Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge him

  As for later on, inside the cave... Although it was her own initiative, in the end she was taken advantage of. Thinking about this, Li Xiaoyi's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a hint of shame appeared on her face, but soon afterwards, a few hints of worry surged up in her heart.

  When Xuan Zhen arrived, Xiao Chen didn't hesitate to stand up and divert the crisis away. The tall and straight figure of his back, deeply imprinted in her heart, couldn't be erased for a long time. The more it was so, the more complicated her heart became.

  "Alas..." Li Xiao Yi's curved eyebrows furrowed together again, and she let out a soft sigh. She finally felt that her father not letting her go out was a very far-sighted decision, otherwise there wouldn't be so many troubles.

  "Die, die, if you don't come back, let the big bad guy be beaten to death outside." The more she waited, the more a feeling of unease rose up in her heart. Li Xiaoyi was annoyed at herself for having such thoughts, after all, as the daughter of the ruthless and merciless Tianmo Sect's leader, how could she have such weak thoughts? She slightly opened her mouth, seemingly emotionless, and cursed.

  At this moment, a bitter laugh came from the entrance of the cave, and a slightly thin figure slowly walked in, looking at the girl and saying: "This time you will probably be disappointed." After finishing this sentence, a few shades of blush suddenly appeared on Xiao Chen's pale face, and the injuries that had been barely suppressed finally showed signs of eruption after the long journey.

  Xiao Chen didn't dare to be the slightest bit careless, and directly sat cross-legged, turned his hand over to take out several elixir pills and swallowed them into his mouth, slowly refining the medicinal power as he meditated.

  Although he had changed into a new set of green clothes, the faint smell of blood on his body was still very clear. His pale complexion, rapid breathing, and the fluctuating spiritual pressure on his body were enough to show how severe the injuries inside Xiao Chen's body were at this moment.

  Li Xiaoyi's small mouth slightly opened, and a few worried expressions appeared on her face. She quickly walked to Xiao Chen's front, confirmed that he was not in danger of his life, and for some reason, she felt a sigh of relief in her heart.

  "It was all to save me, that's why he got so seriously injured." Li Xiaoyi bit her lip, looking at Xiao Chen's furrowed brow and painful expression, and for some reason, she also felt a slight pang of heartache.

  "Alas, what's the point of worrying about this? This big scoundrel may be seriously injured, but he definitely won't die. At worst, I'll just have to compensate him a bit more later." Thinking this way, Li Xiaoyi's heart finally calmed down a bit.

  Sitting on the stone platform, waiting for a while, making sure that Xiao Chen would not appear suddenly, Li Xiaoyi slowly closed her eyes and began to meditate.

  A man and a woman, in this deep mountain forest valley cave, quietly speechless.

  Three days later, the sky was hazy and bright, with a faint mist floating in the mountains and forests. After a night of fierce fighting under the law of the jungle, the entire forest fell into its most silent moment. From afar, however, it seemed to exude a sense of peacefulness and tranquility.

  In the cave, Xiao Chen's tightly closed eyes trembled slightly, then slowly opened. Two green lights flashed in his eyes and disappeared, restoring their normal color.

  After coming to, he didn't get up, but instead closed his eyes and carefully sensed the changes within his body. After a long time, he felt that increasingly deep and pure spiritual energy and his suddenly soaring divine consciousness. A hint of bitter smile appeared on Xiao Chen's face - this cultivation had actually broken through once again!

  This time, after a fierce battle and facing a life-or-death crisis, Xiao Chen's potential was unleashed, and he broke through again after being severely injured. His cultivation made another breakthrough, but after careful consideration, he found that he still hadn't reached the foundation establishment realm.

  "Sixteenth layer of the Refining Qi period?" Xiao Chen smiled wryly and shook his head, no longer thinking about it. After all, barely surviving a close call and making a breakthrough in cultivation was still something to be grateful for.

  Slowly opening his eyes, he spat out a mouthful of turbid air, Xiao Chen stood up straight, his gaze swept across the cave, but did not see Li Xiaoyi's figure, and his eyebrows couldn't help but furrow slightly.

  "Has she already left?" Xiao Chen's heart felt a little uncomfortable, and he immediately laughed at himself. It seemed that he was too emotional, the girl hadn't taken advantage of him when she had the chance, so how could he have other wild ideas?

  Shaking his head, since the internal injuries had already recovered to about 70-80%, Xiao Chen also didn't plan on staying in this place. After all, it was almost half a month since he left the mountain gate. Calculating the days, the assessment at Lingyao Valley and the sect's grand competition were approaching, and it was time for him to return.

  Taking a step outwards, they arrived at the entrance of the cave. The faint glow on Xiao Chen's body flashed and they found themselves above the mountain stream.

  Just at this moment, the sun rises in the east, a fiery red sun jumps out of the clouds, and the morning light pours down, making the originally slightly blurred scenery suddenly clear.

  "Ah!" The sudden shrill cry made Xiao Chen jump in surprise, and when he turned around to look at Li Xiaoyi bathing in the small pond in the mountain stream, his face was slightly stunned, then quickly flushed with a bright red color, and hastily turned his head away.

  However, in that fleeting glance, with the vision of a cultivator, it was enough to see everything clearly. What's more, the pool water was crystal clear, and even if Li Xiaoyi hid her chest with both hands in the water, she couldn't conceal her endless spring-like beauty.

  "Wow!"

