Chapter 150

The two passed through the mountain forest and saw a lake. The surface of the lake was filled with mist, and the demonic energy was unusually strong.

"Another thousand-year-old great demon." Zhuang Buran whispered:

"Junior Sister, in front of such a great demon, dragging me along will only hold you back."

"Moreover, the water demon's water-escape technique is unparalleled in the world. I heard that hundreds of years ago, she was injured by the number one divine artifact of the righteous path, the Moye Precious Sword, but she still escaped with her life."

"Opportunity lost will not return. Do you have any way to force her out?" Yan Hongye asked in a low voice.

"What way could I have? This kind of monster that is good at escaping and good at poisoning underwater is like a hedgehog that you can't bite. The best way is to use absolute strength to force her out and beat her to death."

"Good, I will force her out in one go and seriously injure her. You pay attention to her movements on the side and don't let her use the water-escape technique to escape."

Yan Hongye was decisive and didn't give Zhuang Buran a chance to refuse. She unleashed more than ten Purple Talismans at once, instantly turning the large lake into a sea of thunder.

A white figure was stimulated by the divine thunder, raised huge waves, and emerged.

Yan Hongye didn't give her a chance to counterattack at all, immediately using the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery Technique', hitting the water demon on the shoulder just as she was about to fall back into the lake.

Several Yellow Talismans fell around the water demon.

Then he saw the spear-bearing youth pinch the seal and chant:

"Array rise!"

A yellow circular light screen suddenly appeared, trapping the water demon inside.

"Junior Sister deliberately held back. Don't you know that if she falls into the water, there is an 80-90% chance she will escape?" Zhuang Buran said in a deep voice:

"Even if the water demon is already seriously injured, with my cultivation, and the trapping array I created based on the principles of the Innate Eight Trigrams Qiankun, I can only trap her for ten breaths."

"When the array is moved to the shore, she will break free."

Yan Hongye showed three points of surprise, not expecting Zhuang Buran to have another trick up his sleeve, and that he was also proficient in the way of talisman arrays. She immediately said solemnly:

"That's enough."

Just as the water demon broke the array on the shore, Yan Hongye quickly unleashed a thick force, shaking out her Inner Core, making her unable to resist any longer.

"I have no grudges against you, why do you have to make things difficult for me?" The water demon lay limply on the ground.

"Five hundred years ago, you were injured by the Moye Precious Sword, and since then, the Moye Precious Sword has disappeared."

Yan Hongye stared at the water demon:

"I ask you, where is the Moye Precious Sword now?"

"Hehe, even if I tell you, you won't have the life to take it." The water demon looked mocking.

The spear-bearing youth walked up and said slowly:

"Junior Sister, no need to ask more. You can crush her Inner Core and let her perish."

As soon as these words were spoken, Yan Hongye and the water demon looked over one after another.

"Apart from having excellent lightness skills, decent martial arts, and knowing a bit of array techniques, I have also studied the way of divination quite a bit."

"In the whole world, if there is a place where my number one junior sister has the life to go but not the life to return, it is the Yinshi Youquan, which both the righteous and demonic paths view as snakes and scorpions and avoid like the plague."

"This is the place where demonic energy gathers in the world. After countless years of gathering, I fear it has already accumulated boundless demonic energy that harms the world."

"The Moye Precious Sword is a treasure of the righteous path; it should be suppressing the demonic energy in the Yinshi Youquan."

"You are quick to understand, but even if you guess it, you probably don't know the specific location of the Yinshi Youquan." The water demon looked at Yan Hongye:

"Return my Inner Core, and I will tell you the location of the Yinshi Youquan."

Zhuang Buran walked to Yan Hongye, signaled with his eyes, stretched out his index and middle fingers, took the Inner Core from her hand, and toyed with it at his fingertips:

"Water demon, didn't I say I am good at divination? Do you think I couldn't calculate it?"

"If you were Jing Wuyuan of the Yin Moon Demon Palace, or the Three Realms Saintess of the Xuanxin Sect who specializes in the way of heavenly secrets, capable of knowing all the demonic energy in the world in one thought, I naturally wouldn't make a meaningless struggle."

"Forget-Love Forest." Zhuang Buran said lightly:

"The Yinshi Youquan is in a mountain cave in the Forget-Love Forest."

After saying this, he twisted his fingertips, and the Inner Core turned into a pile of powder. The astonished water demon let out a shrill scream and perished completely.

