Xu Ying was in a daze, as if a storm was raging in his mind, wave after wave crashing against his brain, leaving him no time to think about anything else.

He felt his divine sense becoming unusually lively and tense, his breathing quickened, his skin trembled, and his scalp tightened.

Opening his eyes, he looked at the girl in front of him. She had her eyes closed, her long eyelashes trembling, and her face had become rosy at some point.

Suddenly, the girl secretly opened one eye, and their eyes met. Xu Ying's face turned red in an instant, feeling as if he had done something wrong.

Yuan Ruoshi's face also turned red, she turned her head to look elsewhere, and after a while, she whispered, "I'm not usually like this, and we've only known each other for a day. But when I saw you, I felt like I've known you for a long time, as if we've known each other for eternity..."

Xu Ying said, "I'm not usually like this... I've never felt like this before. My heart is in chaos, pounding..."

"What does it feel like?" Yuan Ruoshi turned her head, her eyes shining as she looked at him.

Xu Ying thought for a moment and said, "It's sweet, soft, warm, and it has a fragrance. Probably the scent of cherry blossoms."

Yuan Ruoshi smiled, "I asked about the taste of the green grapes, not the taste of my lips. I picked some cherry blossoms secretly in early spring and made them into rouge, which is more moisturizing. You really like it!"

Xu Ying blushed slightly and said, "The green grapes are sweet with a hint of sourness, just right. Sister Ruoshi, what we're doing, isn't it disrespectful to your brother? After all, you are his sister, how can I..."

Yuan Ruoshi's eyes and eyebrows smiled together, "Do you want to taste it again?"

Xu Ying said, "But we don't have any green grapes..."

Yuan Ruoshi closed her eyes and kissed him. It was then that Xu Ying realized that she was not talking about green grapes, but rouge. After a while, their lips finally separated.

Xu Ying wanted to taste the rouge again, but Yuan Ruoshi pushed him away and said, "I should go back. If I stay away for too long, my mother will scold me. Today's matter..."

Her face blushed, "You must not tell anyone, especially my brother. He is very strict with me! You must keep it a secret from him. If you keep it a secret from him, then I... I..."

She twisted her clothes, feeling a bit shy, "I'll bring you some new rouge to taste tomorrow!"

After saying that, she leaped into the air and turned into a streak of sword light, as if she wanted to escape.

Xu Ying sat on the crown, the setting sun hanging in the sky, casting a red glow on his face.

Xu Ying didn't come back to his senses for a while. When he thought about keeping it a secret from Pei Du and tasting rouge with his sister Yuan Ruoshi, he felt guilty and excited at the same time.

"Ah Ying, it's getting late, we should go back." Da Zhong's calm voice came. Xu Ying jumped up in surprise and exclaimed, "Da Zhong, why are you here too?"

Da Zhong flew out from the back of his head and lazily said, "What do you mean 'why am I here'? I've always been here. Don't you forget, you and Xiao Qi agreed that you would accompany each other on odd-numbered days and he would accompany you on even-numbered days. Today is the fifteenth, so it's my turn."

Xu Ying's face turned even redder under the sunset, and he stammered, "Please don't tell Yuan Weiyang about today's events, Da Zhong."

Da Zhong didn't care and said, "What haven't I seen? I've been hanging in the temple for three thousand years. Even if you two were more intense, I've seen it all. You've only touched lips. Ah Ying!"

He emphasized, "I've always told you to establish a void image to stabilize your divine sense, but it seems like you haven't practiced it well. Just now, your divine sense was like a boiling pot, almost boiling your brain. Next time you touch lips, you should think of me. A tolling bell will keep your heart calm."

Xu Ying thought for a moment and realized that he actually enjoyed the feeling of his divine sense boiling, so he didn't take it to heart.

He jumped off the statue, activated his sword qi to stick to the shady side of his back, so as not to disturb others, and after a while, Xu Ying landed and returned to the Yuan Mansion.

Yuan Weiyang greeted him at the door and apologized, "My sister left you behind and came back on her own. I have already reprimanded her and made her repent. She is not allowed to have dinner. Xu Yao Wang, go freshen up, we'll have a simple meal tonight."

Xu Ying said, "Yuan Ruoshi is very good. You don't have to punish her. I wanted to stay outside for a while, so I let her go back first."

Yuan Weiyang said seriously, "The rules of the Yuan family cannot be broken. Punishment must be given when necessary."

At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Xiao Bo went to answer it and after a while, he came back and said, "It's Pei Jingting from the Pei family, inviting Master Xu to a banquet."

