Chapter 334

Chapter 334: No Coincidence, Speak of Her and She Arrives
Under the glow of five-colored clouds that filled the sky, Sect Master Wu Sang raised his arm and walked out of the cave dwelling, laughing loudly: “Hahaha! It worked! It worked!”

Several others filed out behind him, all with wild joy on their faces.

Sect Master Ji Yuan rushed over when he heard the news, forcing himself to stay calm as he asked: “Did it work?”

Sect Master Wu Sang wanted to act reserved, but he could not press down the smile tugging at the corners of his mouth as he answered: “It worked.”

“Hahahahaha!” Sect Master Ji Yuan immediately burst into laughter, even louder than Sect Master Wu Sang’s.

After he finished laughing, he rubbed his hands hard and asked: “What does the pill you refined look like? Can you let me see it first?”

Sect Master Wu Sang glared at him, annoyed, slapped away the hand he stretched out, and said: “No way!”

He was not fooled about what Ji Yuan was up to.

This was a fifth-grade pill with Longevity Fruit as the main ingredient, something even he could not make a second time. Each pill was priceless. He absolutely could not let Ji Yuan trick him out of one.

Ji Yuan leaned closer and said: “Wu Sang, don’t be so stingy. I was the one who gave you the place for alchemy. Just let me have one look!”

“Not even one look!” Sect Master Wu Sang said firmly: “If you are that curious, wait until Yu Zhao comes back and ask her to show you herself.”

“Yu Zhao went out to train. She probably will not be back for three to five… eh?” Sect Master Ji Yuan was about to keep pestering him, but his voice suddenly stopped. Then he started laughing again, and in the next moment, his figure disappeared.

As Sect Master Wu Sang was still puzzled, his Divine Sense caught a familiar aura flying toward the Five Elements Dao Sect, and he could not help but smile: “It really is no coincidence. Speak of her and she arrives.”

“Sect Master, who are you talking about?”

The green-robed young woman at his side asked in a soft voice.

Sect Master Wu Sang looked at the young woman and smiled: “Come on, go with me to welcome your friend.”

Joy instantly burst into the young woman’s eyes.

At the mountain gate of the Five Elements Dao Sect, Yu Zhao, Ji Han Zhou, and Bu Yan had just landed when a disciple came up to ask: “You three are… Yu… Senior Sister Yu?”

When the disciple saw Yu Zhao, his smile froze. Remembering the fear of being under Yu Zhao’s rule, his body instantly went stiff and straight.

Yu Zhao recognized him and said: “So it’s Junior Brother Wu.” She turned slightly and introduced her companions: “This is Monk Bu Yan from Clarity Sound Temple, and this is Ji Han Zhou from Heavenly Sword Sect. The two of them have come with me as guests of our sect. Please register them.”

Junior Brother Wu paused for a moment before reacting, then nodded like a pecking chick and said: “Okay, Senior Sister Yu, please wait a moment. I will go register right away.”

After Junior Brother Wu turned and walked off, Ji Han Zhou leaned closer and whispered: “Senior Sister Yu, why do I feel like he is a little afraid of you?”

“Junior Brother Wu is shy. He is like that with everyone,” Yu Zhao said calmly.

Ji Han Zhou was half convinced, half doubtful.

Not long after, Junior Brother Wu came back and handed Bu Yan and Ji Han Zhou jade talismans that would let them enter and exit the Five Elements Dao Sect.

Yu Zhao was just about to lead the two up the mountain when Sect Master Ji Yuan and Zhou Jin Yue suddenly appeared in front of the gate.

Yu Zhao called out: “Sect Master! Senior Sister Zhou!”

Before she finished speaking, two more master and disciple pairs appeared to the side, Sect Master Wu Sang with Mu Ye, and Wanderer Bao Hua with Yao Wuji.

“Ah, Sister Yu!”

“Yu Zhao!”

Mu Ye and Yao Wu Jiran quickly toward Yu Zhao, one on each side, hugging her as they jumped up and down in excitement.

Zhou Jin Yue stood by Sect Master Ji Yuan, watching the three of them with a gentle smile in her eyes.

After Mu Ye and Yao Wu Jifinally calmed down, they let go of her in embarrassment, though their eyes were still shining as they stared at Yu Zhao.

Yu Zhao first nodded to the two of them, then led Ji Han Zhou and Bu Yan over to salute the seniors.

