---To bring people closer, there were only two ways: enjoy beautiful things together or fight together against a common enemy.

Ye Anping crouched on a tree branch, looking calmly at Yun Yiyi and Yun Jiujiu, not showing any worry because of Yun Jiujiu's wretched appearance. It was more accurate to say that Yun Jiujiu's serious injury fell within his plan.

In this ***Moon Shadow Sword*** Sect incident, whether it was Zhuang Yan or Yun Kunwu, who would appear later, they were only his pawns.

Those who actually played with him were Yun Yiyi, Yun Jiujiu, and Yun Xi.

His aim was not to defeat them but to get the three of them back together through this game of strategy.

There was no doubt that no matter who filled the position of Sword Sect leader, it would not end well.

One rope cannot bear heavy loads alone.

Two ropes are twisted and cannot be united.

Three ropes as a braid can connect heaven and earth.

Only when the three of them work together for the future of the ***Moon Shadow Sword*** Sect could this millennium-old sect that was once at the top, avoid extinction.

Only in this way could all three of them live well.

After today's events, any preconceptions between Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi should be put aside.

Ye Anping breathed a sigh of relief, then took out several talismans from his storage bag, preparing to help Feng Yu Die kill the last remaining *Core Formation* cultivator.

...

At Feng Yu Die's sudden appearance, the remaining cultivator's eyes showed a hint of fear, but his reaction was not slow, and he immediately pulled away with a backward leap.

However, as he took two steps back and was about to take out a magical weapon from his storage bag to defend himself...

*Swish swish swish---*

Three whistling sounds came from behind him.

The man looked back and saw three Thunder talismans coming his way like darts. His eyes widened, but at this moment, Feng Yu Die had already raised her sword, ducking in front of him.

Being attacked from two sides, he could only release his spiritual power to intercept the blows head-on.

To his surprise, the protective shield formed by his spiritual power had no effect against the sword wielded by the silver-haired person in front of him, whose gender was uncertain.

The sword, enveloped in golden light, easily pierced through his spiritual shield without any hindrance, aiming toward his neck.

*Swish---*

The sound of hitting flesh was heard, but the sword was stopped by his *Core Formation* forged jade bones.

"Eh?"

The *Nine Heavens Sword* technique broke the spirit shield but not the body.

Feng Yu Die widened her eyes when she saw this, only to realize that there seemed to be a gap in her sword blade from when she slashed at the alchemy furnace. Now, this gap happened to hit the cervical vertebrae of the cultivator's neck, preventing her from cutting his head with one strike.

Without pause, she immediately prepared to retract her sword for another blow.

But right at this moment, the three talismans thrown by Ye Anping exploded.

*Crackle---*

Raging thunder struck the man's back, following the gap left by Feng Yu Die's sword in his neck, and turned into an electric snake, surging directly into his body.

The man's body instantly swelled up like an inflated balloon.

And then---

*Boom!!*

A flower of human flesh and blood bloomed in the snow forest, and Feng Yu Die was drenched in countless sticky fluids, turning into a bloody figure.

"..."

She pursed her lips, wiped her cheek, and flicked off the bloody goo in her hand onto the ground, then looked resentfully toward the tree where Ye Anping was.

The next moment, she saw three talismans in fiery colors flying straight toward her.

Frightened, Feng Yu Die took a sharp breath and immediately jumped aside.

When the Fire talisman hit the bloodied mess on the ground, it exploded instantly, igniting all the broken limbs and internal organs scattered everywhere.

"Aaah--!!!"

A shrill, soul-piercing scream echoed through the forest. The *Core Formation* cultivator who was blown into minced meat had his soul escape from a golden core on the ground, only to be directly hit by a Thunder talisman following him.

He saw that Feng Yu Die was not to be trifled with and that there was another person hiding in the forest, so he deliberately directed those Thunder talismans' spiritual energy to various acupoints on his body, causing himself to explode and feign death. However, he did not expect that the person in the forest could see through his intentions at a glance.

With a flash of lightning, twisted electric snakes sprouted a towering thunder tree in the woods.

Within three breaths, the *Core Formation* cultivator's soul dissipated and completely vanished.

Calm returned to the snowy forest. Feng Yu Die looked at the blood and gore under her feet and felt like vomiting for no reason, but she held back in the end.

She thought that Ye Anping would probably come, so she waited for a while. However, after waiting for a long time and seeing there was no movement, she knew that he was not going to show up.

"Really..."

Feng Yu Die sighed and threw away the broken sword in her hand. She planned to settle accounts with Ye Anping later on. Then, she quickly turned around and walked back to where Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi were lying.

At this moment, Yun Jiujiu was sitting on the ground like a duck, her hands hanging weakly by her sides as thick blood-colored spiritual energy gushed out from the pores of her body like steam.

When she saw Feng Yu Die's face as she walked toward her, Yun Jiujiu's taut nerves finally relaxed.

"Brother Yu... you're here."

*Thump---*

After uttering one sentence, Yun Jiujiu directly collapsed face-down to the ground. Startled, Feng Yu Die hurried to her. She squatted down, turned Yun Jiujiu over, and placed her head on her lap.

"Ah? Jiujiu!! Wake up, wake up!!"

"..."

Seeing that Yun Jiujiu didn't respond, Feng Yu Die quickly took out a healing pill from her storage bag and then slapped her hard.

*Smack---*

"Jiujiu, don't fall asleep. Take the medicine first!!!"

"..."

However, at this time, Yun Jiujiu's face had rapidly drained of blood, turning to a mortuary lividity. Her originally rosy and plump round face quickly sank downward, the outline of her cheekbones protruding.

Yun Yiyi, who was leaning against a tree nearby and watching this scene, couldn't bear to look and said, "Her meridians are shattered; there is no hope..."

"What? Hiss--"

When Feng Yu Die heard this, she took a deep breath and hurriedly turned her head to look in the direction of Ye Anping behind her. With Ye Anping there, she never worried that Yun Jiujiu or Yun Yiyi would die.

He never missed anything. He must have planned this kind of thing ahead of time.

But why was he still crouching in the tree and not coming over?

Yun Jiujiu was about to ascend to heaven!!

"What... what should we do?"

Feng Yu Die was a little flustered, but seeing that there was still no sign from Ye Anping, she simply raised her hand and slapped her forehead twice.

*Bang bang---*

*"Hmph!! Stupid Yu Die, what are you doing?!!!"*

Xiao Tian poked her head out of her forehead with a resentful look. She seemed to still be angry, frowning tightly. However, when she saw Feng Yu Die's worried expression, almost crying, and Yun Jiujiu lying on her thigh, she stopped being mad.

She immediately flew to Yun Jiujiu, raised her little hand, directly inserted it into her chest, pinched it, and then shouted, *"Yu Die, give her your true energy!! Hurry!"*

"True... oh!!"

Feng Yu Die quickly picked up Yun Jiujiu, hugged her, and summoned her spiritual energy from her meridians, just like when she had delivered her true energy to Ye Anping before.

*"A little more!"*

"Oh!"

Feng Yu Die closed her eyes tightly and clenched her teeth. Immediately, golden energy started seeping from her body. Strands of silver hair scattered on her back were slowly lifted up by these energies, illuminating the dim snowy forest.

On the ground covered with snow and blood pools, green buds sprouted out, and a moment later, on top of the withered cedars, a lush green suddenly appeared.

Xiao Tian monitored Yun Jiujiu's condition closely. After seeing her situation improve, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. *"Alright alright, she's stable now. With proper rest, she will be able to recover."*