He had always been a man of few words, this was innate, if he had any schemes or plans he would just mull over them in his stomach, the so-called "calm on the surface, turbulent inside" described someone like Zhou Yin, only when facing Zhou Chen, would his words naturally increase by thirty percent.

He himself didn't notice, but it was discovered by Zhou Chen instead.

Zhou Chen was secretly delighted, and naturally became even more attentive in his actions.

On the other side, Yun Zong and Mu Jie were trapped on the Iron Chain Islands, trying to break through the barrier.

The islands floated in the dark void, connected to each other by iron chains, apart from the pitted ground and sparse vegetation, there was nothing else, quiet to the point of being eerie.

There were many such islands, but each one was the same, Yun Zong and Mu Jie had already been here for a day, and discovered that the small islands connected by the iron chains, almost had no accurate directions, even if they made marks on them, they would often walk the same paths again.

This kind of situation, in the mortal world there was a saying for it, called being "ghost-walled".

In order to avoid getting lost in mid-air, the two stopped using their flying magic tools and walked on foot, but still couldn't escape this predicament.

They walked for a full half a day, even Yun Zong felt a bit fatigued, let alone Mu Jie.

It's just that she gritted her teeth and persevered, unwilling to stop because of herself.

Yun Zong finally noticed her condition and said: "Let's rest for a bit."

Mu Jie also disregarded her manners, plopped down on the ground, and said with a bitter smile: "This place is really something else, even more bizarre than the glacier we went to before, not only is every island exactly the same, but the marks we made will appear on all the other islands, making it completely indistinguishable."

This was the reason they couldn't determine the directions, as long as any one island had something added to it, this thing would also appear on the other islands, leaving them at a loss, if the glacier's mirror image at least had a unique sun, then here, forget about the sun, looking up it was hazy, looking down it was pitch-black, Mu Jie tried her hardest to distinguish the plants and trees, but they were all exactly the same.

Yun Zong glanced at her, seeing how exhausted she was, he also picked a spot and sat down cross-legged, closing his eyes to rest.

The distance between the two was not far, not near, just right.

Mu Jie had something on her mind, knowing that Yun Zong could hear what she said, she spoke: "Big Brother Yun, three years ago, if it wasn't for me, you all wouldn't have been pursued by Sima Liang's subordinates, even implicating Big Brother Zhou. I was still ungrateful and spoke rudely, thinking back on it now, I'm really ashamed, I originally wanted to apologize to you and Big Brother Zhou, but now Big Brother Zhou isn't here, so I can only tell you first."

Speaking of which, Mu Jie's life had also been bumpy, she lost both parents at a young age, relying on others, judging their expressions, with an inherently stubborn nature, she worked hard under the disdainful eyes of others.

In the eyes of many cultivators, the early stages of cultivation were not difficult, as long as one had a determined will they could advance, but Mu Jie, a lone female cultivator, was already looked down upon by the world, coupled with not having a good teacher's guidance, her achievements today were truly not easy, because of this she also developed a stubborn and unyielding temperament.

She originally thought the family would value her because of this, who knew it would be no different from before, once concepts took root they were very hard to remove, the family was preparing for the once-in-a-century opening of the Lianyin Immortal Residence, sending legitimate members, with no involvement from Mu Jie at all.

She was already filled with indignation and dissatisfaction, who would have expected that at this time, she also discovered the affair between Liang Yusi and Mu Qi, learning that the elders of the family had already decided to marry Mu Qi off to the Huolin Sect, and Liang Yusi didn't have the slightest objection, she couldn't help but explode, angrily leaving the Mu family, determined to fend for herself from then on.

Later, when she saw Liang Yusi and Mu Qi in Lingzhou, knowing that they had also come for the Lianyin Immortal Residence, she didn't want to run into them, and intended to leave the city early, resulting in that incident with Sima Liang, the city gates were sealed with layers of formations, making it impossible to fly out.

Just as she was worrying, she saw Zhou Yin and Yun Zong taking advantage of the night to leave the city, she was overjoyed, following behind and reaping the benefits, and later, it was the matter of the three of them making a three-year agreement to meet at Haisha Island.

In those three years, Mu Jie sometimes cultivated, sometimes traveled, and gradually understood, that night, if Yun Zong and Zhou Yin hadn't been too lazy to haggle with her, based on her words and actions, she would have already died ten or eight times over.

She grew up in the Mu family since she was young, accustomed to the schemes and struggles of the Mu family members, originally thinking the Mu family was the darkest and most despicable place under the heavens, but unexpectedly after leaving and seeing the world, she realized she was a frog in a well, cultivators more excessive than the Mu family were everywhere.

In contrast, it made Zhou Yin and Yun Zong all the more precious.

She thought it over and over, and wanted to find an opportunity to apologize to them, but when they met, she found it a bit hard to swallow her pride, and as things went on, she finally felt a bit guilty and uneasy.

She was hesitating and apprehensive on this side, but Yun Zong didn't have the slightest reaction.

Mu Jie thought he didn't hear, and called out again: "Big Brother Yun?"

But Yun Zong slightly furrowed his brows: "Why so much nonsense?"

Mu Jie said helplessly: "I thought about it for a long time before coming up with these words, don't take offense."

Yun Zong didn't even open his eyes, and sneered faintly: "You can remember such a trivial matter of peeling onions and mashing garlic for so long, if you put that effort into cultivation instead it would be better."

Mu Jie sighed: "Now I know why you two grew up so handsome but don't have any female confidantes by your side, girls have thin skin, how can they stand you dismissing them in a few words like this? Big Brother Zhou is the same, usually even more taciturn than you, but when he scolds people he doesn't use dirty words, each sentence more venomous than the last."

Yun Zong ignored the teasing in her words.

"Big Brother Yun? Big Brother Yun?" Mu Jie called him for a long time. Yun Zong opened his eyes and abruptly stood up.

Mu Jie was nervous and stood up with him. "What's wrong?"

Yun Zong: "I know how to get out."

Mu Jie: "Ah?"

Yun Zong walked to the edge of the small island.

Although it was called an island, it was only a dozen or so lengths in circumference. Even without using flying magic treasures, it wouldn't take long to walk around.

Yun Zong: "Jump down."

Below was a vast expanse of darkness, as if the sky was inverted, an endless void.

Mu Jie's legs went soft. "You're joking, right?"

Author's Notes:

1. The Jade Spirit Rhinoceros Horn is the guardian treasure of the Mirror Sea Sect. It appeared earlier when Zhou Yin was captured by the two elders who defected to the Qinggu Sect. It was passed down by Xuan Ying, the Sword Immortal of Mirror Sea Sect.

2. The Heaven Opening Mirror is the one that appeared when Zhou Yin and Zhou Chen traveled back 60,000 years through the Dragon Shadow Pool. It was in Fei Lan's possession. In the end, Fei Lan perished together with another immortal, allowing Zhou Yin and the others to return.

3. Zhou Yin's feelings for Zhou Chen can be summed up in one sentence - he wouldn't have said so much to anyone else. He just doesn't realize it himself. Everyone should still remember that in his previous life, he was a demonic cultivator who came and went alone, basically without friends. So while his IQ is high, his EQ is...