Xun Yan still hasn’t finished. He was one of Fentian Palace’s elders. He had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances, and normally known for his generosity and kindness. The disciples of Fentian Palace who came here had never seen Elder Xun this angry before.
The people of Qingfeng Valley indeed perplexed the Fentian Palace disciples. Although their sect was small, all cultivators cultivated their minds, aiming for the great enlightenment. Strong people could also emerge from small sects. This Qingfeng Valley, however, didn’t seem like a cultivation sect at all. The leader was spineless, and the disciples didn’t have the bearing and mind of a cultivator. They were too messy. If it wasn’t for that Meng Qi, they couldn’t even understand why their young palace master would care about this kind of sect.
At this time, all the disciples of Fentian Palace watched with relish how their usually kind and amiable elder scolded the other party so harshly.
Xun Yan hasn’t finished: “As a senior sister, your ability isn’t good, and you unable to cure yourself, nor can you help your fellow disciples, yet you blame your junior sister who started learning later than you. Meanwhile…” He turned sideways and looked at Qingfeng Valley’s sect leader: “You, as the sect leader, supposed to clear the source of uneasiness in your own sect, yet, what are you doing? You aren’t defending an innocent disciple who has been wronged. A disciple who, right now, is perhaps risking her life to find the cure for her fellow disciples! Instead, you blindly indulge the unreasonable ones. With a leader like you, even if Qingfeng Valley isn’t facing the devil beasts’ attack, I’m afraid it wouldn’t last long.”
Xun Yan shook his head: “All of you are truly disappointing.”
He turned his head to look at Yan Mingfeng: “Fellow Daoist Yan, I now formally invite you and young Daoist Meng Qi into the Fentian Palace. The two of you can enter our sect anytime you wish.”
The entire camp became silent in an instant. All Qingfeng Valley’s disciples stared at Xun Yan in a daze. Lan Zhuxuan, who was still crying shrilly just now, closed her mouth in fright. Xun Yan has been staying in Qingfeng Valley for a while, and he has always been friendly. Even as a cultivator of the Nascent Soul stage, he was very kind to ordinary disciples of Qingfeng Valley. He also respected their sect leader, and let her be the nominal leader in this operation, even if he was the real main force.
The sect leader’s face instantly burned red.
Xun Yan had already walked to the three injured disciples from Fentian Palace and whispered to them: “Wait another three days.”
“Yes.” The disciples saluted respectfully. Their complexion wasn’t good, but since they couldn’t lose the face of their sect, they remained calm.
Xun Yan sighed softly and patted their shoulders. He turned around and gazed into the forest. Young palace master and Meng Qi, were they now…
Eh?
Xun Yan’s expression suddenly changed: “Beware!”
After Meng Qi and the others left, the demon cultivators who had been harassing them incessantly seemed to disappear. Xun Yan also worried that they were actually chasing Chu Tianfeng’s group. But he knew that Chu Tianfeng had a life-saving method, so no matter how bad it was, his life wouldn’t be in danger. And the demon cultivators who attacked were weaker than Chu Tianfeng, so there should be no problem.
However, the aura that Xun Yan sensed this time was much purer and wasn’t far from here. Moreover, it also wasn’t from a cultivator he was familiar with, and probably…
“Prepare for combat!” Xun Yan commanded. The disciples of Fentian Palace, including the three who were injured by the immortal devouring vine, quickly took their place and ready for combat.
The disciples of Qingfeng Valley became panicked again. When Qingfeng Valley’s sect leader looked at the chaotic disciples, she remembered Elder Xun Yan’s words just now. Her face burned harder, and she became even more ashamed.
***
Behind a big tree not far from the camp. Meng Qi truly wanted to plug her own ears. Not just her, Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo were also about to explode.
If eyes could kill, Qin Xiumo probably had already killed Chu Tianfeng thousands of times. If possible, he wanted to return to a few days ago to smash Chu Tianfeng’s face and his stupid suggestion, which gave Su Junmo the opportunity to pester them!
“Did you hear it? That person is really well-spoken. It’s so satisfying to hear. Meng Qi, did you hear it?” Su Junmo didn’t think that he had any problems at all. His memory was excellent. After coughing lightly, he repeated Xun Yan’s scolding just now, and even his tone was very vivid.
“Hahaha, he only invited Yan Mingfeng and you. Isn’t Xun Yan the elder in Fentian Palace that is famous for his kindness? I heard that he is also very gentle and good at maintaining relationships. But now, he completely scolded Qingfeng Valley’s sect leader and didn’t give the other party any face. How cruel.”
“But he’s right, Qingfeng Valley is a bunch of idiots! From the leader to the disciples, no one can…ah! Of course, I am not talking about you, Meng Qiqi! You are special, and so is Yan Mingfeng! Except for you two, everyone else is stupid!” Su Junmo quickly added.
As soon as his voice fell, Meng Qi, Chu Tianfeng, and Qin Xiumo were staring at him.
As soon as his voice fell, Meng Qi, Chu Tianfeng, and Qin Xiumo were staring at him.
