Chapter 693: Change Direction, Change Your Luck

A trace of an honest smile had just appeared on Wang Jianqiang's face.

Sensing the smile on Wang Jianqiang's face, a flash of confusion crossed Huanxin's face.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Wang Jianqiang chuckled.

He moved a few steps closer to her, almost pressing against her body.

A fragrance as sweet as flowers instantly flooded into his nose.

The smile at the corners of Wang Jianqiang's mouth widened slightly.

Just at this moment.

A flash of Spirit Light suddenly appeared on Huanxin's body, and she transformed back into the shape of a butterfly.

The smile on Wang Jianqiang's face stiffened, and his expression darkened, "Who told you to change back?"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, which contained a hint of coldness, Huanxin's body trembled, "Master, I can only stay in human form for at most one hour every day, and today I have already reached the time limit."

Through the Beast Taming Technique, Wang Jianqiang could vaguely sense Huanxin's thoughts.

It seemed that Huanxin was not lying.

He nodded and said nothing more.

Seeing that Wang Jianqiang had not given any instructions for a long time, Huanxin hesitated for a moment, and a cautious voice entered Wang Jianqiang's mind.

"Master, what were you just thinking of doing?"

"I haven't told Huanxin yet."

Wang Jianqiang glared at Huanxin, "I don't want to."

A look of confusion appeared in Huanxin's eyes.

What does Master mean by this?

Why are his words so incoherent?

Wang Jianqiang looked at Lu Yunqing, who was unconscious to the side.

With a wave of his palm, he took out the Beast Taming Ring and said to Huanxin, "It is inconvenient for you to be outside from now on, go in first."

Huanxin, who had been somewhat uneasy because Wang Jianqiang had suddenly become angry, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She hurriedly flew into the inner space of the Beast Taming Ring.

Wang Jianqiang put away the Beast Taming Ring and walked to Lu Yunqing's side.

He looked at Lu Yunqing's graceful figure.

His heart stirred.

……

Not long after.

Wang Jianqiang looked solemn, and he pointed his finger at the center of Lu Yunqing's brow.

Lu Yunqing, who had been asleep for two and a half years, felt her eyelids tremble and slowly opened her eyes.

The moment she opened her eyes, she immediately noticed a faint pain coming from her chest.

A flash of confusion crossed her eyes.

She seemed to have fallen into an illusion and drifted off to sleep, right?

Why was there a feeling of pain on her body?

Could it be...

That she fell?

Immediately after, she regained her senses.

Her somewhat unfocused gaze instantly sharpened.

She soared into the air.

She looked ahead with a guarded expression.

The moment she saw the scene in front of her, she fell into a daze.

Looking out as far as the eye could see.

The earth was a mess, with huge gullies and cracks like spider webs stretching into the distance, boundless.

Between heaven and earth, a faint aura still lingered.

This aura was filled with destruction.

It was extremely terrifying.

Just vaguely sensing a trace of it made her unable to help but feel a sense of trepidation.

"Fairy Lu, you are finally awake!"

Just at this moment, a voice of surprise suddenly came.

Hearing this familiar voice.

Lu Yunqing was startled.

She looked down.

"Wang Daniu?"

Her expression shifted, and she descended to Wang Jianqiang's side.

"Wang Daniu, what exactly happened during the time I was unconscious?"

"How did we end up here?"

"And what is going on here?"

She pointed to the endless broken earth in front of her and said with a grave expression.

Upon hearing this, Wang Daniu seemed to recall something terrifying.

He swallowed hard, a flash of intense fear in his eyes, "Fairy Lu, when I saw you had fallen into a coma for no apparent reason, I took advantage of the moment before that butterfly had broken free to carry you down the mountain."

"However, there was an Array outside the mountain, and since I had no way to pass through it, I could only hide at the foot of the mountain and wait silently."

"I waited for over a year, and that butterfly seemed to have greatly increased in strength; it broke the Array and escaped."

"Fortunately, it seemed in a hurry to leave at the time and did not seek revenge on us, instead breaking directly through the great Formation outside the mountain and leaving that mountain."

"I took the opportunity to flee that mountain, carrying you as I ran all the way here in one breath."

"Afterward, I saw dark clouds rolling in the sky behind us, accompanied by thunder and lightning, and a powerful pressure permeated the air; I could not resist it and was immediately pressed to the ground, unable to move."

"I only heard rumbling sounds continuously coming from a place so distant it could not be seen."

"Then, the earth began to tremble, and cracks spread from far away."

"At the time, I even thought we would be caught in the aftermath and buried deep within the earth."

"Fortunately, the collapse of the earth did not reach us here."

Speaking of this, Wang Jianqiang still had lingering fears, "That celestial upheaval lasted for a full half-day before it vanished."

"That upheaval was extremely terrifying; I suspect the demonic beasts near this area were all scared away, so staying here might actually be safer."

