Chapter 204

The next day, early morning.

Chen Lili stepped on the morning dew and came to the Yanxin Fruit Herb Garden.

She had changed into a clean and neat plain white martial outfit today, the belt at her waist tightened, setting off her already full chest to be even more clearly curved.

The morning light fell on her side face, reflecting a faint redness caused by rushing.

She walked quickly to the small wooden house where Xu Qinghuan lived, raised her hand and knocked heavily on the door several times, her voice as crisp as a morning bird:

"Lin Lin Shimei Xu Xu Shijie Xu! Haven't you woken up yet! We still have to go to Jin Chen Peak to help today!"

Thinking of Xu Qinghuan's sudden move to hug Elder Jiang last night, Chen Lili felt a tightness in her heart for no reason, and even the force of her knocking on the door involuntarily increased by a few points.

This girl had only been in the herb garden for a few days, how could her courage be so big.

After another good while, the door was finally pulled open from the inside.

Xu Qinghuan leaned against the door frame, wearing only a light and thin pale red gauze dress, her long black hair scattered messily on her shoulders, looking lazy as if she had just crawled out of bed.

However, that fair and beautiful face was covered in a flush of color that was dripping with beauty.

Her naturally enchanting beautiful eyes were filled with a bit of satisfied lethargy.

Clearly just woken up, yet it was as if she had exhausted all her strength, her eyelids half-open and half-closed, revealing an undisguised fatigue.

Yet under this fatigue, there was a lingering rhyme of satisfaction that couldn't be explained clearly.

Chen Lili frowned.

This appearance was exactly the same as the look of being unable to bear the nourishment after "stealing the Yanxin Fruit" last time.

Only this time it seemed even more exaggerated than last time...

Last time she could at least stand steady, this time her whole person was soft as if her bones had been pulled out.

"Lin Lin Shimei Xu Xu Shijie Xu... did you steal the Yanxin Fruit again?!"

Chen Lili supported her forehead with one hand, speechless, her bright eyes full of helplessness of hating iron for not becoming steel, and even her tone was three points more urgent than usual:

"Didn't I tell you last time that before breaking through to the Transformation of Force Realm, you can't eat such nourishing medicinal fruits!"

"Did you even listen to me at all?"

"You're really going to damage your meridians like this!"

Xu Qinghuan was lectured by her, but she didn't have any intention of talking back.

She just pursed her moist red lips, put her hands behind her back, hunched her shoulders slightly, and looked at Chen Lili pitifully like a little cat that had done something wrong.

Her voice was soft and hoarse, acting like a spoiled child:

"Chen Xu Shijie... I was wrong..."

"I didn't want to steal it either..."

"But... I really couldn't help it..."

She was a person who was very good at observing words and expressions.

After these days of contact, she had roughly figured out Chen Lili's temperament.

Chen Lili was undoubtedly a very good person, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

She often considered herself an older sister, and there was even a hidden sense of doting on her as a younger sister.

So acting like a spoiled child and admitting defeat worked every time.

Sure enough, being looked at pitifully by those enchanting eyes, the anger on Chen Lili's face was like being poured with half a basin of cold water, and it was extinguished for the most part.

She opened her mouth, but in the end, she couldn't bear to keep a straight face, and sighed helplessly:

"Then you must be careful next time!"

"Now hurry up and change your clothes, we have to go to Jin Chen Peak to help!"

Last night, Liu Fengzhu Lu Xiao of Jin Chen Peak abandoned the peak and fled, which led to the tragedy at Jin Chen Peak.

Every peak had to send disciples to help.

Xu Qinghuan nodded repeatedly: "Chen Xu Shijie, wait a moment, I'll change immediately."

As she spoke, she twisted her body and walked into the house.

Every step she took, she felt some stinging pain.

"Hiss... this old thing..."

Xu Qinghuan bit her moist red lips, lowered her voice, and spat lightly with her earlobes flushed red:

"Why does it feel like he's getting more and more powerful..."

