Chapter 64: Fear from the Future

【Dungeon “Abyss Canyon” has been unlocked】

After clearing out the wild monsters, players began to return to Jinyang County one after another.

They were preparing to explore the new dungeon.

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“What a coincidence, the new dungeon is also in Jinyang County.”

“Is there a possibility that those strange beasts came out from the new dungeon?”

“Why bother about that? I just want to open the new dungeon now.”

“I have a question for you: hey, have you hit level 20 yet?”

“Right on the mark.”

“Haha, those below level 20 are crying T﹏T.”

“Such big shots, I haven’t even cleared Monster Village yet, sigh.”

“No way, are there still people who haven’t passed Monster Village?”

“Take that Onmyoji upstairs and drag him out to be executed for me.”

“The big shots are ready to open the new dungeon, while the newbies are still struggling to clear the old one.”

“If you really can’t pass it, you can ask Chen Xiaoyan, she guarantees completion.”

“No—money—”

These three simple words expressed the endless bitterness of the player.

On the other side, after all the sects sealed the Abyss Canyon, they returned to Jinyang County city to prepare to go back to their sects.

“All disciples, listen to orders: the crisis in Jinyang County has been resolved, return to your sects immediately.”

The players heard their NPC’s thousand-mile voice transmission but paid it no mind.

Return to the sect?

Return my ass, I want to level up and open the new dungeon; there’s no time to go back to the sect.

Seeing that the players were unwilling to leave, the sect leaders and elders didn’t mind either.

Letting these incompetent new disciples stay here to train a bit wasn’t a bad thing.

Besides, the endless demon domain teleportation point here had been sealed, so nothing serious could happen.

They boarded the spirit boat and returned to their sects.

Daoyan stood on the deck of the spirit boat, gazing at the Tianxiang Sect’s spirit boat not far away.

He sent a thousand-mile voice transmission to Yue Qifang.

“Qifang, do you have time to discuss Dao together?”

However, Yue Qifang didn’t reply.

He closed his eyes in disappointment and turned to walk inside the spirit boat.

All of this was his own doing; he had no one else to blame.

Inside the Tianxiang Sect’s spirit boat.

Yue Qifang sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, calm as still water, seemingly unaffected.

But if Shen Qingqing were here, she would notice the trembling orchid fingers on Yue Qifang’s knees—her heart was far from calm on the inside.

After a while, she slowly opened her eyes.

She looked toward a certain direction, her gaze tinged with resentment.

***

The dungeon had opened, located dozens of miles outside Jinyang County in the barren mountains, unreachable by one-click teleportation.

Chen Xiaoyan returned to Jinyang County city and treated hundreds more.

Now she had gained nearly two thousand reputation points.

But what the reputation was good for, no one knew yet.

“Come on, Chongchong, let’s go level up in Monster Village.”

“Leveling up, here we go.”

She opened the map and was about to teleport when Mu Qingxue unexpectedly found her.

The first thing she said was, “Xiaoyan, did you tell Liu Yue?”

“Huh?”

Chen Xiaoyan was caught off guard.

She understood what Mu Qingxue meant but also knew that because of the recruitment incident, Mu Qingxue and Liu Yue were somewhat estranged.

If she told Liu Yue, wouldn’t it just be deliberately provoking her?

Besides, Mu Qingxue had just helped her, and turning around to mess with her mood would be unfair.

So she didn’t say anything.

But in this situation, she couldn’t tell the truth.

“I told her,” Chen Xiaoyan lied without blushing or heart racing.

Hearing these words, Mu Qingxue’s mouth curled up happily and she asked, “How did she react?”

“She seemed to have a very bad expression.”

Mu Qingxue smiled even more brightly. Imagining Liu Yue’s gloomy and ugly face made her feel immensely satisfied.

“Qingxue, Xiaoyue isn’t actually that bad,” Chen Xiaoyan said helplessly.

“I know, I never said she was bad.”

Mu Qingxue naturally knew Liu Yue wasn’t a bad person, but since she coveted Chen Xiaoyan, she was the enemy—a ruthless villain in her eyes.

“So… you don’t seem to like her. Is it because she invited me into the Sword Pavilion?”

“That’s only part of it. If she just wanted to win you over, that would be easier. But unfortunately, that’s not the case.”

“Not the case?”

Chen Xiaoyan blinked in confusion.

“You don’t know?”

Mu Qingxue looked surprised at her confusion.

Chen Xiaoyan shook her head; she really didn’t know.

Was there some other reason?

Mu Qingxue smiled mischievously, leaned close to her face, and asked again, “Are you really that clueless?”

“I…”

The faint plum blossom fragrance, the fair face so close, the alluring ruby lips—all of it was pounding on her heart.

Seeing Mu Qingxue’s strong gaze, Chen Xiaoyan felt shy for the first time ever and lowered her head.

But then she remembered she was a man.

How could she be overshadowed by a girl?

She immediately raised her head and met Mu Qingxue’s gaze.

At that moment, an atmosphere called ambiguity spread between them.

Chongchong’s face darkened; she couldn’t let them continue like this.

She grabbed Chen Xiaoyan’s hand and coquettishly said, “Xiaoyan, let’s hurry and level up.”

Interrupted like that, Chen Xiaoyan and Mu Qingxue both quickly looked away.

“Ahem, by the way, there are still many people in Xueyan Pavilion who haven’t cleared Monster Village. You can help them.”

With that, Mu Qingxue turned and ran away, only stopping once out of sight.

Then she touched her cheek.

Hmm, it was indeed a little hot.

Recalling that moment of eye contact, she felt her heart pounding wildly.

Her eyes were special, mesmerizing.

Meanwhile, Chen Xiaoyan was not relaxed either.

With a beauty like Mu Qingxue, what man wouldn’t admire her?

But that fleeting heartbeat was quickly suppressed.

Because Mu Qingxue didn’t like men.

If she continued to fall for her, the ending would be bad.

As for Mu Qingxue having feelings for her?

Chen Xiaoyan did not oppose that; she had noticed it.

But the one Mu Qingxue liked was her female persona, not the real her.

If Mu Qingxue found out she liked the man she hated, Chen Xiaoyan didn’t dare to imagine the scene.

The Mu family’s eldest miss was not someone an ordinary person could handle.

“You like being a woman so much? Then I’ll satisfy you and send you to Thailand for a makeover.”

At Mu Qingxue’s command, Chen Xiaoyan was dragged away by several big men and flown directly to Thailand for a ridiculous surgery that took an hour.

No doubt, the Mu family had the power for this.

Thinking about such a future possibility, Chen Xiaoyan shivered.

Scared, scared—this woman was completely untouchable.

Better to stick with my little darling Chongchong.

“Huh? You ask what’s good about her?”

Isn’t that a rhetorical question?

Of course, she was easy to bully.

Chen Xiaoyan felt no guilt at all about being someone who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

“Xiaoyan, when girls go out, they must protect themselves, okay?”

Chongchong reminded her seriously.

Chen Xiaoyan was speechless.

It was a reasonable warning, but something felt off—she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.

If it were before, Chen Xiaoyan would have wanted to say she was a man, but that was an old mindset.

Now she dared not say such things casually.

Because Mu Qingxue had already become a mountain, pressing down heavily on her head.

A certain country’s airplane ticket warning!!!