Chapter 1161 An Incident Occurred
Zhang Laoguai rolled his eyes at Chen Yang. "I really can't tell if you're mocking me or praising me."
"I haven't even reached the Heidan realm myself, how can I teach a student who has?"
"Besides, I didn't reach the peak in one go back then. Everything I learned was accumulated step by step."
"And there's more than just me from the Confucian school coming to this land. They can teach what I can teach."
"As for what they can't teach, it's all up to individual comprehension. That's how I came through back then."
Chen Yang took a deep breath and didn't argue back. He had heard some news about Confucian studies.
Many of Zhang Laoguai's teachings were called unorthodox by the old masters of the Confucian school.
Although the Confucian school now accepted Zhang Laoguai's reintegration, there were still quite a few frictions between them due to Zhang Laoguai's teaching methods.
It seemed that Zhang Laoguai wanted to try and see if he could break through.
If he could reach the Heidan realm, he would be able to shut up those old Confucian masters.
"I won't say more. These young people are all in your care now."
Chen Yang saw the look that Ananda threw at him and immediately understood that the supplies had all been given to the barbarians. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Let's go!"
A spatial rift several meters wide immediately appeared in front of the barbarian leader, but this rift was entirely under the barbarian leader's control.
The barbarian leader had put a lot on the line this time. For Chen Yang, it might be very simple to transport so many people in the Foundation Establishment realm through the disordered space, as Chen Yang had the Bronze Cauldron to resist the erosion of the disordered space.
But the barbarian leader did not have such a thing and could only use his own spiritual power to resist. Every additional person was an additional consumption.
When the spatial rift disappeared, Chen Yang looked at the empty courtyard and inexplicably felt that something was wrong.
Chen Yang turned to look and found Chen Shu beside him, but Hou Qingzhu was nowhere to be seen.
In these past few days, Fei Zijin and the others had been undergoing secret training. Outsiders didn't know, but as Chen Yang's disciple, Hou Qingzhu knew quite a bit.
Knowing what Fei Zijin and the others were going to do, Hou Qingzhu had been pestering Chen Yang almost every day, wanting to participate in the war between the barbarians and the demon capital.
But Chen Yang naturally would not agree to this, after all, Hou Qingzhu was the only descendant of the Hou family and his disciple.
Although Hou Qingzhu had joined the team without Chen Yang's permission, she had participated in the entire process by Chen Yang's side.
Chen Yang remembered that Hou Qingzhu had just poured tea for him and the barbarian leader, but now she had vanished in the blink of an eye?
Instantly, Chen Yang had an ominous premonition.
"Where is Qingzhu?" Chen Yang asked Chen Shu.
After all, Hou Qingzhu had been taught by Chen Shu for a long time, and their relationship was extremely close.
Chen Shu blinked and gave a bitter smile. "What do you think?"
Chen Yang took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart, but he still blamed her somewhat. "How could you let her be so reckless?"
"Qingzhu hasn't experienced much combat. Fei Zijin and Fang Yuanyuan, at least, are psychologically prepared for what's about to happen. What about Qingzhu? Before she met me, she was protected by Old Master Hou, and then when she went to Qingzhou City, no one dared to provoke her."
Chen Yang was halfway through his sentence when Chen Shu interrupted him and said in a low voice, "You should have faith in your disciple."
"You're right. Fei Zijin is a martial artist. He's experienced war and death. But have you always protected her? Don't you think she needs to experience all this?"
"Do you know that Hou Yuanzhi has passed away?"
As soon as he said this, Chen Yang was stunned.
Hou Yuanzhi was dead?
He had never heard this news!
And Hou Qingzhu had never mentioned it since she arrived!
Chen Yang looked at Chen Shu blankly. "You can't just say things like that. Who told you?"
Chen Yang remembered that the last time he saw Old Master Hou was at the Lin family in Modu. He had good spirit and energy, and his strength was not weak. He could have lived for decades more.
"It was your disciple Qingzhu. She originally wanted to tell you earlier, but you were always busy with other things, and Qingzhu didn't know how to bring it up, so she could only tell me."
"Internal injuries from cultivation, no one could heal them. Chen Xing's intervention only prolonged Hou Yuanzhi's life by a few days."
"Qingzhu is much stronger than you imagine."
Chen Yang's eyes were a little forlorn. He felt like he had failed as a master.
The entire Land of Hope was running smoothly under his arrangements, but he knew nothing about his disciple's affairs.
After a long while, Chen Yang suddenly thought, "Oh no, Qingzhu didn't bring anything when she left!"
To ensure everyone's survival, Chen Yang had crafted spatial rings for each person, equipped with sufficient pills, weapons, and spirit stones.
Seeing Chen Yang's anxious look, Chen Shu said, "Don't worry, everything that needed to be prepared has already been prepared."
"This girl is clever. Knowing that her name wasn't on the list, she secretly looked for people one by one."
"If someone hadn't told me about this, I would have been kept in the dark too."
Chen Yang took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "This little fox, who did she learn from!"
Hou Qingzhu, who had secretly followed them into the disordered space, sneezed. As she rubbed her nose, she heard someone calling her name.
"Hou Qingzhu?"
Instantly, everyone turned to look at Hou Qingzhu.
Hou Qingzhu's name was quite well-known in the Land of Hope. She was Dean Chen Yang's disciple and a great beauty, so she was naturally the subject of discussion.
Fei Zijin's eyes widened in anger. "When did you get in?"
Fei Zijin and the others had lived with Hou Qingzhu in Chen Yang's residence in Qingzhou City. Since they had both chosen to enter the land, they were naturally very familiar with each other.
Fei Zijin remembered that Hou Qingzhu was not on the list, and the young master had not allowed this girl to come.
Seeing that it was Fei Zijin, Hou Qingzhu quickly made a gesture for silence.
But Zhang Laoguai, who was leading them, heard it clearly.
Zhang Laoguai frowned. Chen Yang's disciple had actually sneaked in. If...
The barbarian leader next to him noticed something was wrong and said in a deep voice, "Who is this Hou Qingzhu?"
"Chen Yang's precious disciple, and she wasn't on the list to go to the barbarians. I don't know how she got in."
"Can you send her back?"
Before the barbarian leader could speak, Hou Qingzhu quickly said, "I, I... my master secretly let me in."
Everyone could see that Hou Qingzhu was lying, but the barbarian leader could only give a bitter smile. "It takes a lot of time to go back and forth, and it's easy to be detected by the Lord of the Demon Capital."