Ye Tianci saw Liu Feiyan's shy demeanor and immediately chuckled foolishly, "Please don't blame me, Shiniang, I won't ask anymore."
"Hmph~" Liu Feiyan crossed her arms and lightly snorted, saying to Ye Tianci, "Alright, Sha Niu... oh no, it's Tianci."
"Look at Shiniang's memory, calling you Sha Niu for five or six years, it's hard to change."
"From now on, Shiniang will call you Tianci!"
"Okay," Ye Tianci nodded in agreement.
Liu Feiyan continued, "Tianci, it's getting late, you should go back and rest early. You just fought Ye Qiang and the others, and Ye Qiang probably won't let it go easily. The elders of the clan will return tomorrow, who knows what will happen. Tianci, remember to be careful!"
Ye Tianci nodded, "Don't worry, Shiniang."
"As for this body..." Liu Feiyan glanced at Sun Biao's corpse on the ground.
"I'll handle it, Shiniang. There are wolves in the Rear Mountain, I'll throw the body there to feed them," Ye Tianci said.
"Alright, disciple, I'll leave this matter to you," Liu Feiyan looked at Sun Biao once more and said, "I treated Sun Biao well back then, but now he repays kindness with enmity. Such is the fickleness of the world!"
Ye Tianci nodded, "Shiniang raised me, and I will definitely repay you well!"
Liu Feiyan was secretly pleased, "Tianci, as long as you have this intention, Shiniang is content!"
With that, she suddenly leaned over and pecked Ye Tianci on the cheek, "It's getting late, hurry along."
"Alright..."
Ye Tianci agreed and then dragged Sun Biao's body towards the Rear Mountain.
Under the sparse moonlight, the Rear Mountain was silent.
After throwing Sun Biao's body down a steep slope, Ye Tianci found a rock to sit on and rest.
He gazed at the starry sky, his expression somewhat lost.
"Who am I? What have I been through? Why was I so foolish?"
"And why can't I remember anything from before?"
Ye Tianci tried hard to recall his past memories.
Suddenly, a terrifying scene flashed in his mind...!
The sky was overcast with dark clouds, a mountain peak towering like a sword was shattered by a single punch, even the space itself seemed to distort!
"What is this...?"
The memory vanished in an instant, and Ye Tianci rubbed his head, feeling a splitting headache. The more he tried to remember, the more it hurt!
Suddenly, a chill swept over his entire body, causing him to shiver involuntarily!
Ye Tianci was certain that before Shiniang found him, he wasn't a fool.
"Hu..."
He exhaled a breath of turbid air, then rubbed his head. He had hit it on the table corner earlier, and it still hurt a bit.
"Why am I suddenly not foolish anymore? Is it because I hit my head?"
"When I was in a daze, what were those voices I heard?"
"Something about Zhan Laogui... Heaven-Imprisoning Tower, and the 1st Layer..."
"Could it be an illusion?"
However, before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest!
Ye Tianci quickly looked down and saw a faint golden pagoda pattern emerging on his chest!
"Hmm?!"
Ye Tianci was shocked and reached for his chest, but at that moment, he felt as if he was being sucked into a black hole!
When he opened his eyes again, everything was blurry. The dome above was a pale blue water ripple pattern, resembling a vast starry sky, exuding an ancient and desolate aura!
"What is this place?"
Ye Tianci was stunned, looking around.
"You've arrived."
Just as Ye Tianci was bewildered, a sudden voice sounded in his ear, right behind him, less than three feet away!
Ye Tianci was so startled that he shivered all over, quickly turned around, and retreated, only to see a woman in red hanging upside down in mid-air, looking at him with an amused gaze!
"W-w-who are you?!" Ye Tianci widened his eyes, pointing at the woman hanging in mid-air.
"Me?" The woman chuckled lightly, "Yue Ji."
"Yue Ji?"
Ye Tianci was stunned, fearful, "I don't care which Ji you are, can you come down and talk properly? It's scary looking at you like this!"
"Scary? Hehe~"
The woman laughed softly, her figure vanished instantly, and then she suddenly appeared in front of Ye Tianci!
The two were almost face to face, one standing, the other hanging!
The woman's movements were so fast that Ye Tianci didn't react in time, and he was so frightened that he screamed and fell to the ground!
"Hahaha, giggle...!"
The woman covered her mouth, laughing, "I didn't expect the owner of the Heaven-Imprisoning Tower to be so timid, hahaha."
Ye Tianci glared at the woman disdainfully, "You float around like a ghost, how can I not be scared?"
"You're a ghost right now!" Ye Tianci retorted.
"You're the ghost!" The woman snorted, looking as if she wanted to swallow Ye Tianci whole.
"Can't you come down and talk properly?"
Ye Tianci looked helpless, not knowing where he was or who this upside-down woman was.
"Alright~!"
The woman waved her hand indifferently, then flipped and floated down, drawing a graceful arc as she appeared in front of Ye Tianci.
"Is this better?" The woman smiled, looking at Ye Tianci who was sitting on the ground.
"This is more like it."
Ye Tianci breathed a sigh of relief, got up from the ground, and upon closer inspection, realized how stunning the woman before him was.
She looked in her early twenties, wearing a red long dress, her graceful curves fully displayed, her long legs faintly visible, her slender waist delicate, her eyebrows like a painting, her skin like cream, every part of her was flawless!
"Am I beautiful?"
Seeing Ye Tianci staring at her, the woman smiled and asked.
"Beautiful..." Ye Tianci swallowed, speaking involuntarily.
"Giggle~"
The woman laughed lightly, "I didn't expect you to be a little lecherous ghost~"
"..." Ye Tianci was speechless, then asked, "Sister... are you a goddess?"
"You call me sister?" The woman turned and smiled.
"Can't I? You don't look much older than me..." Ye Tianci said awkwardly.
"I'm a few thousand years older than you..." The woman floated in front of Ye Tianci, smiling.
"What? A few thousand years older?!"
Ye Tianci was shocked, "You... you... you're really a goddess!"
"Goddess?" The woman thought for a moment, "In this world, there are only strong ones, no gods, but if you want to consider me a goddess, then I am~"
"Hiss...!" Ye Tianci took a deep breath, "A few thousand years older, should I call you granny? Or great-granny? Or great-great-granny?"
"Who's a granny? Do I look that old? Call me sister!" The woman widened her beautiful eyes.
"Yes, sister!" Ye Tianci quickly corrected himself.
"Mm~ that's more like it." The woman crossed her arms, nodding in satisfaction.
"Sister, what is this place?" Ye Tianci asked weakly.
"This place...?" The woman smiled slightly, "Heaven-Imprisoning Tower... 1st Layer."