If it weren't for her high stats, that hit might've killed her outright.

If Jing Yan had taken that blow, he'd have evaporated!

"Let me see, let me see your injuries."

"No need to look, I'm fine. It pierced my thigh and nailed me to the ground!" Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu said, shivering as she clutched her leg.

Jing Yan looked and sure enough, there was a fresh little hole in the ground, with a nail stuck in it.

Which meant… that nail was what had attacked Dou Daren just now.

And after being knocked away, the nail had hit Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu like a stray bullet, piercing her thigh with its remaining force.

Impressive. In a way, both the attacker and defender were impressive! So impressive that they were beyond what the two of them could handle!

My life is over!

Jing Yan felt an immense sense of regret.

If he hadn't given in to his desires, none of this would have happened.

Or if he had waited a few days, he wouldn't have run into this.

This is… incredibly bad luck!

"To think the scene my character ends up in is dying in a brothel… what a ruined reputation!"

Jing Yan collapsed to the ground in remorse and despair, his mind racing through everything that had happened along the way.

But before he could recall much, Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu suddenly started slapping her thigh wildly.

"Hey, hey, hey! Jing Yan! Quick, get me out of here! He's been distracted by the guy upstairs!"

Huh? Ah!

Jing Yan snapped back to his senses and looked outside, just in time to see Dou Daren charging up the stairs with murderous intent.

Nice! Nice! Unnamed flying nail expert, nice!

He immediately helped the hobbling Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu up, and Xiao Xuedou followed closely behind.

The two of them descended from the Chun-ceng (Spring Level), stepping over corpses on the stairs, when a series of screams echoed from above.

Accompanied by a thud, a black shadow landed heavily in front of them, and the sound abruptly stopped.

They looked down to see a person with flying nails, the same one that pierced into the ground, stuck between all the fingers of both hands, but their internal organs had been shattered, their body riddled with bloodied holes from sword wounds, and they were completely dead.

Damn it!

Jing Yan cursed inwardly, not daring to look up, and quickly dragged Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu outside.

They didn't breathe a sigh of relief until they had escaped the Qingluan Tower.

Looking back, they saw that the Qingluan Tower was already on fire, with figures jumping from the Chun-ceng, Xia-ceng (Summer Level), and even the Tian-ceng (Heaven Level).

Others were climbing down the outside of the building, only to fall and die from the impact.

Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu finally realized that martial artists weren't as common as she thought.

It was just that she usually followed Fang Yue and was exposed to guards and such, who were all skilled martial artists, which gave her the impression that there were many martial artists.

But in reality, even in Qing Si County, ordinary people made up the majority of the population.

The chaos spread quickly.

Those who had escaped fled in a frenzy, while those on the streets who noticed the commotion gathered to watch.

The two of them ran all the way back to the inn before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

"What happened to you two?!"

Lin Ling was shocked and quickly arranged for a doctor to treat them.

After learning what had happened, he frowned.

"Dou Daren? Dou Baiyi was possessed by a strange entity? And then became a strange entity and went on a killing spree in the Qingluan Tower?"

He didn't bother asking what the two of them were doing at the Qingluan Tower…

As the midday sun rose, Fang Yue, who had been wholeheartedly cultivating in his room at the inn, slowly opened his eyes.

"Progress… over halfway!"

Fang Yue's eyes were bright, filled with delight.

Fang Yue had originally thought that even though his realm was beyond the internal energy cultivation method, and his cultivation would be faster, it would still take at least ten days to half a month to have a chance to break through.

But in reality, with the remaining firestones and the frantic burning of his lifespan, the progress was directly over halfway!

Fang Yue could feel that if he had more resources like firestones, he could break through to the seventh level of the Lie Huo Xin Fa (Blazing Fire Heart Sutra) within two days!

Moreover, the so-called burning of his lifespan only burned less than a year of his lifespan.

In the face of a lifespan powerhouse like Fang Yue at his age, what was that?

With firestones as a foundation, the consumption of lifespan when cultivating the Lie Huo Xin Fa was actually not that great.

Getting out of bed and stretching his limbs, Fang Yue could clearly feel that his internal energy had become much thicker.

He left the room and was slightly taken aback.

He found that only a few members of the team were listlessly eating lunch, and they all looked exhausted.

What happened? Why does everyone have dark circles under their eyes?

Fang Yue was puzzled. He had been planning to go to the Qing Si today to chat with Lord Jun, and then see if he could borrow the power of the Qing Si in advance to find Bai Xiaoya.

Seeing everyone's appearance, he temporarily suppressed the idea of going directly to the Qing Si.

"Only a few of you are here? Where are the others?"

Fang Yue casually asked a team member, who had been dozing off.

Seeing that it was Fang Yue, he snapped to attention and excitedly said, "Captain Yue, you've come out of seclusion!"

Seclusion…

I guess you could call it that, although our internal energy cultivation isn't really worthy of being called seclusion.

Without thinking too much, Fang Yue said, "Yeah, where did everyone else go?"

"They're all resting. Everyone stayed up all night last night and just went to bed."

"Stayed up all night? What were you doing?"

"It wasn't what we were doing, it was the Qingluan Tower…"

Just as the team member was about to say this, a group of grey-robed Qing Wei suddenly rushed in from outside.

As Fang Yue and the others were stunned, the grey-robed Qing Wei lined up in two rows at the door, as if welcoming someone.

Then Fang Yue saw a woman dressed in azure robes, hands clasped behind her back, chest out, striding into the inn.

"You Sisi?!"