Chapter 184: Returning to the Sect (1)
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The journey back was safe and stable. On the way back, everyone regained their energy, and the condition of the wound on Qin Huan’s arm improved. In the blink of an eye, everyone returned to Xuanling Sect.
Ye Qingtang was very gloomy about one thing though.
That silver wolf was in deep sleep throughout the journey and did not show any signs of consciousness. But it did not have a single drop of water over the past few days, which really worried Ye Qingtang.
It was not easy to pick up such a handsome wolf, and if it was starved to death, who would she go to cry to?
Luckily, although the wolf did not ingest anything, it did not look weary at all, and its fur was as shiny as before. Ye Qingtang then finally sighed as emotions overcame her.
Indeed, animals like wolves should still be appropriately fat for them to be able to withstand a drain in energy.
When they reached Xuanling Sect, Ye Qingtang insisted on personally carrying the silver wolf into the sect. During that period of time, Qin Huan and the rest wanted to help as they saw her short limbs but were all rejected by Ye Qingtang as though she was protecting it from thieves, causing all the senior brothers’ to feel extremely complicated.
This little junior sister’s love for wolves was quite strong!
When Ye Qingtang returned to her room, Su Wan and Lin Long were not around. She nimbly laid the unconscious silver wolf on her bed and touched its fur without bearing to let go.
“After I submit the mission, I’ll find someone to take a look at you. Wait for me,” Ye Qingtang said to the silver wolf very earnestly.
The certain someone who continued pretending to be unconscious felt very complicated…
Ye Qingtang settled the silver wolf and immediately headed to the Rewards Pavilion with Wu Qi’s head.
The team mission with Gu Yanqiu’s team was to be submitted by Gu Yanqiu, and the obtained Xuanming points had to be divided amongst all the participants while this head that Ye Qingtang had in her hand was all hers.
Ye Qingtang walked towards the Rewards Pavilion in a good mood. She did not have any idea how many Xuanming points Wu Qi’s head was worth, but according to the Assassination Roll, the bare minimum amount would not be lower than a three digit number. If she could exchange the head for so many Xuanming points, Ye Qingtang’s subsequent efficiency in cultivation in the sect would really be doubled.
Just as Ye Qingtang hummed a song and walked through the outer sect, her agile figure fell into the eyes of someone from not far away.
“Senior Brother Yun, I am still not too familiar with the swordplay that the warden taught yesterday. Can you teach me one more time?” Su Wan lifted her exquisitely made-up face and looked at Yun Shu beside her but suddenly realized that Yun Shu’s eyes seemed to be attracted by something. She could not help but look up curiously in the direction of Yun Shu’s gaze, but this look completely caused the smile on her face to freeze.
Was that figure walking past from a distance away not Ye Qingtang, who left the outer sect for half a month?!
The moment Su Wan saw Ye Qingtang, her heart skipped a beat instinctively.
“Junior Sister Ye is back?” Yun Shu could not help but smile as he looked at Ye Qingtang’s back view.
But in Su Wan’s eyes, that thoughtless smile was more disturbing than ever.
Ever since Ye Qingtang left the outer sect, Su Wan abandoned all previous reservations and searched for an excuse to find Yun Shu every day. It was as though she completely replaced Ye Qingtang’s position as the person around Yun Shu.
Yun Shu was good-natured and not good at rejecting people’s requests. Su Wan succeeded time over time, and in just half a month’s time, rumors about the two of them started to spread within the outer sect. Yun Shu had never put it to heart and tried to explain a few times, but Su Wan told to him to brush it off using the excuse that as long as they had nothing going on between them, it would eventually be proven to others.
Little did anyone know that this outcome was exactly what Su Wan wanted.
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Chapter 185: Returning to the Sect (2)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Su Wan was confident that she could conquer Yun Shu bit by bit, but…
She never thought that Ye Qingtang would come back so quickly. She originally thought that Ye Qingtang would take at least half a month before returning, but seeing her again now made her furious already.
However, Su Wan was very smart to not show this anger on her face and could only hide away all the hatred in her eyes as she followed Yun Shu’s gaze. She said gently, “I have not returned to the room today and didn’t know that Junior Sister Ye came back.”
Then, Su Wan looked at Senior Brother Yun’s handsome side profile and smiled faintly. “Senior Brother Yun kept worrying about Junior Sister Ye’s safety all this time. Now, it seems that Junior Sister Ye returned safely, and you don’t need to worry anymore.”
Yun Shu chuckled and shook his head. “She is young, so I was a little worried. Now that she returned safely, my heart is naturally at ease.”
