"Especially you. There are many people related to you within the Three Thousand Major and Minor Worlds. Once those Earth Immortal experts investigate and determine your origins, everyone connected to you will be in grave danger. I'm sorry. I've dragged you into this. If not for me, you wouldn't have been targeted by so many Earth Immortal experts."
Su Qingluo's beautiful eyes were fixed on Ye Yunfei, full of apology.
"But your business is my business," Ye Yunfei said, meeting her gaze.
"Don't worry," Su Qingluo replied softly after holding his gaze for a moment. "I will do everything in my power to protect those who are connected to you."
She then sighed softly, her voice dropping lower. "Also, concerning our relationship... even if I approve, the ancestors and high-ranking elders of our Reincarnation Palace will likely not. Your cultivation realm is too low, and you have no background or distinguished lineage. The higher-ups of the Reincarnation Palace will not permit us to associate."
"I don't care about the opinions of your Reincarnation Palace elders," Ye Yunfei said, his eyes unwavering on hers. "I only care about your opinion. As long as you are willing to be with me, no one can stop us."
"I..." Su Qingluo, under the intensity of Ye Yunfei's gaze, soon blushed deeply.
"I'll tell you later! Show some respect. I am, after all, the Palace Lord! Come, let's continue searching for our people!" Suddenly smiling brilliantly, she flicked her sleeve, wrapping it around Ye Yunfei's waist and whisking him away in an instant.
"Alright, esteemed Palace Lord Su!" Ye Yunfei chuckled.
"Stop being so flippant! Be serious!" Su Qingluo shot him a glare with her beautiful eyes.
"Even as Palace Lord Su, you don't have to be so fierce. Besides, it's really tiring having your sleeve wind around me all the time. How about just holding my hand instead? It'd be more comfortable for both of us," Ye Yunfei suggested.
"Wishful thinking!" Su Qingluo said angrily.
*My Qing Luo has started to return!* Ye Yunfei was extremely excited in his heart.
"There's a group of our Reincarnation Palace people up ahead. They seem to be under pursuit!" Just then, Su Qingluo's expression suddenly darkened as she spoke.
*Whoosh!*
Su Qingluo, bringing Ye Yunfei with her, instantly arrived within a remote, desolate mountainous region. In the distance, there was indeed a group of people fleeing frantically and desperately, with a host of murderous pursuers hot on their heels.
"I advise you not to run anymore. You cannot escape. You now have two choices: first, sever all ties with the Reincarnation Palace and follow me henceforth; second, die!" A loud laugh rang out.
"Kang Senyuan, a wretched death await you! Not only did you betray the Reincarnation Palace, but you lead enemies to hunt down our own people! Kang Senyuan, you shame the ancestors of our Reincarnation Palace! Also, I, Zhuo Peiyuan, was truly blind before, considering you a confidant. Had I known you were such a person, I would never have associated with you!" Among the fleeing Reincarnation Palace members, an elder trembled with rage, roaring viciously.
"Hahaha... Then let's see whose death will be more wretched—mine, or yours! This is not betrayal, but to know when to submit to circumstances is the mark of a true hero! Let me tell you the truth: several major powers of the Main World have joined forces against the Reincarnation Palace. Their preparations are thorough, and they *will* annihilate the palace. I couldn't possibly stay within the palace and wait for death alongside all of you! Zhuo Peiyuan, considering our past friendship, I initially intended to pull you up with me. Since you are so unwilling to recognize an advantage offered, very well, I shall kill you to eliminate a future threat. Not just you—the final fate of every Reincarnation Palace member will be the same: death!" Kang Senyuan sneered.
This Kang Senyuan was precisely that Elder Kang who had earlier led Su Qingluo into the trap laid by the Earth Immortal experts! Now he was personally leading troops everywhere, hunting down and eliminating Reincarnation Palace members!
"Kang Senyuan, don't get too cocky! Just you wait. Palace Lord Su and the Ancestor will never let you get away with this!" Zhuo Peiyuan bellowed.
"Everyone, prepare for a fight to the death! In the Reincarnation Palace, we have warriors who die in battle, but no cowards who surrender!" Zhuo Peiyuan declared loudly. He understood that given the current situation, escape was nearly impossible. A large number of enemies had already entered this Small World, surrounding and intercepting them everywhere. Escaping this world would be incredibly difficult!