Xu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Yuan brother, Pei Lao accompanied me all the way here, and the Pei family has also suffered heavy casualties, with only him left. He kindly invited me to the banquet, it would be inappropriate if I don't go."

Yuan Weiyang said, "You came all the way here, I'm afraid all the major families have taken action. The name of Lord Xu is already known to everyone. This trip should be safe, the Pei family is an ancient family, they won't cause trouble, and they dare not cause trouble."

Xu Ying smiled and said, "I also have this intention."

He called Yuan Qi and walked out of the Yuan Mansion. He saw Pei Jingting waiting outside, and there was a new carriage parked outside the gate, pulled by two colorful deer.

"Master Xu, please." Pei Jingting stood by the carriage and extended his hand to invite him.

Xu Ying smiled slightly, boarded the carriage, and Yuan Weiyang also got on. The two of them sat inside the carriage. Pei Jingting sighed, "My brother played a trick on me. He knew that I didn't accept him as the head of the family, and he supported his own forces within the Pei family. So this time, he invited me to pick up Master Xu, using it as an opportunity to eliminate my followers and prevent me from having any more rebellious thoughts."

This time, when he "invited" Xu Ying, the two to three hundred people he brought were all his trusted subordinates in the Pei family. Unexpectedly, they all died along the way, and he himself almost died.

Xu Ying asked, "Are the internal struggles within the noble families so intense?"

Pei Jingting said, "It's a hundred times more intense than outside, a matter of life and death. After this lesson, I will never have any second thoughts about my brother. So, my brother still asked me to welcome Master Xu."

Xu Ying said, "Without even making a move, he clipped your wings. Even if he wants to get rid of you, he doesn't need to do it himself. This person is indeed very powerful."

Pei Jingting said, "He is the current prime minister of the emperor, naturally deep and cunning."

Unconsciously, they arrived at the Pei Mansion. The Pei Mansion had already set up a banquet at the Yan Yu Lou. There were long tables filled with fresh fruits, preserved fruits, cold dishes, hot dishes, main dishes, delicacies, and rare delicacies, totaling over a hundred dishes.

There were more than ten maidservants standing by, ready to serve at any time, but there were no other people at the banquet.

Pei Jingting said, "This is specially prepared for Master Xu. My brother has not consumed anything from the mortal world for many years, so he cannot accompany you."

Xu Ying took his seat and asked, "Won't Mr. Pei sit?"

"Without my brother's order, I dare not take a seat," Pei Jingting said.

Xu Ying had to serve himself, but there were so many dishes that he couldn't finish them all. He felt it would be a waste to leave them, so he asked Yuan Qi to come down and help himself.

Soon, all the food was gone, and Yuan Qi said, "I'm still not full."

Pei Jingting saw this and said, "Bring a few cows and horses for Lord Qi."

After Yuan Qi finished eating, he still hid in Xu Ying's collar. However, he ate too much, and his round belly was exposed.

Xu Ying followed Pei Jingting along the secluded path of the Pei Mansion, passing through the corridors and gardens, and arrived in front of a palace.

Pei Jingting stopped and said, "My brother is waiting inside. Master Xu, I won't go in. By the way, my brother's name is Pei Du."

Xu Ying thanked him and walked up the steps into the palace.

The palace was quiet, with bright palace lamps, but there was no sound except for Xu Ying's footsteps echoing in the palace.

Xu Ying walked through the long corridor and entered the hall, where he saw a middle-aged man standing with his back to him. When the middle-aged man heard the footsteps, he turned around. He was a well-dressed middle-aged man with a refined appearance.

The reason why his appearance was considered refined was because his temples, eyebrows, mustache above and below his lips, and even his eyelashes had been carefully trimmed, making his appearance more attractive.

His attire was also the same, fitting and appropriate, with only a jade pendant half-covered at his waist, without any extra accessories.

He was Pei Du, the current prime minister of the imperial court and also a Nuo Immortal of the Pei family.

"I have heard of the name of King Xu the Demon for a long time."

Pei Du nodded slightly and smiled, "I have finally been waiting for you. From the moment Master Xu left Jiuyi Mountain, he has already become famous. Please come this way!"

Xu Ying followed him and said, "Where does the head of the Pei family plan to take the junior?"

"To our Pei family's forbidden land."

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Pei Du walked in front, and a jade-like sky appeared behind him. The Dongtian revolved, and a passage that seemed to lead to an unknown place appeared, like square bricks splitting apart, revealing the passage.

Xu Ying followed behind him, feeling amazed in his heart.

Pei Du's cultivation was even more powerful than Pei Jingting's, and he even surpassed Zhou Qiyun. He could be called mighty and unrestrained!

This was the power unique to the Pei family's secret treasure!

