Chapter 53: Setting You Up

Qingshi and Hong Zun returned to the top of the mountain. Seeing the master return, little Wang Yao greeted him for the first time.

"Master, Senior Hong."

"Hmm, disciple, from now on you are also a disciple of the Profound One Sect."

Seeing little Wang Yao, Qingshi nodded with a smile, while Hong Zun on the side snorted unhappily.

Still dragging his family along, this old thing, if he had known, he should have stopped him outside the mountain.

His stomach full of resentment hadn't dissipated yet. To this, little Wang Yao was full of confusion, while Qingshi didn't care at all.

"What does Master mean?"

"Your master is now the Great Elder of Divine Sword Peak, and you are my disciple, so naturally you are also a person of Divine Sword Peak."

Qingshi simply explained the matter. Hearing this, little Wang Yao stared with cute big eyes, looking at her master suspiciously.

She naturally knew her master very well. He had been alone all his life, and it was only in the last few years that he took her as a disciple and had company. Why did he suddenly join the sect?

Little Wang Yao had no resistance to joining the Profound One Sect. As the leader of the righteous path in Dongzhou, people who wanted to join the Profound One Sect were like crucian carp crossing the river. Others wanted to come but didn't have the chance.

And wherever her master was, she was there.

"By the way, there should be no problem for my disciple to be a personal disciple, right?"

Suddenly thinking of something, Qingshi turned to Hong Zun, who was still sulking on the side, and asked. Hearing this, Hong Zun replied unhappily.

"Make up your own mind, why ask me?"

Qingshi was already the Great Elder of Divine Sword Peak, and his status on Divine Sword Peak was second only to Hong Zun. This was decided by the two on the way.

As for little Wang Yao, she had a special physique, and her talent and bone structure were not inferior to Liu Shuang and Lu Youyou at all, so being a personal disciple was more than enough.

Seeing that Hong Zun didn't want to pay attention to him, Qingshi chuckled.

"Then I'll decide it myself."

"Whatever, hurry up, finish it and go to the main peak, don't delay the mealtime."

The two still had to go to the main peak. Hearing the words "don't delay the mealtime," Qingshi also hurriedly got up.

"Yes, yes, yes, hurry up, go to the main peak first, and talk about other things later."

After speaking, the two flew to the main peak together, leaving Wang Yao alone in place.

On the main peak, except for Sect Master Qi Xiong, all peak masters and main seat elders, as long as they were in the sect, almost all arrived. The purpose was naturally to welcome Qingshi's arrival.

Moreover, Qi Xiong also planned to invite major immortal sects in Dongzhou to hold a grand event. Firstly, it was to congratulate Qingshi, and secondly, it was to show the prosperity of the Profound One Sect.

After all, the joining of a character like Qingshi was obviously a big deal for any sect, so it was natural to hold a grand event.

Qingshi had no interest in these things and wanted to refuse, but in the end, he couldn't beat Qi Xiong and had to agree helplessly.

But this all took time to prepare, and it would take at least several months to hold.

This was for the outside, and for the inside of the sect, Qingshi's identity had been set, which was the Great Elder of Divine Sword Peak.

It stood to reason that he should be given a main seat elder position, but Qingshi refused to agree no matter what and wanted to stay at Divine Sword Peak.

The only requirement was that his disciple be listed as a personal disciple of Divine Sword Peak. Naturally, no one opposed this.

Even with the testimony of Hong Zun and several other peak masters and main seat elders, even the talent test was exempted.

After a lively greeting, Qingshi was still talking happily with Qi Xiong, while Hong Zun looked at the time and found that it was almost mealtime.

He glanced at Qingshi with disdain and cursed in his heart.

"Fool, forgot the time?"

Regardless of others, he stood up directly and said to everyone.

"There are some things at Divine Sword Peak, so I'll take my leave first. You guys accompany Brother Qingshi more and let him feel the enthusiasm of our Profound One Sect."

This was clearly to set Qingshi up. You just stay here and chat, you won't have a share of lunch.

Hearing this, everyone didn't see what Hong Zun was thinking and nodded repeatedly.

"This is natural. Fellow Daoist Qingshi joining our Profound One Sect, we should naturally treat him well."

"Yes, I just happened to get some Enlightenment Tea, Fellow Daoist Qingshi, why not go to my place and have a cup."

"I also have Heavenly Fragrant Fruit, just right together."

Everyone took out the treasures they had collected, indicating that they would treat Qingshi well, but Qingshi's eyes were locked on Hong Zun at this moment.

Seeing that this old thing actually showed a proud smile, Qingshi gritted his teeth secretly. Do you think you can shake me off like this?

Without paying attention to Qingshi, Hong Zun turned and left cleanly.

Returning to Divine Sword Peak with satisfaction, but not long after walking, Qingshi behind him caught up.

"Going to eat and not calling me?"

He smiled proudly at Hong Zun.

"You... how did you get out?"

"Just walked out like this."

Ye Changqing hadn't been left behind, and Hong Zun was quite dissatisfied. It had been so hard to find an opportunity to pull a fast one on this old fellow, yet who would have thought that Qi Xiong and the others would be so useless? They couldn't even keep one person? Why didn't they just tie him up?

Hong Zun felt nothing but resentment in his heart. Watching him gnashing his teeth again, Ye Changqing smiled and waved his hand.

"I'll be heading off first."

Once the words were spoken, Ye Changqing transformed into a streak of light, darting toward Divine Sword Peak. Seeing this, Hong Zun hurriedly gave chase.

"Damn it, old man, you have no martial ethics."

The two of them, one after the other, soon arrived at the Divine Sword Peak kitchen. Just then, many disciples were also arriving one after another, and a great battle was on the verge of breaking out.

Ye Changqing naturally didn't need to participate in such a fight. With his strength, apart from Hong Zun, no one else on Divine Sword Peak was his match, including the various Elders.

Therefore, no one came up to look for trouble.

Having eaten to his heart's content, holding a large bowl, Ye Changqing ate with unparalleled boldness.

His beard, which had originally possessed a transcendent, immortal air, was now stained with grease, completely devoid of any demeanor of an expert.

"I say, you old fellow, can you eat a little more gracefully?"

Seeing Ye Changqing wolfing down his food like that, Hong Zun, who was to the side, said unhappily. Hearing this, Ye Changqing turned his head and immediately revealed a look of equal disdain.

"Are you any better than me?"

In fact, Hong Zun was indeed not much better; even his collar was stained with rice grains.

The two old men—don't let their age fool you—were the fastest eaters. Those young disciples couldn't compete with these two old guys.

They were still the first to finish, though this time there was a rival; Ye Changqing put down his bowl and chopsticks almost simultaneously.

Looking at the disciples who were still gorging themselves, Hong Zun said irritably.

"Look at you all, even eating is so slow. What will you be able to do in the future?"

Suddenly scolded for no reason, the disciples were all confused for a moment. What was wrong with the Peak Master?

They didn't know that Hong Zun was just venting the resentment in his heart on them.

Sure enough, he felt much better after scolding them and strode away. Ye Changqing smiled at the sight and followed closely behind.