After the time travel, my cheat program disappeared.

Qin Ge looked at Yun Susu very seriously.

She could sense that what Yun Susu said was true.

However... what Qin Ge didn't know was that Yun Susu's statement about having been gone for a very long time was not relative to the normal timeline.

Rather, it is relative to Yun Susu's own time.

Therefore, Qin Ge never harbored the slightest doubt about Shi Yan.

In her opinion, Shi Yan was probably just a girl who happened to be passing by.

A very pretty girl.

"Where did Shi Yan go?" Qin Ge asked, clutching the sword in his arms.

Yun Susu's shoulders trembled.

She looked up at Qin Ge, her lips trembling slightly, "I...I don't know."

Qin Ge's brows slowly furrowed.

She is lying.

Looking at Qin Ge's expression, Yun Susu suddenly felt remorseful. She shouldn't have asked Shi Yan where her sister had gone.

Shi Yan's younger sister was almost completely unguarded with her and also told her... that she was going to the "Azure Lotus Sword Sect".

Behind Qin Ge, the petals of the blue lotus gradually unfolded, and the pure and exquisite sword intent raged between heaven and earth, as if it were about to create ripples in the air.

An invisible pressure crushed Yun Susu.

If she were alone, Yun Susu might have chosen to end her life.

It was merely the passing of one's body and soul.

Having mastered the "Seventeen-Year Cicada," I have long since witnessed the vicissitudes of life.

In that almost frozen time, the time spent just stroking the scroll painted by Shiyan's younger sister must have been several hundred years, if not a thousand.

Time, life and death, are meaningless to Yun Susu.

She has already earned enough.

But it won't work—

I promised Shi Yan that I would protect Xia Xia and keep her safe.

Her beautiful eyes were lowered, and her fragrant lips were lightly bitten.

Yun Susu pretended to be thinking and tried to buy Shi Yan some time.

Even a second or a minute is fine; delaying it by a few more seconds would be ideal.

The swirling sword energy had already cleared the clouds in the sky, parted the snow on the maple leaves, and then whooshed up the crimson maple leaves. The maple leaves, torn by the wind, were as sharp as blades, and even left a long bloodstain on Yun Susu's face.

Yun Susu was pressed down by Qin Ge and couldn't straighten her back; it felt as if an invisible hand was choking her throat.

However... compared to the crisscrossing sword energy.

What Yun Susu found truly unbearable was the sword intent emanating from the girl.

The seemingly pure and clear lotus... is actually "bleaching" its own spiritual world.

This refers to Yun Susu. Because of the "Seventeen-Year Cicada," the girl's experience and the breadth of her spiritual world are far beyond what ordinary cultivators can match.

Even cultivators at the Enlightenment Realm cannot do it.

In this vast land, those who can rival her in the spiritual realm, besides immortals and demons, are probably only that unscrupulous merchant in the tavern.

Even so... Yun Susu still felt that she was a little overwhelmed.

"Shi Yan went to the Azure Lotus Sword Sect." As Yun Susu's voice fell, sword intent and sword energy also spread out.

Yun Susu staggered and fell to the ground.

With the abilities of an immortal, he was able to find Maple Valley by following the aura of his sister, Shi Yan. Finding the "Azure Lotus Sword Sect" was only a matter of time.

Delaying the process is enough.

For this, he risked his own life, and most importantly... risked the lives of everyone in the valley, and even Xiaxia's younger sister's life—it was a fearless sacrifice.

and--

Yun Susu had other plans in mind.

The immortals are very fast.

With Shi Yan's sister's speed, she probably can't keep up with the immortals.

By the time that immortal arrived at the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, Shi Yan's younger sister might still be on her way.

As for myself... all I need to do is find a way to stop Shi Yan before that happens.

"The Azure Lotus Sword Sect?" Hearing that suddenly appearing, overly familiar term, even Qin Ge, whose thought process was as straightforward as it was, was stunned.

"Azure Lotus Sword Sect".

"Lord of Loulan".

"Sister Yaotai"... one after another, overly familiar words bloomed in Qin Ge's mind in an instant along with the words "Azure Lotus Sword Sect".

"To establish a sect or school?"

"Why would Xiao Qin Ge have such thoughts?" came the annoying white-haired voice.

"what?"

"You want to be able to stand behind Lingyao?"

"What a strange reason."

"Then let's call it 'Azure Lotus Sword Sect'—how about 'Azure Lotus Sword Sect'? I've even thought of the chanting lines for the sect's ultimate techniques—"

"Snow falls on the Tianshan Mountains in May; there are no flowers, only cold."

"I am willing to draw my sword and slay the Loulan." The tone was desolate, almost eerie.

“You’ve finally grown up. You’re now able to stand on your own and become Yaotai’s right-hand woman.”

A girl with snow-white hair sat on a peach branch, looking forlorn, and then slowly put on her mask.

"not like this--"

"That's not how it works!!"

"I want to be my older sister's right-hand woman. But... but... the target I want to wield my sword is not you."

"I'm sorry..."

"Little Qin Ge—"

"I am... the ruler of Loulan."

"Damn it—"

"You white-haired bastard."

It crackled and popped, like plasma suddenly exploding in my head.

Qin Ge's pupils dilated sharply, and one illusory green lotus after another bloomed behind her, the terrifying sword intent almost crushing Yun Susu in an instant.

An invisible sword was already hanging over Yun Susu's neck, and Yun Susu's spiritual world was about to be crushed inch by inch by the blooming blue lotus.

Cold sweat trickled down the girl's back, soaking through her thin shirt.

She was prepared to use the "Seventeen-Year Cicada" to escape into the shattered time. At this critical moment, Qin Ge's sword intent suddenly melted away like spring snow and vanished into thin air.

Accompanying this was Qin Ge's expression.

The girl's expression at this moment was indifferent, almost like the inorganic nature of Yunmengming.

It was completely different from the "throbbing" he felt when facing Shi Yan. Perhaps "throbbing" could be used to describe it. After all, even Qin Ge himself didn't understand—

What exactly were the emotions that surged within me when I saw that stunningly beautiful girl dancing gracefully under the moonlight?

Does it make your heart flutter?

Or perhaps it's a longing.

Or perhaps... it's both.

Surely... it can't just be that he's a sister-obsessed guy who's met the girl he likes.

Um--

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Since the target we need to kill is no longer within this small grotto-heaven world.

Qin Ge glanced intently at Yun Susu, who was leaning against the snow, and turned away without hesitation.

She drew the sword she had been holding in her arms.

Even the sword that hadn't been drawn when it received Yun Susu's Martial Saint strike finally unleashed its azure sword light at this moment.

The edge of the Maple Valley Little Cave World was vertically cleaved open, revealing a misty green hue within the sword marks.

The long sword mark connects heaven and earth, with the humid rainforest of Jiaozhou on one side and the winter snow of Maple Valley on the other.

Yun Susu could only watch Qin Ge leave, silently praying in her heart—

"Shiyan has already left this rainforest, the farther the better."

She staggered to her feet.

"Martial Saint Stance" is a secret technique that consumes a great deal of physical energy.

It was also what Yun Susu considered to be... the only secret technique besides "Seventeen-Year Cicada" that she was willing to pass on to Shi Yan through "Snow Cold Skill".

That was a supernatural power that Yun Susu created herself.

It was originally the principle she had prepared to use to enter the realm of enlightenment.

Unfortunately... she ultimately failed.

Yun Susu simply assumed that the rules of this world dictated that such a unique path of legality, which could not be forged independently, was not permitted.

But... she watched Qin Ge's retreating figure.