“What? Did I say wrong? Or are you two also from Qingfeng Valley? Chu Tianfeng, aren’t you the Fentian Palace’s young master? I met your dad at the Wanxian Conference three years ago, and we exchanged a few words. Qin Xiumo, aren’t you a disciple from the Southern Realm? What are you looking at me like that? I said Qingfeng Valley stupid, but didn’t say anything about you, don’t be nervous!”
Meng Qi suddenly turned around. “Let’s go.” Her face was rigid, and her steps were quick. She actually didn’t want to accept Su Junmo’s spirit stones that day, let alone allowed him to follow them. Even if others were ignorant, she knew this noisy fox too well!
The torture of his non-stop chattering was really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
But Su Junmo’s cultivation level was too high. After he stuffed the spirit stone into Meng Qi’s hand, he jumped far away. Meng Qi wanted to catch up and return it to him, but couldn’t keep up with his speed.
Then they saw a five elements blue crane. And luckily, it turned out to be a fourth realm one. Meng Qi and the others were caught off guard, and even Chu Tianfeng couldn’t keep up with the five elements blue crane whose cultivation was one level higher than him. Among the four, only Su Junmo could handle it. Meng Qi acted decisively and didn’t waste time tangling with Su Junmo again. She must kill the five elements blue crane with the Suixin spell. So with the help of Su Junmo, the four spent another day and finally succeeded in hunting down the crane.
Su Junmo indeed helped a lot. He spent money and helped them twice, and he just claimed to be lost. It was really unreasonable to forcibly drive him away. Meng Qi had to let the chattery fox follow them. After that, they returned quickly.
They had actually arrived here for some time ago, right when Lan Zhuxuan was crying to find the sect leader. The four were not far apart, and Lan Zhuxuan didn’t control the volume of her voice. Those accusations clearly fell into Meng Qi and her group’s ears.
Chu Tianfeng’s face became colder and colder.
Qin Xiumo’s eyes glinted sharply, and his natal long sword even has been floating in the air, ready to shoot.
Meng Qi was also very angry. When having a dispute in the sect, it was still alright for Lan Zhuxuan to disregard her. But she shouldn’t slander her like this.
Meng Qi was about to come out to rectify her name. However, no one expected that Elder Xun Yan would suddenly stand up and speak for her. Although his tone was no longer gentle, and somewhat very sharp, the elder’s every word fell clearly on Meng Qi’s ears.
Meng Qi was holding her back against the tree trunk, looking up at the sky through the dense foliage of the forest. Just because there were people like Elder Xun Yan in this world, Meng Qi understood why Elder Yan made the vow to travel the world and save as many people as possible.
***
The disciples of Fentian Palace finally noticed Meng Qi’s group.
“Elder, it seems to be…young palace master!” A disciple said excitedly: “Young palace master is back!”
Meng Qi walked very fast, with Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo were following on her each side half a step behind. Su Junmo finally closed his mouth. In front of strangers, he was the cold and aloof young man with a high cultivation base and an equally high pride.
Meng Qi soon returned to the camp. Xun Yan brought the disciples of Fentian Palace to greet them: “Is everything going well?” He didn’t mention the commotion that had just happened and first examined Meng Qi up and down: “Did you get hurt?”
“No.” Meng Qi looked at Xun Yan. The corners of her lips curled up in a smile: “Everything is well.”
After Meng Qi finished speaking, she turned her head and nodded towards Chu Tianfeng. The young man stepped forward and took out the fourth-rank five elements blue crane from his storage space. The carcass of a fourth-rank monster beast was very huge, and Meng Qi’s own storage space was too small for it.
“Drain its blood.” She said: “Then collect it in a wooden barrel and let the person who was injured by the immortal devouring vine to soak their whole body in it.”
“Alright.” Xun Yan nodded. Without the slightest doubt, he immediately ordered several disciples to follow Meng Qi’s instruction. He then looked back at Meng Qi with a kindly smile: “Young Daoist Meng has been working hard these few days. You should take a break first.”
“Junior sister Meng Qi.” Before Meng Qi could respond, Lu Qingran’s voice suddenly came from behind. “Please come here.”
Meng Qi turned to look at the other party.
Lu Qingran was standing next to the sect leader, whose complexion was not very good. Lu Qingran stood straight, and there were bravery and righteousness in her eyes. “Junior sister.” Lu Qingran bowed to Meng Qi, “Senior sister has a few questions about the immortal devouring vine, please ask junior sister Meng Qi to answer.”
With Lu Qingran’s words, all the gazes which initially focused on Meng Qi turned at her. Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo were still expressionless, but a trace of disgust flashed in their eyes.
Especially Qin Xiumo, who stared at Lu Qingran coldly. How familiar was this scene? Although he hadn’t fully recovered his past memory, he remembered how he was impressed by the bravery and uprightness showed by Lu Qingran. He was once fascinated by her like this, thinking that she was brave and kind, truly innocent, and never tainted by the world.
Qin Xiumo’s lips raised in a sneer. The real bravery, kindness, and uprightness, should not be like this!
Meng Qi still calm and indifferent. She just glanced at Lu Qingran lightly and said, “Senior Sister Lu, you may.”