Chapter 269

Chapter 269: You Really Treat Yu Zhao With All Your Heart
The little foxes bared their sharp teeth, jumping and shouting.

In the distance, Hua Tu, hiding in a patch of forest, could not stop laughing.

He loved watching this group of little foxes get angry yet be helpless against him.

Suddenly, a sharp buzzing sound exploded by his ear.

He jumped in fright, his pupils shrinking. He sprang up on the spot and looked around warily, the fur on his back standing up.

His panicked movements completely exposed his presence.

The little foxes all looked over, then held their bellies and let out exaggerated laughter.

After Hua Tu saw that there was nothing suspicious around him, his heart relaxed a little. When he heard the little foxes, he grew angry, turned his head, planning to scare them a bit, and met a pair of deep, dark eyes.

He froze for a moment, then realized that the sound just now had been made by this unfamiliar fox demon.

Hua Tu gave Yu Zhao a long, heavy look, then leaped away and vanished into the forest again.

The little foxes cheered loudly: “Wow! We scolded Hua Tu away!”

They jumped around, shouting: “We won! We won!”

They cried out in sharp voices: “Jiji jiji!”

The little foxes broke out in surprised cheers.

Hua Tu ran faster than they did and hid himself better. Every time they met him, they could only be bullied.

This was the first time they had driven Hua Tu away head-on.

Such a hard-won victory was of course worth a big celebration.

Yu Zhao waited until their excitement passed, then asked Xiao You: “Which direction should we go next?”

Xiao You turned in place a few times, sniffed around everywhere, and then firmly chose: “To the east.”

The direction it picked just happened to be the opposite way from where Hua Tu had left.

Yu Zhao and the other little foxes had no objections, so they started walking along the road to the east.

…

At the Five Elements Dao Sect, Sect Master Wu Sang looked helplessly at Sect Master Ji Yuan, who was clinging to his sleeve and making a scene.

Wu Sang urged him: “Jiyuan, let go at once. If others see this, where will your dignity as a sect master go?”

Sect Master Ji Yuan shouted back with full confidence: “I will not let go. I am not afraid even if people see us. I will see who dares to laugh at me!”

He added loudly: “I am just going back to Greenwood Sect to do alchemy, not running away. What are you so nervous about?”

Ji Yuan glared and went on: “Do not think I do not know. Yu Zhao gave you one Longevity Fruit. You want to take it back and refine it into pills. Who knows how many pills you will end up with! So you cannot leave. Even if you want to do alchemy, you have to refine it on the land of my Five Elements Dao Sect. I have already cleared a place for you!”

Yu Zhao trusted that Sect Master Wu Sang would not take the Longevity Fruit for himself, but before she left she still played it safe and told Sect Master Ji Yuan about this, asking him to help keep an eye on it.

Sect Master Ji Yuan took it to heart right away.

The Longevity Fruit was a top spirit herb that only ripened once every thousand years.

Before this, Cui Jue had been poisoned. All his internal organs were badly damaged, and his five senses felt nothing at all. His immortal path had almost been cut off.

But after he took the Longevity Fruit, he recovered right away. It was said that his soul and spirit power also improved a lot, which was enough to show how extraordinary the Longevity Fruit was.

Such an important treasure could not be taken away by this old fellow Wu Sang. Ji Yuan had to keep it under his eyelids. It would be best to send a few disciples with talent for alchemy to watch and secretly learn on the side. [No, not to steal techniques, to assist and help.]

He comforted himself in his heart: [Everyone will benefit each other and get along in a friendly way.]

Wu Sang finally snapped: “Jiyuan, what kind of person do you take me for!”

Sect Master Wu Sang was angry too now.

Sect Master Ji Yuan’s words clearly questioned his character.

He was at least the sect master of a major sect. How could he do something so shameless!

Sect Master Ji Yuan secretly muttered in his heart: [That might not be true], but on the surface he softened his expression and even put on a fawning smile, saying: “Wu Sang, I am not doubting you. I am just not at ease. This is the Longevity Fruit. If something goes wrong, how can I explain it to Yu Zhao? You know that Yu Zhao is a good child, and she brought the Longevity Fruit back from Floating Island with great effort. You saw it yourself. It was not easy at all…”

Sect Master Ji Yuan kept nagging non-stop, making Sect Master Wu Sang’s head ache.

