After disappearing for ten years, the junior sister made the entire sect kneel down to welcome her.

"Now, be careful of danger."

The group entered the domain of the Ancient Ink Scaled Dragon.

Inside the secret realm, enormous phantoms of black-scaled dragons clung to towering pillars, their heads looming over the ground below, some furious, others calm.

"Each dragon has its own personality and temperament; some are friendly to humans, while others are hostile. We move forward slowly, communicating and seeking guidance from the lingering spirit of the Ink-Scaled Dragon. Note! Try not to stray more than three kilometers from the group."

Elder Danhong used magic to create a bloodline for everyone to call for help.

The bloodline is invisible, but it has color—it's a green line. When someone is injured by a violent, lingering spirit, the line turns red, and the nearest medical guild will provide immediate assistance.

Next, everyone rushed toward the nearby giant pillar of remnant.

After three days and three nights of treatment and trial and error, almost all the disciples found a way to improve themselves through the transfer of residual power.

Only Su Mingyue, Liu Ruoci, and Zhao Qing remained at the scene.

And Luo Huanzhen, Ye Rou, and Elder Danhong.

Elder Dan Hong is an elder with the cultivation level of the Nascent Soul stage. The ordinary lingering thoughts here no longer have any effect on her advancement in cultivation.

Su Mingyue and Liu Ruoci possessed the scales of the Ink Scale Dragon, and they were after the remnant spirit of the Demon Emperor.

So I didn't choose it.

Zhao Qing's idea was simple: he didn't want to give Mingyue and Liu Ruoci the opportunity to be alone, so if they didn't choose, he wouldn't choose either.

Liu Ruoci's intentions were as clear as day; she wanted to steal his man, and he would never let her succeed.

As for Luo Huanzhen...

"Junior Uncle, we're going to find the Demon Emperor's remnant spirit. It's the most powerful remnant spirit in the North Sea Secret Realm, and it hasn't shown any favor to any human cultivator yet. We want to give it a try. Do you want to come along?"

Su Mingyue's questioning tone was full of temptation.

In fact, Su Mingyue didn't need to seduce Luo Huanzhen at all.

She nodded readily: "Yes."

Upon hearing Luo Huanzhen's words, Su Mingyue and Elder Danhong exchanged a glance, their lips curving slightly upwards.

Although I don't know why she didn't choose Regret.

But this is for the best.

Now that they're willing to go find the Demon Emperor's lingering remnant together, it saves them the trouble of figuring out how to deceive her.

Ye Rou followed closely behind Luo Huanzhen.

She initially wanted to choose a disappointing one, but Luo Zhen stopped her, telling her not to choose yet and to follow her and Xiao Hei.

They say the best is yet to come.

Ye Rou didn't understand why, but since she went into the sea, she had vaguely sensed that her junior uncle and the little black snake in her arms were not simple people.

So she chose to believe.

The group continued forward.

Before long, the broken seashells at the bottom of the water transformed into a palace passageway paved with white jade bricks, with luminous pearls inlaid on the broken pillars on both sides.

It made the seawater glow faintly.

Sudden.

The road ahead was blocked, and a ravine stretched out in front of them.

It was pitch black below, with no bottom in sight, and only a few broken stone beams lay across it.

Elder Danhong sighed.

"This stone beam was perfectly fine when our sect came here two years ago. Now it's fallen into such a state of disrepair. It seems the power of the secret realm is crumbling, and the Demon Emperor won't be able to hold on for much longer..."

"Be careful when you go across, don't fall in. This trench below is a bottomless pit; if you fall in, you'll never come out again."

Su Mingyue turned to look at it from the side, revealing a somewhat frightened expression.

Seeing this, Zhao Qing walked over to Su Mingyue and said, "Mingyue, the stone beam is in disrepair. Let me carry you across."

As he spoke, he bent down.

His manner was extremely attentive.

Before Su Mingyue could speak, Liu Ruoci calmly turned around.

He glanced at Zhao Qing, who was squatting down, took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve, and with a flick of his wrist, the handkerchief transformed into a soft bridge about ten feet wide.

It stands firmly and steadily on both sides of the rift valley.

At the edge of the soft bridge, there are even delicate little handrails.

"Miss Mingyue, please." Liu Ruoci made an elegant gesture of invitation, a perfectly timed smile playing on her lips.

Su Mingyue's eyes lit up.

Zhao Qing: "..."

Zhao Qing's back was still bent over.

His body stiffened for two breaths, his face turning from red to white, then back to red, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Finally, Zhao Qing forced out a fake smile that was even uglier than a grimace, "Young Master Liu, well done."

Liu Ruoci: "Hmm. Not worth mentioning."

His tone was nonchalant, still showing that he didn't take Zhao Qing seriously at all.

Not worth mentioning?

Zhao Qing was extremely angry.

His actions were made to look like a joke by this tattered handkerchief. What was even more infuriating was that Zhao Qing didn't actually have such a thing in his storage bag.

After all, who would bother to make a handkerchief and use it as a bridge?

Watching Liu Ruoci help Su Mingyue onto the bridge, Zhao Qing's disgust for Liu Ruoci intensified.

Su Mingyue walked lightly across the soft bridge.

As she passed by Zhao Qing, she didn't even glance at him; her mind was completely focused on talking to Liu Ruoci.

Halfway across, she suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Zhao Qing, who was still frozen in place, "Third Senior Brother, don't just stand there, this bridge is very sturdy, just walk across."

Zhao Qing's expression softened somewhat.

Look.

Mingyue still thinks of him.

However, the moment he stepped onto the soft bridge, Su Mingyue's words froze him in place.

Su Mingyue looked at the man beside her with admiration and praised him without any hesitation.

"Young Master Liu is truly remarkable. Compared to you, he's nothing like Third Senior Brother, who's so clumsy."

Liu Ruoci glanced back at Zhao Qing and said with a light smile, "He does seem to care about you quite a bit."

Throughout the journey, anyone with eyes could see how much Zhao Qing cared for and valued Su Mingyue.

It's too obvious.

Su Mingyue shook her head and said confidently, "It's completely useless. If it weren't for your handkerchief, Young Master Liu, we'd probably still be walking cautiously across that collapsing stone bridge."

After saying that, he moved even closer to Liu Ruoci.

Zhao Qing's face turned both pale and green.

Bright moon.

What does that mean?

How could she say that about him in front of Liu Ruoci?

Does she even know what she's saying?

Would I be very sad?!

Su Mingyue knew this, of course, but Zhao Qing was really annoying, and his behavior and actions were becoming more and more cumbersome.

Moreover, she wanted to get closer to Liu Ruoci, so she would definitely have to show him admiration.

Zhao Qing will have to be a stepping stone for now.

The performance features three actors, followed by three audience members.

Elder Danhong watched all this without reacting.

She thought Mingyue did a good job.

People strive for higher positions, just as water flows downhill. Liu Ruoci is far superior to Zhao Qing, so it's no surprise that she chose Liu Ruoci.

Besides, all men are despicable.

Ever since Elder Danhong was abandoned by that man, she has developed a strong aversion to men.

Seeing how ruthlessly Mingyue used men, she actually began to admire her.

As for Luo Huanzhen and Ye Rou, their dog-eat-dog antics were incredibly amusing.

Luo really regretted not buying some sunflower seeds or snacks to bring with him.

Otherwise, we could eat and watch at the same time right now.

That's so entertaining!