Chapter 121: You Really Are a Good Person

Until the two stood outside the city, Qintai He still wore a look of doubting his life, "Master... she really didn't stop me."

Ruan Xing chimed in with a nod, thinking silently to herself that not only did she not stop him, she didn't stop her either.

She seemed to understand something; in the heart of Qinghong Zhenjun, the future of the Sect was the most important thing, so when Ruan Xing wanted to go to the space-time rift or leave the Xuanbing Sect for other places, in order to prevent Ruan Xing from having enough strength to make the prophecy come true, she would rather let Qintai He die than let Ruan Xing go.

But now, Ruan Xing and Qintai He were going to Xizhou together; according to the development model of the aristocratic clans in Xizhou, even if Ruan Xing were willing to endure the hardship of changing her cultivation technique, it would be basically impossible to obtain a suitable high-level technique in Xizhou, and even the Secret Realms controlled by the various clans in Xizhou had their quotas long since divided up by their own people; no matter how much of a genius she was, going to Xizhou would make it impossible for her to keep up with the cultivation progress of a normal Cultivator.

Unless she married into a family, but Ruan Xing had started her Dao path early, and at this age, wanting to find a suitable aristocratic clan disciple to form a Dao companion on her own would take at least several decades.

If she stayed at Foundation Establishment Perfection for several decades, by the time she formed a Dao companion with anyone, she would still have to change her cultivation technique, and the aristocratic clans would not give her good resources.

Therefore, Qinghong Zhenjun was at ease with Ruan Xing going to Xizhou, and in her heart, Qinghong Zhenjun also hoped that Qintai He could survive, so... she would not come.

Qintai He said: "Are we really just leaving like this?"

He seemed still unable to believe it.

"Are you not satisfied that you can survive? Do you have to die?" Ruan Xing said coolly.

Qintai He shook his head, "I am just worried about Master; if I just leave, the Sect will surely punish Master."

Seeing that Qintai He was starting to hesitate again, Ruan Xing patiently coaxed him, "We are going to Xizhou to fulfill your long-cherished wish; if it really doesn't work out, we can go directly to Nanzhou from Xizhou, and we will still make it to the space-time rift."

"That is true." Qintai He began to look forward to Xizhou, "I wonder how the place where my father grew up differs from the Central Province."

Ruan Xing asked curiously: "In all these years, has the Qintai Family in Xizhou never sent you any news?"

Qintai He thought for a moment, "When I first went to Yaoguang Peak, Xizhou sent a few thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, but there has been no news since then."

"Just a few thousand? Then what have you been spending all these years?" Ruan Xing asked in surprise.

Just raising the white wolf was a significant expense every month; Monster Beasts do not have an Inedia stage, and a Monster Beast's transformation is equivalent to a human's Spirit Severing; before the transformation stage, they are all in a growth period, and they must eat a large amount of food and Qingshui Pills every month, otherwise, relying solely on the accumulation of time, the natural cultivation speed of a Monster Beast is very slow.

Yinfeng and Qintai He grew up together, yet its cultivation was even higher than Qintai He's; Qintai He must have fed it plenty of good things.

Moreover, Qintai He's own cultivation had not fallen behind, and he had never left Xianyuan City; he probably didn't do Sect missions either, so how could he have reached the Golden Core stage and raised Yinfeng so well relying only on a few thousand Spirit Stones and a monthly stipend of one or two hundred? It couldn't all be subsidies from Qinghong True Lord.

Qintai He was silent for a moment and said: "The storage rings left behind by my father and mother are all with me."

Storage rings!?

These were much higher-grade than the Storage Bag Ruan Xing used herself; a storage ring had at least several hundred square meters of storage space at its worst.