"Our Pei family is an ancient family that has been passed down for a thousand years. Our ancestral secret treasure is called the Jade Pool."

Pei Du walked in front without looking at him, as if he had guessed his thoughts, and said to himself, "But as an ancient family, our Pei family knows some secrets that are unknown to others, and we can obtain more treasures because of this. For example, the six secrets of the human body, besides the most mysterious Yongquan, our Pei family actually has the corresponding inheritance for the others."

Xu Ying's mind was shaken. Has the Pei family already obtained five of the six secrets?

At this moment, a ray of sunlight shone in from outside the passage, making his eyes feel a bit dazzling. When his eyes adjusted to the sunlight, Xu Ying saw that they had already arrived in a jade-like Dongtian.

He stood in this jade-like Dongtian and looked around. The space of this Dongtian seemed to have weight. When his hand moved in it, he felt as if he was in water.

A strange power filled the surroundings, stimulating the qi in his body and making it lively, slowly improving.

Xu Ying thought to himself, "By following the power of this Dongtian, I can find the location of the Jade Pool secret treasure!"

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly saw an old and thin man sitting in the center of the Dongtian. At the end of this Dongtian, there was another Dongtian, in which an old woman was also sitting motionless.

Xu Ying followed Pei Du along this Dongtian and walked forward, arriving by the side of the old and thin man. Pei Du said, "This is our Pei family's first ancestor and also the first Nuo Immortal. This ancestor was born during the chaotic era of Wang Mang."

Xu Ying looked at the old and thin man. He looked lifelike, but there was a light shining from the back of his head. A narrow gap extended from the back of his head to his neck, then from his neck to his back, all the way to his tailbone!

He was just a skin bag!

They entered the next Dongtian and came to the old woman.

"This ancestor is our Pei family's second Nuo Immortal, who achieved immortality during the reign of Emperor Guangwu," Pei Du said.

Xu Ying carefully observed and saw that there was also a light behind the old woman.

They arrived at the end of this Dongtian, and the third Dongtian appeared. There was also an old man sitting there, dressed neatly.

Pei Du walked in front and introduced the glorious history of each ancestor of the Pei family to Xu Ying, from the era of Wang Mang to the present. Unconsciously, Xu Ying followed him through more than 150 Dongtians!

These Dongtians were connected and left behind by the Nuo Immortals, forming a long passage in this jade-like space.

Xu Ying looked ahead, and the passage was still extending forward. Vaguely, he could see figures sitting in it, presumably the other Nuo Immortals of the Pei family.

Da Zhong couldn't help but sigh, "For over two thousand years, the Pei family has already researched the Jade Pool secret treasure thoroughly. There are no secrets left for them in this treasure. No wonder the Pei family has produced so many experts. However, so many Nuo Immortals have died! Is there someone specifically targeting the Nuo Immortals of the Pei family?"

Xu Ying felt nervous, worried that he would be noticed by the Pei family, but Pei Du apparently didn't have the perception of Zhou Qiyun and didn't notice Da Zhong speaking.Pei Du walked ahead and continued, "My Pei family has known for a long time that the so-called Hidden Realm Transformation and the Immortals in the mortal world are just empty words. The tragedy of the Nuo Immortals hiding in their own Hidden Realms in their later years is a tragedy of certain death. And this tragedy has been constantly happening in my Pei family!"

Xu Ying pondered and said, "Did the ancestors of the Pei family ever think about how to change this tragedy?"

"Of course they did!"

Pei Du said, "They tried everything, even resorting to unscrupulous means, to search for other secret treasures and techniques, attempting to open all kinds of secret treasures and unify them. However..."

He shook his head, "No one was able to unify the secret treasures. Later, they changed their direction and planned to gather the power of all the Nuo Immortals in the Pei family to create a true Immortal Realm."

He stopped walking and finally reached the end of the cave, looking ahead silently.

Xu Ying came to his side and looked ahead, only to see a foul smell and broken Immortal Mountains floating in the sky. The Immortal Mountains were filled with rotten flesh everywhere!

Xu Ying also saw a river of blood rushing down from the Immortal Mountains, and a blood lake filled with decaying flesh and bones.

There, the mountains and rivers were shattered, and the sun was crimson. Between the mountains and rivers, there were huge skeletons with their hands clinging to the Immortal Mountains, slowly poking their heads out, their eye sockets hollow as they looked at them.

This place was strange, eerie, terrifying, and ominous!

It was a cursed land, carrying the curse of immortality!

"We have failed," Pei Du said calmly.

"But fortunately, you have come!" He turned his head to look at Xu Ying, his face filled with fanaticism.

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