After a bout of world-spinning dizziness, Luo Qingyu plummeted from midair, screaming at the top of her lungs, “Xie Chuxue, I am so not done with you!”
With a loud thud, she plunged headfirst into a thick pile of fallen leaves.
Luo Qingyu propped herself up, spitting a couple of times to clear the leaves from her mouth.
Looking up, she saw that her surroundings were entirely filled with a golden ginkgo forest.
Standing up, she couldn't help but complain, “Just what kind of remote corner did Little Martial Uncle teleport me to?”
“007, come out and help me check where this is.”
Hearing its host's call, 007 reluctantly emerged from the system space, muttering, 【Host, why are you calling me? I'm right in the middle of a critical moment in my game.】
Hearing this, Luo Qingyu immediately felt a bit sour. “You've got some nerve, 007! Here I am outside, not even knowing where I've been teleported, while you're having a grand old time playing games in the system space. Aren't you ashamed?”
Feeling a bit guilty after being scolded, 007 quickly bowed its head and apologized, 【I'm sorry, Host. I won't do it again.】
Luo Qingyu didn't feel like bickering with it. “Get to the point. Help me check what kind of place this is.”
007 immediately brought up the system panel. When it saw the little red dot on it, its eyes widened instantly. 【Holy crap! Host, how did you get teleported to a place like this?】
Luo Qingyu's heart clenched, and she quickly pressed, “Where on earth was I teleported to?”
007 replied slowly, 【The northernmost boundary of the cultivation world.】
Luo Qingyu suddenly recalled the geographical records of the cultivation world she had read in the Library Pavilion. It was said that the northernmost part of the cultivation world was the Northern Desolate Snow Region.
Her heart sank. As expected, she had been teleported to such a remote place by that troublemaker of a Little Martial Uncle.
There was still a massive distance separating her from the center of the cultivation world.
Luo Qingyu let out a helpless sigh, retrieved her jade slip from her storage ring, and initiated a video call to Qin Fanfan.
The call connected instantly, and Qin Fanfan's anxious voice immediately came through: 【“Oh my! Xiaoyu, where on earth have you been teleported to?”】
Luo Qingyu: 【“I'm currently at the northernmost boundary of the cultivation world.”】
As soon as she finished speaking, Qin Fanfan's eyes widened. He turned around and roared at Xie Chuxue, who was standing nearby, 【“Look at what you've done! It's bad enough that Ye Qiao was teleported to the demon headquarters, but Xiaoyu is in even more danger now! That place is right next to the Northern Desolate Snow Region, crawling with high-level cultivators and fraught with danger!”】
Xie Chuxue defended himself with an innocent look: 【“You can't blame me for this. You can only say her luck is bad.”】
Luo Qingyu heard him loud and clear from the other end of the jade slip and was instantly amused by her own anger. “What do you mean my luck is bad? The destination of a teleportation array is based on the teleporter's intent. You clearly did this on purpose!”
At this moment, Qin Fanfan turned back around, quickly softening his tone to warmly advise Luo Qingyu, 【“Xiaoyu, stay right where you are and don't move. I'll immediately—”】
Before he could finish his sentence, a strange, chilling aura suddenly approached.
Luo Qingyu's heart tightened, and she immediately interrupted: 【“Master, let's talk later! Someone's coming!”】
She quickly hung up the transmission jade slip, retrieved a high-grade Invisibility Talisman she had drawn earlier from her storage ring, slapped it onto herself, and ducked behind a nearby tree to observe with her divine sense.
Before long, several dark figures flew into the ginkgo forest.
Four men dressed in black were relentlessly pursuing a youth in green who was covered in wounds.
The youth's clothes were torn, and he was covered in blood. Though his aura was weak, he still gritted his teeth and held on.
“Young Master, stop running! Come with us quietly, and you'll suffer less pain!”
The heavily injured youth gritted his teeth and roared in anger, “Give up on that dream! Even if I die, I will never go with you!”
Hiding in the shadows, Luo Qingyu swept her divine sense over them, and her heart sank.
The leader actually had a Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, while the other three were all Golden Core Realm cultivators!
Luo Qingyu looked at the youth fleeing for his life, feeling extremely shocked.
She hadn't expected him to be so formidable that he could warrant a chase by so many high-level cultivators.
Ah, what a shame.
That face of his was remarkably handsome, but unfortunately, he was about to die.
Luo Qingyu couldn't help but feel a touch of pity looking at the youth running for his life.
Just then, 007's familiar boyish voice rang in her mind.
【Ding! Detected a key character blood-related to the host.】
Luo Qingyu's pupils shrank, and she marveled inwardly.
This was truly a pillow being delivered just as she was getting sleepy. Over the past few days, she had repeatedly asked Qi Yan to search for information regarding the Luo family, yet they had found absolutely nothing.
Who would have thought that the very clue she had been yearning for would deliver itself right to her doorstep!
007: 【Host, are you really going to save him?】
Luo Qingyu's expression turned resolute, and she said in a low voice, “Save him? Of course I'm saving him! A clue that fell right into my lap—how could I just let them take him away?”
As soon as she spoke, 007 couldn't help but remind her, 【Host, there are four of them, and all of their cultivation levels are higher than yours. Can you even beat them?】
Luo Qingyu made a shushing gesture to 007 and raised an eyebrow. “Zip it. Your host has her ways.”
