Chapter 324: I Don't Want Your Staircase

That wisp of green cloud in the sky not only suppressed the entire Qi Sect.

Even in the town far beyond the mountain foot, all cultivators bowed low, chanting: "We respectfully welcome True Person Qingfeng."

The moment that green cloud swept over, it directly drew everyone's gaze.

"He seems to be coming toward us."

Master Zhu Jue struggled to maintain the composure of his Golden Body, while Wu Dao'an felt his Yin Spirit beginning to waver, his voice trembling as he said: "Actually... actually we count as being on the same level as him."

Great Qian and Mount Wutong are allies.

The temple keeper is the foremost seat beneath Shenxu Laozu.

There are only four rotating shifts.

True Person Qingfeng is merely the twelfth disciple of the Shenxu Laozu of Mount Wutong.

By this calculation, what Wu Dao'an said actually holds some truth.

"Then can you stop shaking?"

Master Zhu Jue glanced at him helplessly: "Look at Yan Shidi Shen, so calm."

"..."

Hearing the voice from behind, Shen Yi calmly looked up at the green cloud in the sky.

The reason he was not nervous was that he had once seen the other party.

Secondly, he had long made preparations.

To make Great Qian rise again, Mount Wutong is a mountain one cannot temporarily bypass.

These powerful ones are the main force resisting the Thousand Demon Cave.

Even he himself now has to rely on their protection.

But compared to wagging his tail and begging for pity.

Shen Yi was more accustomed to making the other party see his value clearly.

"Master, let me introduce you, this is..."

Before Tang Yun could finish speaking, True Person Qingfeng kicked him aside: "Does it need your introduction? Go stand over there."

The Dao-robed youth descended in a rage and walked toward Shen Yi.

Master Zhu Jue and Wu Dao'an finally made preparations, their faces solemn as they welcomed this True Person of Mount Wutong.

However, the other party's first words nearly made the two drop their jaws in shock.

"I ask you, did I not treat you to a meal!"

True Person Qingfeng ground his teeth in hatred, lowering his voice: "You won't even give me this face?"

He, Qingfeng, walked the world relying on this face.

Whoever dared not give him face was opposing Mount Wutong, opposing Zhu Shixiong Nie!

The last time he saw him, he thought this young man was handsome and had an extraordinary bearing, with a bit of his own style from his youth.

Now, the more he looked, the angrier he became.

What the hell is this so-called private grudge.

Last time, this young man managed to enter the cave dwelling beside Zhang Mingyang, survive in the end, and become a formidable senior expert in the eyes of that group of cultivators.

Could such a person be a reckless fool?

Could he actively break into the side of his enemy?

True Person Qingfeng angrily waved his sleeve: "A private grudge, is it? Let me tell you, even though Great Qian and Mount Wutong are allies, you don't play games like this. If it's a private grudge, then you solve it yourself."

Having said this, he stared tightly at Shen Yi.

Yet he found the youth's expression had not changed in the slightest.

After these few words, not only Master Zhu Jue and Wu Dao'an, but even Xu Hongde and the Six Ancestors were extremely surprised.

Shen Yi actually knew True Person Qingfeng?

But after hearing these words, it didn't seem like they were particularly close.

"I told you Yan Shidi Shen has wide connections."

The Yaksha Dharma Image rested its head, secretly transmitting sound to Little Wu.

"..."

Wu Dao'an also kept his head down, too lazy to deal with this chatterbox.

Actually, both of their hearts had settled.

True Person Qingfeng seemed to be venting his anger, but in fact he had already given Shen Yi a way out.

After all, Qingqiu was already considered ruined.

Even that Ancestral Master Fox was controlled in place by a treasure.

Their value now is far inferior to the rising momentum of Great Qian.

As long as Yan Shidi Shen softened his stance and admitted his fault.

That would mean Great Qian recognized the status of Mount Wutong and was willing to serve it.

In that case, solving a fox for his junior brother would count as anything major.

However, time slowly passed.

The few of them still had not heard Shen Yi's reply.

Even Master Zhu Jue could not help but lift his head to look.

He saw the anger on True Person Qingfeng's face slowly fade, his expression becoming calm: "I ask again, is it a private grudge?"

In an instant, he suddenly transformed from that boyish youth into a proper senior of Mount Wutong.

"..."

Shen Yi lowered his gaze slightly, a faint, indifferent smile appearing at the corner of his lips: "It is a personal grudge."

What the other party truly wanted to ask was actually another matter.

That was whether he was willing to take over the agreement Qiuqiu had accepted and serve as a humble dog or horse.

Or whether he intended to continue clinging tightly to the identity of an ally.

After all, the alliance established back then was to resist the Thousand Demon Caves together, and it did not include Qiuqiu.

If he still wished to maintain the identity of an ally, then Mount Wutong would have no reason to intervene further.

And Shen Yi's reply was concise to the extreme.

He slowly rose to his feet, looking out toward the distant clouds.

In the next moment, the entire person suddenly vanished from the spot.

"..."

True Person Qingfeng slowly straightened his body; after pondering for a long time, he coldly shook the bell in his hand.

In the next moment.

A long, piercing shriek suddenly erupted in the sky.

It contained boundless resentment, mournful and violent.

"This..."

Wu Daoan had never expected the situation to escalate to this point.

But the Yaksha Dharma Image suddenly rose to its feet.

Master Zhu Jue understood his junior brother's choice.

Then they only needed to follow, paying any price to maintain Great Qian's status.

Xu Hongde and the Sixth Ancestor exchanged a glance and likewise took out their array discs.

Their hearts were filled with endless emotion.

Even a youth that Mount Wutong could not suppress; they had previously even entertained thoughts of keeping him.

Such a figure was destined to be unwilling to remain beneath others.

But then again, a cultivator willing to submit to others, unable even to control his own life, where would he have the qualification to rashly claim to protect others?

Only such a Shen Yi was worthy of the Xu family's loyalty.

Just then, True Person Qingfeng rolled his eyes, waved his hand to cover everyone within a light screen: "I already said it is a personal grudge; why are you all making a fuss?"

Upon hearing this, Master Zhu Jue was stunned for a moment.

The "personal grudge" the other party had just mentioned clearly referred to Great Qian and Qiuqiu.

Now it had circled back, becoming Shen Yi and Shenxu Laozu of Qiuqiu.

He had softened his heart; in the end, he had not abandoned Great Qian.

After all, if the other party truly let go and Shen Yi lost, Qiuqiu could naturally retaliate against Great Qian as a matter of course.

Now it was different; it was merely a life-and-death duel between two cultivators; no matter what, it would not spread too far.

But Master Zhu Jue could not feel any joy at all.

He forcefully punched the light screen; the three-zhang-tall Yaksha Dharma Image stumbled backward several steps, nearly shaking his Yin Spirit out of his body.

"Tsk."

True Person Qingfeng took out a packet of preserved fruit and looked at Tang Yuan beside him, whose face was full of worry but who dared not speak.

He chewed the preserved fruit resentfully: "How about this? You all praise me for being handsome and dashing; praise me until I am satisfied, and perhaps later I will save his life."

Damn it; when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

Offering someone a way out, and they still look down on him.

He had to find a way out for himself, didn't he?

Still too soft-hearted.

If it were Zhu Shixiong Nie, he would have already drawn his sword and slaughtered this entire group; they were chattering away, so noisy.

(End of this chapter)