But this thing was simply too expensive and not cost-effective; a storage ring required forty or fifty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones for only a few hundred square meters of space; if one bought fifty-square-meter Storage Bags instead, one could buy dozens! Although Ruan Xing felt it wasn't cost-effective, it didn't stop her from feeling sour; why were other people's Cultivators so rich? What's more, there were two storage rings. Qintai He did not see Ruan Xing's expression and continued: "The cultivation resources for Yinfeng were prepared for me by my father before he passed away; my mother said that because the customs in Xizhou are different, the children of Cultivators are delicate, and many capable aristocratic clan Cultivators will raise a Monster Beast for their children as a guard and companion; this represents the affection of Xizhou Cultivators for their offspring."

This custom did indeed exist, but it was not common; usually, only the most noble direct descendants in a clan or the only offspring of parents who were both high-level Cultivators could possibly do this; after all, the cost of raising a Monster Beast was much more expensive than raising a child.

Qintai He's father must have had a certain status in the clan, but why did the clan choose to abandon Qintai He after his father died? And they only sent a few thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones; it was a bit too stingy.

Although she couldn't figure it out, this was not a problem Ruan Xing needed to consider.

The only purpose of her Simulation this time was to see if she could leave the Xuanbing Sect in this way.

Now that they had just left Xianyuan City, Qinghong Zhenjun's gaze probably hadn't been withdrawn yet, so Ruan Xing didn't plan to part ways with Qintai He, but instead suggested: "Let's find a Teleportation Array station in another town first, and then teleport to Xizhou."

Qintai He naturally didn't lack the money for this teleportation ticket and readily agreed; the two rode Yinfeng for a stretch of the road, and then to let Yinfeng rest, Ruan Xing took out her Shuttle Spirit Boat, and the two took turns driving, with Qintai He contributing dozens of Low-grade Spirit Stones as the kinetic energy for the Shuttle Spirit Boat.

An hour later, the two finally arrived at the Teleportation Array station of another town; because Yinfeng was too large, it was charged a double ticket, so for one teleportation, Qintai He needed to spend eight Mid-grade Spirit Stones.

From the Central Province to the territory of the Qintai Family in Xizhou, it would take at least six teleportations, and five thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones were just spent like that.

It was not a big problem; Qintai He was not short of money!

Of course, it would be even better if these five thousand Spirit Stones could be used for her own Simulation, Ruan Xing thought sourly.

The two and one wolf began the process of constant transfers and connections; they were already getting used to the dizziness and tinnitus when the Teleportation Array started.

Finally stepping onto the land of Xizhou, Qintai He was a bit uneasy, "When we go to the Qintai Family later, how should I introduce myself, and how should I address them?"

"What are you afraid of? Be spirited, don't lose face!" Ruan Xing encouraged him, "Bring out that attitude you used to have of not looking people in the eye."

Qintai He then tilted his head up, expressionless, and gave a faint "hmm" with a detached look in his eyes.

He suddenly realized something was wrong, "But... why did you come to Xizhou with me?"

Qintai He was a bit confused; he had been instigated by Ruan Xing to leave the Xuanbing Sect to save his life and to satisfy his own desire to see Xizhou; if Xizhou couldn't accommodate him, he would still have to go to Nanzhou to die.

Then why did Ruan Xing want to accompany him on this trip? She had just joined the Sect less than a month ago; accompanying him to violate the Sect's rules had absolutely no benefit, and she wasn't a Personal Disciple either; even if she returned to the Sect to admit her mistake and be punished, she wouldn't get any good treatment.

Ruan Xing scratched her head awkwardly; anyway, since she was already here, she wanted to see if there was any benefit to be gained from the Qintai Family, or to learn more information that others didn't know, but she had honestly known Qintai He for less than a month; how could they be that close? Before, it was because Qintai He had been dizzy and confused by the two bombshells of Qinghong Zhenjun and Meng Hui failing their tribulation, and he wasn't very clear-headed, which was why he had been constantly fooled by her.

Now that Qintai He's reason had returned to normal, what excuse should she use to follow Qintai He to the Qintai Family? Who would have thought that Qintai He would suddenly look moved, not knowing what he had imagined, and say sincerely: "Junior Sister, you really are a good person."

Ruan Xing was stunned.

Thanks to high school student Zhou Yingting for the monthly ticket~(End of chapter)