The three Divine Transformation seniors also happened to know Ji Han Zhou and Bu Yan. Seeing them visit the Five Elements Dao Sect together with Yu Zhao did not surprise them. When they saw how excited the young junior disciples were, they considerately left them some time to talk.

Only Sect Master Wu Sang reminded Yu Zhao before he left, telling her to come find him as soon as she was free.

Yu Zhao thought of the five-colored glow she had seen on her way back to the sect and understood, so she agreed.

After arranging lodgings for Bu Yan and Ji Han Zhou, Yu Zhao and the others immediately went elsewhere to chat and catch up.

The abandoned Bu Yan and Ji Han Zhou looked at each other.

Bu Yan put his palms together and said: “Junior Brother Ji, if you feel lonely, you might as well come to my room to drink tea and discuss scriptures.”

“Heh.” Ji Han Zhou let out a dry chuckle, then closed his door with a blank face.

Bu Yan shrugged and turned back to his own room.

On the other side, the four girls had a warm and friendly atmosphere.

Yu Zhao finally learned why Mu Ye and Yao Wu Jiwere at the Five Elements Dao Sect.

Mu Ye had been called over by her own Sect Master. After all, the fat water should not flow into outsiders’ fields. Since Sect Master Ji Yuan was stuffing people into Sect Master Wu Sang’s Alchemy Hall, Sect Master Wu Sang naturally had to call a few of his own people over to watch and learn.

As for Yao Wuji, it was even simpler. She had already been a guest at the Five Elements Dao Sect before. Later she went to the Nine Abyss Secret Realm together with Yu Zhao and Si Tu Xuan.

After the secret realm closed, she came back to the Five Elements Dao Sect again, and with Wanderer Bao Hua’s influence, she easily got a spot to observe the alchemy.

After Mu Ye and Yao Wu Jifinished talking about what they had been through, they clung to Yu Zhao, making her tell her own experiences.

Even after Yu Zhao talked until her mouth felt dry, the two still wanted to hear more.

But they were not clueless. They found a good time to excuse themselves. They could both see that Zhou Jin Yue and Yu Zhao had other matters to talk about, things that clearly concerned their own sect, so it was not right for outsiders to stay.

“Ye Cong Xin is dead.”

Zhou Jin Yue’s first words wiped out Yu Zhao’s good mood.

“Dead?”

“Yes, and I do not think you can guess how she died.”

“How did she die?”

A cold smile appeared at Zhou Jin Yue’s lips as she said: “Su Ming and Quan Ye did it. In front of their fellow disciples, one slit her throat and the other dug out her heart. They killed Ye Cong Xin with their own hands.”

Yu Zhao stared in shock. She had guessed many ways Ye Cong Xin might die, but she truly had not expected this.

Zhou Jin Yue went on: “The two of them accused Ye Cong Xin of being a malevolent spirit who could plunder fate. They said they killed her to rid the cultivation world of a scourge.”

Yu Zhao’s brows knit slightly. [What is going on? Why was Ye Cong Xin’s secret exposed early? And why was it Su Ming and Quan Ye who stepped forward to expose her?]

She still remembered how, in her past life, Su Ming had repeatedly said he would rather have Ye Cong Xin drain all his fortune than look at her for even one more moment.

In this life, how had Su Ming suddenly come to his senses?

Yu Zhao suddenly thought of how she had transmigrated to another world not long ago. She asked: “Senior Sister Zhou, what day did Ye Cong Xin die?”

Zhou Jin Yue immediately gave her the exact date.

Yu Zhao’s eyes showed sudden understanding. It was the same day she had gone to see Dean Mo Xin and seen the Wordless Heaven Tome.

Maybe they had been influenced by her and awakened their memories of their past lives too. That was why they rushed to kill Ye Cong Xin, to cut off all future trouble.

But had they not thought that since Ye Cong Xin was a malevolent spirit, how could she be so easy to kill?

They had made no preparations at all, yet struck rashly, and even chose a bright, sunny noon.

Yu Zhao could not even find the right words to describe them.

“Junior Sister Yu, I suspect Ye Cong Xin might not be dead. On the day she ‘died’, Wang Sheng also disappeared,” Zhou Jin Yue said.

[How could a dead person take away a living one?]

Yu Zhao said slowly: “Senior Sister Zhou, you mean…”

“Yes,” Zhou Jin Yue said. “She may have taken over Wang Sheng’s body, or may be using his body to perform demonic arts. In short, I feel she is still alive. She might be hiding in some corner right now, watching us.”