"So soon?" Su Youyi and Uncle Ju were both surprised. It hadn't been that long since they started looking, could the Abnormal People really be that powerful?

"Abnormal People have always been good at finding others, let's go and meet this Vermilion Bird envoy."

But just as Liang Yi was about to get up, he suddenly froze because the message said that the Vermilion Bird envoy seemed to have defected from the Devouring Spirit Sect.

The message didn't say exactly how they determined this, but Liang Yi knew the players all too well.

How did they figure it out? By the name, of course.

The Vermilion Bird's name was probably no longer red. But to find someone who's not in red—that's some serious player luck, isn't it?

Without any time to wonder, Liang Yi hurriedly led Su Youyi and Uncle Ju, turning into tunneling light, and shot straight towards the decrepit cottage mentioned in the message.

When the Vermilion Bird envoy returned from her grocery shopping, what she saw were two people and a beast waiting at the door.

"Is it you?" The Vermilion Bird envoy let out a sigh—the two Abnormal People had indeed come specifically for her, otherwise, there was no explanation for them showing up right after she had arrived.

She certainly recognized Liang Yi and Su Youyi. As two disciples of the Banished Immortal from the Taoist Sect, each more stunning than the other, she had crossed paths with them during the grand competition of the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty and the battle at Qingliang City, although they had never faced each other directly.

At this moment, Liang Yi was undoubtedly surprised upon seeing the Vermilion Bird envoy because this woman seemed to really have left the Devouring Spirit Sect. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to so boldly go out.

"Could we talk? Um... about the issue of your origin?" Liang Yi hesitated and probed. How should he approach this matter?

"Thud!" The basket of vegetables fell to the ground, scattering veggies everywhere.

"You know about my past?" Zhou Yuqing, who was just tens of steps away, had already approached Liang Yi and pressed down on his shoulders.

Liang Yi's words struck at the heart of Zhou Yuqing's concerns, the very same issue she'd been dwelling on since the battle at Qingliang City. For this, she even dared to defect from the Devouring Spirit Sect to seek the truth.

Feeling the immense pressure on his shoulders, Liang Yi felt as if his shoulder blades were about to be crushed.

"This is already the power of the Eighth Realm, right?" Liang Yi thought bitterly to himself. It seemed that leaving the Devouring Spirit Sect had allowed this woman to advance even further; now, just a slight exertion of her strength was nearly crushing him.

"Let go of my senior brother!" A sharp radiance of Sword Qi emerged beside them. Su Youyi held the Lovesick Sword tightly, her gaze dangerously fixated on Zhou Yuqing.

Uncle Ju was also crouched on Su Youyi's shoulder, ready to transform to his full size and fight to the death at any moment.

"Sorry, I was a bit out of line, but this matter is really important to me, so please tell me." The subtle threat emanating from the Lovesick Sword in Su Youyi's hand calmed Zhou Yuqing down.

She then let go of Liang Yi's shoulders regretfully and stepped back to indicate she had no hostile intent.

Glancing at the simple and pure white Lovesick Sword in Su Youyi's hand, it felt like it was the same sword as the Immortal Sword that emerged at Qingliang City. And the foremost emergence of a Divine Sword is always when its blade shines the brightest; even she had to avoid its sharp edge for the time being.

After moving a little farther away, Liang Yi finally noticed that, having reverted to her true self, this Vermilion Bird envoy no longer exuded the charm that enthralled hearts like when she was in her previous role as the envoy. Instead, there was an added sense of innocence.

If not for the captivating charm, Zhou Yuqing looked no more than a young woman in her early twenties.

"Let's just go in first." Zhou Yuqing raised her hand and quickly retrieved the item that had dropped earlier, ignoring Su Youyi, who still harbored hostility towards her, and pushed open the wooden gate to enter.

"Senior brother, are you alright?" Su Youyi sheathed her Lovesick Sword, which had slightly unsheathed itself, and hurriedly came to her senior brother's side, gently rubbing his shoulders.

She didn't care who the Vermilion Bird envoy was; anyone who made a move against her senior brother was no good.

"She was just emotionally disturbed, not on purpose." Liang Yi shook his head and gently patted his junior sister's hand, smiling warmly.

"Hmm..." Su Youyi pouted, looking somewhat dissatisfied and puffing up in slight anger.

"Haha, let's go. She is very important to Master." Chen Hua did not specify his relationship with the Vermilion Bird envoy in his message, so Su Youyi did not know that this envoy was actually her master's sister-in-law.

Old Orange retracted its claws and with a meow jumped back onto Liang Yi's shoulder, clearly having no objections since Liang Yi had spoken.

Entering with his junior sister and Old Orange, the first thing they saw was a well-maintained flowering shrubbery at its peak of blossoming.

The flowers were just ordinary ones, and Liang Yi and Su Youyi did not feel the slightest spiritual energy emanating from them. Even the renovated garden tools placed to the side seemed time-worn.

Apart from the flower garden, the rest of the courtyard was filled with traces of time, as if time had been frozen in this place.

"Are you the owner of this courtyard?" Under Zhou Yuqing's invitation, Liang Yi and his junior sister took a seat in the hall, eyeing the Vermilion Bird envoy, who seemed familiar with everything, prompting Liang Yi's curiosity.

"I don't know, but I am indeed very familiar with this place, as if I've lived here for many years." Zhou Yuqing brewed a simple cup of tea for Liang Yi, Su Youyi, and even Old Orange.

"In the past, as the Vermilion Bird envoy, I charmed others' Divine Souls, but I never expected that my own Divine Soul is also fragmented."

Zhou Yuqing gave a self-mocking smile, her red hair falling by her temples, obscuring her somewhat sorrowful eyes.

"So, do you know anything about the past that I've lost?" Zhou Yuqing, after all, was a Great Cultivator from the Eighth Realm, and in an instant composed herself, looking directly at Liang Yi and the other two.

Su Youyi turned her face towards her senior brother, not knowing anything and now only able to see if her senior brother might know something.

"Your name is Zhou Yuqing?" Liang Yi pondered for a moment before suddenly looking up to counter-question.

When he received the mission, he asked Elder Qing, who was the embodiment of the nation's fate, to help him investigate something. He was shocked by what he found.

The Zhou family's eldest sister, second brother, third sister, and fourth brother, each more remarkable than the last.

Eldest sister Zhou Ruanxian, Liang Yi wasn't sure how formidable she was, but if she was a match for his master, the Banished Immortal, then she surely must be a goddess, right?

Second brother Zhou Zhukong, the current Emperor of Xuanzhou in the Immortal Dynasty, the first to be compelled to be Emperor, nearly boycotted the coronation, and one of the strongest individuals of the time.

Third sister Zhou Yuqing, Liang Yi was not so clear about her past. What he could find was that the most recent incident was her being attacked by the Devouring Spirit Sect while on an outing with Master Fang's wife, resulting in one death and one disappearance, only to find out now that she has become the Vermilion Bird envoy of the Devouring Spirit Sect.

When he saw the fourth brother's name, Liang Yi was stunned because that fourth brother was named Zhou Yuzhi, which was the same name as the current Sword Master of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

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