“Li Shiqing, what do you mean by encountering another group of people in the secret realm? Why didn't you report this to Elder Ling earlier?”
Not long after Bai Shengyi and the others left the main hall, they were stopped by Wen Jiuyin and Ling Yue.
Li Shiqing frowned and said, “Senior Brother Jin Lingfeng said he would report this matter to Elder Ling and Elder Yun himself and told me not to say anything.”
Besides, she was seriously injured at the time and was concerned about Bai Murong, only wanting to return to her peak as soon as possible. She had no idea Jin Lingfeng had said nothing.
“That brat!”
Jin Lingfeng had parted ways with Bai Shengyi and the others as soon as they left. Wen Jiuyin hadn't seen him, so he couldn't say much. Instead, he said to Li Shiqing with a solemn expression, “What did that group of people look like? What did they say? Tell me the situation in detail.”
After Li Shiqing finished speaking, Wen Jiuyin's expression became even more serious.
“Old Ling, go ask Yun Kai and Ying Shengchong if they’ve found anyone. I need to report this matter to the Vice President. These people from other continents are becoming more and more outrageous, delving deep into our academy’s secret realm without even a word. Do they still consider our continent their former backyard?”
Wen Jiuyin said, turning back hurriedly, and Ling Yue followed him.
Li Shiqing glanced at Bai Shengyi and also quietly left. Coming to the main peak this time, she suddenly realized that Venerable Xiaxilou seemed a bit different from what she had imagined.
She needed to think again. Was this truly the master she wanted to choose?
“Shengyi, did you notice? When Li Shiqing mentioned the name Song Sheng just now, Elder Wen seemed very uncomfortable,” Feng Wuya said. “I suspect Song Sheng holds an unusual position in the academy.”
“It’s possible.” Bai Shengyi was still pondering another matter: where had Yun Youyue gone?
She had asked her senior sister at the time, and her senior sister only said that Yun Youyue wanted to take the Xingluo Dihuan with empty hands. After being scolded by her, Yun Youyue had escaped using a spatial teleportation talism.
But it wasn’t possible for a person to disappear without reason.
Yun Kai was also looking for his daughter. At this time, he and Ying Shengchong had searched all around the secret realm. Later, with Ling Yue's help, they entered the Qianyun Secret Realm again, but still couldn’t find her.
“Yue’er, where exactly did you go?”
Yun Kai said angrily, “It’s all Qianying's fault. She was fine, why did she have to argue with a junior! If she hadn’t scared Yue’er, how could Yue’er have gone missing?”
Ling Yue frowned. So Qianying, the junior sister, provided clues to Yun Kai without holding a grudge, and she was still being resented?
Forget it, he should just slip away. Perhaps in a moment, he would also be blamed.
As Ling Yue was thinking this, he heard Yun Kai say furiously, “Ling Yue! I don’t care. Yue’er disappeared under your leadership, you must help me find her!”
Ling Yue: … As expected, birds of a feather flock together. You and Yun Ying are truly siblings, equally unreasonable!
However, Yun Youyue was not only an outstanding artifact refining genius of the Refining Artifact Peak generation but also known as Fairy Youyue among the new generation of cultivators. She had an extraordinary background and exceptional talent, being unattainable and the dream lover of countless junior brothers and senior brothers, and the object of jealousy and envy for senior and junior sisters.
As soon as her disappearance was announced, it caused a huge stir in Shenqi Academy. Everyone speculated whether Fairy Youyue might have already fallen.
But soon, these speculations were suppressed by the academy. Following that, the academy held an exchange conference, and it was heard that some mysterious forces also participated. This new excitement immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
Bai Shengyi, however, had no time to pay attention to these things. Since returning from the main peak, she had been intermittently in secluded cultivation under Qian Ying's supervision, fully preparing for the upcoming Pill Fighting Competition.
The fusion of Xingluo Dihuan indeed made her eyes more convenient and her understanding of pharmacology more profound. However, Bai Shengyi quickly realized its drawbacks.
“People from the Discipline Hall came yesterday, saying the results of the investigation into the thugs who attacked you last time are out. They got the news of your return from Bai Murong. The Discipline Hall has already punished those two according to the rules.”
Qian Ying said, seeing Bai Shengyi emerge from her secluded cultivation with a very heavy expression and a slight frown, she said worriedly, “What’s wrong, junior sister? Is it because you’ve been cultivating too hard recently and aren’t feeling well? Why don’t you rest for two days? The academy exchange conference is quite lively these two days anyway.”
She was a little worried that she had pushed the young girl too hard.
“No, senior sister. I’ve realized that even though I don’t actively use the power of Xingluo Dihuan, it still affects my emotions.”
Bai Shengyi spread her hands. Two spiritual lights, like bright stars, fell into her palms, but they didn’t annihilate her hands into nothingness. However, her emotions had become extremely active.
For example, when she recalled what Qian Ying had just said, she would want to kill Qin Zhao and Bai Murong. Then, thinking of Qing Bu Li, who was hiding in the dark and didn’t know his place, and Li Shiqing, who was biased towards Bai Murong, a pile of negative emotions quickly surged into her heart.
This won’t do!
Bai Shengyi calmed herself, “This symptom has appeared since returning from the secret realm half a month ago.”
At that time, whether it was towards Qing Bu Li, or Bai Murong and Qin Zhao, she was extremely irritable and had murderous intent, but she hadn’t thought of Xingluo Dihuan.
She had been refining medicine and pills during this period, but her progress was not smooth. It was only with the reminder of the Reincarnation Brush that she discovered the trick.
Qian Ying became serious. A cultivator’s emotions were closely related to their state of mind. This was not a small problem. Fortunately, junior sister discovered it early, otherwise, she would have stumbled badly when she formed her core.
“Come here, let me take a look.”
Qian Ying rolled up her wide sleeves, covered Bai Shengyi’s eyes with her hands, and her scarlet eyes emitted an eerie red light.
After a while, Qian Ying withdrew her hand and said helplessly, “I can’t do anything either. I’ll go find Mo Shuxin to take a look for you.”
After she said that, she went to Zhen Dan Peak and found Mo Shuxin.
If there was anyone in the academy who had the deepest research on Xingluo Dihuan, it would be Mo Shuxin. Back then, when Mo Shuxin wanted to use this thing for medicinal purposes, she had collected everything related to it. The aura in the Azure Bird was collected by the two of them after squatting in the Qianyun Secret Realm for a year.
However, Mo Shuxin couldn’t explain anything.
But she gave Bai Shengyi a bottle of pills: “Take this. Take one pill every time you cultivate. It can clear your mind and condense your qi, reducing its influence on you. Come back to me for more when you finish this bottle.”
“I’ll go back and study this thing again.”
Encountering such a situation, Mo Shuxin rekindled her curiosity about Xingluo Dihuan, and after speaking, she hurriedly left.
“This is a seventh-rank Clear Mind Pill, junior sister. You must keep it safe,” Qian Ying opened the bottle, glanced at it, and smiled as she patted Bai Shengyi’s head.
Bai Shengyi was stunned.
Although Mo Shuxin was a seventh-rank alchemist, giving her seventh-rank pills so casually… and earlier, when she learned that she was looking for Xingluo Dihuan, she had asked Feng Wuya to bring the Azure Bird to help… Why was she being so good to her?
Was it out of respect for Senior Sister Qian Ying?
Qian Ying didn’t know Bai Shengyi was thinking so much.
Seeing that Bai Shengyi was about to go into seclusion again, she quickly pulled her back, “No, junior sister. You are already a fourth-rank alchemist. Let’s go out today and bring glory to our Qianxiao Peak.”