Yun Shu’s voice had a hint of laughter, and every word was filled with concern for Ye Qingtang, piercing Su Wan’s heart like a silver needle.
She secretly clenched her fists that were hidden in her sleeves and tried to maintain the sweet and gentle expression on her face.
“Senior Brother Yun has a good nature and everyone knows it. However, Junior Sister Ye went on the mission together with other senior brothers. Junior Sister Ye was born pretty, and those senior brothers would naturally take more care of her. You worry too much already.”
Su Wan’s neither harsh nor light words had needles hidden in them. Not only did she pick up the fact that Ye Qingtang did not go on the mission with Yun Shu, she even emphasized her beautiful appearance and close interactions with “other senior brothers.”
After Yun Shu heard her, he only gave a brief smile and did not put it to heart.
“It’s good that she’s back. If you meet her when you return, do tell her to find me. The warden taught quite a lot of things over the past few days, and I have prepared a set for her.”
Jealousy and hatred flashed across Su Wan’s eyes.
Ye Qingtang was not in the outer sect for the past half month, but Yun Shu actually thought about Ye Qingtang for everything!
On what basis!
Even though she was clearly the one staying by Senior Brother Yun’s side during this period of time!
“I got it. I will tell Junior Sister Ye when I return,” Su Wan said as she forcefully suppressed the unwillingness in her heart.
Yun Shu nodded and did not say anything more.
On the other side, Ye Qingtang reached the Rewards Pavilion in no time and went up the stairs directly.
There were not many people in the Rewards Pavilion at that time. When Ye Qingtang was handing in the head, she coincidentally met Gu Yanqiu and Qin Huan, who were submitting the mission as well.
“Junior Sister Ye, you’re finally willing to leave that precious silver wolf of yours now?” Qin Huan could not help but joke with Ye Qingtang when he saw her.
Over the past few days, they witnessed how overprotective she was.
Ye Qingtang raised her eyebrows and simply did not bother arguing with the likes of him.
Gu Yanqiu, who was standing aside, let out a laugh. At the same time, the warden in charge of verifying the mission entered the reward for killing the level 6 Giant Lizard into Gu Yanqiu’s bracelet.
In Xuanling Sect, every disciple had a bracelet which recorded the number of Xuanming points they had.
Gu Yanqiu looked at the Xuanming points on her bracelet and smiled at Ye Qingtang, “It’s good that you’re here Junior Sister Ye, you can take your share of Xuanming points.”
Ye Qingtang directly raised her hand with the bracelet without saying anything.
Gu Yanqiu immediately transferred Ye Qingtang’s sixty plus Xuanming points onto her bracelet.
“This is still a small amount. The head in your hand is then the big one,” Gu Yanqiu chuckled as he looked at Ye Qingtang. If other new disciples obtained sixty plus Xuanming points in their first month, it was already considered a huge amount. But this sixty over points were really nothing compared to Wu Qi’s head in Ye Qingtang’s hand.
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Chapter 186: Returning to the Sect (3)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Junior Sister Ye, are you still willing to come with us if there are any missions in the future?” At that instant, Gu Yanqiu could not help but invite Ye Qingtang.
Other outer sect disciples who came to submit their missions looked over in their direction because of Gu Yanqiu’s words.
Gu Yanqiu had a good reputation in the outer sect, and his team missions had the highest completion rate. Many disciples wanted to join his team, but Gu Yanqiu was stricter in picking teammates, and it was very difficult for him to look at ordinary disciples.
However…
Gu Yanqiu sent out a second mission invitation to a new disciple. What was going on?
Everyone was sure that she was a new disciple when they took a look at her. They were very surprised as to why Gu Yanqiu would favor her so much.
Ye Qingtang pondered for a moment and smiled. “I don’t intend to take on any more rewarded missions this month. I’ll tell Senior Brother Gu when I feel like taking on any missions.” After turning in Wu Qi’s head, her Xuanming points should last her for a period of time. Increasing her skills in the shortest time possible was then the key.
The surrounding disciples could not help but widen their eyes when they saw that Ye Qingtang actually rejected Gu Yanqiu’s invitation in public and suspected whether there was anything wrong with their ears.
In the outer sect, there were so many people who wanted to go on a team mission with Gu Yanqiu but did not have the opportunity to. But Gu Yanqiu already took the initiative to invite Ye Qingtang, and she actually rejected it straight up without thinking?!
Was this little junior sister an idiot!
Everyone began to look at Ye Qingtang incredulously.
Gu Yanqiu was, however, not shocked. He knew that Ye Qingtang was a girl with her own views. “Alright. Just find me or Qin Huan when you are free.”
