"Senior Sister, let me explain."

"No need to explain, speak after you've won."

Gongsun Qingyue took a step out, and blue flames enveloped her body like a garment, forming a trail of blue ribbon behind her.

Win against her?

A thought flashed through Jiang Li's mind as he understood Gongsun Qingyue'sintentions.

"Then please impart your guidance, Senior Sister," he said, as he was about to shed his Dragon and Snake form.

But Gongsun Qingyue didn't wait for him to retract his power. Her fingers shaped a sword formula, and the Taixu Sword followed her thoughts, as divination symbols rose around her, quickly forming an array.

"Yin Talisman Seven Skills·Scattering Formation Method Vulture."

As the phrase left her lips, the sword emerged, divination symbols revolved, and beams of Sword Light took shape, shooting through the air from all directions.

The fierce Sword Light, carrying the force of the array, transformed into phantom vultures as it approached, like giant peng birds hunting dragons, instantly piercing through Jiang Li's body.

However, Jiang Li remained unharmed!

"Wind Form Qi."

The Dao Body of a human head with a Dragon and Snake torso was concealed by the flowing wind, and the Sword Light passed as if through empty space, leaving Jiang Li completely untouched.

Spiral dragon horns and a human upper body formed a shape resembling the character "head," and the Dragon and Snake tail moved like the character component "step," as Jiang Li navigated his body, moving as if entering the void, weaving unpredictably, accompanied by the howling wind, he broke through the formation, approaching Gongsun Qingyue closely.

"Yin Talisman Seven Skills·Five Dragons Technique."

The Qi of the Five Elements corresponding to the five internal organs transformed into rising dragons, merging into the spiritual fetus on Gongsun Qingyue's forehead, forming a Dragon Pattern. Though not as perfectly blended as Jiang Li's power, it still greatly bolstered Gongsun Qingyue's might.

She raised her palm, and intense green flames condensed into a Fire Pill, the fiery red intent painting an anomaly that revealed the harshness and cruelty of a thousand miles of barren land.

Drought God Palm·Thousand Miles of Barren Land.

As the garment-like light around Gongsun Qingyue's body transformed, a faint and terrifying silhouette appeared, advancing with her palm, but at the same time, Jiang Li also extended his palm.

The Dragon Palm, coming from an inconceivable angle, pressed on the Fire Pill. The force of the wind surged wildly, inverting the flames to envelop the Fire Pill, and immediately, vast water vapor rose.

With both wind and water rising to counter the fire, the green flames were swiftly extinguished. The Fire Pill dissipated, and the impact hit Gongsun Qingyue's palm.

"Yin Talisman Seven Skills!"

A Dragon Pattern between Gongsun Qingyue's eyebrows shone brightly as a Lotus Lamp floated above her head, casting Pure Light that strengthened her power. At the same time, Magic Talismans emanated from her body, merging with the green flames.

With the Five Dragons' God Method at its core, infusing the Three Elements, True Intent Technique Python to condense the spirit, Scattering Formation Technique Vulture to direct the power, Divine Power Method Hidden Bear to mobilize blood and Qi, Nourishing Spirit Skill to convert Qi, Rotation Method Fierce Beasts to circulate all forces, and Sun Dui's Magical Divination to anticipate the enemy's moves.

Yin Talisman Seven Skills combined with the Drought God Palm, green flames burnt fiercely, forming a sacred yet ferocious silhouette of a Goddess.

—Drought Demon Ba!

Simultaneously, Jiang Li manifested Qimen external to his body, transforming outer objects. A vast Array formed instantly, confronting the phantom of the Drought Demon Ba in the Thousand Miles of Barren Land.

The violent Flame Qi burst forth like a volcano's eruption, and in an instant—

"Boom!"

The Flame Qi struck the Array like an unyielding barrier; the array controlled the palm, the Drought Demon Ba's phantom crumbled to ashes, and the blistering flames dissipated.

The Dragon Scales on Jiang Li's palm faded away, and his body shifted back from the Dragon and Snake Body to human form. He opened the fingers of his right palm and gently grasped Gongsun Qingyue's jade hand. The Flame Qi completely dispersed at the same time, retreating like a receding tide.

Compared to Jiang Li, Gongsun Qingyue's power was undoubtedly much inferior; there was no chance she could defeat Jiang Li, so...

"I've lost." She revealed a radiant smile.

Back in the Divine Capital, when Jiang Li and Gongsun Qingyue parted ways, they had agreed to settle the nature of their relationship the next time they met, deciding who would lead and who would follow. As to how the decision would be made, naturally, it would be through a contest. Although Gongsun Qingyue had never won, even when she was stronger than Jiang Li, their encounters ended in mutual defeat due to someone's strategy, with her often sustaining graver injuries.

Gongsun Qingyue hadn't anticipated that Jiang Li's strength would advance so rapidly; by the time they met again, the outcome was no longer uncertain.

Yet, this matter must reach a conclusion, with a semblance of ceremony.

