126: Chapter 126 Go find her, and then make her fall in love with you.

"Senior, did you remember incorrectly?" Xu Ruyu couldn't help but ask. "How could there be a Little Girl in a place like the Hall of Power Transmission? Besides..."

And according to Madam Qingli's description, she was clearly just an ordinary mortal girl. How could she appear in a Forbidden Ground of the Hehuan Sect?

Madam Qingli smiled, her smile carrying a sense of profound mystery.

"Xiao Yuer, there are some things you don't understand yet."

"But you only need to remember—find that Little Girl, and then... make her like you."

"Make her like me?" Xu Ruyu's eyes widened.

"Yes." Madam Qingli nodded, her tone solemn. "As long as you make her like you, in the Hehuan Sect... no one will dare say 'no' to you."

Xu Ruyu was completely dazed.

What was all this about?

A thirteen or fourteen-year-old Little Girl likes him, and then he can have free rein in the Hehuan Sect?

This sounded like a complete fantasy!

"Senior, could you be a bit clearer?" Xu Ruyu smiled bitterly. "Who exactly is that Little Girl? Why would her liking me make..."

"Her identity..." Madam Qingli paused, a flicker of complexity in her eyes. "I can't tell you yet. It's not that I don't want to, but... I can't say."

She looked at Xu Ruyu, her tone more serious than ever:

"Xiao Yuer, you just need to trust Senior—I will never harm you. I'm telling you to find her because... only she can save you."

"In the duel three months from now, if you rely only on your own strength, you will surely die. But if you can gain her favor..."

Madam Qingli didn't continue, but the light in her eyes explained everything.

Xu Ruyu fell silent.

He believed Madam Qingli wouldn't harm him—though this peerlessly seductive Senior acted strangely, she was indeed sincere toward him.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly used the heavenly fox tripod to protect him when Xiao Nianyin wanted to kill him.

But...

Going to the Forbidden Ground of the Hall of Power Transmission to find a thirteen or fourteen-year-old Little Girl and making her like him...

No matter how he heard it, it sounded like an absurd task.

"Senior, even if I'm willing to go, can I even enter the depths of the Hall of Power Transmission?" Xu Ruyu raised the most practical question. "That's a Forbidden Ground, guarded by a Formation and Elders.

How could a Disciple at the Qi Refinement Stage like me possibly get in?"

"You can get in," Madam Qingli said with certainty. "Because you are Xiao Nianyin's Personal Disciple—at least in name."

She took out an ancient jade token from her robes and handed it to Xu Ruyu.

The jade token was ice-blue, with the character 'Yin' carved on the front and intricate cloud patterns on the back.

The jade token felt cold in his hand, with spiritual power faintly circulating.

"This is..."

Xu Ruyu's pupils contracted.

"The passage jade token for the Ningyin Hall," Madam Qingli said calmly. "When Xiao Nianyin drove you away this morning, she was probably so angry she was muddled and forgot to take back the items you had.

This jade token not only allows unimpeded passage in the Ningyin Hall, but it also has special authority in the Hall of Power Transmission."

Holding the jade token, Xu Ruyu's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

This jade token was personally given to him by Xiao Nianyin on the day she took him as her Disciple, symbolizing his status as the "Sect Master's Personal Disciple."

And now, he had to use this very token to counter her schemes.

How... ironic.

"But Senior," Xu Ruyu still hesitated, "even if I can get in, the depths of the Hall of Power Transmission are so large. How will I find that ancient hall? And how will I find that Little Girl?"

Madam Qingli smiled slightly and took out a piece of yellowed parchment from her sleeve and unfolded it.

It was a hand-drawn map with ancient lines and many symbols Xu Ruyu didn't understand. In the center of the map, a striking red circle was drawn with cinnabar.

"This is the layout of the depths of the Hall of Power Transmission." Madam Qingli pointed to the red circle. "This is the ancient hall you're looking for—the 'Ancient Hall of Love and Heaven'."

"Ancient Hall of Love and Heaven?" Xu Ruyu's heart jolted.

Qingtian...

Wasn't that the Daoist name of the Hehuan Sect's Ancestral Master?

"As for how to find that Little Girl..." Madam Qingli put away the map, her gaze deep. "After you enter the ancient hall, don't wander around. Just sit on the prayer mat in the center of the hall and... wait."

"Wait?" Xu Ruyu was puzzled.

"Yes, wait." Madam Qingli nodded. "Wait for her to come find you."

She looked at Xu Ruyu and said earnestly:

"Xiao Yuer, remember Senior's words—after you go in, no matter what you see or hear, do not panic and do not run around.

Just sit on the prayer mat, calm your mind, and circulate your Cultivation Technique."

"If she is willing to come out and see you, she naturally will. If she isn't..."

Madam Qingli paused and sighed softly:

"Then it only means that such is your fate."

Xu Ruyu gripped the jade token and map tightly, remaining silent for a long time.

Finally, he looked up, a flash of determination in his eyes:

"Senior, I'll go."

"Good!" A flash of appreciation appeared in Madam Qingli's eyes. "Remember, this is your only chance. Whether you can grasp it depends on you."

She paused and added:

"Additionally, this matter must not be known by a third person—especially Xiao Nianyin."

"This Disciple understands." Xu Ruyu bowed solemnly. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior!"

Madam Qingli helped him up, a trace of a warm smile appearing on her aged face:

"Go, child. Senior will wait for you to return at Tingzhu Peak."

Xu Ruyu nodded, carefully put away the jade token and map, and turned to walk out of the bamboo hut.

Sunlight spilled down, casting a long shadow behind him.

Madam Qingli stood at the door, watching his receding figure, a complex emotion flashing in her clouded eyes.

"Senior Qingtian..." she murmured softly, "Ten thousand years have passed. Do you... still remember the agreement from back then?"

"This child is the successor I have chosen for him. And also... the only one who can untie your heart knot."

The wind blew through the bamboo forest, and thousands of bamboo leaves rustled as if responding to her whisper.

Madam Qingli turned and looked toward the Ningyin Hall, a cold light flashing in her eyes:

"Xiao Nianyin, since you are heartless, don't blame me for being unjust."

"You want to use a 'fair duel' to get rid of Xu Ruyu? Then I will let him gain an Opportunity you could never imagine before the duel!"

"When the time comes, I'd like to see... how you and the Leng Ningshuang you personally trained will handle the situation!"

The corners of her aged mouth curled into a profound arc.

In that smile, there was calculation, expectation, and even a kind of playfulness, as if she had already foreseen some brilliant scene in the future.

And at this moment, Xu Ruyu had already set out on the road to the Hall of Power Transmission.

In his hand, he held not just a jade token and a map.

It was the key to overturning the entire structure of the Hehuan Sect.

A storm was quietly brewing.

And the center of the storm was deep within the Hall of Power Transmission, in that ancient hall sealed for ten thousand years...

The Ancient Hall of Love and Heaven.