After dividing the money, Chen Guan left the Beimang Mountain area, and after waiting for more than a day, he entered Beimang Mountain again, holding the Celestial Immortal Peony and headed to Peony Mountain.

He wouldn't let Wang Lian earn a single penny. This ghostly Wang Lian, though comparable to the kind-hearted Dragon Lady, made being watched this way unnerving.

"Even though I've had my Second Awakening, my Level is still low. If someone like Wang Ying, a top Third Awakening Cultivator, is tracking me, I may not be able to notice. I'll need to find a Secret Skill that can counter tracking," Chen Guan thought. Anyway, he now had money, so he could just spend it to buy one.

"Should I send some money back home when I have a chance? Maybe not, it might bring trouble." Chen Guan thought it over; his family didn't seem to lack money. They weren't wealthy, but they weren't struggling either.

Once again, he reached Peony Mountain, but this time Chen Guan was extra cautious, taking many detours and using various methods to ensure he wasn't being followed before arriving here.

But as the saying goes, there's no such thing as guarding against thieves for a thousand days, it's better to find a fundamental solution to the tracking issue.

He feared that Wang Lian would send Wang Ying over to capture him. In the cities and places with Celestial Court troops, Wang Lian and others wouldn't dare to act, but in the wild areas like Peony Mountain, it was uncertain.

Chen Guan felt that the chances of this were low. Although he was sure Wang Lian would report him to the Celestial Court, he probably wouldn't act before that.

However, better safe than sorry, Chen Guan felt he needed to act even more cautiously in the future.

Arriving once more at the cliff edge of Peony Mountain, Chen Guan personally buried the Celestial Immortal Peony back into the ground.

Looking at the reburied Celestial Immortal Peony, Chen Guan felt a bit of regret; he really wanted to try again when the price of those little Flower Demons dropped to bottom out.

Unfortunately, if he did so, the Xiu Family and Ji Family would probably come to deal with him immediately.

"Such a beautiful peony flower... looks better planted here..." Chen Guan glanced at the Celestial Immortal Peony he had just replanted, feeling quite satisfied.

"Thank you!" A gentle, water-like voice suddenly emanated from the Celestial Immortal Peony.

"Who's there?" Chen Guan was startled, then saw a previously unformed flower bud on the Celestial Immortal Peony quickly blossoming. Inside sat a diminutive beauty dressed in peony-patterned clothes, looking as if she was made of ice and jade, elegant and noble, as beautiful as a Fairy.

"You are..." Having carried the Celestial Immortal Peony for so long, Chen Guan never imagined that such a beautiful Secret Spirit could reside within the flower: "Compared to her, those little Flower Demons appear much uglier; this must be a true Flower Fairy?"

"I am Peony. Since you didn't throw me into the Alchemy Furnace, I have nothing to repay you with but to gift you a petal." Peony extended her slender hand, plucked a petal of the Celestial Immortal Peony beneath her, placed it in her palm, and blew gently.

The petal, carrying an enchanting Flower Fragrance, gently floated towards Chen Guan.

In that moment, sweat dripped from Chen Guan's forehead.

He felt that no matter how he dodged, he couldn't avoid the petal, and trying to block it, he couldn't determine its trajectory.

Gritting his teeth, Chen Guan activated the Azure Heaven Dominating Body, reaching out to catch the peony petal.

The peony petal landed on his palm, ignoring the Azure Heaven Dominating Body, transforming into glowing pollen-like points that integrated into Chen Guan's body.

Chen Guan was both shocked and delighted; shocked by the mysterious methods of this Secret Spirit who called herself Peony.

Delighted because he discovered that after the petal integrated into him, his little Flower Demons underwent a remarkable transformation, as if reborn, evolving into Flower Fairies.

"Thank you, Fairy," Chen Guan quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Not afraid of me any more?" Peony said with a soft smile.

"Why would I fear a Fairy? What just happened was merely a reflex action of a martial artist." Chen Guan was thick-skinned and showed no embarrassment.

"Such a reflex action of a martial artist. I'd like to see how quick it really is," a very pleasant male voice sounded nearby.

Though the voice was pleasant, it lacked none of the manly vigor.

Surprised, Chen Guan turned his head to see that the large stone beside the Celestial Immortal Peony had transformed into a celestial, ethereal man in blue garb, radiating an immortal aura.

The blue-clothed man was squinting his elegant slanted eyes, sizing up Chen Guan.

"And who might this be..." Chen Guan was puzzled as to why the Holy Horned White Deer didn't come to retrieve the Celestial Immortal Peony itself. Now it seemed it couldn't, even if it wanted to.

Yet Chen Guan still couldn't understand why he himself could take the Celestial Immortal Peony.

Just from Peony's display earlier, the gap between him and Peony was massive, not to mention the blue-clothed man who had transformed from a stone seemed even stronger.

"You... guess..." The blue-clothed man winked, revealing a mischievous smile, then pointed two fingers at Chen Guan, softly uttering two words: "Sword... arise..."

In an instant, winds rose and clouds surged; the Primordial Energy of the world transformed into streams of sword light, slashing across the air like stars and directly penetrating Chen Guan's body.

"Ah!"

Chen Guan barely had time to react, and could only push the Azure Heaven Dominating Body to its limits.

Yet his body was still penetrated by countless beams of sword light, lifting him into the air, and under the stabs of swords, he was pushed down Peony Mountain.

Falling through the air, the sword lights, like a waterfall, bombarded his body, striking him violently to the mountain's base, where he hit the ground heavily.

"It's over!" Chen Guan's entire body was pierced by the sword lights; he had no means, he even suspected that his body might have already been torn apart by the sword lights, with only his soul being continuously pierced.

Thump!

Chen Guan's body hit the ground hard; the pain made him aware, while the waterfall of sword lights continued their onslaught.

When the sword light finally dissipated, Chen Guan lay on the mountain floor with a peculiar expression; he confirmed that he was indeed not dead, not even injured or with bones fractured from such a height.

That wasn't the main issue though. What was vital was that the fragmented Secret Skills he had recently learned - the Pure Yang Sword Technique, Pure Yang Sword Technique, and Pure Yang Sword Dao - had vanished.

Instead, among his Secret Skills, there was now one called "Pure Yang Sword Immortal", and its quality was "Secret God".

Chen Guan got up, cupped his fists, and bowed from afar towards the mountain top: "Thank you for the technique."

He realized who the stone-transforming blue-clothed man was, none other than the master of Chunyang Temple. Only now did he truly receive the secret teachings of Chunyang Temple.

If he hadn't brought back the Celestial Immortal Peony, the three Pure Yang Secret Skills he obtained would have been mere dregs, unusable.

Still, Chen Guan couldn't understand why he had to make this trip, when they could have withheld the Celestial Immortal Peony from him.

"Could it be a test for the inheritance of Pure Yang secrets? That can't be; I'm not the chosen one of their lineage, rather sent by the Holy Horned White Deer, clearly not aligned with them..." Chen Guan thought long and hard but couldn't figure it out.

No one on the mountain responded to him, so Chen Guan bowed once more, bade farewell, and left Peony Mountain.

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