The new owner being a female cultivator is fine, but if it were a male...

Thinking of this, Ruan Lan felt a wave of discomfort, as if a green shadow loomed over her head, and she whimpered:

"Sister Qi, promise me, treasure yourself."

"???"

Inside the coffin, Sister Qi inexplicably felt a chill, wondering what strange things Ruan Lan was imagining again.

"The master is coming soon, better lie back in the coffin."

Yuan Mei said softly, "I'll try to leave your corpse intact and see you off with dignity."

"Well, thank you so much then, aw."

"No need."

After saying this, Yuan Mei sat cross-legged, breathing in and out, spreading her divine sense cautiously around.

Ruan Lan, feeling aggrieved, returned to the coffin, even pulling the lid over herself.

During this, she saw her own eerie expression reflected on the mirror, shivering in fright, she quickly closed her eyes to avoid looking.

Time slowly passed.

Drowsy within the coffin, Ruan Lan, due to severe injuries, fell into a deep sleep, faintly hearing voices coming from outside the coffin.

There was a female.

And a male as well.

The man's voice was gentle and refined, exactly like the young scholar who invited him to peach blossom fish in the restaurant.

He's come.

She was finally going to die.

Thinking this, Ruan Lan found she didn't even have the strength to turn over, and continued to sleep.

At the core of the Snowflower Forbidden Grounds.

Tian Gui Yuan Yin furrowed his brows deeply, "You said she is Xu Qingfeng's dao companion, at the Golden Core stage?"

"Master, she claims to be Xu Qingfeng's dao companion's sister. I didn't soul-search her, but used the divine skill 'Questioning the Heart'. She did not lie," Yuan Mei replied respectfully.

Yuan Yin put down the book box and bamboo sword.

Sitting cross-legged, his fingers tapped the book box unconsciously, seemingly calculating something.

Suddenly.

Yuan Yin asked, "Do you think this is a coincidence?"

Yuan Mei pondered, "Master, it should be a coincidence. How could Xu Qingfeng use mere Golden Core cultivators in a scheme, and besides, this person is just his dao companion's sister."

"Not to mention a sister, even if it's a dao companion or a brother, what does it matter using them for a plan? As long as the benefits are enough," Yuan Yin replied.

Yuan Mei's mouth opened, wanting to speak yet unsure what to say.

In the past.

She would definitely believe her master was right, following all his instructions without reservation.

But last night's conversation with Ruan Lan left her with questions she wanted to ask.

"You have something to say." Yuan Yin looked at his disciple.

"Yes."

Yuan Mei clasped her fists respectfully, "May I ask, Master, do immortals exist?"

"I don't know."

"Is The Other Shore the Immortal Realm?"

"I don't know."

"Upon reaching The Other Shore, can one become an immortal?"

"I don't know."

"Thank you, Master, for resolving my doubts."

Yuan Mei slowly smiled, having resolved questions she dared not ask for years, feeling a great relief.

Yuan Yin's gaze was deep as the starry sky. He cast a long look at his disciple, then turned toward the Bronze Mirror Coffin.

Seeing the severely injured and unconscious human woman, his brow furrowed once more.

Yuan Yin understood.

Yuan Mei's increased speech and boldness today were likely due to that woman named Ruan Lan.

However, Yuan Yin didn't care about their conversation, nor did he feel the need to conceal anything.

He calmly asked, "For the slim and illusory chance of becoming an immortal, to sacrifice the Immortal Domain and our people, do you think it's worth it?"

"Disciple thinks it's not quite worth it," Yuan Mei answered sincerely.

"To me, it is very much worth it," Yuan Yin smiled.

"Willing to serve Master with my life."

"Hmm."

Tian Gui Yuan Yin shouldered the book box and picked up the bamboo sword, speaking softly, "Stay here, and greet Xu Qingfeng for me."

"Yes."

"Such a pity."

Yuan Yin shook his head, leaving with regret.

