Chapter 153: Chapter 153: He Has Affected Your Cultivation After All!

"Young Master is a cautious person," Qin Yaotiao thought for a moment and said, "Back in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, the Master only asked him to attempt a breakthrough in the Heavenly Abyss, but he never said to penetrate deeply into it! Perhaps, the Young Master has already returned to Yuzhou City!"

This was indeed a possibility.

Lu Chen would avenge any grievance, considering how the Lu Family treated him...

At the time, he was capable of killing Martial Artists in the Marrow Refinement Realm. From her original status, Qin Yaotiao believed that the strongest in the Lu Family were also merely at the Marrow Refinement Realm.

It was possible that the Young Master had another breakthrough in his martial cultivation, wandered the periphery of the Heavenly Abyss, then went back to take revenge, and would wait until the three-year pact expired before going to find him in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

However, the mere mention of "Ten Thousand Demon Mountain" sent a shiver through Little Black.

Wasn’t it in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain where Lu Chen and it first met?

Could there be another Lu Chen?

Impossible!

Little Black didn’t know what to do, realizing that anyone who called Lu Chen "Young Master" must be someone close to him.

More than once, it had heard Lu Chen occasionally mutter the words "Yaotiao," surely referring to someone he couldn’t stop thinking about!

But just as Little Black decided to return the Night Spirit Pearl to the valley before chasing after them to confirm if it was indeed Qin Yaotiao, the voices gradually faded away, and not only were there no voices left, even their presence had disappeared!

Although Little Black was not afraid of tiger demons, it still feared trouble might arise. After some thought, it decided to inform Lu Chen of the situation and let him decide what to do!

After all, its mission was merely to retrieve the Night Spirit Pearl, and since its master had ventured deeper, perhaps he would encounter stronger demonic beasts that would require its aid!

With that thought, Little Black hastened its pace and turned back along the path it came!

Shortly after it left, Shang Xiu returned with Qin Yaotiao.

"There was a monster beast concealed here just now; you must have felt its presence, right?"

Qin Yaotiao, startled, said, "Senior Sister, aren’t we still at the outer region? There’s already a beast that knows how to hide?"

"Of course," Shang Xiu replied matter-of-factly, "With the weakening of the prohibitions, some beasts from the depths will be unrestricted and can easily come out! The beast we encountered earlier must not be very powerful; otherwise, it wouldn’t have hidden upon detecting us."

"I see," Qin Yaotiao nodded and said, "Senior Sister, you brought me back here to let me know that monster beasts can also be quite cunning, right?"

Shang Xiu answered her question with a deeper meaning, "Though beasts are powerful, they only use their strength to respond. Humans may be weaker, yet they plot against us! Yaotiao, you must remember these words!"

Qin Yaotiao, with a furrowed brow, said, "Does Senior Sister mean that human hearts are far more terrifying than monsters?"

"Exactly," Shang Xiu said with a smile, "You’re quite perceptive! In fact, cutting off worldly ties also stems from this reason. Think about it, if you eventually meet your Young Master and you haven’t severed your worldly ties, and he occasionally asks you for help, will you... refuse him?"

Without pondering, Qin Yaotiao blurted out, "Senior Sister doesn’t understand; to me, as long as the Young Master is safe, it is a clear sky!"

Shang Xiu was not surprised by her response; instead, she smiled and said, "Then, what if, during your critical moment of Foundation Establishment, he repeatedly asks you to do this or that, what then?"

Qin Yaotiao, with a resolute tone, said, "I would rather not cultivate than to not help the Young Master!"

"That’s just it," Shang Xiu said with a light chuckle, "I’m not in a position to comment on the affair between you and your Young Master, but from the perspective of an onlooker, hasn’t your Young Master affected your cultivation?"

Qin Yaotiao was taken aback. She instinctively wanted to object, but what Shang Xiu said made a lot of sense.

Indeed, the Young Master was her world, but he truly had affected her cultivation!

She shook her head, but this thought did not alter her attitude towards Lu Chen.

Yet it had already unknowingly taken root deep within her heart.

...

Several days passed, and Liu Ruyan and the others finally arrived at the Heavenly Abyss.

However, they rode directly to the Heavenly Abyss in a horse-drawn carriage.

"Senior Sister, it seems we are late!"

The signs at this entrance were extremely clear.

The slope that originally led downwards was through a forest, but now, swathes of trees had been uprooted, forcibly clearing a plain.

"We shouldn’t enter here; let’s take another route. The Heavenly Abyss has more than one entrance!"

Liu Ruyan frowned and added, "Moreover, Shang Xiu arrived earlier than us and might have already entered. We should head through another entrance!"

Although her Master had tasked her with looking after Qin Yaotiao,

Wasn’t there also another mission?

To kill Lu Chen and obtain a Foundation Building Pill as a reward!

But would Lu Chen definitely be in the Heavenly Abyss?

Of course, even if Lu Chen was present, she did not believe that a mere Martial Artist could survive within the Heavenly Abyss!

She planned to avoid places with many people first!

Xuanji Sect had sent people; who knew if other Immortal Sects had also dispatched their disciples?

As far as she knew, several other sects might send their disciples here for training...

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