Chapter 290

Chapter 290: Does the Five Elements Dao Sect Teach Properly?
Yu Zhao rubbed her nose.

[Why do I suddenly feel like someone is trying to harm me…]

“Yu Zhao?”

A happy voice broke into Yu Zhao’s thoughts.

Yu Zhao turned around.

Mo Ci and Jing Nan ran over with shining eyes.

“Yu Zhao, it really is you!”

“Senior Sister Yu, why are you here? No, no, you finally came!”

When Mo Ci and Jing Nan heard a fellow disciple pass along the message that a senior sister from the Five Elements Dao Sect had come to visit, the first person they thought of was Yu Zhao.

But without seeing her with their own eyes, they still did not dare to believe it.

Now, seeing a very real Yu Zhao standing in front of them, the two finally relaxed and showed bright smiles.

Yu Zhao smiled and said: “I would not come to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. I want to pay a visit to Valley Master Flying Leaf. Could you help announce me?”

Jing Nan gave a small cry and said: “Senior Sister Yu, your timing is not great. The valley master went out a few days ago to visit a friend. We do not know when she will return.”

Yu Zhao frowned slightly.

After leaving the Seven Stars Sect, she had come straight to Hundred Flowers Valley. She had not expected to still be a step late.

“Yu Zhao, you formed your Nascent Soul!”

While Yu Zhao was silent, Mo Ci finally noticed that Yu Zhao’s aura was thick and heavy, deep and impossible to see through. It was clear she had taken another step forward.

She was shocked, and the look she gave Yu Zhao carried even more admiration.

Jing Nan also widened her eyes.

When they first met Yu Zhao in the Marsh Forest, Yu Zhao had still been at the mid Golden Core stage, right?

In a few short years, their own cultivation levels had not moved at all, but Yu Zhao was already a Nascent Soul cultivator!

[Is she even human!]

She was clearly a total monster!

With two pairs of bright eyes staring at her, the feeling of loss in Yu Zhao’s heart vanished without a trace.

The valley master of Hundred Flowers Valley was not here, but her friends were not missing.

One piece of good fortune was enough to beat a thousand worries.

“Since the valley master is not here, I wonder if there is any kind soul in Hundred Flowers Valley willing to take me in?”

Mo Ci and Jing Nan both froze for a moment, then burst into laughter, their shoulders shaking. The distance they had felt because of Yu Zhao’s terrifying cultivation level faded under this one joking line.

Yu Zhao was still that same Yu Zhao.

She had not changed.

That was really nice.

“Of course, of course, you have two kind souls right in front of you,” Jing Nan said.

“Many thanks to you two immortal maidens for taking me in. Zhao is very grateful,” Yu Zhao said with a smile.

“Hehehe.”

The Hundred Flowers Valley disciple on duty watched as Jing Nan and Mo Ci each took one of Yu Zhao’s arms and pulled her into the valley. The disciple was so jealous that her tears almost slipped from the corners of her mouth.

They also wanted to get close to Senior Sister Yu Zhao.

Hundred Flowers Valley sat in a valley in the middle of a mountain range. Inside, flowers bloomed in clusters, with a beautiful scene every few steps. Flower fragrance and dancing butterflies filled the air. It was so beautiful that people almost went dizzy looking at it, yet it also cleared the heart and soothed the spirit.

Just walking along the small path, Yu Zhao picked up a full body of flower scent.

Smelling the faint sweetness, a thought moved in her heart.

In the past, when she used Illusion Art, she usually paired it with the Lotus Incense Burner at her waist. But that method had one problem: it needed some preparation time.

During that time, if the other side noticed something or attacked early, she would easily fall into danger.

But if she did not have to wait for the Incense Blend to spread, and instead carried illusion fragrance on her person at all times, would that not save her preparation time and let her take the initiative?

The more Yu Zhao thought about it, the more she felt this method could work. But how to mix the flower scent and where to gather the fragrance would need long-term planning.

She was here as a guest.

Not here to pick flowers.

Mo Ci and Jing Nan led Yu Zhao around Hundred Flowers Valley. Before long, the whole valley knew that Yu Zhao from the Five Elements Dao Sect had come to visit.

In less than the time it took to burn one stick of incense, Yu Zhao was surrounded by Hundred Flowers Valley disciples who had rushed over.

“Senior Sister Yu, Senior Sister Yu, you are so pretty.”

