"Senior Brother Chu Feng."
Chu Feng had been gazing at the great catastrophe, lamenting his own insignificance, when a familiar voice called out from not far away.
He looked toward the voice and saw Tu Yuanyuan standing at a distance.
"Why are you standing so far away?" Chu Feng asked.
Tu Yuanyuan — even after learning that the Sect Master disliked Chu Feng — still hadn't kept her distance from him.
For that alone, Chu Feng felt that Tu Yuanyuan was a friend truly worth having.
"May I… come over?" Tu Yuanyuan asked cautiously.
"Of course you can. This is my manor — why wouldn't you be allowed in? Come here."
Chu Feng smiled and waved Tu Yuanyuan over.
At that, Tu Yuanyuan happily ran up to Chu Feng's side.
"Why so suddenly on guard all of a sudden?"
"You're too scared to even enter my manor?" Chu Feng asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Has the Head of Wolong left?" Tu Yuanyuan glanced toward Chu Feng's manor before asking in a small voice.
Hearing her say that, Chu Feng understood why she was being so cautious.
She had been frightened by Duan Liufeng.
That was only natural. The aura Duan Liufeng had displayed moments ago was indeed terrifying.
"Brother Duan had matters to attend to, so he's already left," Chu Feng said.
"I'm really envious — you're actually on close enough terms with the Head of Wolong to call him brother."
"But that's a good thing. From now on, no one will dare bully you," Tu Yuanyuan said.
"And with me around, no one will dare bully you either," Chu Feng said.
"I believe that." Tu Yuanyuan's eyes curved into crescent moons, but then she quickly remembered something and said, "Senior Brother Chu Feng, actually, the reason I came to find you is because there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
"What is it?" Chu Feng asked.
"In a few days, the Yin-Yang Dried Well Realm will open."
"Have you heard of the Yin-Yang Dried Well Realm?" Tu Yuanyuan asked.
"No. What kind of place is it? A place for cultivation?" Chu Feng asked.
"You could call it a place for cultivation, but also not really."
"It's considered one of the more mysterious locations within the Wolong Martial Sect."
"If you enter, there's a chance you might gain some fortuitous opportunities, but you might also come away with nothing. There's no telling."
"But there's one condition. Inside the Yin-Yang Dried Well Realm, there is a peculiar force — a man cannot enter alone, and a woman cannot enter alone either."
"If you wish to go in, you must be bound by the Yin-Yang Lock. One man and one woman must enter together."
"So…"
"Are you Junior Sister Tu?"
Just as Tu Yuanyuan was speaking, another voice suddenly rang out.
Chu Feng looked toward the source and saw it was Xia Yan.
"Greetings, Senior Sister Xia Yan."
Upon seeing Xia Yan, Tu Yuanyuan hurriedly bowed in a deep salute.
"We're all on the same side here. There's no need to be so formal." Xia Yan had not the slightest air of superiority about her. She personally helped Tu Yuanyuan straighten up, her smiling face looking thoroughly amiable.
However, the moment she had helped Tu Yuanyuan to her feet, she said, "Junior Sister Tu, the Yin-Yang Dried Well Realm is about to open. I'm planning to go down into it with Junior Brother Chu Feng. If you don't have a suitable partner, I can introduce one for you."
"I think Song Xi would be a good match. How about you go in together with Junior Brother Song Xi?"
Tu Yuanyuan's status was such that she was already wary of Xia Yan. Seeing Xia Yan say this, she immediately nodded. "Thank you, Senior Sister Xia Yan. If I may go together with Senior Brother Song Xi, that would be my honor."
This was a battle between women, because Chu Feng knew full well that he had never agreed to Xia Yan's arrangement in the first place.