On the outer gate martial arts field.

The atmosphere was terrifyingly oppressive.

The disciples gathered in twos and threes, lowering their voices and discussing the thrilling attack last night.

Some were full of luck, sighing that the Seven Kill Sect demons hadn't affected the outer gate.

Otherwise, they really didn't know how many outer gate disciples would have been killed or injured.

Some spoke with reverence, repeating the heroic feat of Elder Jiang of Tianyangfeng and Liu Fengzhu Liu of Xuanshui Peak joining forces to support the various peaks, and Liu Fengzhu Luo Song of Tianyangfeng burning his own essence energy to shake the Primordial Realm martial artist.

More people were spitting with disdain at Liu Fengzhu Lu Xiao of Jin Chen Peak for using disciples as shields and abandoning the peak to flee like a beast.

"Lu Xiao, that beast! I used to think he was the toughest Liu Fengzhu in the inner gate!"

"As it turns out, he's the most cowardly beast, damn it!"

"Isn't that so, always keeping a cold face, looking like he's the real deal."

"As soon as it comes to a critical moment like this, he shows his true colors!"

"This beast won't have a good end! The Tianqing Sect definitely won't let him off!"

Once they discussed Lu Xiao, the outer gate disciples were all filled with righteous indignation, wishing they could drown him with their spit.

The disciples guarding the mountain gate were also full of solemnity.

Affected by the attack last night, the number of people on duty today was more than double the usual.

Just at this moment, an old man wearing a plain white robe walked up the mountain path unhurriedly.

He appeared to be walking with ease, yet in the blink of an eye, he had arrived in front of the group of disciples.

"Who comes..."

The leading disciple's eyes condensed, about to step forward to interrogate.

The next instant.

His expression suddenly froze.

Because he saw three patterns embroidered on the old man's plain white robe.

They were a monkey holding a stick, a giant ox whose horns seemed about to pierce the sky, and a green snake whose tongue flickered like a long sword coming out of its sheath.

And this was the iconic pattern of the Linzhou Upper Sect.

If the Tianqing Sect was the sky of Yunling Prefecture.

Then the Linzhou Upper Sect was the sky of the entire Linzhou!

"Gulp..."

This disciple forcibly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his voice trembling:

"Old... Old Sir..."

"Are you... are you..."

"From the Upper Sect..."

The old man smiled indifferently:

"This old man is named Lu Guizhou, and I am indeed from the Linzhou Upper Sect."

"There's no need to report."

"I'll just go in directly."

As he spoke, he tapped his foot lightly and swept past the crowd.

Before the crowd could react.

His figure had already arrived at the outer gate's martial arts field.

He listened for a moment and heard a rough idea of the discussion among the disciples on the martial arts field.

A flash of surprise crossed the old man's eyes:

"Did I still come a step late."

"Actually beat them back..."

"Fortunately, no great disaster was caused."

Jiding Peak.

Inside a quiet courtyard.

An old man was forcibly supporting his body, sitting on a cold stone stool.

From this position, he could just see the location of the Profound Heaven Hall.

The ruins after the collapse, although they had been cleaned up for the most part by the deacons and disciples overnight.

But the broken scene remained, glowing with a cold light in the morning sun.

A flash of complex trance crossed the old man's eyes.

This person was none other than the Tianqing Sect Master, Pei Yunchuan.

After a night of treatment, he had finally recovered his ability to move, but his pale face still showed an undisguised weakness and lethargy.

This was the price of using secret techniques to overdraw his body to fight the Primordial Realm martial artist last night.

Without several months of recuperation, he wouldn't be able to recover at all.

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

A burst of hurried footsteps came, and Zhou Yufeng walked quickly into the courtyard.

He was also covered in bandages, his face full of anxiety:

"Master, your injuries... how can you come out..."

Pei Yunchuan waved his hand slightly:

"If I couldn't even walk these few steps, that would really be the end."