  Li Xiaoyi stretched out her hand and beckoned, a brand new set of clothes appeared in her hand, instantly putting them on, only then did she blush and fall onto the edge of the pond.

  "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. But don't worry, I promise I didn't see anything just now." Although Xiao Chen had his back to Li Xiaoyi, he could still feel the two pairs of eyes filled with shame and anger behind him, making him secretly miserable.

  But this kind of explanation is no different from wanting to cover up but instead making it more obvious, Xiao Chen's tone was not natural and the atmosphere became even more awkward.

  Half a moment later, Li Xiao Yi let out a cold hum and with a flash of light on his body, he returned to the cave.

  After avoiding Xiao Chen's line of sight, Li Xiaoyi's face suddenly turned bright red, thinking that her clothes were not covering her body and being seen by that person, her face felt a burning sensation.

  "This damned guy, wasn't he supposed to be recovering from his injuries? How come he woke up at this exact moment!" Li Xiaoyi silently complained in her heart.

  Today, her cultivation has fully recovered, but to be on the safe side, she still activated the special jade slip of the Wanmo Sect. Presumably, by noon at the latest, someone will come to take her back. Originally, she wanted to tidy up and change clothes to avoid being misunderstood, but unexpectedly, it was a bargain for someone's eyes.

  Hearing the footsteps coming from behind, Li Xiao Yi hastily composed herself on the stone pedestal, making a great effort to appear expressionless on her face, but her eyes betrayed a hint of panic.

  "This... I'm really sorry, I thought you had already left, didn't expect... But don't worry, today's matter I definitely won't let a third person know!"

  Li Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Chen's solemn expression, and her heart couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment. She thought to herself: You've already taken advantage of me in every way, even if you don't say anything, you've already gotten away with it, yet you're still pretending to be innocent!

  Xiao Chen awkwardly rubbed his head, seeing Li Xiao Yi's gloomy face not speaking, and didn't know how to open his mouth, the two fell silent for a while.

  Just as Xiao Chen was about to speak, several powerful spiritual forces rushed towards this place, among which three of them made Xiao Chen's face change color instantly. These three people were actually Golden Dan cultivators! The rest were mostly in the mid-to-late stage of foundation building. The group of people came with an unhidden terrifying spiritual force, their momentum was overwhelming.

  "Three Golden Dans!" Xiao Chen's face was gloomy, his tone was unspeakably bitter, facing an enemy of this level, he probably didn't even have a half chance of survival.

  Li Xiao Yi's face flashed with a few smiles, but he didn't break the silence. After sensing the arrival of the person, he directly headed towards the outside of the cave, and his body shone with a flash of light as he went out to meet them.

  Under the powerful divine consciousness of Jindan boundary, Xiao Chen didn't think he could hide, so he also followed behind her and flew outwards. However, the needle-shaped Dan treasure inside his Dantian was already gathering momentum to be unleashed, with a strong aura of fighting to the death.

  Li Xiaoyi stood in mid-air, wearing a brand new snow-white dress, with three thousand strands of black hair hanging down to her waist, gently swaying in the breeze, and between the opening and closing of her eyes, she naturally emitted an air of noble elegance.

  Xiao Chen stood beside him, his body tense, his eyes cold and piercing, the aura around him restrained but ready to burst forth at any moment, like a tightly drawn giant bow about to be released.

  As soon as Xiao Chen and the other person appeared, the several strands of aura fluctuated slightly before suddenly increasing in speed. In just a moment, they appeared within the two people's line of sight.

  He was a young man of twenty-four or five years old, wearing a white brocade robe, with a face as beautiful as jade, and a smile on his lips. He could be considered an excellent young master. But what was even more shocking was that the spiritual pressure emanating from his body had reached the Golden Elixir realm, at such a young age, although it was only in its early stages, it was enough to make people's eyes widen in shock.

  On either side of the man stood an old man, with white hair and a gloomy complexion, his body emitting a surging aura of evil energy, resembling an evil spirit. At a glance, it was clear that he was a ruthless killer who had taken countless lives in his cultivation, resulting in such a massive accumulation of evil energy. Even if an ordinary cultivator were to engage with him, they would likely only be able to exert 70-80% of their usual power.

  Two elderly men were followed by seven or eight people, mostly over twenty years old, with long and deep breathing, the lowest cultivation among them had reached the middle stage of foundation building.

  Each of them shone with a treasure light on their body, extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were already several feet away from the two.

  "Pay respects to the young lady!" Except for the brocade-clad young master, two elderly men led several people behind him, all bowing down in unison.

  Xiao Chen's face stiffened, and his heart suddenly churned with countless shocking waves. He thought that in Luoyun Valley, only the head of the sect had reached the middle stage of the Golden Elixir realm, and in this Beihua State cultivation world, it was considered a famous large sect. After all, there were many small sects whose heads were only at the foundation-building stage. But now, seeing two Golden Elixir experts and a large group of foundation-building cultivators bowing down with reverence on their faces, he felt a deep respect from the bottom of his heart, and his mind was naturally hard to calm!

  "What kind of identity does this Li Xiaoyi have, that she can actually get three Golden Elixir experts to come and welcome her? Could it be that her father is that Yuan Ying period old freak?" As he thought about this, Xiao Chen's face turned slightly pale, and beads of sweat appeared on his back. If Li Xiaoyi were to reveal even a hint of his disrespectful behavior towards her, his outcome would surely be extremely tragic.