Chapter 408: The Junior Sister Has Grown Up and Has Also Learned to Deceive the Senior Brother

"Jie Ge!"

"Ge, stop pressing me, I'm about to break!"

Xu Xiaojiji was crying out miserably, completely powerless to resist under A Jie's inhumane suppression.

The power in his body had long been drained. Although the life spiritual energy in his Yuan Mansion was abundant, it still couldn't sustain the consumption of the Tianji Array.

Gradually, Xu Xiaojiji began to feel dizzy.

The life energy within him was on the verge of being completely depleted.

"Stop! Xu Xiaoshou, come back quickly."

"Save me..."

With two whooshing sounds, just as Xu Xiaojiji was about to close his eyes, two figures finally emerged from the extremely unstable teleportation light screen.

Xu Xiaojiji felt a surge of excitement upon seeing Mu Zixi and Xu Xiaoshou appear one after another, and he fainted on the spot.

"Mama..."

Only then did A Jie finally stop.

Buzz!

The Tianji Array dimmed just in time, losing all its glow.

The teleportation light screen shattered and completely dissipated before everyone's eyes.

"That was so close?"

Xu Xiaoshou watched with lingering fear. He pulled out the Chicken Sword and realized the figure inside had completely lost consciousness.

"This guy, has he been drained dry?"

Exchanging a glance with A Jie yielded no answer...

Xu Xiaoshou had been somewhat worried and was thinking about how to rescue Xu Xiaojiji.

But after this guy detached from the Tianji Array, he started drawing life spiritual energy from the Yuan Mansion on his own, slowly recovering.

"Impressive..."

"By the way, shouldn't he revert to his original form after losing consciousness?"

Xu Xiaoshou clicked his tongue in wonder. He had wanted to take this opportunity to see exactly what Xu Xiaojiji was.

Unexpectedly, even unconscious, the guy could still maintain his disguised form.

No wonder he could steal the "Tianji Disk" right under Fu Zhi's nose!

Setting Xu Xiaojiji aside for now, Xu Xiaoshou turned his attention to Mu Zixi.

"Where is this place?"

The young girl clearly sensed the difference in this realm, knowing she hadn't returned to the Sheng Shen Dalu yet, but was in some special space instead.

Xu Xiaoshou smiled faintly. "I told you before, it's a small refuge. Too bad you didn't encounter any trouble earlier, so you couldn't see it."

Mu Zixi: ...

Is that how you talk?

She didn't respond. Instead, she opened her arms and took a deep breath of the dense life energy here, feeling joyful.

She really liked this place!

Glancing back, she saw the "Life Spirit Seal" floating in the void, serving as the source of life for this small world.

"Hmm?"

"The Spirit Seal is here?"

Mu Zixi's lips parted, and she nearly drooled, her eyes gleaming with excitement.

She had coveted this thing for a long time.

"Snap out of it! That's not the point."

Xu Xiaoshou quickly pulled her back, but felt that repulsive force from her body surge again.

This time, he gripped tightly, and the young girl let out a muffled "hmm," getting shaken back several steps.

Mu Zixi: ???

"Passive value received from curse: 1."

Xu Xiaoshou was momentarily speechless. He had forgotten about his own passive skills—if the force didn't knock him away, Mu Zixi would suffer.

Still, that force seemed weaker?

Had it been digested?

"Are you okay?"

"I'm not!" Mu Zixi huffed angrily.

Xu Xiaoshou said casually, "Good thing you're fine. What's going on with the power inside you? Is it from the world source point?"

Mu Zixi shot him a glare, rolling her eyes.

"I don't know, I didn't eat it!"

"Heh, still playing dumb with me? If you didn't eat it, how did your cultivation get this way?"

Xu Xiaoshou called her out directly.

He had always felt this young girl was a bit off, and now he saw it clearly.

It turned out not only had her demeanor become strange, but her cultivation had also skyrocketed from Yuan Court peak straight to Ju Wu peak!

