"Just a bunch of jackals and wolves, why should I fear them." Chen Nan stepped forward towards Yao Ye.

Yue Ye smirked and muttered, "Braggart!"

Chen Nan ignored her and walked straight to the pavilion, smiling as he said, "This time I returned to Xuanwu City to actually seek advice from Miss Yao Ye."

Yao Ye pondered for a moment and said, "I know why you're here. As for the matter of Tian Han Mountain, I do know about it. However, you must retrieve something for me as a condition for exchange."

"What is it?" Chen Nan asked.

Yao Ye stared into his eyes and after a moment said, "The treasured sword of Purple Cloud Palace, the Wind-controlling Sword."

"Whose hands is this sword currently in?" Chen Nan asked.

Yao Yue turned around, looked up at the bright moon in the night sky, and said, "In the hands of Lin Zi Yang, the Palace Master of Purple Cloud Palace. If you want to snatch it by force, you absolutely can't; you'll have to be clever."

Chen Nan hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, could you first tell me about the Tian Han Mountain affair? After I get the Cold Spring Water and save the person, I will definitely retrieve the Wind-controlling Sword and hand it over to you."

"No sword, no deal. Don't come back to bother me without the Wind-controlling Sword."

After Yao Ye spoke, she turned and walked deep into the Demon Mansion.

"Hey, miss..."

Chen Nan wanted to catch up, but Yue Ye stopped him, saying, "Don't be ungrateful, rascal. My sister is actually helping you by asking you to fetch the sword."

Chen Nan asked puzzled, "Helping me?"

"That's right. Without this Wind-controlling Sword, you can't even go..."

Before Yue Ye could finish her sentence, Yao Ye turned around with a cold expression and said, "Xiao Yue, see the guest out!"

Yue Ye stuck her tongue out at her and then pushed Chen Nan out of the Demon Mansion.

Just as Yue Ye was about to close the door, Chen Nan blocked it and said, "Miss Yao Ye, I have another request."

Yao Ye, with her back to him, walked away step by step, "What is it?"

"I just had a dream, dreaming that my distant lover was in trouble. I wonder if you could help interpret my dream?" Chen Nan asked.

Yao Ye shook her head, "I am powerless in this matter."

Chen Nan wanted to say more, but at that moment Yue Ye booted him out completely, slamming the door behind him.

Chen Nan had no choice but to turn around.

"Wind-controlling Sword, it seems my grievances with Purple Cloud Palace are never-ending." He murmured to himself as he strode towards the Purple Cloud Palace outpost.

Now it was late at night, the streets pitch black, long devoid of lights.

Upon reaching the vicinity of Purple Cloud Palace, Chen Nan used his Divine Sense to seal his Sea of Consciousness, to avoid anyone detecting his aura.

After all, this Purple Cloud Palace outpost has experts like Qin Changhai overseeing it. With his level of Divine Sense cultivation, he should barely manage to conceal himself, but any slight lapse would certainly reveal him.

Under the cover of night, Chen Nan emitted no trace of aura, avoiding the sightlines of the guard disciples as he stealthily slipped into the Purple Cloud Palace base.

The area of several li around was entirely Purple Cloud Palace's base.

Like a ghostly figure, Chen Nan placed bundles of timed bombs at four cardinal directions — southeast, northwest — around the Purple Cloud Palace base, then carefully set off further inside at several more points.

Altogether, Chen Nan planted fifteen bundles of bombs, each spaced quite far apart.

After completing all of this, he avoided the gaze of patrol disciples, staying as far away as possible from the central area where Qin Changhai resided, heading towards the location where Yu Wenqingxue was held captive.

He stopped a hundred meters away from the small building where Yu Wenqingxue was confined.

The timer for the first bomb was set for ten minutes, the second was ten seconds longer, and the third another ten seconds longer, and so forth. Though he had no watch, he was timing silently in his mind —

Three!

Two!

One!

"Boom..."

A loud explosion rocked the entire Xuanwu City, causing the earth to tremble.

In the southeast direction of the Purple Cloud Palace outpost, flames soared into the sky, a house was blown to pieces, bricks and wooden debris scattered everywhere, and the silent disciples inside were directly blasted into smithereens, their fragmented body parts roasted.

Instantly noise erupted, the entire base in chaos, as all the disciples rushed out of their rooms towards the explosion site.

Even Qin Changhai dashed to the explosion point immediately.

Without a doubt, everyone at that moment believed an external force was invading. However, the thick smoke in the air and the pungent smell of gunpowder confused everyone, as they couldn't understand what sort of Magic Treasure it was.

"Everyone cover your noses, this is likely poisonous smoke!" Qin Changhai shouted loudly.

But just as he finished speaking, another explosion rang out from the west, flames shot high, several disciples were killed, over a dozen injured, with screams piercing the heavens.

Qin Changhai's face turned extremely grim, roaring, "Enemies have invaded, disciples on guard!"

Then another explosion boomed from the south, even stronger than before as Chen Nan had tied more explosives there.

Qin Changhai felt like he was going insane.

Who the hell were these enemies? In his hundreds of years of life, he had never seen this kind of attacking Magic Treasure.

In the midst of the commotion, Chen Nan had already taken advantage of the chaos to reach outside the small building.

He broke the lock and rushed in, but felt a chill as he found no trace of Yu Wenqingxue inside.

Searching every corner but finding no one, Chen Nan suddenly realized that because of the events during the day, Purple Cloud Palace had already taken precautions and must have relocated Yu Wenqingxue elsewhere.

"Damn it, that old fox!"

Hastily retreating from the small building, Chen Nan realized that half of the bombs had already exploded, causing complete chaos in the Purple Cloud Palace base.

Randomly seizing a disciple, Chen Nan used his Divine Sense to search through his Sea of Consciousness, seeking memories about Yu Wenqingxue, but to his disappointment, the disciple knew nothing of her whereabouts.

He proceeded to grab several disciples with stronger cultivation, also searching their Sea of Consciousness, but still found no information.

Witnessing the base being turned into a sea of flames, Chen Nan had no choice but to leave.

After all this trouble, it was all for nothing.

He returned to the Demon Mansion, and just as he knocked, Yue Ye stuck her head out and said, "My sister told me to inform you, Yu Wenqingxue was taken back to the main altar of Purple Cloud Palace for trial this afternoon. Also, don't bother us at night in the future, or I'll report you to Purple Cloud Palace, revealing your false identity and everything you've done."

With that, Yue Ye huffed and shut the door.

"It seems, whether for Miss Yu Wen or for the Wind-controlling Sword, I must make a trip to Purple Cloud Palace."

Chen Nan muttered, and without delay, he ran towards the city gate.

By now the city gate was sealed, and the guards, already on high alert due to the explosions in the city, were too weak and were overwhelmed by Chen Nan's Divine Sense, shattering their Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to escape the city.

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