So, now there was a sense of ceremony.

Gongsun Qingyue suddenly threw herself into Jiang Li's arms, her hands encircling his neck as she kissed him.

Like a blazing flame, she burned fiercely, attacking continuously, overpowering and persistent, the sound thick and unending, until their heated breath turned cheeks crimson. They finally parted, leaving a silver thread between them.

Gongsun Qingyue's face was flushed, her eyes rippling like spring water, and she cast a meaningful glance to the side, saying, "Your technique is well practiced, I'm very satisfied, Senior Sister."

On the side, against the wall, a red little dog lay there, keenly aware of Gongsun Qingyue's glance.

Then, Xiao Tian felt the collar around its neck begin to tighten, as if an invisible hand had grasped its throat. As his master's anger flared, it began to unintentionally tighten its grip.

"Woof Wang!"

Xiao Tian let out a pitiful cry, its eyes turning white like a hanged ghost, tongue lolling out.

It was clear that a third party was getting angry.

Gongsun Qing Yue flew into a rage in person again, and it could even be said that she took the initiative just to show off, flaunting herself crazily at the third party.

The junior brother flirting with others outside could simply be considered as him learning techniques, after all, he would still come back home to serve his senior sister. As for some saucy mare, save it, you're just a third party.

Gongsun Qing Yue was truly fierce; just last time she had slapped Jiang Li, and now it had become a matter of studying techniques.

"Obviously, this is the deliberate design of some jerk, seemingly passive, but actually, every step is calculated, creating a sense of crisis, making Gongsun Qing Yue take the offensive," recorded the Karma Collection, reflecting what was in Jiang Li's heart, causing Jiang Li to unconsciously divert his gaze away from the Karma Collection.

'Talking about love, what's all this about being a jerk? Love is like a battlefield, and one should strategize as if conducting a military campaign. After all, wasn't I wholeheartedly good to the both of them?'

Jiang Li couldn't help but defend himself in his heart, and with a turn of his head, he stretched the silver waterline out long for Gongsun Qing Yue to see.

Her eyes seemed to burn with a wildfire, and she pressed in once more.

The flames were still spreading, burning from the front hall into the main gate, all the way toward the bedroom.

"Wait, Senior Sister, isn't this too fast?"

"Less nonsense."

Gongsun Qing Yue closed up again.

Stop and go along the way, occasionally overstepping, but still arriving outside a room door.

A reddish puppy around its neck glistened with starlight, dragging it along, and it just so witnessed the room door opening.

"Wait, Senior Sister, isn't this room wrong? This isn't my room, and it isn't yours..."

The room door closed, leaving Xiao Tian outside.

It was almost out of breath, its eyes rolling back involuntarily toward the bedroom in the front, its nose frantically sniffing, trying to relieve the pain of asphyxiation.

Then, the little dog picked up on a peculiar scent.

Although Xiao Tian had not been to the Dinghu Sect since following Jiang Li, and did not know who the current owner of this bedroom was, it remembered clearly the smell of its three owners.

If its sense of smell hadn't been wrong due to the pain of suffocation, the owner of the bedroom in front of it was...

"Wang!"

Xiao Tian let out a miserable howl and was choked unconscious by the tightening leash.

By nightfall, Dinghu was shrouded beneath the night, yet the islands in the secret place were bright as day.

A full moon hung in the sky, with a perfect figure reclined within.

She looked towards the round light not far ahead, with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Within that circle of light, the door was tightly shut; the scene inside unknown, the sounds inside unheard of. But Tianxuan could imagine the intense scene inside; it must be like heavenly thunder striking earth fire, irrepressible once ignited.

"In front of your master, entering your master's room, and sleeping with your master's... disciple."

Tianxuan murmured to herself, "Qing Yue, oh Qing Yue, you're becoming bolder; the rebellious bone at the back of your head is almost breaking through the sky. If that's so..."

This old demon, who had flown into a rage in person and nearly choked Xiao Tian to death, now showed not a trace of anger, as if her previous behavior had been an illusion.

And indeed, that was the case.

Although Tianxuan was annoyed, she never intended to let anger cloud her heart. Not only because the old demon had practiced her Qi Cultivation Technique well, with a petty mind but not allowing anger to affect her intelligence, but more so because she had anticipated the current situation.

Since Gongsun Qing Yue discovered the secret, Tianxuan had predicted many possibilities and deduced them through Echange Skill. Everything that was happening now was naturally within them.

To be angry, she had been angry enough at that moment, and now...

"This was your first move." Tianxuan wore a teasing smile.

Everyone saw that it was the rebellious disciple who made the first move, that she was the one who provoked. Therefore, as a master, launching some counterattacks was no big deal, wasn't it?

Tianxuan once wanted to treat those three days and nights as a dream, but now that dream had been shattered.

Gongsun Qing Yue personally pierced the facade and exposed the hidden secret beneath.

The dream was over.

But reality was still the same; it did not change radically just because the dream had ended.

Now, it was time to reshape reality by taking action.

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