Chapter 142: The Kindness of Fairy Qingping

Simulation ended.

Ruan Xing blankly returned to her senses; the tea on the table in front of her was still emitting wisps of steam.

After learning of Elder Wen's death, she could no longer rush over to save him, and the key naturally fell into the hands of the other two cultivators; furthermore, since no one could use magic arts or Spiritual Power in the Land of Forbidden Spirit, she was at a great disadvantage against two adult men relying solely on physical fitness, so she only had the Sword roughly describe the two men's builds and appearances, preparing to act in the next simulation.

Afterwards, she continued to move in the direction she had originally chosen; although it was clearly an endless plain before her eyes, the wheels under the wooden box told her that the ground was a gradually rising slope, and after she had walked for over three hours, as it was about to turn completely dark and the Juelin Chong were about to emerge.

Suddenly, the ground beneath her feet vanished as if she had fallen off a ten-thousand-foot cliff; before she could even take out the parachute in the wooden box, her body was shredded in an instant, as if she had fallen into a meat grinder.

She had thought it was an Immortal Sect territory with beautiful mountains and clear waters, but she had not expected it to be a perilous abyss filled with crises.

Looking at it this way, what her eyes saw probably wasn't a real plain either.

Taking a sip of tea to calm her nerves, Ruan Xing started the Real-scene Simulation again.

After successfully meeting up with Gu Duo and the others, they arrived before the space-time rift.

Gu Duo asked in a low voice, "Junior Brother Qintai, are you certain you want to enter the rift yourself?"

Ruan Xing was about to agree absentmindedly, but suddenly paused.

Gu Duo's attitude seemed a bit strange... Why did he have to repeatedly confirm in every simulation whether Qintai He really had to enter himself?

Originally, Ruan Xing thought it was because he didn't understand the truth about the space-time rift and was unhappy that Qintai He had snatched the credit, causing him to make a wasted trip to Nanzhou.

But he seemed a bit too lenient toward Qintai He; even when the other two Inner Sect Disciples were dissatisfied with Qintai He's arrogant attitude, they were all stopped by him.

Thinking carefully, every time at the entrance of the Teleportation Array site, it was Gu Duo who recognized her disguised Qintai He first, and his expression was always distinct.

She took back the words that had reached her lips and instead asked, "Senior Brother Gu is a disciple of Tianyan Peak; before coming out this time, did you cast a divination for yourself?"

"Divinations are not cast for oneself, does Junior Brother Qintai not know this?" Gu Duo smiled. "Although I am the Personal Disciple of our Master, I have not learned even a fraction of Master's ability to calculate the heavens; I can only deduce good or ill fortune, and I cannot even calculate it for myself, so it is truly useless."

Ruan Xing nodded and said, "Since that is the case, why don't you cast a divination for me, Senior Brother, to see if it is good or ill fortune if I enter the space-time rift."

Gu Duo shook his head, "Divinations are not cast for oneself, and one cannot cast them for matters related to oneself either."

Is there any connection between Qintai He and Gu Duo?

In the half a month she had known Qintai He, Ruan Xing had been with him every day; most of the time he was expressionless and taciturn, and when she annoyed him too much, he would prick her with sarcastic remarks. Other than that, she had never seen him get close to any other cultivator, nor had he mentioned a single word about other fellow disciples.

Even on the many trips accompanying Qintai He to Xizhou, Qintai He had never mentioned the name Gu Duo.

Ruan Xing suddenly became interested, raised an eyebrow, and said, "I didn't know there were any unknown stories between you and me, Senior Brother."

Gu Duo was silent for a moment, then said gloomily, "I even held you when you were a child."

Ruan Xing:? Her look of surprise flashed by, and she hurriedly darkened her face, reacting as only Qintai He would, "Talking nonsense!"

"Just a joke, Junior Brother Qintai, don't be angry." Gu Duo smiled. "Junior Martial Aunt Qingping once did me a favor, so after you escaped... er, left the Xuanbing Sect, Master sent me here."

Ruan Xing was slightly startled, "You knew my mother?"

Qingping Xianzi had only been dead for twenty-some years, while Gu Duo had been cultivating for over two hundred years; it was indeed possible for them to know each other. Although Qingping Xianzi disliked being constrained and rarely lived in the Sect, given that Qinghong Zhenjun was willing to raise her child, perhaps Qingmeng Daojun, who was a close friend of Qinghong Zhenjun, also had a good relationship with Qingping Xianzi.