"Hahaha... Zhuo Peiyuan, let me inform you of something. Right now, over ten Earth Immortal experts have joined forces to pursue and kill that little slut Su Qingluo. Do you think that little slut can take on more than ten Earth Immortal experts? As for that old fossil Ancestor, the higher-ups of the major powers in the Main World have long formulated a plan specifically to deal with him. Once that little slut Su Qingluo falls, it will be that old thing's turn." Kang Senyuan laughed wildly.
It was at that moment.
*Whoosh! Whoosh!*
Two figures landed beside Kang Senyuan like ghosts. It was Ye Yunfei and Su Qingluo.
Su Qingluo's icy gaze fixed on Kang Senyuan.
*Boom...*
An indescribably powerful energy pressure emanated from Su Qingluo's body, instantly suppressing Kang Senyuan where he stood. The pursuers following Kang Senyuan were also completely suppressed.
Su Qingluo was now an intermediate Earth Immortal, while Kang Senyuan was merely an advanced True Immortal. The disparity in their strength was vast.
"Palace Lord Su..." Kang Senyuan felt as if he had instantly fallen into a ten-thousand-year ice cavern. Shivering uncontrollably, his face deathly pale, he couldn't even form words.
"Within the Reincarnation Palace, you grew from an ordinary disciple step by step to become an elder. Everything you have was given to you by the Reincarnation Palace. And yet, you betrayed it. According to our palace's rules, for betrayers, the physical body is destroyed, and the Soul Body is placed in an eternal lamp, burning for a thousand years, before finally dispersing the soul." Su Qingluo spoke in a cold, detached voice.
"No! Palace Lord Su, I was wrong! I was momentarily confused! I should not have betrayed the Reincarnation Palace! Please, Palace Lord Su, give me a chance..." Sensing Su Qingluo's overwhelming killing intent, Kang Senyuan was terrified out of his wits, nearly kneeling. But he couldn't even move a finger now, let alone kneel.
"It's Palace Lord Su! Palace Lord Su has come to rescue us!" Zhuo Peiyuan was overjoyed and immediately led the Reincarnation Palace members rushing over.
"There are over ten Immortal Realm practitioners here. Their Bloodline Essence shall all belong to you," Su Qingluo said to Ye Yunfei.
"My thanks," Ye Yunfei smiled.
"But I still need to ask this person some things, so I'll seal him temporarily for now. After I finish questioning him, his Bloodline Essence will also be yours." Su Qingluo pointed at Kang Senyuan.
*Thump thump thump...*
The next moment, Su Qingluo directly struck to kill, slaughtering all the pursuers behind Kang Senyuan. She then sealed Kang Senyuan and sent him into a spatial treasure.
Ye Yunfei released his Blood Race Clone, which began absorbing the slain Immortal Realm experts. Among the pursuers led by Kang Senyuan, there were over ten Immortal Realm practitioners!
Su Qingluo then used a sophisticated space-time secret art to forcefully erase all traces, sent Zhuo Peiyuan and the other Reincarnation Palace members into a spatial treasure, and finally activated a Space Teleportation Token to teleport away from this Small World.
And so, Su Qingluo and Ye Yunfei continuously searched the secret realm for remaining Reincarnation Palace troops.
"Be careful. Those Earth Immortal experts have left that Small World. We must suppress our auras as much as possible and avoid running into them." A day later, Su Qingluo's expression shifted slightly as she sent a sound transmission to Ye Yunfei.
In the following time, Su Qingluo and Ye Yunfei became even more cautious. Regardless of where they wanted to go, they directly used the Space Teleportation Token for teleportation.
Fortunately, those Earth Immortal experts focused their main attention on exploration and treasure-seeking, so they didn't notice the auras of Ye Yunfei and Su Qingluo. The Earth Immortal experts thought that Ye Yunfei and Su Qingluo were still in that Small World!
Three days later.
"I have managed to find almost all the surviving members of our Reincarnation Palace. We can leave this secret realm now," Su Qingluo said to Ye Yunfei.