Chapter 104: The Deepest Pain Is Helplessness

"Good, good, as long as she didn't hurt you!" Qinghe actually said this.

"Yuning, are you alright?" At this moment, Qing Ling also rushed in.

"Senior Sister Qing Ling, why are you here too?" Wei Yuning said in pleasant surprise.

From her expression, Qing Ling showed only concern for him, seemingly without the anger from the bird-delivered letter.

Seeing that Wei Yuning was full of vigor and his whole body was neat and clean, Qing Ling only then noticed the girl squatting and crying and Qingcong, who was still convulsing.

"Oh no, is Yue alright? Why is she crying?" Qing Ling immediately went over to support the short girl.

"Uncle Master Qingmo, are you alright?" Chang Fei closely followed and walked in.

"Brother Chang, you came too? In private, you and I don't need to be so formal! What day is it today, why are you all here?" Wei Yuning smiled and stepped forward, patting Chang Fei's shoulder.

Chang Fei saw that Wei Yuning was fine, and only then noticed Qingcong on the ground. He imperceptibly squeezed his eyes and said, "Today a few available direct-line disciples of the sect gathered to see off Uncle Master Qingcong. He is... what happened?"

"Senior Brother Qingcong and I were sparring and accidentally hit his stomach. It's nothing serious; resting on the ground for a bit is better! Wait, since when did you become a direct-line disciple?" Wei Yuning asked curiously.

"Fei isn't direct-line but is better than direct-line, haha!" Qinghe chimed in from the side.

"Senior Brother is right, haha!" Chang Fei also laughed.

The group talked and laughed animatedly, as if Qingcong on the ground didn't exist.

Over there, Qing Ling had already coaxed Yue to her feet. The girl no longer cried, but she looked at Wei Yuning with resentful eyes, as if she wanted to devour him.

Soon, another group of people poured into Room Number One.

"Qingcong is lying on the ground, how come none of you are doing anything?" The one leading was that man called Brother Liang. He looked reproachfully at everyone in the room.

"Brother Yan Liang, a grown man loses a fight, what's the big deal! When he's recovered he'll naturally get up," Qinghe said casually, drawing Brother Liang's fire onto himself.

Brother Liang ignored Qinghe. His gaze swept over everyone in the room, finally settling on Wei Yuning's face, and he asked, "You're the one who injured Junior Brother Qingcong?"

"That's right!" Wei Yuning said calmly.

"Why did you hit him?" Yan Liang asked with a frown.

"Didn't he deserve to be hit?" Wei Yuning said indifferently.

Among the many direct-line descendants of the Nine Ancestors, in their generation, apart from Hong Yun, he was the oldest. Now that he had also entered the Opening Light stage and become the second in cultivation, he had always regarded himself as the second senior brother in his heart. Among the direct-line disciples, no one would speak to him so rudely.

Yan Liang's anger gradually surged within, but on his face he laughed loudly: "What status do you have? Who gave you such audacity to speak to me like this?"

"Liang Jingru gave it to me!" Wei Yuning said.

"Liang Jingru? Who is Liang Jingru? Which hall is she from?" Yan Liang was taken aback. He looked at Qinghe.

Qinghe was exceptionally active within the sect, with friends spread across every hall and room. He knew anyone who was even slightly famous.

"Brother Liang, never mind who Liang Jingru is for now! Fights between disciples within the sect are commonplace. As long as lives aren't endangered and Dao foundations aren't affected, it doesn't matter. As for who is in the right and who isn't, the Law Enforcement Elders will naturally judge. We all witnessed this matter firsthand, the rights and wrongs should be perfectly clear. Junior Brother Qingmo is a disciple of Elder Taichong, and Elder Taichong is now a Golden Core Ancestor. Moreover, Perfected Dao Min also speaks highly of Junior Brother Qingmo!"

Qinghe didn't know Liang Jingru, but he understood Brother Liang all too well. Yan Liang was first-rate at reading the wind and steering accordingly—you either gave him a way out or simply scared him off. So he dragged out a tiger skin to use as a great banner. At the same time, he was also curious in his heart who this Liang Jingru was, that even he didn't know her.