With that, she reached into her storage ring and pulled out her unique, countless-times-improved medicinal powder—Tendon-Relaxing Powder (Sure-Soft Powder).
Luo Qingyu: “If I can't take them head-on, I'll do it underhanded!”
Seeing the sly, mischievous smile in its host's eyes, 007 silently shut its mouth, unable to help but light a candle in its heart for the four men in black.
They really deserved it for running into her.
Luo Qingyu grabbed a handful of the powder. Using the wind in the ginkgo forest, she gave her wrist a gentle flick, sending the fine powder drifting silently toward the four men in black.
Meanwhile, the leading Nascent Soul black-clothed man pressed closer step by step, his pressure pinning down the wounded youth. He said coldly, “Young Master, stop resisting. Return with us quietly, and we can account to the Madam!”
The youth clutched his bleeding arm tightly, the pain from the wound piercing to his heart. His eyes were filled with hatred and stubbornness as he gritted his teeth and said, “I'm not going back! That venomous woman killed my mother and elder sister. Even if I die, I will never fall into her hands!”
“Don't push your luck!” the leading black-clothed man roared, stepping forward to finish him off.
But the moment the words left his mouth, his entire body suddenly went limp. His head felt heavy and dizzy, and his eyelids became too heavy to lift.
Stunned, before he could even process what was happening, his vision went black, and he collapsed heavily onto the ground.
Before the other three Golden Core cultivators could guard themselves, they all inhaled the drifting powder and fainted one after another.
Four Hidden Guards vs. Luo Qingyu.
Complete defeat for the hidden guards!!
Beside them, the heavily wounded youth froze completely. He stared with wide eyes at the hidden guards lying motionless on the ground, his face a mask of utter bewilderment.
He blinked blankly, his heart filled with questions: Was... was this some kind of scam?
At this moment, Luo Qingyu, who had been hiding in the shadows, clapped her hands and slowly walked out from behind the ginkgo tree, saying with a smile, “Hi, friend.”
Looking at the person who had suddenly appeared, the youth instinctively raised his hand in response and said softly, “Hi.”
Looking at the dazed and shaken youth before her, Luo Qingyu silently asked 007, “007, are you sure this is really my relative? He doesn't look very bright.”
007 was also a bit unsure, but after carefully double-checking the system panel, it spoke with certainty: 【It's definitely him, Host. The system doesn't make mistakes.】
Luo Qingyu sighed helplessly, looked at the wound-covered youth, and spoke, “Hey, little brother, what's your name?”
Snapping out of his daze, the youth looked at Luo Qingyu and said weakly, “I... my name is Luo Qingyuh.”
Hearing this name, Luo Qingyu's heart skipped a beat. It really was someone from the Luo family.
Suppressing the emotions churning in her chest, she looked at the youth's wounds, retrieved a bottle of pills from her storage ring, and handed it over.
“Take these pills first to heal your wounds. Those men in black won't be waking up anytime soon, so you're safe for now.”
Luo Qingyuh stared hesitantly at the bottle in her hand, still somewhat wary and not daring to reach out.
Seeing this, Luo Qingyu smiled helplessly, took out a pill, and swallowed it first. She then called out, “It's not poison. Go ahead.”
With that, she tossed the bottle to Luo Qingyuh.
Luo Qingyuh hastily caught the bottle and murmured, “Thank you, Benefactor, for saving my life.”
Looking at the youth before her—covered in wounds yet possessing such clear eyes—the phrase "beautiful, strong, and tragic" suddenly popped into Luo Qingyu's head. It suited him quite well.
She smiled and waved her hand. “It's nothing.”
Luo Qingyuh swallowed the pills and sat down on the spot to heal. “May I ask for my benefactor's name so that I can repay this debt in the future?”
Luo Qingyu had originally wanted to test him, but meeting his sincere and pure gaze, she decided not to hide it any longer and answered truthfully, “My name is Luo Qingyu.”
Luo Qingyuh's pupils contracted sharply, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly. Looking at the person before him who shared an eighty-percent resemblance to his mother, he spoke hesitantly, “Are you my sister? No, my sister is a girl, how could you be...”
Hearing him call her sister, Luo Qingyu felt a sudden sting in her nose, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.
She reached up to wipe away the tears, murmuring to herself, “Why am I crying?”
007's voice rang in her mind. 【Host, this is likely because the original owner's body sensed a blood relative, triggering an emotional response.】
Luo Qingyu's heart trembled. She suddenly recalled the memory fragments she had seen in the Mountains and Rivers Scroll. The names A-Yu and A-Yuh instantly connected in her mind.
A complex wave of emotion washed over her. She hadn't expected that the member of the Luo family she had accidentally saved would turn out to be her long-lost biological younger brother.
Luo Qingyu quickly stepped forward, ruffled Luo Qingyuh's hair, and called out softly, “Xiao Yu, your sister is here.”
With that, she reached up and pulled out the Cloud Concealing Hairpin. Her pitch-black long hair tumbled down, completely revealing her female appearance as she smiled warmly at Luo Qingyuh.
Luo Qingyuh froze on the spot. In an instant, everything clicked, and tears fell uncontrollably from his eyes. He rushed forward and threw his arms around Luo Qingyu, sobbing, “Elder Sister, Xiao Yu has been looking for you for so, so long! I thought I'd never see you again.”
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