Chapter 288

Chapter 288: First Senior Brother, Yu Zhao Formed Her Nascent Soul
From the time Bai Ling refused to help Quan Ye get through his Danger Period, the spirit in Master Qing Yan’s divine soul had not spoken again for a very long time. It was so quiet that Master Qing Yan sometimes even wondered if it had already left his body.

Now, hearing its voice again, Master Qing Yan’s hope was dashed, and he was naturally unhappy. On top of that, the spirit brought up Ye Cong Xin being a Malevolent Spirit again, which made him even more angry. Murderous intent surged up in his heart once more.

On the other side.

With Ye Cong Xin working hard to persuade them, Su Ming and Quan Ye finally stopped fighting for the time being.

As soon as he turned around, Su Ming invited Ye Cong Xin to go with him to his cave dwelling so he could get the gift he had prepared for her.

On this trip out, he had suffered quite a bit, but he had also found many good things. Master Qing Yan was at least a Divine Transformation Cultivator and would not stoop to stealing treasures his disciples had discovered. Because of that, Su Ming’s storage space had become full again.

When Quan Ye heard this, he perked up at once. He also asked Ye Cong Xin to go to his cave dwelling, saying that he too had a gift to give her.

Su Ming was furious.

He glared at him and shouted: “Quan Ye, you are doing this on purpose today, aren’t you!”

Quan Ye snapped back without backing down and said: “Su Ming, stop thinking you are so important!”

Seeing the two of them about to argue again, Ye Cong Xin quickly chose a side. She said: “Third Senior Brother, please go back first. Fifth Senior Brother has just recovered from a serious illness. He should not get angry.”

Quan Ye was very pleased with himself.

He shot Su Ming a sideways, provoking look, then, after asking Master Qing Yan for permission, left together with Ye Cong Xin.

Su Ming was so angry he almost ground his teeth to pieces.

He did not blame his Junior Sister. In his eyes, his Junior Sister was kind-hearted, which was exactly why that dog Quan Ye could use her.

He was still sulking when he suddenly felt a huge pressure fall from the sky.

Caught off guard, he was forced face down onto the ground. His bones cracked and popped. Several disciples on guard nearby were pressed flat just like him, their faces full of fear.

[An enemy attack?]

He was the first to react. Su Ming struggled to lift his head and called out in a panicked voice: “Mas… Master…”

He had just managed to form the word “Master Qing Yan” when he was stunned by Master Qing Yan’s face. Master Qing Yan’s expression was twisted and kept changing again and again, looking terrifying.

[What is wrong with Master? His expression is so scary.]

Suddenly, a sharp gaze fell on Su Ming’s body, stabbing him with such pain that his whole body hurt.

While Su Ming was terrified, he heard Master Qing Yan’s urgent voice in his ear: “Su Ming, Ye Cong Xin is an Incarnation of a Malevolent Spirit. You must not give her anything ever again…”

Before the sentence finished, the pressure pressing down on him suddenly vanished.

Master Qing Yan’s figure also disappeared without a trace.

The few disciples on guard got up shakily and formed hand seals to sweep the dust off their robes.

Only Su Ming still lay on the ground in the same position, his eyes empty.

“Senior Brother Su? Senior Brother Su?” they called.

“Ah!”

Su Ming suddenly let out a loud shout, startling the disciples on guard.

Then Su Ming acted as if he did not see them at all. His steps were weak and floating. He drifted away like a wandering soul.

One of the disciples on guard frowned and said: “The people from Lone Moon Peak are getting stranger and stranger.”

His words seemed to open everyone’s mouths. Someone at once followed up and said: “Exactly. In the past, Fang Cheng Lang and Lan Zi Yu were famous figures in the sect, but they have not shown their faces in a long time.”

Another disciple said: “I heard the Fourth Brother from Lone Moon Peak, Cui Jue, has stopped doing alchemy too. He is an alchemy genius that even Greenwood Sect wanted to fight over!”

“I feel like ever since Yu Zhao left, they have all been going downhill, while Yu Zhao has been rising higher and higher instead.”

“Hey, that’s true!”

“…”

Su Ming did not hear what the disciples said afterward. He ran back to his cave dwelling in one breath, shut the door, leaned against it, and felt his heart pounding wildly.

[It was an illusion. It had to be an illusion…]

Su Ming closed his eyes and muttered under his breath, but his face grew darker and darker, and his voice got quieter and quieter.