As he spoke, he withdrew his gaze from the ruins of the Profound Heaven Hall and looked at Zhou Yufeng:

"Lu Xiao, is there any news."

The moment the words fell, Zhou Yufeng felt a chill rushing toward his face.

After taking a deep breath, he said in a deep voice: "Master, we have mobilized all the forces in Yunling Prefecture to search for Lu Xiao's tracks; we will dig three feet into the ground and definitely find him! We will absolutely not let him escape!"

Pei Yunchuan nodded slightly, "Lu Xiao's sins are listed alongside the Seven Kill Sect demons..."

Just at this moment.

"I am truly sorry, Sect Master Pei. This old man came a step late."

A voice with a hint of apology came from the corner of the courtyard without warning.

Zhou Yufeng and Pei Yunchuan changed expressions at the same time and looked in the direction of the sound.

Only to see an old man wearing a plain white robe standing by the courtyard wall at some point.

The next instant.

Pei Yunchuan's pupils shrank violently, and he blurted out: "Are you... the Upper Sect's True Person Lu?!"

As the Sect Master of the Tianqing Sect, he was naturally knowledgeable and quite familiar with the Primordial Realm martial artists within Linzhou.

He recognized at a glance that the old man in front of him was the Upper Sect's Primordial Elder, Lu Guizhou.

Before he became the Sect Master of the Tianqing Sect, Lu Guizhou was already a Primordial Realm martial artist with quite a reputation in Linzhou.

After so many years, one could imagine the depth of the foundation of this True Person Lu in front of him.

"I didn't expect Sect Master Pei to still remember this old man, which makes this old man feel even more ashamed."

Lu Guizhou sighed with a faint smile.

"How could Pei forget the demeanor of True Person Lu."

Pei Yunchuan forcibly supported his body to stand up and gestured with his hand:

"True Person Lu, please sit."

As he spoke, he gave a wink to Zhou Yufeng, who was still in shock on the side.

Zhou Yufeng instantly understood, forcibly suppressed the horror in his heart, and quickly retreated to prepare good tea.

After a cup of clear tea, Lu Guizhou placed the teacup gently on the stone table and sighed:

"After this old man received the message from the sect, I hurried from Lingchuan Prefecture to Yunling Prefecture, not daring to delay for a moment, but I didn't expect to still be a step slow."

He raised his eyes to look at the ruins of the Profound Heaven Hall outside the courtyard wall; the broken white marble pillars and the rubble all over the ground were shocking in the morning sun, and even a Primordial Realm martial artist like him who was used to wind and waves couldn't help but be slightly moved:

"Sect Master Pei, it was truly hard for you all to be able to beat back those demons with your own strength."

Just looking at the scene before him, he could imagine how fierce the battle was last night.

Pei Yunchuan gave a bitter smile, picked up the teacup to moisten his dry throat, and began to tell the story of last night:

"Yesterday was truly..."

From receiving the secret report and urgently summoning the Peak Masters to discuss matters, to the Seven Kill Sect's black-robed Primordial Realm martial artist ambushing the Profound Heaven Hall.

He told everything, one by one.

However, he omitted the information about Elder Zhong making a move at the critical moment and killing the Primordial Realm martial artist.

He mainly focused on how he and Luo Song used secret techniques to resist the Primordial Realm martial artist and beat him back.

Linzhou Upper Sect.

Peak of the mountain.

The wind howled, blowing the rubble on the cliffside with a rustling sound.

A graceful figure stood silently at the edge of the ten-thousand-zhang cliff, her purple dress fluttering in the wind, yet it couldn't hide that elegant and tall figure.

She looked down at the vast land swallowed by the sea of clouds, her eyes reflecting the rising morning sun on the horizon, a tear mole under her left eye appearing and disappearing in the morning light.

Just at this moment.

A crisp and hurried female voice came from behind, breaking the silence of the mountain peak:

"Master, an urgent report regarding the Tianqing Sect in Yunling Prefecture!"