Su Xiaofeng stood up. “Junior Brother, I’ll leave the rest to you. I’ll go to the Elder Hall first to investigate the demonic cultivator matter.”
“Qing’er, train well under your Master. This Sword Selection Tournament has made an exception to allow a Qi Condensation disciple to participate. Don’t disappoint your father’s expectations!”
Immortal Venerable Helian nodded slightly. Su Yanqing obediently nodded, and the sect master then turned and left.
“Above the Grand Hall, you two sent voice transmissions to me in public. Do you know your error?”
Helian Chuxue’s cold and aloof, low husky voice made Su Yanqing’s scalp tingle.
This was simply a voice fetish bonus!
In the Grand Hall, Master’s cold voice had been like ice striking jade, feeling distant and aloof.
But now, listening closely, it was so pleasing to the ear.
Before she could recover from her daze, the two beside her knelt down together.
Mu Yunci’s tone was calm. “Master, regarding the inner sect disciple’s mysterious disappearance, Second Junior Sister publicly made a false accusation. Even if Little Six wasn’t involved, she would become the target of everyone’s criticism. I can only beg Master for mercy.”
Murong Yi was impatient and impulsive by nature, head held high, chest out, words intense. “Little Junior Sister has saved me time and again. I absolutely refuse to believe she could be the culprit. If she truly did something wrong, I am willing to bear the responsibility alone, without any evasion!”
“Absurd!”
Immortal Venerable Helian’s tone was cold and heavy. “Since you both are willing to accept punishment, then you are punished to investigate the demonic cultivator matter. Without results, you need not participate in the Sword Selection Tournament either.”
“The matter of Su Yanqing having a Nine Yin physique must absolutely not be revealed to outsiders, understood?”
“Yes, Master.” The two young men, solemn expressions, did not feel the punishment was wrong at all. Instead, they secretly worried about Su Yanqing’s safety.
“You may leave. I have something to discuss with Su Yanqing alone.”
Immortal Venerable Helian had not handled miscellaneous affairs for a long time and seemed a bit tired. “Su Yanqing, when I erased the mark for you, your sea of awareness suffered a severe injury.”
“Only by breaking through and expanding your sea of awareness can you recover. Therefore, establishing your foundation is urgent. Lingxiao Hall is secluded and remote, convenient for you to focus on healing and cultivation…”
Before the other had finished speaking, Su Yanqing’s eyes were already sparkling with excitement.
Just now, the system had popped up another mission:
『Please establish your foundation successfully within one month. Rewards: one Rebound Damage Talisman, one chance to use the Anywhere Door.』
“Master, this disciple will definitely cultivate well and never disappoint Master’s expectations!”
The various crises encountered after transmigrating, compared to the current lying-win rewards.
Su Yanqing excitedly stepped forward, tightly grasping Master’s ice-cold jade-like hand. “Master, where is Lingxiao Hall!”
Helian Chuxue had never taught a female disciple. Back when Bai Xiaoru entered the sect, she had always been taught by the eldest disciple.
He lowered his long lashes, gazing at the smooth, delicate little hand on the back of his hand, the warm, soft touch.
His ear tips reddened slightly, and he quickly pulled away, slightly pondering. “Your leg wound hasn’t healed yet. I’ll take you to soak in the medicinal hot spring first.”
Great, hot spring soaking!
Su Yanqing was even more excited upon hearing this, not noticing that Master’s calm, cold tone revealed a hint of shyness.
The secret realm’s cliff was crumbling, the cave entrance constantly dropping rocks.
With a loud noise, the cliff burst open.
From within walked a white-haired man untouched by dust.
“Two hundred years, finally seeing sunlight again.”
Xie Qingxuan detected several residual fluctuations of spiritual energy and closed his eyes to sense the surroundings. It seemed the young man who had escaped earlier had found companions and rescued the girl together.
Otherwise, with her crippled leg and no way to fly, she could never have escaped his grasp.
This was the Wuji Sect. No one could break his sea of awareness mark. Only a demonic cultivator could do that.
Xie Qingxuan didn’t know that during his two hundred years of seclusion.
Helian Chuxue, who had appeared out of nowhere, had cultivated to the Out-of-Body stage in less than a hundred years.
Xie Qingxuan waved his long sleeve, appearing at the foot of the Wuji Sect mountain.
Indeed, there were traces of a demonic cultivator here.
Though he had not broken through his realm, the urgent matter was to remove his inner demon, and the Nine Yin girl was the perfect antidote.
Thinking of the girl taken away by the demonic cultivator, his eyes were gloomy as a cold pool.
Just as Xie Qingxuan left the Wuji Sect, the sect master arrived at the cliff cave with a group of elders.
They wanted to ask Xie Qingxuan to emerge from seclusion and help investigate the demonic cultivator matter.
The group saw the ruined cliff before them and knew they had arrived a step too late.
Senior Xie had already emerged from seclusion.
“Sect Master, do you think the mysterious disappearance of inner sect disciples is related to him?” A lean elder with muddy eyes tentatively asked.
“Senior Xie hates demonic cultivators most in his life. It’s impossible for him to collude with them.”
“Moreover, if the sect didn’t have him guarding it, our Wuji Sect’s spirit meridian would have long been taken by the major families.”
Su Xiaofeng reminded the other. “Ming Shao, in all matters, one must know how to form good karma. Do not recklessly speculate about others.”
“Yes… I misspoke. But that Senior Xie was in seclusion for two hundred years without breaking through or advancing. Why did he suddenly emerge from seclusion?” The elder called Ming Shao was not angered.
It was just that his question gave Su Xiaofeng an even bigger headache.
“Perhaps he hasn’t broken through in a long time and wants to travel and gain insight. It’s also possible he sensed demonic qi and emerged from seclusion early to track down the culprit.”
Su Xiaofeng naturally couldn’t say that he had probably gone to find his daughter. “Alright, let’s split up and investigate the demonic cultivator’s traces. Perhaps we’ll find clues.”
“Yes!”
The other elders had all lost beloved disciples, and each was raring to go. In the blink of an eye, they had vanished.
Only Su Xiaofeng remained, his heart filled with unease.
He feared his daughter being captured, and also feared that if Xie Qingxuan’s departure became known to outsiders, the sect would face various unsettling factors.
“Sigh, I hope Qing’er can establish her foundation soon and escape the same fate as her mother.”