Southern Region's eastern border, Seven Star Pass.
At dusk, countless flying swords flew in and out the city gate.
A black-feathered hawk came from the direction of the Eastern Region and seemed to be lost. It circled in the sky for a long time before it saw a blonde woman sitting at the desk in a pavilion, and landed on the window sill.
Inside the pavilion, Yun Yiyi sat at a table, tiredly handling the jade slips piled up in front of her.
Seven days had passed since the Southern Region immortals occupied the Seven Star Pass.
The disciples of the various sects who had entered the Eastern Region as vanguard also sent back all kinds of information, adding many more markings to the map hanging on the wall.
Among them, there was a place circled with red ink.
—Heavenly Sorrow City.
There were several spiritual veins around Heavenly Sorrow City in the Eastern Region, which were quite rich in resources, and the terrain was steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Therefore, if the immortals wanted to go deeper into the Eastern Region, they had to capture that city.
However, so far, too few of the immortal disciples sent to the Eastern Region have reported on the situation in Heavenly Sorrow City.
Without knowing the cultivation level of the demonic cultivators, nor what kind of formations were set up to protect the city, the immortals could not rashly attack the city.
Yun Yiyi propped her cheeks and looked at the three words "Heavenly Sorrow City" marked on the map. Irritated, she pinched her nose bridge, shook her head, and sighed. "Alas... If Anping were here, it would be great."
Yun Xi, who was helping her, raised her head slightly when she heard the words.
Seeing her sister's irritable face, Yun Xi thought she was missing her husband. After a moment of silence, she suggested, "Sister, I heard that Bright Star Sect disciples are selling jade rods in the city's sex shops. How about I buy one for you later, and you can make do with it?"
?
Yun Yiyi was stunned when she heard this, and then rolled her eyes at her. "What's the mess in your head? Is your elder sister that kind of person in your eyes?"
"...Aren't you thinking about your lover, sister?"
"What I meant is, if Anping were here, the matter of Heavenly Sorrow City would be solved, and we wouldn't be so helpless as we are now..."
Yun Xi raised her eyebrows and responded in an exaggerated way. "...Riight~~"
Yun Yiyi glanced at her again. "Right what?"
"You didn't think about it at all? The last time when you and Young Master Ye met was a long time ago."
Yun Yiyi thought that since they were sisters, it was okay to talk about it, so she simply nodded and admitted. "...a little bit."
"Then, I'll ask Zhang Yihe to bring you a..."
"No!" Yun Yiyi frowned and interrupted, scolding her. "What do you know, a girl who hasn't even seen the world yet? Shut up and look at your jade slip."
"Heh~"
Yun Yiyi had already been intimate with Anping after all. It was fine during the day these few days, but every time after sunset, her belly always felt empty and she wanted to fill it. She turned her head and looked out the window, secretly wondering, who did Ye Anping spend the night with yesterday? Sister Pei or Young Miss Xiao? Or... both of them together?
Just as Yun Yiyi was thinking about her husband, a black-feathered hawk suddenly jumped in from under the window, flicked its claws, and threw a jade slip on Yun Xi's head.
Bang—
"Ouch!!"
Yun Xi was hit by the sudden jade slip and flinched, then turned her head to look at the window with anger. "Which son of a bitch... huh?"
Yun Yiyi was stunned for a long time before she came to her senses. She hadn't seen this black-feathered eagle before.
Although Li Longling often used a black-feathered eagle to send messages, the temperament and eyes of this eagle here were completely different from Li Longling's.
Ignoring Yun Xi, she stood up and picked up the jade slip that fell on the ground. Seeing the seal of "Young Master of the Hundred Lotus Sect" printed on it, her eyes suddenly lit up. "It's from Anping..."
"Ah?"
Yun Yiyi said nothing and hurriedly scanned it with her spiritual sense.
Yun Yiyi's voice stopped abruptly when she saw the content of the list, and her expression also turned pale.
Immortal disciples who entered the Eastern Region usually traveled in groups of four to six people, so they could watch each other's backs on the way. If they encountered a demonic cultivator, they could deal with it or stall for their escape.
