461: Chapter 471 The most skilled hunters often appear as their prey.

As the saying goes, while a good sister's hard struggles are certainly sympathetic, seeing that she not only didn't suffer, but instead secretly ate way too well, inevitably makes people jealous!

"Niaoniao, it's not that I don't want to tell you, it's just that..."

Qiao Miaotong purposely dragged out her tone, putting on an appearance of extreme difficulty with slightly drooping eyelids. That hesitant look practically portrayed inner conflict down to her very bones.

The more secretive Qiao Miaotong's attitude was, the more Yu Niaoniao felt like her heart was being scratched by a cat's claws, making her even more convinced that this stroke of fortune was definitely a Heaven-Defying level Opportunity!

"Sigh, I never expected that I treat you as a sister of life-and-death friendship, yet you actually distrust me to this extent!"

Yu Niaoniao sighed, letting go of Qiao Miaotong's hand, her tone carrying thirty percent resentment and seventy percent loss.

But in her heart, she could actually understand. A Heaven-Defying Opportunity that allowed a Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage cultivator to directly cross the Bottleneck and achieve a Breakthrough to the Great Emperor Realm Late Stage—whoever it was, how could they just give it away upon request?

In the cruel Immortal Realm, such a trump card might not even be shared by one's own biological father.

However, what Yu Niaoniao didn't know was that while Qiao Miaotong appeared troubled on the surface, her mind was already buzzing with activity.

All of this was a script she had carefully rehearsed on the way.

If she had directly said right off the bat, "I slept with Su Feng and broke through, you should go sleep with him too," given Yu Niaoniao's lofty and somewhat germ-phobic personality, she would have flipped out on the spot and even felt that Qiao Miaotong was humiliating her.

But if she changed the approach, letting Yu Niaoniao step by step discover and crave it herself...

Then she wouldn't just eat this meal willingly, she'd fight to eat it!

"Niaoniao... There are no secrets between you and me. It's just that this matter isn't something I can decide..."

Qiao Miaotong sighed, taking Yu Niaoniao's hand once more, revealing deep helplessness.

"This is also why I came to find you right after resolving the Yuanli Star Domain. Although I made a Breakthrough, the control over this Opportunity is not in my hands."

"Not something you can decide?" Hearing this, a sharp glint instantly flashed through Yu Niaoniao's beautiful eyes.

"That means... this Opportunity still has a chance to manifest again?!"

Yu Niaoniao's thoughts raced like lightning.

If the Opportunity was controlled by someone else, it meant this wasn't a one-time Heavenly Dao encounter!

Although judging by Qiao Miaotong's troubled expression, the cost to acquire it must be immense, so what?

Cultivation was inherently Heaven-Defying, and she had fought her way up from a lowly mortal woman step by step to the current Great Emperor Realm Middle Stage. What mountains of corpses, seas of blood, difficulties, and setbacks had she not encountered?

As long as there was hope for a Breakthrough, what price couldn't she afford to pay?

"Niaoniao, you just need to tell me the method, and I'll figure out a way to strive for the rest myself. Success or failure, I will never implicate you!" Yu Niaoniao reversed her grip, tightly holding Qiao Miaotong's hand with a sincere and grateful expression.

Qiao Miaotong chuckled inwardly, but on the surface put on a compromised expression that seemed to say "I really can't do anything with you."

"I am telling this matter to you alone. You must absolutely not let a third person catch even a whisper of it, otherwise... not only will disaster befall both you and me, I'm afraid the entire Great Thousand Star Domain will be turned upside down!"

After finishing, Qiao Miaotong seemed still unsatisfied with the soundproofing barrier Yu Niaoniao had previously set up. She waved her slender hands repeatedly, consecutively placing three layers of advanced isolation formations containing the Immortal power of the Great Emperor Realm Late Stage around them.

Seeing this spectacle, Yu Niaoniao couldn't help but turn solemn.

It seemed Qiao Miaotong spoke the truth; this Opportunity must involve an immensely huge and taboo secret.

