When making the black Medicinal Pills, Mo Qi had integrated a small root filament from a Five Elements Tree seedling.

He had also used his own Essence Blood as a medium to activate the living factors contained within the root filament.

It was precisely because of these living factors that everyone could sense each other’s presence.

What Mo Qi didn’t say was that if any of them harbored thoughts of betrayal, these living factors would immediately transform into a deadly poison. It would follow their bloodstream to the heart, seep into their Sea of Consciousness, and then detonate completely.

It wasn’t that Mo Qi was cruel and deliberately concealed this, nor was it that he didn’t trust them.

Rather, the safety of every single person was at stake.

If even one person turned traitor, without any countermeasures in place, that traitor could use the connection to hunt down all the others one by one.

At that point, they would all be wiped out in one fell swoop. Not a single one would escape.

This wasn’t an outcome Mo Qi was willing to accept, so he had prepared a contingency to prevent such a thing from happening.

"Brother Mo, what does this white candy-like thing do? Can San Pang eat it now?" Jin Sanpang asked excitedly, holding up the white Medicinal Cuisine.

"You can’t eat it yet. Don’t do anything rash, San Pang!" Mo Qi chided with a laugh.

Jin Sanpang’s face flushed, and he shyly lowered his head.

Mo Qi shook his head with a smile, then looked at the group and said, "This white Medicinal Cuisine is for saving your lives. If you’re ever severely injured in an accident, or if you face a danger and desperately need a boost in strength, you can take it. It will have a miraculous effect."

"But I must remind you, do not use it unless it is an absolute last resort. You must not treat it as a standard gambit in a life-or-death fight!"

Emergency measures should not be confused with conventional tactics; otherwise, one would pay a bloody price.

"Do you all understand?"

"Understood!" the group replied in unison.

"Good. For the next few days, you can relax and look around. See for yourselves how this Hall of Envoys differs from our Mortal District. You can also spend some time getting to know one another. After all, you’ll all be facing the future together."

’I don’t want them to become like Puppets, subordinates who only know Cultivation and blind devotion. I hope they can have their own thoughts and lives, grow up healthy in mind and body, and become my friends, my brothers, my family!’

"Liu Hui, San Pang, you don’t need to follow me for the next few days. Spend more time with Nangong Yan and Li Xuemiao. And especially you, San Pang, take the time to say a proper goodbye to your father. This trip to the Demon Spirit Battlefield is for fifty years!"

The smiles vanished from Liu Hui and Jin Sanpang’s faces, and they nodded solemnly.

"The rest of you, too. Go home and spend time with your families!" Mo Qi’s gaze swept over Qian Duoduo, Li Yuanhao, and Wu Bainian.

"Hehe, my dear brother, aren’t you my family?" Qian Duoduo chuckled, shamelessly clinging to Mo Qi’s sleeve and refusing to let go.

"Get lost!" Mo Qi snapped, landing a kick on his butt that sent Qian Duoduo stumbling away.

Unfazed, Qian Duoduo scrambled up from the ground, nonchalantly dusted off his butt, and went right back to staring at Mo Qi with a gaze so sickeningly sweet it could kill. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

That shameless look of his gave Mo Qi goosebumps.

Mo Qi immediately grabbed Niu Kexin’s hand, and in a flash, they vanished.

’If I stay here any longer, I won’t be able to stop myself from beating him up.’

...

For many, it was a sleepless night.

A night filled with excitement, anticipation, determination, and confusion, but most of all, a reluctance to part.

But for Mo Qi and Niu Kexin, this night tasted of something else entirely.

After all they had been through, and especially since they had already consummated their relationship, their two hearts were bound by love.

The last time, Niu Kexin had taken the lead while Mo Qi was unconscious, and he had lost his virginity in a stupor.

This time, Mo Qi took the lead. Though Niu Kexin was overcome with shyness, she did not refuse. Instead, her heart was filled with a sweet bliss.

When two true hearts meet, the union of yin and yang is a natural conclusion.

Perhaps it was because they knew they would soon be separated, for as little as a year or as long as fifty, before they could meet again.

Therefore, both Mo Qi and Niu Kexin became exceptionally active and passionate as the night wore on.

They clung to each other desperately, as if wanting to fuse their bodies into one, to make up for all the beautiful moments they had missed over the years and all the opportunities they were about to lose.

This "battle" among the clouds was "fought" from dusk until dawn.

One cultivated the Creation Golden Body Technique, while the other had transformed into a Half-Spirit Body. The two were truly "evenly matched," and in such a short amount of time, a "winner" could not be decided.

As the sun rose in the east and the first rays of light touched the earth, they stopped in perfect unison, holding each other in a tight embrace.

"Little Brother Mo, I’m so happy, so blissful," Niu Kexin whispered, tracing circles on Mo Qi’s chest with a slender finger.

"Me too," Mo Qi replied, resting his chin on Niu Kexin’s forehead and inhaling the sweet scent of her hair, feeling utterly content.

"But this happiness... it isn’t complete," Niu Kexin said softly. "Because someone is missing. We..." Before she could finish, Mo Qi cut her off.

"Say no more. I understand. We’ll go get her and bring her home right now!"

"That would be wonderful!"

...

In the Liu Family’s ancestral grounds, Liu Ruyan, who had been intently listening to the Clan Soul, suddenly opened her eyes.

"He’s here!"

The Liu Family Ancestor, who had been secretly standing guard for Liu Ruyan, appeared and asked, "Who? Who has come?"

Liu Ruyan didn’t answer. Instead, she looked at the ancestor with an indifferent gaze and said in a cold tone, "I want to go out."

The Liu Family Ancestor was stunned for a moment before frowning. "The chance to listen to the Clan Soul comes only once every hundred years," he reminded her. "Are you sure you want to give it up?"

Her tone unchanging, Liu Ruyan said, "Let me out."

"You!" The Liu Family Ancestor was furious.

If any other disciple of the Liu Family had dared to speak to him with such an attitude, he would have punished them severely.

But this was Liu Ruyan, who had reached the Void Realm at the tender age of fifteen!

Geniuses have their privileges!

"I’ll say it one last time: let me out!" Liu Ruyan was growing frantic.

’I can feel him, the one I’ve longed for day and night. He’s so close. I won’t make him wait.’

"Hmph! So impatient and restless. You’ll cause a disaster sooner or later!" Although the Liu Family Ancestor was deeply displeased, he could only acquiesce to Liu Ruyan’s demand.

RUMBLE!

The great doors to the ancestral grounds swung open, and Liu Ruyan flew out, unable to wait another moment.

A man and a woman walked hand in hand toward the front of the Liu Residence, oblivious to their surroundings.

"Stop! Who are you?" A young gatekeeper of the Liu Family blocked their path.

The young man and woman stopped.

"We’re here to pick someone up," the man said with a smile.

"Pick someone up?" the gatekeeper asked, his face full of suspicion. "Who?"

"Her name is Liu Ruyan." The man’s lips curled upward, revealing his signature disarming smile.

Who else could it be but Mo Qi?!