Chapter 252

Chapter 252: Everyone Is Laughing at Me
Wanting the benefits but not wanting to take responsibility, how could there be such a good thing.

Besides, Yu Zhao always remembered Senior Chang Sheng’s warning.

If she wanted to find out the truth behind why there had been no Ascension in the Cultivation World for so many years, she would not be enough on her own. The descendants of the White Peacock and the Azure Dragon bloodlines were exactly the helpers she needed.

Quan Ye did not want to live. Then he should give up his place.

Although Bai Ling still did not know Yu Zhao’s true intentions, since Yu Zhao held the Phoenix Feather in her hand, he would fulfill her wish.

The moment he decided to give up on Quan Ye, he felt an ease he had never felt before, as if he should have made this decision long ago.

He said: “Stay on Spirit Mountain a few more days. I will go reject Master Qing Yan first and have him take Quan Ye somewhere else to try.”

Quan Ye was still in danger right now; they could not delay.

Yu Zhao said: “I also ask that Clan Chief Bai Ling not mention that I was here.”

“Of course.”

…

“Bai Ling, going back on your word is not how a gentleman behaves.”

Master Qing Yan’s face was calm, yet it held its own authority.

Bai Ling had guessed that talking with Master Qing Yan would not go smoothly. Faced with Master Qing Yan’s questioning, he showed timely guilt and said: “This matter is my oversight. The things in this storage pouch can help stabilize Quan Ye for a while, enough to support you until you reach the next place.”

Even though Bai Ling had suddenly changed his mind and broken Master Qing Yan’s original plan, Master Qing Yan’s eyes were indifferent, but he could not help feeling a bit annoyed inside.

Among the few Divine Transformation Stage Grand Adepts of the Demon Race, Bai Ling was the mildest and the easiest to talk to.

The other Demonic Beasts were very hard to deal with. Unless it was necessary, Master Qing Yan really did not want to interact with them.

“Give me a reason.”

Master Qing Yan glanced sideways at him.

Bai Ling curled his lips into a complicated smile.

“My people found a Demonic Beast Egg that carries the Azure Dragon bloodline, so I can only let Quan Ye down.”

Master Qing Yan was a bit surprised.

The Azure Dragon bloodline had not appeared in the world for many years.

Now, as soon as it appeared, two had already surfaced.

Was it a coincidence or an accident?

Right then, the voice of the soul in his Sea of Consciousness sounded.

“Call Su Ming here and have him use the Fire Phoenix’s feather to trade with Bai Ling.”

“The Fire Phoenix’s feather?”

Master Qing Yan’s eyes flickered.

He immediately thought of the promise the White Peacock Clan had made before.

He asked: “Are you sure he has a Phoenix Feather?”

“I am sure.”

Master Qing Yan turned his head and sent a Voice Transmission to Su Ming.

Su Ming was currently in a tree house talking with a White Peacock. When he received Master Qing Yan’s Voice Transmission, he almost fell off the tree.

He said: “My master is calling me. I have to go.”

He was puzzled inside, but his feet moved surprisingly fast.

After only a few breaths, he arrived outside Master Qing Yan’s room.

“Come in.”

Su Ming nervously stepped over the threshold, walked forward a few steps, and bowed to Master Qing Yan and Bai Ling. He said: “Greetings, Master. Greetings, Clan Chief Bai Ling.”

Bai Ling looked toward Master Qing Yan in confusion, as if asking why he had called Su Ming over.

Master Qing Yan said calmly: “Take out that fiery red feather.”

Bai Ling was secretly shocked.

Su Ming also had a Phoenix Feather?

[When did Phoenix Feathers start getting sold wholesale? Why does everyone have one now?]

“A fiery red feather?”

Bai Ling was shocked, but Su Ming was even more shocked, because he honestly could not remember having any red feather in his storage space.

Under Master Qing Yan’s cold gaze, Su Ming braced himself and said: “This disciple is dull. Master, can you give me another hint?”

Bai Ling relaxed at once.