“Senior Sister Yu, I have liked you for a long time. Can you sign your name for me?”

“Sister Yu, this is a scented sachet I made. My name is stitched on the back. I will give it to you. When you see it in the future, you will remember me!”

“…”

Yu Zhao had to admit, the passion of the Hundred Flowers Valley disciples went far beyond her imagination.

She felt a little overwhelmed and did not know how to handle them.

But she did not dislike it.

Who would hate a group of sweet-smelling, soft young women?

She would not, at least.

“Alright, alright, Senior Sister Yu is not only staying one day in Hundred Flowers Valley. All of you behave a little. Do not scare Senior Sister Yu,” Mo Ci said.

“That is right. Do not let Yu Zhao think our Hundred Flowers Valley does not know how to treat guests,” Jing Nan added.

Afraid that their fellow disciples were being too passionate and would make Yu Zhao dislike them, Mo Ci and Jing Nan hurried to scold them and keep order.

Thankfully, the disciples of Hundred Flowers Valley were not unreasonable. Under Mo Ci and Jing Nan’s control, they slowly quieted down, though their eyes still looked at Yu Zhao with deep, gentle warmth.

After that, Yu Zhao, Mo Ci, and Jing Nan’s group of three became a larger group.

Later, even the elders of Hundred Flowers Valley came especially to meet Yu Zhao. When they learned about Yu Zhao’s terrifying speed of cultivation, they were shocked, and when they left they were rather gloomy.

In their hearts, they cursed. Why was a young woman like Yu Zhao not one of the people of their Hundred Flowers Valley?

Did the Five Elements Dao Sect even know how to teach?

What a waste of heaven’s gifts!

Yu Zhao truly spent the next few days in Hundred Flowers Valley surrounded by flowers and beauties, living very good days.

Just as Yu Zhao was wondering whether she should bring up leaving with Mo Ci and Jing Nan, the two instead came to her first with an uninvited request.

“So you want me to go with you to South Wind City?” Yu Zhao asked.

Mo Ci nodded hard and said: “Yes! The agreed time has already passed, and Xin Lan has not returned. I suspect she has been detained by the Tu Clan. We want to go find her.

“But the Tu Clan has a Nascent Soul stage ancestor. If the Tu Clan refuses to release her, we have no way to forcefully bring Xin Lan back. With you here, we do not have to worry about the Ancestor of the Tu Clan.”

Jing Nan frowned and complained: “Back when Xin Lan wanted to go, we told her not to, but she insisted. She said she needed to talk clearly with that man. Now look what happened. She went and never came back. We do not even know if she is being held or is just too happy there to want to return.”

“Xin Lan is not that kind of person!” Mo Ci said unhappily.

“Senior Sister Mo, you can see a face, but not a heart,” Jing Nan muttered.

“Jing Nan, you are going too far,” Mo Ci snapped.

“No matter how far I go, I am still not as bad as Han Xin Lan, going that far,” Jing Nan shot back.

In the middle of the two sister disciples’ argument, Yu Zhao finally understood what was going on.

Mo Ci and Jing Nan had a close fellow disciple, a junior sister, the Han Xin Lan they were talking about.

Han Xin Lan had a pretty face and a gentle nature. She did not fight or grab for things, and was happy to help others. The disciples of Hundred Flowers Valley liked her very much.

Not long ago, during an outside training trip, she had by chance met the Tu Clan brat Tu Yun Tian of the Tu Clan in South Wind City. Over time, the two developed feelings for each other.

Hundred Flowers Valley only accepted female disciples, but they never forbade female disciples from forming a Dao Companion with a man from outside. They only had one rule: they could not bring an outside man into Hundred Flowers Valley.

Han Xin Lan liked Tu Yun Tian, but she had no plans to leave Hundred Flowers Valley. So she told Tu Yun Tian that she would continue to live in Hundred Flowers Valley, and when she had free time she would go to South Wind City to meet him.

Tu Yun Tian would not accept this. Angry, he went back to South Wind City.

No one knew what he said to Han Xin Lan before he left, but after he left, Han Xin Lan tossed and turned, unable to sleep for several days in Hundred Flowers Valley. Finally, she decided to go to South Wind City and talk to him face to face.

It had already been a month since she left. By right, she should have returned long ago, but there was still no sign of her. Mo Ci, Jing Nan, and the others had no choice but to suspect that something had happened to her.