The red flower shivered, then abruptly flung the ice bowl away and dove into the clouds for cover.
Qin Si quickly flicked his long sword, catching the ice bowl. After pouring the flower nectar to Bai Shengyi, he coldly gazed at the red flower. "Are you trying to become flower paste?"
The red flower trembled three times.
It jumped up and down in extreme indignation, its petals swaying. It lowered its head before Qin Si, signaling him to look at the shameless spirit-devouring wood that had latched onto it.
The emerald green vine was even more tenacious than the red flower had anticipated. No matter how it slapped its roots, dodged, or launched its poisonous attacks, the slender tendrils remained firmly wrapped around its roots, even relentlessly drilling deeper into its pistil.
Before long, it became entangled with its pistil.
The red flower panicked!
Its petals frantically slapped at Qin Si, asking for his help.
Qin Si's gaze swept over it, and he recognized the vine as Bai Shengyi's spiritual plant, the Qǐngmèng Vine.
A person was being protected at the roots of the Qǐngmèng Vine. Qin Si had brought that person along when he brought Bai Shengyi out of the swamp. With his full attention on Qin Si, he hadn't had the energy to see who it was, but he figured anyone the Qǐngmèng Vine had protected must have had a deep connection with Bai Shengyi, so he hadn't neglected them either.
Seeing the red flower repeatedly kicking and butting the Qǐngmèng Vine, Qin Si frowned slightly. "The Qǐngmèng Vine is just a fifth-tier vine. Go easy on it."
The petals immediately puffed up in anger and fanned Qin Si!
You dog master, don't you see it's bullying me!
Qin Si reached out and abruptly tore off a petal, then fed it to Bai Shengyi.
This action, the first time unfamiliar, the second time familiar, and the third time extremely familiar, was so fluid it made the red flower even angrier. Its hard-grown petals! To be taken and fed to that woman like this!
It should be known that it wasn't a solitary flower born from the resentment of the world boundary of the Divine Revelation World, but rather formed from the world's destiny and spiritual essence of the Divine Revelation Continent. It was a true solitary world boundary flower, with each petal taking a thousand years to grow!
It was furious, but upon meeting the man's cold, solitary star-like gaze, it had no choice but to retreat dejectedly.
Due to various reasons, Qin Si was now its master. If it didn't want to become flower paste, it was best not to enrage him.
Qin Si looked worriedly at Bai Shengyi. If Bai Shengyi's aura hadn't gradually stabilized and his complexion hadn't improved from its previous paleness, he would have definitely taken him out of this Heavenly Dao Ravine without hesitation.
However, his memory was fragmented, and he didn't know what had happened in the interim, so he wanted to wait for Bai Shengyi to wake up. Of course, there was also a more important point: the Heavenly Dao rules here were incredibly dense. Staying here for a long time would bring them far more benefits than harm.
...
Deep within the mote layer, a man in a red robe seemed to sense something and abruptly stopped.
"Someone else has entered," the man mused, his eyebrows furrowed. A bloody hue flickered across the black lotus on his forehead.
Immediately, a magnificent lotus materialized in his hand. He formed a hand seal, and the lotus unfurled in the wind, emitting a muddled voice.
"Return... go..."
Liu Tianyun asked respectfully, "My lord, but this matter has not yet succeeded..."
There was no further response from within the lotus, which dissolved into a wisp of smoke and vanished.
Liu Tianyun's brow furrowed tightly, and he turned, disappearing into the darkness.
As soon as he left, Qing Lan and Yue Bufan arrived at the location.
"Liu Tianyun has been here," blue mist flowed out, and in a moment, Qing Lan reached his conclusion, coldly stating, "He truly hasn't given up his wicked intentions."
Yue Bufan had not encountered Liu Tianyun when he arrived at the Sanghai Secret Realm, so he was unaware of the inside story.
The pitch-black mote layer made him feel agitated, and he directly asked, "Daoist Master Qing Lan, what exactly did Daoist Master Honglian do in the Sanghai Secret Realm at that time?"
At the time, outside, Qing Lan had only said that Liu Tianyun was a demon lord, and everyone's focus was on whether Liu Tianyun was a spy sent by the demonic sects or had gone astray midway. No one had paid attention to what Liu Tianyun had done in the Sanghai Secret Realm.
Qing Lan said faintly, "He wanted to break the world boundary between the Divine Revelation Continent and the Divine Revelation World."
"Damn it! He actually dares to think like that! Isn't he afraid of Heavenly Dao retribution!" Yue Bufan slapped his thigh. "Did he succeed in the end?"
Qing Lan glanced at him.
Yue Bufan immediately understood. He must have been stopped by Daoist Master Qing Lan.
"Daoist Master Qing Lan, why are you protecting the Divine Revelation Continent so much? If you ask me, breaking the world boundary isn't a bad thing. I've long disliked the dirty deeds done by that brat Li Tingyun, and I want Li Tingyun to taste the consequences too!"
Back then, when Li Tingyun, Xuanjizi, and others had separated the Divine Revelation Continent from the Divine Revelation World, the destiny of one world nurturing one region's people affected not just one or two cultivators, but ten or even twenty generations of cultivators. The karma involved across generations was something that Li Tingyun and a few Mahayana cultivators couldn't bear.
Not to mention, so many good seedlings had emerged from the Divine Revelation World.
The better the seedlings, the more extraordinary their destiny. If not for what Li Tingyun had done, these good seedlings would have likely entered Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, or even Mahayana. How could they be confined to mere Core Formation?
Thus, it could be seen how complex the matter was.
Qing Lan opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing.
His blue robes fluttered silently in the darkness, complementing his indifferent eyes, making him appear even more aloof and ethereal.
While he remained silent, Yue Bufan became more animated.
He first took the opportunity to curse Li Tingyun, then lamented, "Speaking of which, I wonder if Li Tingyun regrets it now?"
"He killed his master and wife to become the Sect Master of the Supreme Sect. He exhausted all his efforts to ascend, yet he has not succeeded. Instead, the Divine Revelation Academy has gradually risen."
"Just you watch, I think the Supreme Sect and the Xile Sect will stumble in this Divine Revelation Grand Meeting. However, he is ruthless and wicked. If you want to deal with him, it's best to strike a decisive blow and not give him a chance to recover..."
Just as he was about to say more, he noticed some movement ahead.
"Someone ahead?"
Yue Bufan, being impatient, ignored Qing Lan and hurried forward.
"It's not Daoist Master Honglian!" Yue Bufan turned and said to Qing Lan.
Qing Lan also arrived at this point. He saw the man sitting in the darkness, his final clear gaze falling on a faint line on the man's wrist.
"Penglai Thread?"
Bai Qingjiang's nerves had been constantly taut. Sensing the aura of high-level cultivators from these two, he became extremely vigilant.
He replied cautiously yet respectfully, "Senior has sharp eyes. This is indeed the Penglai Thread. This thread requires the junior to control it constantly. The junior is truly impolite. I ask that both seniors do not blame me. If there is anything the junior can help with, the junior will spare no effort to tell you everything."
Although he was wary of the two, he was also dignified and extremely forthright.
Yue Bufan was very fond of such sensible juniors and frankly said, "Young one, don't be afraid. We are not bad people."
As soon as he said this, Bai Qingjiang almost lost his composure.
Would a bad person directly claim to be a bad person?
However, Yue Bufan's words quickly stunned him.
"But we do have something to ask you. You've been here for so long, have you seen a man and a woman pass by here?"