu Ruyan, whose battle was still undecided, also noticed the commotion outside...

Ye Chen was taken aback, looked up at Liu Ruyan in front of him, and frowned slightly.

"No way... this is really targeting you, isn't it?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan glanced at him and said calmly.

"impossible..."

She was confident that no one at the Qingyun Sect would be able to detect her presence, not even those Nascent Soul stage experts...

"If those ants were to discover me, why bother searching everywhere? Wouldn't it be faster to simply seal off this cave?"

Hearing Liu Ruyan say this, Ye Chen nodded thoughtfully.

"What you said makes sense..."

"If it's not targeting you... then who is it targeting?"

"Could it be...?"

Ye Chen seemed to have thought of something, suddenly froze, and his expression changed slightly...

One possibility is that the Qingyun Sect activated its protective formation specifically to target him!

Others may not know what happened tonight, but he knows it very well.

Before Liu Ruyan arrived, he had just used the Purple Gold Gourd to devour Jiang Changyi, the inner sect peak master...

As one of the few Nascent Soul experts in the Qingyun Sect, his sudden disappearance of aura would inevitably attract the attention of the sect's higher-ups...

Moreover, just a few days ago, they devoured Long Xingyu, an inner sect elder and a Nascent Soul stage expert. Such consecutive occurrences would undoubtedly cause a huge uproar in any sect...

It seems understandable that they would activate the sect's protective formation!

"How...is this related to you?"

Liu Ruyan noticed Ye Chen's unusual behavior and looked down at him, asking a question.

"No..."

Ye Chen shook his head in denial.

He absolutely could not reveal Jiang Changyi's matter, otherwise Liu Ruyan would definitely become suspicious. After all, with his cultivation level, how could he possibly subdue a Nascent Soul stage expert on his own?

Then the secret of the Purple Gold Gourd will be exposed!

Are you sure?

Liu Ruyan stared at Ye Chen with suspicion, moving closer and closer until they were almost touching...

"Of course."

Ye Chen said somewhat guiltily.

As Liu Ruyan approached, a seductive fragrance wafted into his nostrils...

The anger that had just subsided started to rise again!

"If you're not afraid, why should I be?"

"If you're not in a hurry to leave, then... let's fight one more time!!!"

Ye Chen immediately pounced on him...

"you..."

A flicker of panic crossed Liu Ruyan's mind. Caught off guard, she was tackled to the ground by Ye Chen, her heart pounding wildly...

My mind went blank for a moment, and I forgot what else to ask...

"Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

The moment she came to her senses, she gritted her teeth and said.

"Let's see who's better..."

Ye Chen snorted coldly, completely going all out...

We absolutely cannot let this woman get away with this!

......

......

Half an hour later...

Liu Ruyan got up and left.

The clothes on the ground were already reduced to a pile of shreds. She took a long dress from her storage ring, as was commonplace, put it on, and then left...

"Hey...wait a minute..."

"Beware of the sect's protective formation!"

Ye Chen forced himself to sit up and called out to Liu Ruyan's retreating figure.

At this moment, the Qingyun Sect activated its protective formation. If Liu Ruyan wanted to leave, she would have to force her way through, which would inevitably alert the sect's powerful members. If she were to be surrounded and attacked, her situation would be very precarious...

He might even be implicated.

Although this whole thing might have started because of him, I don't want it to be exposed like this...

He still needs to live to save his younger sister, Ye Qing'er!

Liu Ruyan seemed not to hear his call; she took a step forward and vanished...

"You...this..."

Ye Chen's expression froze, and his eyes widened suddenly...

There was nothing in sight; Liu Ruyan was nowhere to be seen.

He couldn't even sense Liu Ruyan's presence at this moment...

"This woman...is gone?"

Ye Chen froze for two seconds, then hurriedly got up, put on his clothes, and ran out of the room...

After all, the sect's protective formation was still in place, so Liu Ruyan's escape wouldn't be easy; she would inevitably trigger the formation...

"Eeya!"

Ye Chen quickly ran into the courtyard, looking up at the golden array barrier in the sky, but Liu Ruyan was nowhere to be seen...

"strangeness..."

"Where did that woman go?"

He didn't see Liu Ruyan, and instead felt a sense of relief...

As long as no one sees Liu Ruyan rushing out of his cave and forcibly breaking through the sect's protective formation, even if she is stopped by the Qingyun Sect's experts, it won't implicate him...

As I was pondering this, a loud bang suddenly echoed in the sky...

"Boom—"

The earth shook and the peaks trembled!

Ye Chen was startled and abruptly looked up...

The golden array barrier that had been shimmering shattered in an instant, and countless streams of spiritual energy dissipated, transforming into streaks of light that swept in all directions...

A figure stepped into the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The terrifying protective array barrier shattered instantly!

"this..."

Ye Chen's eyes widened, and he stood there stunned.

"Is this woman...that strong?"

Although Liu Ruyan could easily kill a Nascent Soul stage expert, the power of the sect's protective formation was no less than that of a Deity Transformation stage expert...

She easily shattered it with a single blow and walked away...

"No wonder she wasn't worried at all just now, and even had the mind to compete. It turns out she really didn't take the Qingyun Sect's protective formation seriously..."

Ye Chen snapped out of his daze and muttered to himself.

He gained a new understanding of Liu Ruyan's abilities...

This woman is terrifying!

Seeing that Liu Ruyan had escaped unscathed, Ye Chen's heart immediately relaxed; at least he didn't have to worry about being implicated...

As for Jiang Changyi's disappearance, the other party had concealed his aura within the Purple Gold Gourd, so no matter how the sect's experts investigated, they would absolutely not be able to trace it back to him. Ye Chen wasn't worried at all...

At this moment, the deafening roar of the shattering formation echoed throughout the entire sect, and the mountains everywhere trembled violently...

Upon seeing this, both inner and outer disciples were terrified and panicked...

"What happened! The sect's protective formation has been broken?"

"Who...who did this? Who is so brave..."

"My god! They broke through the sect's protective formation in the blink of an eye. Just how powerful must they be..."

"Could it be that a Nascent Soul stage expert has come to attack the Qingyun Sect?"

"We're doomed...are we going to be wiped out?"

......

Faced with such terrifying power, the sect disciples were powerless to do anything, their hearts filled with a profound sense of helplessness...

With the sect's protective formation shattered, it seems the sect's destruction is not far off.

Panic gripped the entire clan in an instant...