After there was no sound, Gu Changliu pushed open the door of the secret room with a complicated expression.

"Elder brother..."

In the middle of the secret room, Mo Wuyou, who was tied up with iron chains, sweating profusely and almost exhausted, was hanging his head and gasping for breath.

He raised his eyes with difficulty and tiredness and glanced at Gu Changliu.

"You can't comprehend the two great ways anymore," Gu Changliu said anxiously, "It's really too dangerous!"

"Once we are lost, no one will be able to resist the thirty-day calamity."

"If you can't comprehend the two great ways... you still can't resist the thirty-day heavenly tribulation."

Mo Wuyou's voice was unexpectedly calm. His eyes were as deep as the endless night.

"It's enough for one of us to be awake. Dual avenues are the minimum requirement for crossing borders to use Dao Realm treasures. Someone has to do it."

"But..." Gu Changliu wanted to say something but was stopped by Mo Wuyou.

"If I'm really lost." Mo Wuyou looked at him quietly.

“…No need to hold back.”

Gu Changliu stopped talking.

He glanced at Mo Wuyou with sad eyes and said sadly: "Actually, I can come."

"Big Brother is the disciple that Master is most proud of, and the most outstanding genius of our human race. You should stay. I should be the one to do such a dangerous task as comprehending the dual avenues."

...and Senior Sister Mingluan.

If anything happens to you, how sad will Senior Sister Mingluan be?

But Gu Changliu didn't say this.

Mo Wuyou looked at him and suddenly smiled tiredly.

"You're right."

"Because you call me Big Brother, I have to take charge of some things."

"You have more important things to do, don't you?"

"If you have the leisure time, why not spend more time with Junior Sister and build the Dao Realm Treasure as soon as possible."

Gu Changliu lowered his head silently and hummed bitterly.

-

"Ugh."

In the Changliu Mountain, there is a cave buried inside the mountain.

In the cave, there is a large cauldron about three or four meters high, and a fire under the cauldron is burning brightly all year round.

"Ugh."

Ming Luan, who was already bright and beautiful with a gentle and charming temperament at that time, was sitting beside the cave bored, staring at the big cauldron in a daze.

"Big Brother has been in seclusion for so long, why hasn't he come out yet?"

"But they let you, a fool, handle the affairs of the tribes. Several times, conflicts almost arose between the two sides and caused tribal clashes."

"If you were half as mature and steady as our senior brother, you wouldn't be secretly called a half-baked fairy messenger by others."

"Hey, I'm talking to you."

Gu Changliu, who was standing by, finally came back to his senses from his trance, turned his head and scratched his face with a wry smile:

"Yeah, yeah. I'm definitely a little bit stupid."

Ming Luan blinked her clear eyes, tilted her head and stared at Gu Changliu's profile for a long time before she said cautiously, "Why... do you feel weird lately?"

"You're not really angry, are you? I was just kidding you. I didn't really mean that you are not as good as the senior brother—"

"It's okay." Gu Changliu laughed, "I know Senior Sister has no ill intentions."

"I was just thinking about the tribe."

Ming Luan was relieved at this, and then said a little embarrassedly:

"Ahem... Although I always tease you, my junior brother, you have actually become quite capable in the past two years."

"During the thirty-day calamity, if you hadn't protected me many times, I might have died in the realm passage."

"Now that I have taken over from my eldest brother to handle the affairs of the various tribes, I have already done a good job."

"Today, I will make an exception and praise you. You did a good job, little brother."

Mingluan said as she stroked Gu Changliu's hair with a smile, just like she was stroking a small animal.

Gu Changliu's body trembled slightly, but his eyes drooped deeply.

"...Thank you, senior sister."

"Why do you still look so unconfident?"

Ming Luan pulled his face and said, "Smile! After all, you are now an acting fairy envoy, so you have to behave in front of the leaders of the tribes."

"And Xiaoyao." Her voice softened a little. "You don't want her to see you looking sad when she wakes up, do you?"

"She will be unhappy then."

Gu Changliu hesitated for a long time, and suddenly said: "Senior Sister, actually I——"

Ming Luan tilted her head curiously, waiting to hear what he had to say next.

But Gu Changliu just opened his mouth and finally changed to a light and teasing tone:

"I... I want to say, since Senior Sister praises me so much, am I already better than Senior Brother?"

"Then..." Ming Luan rolled her eyes and smiled brightly, "Of course, Senior Brother is more powerful!"