"I didn't leave, and I've stayed here ever since."

Hearing Wang Daniu's vivid account, Lu Yunqing immediately formed a judgment in her heart regarding the celestial upheaval Wang Daniu spoke of.

Heavenly Tribulation!

Whether it was the Array outside the mountain or the Array where the trap was inside the mountain, both had been set by her own hands.

Only if the Huanxin butterfly successfully formed a Nascent Soul could it possibly break them.

Furthermore.

According to what Wang Jianqiang said.

The Huanxin butterfly was in a hurry to leave the mountain, and a Heavenly Tribulation descended shortly after it left.

Based on these two points.

It was almost certain.

The Heavenly Tribulation was brought about by the Huanxin butterfly!

It was just unclear whether the Huanxin butterfly had successfully survived the Heavenly Tribulation.

If it had not survived, it would certainly have been reduced to ashes by now.

If it had survived...

A Huanxin butterfly at the Nascent Soul Stage was definitely not something she could deal with.

Unless she also broke through to the Nascent Soul Stage, there was not the slightest possibility of capturing that Huanxin butterfly.

Immediately following this.

She suddenly thought of another key point in Wang Jianqiang's words.

Wang Jianqiang had waited with her at the edge of the mountain for over a year???

How long had she actually been in a coma?

"Wang Daniu, how long have I been in a coma?" She looked at Wang Jianqiang with a somewhat stiff expression.

Wang Daniu was silent for a moment, seemingly calculating the time.

After a moment, he came back to his senses and said, "Two and a half years."

"What?"

"I've been in a coma for that long!!!"

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's reply, Lu Yunqing's eyes widened instantly, and her red lips slowly parted.

The Beast Realm is only open for a total of three years.

That is to say.

She only had half a year left now?

A moment later.

She regained her composure and sighed softly.

She had fallen under the illusion technique of the Huanxin butterfly back then.

Because the Huanxin butterfly's strength had increased, she was no longer able to break its illusion technique.

Being able to survive was already a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.

Compared to life, the length of time spent in a coma was nothing.

Thinking of this.

She felt much better in her heart.

It was just a pity.

According to the rules of this Beast Realm.

Once a demonic beast in the first layer of the Beast Realm breaks through to the Nascent Soul Stage, it will inevitably be drawn by the second layer of the Beast Realm within three months.

It would be forcibly taken into the second layer of the illusion realm.

If the Huanxin butterfly could survive the Nascent Soul Tribulation, it must have already entered the second layer of the Beast Realm by now.

She was destined to be unable to capture the Huanxin butterfly this time.

She could only wait until she joined the Inner Sect to find a way to enter the Beast Realm again; if she were lucky, there might still be a chance to encounter it.

However.

Even under the most ideal conditions.

After she entered the Inner Sect, she would want to obtain the qualifications to enter the Beast Realm again.

I fear it will be at least a hundred years from now.

By that time, whether the Huanxin butterfly is still alive, whether it has been captured by others in advance, whether it is still in the second layer of the Beast Realm...

Everything will be hard to say for certain.

In other words, this failure almost means that she will never be able to capture the Huanxin butterfly again.

She shook her head.

After feeling low for a while, she quickly recovered.

This failure to capture the Huanxin butterfly meant that all the effort she had put in previously had gone to waste.

Although it was a pity.

But this matter could not be forced.

The current plan is to seize these last six months and try to capture a more powerful demonic beast.

To make up for some of the losses.

After Lu Yunqing recovered her spirits, she looked at Wang Jianqiang, a deep sense of gratitude appearing on her pretty face.

"Wang Daniu, thank you for saving me."

"During the time I was unconscious, I also owe much to your care."

She had fallen into a coma after being struck by the Huanxin butterfly's illusion; if not for Wang Daniu, even if she hadn't been killed by the escaped Huanxin butterfly, she would have been implicated by being within the range of the Huanxin butterfly's Tribulation Transcendence.

And been struck dead by the Heavenly Tribulation.

It can be said that if not for Wang Jianqiang, she would have undoubtedly died.

Wang Jianqiang heard this and waved his hands repeatedly, "Fairy Lu is too polite; this is all something I should have done."

Lu Yunqing shook her head, "If not for you, I would likely have fallen by now. This kindness is significant; how can it just be let go like this?"

"As for this matter, consider that I, Lu Yunqing, owe you a favor."

"This..." Wang Jianqiang hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, Lu Yunqing deliberately put on a stern face.

"Wang Daniu, do not decline again. Do you think my, Lu Yunqing's, life is not worth much? Or is it that you want me, Lu Yunqing, to be an ungrateful and heartless person?"

From her tone, Wang Jianqiang could tell that she was already trying hard to pretend to be serious.

It was just that her voice was too gentle and soft, and it did not reveal much of a deterrent force.