Qing Ling, seeing the situation here from the side, also pulled Yue forward and said, "Junior Brother Qingmo was introduced to the sect by me. Brother Liang, do me a favor for this sister's sake!"

After hearing these words, Yan Liang's expression indeed changed. Seeing that Chang Fei, Qing Ling, and Qinghe all stood on Wei Yuning's side, clearly adopting a protective stance, he couldn't help asking with a dark face, "So, you all know him?"

"Of course, Brother Yuning is my good friend!" Chang Fei was the first to speak.

The other two also nodded solemnly.

Yan Liang's expression was unpredictable. Just when everyone thought he was about to explode, he suddenly opened his mouth and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, since you three are good friends, then he's also my good friend. That makes Junior Brother Yuning one of our own. Only, I'm very curious—body-foundation-building disciples Qingcong and Yue, how could they not beat a Foundation Establishment stage disciple?"

"This senior brother, I'm already at the Heartbeat stage. My divine sense and physical body advanced simultaneously!" Wei Yuning said plainly, but with unconcealable pride in his expression.

"The Dao Ancestor above!" Qing Ling exclaimed in pleasant surprise first.

"Brother Yuning, my respects, my respects, congratulations, congratulations!" Chang Fei was the second to react.

"What?" Qinghe gaped, unable to speak. His talent was the highest among the group, and he understood best how immense the difficulty of dual foundation building was.

Yan Liang was taken aback, then laughed loudly: "You all have good judgment. Junior Brother Yuning is fully qualified to be our friend!"

Qingcong on the ground heard these words, and his shock exceeded his pain—he actually stopped writhing!

Hatred, pain, jealousy, and other such emotions filled Qingcong's mind. However, the feeling that welled up most in his heart was helplessness.

The subsequent course of events completely went off track.

Qingcong left in shame, and departing with him were Zi Yue and You Jin. The farewell banquet could no longer be held.

In the end, five people remained: Qinghe, Chang Fei, Qing Ling, Yan Liang, and the bald man.

After exchanging introductions, Wei Yuning finally figured out these people's identities.

Among this group of direct-line disciples, Qingcong and Yue were half-siblings sharing the same father. Qingcong's original name was Yuan Zicong, and Yue's name was Yuan Ziyue. Their ancestor was Daoxuan, one of the nine Dao Ancestors of the Cloud Concealment Sect.

The one with a mole at the corner of his mouth was named You Jin. He was skilled in formations, at the Foundation Establishment stage, and a descendant of the Dao Yin lineage of the Nine Ancestors.

The bald, refined-looking man was named Yan Huaiyu, a body cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, and a descendant of Daoyue, one of the Nine Ancestors. This lineage produced many body cultivators with deep family heritage, vastly different from "part-time" body cultivators like Qingcong and Wei Yuning. Currently, among Yan Huaiyu's ancestors, there was still a great body cultivator expert at the Integration stage—Yan Shun, the bald giant who had joined Xuanfengzi and others in hunting down the Strength Immortal Envoy.

This lineage had another rather peculiar trait: not everyone was a qualified body cultivator, but anyone possessing body cultivation talent was inevitably born bald. This was the strange bloodline inheritance of their lineage.

Chang Fei needs no further mention—a descendant of the rogue cultivator Chang Weizi. This lineage's younger generation also abounded with talent, with the great expert Chang Yongnian being the most famous. Although this lineage was not a direct line, because their strength was extraordinary and they were staunch allies of the Dao Heng lineage, as Qinghe said, they were not direct-line but better than direct-line.

As for Senior Sister Qing Ling, her surname was Shang, her secular name was Shang Ling, and her Dao name was Qing Ling. She was a descendant of the Dao Min lineage. However, since Dao Heng and Dao Min were Dao companions, saying she was a descendant of the Dao Heng lineage wasn't wrong either. This was Wei Yuning's first time hearing Qing Ling's real name.