[Malevolent Spirit?]

[How could Junior Sister be a Malevolent Spirit?]

She had grown up in the Five Elements Dao Sect since she was small and had never gone out traveling alone. There was no way she could have been Body-Seized by a Malevolent Spirit without anyone noticing.

But that voice he had just heard in his ear was clearly his Master’s voice. He could not have heard wrong.

And if he remembered correctly, First Senior Brother had said something similar too.

Su Ming grabbed his own hair and pulled hard. His mind was in complete chaos.

After a long time.

Su Ming opened the door, walked out of his cave dwelling, and, with a determined face, went to Master’s cave dwelling. As expected, he was blocked outside.

Su Ming was stunned.

“Master is in Closed-Door Cultivation again.”

Then who was going to clear up his doubts?

He stood outside the door and thought for a long time, then decided to treat it as if nothing had happened.

[Master did not explain clearly. What if there is some misunderstanding and Junior Sister is being wronged?]

He decided to wait until Master came out of seclusion and then ask for a clear answer.

Even with this plan in his heart, Su Ming still could not feel happy. Every time he thought of his Junior Sister, he felt a strange guilt, as if he had done something shameful and did not dare to face her.

He let out a heavy sigh.

[Master really tossed a hard problem to me.]

…

When Ye Cong Xin was young, she had a certain habit. Because her body was weak and bound by illness, she could not run. So she liked to sit by the window, feel everything around her, and watch every person who passed by.

Over time, she learned how to guess people’s thoughts by their tiny expressions.

Later, she used this skill to harvest goodwill everywhere and successfully squeezed Yu Zhao out of her position and took her place.

In her heart, there were only two types of people.

One type was smart. The other type was stupid.

When dealing with smart people, she naturally had ways to handle smart people.

When dealing with stupid people, things were much simpler.

Quan Ye belonged to the second type.

She thought that with a few small tricks, she could easily win Quan Ye over.

She did not know that Quan Ye was like a stone in a latrine, both smelly and hard.

When she talked about romance and beautiful scenery, Quan Ye listened and almost fell asleep. When she talked about the hardships of the Great Dao, Quan Ye loudly argued with her and insisted on dragging her off to spar.

Ye Cong Xin had seen with her own eyes how Quan Ye had kicked and broken Yu Zhao’s ribs.

Now she had formed a Golden Core too, but her body was far from healthy compared to normal people, let alone strong enough to fight a Humanoid Demon Beast like Quan Ye.

After a few days, not only did her “strategy” make no progress, Quan Ye even started to dislike her getting in the way at his side and began to avoid her.

Ye Cong Xin’s fighting spirit was stirred.

So scenes often appeared inside the Five Elements Dao Sect of Quan Ye in front trying to hide and Ye Cong Xin behind chasing him.

Because of this, Xiu Luo and Zhang Jun, who were in charge of watching Ye Cong Xin, even held a small meeting. The main topic of the meeting was whether they should stop Ye Cong Xin’s harassment of Quan Ye.

In the end, the two reached the same decision: do not step in, do not interfere, do not respond.

After all, before she went into Closed-Door Cultivation, First Senior Sister had said that if Ye Cong Xin was interacting with people from Lone Moon Peak, they did not need to control it. They only needed to keep an eye on what she did inside the sect.

Zhang Jun and Xiu Luo decided to carry out that order to the end.

Another day passed.

No longer able to stand the trouble, Quan Ye did something unexpected.

He hid in Fang Cheng Lang’s room.

Ever since that day when Fang Cheng Lang had tried to kill Ye Cong Xin in front of the various Sect Masters, he had been punished with house arrest and was not allowed to step outside his room.

From then on, the bright and gentle “Gentleman Sword” vanished from sight and became a prisoner of Lone Moon Peak. People also rarely mentioned him anymore.

When Quan Ye first heard about this, he had even blocked the door of Fang Cheng Lang’s room just to loudly curse him out.

Now, squeezing into Fang Cheng Lang’s room by force, he did not feel awkward at all. He openly said he was only there to hide from someone.

Fang Cheng Lang could not be bothered to argue with this blockhead and simply closed his eyes to meditate.

Suddenly, Quan Ye brought up Yu Zhao.

He said: “First Senior Brother, Yu Zhao has formed her Nascent Soul.”