Wang Jianqiang found it somewhat amusing in his heart.

On the surface, he did not reveal the slightest flaw.

After Lu Yunqing's voice fell, he hurriedly shook his head, "No, it's not... Fairy Lu, you must not misunderstand... I didn't think that way..."

"Since it is not, then why won't you accept my gratitude?" Lu Yunqing still kept a straight face.

"This..."

Wang Jianqiang heard this and seemed to have no other choice.

After hesitating for a moment, he sighed, "Since Fairy Lu insists, then I shall reluctantly accept the Fairy's kindness."

Seeing this, Lu Yunqing revealed a moving smile on her quiet and gentle face.

"That's more like it."

Immediately after.

She looked at her own wrinkled lapel and thought of the pain she felt when she had just woken up.

A trace of worry could not help but arise in her heart.

She had been unconscious for such a long time and had been under Wang Daniu's careful protection the whole time, so it couldn't have been from a fall.

Could it be that she had been trapped in the illusion for too long?

Had her body undergone some changes?

Thinking of this.

Her expression tightened.

"Wang Daniu, I am feeling some discomfort in my body and need to check it carefully."

"You wait on the side for a moment."

After speaking, she sat down cross-legged on her own and began to scan her body inch by inch with her Spirit Sense.

Wang Jianqiang coughed dryly.

He looked at Lu Yunqing, and a trace of imperceptible guilt flashed through his eyes and vanished.

After a careful examination.

Lu Yunqing set her mind at ease.

Everything about her body was normal, and she did not find the slightest abnormality.

Afterward, she did not continue to dwell on this issue.

She took Wang Jianqiang and flew in one direction.

In the time that followed.

Lu Yunqing took Wang Jianqiang and flew continuously through the first layer of the Beast Realm, searching for demonic beasts with powerful bloodlines.

During this investigation process.

Wang Jianqiang had been secretly using his Fiery Eyes and Golden Gaze to help her search.

The space of the Beast Realm was very large.

At Lu Yunqing's speed, even with three years, it would be difficult to explore one-third of the area.

Let alone with only six months.

If he did not help, Lu Yunqing would most likely return disappointed from this trip.

The reason he was able to obtain the Huanxin butterfly was largely thanks to her.

Although even if he hadn't taken it, she wouldn't have been able to obtain the Huanxin butterfly, and might even have been killed in retaliation.

But the result, after all, was that he had profited.

Moreover, he had also taken the opportunity to pass his Nascent Soul Tribulation here, which could be considered as helping him solve a difficult problem.

Helping her out in return was only right.

Two months later.

Wang Jianqiang's expression shifted, and he looked toward the side without changing his demeanor.

Seeing that Lu Yunqing seemed to have discovered nothing, he continued to fly forward.

He suddenly spoke up.

"Fairy Lu, we have been searching in this direction for two months now, and we haven't discovered any demonic beasts worth capturing."

"Why don't we change direction? Perhaps our luck might change as well."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Lu Yunqing was stunned for a moment, then she smiled, "Very well. Since you proposed it, why don't you designate the direction?"

In any case, it was all a aimless search; as long as they didn't return the way they came, searching in any direction was the same.

Hearing Lu Yunqing's words, Wang Jianqiang did not stand on ceremony and pointed directly in the direction he had looked at earlier.

Lu Yunqing nodded, changed course, and flew in the direction Wang Jianqiang had specified.

After flying for more than ten miles.

Lu Yunqing clearly noticed that the demonic beasts encountered along the way were beginning to become scarce.

Far from being disappointed, she instead revealed a hint of joy.

Any demonic beast with even slightly higher intelligence almost always has a sense of territory.

In the Beast Realm, the density of demonic beasts is very high.

Encountering this situation could only mean one thing: they had approached the territory of a demonic beast.

In the Beast Realm.

High intelligence, combined with possessing a territory, often meant the demonic beast's Bloodline Power was strong.

"Wang Daniu, you were right."

"We changed direction, and perhaps our luck really has changed along with it."

As she spoke, a deep smile spread across her face.

Upon hearing this, a flash of confusion crossed Wang Jianqiang's face, "Fairy Lu, why do you say that? Could it be that you have discovered something?"

Lu Yunqing smiled, "Continue forward, and you will know in a moment."

As they spoke, the two continued to fly forward.

As the two continued onward, they did not see a single demonic beast for dozens of miles along the way.

Lu Yunqing's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Given the density of demonic beasts in the Beast Realm, a territory with a diameter reaching dozens of miles could already be considered quite vast.

This showed that the demonic beast here was truly extraordinary!

If she could capture it, the fifty years she had wasted might perhaps be compensated for to the greatest extent.

The two flew forward for another ten-plus miles.

A streak of light suddenly shot up from the ground, heading straight toward the two of them.