After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

"After that... you stayed on the covered bridge for an hour."

"Before Shenshi (3-5 PM) had even arrived... someone saw you enter the 'Starry Sky Bureau'."

"Then, around dusk... I followed that person..." Shi Hongqi said with a bitter expression, "Shi Yan, after leaving the 'Starry Sky Bureau'."

Shi Wei frowned.

Why does Shi Hongqi know so much about my whereabouts?

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Shi Wei asked, looking at the girl in front of her.

She doesn't like it when people beat around the bush with her.

Shi Hongqi's expression suddenly became very serious.

"For your own sake... I advise you to stay away from that Shi Yan."

Shi Hongqi once thought that nightmares were nothing more than inner demons trying to disturb her Dao heart.

So... she can give up everything to pursue asceticism.

But... Nightmare showed no sign of letting her go.

Is it my own fault?

Shi Hongqi had doubted it again and again.

Every time she closed her eyes, she could almost feel... being held by the wrists by that person, no... by that demon.

Shi Hongqi even dared not sleep for nights on end.

This situation only improved slightly after she broke through to the Golden Core Realm.

Because... she doesn't need to sleep anymore.

From the Golden Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Realm, Shi Hongqi can say that she has hardly slept for more than a few hours.

Whenever I try to fall into a light sleep, I'm suddenly awakened before that sound even appears.

But...but...

She heard that person's voice again today.

That kind of voice... so unforgettable, so profound that even if it erased her very soul... Shi Hongqi would never forget it.

She wanted to convince herself, but she couldn't.

"coincide--"

"It's just a coincidence."

"I had never met this girl named Shi Yan before."

Shi Hongqi suddenly looked very tired.

"Who do you think you are?" Shi Wei said bluntly. She looked at Shi Hongqi, then turned and looked in the direction of Shi Yan.

"Who I'm with is none of your business."

"Where I go is none of your business."

"Regarding the 'Star Celestial Division'... I will explain it to the clan chief myself."

Thank you for telling me—

"Someone is tattling on me."

As Shi Hongqi watched Shi Wei's departing figure, her head slowly drooped, her shoulders trembling.

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In an almost arrogant manner, Shi Yan took a shortcut to Shi Hongjian's residence.

Shi Yan raised an eyebrow.

As far as the eye can see, there is a beautiful bamboo forest.

Each bamboo stalk is full of vitality and lush greenery.

Even if it's chopped off and used as material for some kind of magical artifact, there's absolutely no problem.

Within the vast "Heaven and Earth," there is actually such a wonderful place?

Shi Yan raised an eyebrow.

Too lazy to find the path to the bamboo forest, she simply walked straight towards Shi Hongjian's direction.

Surprisingly, there were no magical techniques in the place where Shi Hongjian lived.

Presumably, it was because Shi Hongjian felt that... there weren't many people in this "Heaven and Earth" who were so audacious as to dare to trespass on her territory.

The moonlight is beautiful tonight.

A gentle night breeze rustled the bamboo leaves.

Shi Yan was already very close to Shi Hongjian.

Wait... Shi Yan suddenly tilted his head.

It seems...it appears...it probably...it's not entirely the bamboo leaves rustling in the wind.

After walking through most of the bamboo forest, a fence suddenly appeared ahead.

The fence is alive.

It should be some kind of arrow bamboo.

Shi Yan had seen this kind of mechanism in the game. If you rush in rashly, bamboo leaves will fall everywhere, each one like a spinning knife.

However, this was no challenge for Shi Yan at all.

She immediately activated her Wind Movement Technique, transforming into the wind and passing through the gaps in the hall.

Then... Shi Yan just stood there, stunned.

The water was flowing loudly.

What you see is a woman's pale white back, standing in the water, the water just covering her waist.

The teacher said that one could see the slender lines of a woman's waist and the perfect dimple at the waist.

A full moon hung in the night sky.

Shi Hongjian turned her head and looked at Shi Yan.

His dark golden eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze to the bone in an instant.

Oh dear, what a coincidence... no, this is terrible!

356 Did Shi Yan drown? No, it was a feigned weakness to lure the enemy. [Fourth update, 4K2]

"I was so stupid, so very stupid..."

Shi Yan lifted her eyes, which she could barely look away from, and continued, "I only know that Shi Hongjian wants to find me..."

"Hearing that rustling sound, I thought it was the sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo forest."

"I didn't know the sound of water was like that too..."

"..."

A bright, full moon hung obliquely in a corner of the night sky.

Under the flawless, pure moonlight... was a woman's figure, even whiter than the moonlight itself.

Shi Hongjian stood sideways in the water, her left hand lightly covering her face.

The dark gauze skirt hung on the jade branch beside it.

Clearly... Shi Yan arrived at the perfect time... cough cough cough, it was quite the worst time.

A murderous aura emanated from those lonely, cold, dark golden eyes.

Regardless of the circumstances... Shi Hongjian is a cultivator at the Enlightenment Realm.

Rather, he is one of the top experts in the Enlightenment Realm, unparalleled in the world.

She traversed three major realms of mastery.

Even if Shi Yan's Jade Palace Realm is special, possessing the power of an immortal, and able to contend with ordinary Divine Transformation Realm cultivators with a cultivation level equivalent to the Nascent Soul Realm.

But... now she is facing Shi Hongjian after all.

That woman who, when she goes mad, makes the entire land of Kyushu tremble.

In an instant, it seemed as if some invisible, heavy object pressed down on the entire sky above Jizhou City.

The city of Jizhou glowed with a faint blue light.

A pale blue, semi-transparent canopy covered the city of Jizhou.

That's a defensive technique used by the "Star Celestial Bureau".

Improved by Xingjiu himself.

Even so... Centered on "Heaven and Earth", everyone in Jizhou City felt as if a thousand-pound weight was pressing down on their shoulders in an instant.

The closer one gets to "Heaven and Earth," the heavier the weight becomes.

When they arrived near the bamboo forest where Shi Hongjian lived, even those at the Nascent Soul stage couldn't lift their heads.

Inside the "Starry Sky Bureau," the Xing Zhuo family, who rarely gather together for a meal, were suddenly interrupted by Xing Qiyun standing up.

"What on earth is that old woman up to?!"

She stood up and prepared to leave.

"Wait...wait for me..." The timid girl gently tugged at Xing Qiyun's sleeve. Xing Qiyun, who was about to explode, suddenly deflated after Xing Jiu tugged at her sleeve.

Just like Xing Jiu has always felt guilty towards Xing Qi Yun because of what happened back then.