Chapter 66

Chapter 66: A Rift Forms

Wei Yun Qing had never been so humiliated before, and it was caused by a group of Wei Family people whose cultivation was lower than hers. She felt that her face had been ground under her brothers’ and sisters’ feet. That was something she could not allow.

After smashing everything in the room that could be smashed, she sat cross-legged on the floor with a dark expression, replaying the whole thing from start to finish.

Half an hour later, Wei Yun Qing took a deep breath. She felt she had been reckless this time. Because her cultivation had risen so sharply, she had become arrogant. She took it for granted that the Wei Family disciples would follow her lead, forgetting that everyone had jealousy. In her mind, the other Wei Family disciples were jealous of her, so they had treated her this way.

If the Wei Family disciples heard her thoughts, they would definitely sneer. Making people truly convinced was not only about cultivation. From the moment she was knocked off the arena, every Wei Family disciple could see that her cultivation and her real ability did not match. It was obvious her strength had a lot of “water” in it.

On top of that, at only six years old, it would not be an exaggeration to say she had no life experience at all, which made her even harder to trust. Then there were her ridiculous moves that dragged the Wei Family disciples into a meaningless match. The fact that they did not curse her was only because her aptitude was good. If it had been any other disciple, Wei Yun Ting would have already beaten them.

From that alone, it was clear that Wei Yun Qing was selfish and self-serving. Even when she ran into problems, she never looked for the reason in herself. She always believed everyone else was at fault.

On top of that, in this life she had lost the space token, so she lacked confidence. She had performed only so-so in the sect assessment, and she had also lost the Foundation Repairing Pill’s boost to her aptitude. One step slow meant every step was slow. That made her even more petty and calculating. Her relationship with the Wei Family disciples was only average, and little by little, she isolated herself.

Today’s commotion on the outer three peaks made her reputation in the Outer Sect even worse. In the short term, she could not change everyone’s impression of her, so Wei Yun Qing decided to lie low for a while and firmly stabilize her eighth-level Qi Refining cultivation.

After that, she planned to stay in the Outer Sect’s pill peak long-term and build a good relationship with Senior Brother Ye. When one day came that she could enter the Inner Sect pill peak, she believed the Wei Family disciples would naturally come looking for her.

When Wei Yun Qing quieted down, the Wei Family disciples all let out a breath as well. Everyone was busy improving their cultivation and completing sect missions. No one wanted to clean up Wei Yun Qing’s messes. But they also could not completely abandon Wei Yun Qing, because she still bore the surname “Wei.” Now that she understood to keep her head down and behave, that was the best possible outcome.

When Wei Yun Xi returned to her residence, she went into closed-door cultivation for three days. After digesting the experience from stepping onto the arena, she continued cultivating steadily as usual, running back and forth between the disciple peak, the cultivation hall, the lecture hall, and the dining hall. With that annoying fly Wei Yun Qing no longer staring at her all day, she felt this was what normal cultivation days were like.

A month later, Wei Yun Ting and Wei Zong Han both broke through to the seventh level of Qi Refining one after the other, which was good news. The two of them sent messages to the Wei Family disciples scattered throughout the Outer Sect, hoping everyone would gather. The goal was to ease the tension between brothers and sisters from last time, mainly to get Wei Yun Qing accepted again by the Wei Family disciples.

But this time, no one bought it. After Wei Yun Ying received the transmission talisman, she directly hung up a closed-door cultivation sign and chose to stay inside. Wei Yun Xi followed her example and went into seclusion at the cultivation hall, claiming she was going to push for the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Wei Zong Jin, Wei Zong Yu, and Wei Zong Hao took a sect mission together and went to the sect’s back mountain to complete it. However, Wei Zong Hao sent a transmission talisman explaining the situation, since the three of them could not return until the mission was done.

Wei Yun Ting received transmissions from her younger brothers and sisters one after another and learned that not a single person could attend this gathering. Helpless, she went to find Wei Zong Han and told him what happened.

Wei Zong Han sighed and said, “Yun Ting, your idea of uniting the Wei Family disciples is good, and your starting point isn’t wrong. But you overlooked one problem.”

“What problem?”

“It was Wei Yun Qing looking down on the other Wei Family disciples because her cultivation rose, not the Wei Family disciples being jealous of her because her cultivation was high and deliberately excluding her.”

“That’s why I wanted to ease everyone’s relationship.”

“But if we do this, it’s like we’re indirectly telling the Wei Family disciples that Wei Yun Qing did nothing wrong, so the two of us are willing to build her a ladder.

“We didn’t think it through either. After seeing everyone’s replies, you should understand. Let this matter end here.”

What could Wei Yun Ting say? If nobody came, could she force her younger brothers and sisters? In the end, the matter fizzled out. Fortunately, the two of them were careful and did not notify Wei Yun Qing, or she would have angered herself into a pufferfish again.

Wei Yun Xi said she was in seclusion in the cultivation hall to push for the seventh level of Qi Refining, and it was not entirely just to avoid a meaningless gathering. She really did plan to raise her cultivation to the seventh level, then take on some difficult missions. After saving up enough sect points, she intended to go to the technique pavilion and exchange for a cultivation method suitable for her spiritual roots.

But before that, she still logged into the space chat group. There were some questions she wanted to consult about. She had not taken a master yet, and all her cultivation knowledge came from the lecture hall and the library pavilion. Some things she only half-understood, and she needed guidance from an expert.

After she entered the space chat group, the standby chat interface lit up again and displayed a prompt: “Passing Clouds and Smoke” had logged into the chat group.

The first one to message Yun Xi was Tribal Warrior: “Little Clouds and Smoke, you finally logged in. Have you been busy lately?”

Passing Clouds and Smoke: “Yes. I took a sect mission and fought a demonic beast. I earned some spirit stones and gained real combat experience, so I went into seclusion for a few days.

“Right after that, some useless sisters in my clan caused trouble again. I was forced onto the arena once, so I haven’t logged into the chat group for a long time.”

Tribal Warrior: “Hearing it like that, you really have been busy.”

Passing Clouds and Smoke: “Warrior, did your tribe make it through the cold season smoothly? Were there many casualties?”

Tribal Warrior: “This time, thanks to everyone, the tribe made it through the cold season and the thaw season smoothly. All the tribe’s cubs were kept alive. I was waiting for you to come online so I could send you the milk fruit.”

Yun Xi had just finished reading when the Heaven Realm interface notified her that something was waiting for her to accept. She clicked accept, and ten rattan baskets of milk fruit appeared on the space’s ground.

Yun Xi replied at once: “Warrior, you gave too much. This doesn’t match the resources I gave you.”

Tribal Warrior: “I still think it’s too little. If not for the pills you provided, the tribe’s warriors wouldn’t have been able to maintain beast form to go out hunting. Then our tribe’s losses would have been even greater.

“Because I only know you need milk fruit to strengthen your body, I only prepared these. Consider it my thanks. You must accept it. If you need anything else, you can tell me anytime.”

Yun Xi did not dislike Tribal Warrior’s forcefulness. This was repaying kindness with kindness, and it was far better than people who used you and tossed you aside. From this, she could also see that Tribal Warrior did not have so many twists and schemes.

Passing Clouds and Smoke: “Alright. Then I’ll shamelessly accept it. But in the future, we should still do fair exchanges. It’s not good to keep letting you take the loss.”