Seeing Xiao Chen"s eyebrows furrowed, Luo Shangyan asked, "What are you thinking?"
Xiao Chen came to his senses, shook his head, and smiled. "Nothing." He asked again after a short silence, "By the way, where is Miss. Shen?"
"I took her to the city and left."
Xiao Chen nodded, thinking that the sect rules of this Thousand Feathers Sect were merciless. There was no friendship between the fellows. Suddenly, he thought of Qianyu Nishang. Wasn"t she just such a person? If she had even a little bit of friendship, how could she frame him up with others? He gave her the Autumn Water in vain. Thinking of this, his heart felt very bitter, and he couldn"t help sighing.
Three days pa.s.sed quickly, and the story that Xiao Chen fought two experts in one day had already been widely spread in Wu Province. Summoning the dragons, the Legendary Weapon recognizing him as owner, and the previous doings in the Immortals League Compet.i.tion, which are now widely known to all. Even the women and children knew about these.
There were even rumors that he had surprised some reclusive cultivators, and the He family and Ling family had sent experts to capture him.
Xiao Chen just laughed off these rumors and ignored them. Yu Yifeng visited him several times during this period. The people gathered in the Widespread Wintriness Sect again this day. Although they had asked for an artisan to repair the mountain gate square, the traces left by the great battle of that day were still shocking.
Xiaoyue and others were standing on the high platform. On this trip to Wuw.a.n.g Wind Cloud City, the most outstanding young people from all sects were picked, and the older generation did not go together. They stayed in the Widespread Wintriness Sect as reinforcements.
Ye Wuhen from Penglai Island, Xu Gu from Wuyin Monastery, and other rising stars were in the lineup. There were other young experts from various sects, with a total of 14 people, all of whom reached Core Forming Realm. Plus Xiao Chen and his three companions, there was a total of 18 people.
Such a lineup was very strong even in the entire East Divine Continent, enough to eliminate any small faction. But Xiao Chen was not optimistic. Even if there were more than a dozen Core Forming Realm experts, it was far from enough to deal with Wuw.a.n.g Wind Cloud City. He didn"t know what tricks Xiaoyue was playing. He saw Mu Chengxue preoccupied and asked, "Miss Gu, what"s the matter?"
It took her a long time to react. She shook her head and said, "No... Nothing."
Xiao Chen saw that she was disturbed, and it was not good for him to continue questioning. He learned from Yu Yifeng that she had been searching for her elder brother for several years without any result. She should be distraught about this matter. Back then, she unsealed his Spiritual Meridians, so he should do whatever he could to help her.
Half an hour later, everyone was ready to go. The elders of every sect had already told their disciples not to conduct direct confrontation with Wuw.a.n.g Wind Cloud City, and they should go back to report when they were sure that it"s really related to the Soul-consuming Evil Flowers.
These people were the best in their sects, so they were somewhat frivolous and arrogant. They agreed with their mouths, but n.o.body knew what they thought in their hearts. Now, they were going to need a leader. There was no doubt that they elected Xiaoyue. However, Xiaoyue had ceded this position to Xu Gu from the Wuyin Monastery.
On the side of the Jade Qing Sect, Yu Yifeng arranged some matters to his four junior brothers and sisters, and set foot on the Flying-cloud Stone together with Xiao Chen, Mu Chengxue, and Luo Shangyan.
The 18 people, stood on the Flying-cloud Stone and flew to Wuw.a.n.g Wind Cloud City under the eyes of all. It"s now autumn in the Violet Manor. Overlooking the mountains and rivers below, everyone was relaxed and felt happy. Soon, they began to chatter.
Everyone was talking and smiling. Ye Wuhen from Penglai Island did not talk to Xiao Chen and his companions. The disciples from other sects seemed to forget their elders" warning and walked to Xiao Chen"s side one after another, chatting with him. Only a few female disciples seemed to be really frightened by the murderous aura Xiao Chen had before. They took him as a mad killer and kept away from him.