In his mind.

Xu Qingfeng had probably discovered his traces, leaving many spies in the Southern Immortal Domain, with Ruan Lan being one of them.

A coincidence meeting at the restaurant?

Impossible.

Since they were onto him, this place had to be abandoned, what a pity.

Watching his master depart.

"Swish!"

A silver longsword stabbed into the ice field.

The pressure of a Quasi-Emperor at the Third Heaven swept across, making the surrounding hundred thousand miles a forbidden land again.

Cultivators who accidentally set foot in it turned pale, spitting blood as they retreated tens of thousands of meters, but in the end, they did not die.

Yuan Mei didn't have to wait long.

Just two hours, and the guest arrived.

Xu Lai walked slowly, hands behind his back.

Sikong Jiu followed closely, as if facing a formidable enemy, "Supreme Emperor, be careful, Ruan Lan encountered a Quasi-Emperor of the Tian Gui Tribe, it could be a trap. No, it IS a trap!"

On the way here.

Sikong Jiu analyzed repeatedly, suspecting that the old bastard Yuan Yin was using Ruan Lan as bait.

Xu Lai said nothing.

Stepping once more into the core of the Snowflower Forbidden Grounds, Xu Lai saw Yuan Mei, and also the coffin.

"Where is Yuan Yin?" Xu Lai asked.

"Master asked me to greet Great Emperor Qingfeng."

Yuan Mei grasped the silver sword, instantly pushing everything to the extreme peak.

Her lifespan.

Her boundary.

Her Dao foundation.

Even her soul was burning.

Yuan Mei's boundary soared from the Third Heaven to the peak of the Fourth Heaven.

"Indeed a trap!"

Sikong Jiu gasped in shock, hiding behind Xu Lai, refusing to take another step forward, "Abandoning a Third Heaven disciple, it's not safe to stay here, Supreme Emperor, we must leave quickly!"

"You're going to die," Xu Lai stated earnestly.

"I never planned to leave alive."

As Yuan Mei finished speaking, she and her sword transformed into a flash of silver light, speeding towards Xu Lai.

Facing the Emperor Realm Xu Lai, this seemingly simple but sacrificial sword with lifespan as the offering was destined for no success.

Xu Lai made no move, with the silver sword stopping three inches from his brow, unable to advance.

Three inches beyond the body, is the world.

Three inches around the body, I am invincible.

"Pfft—"

Yuan Mei suffered a backlash, her face pale, yet her expression showed no surprise, instead revealing a sense of relief as she was blown back, landing beside the Bronze Mirror Coffin, coughing up blood.

Clearly.

This Quasi-Emperor of the Tian Gui Tribe had reached her limit, her life nearing its end.

"Is she about to kill Ruan Lan!?" Sikong Jiu grew anxious.

"Ha."

While spitting blood, Yuan Mei weakly and breathlessly said, "Great Emperor Qingfeng, I... have a question."

"If I answer your question, will my question—"

Before Xu Lai could finish asking, Yuan Mei shook her head, "I won't betray my master and the Tian Gui Tribe."

"Then ask."

"On the other side of The Other Shore, what lies there?"

"Enemies."

"Do immortals exist?"

"In this world, there are no immortals."

"I think not either."

Yuan Mei's voice was barely audible, yet her face beamed with a bright smile, as she gently patted the Bronze Mirror Coffin:

"Having cultivated for thirty thousand years, I still don't know what I truly want, but now, it seems I do."

"In my next life, I'll accompany you as a heroine wandering for justice."

"Daoist Ruan, are you okay?"

"..."

There was no answer from the coffin, as Ruan Lan in her slumber could not hear.

Yuan Mei smiled, her eyebrows curved pleasantly, one hand gripping firmly, the other drooping powerlessly.

In her final moment of life.

She didn't witness her own Immortal's Demise.

Which was more beautiful.

Than the night sky of the Immortal Domain.