280: Leaving Yanguang Mountain, the bewildered patriarchs of the four major families...

Su Yun noticed that Chu Ningyue's expression changed drastically, and she was staring at him with an extremely fervent gaze.

He suddenly felt something was off and hurriedly asked,

"Miss Chu, are you alright?"

"I... I'm fine. Then I shall thank Young Master Su here; I only need a few."

Chu Ningyue snapped back to her senses, a bright smile appearing on her face as she spoke softly.

It seemed her previous efforts had not been in vain.

Next, she had to step up her efforts and try another way of getting along with Su Yun.

She didn't believe she couldn't win Su Yun over.

Thinking of this, Chu Ningyue's beautiful eyes lit up, and she made up her mind.

Afterward, she only took a few spirit nurturing fruits and pushed all the rest to Su Yun.

Su Yun was not polite either. With a wave of his hand, he swept all the spirit nurturing fruits into his Storage Ring, planning to give them to Yuyao and the others once he returned to the Taixuan Holy Land.

"Let's go, let's explore other places!"

"Mm, okay."

Chu Ningyue nodded.

Then, Su Yun flashed away toward the foot of Yanguang Mountain, and the two women, including Chu Ningyue, followed... A day later.

Outside Yanguang Mountain.

A large group of experts from various families in Wanbao City had been waiting outside for a long time.

Compared to other Secret Realms, the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm was not large and could basically be fully explored in one day.

"Strange, why hasn't Chen Yan, the Branch Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion, arrived yet?

In previous years, whenever the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm ended, Chen Yan would always come over."

"It must be because the Cultivators their Treasure Pavilion sent into the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm this time are too weak, so he's too embarrassed to show up!"

An old man in yellow robes said disdainfully.

"Hahaha, it's possible. Although the Treasure Pavilion is wealthy, it's not a top-tier power in the Central Domain, let alone a Western Region branch. They're even a bit inferior to the branches of our great Central Domain Cultivation Families."

...Several other experts from the Cultivation Families chimed in.

While the group of Body Integration and Enlightenment Realm Cultivators were discussing, a group of Cultivators suddenly appeared at the entrance of the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm.

"They're here. They came out so quickly?

According to the past patterns of the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm, the closer to the summit, the more precious the Heaven And Earth Treasures. I wonder how their harvest was this time."

The experts from the various Cultivation Families hurriedly went forward, asking their Juniors with curiosity.

However, the Cultivators who came out mostly had unsightly expressions, seemingly having gained little.

At this moment, the expressions of the Enlightenment Layer One Realm experts from the Four Great Families of Wanbao City all changed drastically.

They discovered that the teams from the Four Great Families originally had over thirty Cultivators, but after coming out of the Yanguang Mountain Secret Realm, only a dozen or so remained.

Logically, with their strength, it was impossible for so many people to die.

The hot-tempered Liu Family Old Ancestor looked at his Juniors and asked in a gloomy tone:

"What exactly happened?

Why did so many of you die?

Did you encounter Soul Emergence stage Yao Beasts in the Secret Realm?"

"We beg the Old Ancestor to seek justice for us! The clansmen who were in the same team as me were all killed by a youth!"

A Liu Family Junior at the Third Layer of Soul Transformation Realm said with a trembling voice.

"What? Who is so bold?"

The Liu Family Old Ancestor's eyes widened, and he spoke furiously.

"This Junior does not know; I only know that person was together with the daughter of the Treasure Pavilion's Chief Pavilion Master."

The Liu Family Junior said hurriedly.

"Good, very good. I'd like to see who is so bold as to dare kill people from my Liu Family."

An extremely powerful Aura erupted from the Liu Family Old Ancestor, making the surrounding Cultivators feel as if they couldn't breathe.

The Old Ancestors of the other three great families of Wanbao City also learned of this news.

They stared fiercely at the Yanguang Mountain exit, releasing their Divine Sense to shroud the area, preparing to settle accounts with that person.

"Someone actually dared to kill the younger generation Cultivators of the Four Great Families; how incredibly bold.

I wonder who is so brave?"

"I heard that person is with Chu Ningyue, the daughter of the Treasure Pavilion's Chief Pavilion Master. Perhaps they are from the Central Domain."

"Regardless, that person is certainly in for it."

Many Cultivators from Cultivation Families of other cities originally intended to leave, but seeing that there was a spectacle to behold, they stayed behind to wait for developments.

At this time, many Cultivators were leaving the Yanguang Peak entrance one after another, but as soon as they appeared, they found the Cultivators of the Four Great Families of Wanbao City staring intently at the entrance. Each of them hurriedly left the place in fear.

An hour later.

Three figures slowly emerged from the Yanguang Mountain entrance.

"It's the three of them!"

The Juniors of the Four Great Families said directly.

Hearing the words of their Juniors, the Liu Family Old Ancestor instantly turned into a streak of light and rushed forward, with the Old Ancestors of the other three great families following closely behind.

"Not good!"

Near the entrance of Yanguang Mountain, the expression of a middle-aged beautiful woman in a black dress turned unsightly.

She was Zhao Zhi, who had been waiting outside Yanguang Mountain for her Young Miss to come out.

She had also heard the discussions of the Cultivators coming out and instantly felt something was wrong. She hurriedly sent a message to Chu Duanjiang and also notified the Treasure Pavilion Cultivators guarding nearby, preparing to block the Old Ancestors of these Cultivation Families. Then, she turned into a streak of light and flew toward Chu Ningyue.

"Young Master Su, thanks to you just now!"

Chu Ningyue's small face was flushed, and she spoke with some excitement.

Previously, because the Treasure Pavilion had ample resources, she rarely explored Secret Realms. Even if she encountered enemies outside, she had a group of guards to help resolve them, so there was no need for her to act. This resulted in her having very poor combat experience.

So just now in Yanguang Mountain, when she encountered Nascent Soul stage Yao Beasts, she had requested Su Yun not to interfere and let her handle them alone.

After several battles with Nascent Soul stage Yao Beasts, her blue-purple skirt was stained with quite a bit of ash, and her body felt somewhat fatigued, but her harvest was quite significant.

Moreover, with Su Yun watching from the side, she was able to fight with great peace of mind.

"It's fine, just a small matter,"

Su Yun said dismissively.

"Young Master Su, if you have nothing to do these next few days, why don't you come back to the Treasure Pavilion headquarters with me?

At that time, I'll let you take your pick..."

Chu Ningyue said in a soft, sweet voice.

Just then, four powerful Auras enveloped Su Yun's trio.

"It's you..."

The gazes of the four Enlightenment Layer One Realm Family Old Ancestors swept past Chu Ningyue and Xiaodie, landing on the handsome youth at the very front, and they instantly shut their mouths.

Their hearts had originally been filled with rage, but after seeing Su Yun's appearance, he felt somewhat familiar.

Then, they simultaneously recalled the news sent from their main families in the Central Domain a month ago.

"Young Miss, be careful!"

At this moment, Zhao Zhi brought a large group of Body Integration stage Treasure Pavilion Cultivators, turning into several streaks of light to arrive before Su Yun's trio, looking at the Old Ancestors of the Four Great Families with a grave expression.

She now needed to stall for some time because Chu Duanjiang had already replied and would arrive here very soon. At that time, these four Enlightenment Layer One Realm Cultivators would be nothing to fear.

But what she didn't expect was that the expressions of the four Old Ancestors before her changed drastically. Their aggressive expressions from just now vanished, instantly becoming incomparably gentle, as if the people who had just released harsh words to settle accounts with Su Yun were not them at all.