Ye Qingluan didn't let go of Luo Hao.
Zhao Shuning, being connected with her on a mother - child level, could naturally tell.
During the time she was away in the Nether Valley, she also gave Luo Hao a chance to see if he could win Ye Qingluan back.
The next day, Zhao Shuning packed her things and put them into her Qiankun Bag.
After leaving the house and saying goodbye to her parents and clan members, she got into the carriage and left Taoyuan City.
Not long after they left the city gate,
the carriage was stopped.
After a while, Xia Qingyan got on.
"Make room."
Zhao Shuning frowned.
"Prince, what are you following for?"
"To gain some experience with you."
"You're really persistent."
Xia Qingyan shrugged.
Over the past half - month, he had thought things through. Although he had fallen in love with Luo Feiyan at first sight, he couldn't win even a bit of her affection.
He didn't want to give up, but he knew that even if he persisted, Luo Feiyan would never like him.
Rather than bothering her with this all the time, it was better to take a step back and stand as a friend, fighting side by side with her.
"Don't worry, I don't have those feelings for you anymore. The girl I like is the gentle and well - educated Miss Luo, not you."
Zhao Shuning shrugged.
"That's exactly what I want."
A flash of loneliness crossed Xia Qingyan's eyes.
Was it really like this?
No.
After he met her, he had never thought of the former Luo Feiyan again.
"If there's a chance, I'll definitely introduce you to the former Luo Feiyan."
"That would be great."
After clearing this up, Zhao Shuning thought Xia Qingyan looked much more handsome.
Since they were friends, she didn't drive Xia Qingyan out of the carriage anymore.
Xia Qingyan was also quite capable.
Once they got to the Nether Valley, he might come in handy. It would be really difficult for her to charge into battle alone.
When they reached the next canyon, the carriage couldn't go any further. There were only narrow paths inside, and the horses couldn't get in.
Zhao Shuning and Xia Qingyan got out of the carriage and started walking towards the Nether Valley on foot.
In this deep mountain forest, strange fruits hung from the branches. It was obvious that these fruits had nourished many spirit beasts and monsters.
They walked all the way without encountering anything.
It should be that the elders from Changkong Academy had cleared the path in front.
"I always feel it's a bit strange. Even if the elders got here first, it's impossible that there isn't even a single spirit beast on this path."
Zhao Shuning glanced at Xia Qingyan and praised, "Not bad, you're quite smart."
"Miss Luo, what do you mean?"
Xia Qingyan felt something was off.
"In the huge cave deep in the Nether Valley, there's a Hundun hiding. Hundun is an ancient divine beast. Where it appears, no other living creature would dare to run around."
"What?"
Xia Qingyan stopped in his tracks.
"Prince, why do you look like that?"
"Miss Luo, you didn't tell me that there was a Hundun in the Nether Valley when we came!"
"I didn't beg you to follow me."
"But you didn't refuse."
"Why should I refuse when I have an extra helper?"
"Are you crazy? The ancient divine beast Hundun, how could you possibly deal with it? Even though you're already at the Eighth Phase, it would be extremely difficult for you to subdue Hundun."
Zhao Shuning glanced at Xia Qingyan.
Why hadn't she noticed before that Xia Qingyan was so talkative?
"Go if you want, stay if you don't."
Zhao Shuning quickened her pace.
Xia Qingyan quickly followed up.
No way. If he dared to turn back now, if he met Hundun, he would be dead for sure.
Xia Qingyan was very good at tracking.
It took them about five days in the deep mountain forest, and he was able to determine the location of the elders from Changkong Academy.
But it was already late. It would be inconvenient to rush over, so they found a tall tree branch and slept on it for the night.
The next morning,
white birds flew up in alarm.
Zhao Shuning was also woken up by the bird calls.
She got up and found that Xia Qingyan was already standing on the tree tip, looking into the distance.
Suddenly, a huge spiritual power fluctuation accompanied by a roar swept over. Although they were still a long distance away from the huge cave, they were still affected.
Xia Qingyan almost fell off the tree because of this spiritual power fluctuation.
After stabilizing his body,
Zhao Shuning quickly got up and leaped to Xia Qingyan's side. Standing on the top of the big tree, they looked out.
At least two thousand meters away from them, a huge whirlpool appeared.
"Hundun?"
"The elders are really amazing. They found Hundun so quickly."
Zhao Shuning patted Xia Qingyan on the shoulder.
"Let's go."
"Where to?"
"To find Hundun."
"Miss Luo, are you serious?"
"Otherwise?"
Zhao Shuning grabbed Xia Qingyan's clothes and pulled him off the tree directly.
In the deep mountain forest, affected by the previous spiritual power fluctuation, they couldn't use teleportation, so they could only speed up and walk there on foot.
Calculating the time,
it would take at least an hour to cover such a long distance, especially since the ground in the deep mountain forest was uneven.
The distance they estimated roughly before was still a straight - line distance.
Zhao Shuning walked forward.
Xia Qingyan followed reluctantly.
Actually, at this moment, after determining the location of Hundun, Xia Qingyan could have escaped in another direction. But he was always worried about the girl in front of him, so he still followed.
At this time, in the huge cave at the whirlpool, Hundun's body had grown several feet. It looked like a dog, with long hair, four feet, and was like a bear but without claws.
Around it, hundreds of students from Changkong Academy had surrounded it.
The battle there was extremely fierce.
On Zhao Shuning's side, Xia Qingyan was a bit too tired to walk and stopped.
"You said that you have no way to deal with a divine beast like Hundun. Even though you're at the Eighth Phase, you can't do anything to it."
Zhao Shuning didn't say a word.
Xia Qingyan didn't give up.
"Miss Luo, divine beasts are extremely dangerous. In this world, the only person I've heard of who can subdue a divine beast is the Emperor Venerable."
Zhao Shuning stopped her anxious steps.
She seemed to remember something.
Because she had dreamt of her master some time ago and was so eager to go back, she only thought that Hundun would eventually become Luo Qiu's contract divine beast, but she had forgotten how this divine beast came to be.
It seemed to be written in the book that
Hundun was a gift from her master to Luo Qiu when she became a Nine - level Spiritual Pharmacist.
Nine - level Spiritual Pharmacist?
If they were to wait for the real Luo Qiu to cultivate to the Nine - level, how long would that take?
Zhao Shuning sat down.
"You've given up?"
Xia Qingyan was overjoyed.
He pulled Zhao Shuning and was about to walk back.
"It's okay. It's still not too late."
"No no no, we'll try another way."
"What way?"
Xia Qingyan looked at Zhao Shuning.
Zhao Shuning said, "Wait a while. I'll cover my face and take the opportunity to sneak attack Hundun. You stay on the side and cover me. We'll first figure out a way to steal Hundun out."
"Miss Luo, you're crazy, not me. I dare not do such a thing."