Immediately, Yan Hongye kept examining the spear-bearing youth and sighed:

"Are you really Zhuge Liuyun? Where did the Zhuge Liuyun who was not proficient in Daoist techniques, liked to be lazy and slippery, and only cared about eating and drinking and loved to sleep all day long go?"

"Junior Sister, your misunderstanding of me is quite deep!" Zhuang Buran sighed longly.

"Then why didn't you say you were proficient in array techniques and knew the way of divination?" Yan Hongye asked suspiciously.

"You didn't ask!" Zhuang Buran looked innocent.

Yan Hongye heard this and was silent for a long while before saying:

"Then what else can you do?"

"I am proficient in some fist and foot techniques, that shouldn't be excessive, right?"

"And then?"

"I know spear techniques. A sword is a small spear, so I can also be considered to know a little bit of sword techniques."

"Nothing else?"

"Actually, your senior brother also knows a little bit of medical skills."

"Anything else?"

"Regarding the way of music, I seem to have a little bit of research as well."

Yan Hongye bit her silver teeth and said:

"I can't tell. You are also an all-rounder. Are you omniscient in astronomy, geography, zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting?"

"I haven't studied calligraphy and painting much, and as for the way of chess, it is to make the opponent have nowhere to move."

Zhuang Buran smiled:

"Therefore, I am quite confident in this path and can be called a Chess Saint!"

"Let's go, come with me to the Forget-Love Forest. I want to see if you are just talking big." Yan Hongye said.

"Junior Sister, I don't have any ambition for the Moye Precious Sword. Just let me guard Bingxin Caotang for you."

"Are you being lazy, or are you afraid of the extremely heavy demonic energy in the Yinshi Youquan?" Yan Hongye made a look of recollection:

"I vaguely remember someone who wasn't even afraid of death and was determined to practice the 'Xuanxin Profound Mystery Technique'."

She paused, smiling:

"I seem to remember you saying that we are own senior brother and junior sister, not much different from blood being thicker than water."

"Now that I am about to be in danger, can you bear to just watch?"

"My junior sister's memory isn't that good, and she is so good at being sarcastic. You must be fake."

Zhuang Buran solemnly cupped his hands and saluted:

"I have to go find my real junior sister. Farewell."

After saying this, he turned and walked in the completely opposite direction.

Yan Hongye didn't chase him, but said faintly:

"Your master and mistress are both in the Forget-Love Forest. Counting it up, it has been eighteen years since you last saw..."

Before she finished speaking, the spear-bearing youth turned around and said with surprise:

"Eh, Junior Sister, why are you here? I was just about to go find you!"

Yan Hongye laughed:

"Let's go, if we ride horses, it will only take two days."

"Where is the need for such trouble." Zhuang Buran applied a talisman to himself and Yan Hongye respectively:

"With the Thousand-Mile Godly Travel Talisman, we can arrive today. It just so happens that I haven't eaten the food cooked by my mistress for many years."

As the sun set.

The two walked into the depths of the dense forest and saw a manor with green bricks and green tiles, flying eaves and upturned corners, quiet and secluded.

Yan Hongye walked into the manor familiarly, and the spear-bearing youth followed closely. Walking on the winding path, he saw green trees surrounding them, flowers blooming, and the fragrance of flowers overflowing, as if they were in a paradise.

"As expected of my mistress, she knows how to enjoy life, actually building such an imposing manor in the Forget-Love Forest."

"If Bingxin Caotang is compared to Despair Villa, it can be said that one is on the ground and the other is in the sky."

Zhuang Buran nodded:

"I have decided. From now on, I will live here for a long time."

Yan Hongye glanced over:

"Do you think my mother will deal with you when she sees your lazy appearance all day long?"

"Suddenly I feel that Junior Sister's clinic is more comforting." Zhuang Buran said with reason:

"This manor is too big and easy to bump into ghosts. Staying by Junior Sister's side is more reassuring."

"When you see my mother later, remember to restrain yourself, otherwise, when she sees your casual and lazy appearance..." Yan Hongye said leisurely:

"You can weigh for yourself how she will teach you a lesson."

After a while, the two arrived at a courtyard. Looking from afar, they saw a pavilion and could see three young men serving a charming middle-aged woman.

At this time, the middle-aged woman, who was Sima Sanniang, noticed the visitors and suddenly swept over, saying excitedly:

"Hongye, you are back!"

(End of chapter)