Chapter 63

Chapter 63: Stirring Up Trouble

“Yun Xi, Zong Hao, wait!”

The voice came from far to near. The two stopped and turned around, and the one who called them was Wei Yun Ying.

“Sister Yun Ying, what is it?” Yun Xi asked.

Wei Yun Ying walked closer with a helpless look. “Who else? Wei Yun Qing. She spends every day not thinking about improving her cultivation, and only knows how to cause trouble for us!”

Yun Xi heard the bad tone – those words were practically squeezed out between clenched teeth – and asked curiously, “Didn’t Sister Yun Qing move to the Outer Third Peak to cultivate? What trouble did she cause this time?”

Wei Yun Ying rolled her eyes. “Don’t even start. She got cocky and thought she was a late-stage Qi Refining disciple now, so she wanted a courtyard with richer spiritual energy to cultivate in. But all the good courtyards are already taken by senior disciples. Why would anyone give theirs to her? So they clashed.

“Then she sent a challenge letter and demanded a duel on the arena – best of three. The winner gets priority in choosing a courtyard.

“That troublemaker even tried to use the Wei Family name to pressure them. But the other side isn’t easy either. I heard she’s a veteran late-stage Qi Refining disciple, so she demanded a team battle. Both sides have to send three people with similar cultivation to fight.

“Wei Yun Qing will fight that Qi Refining eighth layer disciple herself. We still need two more people. Sister Yun Ting and Brother Zong Han are both at the sixth layer of Qi Refining. They heard you’re at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, so they told me to come call you over.”

After hearing that, Zong Hao almost cursed. Wei Yun Qing caused the mess, so why should he be the one to clean it up?

“Hmph! I’m not going! If you have the guts to stir things up, you should have the guts to solve it. Don’t drag me into it. I don’t even have a grudge with them,” Wei Zong Hao said, his face scrunching up like a steamed bun as he refused without hesitation.

Yun Xi’s eyes shifted. She tugged Zong Hao’s arm and said, “Brother Zong Hao, don’t make it hard for Sister Yun Ying. It must be Brother Zong Han who told her to call you. Even if we can’t stand Wei Yun Qing, she’s still Wei Family. We don’t start trouble, but we can’t be afraid of it either. Otherwise, any Outer Sect disciple will think they can step on us whenever they want.”

Wei Yun Ying nodded like a pounding drum. “Yun Xi is right. This isn’t just Wei Yun Qing’s problem.”

Zong Hao did not want to, but he also knew he had to go. He could only say in a muffled voice, “Fine. Then let’s go take a look.”

“Good. We’ll talk on the way.” Wei Yun Ying was afraid he would change his mind, so she immediately dragged the two of them toward the Outer Sect arena.

On the road, Yun Xi said bluntly, “Zong Hao, once you get on the arena, use what you’ve got. Treat it like sparring with a fellow disciple. Don’t focus on winning or losing. If you lose, you lose.”

Wei Yun Ying glanced at Yun Xi. “That… isn’t good, right?”

Yun Xi sighed. “Sister Yun Ying, she’s my biological older sister. I know her best. If she wants something, she’ll do anything to snatch it, never caring about the people around her. If we stand up for her this time and let her taste success, she’ll definitely keep waving the Wei Family banner to grab benefits for herself.

“There’s no reason she gets the benefits while the risk falls on us siblings, right?

“Instead of that, it’s better not to let her get her way from the start. If she keeps making trouble, we can just go into seclusion and avoid her. Once she truly suffers a loss, she’ll rein it in. Does she still think this is the Wei Family?

“What if next time she provokes an Inner Sect Foundation Establishment disciple? Are we supposed to stand in front and be cannon fodder for her again?”

Yun Xi made it sound as serious as possible. Wei Yun Qing brought this on herself, and with such a perfect excuse in hand, Yun Xi was not going to waste it. She intended to make sure the Wei Family disciples ended up outwardly polite but inwardly hostile toward Wei Yun Qing.

Wei Yun Ying’s face darkened the more she listened. She had long been unhappy with Wei Yun Qing. Wei Yun Qing always relied on her better talent to look down on the other sisters. When she broke through to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, she had even come to Wei Yun Ying to show off. She had been unbearably smug. And now she was asking these same siblings for help.

“Yun Xi is right. This kind of thing can only happen once. I don’t want to be Wei Yun Qing’s shield,” Wei Yun Ying said.

As the three talked, they did not slow down. In no time, they arrived at the Outer Sect arena area. A crowd of disciples surrounded one arena. One look was enough to know something was happening, so the three hurried over.

The disciples around them recognized Wei Yun Ying and made a path, letting the three reach the front.

Yun Xi and the others saw Wei Yun Ting and Wei Zong Han, both wearing ugly expressions. Their cultivation had reached the late sixth layer of Qi Refining, and they looked close to a breakthrough. It was obvious they had been dragged here.

Two steps away from them stood Wei Yun Qing. Her expression was a bit awkward, but perhaps the confidence of being at the eighth layer of Qi Refining let her stand there without completely collapsing.

When Wei Yun Qing saw Yun Xi, she immediately checked her cultivation and found Yun Xi was at the sixth layer of Qi Refining. Wei Yun Qing felt pleased. Then she looked at Wei Zong Hao beside her, confirmed he was at the seventh layer of Qi Refining, and finally relaxed. At least the Wei Family had someone to send out.

Yun Xi and Zong Hao stepped forward and saluted Yun Ting and Zong Han. That alone eased their expressions a little, because the disaster was not caused by the two of them.

Zong Hao spoke first, laying groundwork. “Sister Yun Ting, Brother Zong Han, I just finished a sect mission and got called here by Sister Yun Ying. I roughly know what happened. I’ll fight, but not for Wei Yun Qing. I’m doing it for the Wei Family, and also for myself.

“As for winning or losing, I can’t guarantee anything. I can only do my best. I haven’t been at the seventh layer of Qi Refining for long, and I only just stabilized it.”

Zong Han nodded. “Zong Hao, don’t feel pressured. Just do your best.”

After speaking, he glared at Wei Yun Qing.

Yun Xi stood obediently beside Wei Yun Ting and repeated what she had told Wei Yun Ying. Then she added, “Sister Yun Ting, even if we win this time, we can’t let Wei Yun Qing steal someone else’s courtyard. If she tastes success, she’ll copy this again.

“If she refuses to listen and insists on snatching it, then we’d better let the Outer Sect disciples know – Wei Yun Qing can’t represent the entire Wei Family. Otherwise, we’ll all get targeted.”

Wei Yun Ting took it to heart. She did not want to deal with this either, but Wei Yun Qing had the best talent among this batch of family disciples, so Yun Ting could not just ignore it. She could only come and face it.

But the female cultivator Wei Yun Qing provoked was at the eighth layer of Qi Refining. That woman’s helpers were at the seventh layer and sixth layer of Qi Refining. Yun Ting and Wei Zong Han’s cultivation was not enough, so they had gone to pull Wei Zong Hao in. Even Yun Ting felt it was embarrassing.

So she strongly agreed with Yun Xi. She even felt it was best if Wei Yun Qing lost her own match, while the Wei Family fought hard to win the next two. That way, the Wei Family would keep both face and substance.

Then, just as Yun Xi suggested, they could force the disgraced Wei Yun Qing to step back. After all, she would already be the loser under that woman’s hand. Once they left, that woman could challenge her again. If she lost again, it would be even more humiliating.