This breakthrough was like riding a rocket, shooting straight up!

"Cultivation?"

Only then did Mu Zixi realize.

She checked her qi sea and found she had indeed broken through, advancing several levels at once.

"This..."

She was so shocked she couldn't speak.

Xu Xiaoshou sighed inwardly. This junior sister of his was just too peculiar.

The last time he saw her, she had broken through like this too.

Before entering Tianxuan Gate, she was just stepping into the Innate realm, but after meeting in the Senluo Secret Forest, she was already at Yuan Court peak.

This time was even more outrageous—just a brief disappearance, and she had reached Ju Wu!

Who the hell has cheats like that?

It's not scientific at all...

"Logically, even if you swallowed the world source point, your realm couldn't advance this fast, right?"

"After entering the Innate realm, without heavenly dao insights, even if your energy is powerful, you'd just explode. It doesn't make sense for you to break through so many levels each time..." Xu Xiaoshou counted on his fingers.

Mu Zixi listened, her eyebrows twitching wildly.

"Xu Xiaoshou, what are you implying!"

"Nothing..."

Xu Xiaoshou paced back and forth, sizing her up again, then stroked his chin.

"You're just too weird. Be honest, what secrets are you hiding from me!"

"Last time too, you somehow unlocked the dean's seal out of nowhere."

"Is that something a mere Innate realm person can do?"

"I couldn't even do it!"

Xu Xiaoshou pondered, stopped in his tracks, shook his head, and muttered, "Something's off. You're not right!"

Mu Zixi blushed under his gaze.

She felt something was off about herself too. Before, she hadn't realized what was strange, but ever since that headache and the voice in her mind, everything seemed to make sense.

"I don't have any secrets!" Mu Zixi retorted forcefully.

Xu Xiaoshou narrowed his eyes, and suddenly a light bulb went off in his head. "Got it!"

"If your cultivation was already at that level and just sealed, then this all makes sense."

"When the energy arrives, it breaks the seal, and you don't need heavenly dao insights—you can just skyrocket in cultivation."

Mu Zixi's heart skipped a beat.

This guy...

Before she could think more, she saw Xu Xiaoshou smirk slyly. "Come on, fess up. Are you possessed by some old grandpa, or maybe a demon reincarnation slowly awakening?"

Xu Xiaoshou felt his guess wasn't entirely baseless.

After all, he'd heard legends of three years of enlightenment leading to sword immortality.

But never stories of just eating supplements to become a powerhouse.

If that worked, who would bother with the great dao?

Everyone could just pop pills and become overlords!

"What do you mean possessed or demon reincarnation... Xu Xiaoshou, are you asking for a beating?" Mu Zixi raised her palm, furious.

"Like you could beat me."

Xu Xiaoshou chuckled, then leaned in again. "You really have no secrets?"

"None!" Mu Zixi declared firmly.

"You're sure... you're not lying to me?"

"Sure!"

"Don't say 'sure,' say 'no.'"

"Huh?" Mu Zixi was stunned, seeing Xu Xiaoshou's serious expression, and hesitated about whether to keep hiding it.

"No."

She finally made her choice.

"Deceived, passive value: 1."

Xu Xiaoshou sighed.

"See, junior sister has grown up and learned to lie to her senior brother..."

"All that effort I put in, rushing into the 'Tianji Disk' to save you..."

"Sigh, heartbreaking."

Mu Zixi's face turned red.

How was Xu Xiaoshou so certain?

She wanted to shout, "I really didn't lie to you!"

But seeing his genuine look of sadness, she couldn't say it.

"Ah, whatever."

Xu Xiaoshou waved it off, not wanting to dwell on these trivial matters.

Everyone has their secrets, right?

Hers couldn't be bigger than his, anyway.

Not possible.

"Time to go."

He gazed through the chaotic mist, as if seeing the sky outside.

Zhang Taiying was still waiting for him!

"By my estimate, the prelude to the night banquet should be wrapping up soon."