"I knew her, a long time ago. When I joined my Master's sect, it was Junior Martial Aunt Qingping who introduced me, though we didn't have much contact after she reached the Golden Core stage." Gu Duo smiled slightly. "Don't worry, Junior Brother, I came this time of my own volition."

"Who asked if you were here of your own volition." Ruan Xing muttered, then turned her head away. "So you know this trip is extremely dangerous, and you are still willing to go in my stead?" Gu Duo nodded readily, "Yes, but it still depends on your own wishes. Although Junior Martial Aunt Qingping didn't have a good reputation in the Sect, at least she was still a disciple of the Xuanbing Sect. If you leave... I fear both of you will be expelled from the Sect and regarded as traitors. Of course, I think reputation is not as important as life; if you don't care about this empty name, you can naturally choose not to enter the space-time rift."

Gu Duo said that reputation was not important, yet he himself had come on this trip because of a favor from a hundred years ago that few people knew about.

Then, in this simulation, should she stay outside and see what happens?

Perhaps she could find an opportunity to chat with the Sect Leader in private; in Ruan Xing's impression, he was actually quite kind and easy to talk to.

Qingping Xianzi and the others all had their own exclusive titles; it wasn't because they were so powerful themselves, but because their master was Gui Xu Xianjun. Then, Elder Wen was actually also a disciple of Gui Xu Xianjun... what was his title?

The Sect Leader had never mentioned him having a title. Could the Sect Leader and Elder Wen be fellow disciples, given their close relationship? Ruan Xing guessed it was likely not. Elder Wen was marginalized by the Sect because his Spirit Bone was damaged, and living now was just waiting for death without any achievements, but the Sect Leader was not. A young Nascent Soul, if he had Gui Xu Xianjun as a master to rely on, even if he were stubborn and preferred to follow his friend to Nanzhou, it wouldn't be to this extent.

At the very least, he could return to the Central Province to be a Peak Master.

"I wouldn't dare to spurn your kindness, Senior Brother." Ruan Xing said, "Since that is the case, I will not enter the space-time rift."

Gu Duo was startled, "Junior Brother Qintai, you..."

"I didn't expect you to use this way of speaking; it's a bit unlike you." Gu Duo laughed shortly.

He seemed a bit suspicious, but after all, he wasn't close to Qintai He and couldn't be sure.

The fact that she didn't have the white wolf by her side was already very suspicious; if there were any more problems with her speech...

Ruan Xing frowned nonchalantly, "Oh, so Senior Brother was just being polite earlier; it was I who took it seriously. Then there's nothing left to talk about."

After speaking, she turned to leave, and Gu Duo hurriedly stopped her, "No, that's not it, I misspoke, Junior Brother, please don't take offense."

Ruan Xing glanced at him sideways, snorted coldly, flicked her sleeves, went to the side, found a large rock, and sat down cross-legged.

Gu Duo rubbed his nose and didn't say anything else.

Soon, the leading cultivators from the three sects returned. After the Hanhai Sect cultivator proposed the order of entry, the three teams orderly flew into the air on their swords and flew toward the direction of the space-time rift.

It was quite novel to watch others enter the space-time rift from this perspective.

Ruan Xing followed behind the three leaders, and only after all the other cultivators had entered the rift did they take back their gazes.

The Nanzhou Sect Leader looked at Ruan Xing and asked strangely, "How did it end up being you who stayed behind again?"

"Getting cold feet at the last moment is human nature, isn't it?" Ruan Xing smiled and replied.

"As you wish."

At this time, outside the space-time rift, only four people remained.

No one knew how long they would stay inside after entering, so to prevent mortals and other Loose Cultivators from accidentally entering, they still had to continue guarding here to maintain the concealment array.

The three of them stayed far apart, each taking out furniture from their own Storage Bags, either sitting or lying down with their eyes closed to rest; mainly because they were staying next to people with similar cultivation levels whom they couldn't trust, they couldn't meditate and cultivate either.

The Sect Leader lay on a yellow wooden lounge chair, which looked very similar to the one in Elder Wen's small courtyard.

Ruan Xing hadn't prepared these things herself, and it wouldn't be appropriate to just take out items from the Storage Bag that didn't fit Qintai He's identity, so Ruan Xing thought for a moment, put down the box, and sat on it.

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