At last, Wu Sang could not stand it anymore and shouted: “Enough! Enough! Stop talking! I will not leave!”

Seeing that he had gotten what he wanted, Sect Master Ji Yuan stopped right away and smiled widely.

Sect Master Wu Sang took the chance to pull back his sleeve and said: “Let me tell you first. We need to do a lot of preparation before the alchemy. The pill I will refine this time is not ordinary. We cannot allow any mistakes in any part.”

Sect Master Ji Yuan agreed at once: “I know. The Five Elements Dao Sect will fully cooperate with you. We will do whatever you say.”

“That is more like it,” Sect Master Wu Sang said, barely satisfied. He added: “You have a good relationship with Wanderer Bao Hua. When I do alchemy, invite her to come too.”

Wanderer Bao Hua was also one of the top Master Alchemists in the cultivation world.

With her by his side, Sect Master Wu Sang would feel more at ease.

Sect Master Ji Yuan answered cheerfully: “No problem, I will go invite her.”

“And also…” Sect Master Wu Sang continued.

Sect Master Wu Sang went on to list seven or eight more requests. Sect Master Ji Yuan agreed to all of them without the slightest hesitation.

Sect Master Wu Sang sighed: “You really treat Yu Zhao with all your heart.”

Sect Master Ji Yuan gave a carefree laugh and said: “Yu Zhao has ability and a righteous heart. The sect treated her badly in the past. What I am doing now is only to make up for our mistakes.”

Now Yu Zhao and Zhou Jin Yue were the best disciples of the Five Elements Dao Sect. Both had grown up in the sect since they were young, but their feelings toward the Five Elements Dao Sect were completely different.

Zhou Jin Yue treated the Five Elements Dao Sect like her own family clan and was willing to protect it with her life.

But to Yu Zhao, the Five Elements Dao Sect was more like a place that had given her a place to stay when she was a child. She had some feelings for it, but not a lot.

Sect Master Ji Yuan knew very well that this was not Yu Zhao’s fault. The blame lay with him and his poor management. He had not stopped the bad trends and corrupt mood within the sect in time, which made Yu Zhao’s life in the Five Elements Dao Sect very hard.

What he was doing now was really nothing worth mentioning.

Sect Master Wu Sang nodded silently. The last trace of displeasure in his heart also faded away.

He thought to himself: [If I put myself in Jiyuan’s place, I would not feel at ease letting an outsider take the Longevity Fruit away either.]

Wu Sang then said: “Start the preparations. Three days from now will be a good day to start the furnace.”

Sect Master Ji Yuan agreed at once: “Alright.”

…

A soft, sweet voice called from behind: “Senior Brother Sun, Senior Brother Sun.”

The moment he heard that voice, Senior Brother Sun’s face changed slightly, and he began to walk faster.

The voice came again, closer this time: “Senior Brother Sun!”

Hearing the sound getting nearer, Senior Brother Sun finally dropped all concern about his image, lifted his sleeves, and ran.

The air he stirred up as he ran even kicked up a trail of dust. In the blink of an eye, he was gone.

Ye Cong Xin was furious.

Sun Zhao had clearly heard her call, yet he only ran faster. It was truly hateful.

She only wanted to talk to him, not eat him. Did he have to act like he had seen a ghost?

Ye Cong Xin only felt angry, not puzzled.

She knew very well why Sun Zhao was avoiding her.

It was not only Sun Zhao. Ordinary disciples of the Five Elements Dao Sect were all avoiding her now.

Of course, the problem was not with her, but with the ever-present Inspection Squad.

When the Inspection Squad was first formed, Ye Cong Xin had heard a little about it.

But during that time she had stayed on Lone Moon Peak, so she had not experienced it herself.

Now, in order to find new targets, she had to go out and contact other disciples, and then the Inspection Squad set their sights on her.

Especially that Xiu Luo from the Inner Sect. She was like a sticky bandage, stuck to Ye Cong Xin’s side so tightly that she could not shake her off.