"Rest assured, I swear by my Dao Heart and the Heavenly Dao. If half a word of today's conversation is leaked, may I be burned to death by the Lightning Tribulation!"

"Good!"

With the Heavenly Dao oath in place, Qiao Miaotong finally spoke slowly with a solemn expression: "Do you remember that Fellow Daoist in the Brilliant Star Sea last year who casually gifted me an Emperor Weapon?"

Hearing this description, Yu Niaoniao's mind instantly conjured up a handsome figure in white robes with eyes as deep as an abyss.

Could it be... this Heaven-Defying Opportunity is related to him?!

"I remember! His name is Su Feng." Yu Niaoniao nodded heavily.

"To tell you the truth, a few days ago, I led my clansmen to provide reinforcements in the Yuanli Star Domain, but we encountered an ambush by a Purple Demon Commander. That monster was too strong; even with Luoxia Mountain exhausting all its foundations, we couldn't contend with it, and my Origin was even injured by the Devilish Qi, nearly causing my body and soul to perish."

Qiao Miaotong began her best-actress-level performance, her eye rims slightly red with lingering fear.

"If I hadn't asked Fellow Daoist Su for help in that desperate situation, perhaps you wouldn't be able to see me right now."

"You mean, he saved you?" Yu Niaoniao suddenly understood.

She had already deeply experienced the strength of a Purple Demon Commander earlier in the Henghe Star Domain; three or four Great Emperors of the same Realm joining forces couldn't contend with it.

"That's right, and not only did he repel the Purple Demon, but at the moment I was heavily injured and on the verge of death, he preserved my life."

Hearing this, Yu Niaoniao became even more puzzled: "You were heavily injured?"

Injuries in the Great Emperor Realm, especially when the Origin was damaged by high-dimensional Devilish Qi, couldn't be recovered from just by taking a couple of Medicinal Pills and recuperating for ten and a half months.

And according to Qiao Miaotong's words, the heavy injury she suffered was near-death, which made it even more terrifying. Without tens of thousands of years, there was no way she could fully recover.

"That's not right..." Yu Niaoniao stared fixedly at Qiao Miaotong, feeling that she was about to touch upon that heaven-shaking secret.

"Since you were heavily injured, how could you not only recover from your injuries in such a short time, but also directly break through to the Great Emperor Realm Late Stage?!"

Hearing Yu Niaoniao's question pointing straight to the core, Qiao Miaotong's originally pale pretty face suddenly looked as if it had been scorched by fire, instantly covered in intoxicating red blush.

Her eyes began to dodge, and her speech became hesitant and stuttering: "I... um... because of him..."

"Aiya, hurry up and tell me, what on earth is the reason? You're driving me crazy with anxiety!" Yu Niaoniao's usual good temper of self-cultivation was completely exhausted by Qiao Miaotong at this moment.

"I... I'm too embarrassed to say it..."

Qiao Miaotong covered her burning cheeks and turned around, her delicate body trembling slightly and uncontrollably.

That was from holding back her laughter.

Evidently, the Empress Qiao, who was too deep into her role, almost couldn't hold back her laughter and broke character directly when mentioning those shameless scenes between the two in the immortal palace.

Fortunately, because her back was turned to Yu Niaoniao, this trembling appearance fell into the other's eyes and instead became a kind of unspeakable struggle.

By now, Yu Niaoniao had completely fallen into the trap.

"Oh my good sister, what time is it now!"

Yu Niaoniao stamped her feet in anxiety, stepping forward to forcefully turn Qiao Miaotong back around.

"The iron hooves of the Realm Demons are eroding the Great Thousand Star Domain. If we cannot enhance our strength as soon as possible and the defense line is broken like this, not only will we die, but our entire clan will be buried along with us! What else do you have to be embarrassed about?!"

Seeing this, Qiao Miaotong could only desperately suppress her emotions and spoke.

"Fine... then I'll tell you!"