It was already shocking for Gu Yanqiu to be rejected, but after being rejected, Gu Yanqiu was not at all repelled and even spoke so nicely to her…
Everyone was a little muddle-headed at that moment.
Since when was Gu Yanqiu so nice to talk to? Why had they not seen it before!
“You can hurry on with whatever you have. I have to distribute the Xuanming points to Meng Sheng and the rest. I’ll contact you next time.” Gu Yanqiu waved a hand to Ye Qingtang and led Qin Huan out of the Rewards Pavilion.
With Gu Yanqiu’s departure, everyone stared at Ye Qingtang even more boldly and openly.
Although they did know how much the reward for Gu Yanqiu’s mission was, rewarded missions that Gu Yanqiu would look at would not be too bad. But Gu Yanqiu said that the reward for this mission was small and that this little junior sister had an even bigger mission in her hands!
Everyone’s curiosity was piqued uncontrollably as they stretched their necks to look at the cloth bag in Ye Qingtang’s hand.
“I am here to submit a mission.” Ye Qingtang was long familiar with the set way of the Rewards Pavilion as she handed the cloth bag into the warden’s hand.
That warden looked at Ye Qingtang confusedly. Why did he not remember that this young lady came to take on a mission before?
But when the warden untied the bag that Ye Qingtang handed over, expressions of shock suddenly appeared on his face.
The warden looked up in surprise. In the Rewards Pavilion, the only mission that did not need to be taken on in advance was killing a villain on the Assassination Roll. He had managed the Rewards Pavilion for many years and clearly remembered all the faces of those villains on the Assassination Roll since a long time ago.
The thing in the opened bag was clearly the head of Wu Qi, a villain on the Assassination Roll!
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Chapter 187: Returning to the Sect (4)
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The disciples became even more curious after seeing the warden’s expression and looked towards that cloth bag. Once they saw the bloody head, they were all dumbfounded.
What kind of mission needed her to hand in a head?
Other than the Assassination Roll, they really could not think of anything else.
However…
Looking at the young face of the new disciple, there was no way they would believe that such a new and young girl could behead anyone on the Assassination Roll.
However…
“Did… you kill him?” The warden’s eyes were slightly shocked as he looked at the beautiful girl in front of him.
Ye Qingtang beamed, “I did not notice how much the reward is for him. I’ll have to trouble senior to give me some guidance.”
Upon listening to her words, the warden accepted that the head was chopped off by Ye Qingtang. His eyes softened and said after pausing a while, “Three hundred and seventy-six Xuanming points.”
Three hundred and seventy-six?!
The curious outer sect disciples’ jaws dropped upon hearing the warden’s words.
A head could be exchanged for over three hundred Xuanming points?
Other than a villain on the Assassination Roll, whose head would be worth so much?!
Ye Qingtang was very calm though. She knew that Wu Qi’s name was not too big, and, thus, it was worth less than other priceless heads on the roll. But over three hundred points plus the sixty plus points from Gu Yanqiu made a total of over four hundred Xuanming points, which was already enough for her to spend freely!
“Please help me exchange for the points then, senior.” Ye Qingtang lifted her hand with a smile, and her eyes glistened as she watched huge quantities of Xuanming points being slid onto her bracelet.
This scene made all the surrounding disciples stare wide-eyed with their mouths open as they suspected if they saw wrongly until they recognized the human head…
“That head… seems to be Wu Qi’s?” Someone mumbled.
And this fell into everyone’s ears.
In a moment, everyone looked at Ye Qingtang was as though they were looking at a monster.
Was this a joke?
A new disciple could actually chop off Wu Qi’s head?!
Had they gone crazy or had the world gone crazy?!
Ye Qingtang did not bother with their reactions. After all the Xuanming points reached her hand, she thanked the warden and left the Rewards Pavilion with a bright smile.
The warden looked at that head placed on the table with complicated feelings. After storing the head away, he wrote a few words on the file beside.
[Ye Qingtang beheaded Wu Qi]
After he was done writing, he felt that something was wrong and immediately found an assistant to send this file out.
If he did not remember wrongly, Ye Qingtang should be a disciple who just entered this month.
Such results in just half a month. This disciple… is not simple…
Apart from providing rewarded missions for disciples, one could find out other disciples’ skills according to the completion status of the mission and, thus, discover talented disciples.
Informing this news to the outer sect elders was appropriate.
On the other hand, Ye Qingtang, who obtained Xuanming points, did not know what kind of trouble would come her way after picking up this head.
At this instant, Ye Qingtang was already at the door of the physician warden in the outer sect and directly invited him into her dorm!
Anything could be put on wait temporarily right now. Wakening her precious wolf was then the most important thing!
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