After Shangguan Xue's master Sheng Qingjun was trapped in Wuwang Mountain, Ye Chengan was the only Nascent Soul ancestor left in Xiaoyao Sect.
Shangguan Xue is one of the few people who can get close to the ancestor, except for the sect leader and a few others.
Controlling a foundation-building cultivator is much easier than controlling a golden elixir cultivator.
Xu Chunniang lowered her eyes and looked at him, "When did you collude with Wuwangshan?"
Xie Changyuan was silent for a moment, "I only found out about this in the past two years."
Although he is the biological son of Master Hunyuan, his cultivation level is not even at the Golden Core level, and he does not understand some core matters.
I failed to get any important information from Xie Changyuan, but I did get a lot of information here and there.
Until she could ask no more questions, she left the small world and went to find Zhuge Yun.
"What did you say? Do you suspect Shangguan Xue has a problem?"
When Zhuge Yun heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
It seems that these two junior sisters of his don't get along well with each other in private, so they come to him one by one to complain.
Xu Chunniang did not say much. She waved her hand lightly, and a faint black mist wrapped around her wrist, adding a bit of weirdness.
Zhuge Yuntong's heart shrank suddenly, and he stared at the black fog with an unprecedented seriousness.
He had never seen this black fog before, but he had a vague premonition that this thing might be the demon soul that Shangguan Xue mentioned.
"The day my senior brother went to the City Lord's Mansion to challenge me, I got this stuff on me."
Xu Chunniang looked calm and confessed everything about how someone had secretly attacked her.
"So, the evil spirit failed to possess you and was imprisoned by you?"
A strange look flashed in Zhuge Yun's eyes, as if he met her for the first time, and he looked her up and down several times.
He didn't know much about the demon soul.
He only knew that this method was extremely difficult to guard against, and once possessed it would be difficult to exorcise.
Shangguan Xue was possessed by the evil spirit in those days, and it was Ye Cheng'an, the Yuanying Grand Elder, who took action personally.
Even so, we can only suppress it but cannot completely eliminate it.
Because the evil spirit was entangled with part of Shangguan Xue's soul, if it was forcibly expelled, it would be harmful to her soul.
Xu Chunniang nodded, "In short, I am not possessed by the evil spirit. But I have felt the same evil spirit movement on Senior Sister Shangguan before."
"How can I trust you?"
Zhuge Yun actually believed most of it, but since the matter was of great importance, he remained cautious.
Xu Chunniang said nothing, but saw a cluster of small flames rising from her fingertips, burning the black mist into ashes.
At the same time, the demon soul in her body screamed loudly.
"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, stop burning, stop burning!"
Xu Chunniang frowned and didn't want to burn the evil soul, so she stopped.
The flame suddenly disappeared, and the black fog took the opportunity to shrink back.
"Now, Senior Brother, you should believe me, right?"
Zhuge Yun stared at the fire with burning eyes until it completely disappeared.
He smiled gently, "Since Junior Sister has been cleared of suspicion, I can trust her. But you can rest assured that the evil spirit in Junior Sister Shangguan's body has been suppressed."
As he spoke, he briefly explained the whole story.
From accidentally discovering the evil spirit in Shangguan Xue, to having doubts about Hunyuan City, and finally coming here to find out the truth.
"So, the battle that day in the City Lord's Mansion was just a show?"
Xu Chunniang raised her eyebrows. She had some vague guesses before, but only now did she completely understand.
Whenever this matter was mentioned, Zhuge Yun became extremely angry and felt that he had suffered a great loss.
"I originally thought that the City Lord's Mansion just wanted to test me and take advantage of Xie Changyuan to destroy me, but they actually attacked you."
"So, is Senior Brother's Dao heart damaged?"
"Of course I'm pretending."
Zhuge Yun rolled his eyes. "How can a cultivator indulge in love? If I have poor talent and cannot make any progress in cultivation, then that's fine. But I don't want to ruin my own path to immortality."
Xu Chunniang nodded with a smile, "Since it was fake, then the injury that lasted for half a year while lying in bed to recover was also fake?"
Hearing this, Zhuge Yun's eyelids twitched.
He forgot about it.
He coughed dryly, his eyes a little weak, "Not entirely. I was seriously injured at the time, so Junior Sister should not have forgotten."
However, Xu Chunniang, who was sitting opposite him, was unwilling to let him go easily.
"So why did you go to the Tianyuan Secret Realm, even at the cost of pretending to be sick and going through so much trouble?"
Zhuge Yun was silent for a few breaths, then smiled and said, "I also want to know what Junior Sister gained by pretending to faint in order to enter the secret realm."
The two of them stared at each other, and finally Zhuge Yun took the lead in speaking frankly.
"So, you and Senior Sister Shangguan teamed up to trick Xie Changyuan?"
Xu Chunniang had a strange look in her eyes as she thought of the captive who was still lying in her little world.
"Tricking him was just a side job. I was mainly looking for something in there, but unfortunately something went wrong there... You know, anyway, I didn't find anything."
"Then how did those fellow apprentices who followed Senior Sister Shangguan die?"
Zhuge Yun showed a trace of helplessness.
"It was not safe for the three of them to stay in the City Lord's Mansion, so Junior Sister Shangguan took them into the secret realm and failed to protect them. But I also gave Xie Changyuan a hard time and caused him to lose a lot of men, so I took revenge."
Xu Chunniang inexplicably recalled the time when Xie Changyuan and his party encountered the two Jindan-stage snakes.
Originally they had a chance to get rid of the two giant snakes, but it seemed that the female cultivator in red caused some commotion and they were caught in a fierce battle.
As soon as she thought of this, the look in her eyes when she looked at this senior brother suddenly became subtle.
Zhuge Yun was unaware of this and just sighed.
"The evil cultivators from Wuwang Mountain used formations to trap the people from the five major sects in a secret realm. At the moment, Hunyuan City has attacked our Xiaoyao Sect several times, and their intentions are very big.
If I miss this opportunity, I don’t know when I can get the realm-breaking talisman to rescue the Grand Elder and the Sect Master from the secret realm…”
"Breakthrough Talisman?"
Zhuge Yun glanced at her and said, "Oh, I forgot you didn't know. In addition to my Xiaoyao Sect, many cultivators from the other four major sects have also come to the secret realm to obtain the realm-breaking talisman. However, most of those who accept this task are really..."
Having said this, he suddenly froze, staring blankly at the golden talisman in front of him.
"Is this it? I have it in my hand."
Zhuge Yun's heart was pounding, almost drowning out his voice, "How did you get it?"
It was true that he guessed that Junior Sister Xu had gained some benefits in the Tiandao Palace, but he didn't think about the realm-breaking talisman at all.
After all, those who received this task were all true disciples from the major sects. Junior Sister Xu was not a true disciple, so naturally she did not receive the task.
But why does she have this thing in her hand
Xu Chunniang put away the realm-breaking talisman with a normal look, "I just asked if there was anything that could forcibly break through the secret realm, and I got this."
Due to the rules of Tiandao Palace, matters related to it cannot be discussed in the outside world, so she was vague in her words, but Zhuge Yun understood.
When you seem to have no way out, suddenly there is light at the end of the tunnel.