Xiao Chen was always easy-going and got to know these people very well soon. However, whenever someone asked him about his master, he always avoided the topic. Over time, people stopped asking.
About two hours later, Xiao Chen saw Xiaoyue standing alone on the edge of the Flying-cloud Stone. Her clothes were dancing with the wind, making her really look like a fairy from the nine heavens. He gently smiled and said, "Fairy Xiaoyue, I don"t know if I should ask you this question."
"Oh? Brother Xiao, you can ask anything. It"s all right." This made Xiaoyue a little surprised. For a long time, she always felt that Xiao Chen had deep hostility to herself. She didn"t expect him to take the initiative to talk to herself at this moment with such soft tone.
Xiao Chen smiled and asked, "I wonder who the founder of your sect was?" Although he had concluded that the Thousand Feathers Sect was founded by Qianyu Nishang, he still cannot help asking himself.
After hearing this, the crowd was somewhat surprised. They thought he was going to ask about the Wuw.a.n.g Wind Cloud City, but they didn"t expect him to ask such a question out of nowhere. A handsome young man smiled and said, "Doesn"t Junior Brother Xiao know that the Thousand Feathers Sect was founded thousands of years ago by Fairy Nishang?"
Another youth smiled. "Fairy Nishang reached Grand Completion Realm thousands of years ago, then survived the Ordeal and ascended to heaven. I heard my master say that a thousand years ago, Fairy Nishang had come down to earth."
Xiaoyue smiled gently, which looked graceful and touching, saying, "Just as the two senior brothers said, my sect was founded by Patriarch Qianyu. I wonder why Brother Xiao asked this question."
Xiao Chen gently smiled. "I was just asking casually. Fairy should not take offense." In the heart, he sneered, "Junior Sister. Alas, Junior Sister. You set me up back then which destroyed my Nascent Soul. But you ascended to heaven and had broken the shackle of life and death? Hey hey! What will you look like when you see me again one day?"
However, the thought that Qianyu Nishang was now an Immortal King but he was still struggling between Foundation Building Realm and Core Forming Realm made Xiao Chen feel everything boring. Back then, Qianyu Nishang"s cultivation was lower than his. She called him "Senior Brother". Thousands of years later, she had become a real immortal, but he had not even reached Core Forming Realm. When could he retaliate for himself and Weiyang...
Something suddenly occurred to him. Since Qianyu Nishang could break the shackle of life and death and ascend to heaven, why couldn"t his master also ascend to heaven? His master"s cultivation was far above hers. This meant that his master was also alive...
The more he thought about it, the more he could not control his enthusiasm. He really wanted to go to heaven and meet his master at once. However, one thing instantly chilled him.
That was the mystery of his resurrection. If no one wanted to resurrect through his body, then it must be his master who wanted to resurrect him. But now that so many years had pa.s.sed, why hadn"t his master come to see him? Had he done something wrong back then? Or, was his master no more...
The most desperate thing was not the distance between heaven and earth but the separation of the living and the dead and the impossibility of meeting each other in one"s life.
"Ah!" Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn"t help but roar, which shook the Flying-cloud Stone.
The crowd immediately looked back after gaining their footing and saw that his eyes were faintly tearful. They were greatly surprised. Why was it that he was fine just a moment ago and suddenly became a different person?
While pa.s.sing through the bamboo forest and ancient fairy ruins, Yu Yifeng noticed that he became quite strange from time to time. Now seeing him act like that again, Yu Yifeng quietly asked, "Junior Brother Xiao, what"s the matter?"
Looking at a dozen people"s surprised eyes, Xiao Chen smiled. "It"s all right. I just thought the Ling family bullied me so much and couldn"t resist it."
Of course, no one believed his words. Had he not kicked the s.h.i.t out of Ling Yingfeng that day? It"s just not good for them to ask more questions at the moment.