The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned cold due to Xu Chunniang's questioning.
Zhuge Yun frowned and glanced at her with a hint of warning.
"Junior Sister Xu, please don't be rude. This is not the result that Junior Sister Shangguan wants to see."
"Senior Brother Zhuge, there is no need to excuse me, it is my fault."
Shangguan Xue is as cold as her name and the skills she has learned.
There was no anger on her face at being questioned by Xu Chunniang, nor was she moved by Zhuge Yun's defense.
Even the voice has an air of indifference that is light and dusty.
"After returning to the sect, I will report everything truthfully and ask for punishment."
Xu Chunniang nodded and said nothing more.
"Speaking of which, Senior Sister Shangguan lived well in the City Lord's Mansion, so why did she suddenly come here?"
Zhang Yu was a little confused, but then suddenly realized, "Is it because of the disappearance of Third Young Master Xie..."
Xie Changyuan's high-profile pursuit of Shangguan Xue is no secret. The two of them entered the Tianyuan Secret Realm at the same time, but when they came out, only Shangguan Xue was left.
Shangguan Xue shook his head, "The City Lord's Mansion believes that this matter has nothing to do with me, but there is a barrier after all."
Several people immediately understood that Shangguan Xue was an eyesore to others.
Due to the fact that Master Yuanying and the sect were behind her, they could not kill her, so they drove her out.
"Okay, if there is nothing else, you can go back first. Junior Sister Xu will stay."
There were only two people left in the room.
Xu Chunniang thought in her mind that the reason why Zhuge Yun asked her to stay could not be because of her bad attitude towards Shangguan Xue just now.
Her eyes were subtle, so it shouldn't be possible. After all, since he wanted to repair his Taoist heart, he should have stopped thinking about Shangguanxue.
Zhuge Yun didn't know what Xu Chunniang was thinking. His eyes fell on her, and he felt a little thoughtful in his heart.
Yesterday, he had suspected that Junior Sister Xu secretly went to the secret realm. But the monsters she brought back were genuine.
It's just that this incident is too much of a coincidence.
He left her alone just to test her.
Before he could think of how to speak, he heard a question, "Senior brother, you left me here but you have something to say?"
Zhuge Yun lowered his eyes and handed over a storage bag, "These are the spirit stones that Junior Sister hunted and killed in exchange for the ferocious beasts."
Xu Chunniang took the storage bag and saw that there were 40,000 to 50,000 spiritual stones lying inside, and she felt satisfied.
It feels good to have someone doing things for her. Senior brother Zhuge Yun is not useless.
"Thank you, senior brother."
After thanking her, she took out five thousand spiritual stones from her storage bag.
A few days ago, Zhuge Yun generously took 20,000 spirit stones and divided them among the four of them. She also got 5,000, and now she was able to pay back the money.
Zhuge Yun waved his hand, "There is no need to return this spiritual stone. It was originally delayed for a long time because of my affairs."
Seeing that he didn't want it, Xu Chunniang didn't insist on giving it. She put the spirit stone away and was about to stand up to say goodbye when the person opposite suddenly spoke.
"Junior sister Xu, have you really been at Fengcrying Mountain this month?"
She raised her head and smiled, "Otherwise, could these monsters be conjured out of thin air?"
Zhuge Yun frowned. He had checked all these monsters. Most of them had sword wounds and gunshot wounds. They must have been killed by Junior Sister Xu herself.
But he always felt that this matter was not that simple.
If Xu Chunniang's strength was not as ordinary as she appeared, she could have left the secret realm a few days in advance and hunted monsters in Fengcrying Mountain...
Thinking of this, Zhuge Yun's heart moved, as if something he had ignored finally surfaced.
Ranking on the Qingyun List!
Xu Chunniang's ranking has always been very high, almost one of the highest among her fellow practitioners. With such a high ranking, her strength is definitely not weak.
Well, the two times she went to Fengcrying Mountain before, her behavior was not much different from the others. It should be that she didn't try her best.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Yun became more and more sure of his suspicion, Junior Sister Xu had definitely gone to the secret realm.
Since she was able to escape unscathed, it is very likely that she also entered the Tiandao Palace.
And those who have reached the fourth level of foundation building and entered the Tiandao Palace...
Only the mysterious female cultivator who was left alone by the guardian finally activated the teleportation talisman and left!
This incredible conjecture flashed through Zhuge Yun's mind, and his eyes couldn't help but widen a bit.
If Junior Sister Xu is really that mysterious female cultivator, then what she got in the hands of the protector...
Thinking of this, Zhuge Yun even breathed twice as hard.
This time, something went wrong during the trial in Tiandao Palace, which disrupted his plan.
As a result, he didn't get any good things at all, let alone precious things like the Realm Breaking Talisman.
It's just that the guardian has a lot of good things in his hands, and the contribution required to exchange for the boundary-breaking talisman is huge.
If Junior Sister Xu is really that mysterious female cultivator, she may not be able to obtain this object.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Yun suddenly felt annoyed. If he had known this, he should have discussed it with Junior Sister Xu before entering the secret realm.
"Senior brother? Senior brother Zhuge?"
When the two calls fell into his ears, Zhuge Yun gradually came back to his senses and looked at Xu Chunniang with an unprecedented serious expression.
"Junior Sister Xu, I have something to ask you. It is related to the safety of our sect. Please tell me the truth."
However, before he could ask, a knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
"Senior Brother Zhuge, I have something urgent to tell you."
It's Shangguan Xue.
Zhuge Yun closed his eyes. He really wanted to ask Xu Chunniang now to verify what he was thinking.
But he knew that Shangguan Xue's temperament was not a very important matter, and she would not come to him so directly, while he was discussing matters with other people.
He endured the doubts in his mind, sent Xu Chunniang away, and invited Shangguan Xue to come in.
As soon as he closed the door, the smile on his face faded, his eyes fell on Shangguan Xue like cold stars, and he endured the uneasiness in his heart.
There was a touch of coldness in his words.
"What happened to make you in such a hurry?"
Shangguan Xue turned a blind eye to Zhuge Yun's cold attitude and said straight to the point, "Xu Chunniang has a problem."
Zhuge Yun was shocked and quickly calmed down, "Be specific."
"When she came in just now, the thing moved strangely."
Shangguan Xue didn't specify what "that thing" was, but Zhuge Yun understood it instantly.
He thought of a lot at once, and his face didn't look very good.
After being possessed by a demon soul, the demon soul will gradually eat away at the possessed person's soul, and in the end it can even completely replace the possessed person.
This process can take as short as a few months or as long as a few years, and is related to the willpower of the possessed person.
If the willpower is strong, the resistance will be strong, and the process of being cannibalized and eroded will be relatively long.
On the other hand, if your willpower is weak, you will be completely eroded by the demonic soul in just three or four months and become a different person.
This method of directly invading the soul can even hide it from the soul lamp.
Realizing the seriousness of the matter, Zhuge Yun frowned.