Following Tang Jing's voice, Xie Xiaofeng reached the bamboo forest on the northern side at the foot of the Celestial Peak.

After sensing an unprecedentedly powerful Yang Energy, he hurriedly looked into the depths of the bamboo forest. At that moment, he was stunned!

He saw that inside the bamboo forest, as if a vast ocean had been formed by the infusion of pale yellow Yang Energy!

Numerous waves of Yang Energy crashed like giant waves against the bamboo forest, bellowed and astonished the fresh bamboo leaves, and rampaged over the thousands of Earth Corpse Souls lying on the ground!

When he came to his senses, Xie Xiaofeng opened his mouth wide in amazement and exclaimed, "Is this Tang Jing's true strength? She feels much stronger than that kid Chen Hao!"

Half a minute later, the ocean formed by the Yang Energy had receded, and the bamboo forest returned to its usual silence. The thousands of Earth Corpse Souls that had entangled Tang Jing had been completely annihilated by her!

When Tang Jing stepped out of the bamboo forest and came in front of Xie Xiaofeng, her face bore a cold murderous aura, which made him feel somewhat afraid when he saw her.

Coming in front of Xie Xiaofeng, after being stunned for two seconds, Tang Jing's stern expression suddenly collapsed, and she threw herself to the ground into Xie Xiaofeng's arms, sobbing profusely.

Xie Xiaofeng gently patted Tang Jing's back to soothe her and only asked after she had stopped crying, "Tang Jing, how did you end up here? Weren't you supposed to be sleeping in the tent?"

Tang Jing moved away from Xie Xiaofeng's chest, looked at him with a resentful gaze, and sobbed, "It's infuriating. Let's not even talk about it! I really didn't expect Yuqiao to be such a person!"

As she spoke, Tang Jing looked at Xie Xiaofeng with a puzzled frown and asked, "Xie Xiaofeng, how did you end up here as well?"

"What did Yuqiao do to you?" Xie Xiaofeng asked thoughtfully, furrowing his brows deeply. "I was driven away by annoyance at Chen Hao, and you were driven away by Yuqiao. No, there's definitely something amiss here."

"Huh?" Tang Jing was confused. Then she recounted everything that had happened in the tent to Xie Xiaofeng.

After listening to her, Xie Xiaofeng looked surprised and shook his head repeatedly, "Impossible, Chen Hao never left the tent, how could he have gone outside and argued with Yuqiao!"

"Are you sure he never left the tent?" Tang Jing asked doubtfully, "Could it be that you fell asleep and didn't notice?"

"Oh, come on!" Xie Xiaofeng said with a hint of impatience, shaking Tang Jing's arm as he explained, "Since lying down in the tent, I've never fallen asleep, how could I not know whether Chen Hao had left or not?"

"So what exactly is going on?"

Suddenly, Xie Xiaofeng's eyes glinted sharply, and he said in an alert tone, "Shh, listen!"

Tang Jing held her breath and listened intently, barely making out Tang Chao's voice amidst the sound of the wind, as if calling "Sister." Soon after, Tang Chao's voice drew closer and clearer.

"Brother!" Tang Jing responded loudly towards the dark mountains and forest.

Suddenly, a gust of wind rose with a whoosh, then a shadow swept across the night sky like a bruise, rapidly approaching the two of them, until Tang Chao landed in front of Tang Jing.

"Bro!" Tang Jing's voice was filled with excitement, "Did you come looking for me?"

"Your brother was driven away by that bastard Chen Hao, and before leaving, he even knocked Chen Hao unconscious!" Xie Xiaofeng muttered quietly on the side.

Tang Jing stood with eyes wide open, looked at Xie Xiaofeng and sighed, "When did I knock Chen Hao unconscious? I heard that my sister was driven away by Ye Yuqiao, and I went to chase after her!"

"Brother, you heard my argument with Yuqiao?" Tang Jing asked.

"Right!" Tang Chao nodded. "You guys were just outside the tent arguing because Yuqiao was jealous of Chen Hao."

Xie Xiaofeng suddenly gripped Tang Chao's arm with an incredulous tone, "Big Brother Chao, are you really not the one who knocked Chen Hao unconscious? Weren't you furious that he apologized in his sleep for a dream about Ye Yuqiao, and even woke him from that dream? Later, he knocked me unconscious too?"

"Not at all!" Tang Chao said with a pained expression. "When I left the tent, both of you were sleeping soundly!"

"This is strange!" Tang Jing fell into thought. "All of you said that Chen Hao never left the tent, but I saw Yuqiao arguing with him under a tree, and later he even came with Yuqiao to persuade me to stay; when I left, I didn't argue with Yuqiao outside the tent; Xie Xiaofeng, you said Chen Hao was talking in his sleep, and then you said my brother knocked Chen Hao out, but my brother says he didn't. It seems that we've all walked into a trap!"

"Exactly!" Xie Xiaofeng had a realization, "No wonder I found Big Brother Chao's smile a bit strange when I saw him!"

"Right!" Tang Jing's face showed surprise. "It was strange when I saw Yuqiao too, why would she suddenly want to have a heart-to-heart talk with me!"

"Sigh!" Tang Chao gave a bitter smile. "I was so foolish to believe that the goddess I admired would say such excessive things! Oh, just now I encountered a ghostly monk pretending to be a celestial general halfway up the mountain."

"I encountered the Thunder God and Lightning Mother by the nearby stream!" Xie Xiaofeng exclaimed. Then, he looked at Tang Jing and said, "And Tang Jing, you were entangled by an Earth Corpse Soul!"

Tang Jing nodded slightly, a hint of pale blue light flickering in her eyes, "Now it's clear, they intentionally wanted to sow discord among us and had set up an ambush in advance to eliminate us one by one! Fortunately, they underestimated the strength of us three!"

"Indeed!" Xie Xiaofeng squinted his eyes and nodded. He looked at Tang Jing and Tang Chao and said, "Let's go back now and meet up with Chen Hao and Ye Yuqiao!"

"Hmm!" Tang Jing and Tang Chao nodded.

Following that, the three of them headed toward the tent.

On the way, after a brief silence, Tang Chao began to tell Xie Xiaofeng and Tang Jing about his recent confrontation with the ghostly monk on the mountainside: with Yang Energy forced to the surface of his body, Tang Chao readied his sword to meet the ghostly monk who attacked him with a long staff.

The moment the Yin Qi and Yang Energy on their bodies collided, their swords and staff also clashed.

With a hiss, the Yang Energy sword in Tang Chao's hand was dispersed by the staff.

"Hmph!" The ghostly monk sneered. "Your Yang Energy sword broke just like that; it seems I overestimated you!"

Tang Chao sneered coldly.

Suddenly, a whirl of Sword Qi enveloped both of them.

"I've said it before, although I'm not good at exorcising ghosts, I am definitely a top-notch fighter when it comes to brawling," Tang Chao said icily. He, who had always prided himself on being a warm man, had never been so cold. "A true swordsman doesn't keep his sword in his hand or in his heart, but rather!"

"But where?" As the ghostly monk sensed the increasingly intense Sword Qi mixed with Yang Energy around him, he grew apprehensive.

Suddenly, the ghostly monk's vision before him was blurred by the Sword Qi.

In an instant, Tang Chao was already behind him, and the surrounding Sword Qi had vanished.

"But rather, I myself am a sword!" Tang Chao explained.

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