[I knew it. How could Phoenix Feathers be as common as roadside rocks, found everywhere?]

They must have mixed something up.

Only the one in Yu Zhao’s hand was a real Phoenix Feather.

The soul said: “Su Ming probably has too many things and cannot remember for a moment. Just tell him it is the feather he bought at the foot of Five Elements Dao Sect’s mountain, the one he bought from a blind man for three low-grade spirit stones.”

Following the soul’s prompt, Master Qing Yan repeated the words.

Su Ming thought for a moment and finally remembered where the Phoenix Feather had gone.

He said nervously: “Master, that Phoenix Feather is no longer with me. It now belongs to Yu Zhao.”

“Her again.”

Master Qing Yan was furious.

Every time his impression of Yu Zhao improved a little, she would cause another mess and turn his opinion back around.

And right when he was the angriest, the soul in his body also became restless.

“How could the Phoenix Feather be in Little Seven’s hands? Something is wrong, very wrong.”

The soul kept muttering nonstop.

Ever since coming to this world, all he had wanted was to make up for how he had wronged Yu Zhao.

Yet Yu Zhao did not need his care at all. She was stronger and more outstanding than before and already had the ability to stand on her own.

More importantly, the course of this life was completely different from the world he had come from.

His mind was a mess, and for a while he did not notice the shifting expression on Master Qing Yan’s face.

Su Ming noticed it.

He felt rather uncomfortable inside.

He had never thought that the feather he had casually bought from a roadside stall would actually be the famous Phoenix Feather.

What was hateful was that he had even pawned this Phoenix Feather to Yu Xiao Zhao to pay off a debt.

[What a huge loss!]

He did not know if Yu Xiao Zhao would give it back if he went to ask for it again.

[She probably would.]

[After all, it was originally hers.]

Bai Ling’s attitude was firm, and without a Phoenix Feather to bargain with, Master Qing Yan could not bring himself to stay on Spirit Mountain any longer.

That night, he left with Su Ming and Quan Ye.

Bai Ling did not show himself. Bai Mei saw them off in his place.

After walking quite a distance, Su Ming suddenly stopped and looked back at Spirit Mountain.

He did not know why, but he always felt that things should not have turned out like this.

When they had first come up the mountain, Clan Chief Bai Ling had taken quite good care of him and Quan Ye.

The room where Quan Ye lived was full of rare treasures, and even he could not help feeling a bit jealous.

Everything had been fine. Why had things suddenly turned cold?

Su Ming did not understand.

Su Ming felt very lost.

…

Five Elements Dao Sect.

“Cough, cough.”

Lan Zi Yu lowered his head and coughed hard. Because he could not breathe smoothly, his face was faintly flushed.

Cui Jue stood not too near and not too far from him, holding an empty medicine bowl in one hand and a handkerchief in the other.

When Lan Zi Yu finally stopped coughing, he handed over the clean handkerchief in his hand.

Lan Zi Yu took it, wiped the medicine from the corner of his mouth, and leaned against the bed as he said softly: “Thank you.”

Cui Jue nodded and was about to leave with the empty bowl.

Lan Zi Yu called him back.

He said: “Fourth brother, stay and talk with me.”

Cui Jue stood where he was and did not move, silently protesting.

Lan Zi Yu looked bitter and said: “Fourth brother, I am already like this. Are you still angry with me?”

In the end, Cui Jue’s heart softened.

He put down the empty bowl, pulled out a chair, and sat opposite Lan Zi Yu.

Then neither of them spoke. The room was so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

Lan Zi Yu finally spoke: “Fourth brother, what have the people in the sect been saying about me these past few days? Tell me.”

Cui Jue’s face did not change as he said: “No one is talking about you.”

Lan Zi Yu tugged at the corner of his mouth, making a mocking curve, and said: “Fourth brother, you are not honest at all. You have learned to lie too. Do not think I do not know. They say I bullied someone weaker and still lost completely. Everyone is watching me make a fool of myself.”