"Alas, it seems that what Senior Sister said just now was a lie to me."

Gu Changliu pretended to sigh sadly, and the two of them chatted and laughed for a while.

It was not until late at night that Mingluan could no longer hold on. After her eyelids drooped for a while, she leaned lightly on Gu Changliu's shoulder.

Gu Changliu stared at Ming Luan on his shoulder motionlessly.

Several years have passed. Mingluan has lost her immature girlishness and has become more gentle, soft and feminine.

Under her thin clothes, there was sweat from being too close to the fire, and her hair was lingering with fragrance. Her suet-like skin was particularly attractive under the firelight.

Those two red and plump lips make people want to lean over and kiss them.

Gu Changliu still likes to quietly look at his senior sister's profile like this.

Perhaps after all these years, he has not changed. He is still the boy who dared to hide in the distance and secretly watch the back of his senior sister.

He didn't move either, as if he wanted this to last a little longer.

But in the end, the sparks from the cauldron woke up Ming Luan who was half asleep. She wiped her mouth in embarrassment, her pretty face slightly red, and stammered:

"I...fell asleep?"

"It's getting late." Gu Changliu said softly, "Sister, go back and rest first. I'll just watch over the furnace."

"Oh, then I'll come back tomorrow morning to replace you."

As she spoke, she stood up tenderly, stretched, waved lazily at him, and slowly left.

Looking at her back, Gu Changliu's eyes were complicated and silent.

...The matter of Shuangda Avenue has been kept secret from Mingluan until now.

Because of such a dangerous matter, neither Mo Wuyou nor Gu Changliu wanted to make Ming Luan worry.

In fact, Gu Changliu is no longer the innocent and naive boy he used to be.

He also knew that his senior sister would not like him unless he became better than his senior brother.

Love is never such an easy thing.

So until the end, he chose to remain silent.

In contrast, he was more worried about his senior brother.

...If something happens to the eldest senior brother.

He really couldn't imagine how sad Mingluan would be.

-

But that's how the world is.

The more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

One night half a month later, Gu Changliu had just dealt with a dispute between two tribes late at night. When he reached the foot of Changliu Mountain, he stopped.

…He smelled a strong smell of blood.

A bad guess emerged in his mind, and he rushed to the village at the foot of the mountain, but found that he was a step too late.

The ground was littered with human corpses, not a single one was intact.

The body was littered with broken limbs, flesh and blood, and the horrific sight was shocking.

In the eerie night, a ghost-like figure with scarlet eyes was clinging to the body of an old man, gnawing at it while mumbling incoherently:

"Tao... Man is Tao... Blood is also Tao..."

"It's mine, all mine..."

It took Gu Changliu a long time to come back to his senses from the scene before him.

"Big Brother..." His voice began to tremble.

The shadow that was gnawing at the corpse stopped. After a moment, it slowly turned its head, revealing Mo Wuyou's sharp and handsome face.

But at this moment, the blood at the corner of his mouth made his face look particularly weird and terrifying.

As if because of seeing Gu Changliu, Mo Wuyou's eyes changed briefly, from irrational scarlet to a bit of clarity.

"Master...brother?" His voice was extremely hoarse.

Gu Changliu looked at him sadly and desperately.

"Am I... lost..."

Mo Wuyou's hands began to tremble, and his eyes suddenly became filled with fear.

"Where is this? Is this Yunxi Village?"

"No... Impossible... Don't..."

He took two steps back in horror, covering his head desperately.

Gu Changliu also bit his lips tightly and said nothing.

...Yunxi Village is just at the foot of Changliu Mountain.

Mingluan was taken to the mountain by the monks from here.

This is Mingluan’s hometown.

Her parents, relatives, and the villagers and neighbors she had known since childhood were all here.

"Impossible...I didn't do this..."

Mo Wuyou knelt on the ground in disbelief, the scarlet in his eyes became more intense. He immediately lowered his head and let out a painful roar.

"Uh ah ah..."

"Do it! Kill me!"

Gu Changliu's hand holding the sword began to tremble.

He looked at Mo Wuyou with an almost desperate look, and murmured:

"Big Brother, please..."

"Kill me!!" Mo Wuyou was still shouting desperately, using all his strength.

But in the end, that last bit of clarity was eventually swallowed up by loss.

The life in Mo Wuyou's eyes had gone, and turned into a restless blood color.

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