And now the list in Yun Yiyi's hand recorded the dates when the disciples of the Sword Sect entered and left the Seven Star Pass, as well as their reported destinations.
On one page, were the records of a team.
In the second line, in Yun Jiujiu's insect-like handwriting appeared behind the name "Yun Jiujiu", the names of the three people "Chang Long", "Hu Renyi" and "Guo Zhiruo" that Yun Yiyi had just mentioned, and their destination was Heavenly Sorrow City.
In other words, Yun Jiujiu was accompanied by three demonic cultivators' spies, but she was completely unaware of it. She had already gone deep into the Eastern Region and was probably close to Heavenly Sorrow City already.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Yun Yiyi took a deep breath. "Who arranged this?"
Yun Xi swallowed and shook her head to indicate that she didn't know either. She had been lying in bed for the past few days and only managed to get out of bed last night.
Suddenly, there were two knocks on the door.
Knock knock—
Yun Yiyi and Yun Xi were startled.
Yun Yiyi quickly put away the jade slip and the map of the Eastern Region. She sat back at the table and pulled the bolt open with spiritual power. "Come in."
The door of the pavilion was opened, and Yun Tianchong, who was wrapped in bandages, stepped over the threshold with Zhang Yihe.
When they attacked Seven Star Pass, he and Yun Xi were hit by a combined demonic technique, and then he was stabbed in the kidney by a demonic cultivator in the Deification stage. He had been recuperating in bed for the past few days just like Yun Xi and was only able to get out of bed today.
Yun Tianchong entered the room. Seeing that the doors and windows were closed and there were talismans to prevent eavesdropping in the corners, he asked, "Yiyi, Xi, what are you two doing?"
"..."
Yun Yiyi and Yun Xi saw that it was their father, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Huh..." Zhang Yihe saw that Yun Yiyi and Yun Xi were both pale, and he smiled. "Eldest Miss, have you been in the same room with Third Miss for too long? Why do you look the same as her? Do you want me to knock the wooden fish for you..."
Yun Yiyi rubbed her forehead. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Zhang Yihe, who arranged for Chang Long, Hu Renyi, and Guo Zhiruo to follow Jiujiu?"
"Hmm?" Zhang Yihe smiled cheerfully and replied, "I arranged it. Second Miss' disciples in Sword Wine Peak are all big and strong so I picked three disciples from Third Miss to follow her into the Eastern Region. One of these three is proficient in formations, one is proficient in alchemy, and one is a Dharma cultivator... With a Sword cultivator like Second Miss leading the team, they can take good care of each other."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Xi took a deep breath, stood up directly from the wheelchair, came to Zhang Yihe in a flash, and grabbed his collar. "Zhang Yihe!! You damn sure are a spy sent by the demonic cultivators, right? Arghh!!! "
Zhang Yihe shrank his neck, looking a little confused, but with his usual smile on his face. "Eh? What's wrong?"
At this moment, Yun Tianchong also realized that something might have happened as he hurriedly reached out to separate the two, then closed the door behind him with spiritual power. "Yiyi, what's wrong?"
Yun Yiyi threw the jade slip sent by Ye Anping over. "My husband sent it. "
"..."
Yun Tianchong paused briefly, and then he looked at the jade slip. His expression was exactly the same as Yun Yiyi's before. He was surprised at first, then became serious, and in a moment, he turned pale.
"Yiyi, why don't you call Jiujiu back? They have been gone for a few days..."
"It's been six days, she's probably near the city already. The demonic spirit in that place is too heavy, and there is a large formation with the purpose of blocking the spiritual sense. Even if the eagle goes there, it can't find her, and it may be intercepted by the demonic cultivators. "
"..."
Yun Tianchong took a deep breath. He found a chair to sit down on and rubbed his face while Yun Xi limped back to her wheelchair and sat down.
For a while, the room returned to silence again.
Zhang Yihe, who didn't know what happened, looked at the three people from the Yun family, and shrank his neck, feeling that the atmosphere was a little strange. "Miss, Master Yun... this..."
Yun Tianchong, Yun Yiyi, and Yun Xi spoke in unison. "Zhang Yihe, shut the fuck up!!"
"...Oh."