Chapter 147

Chapter 147: Going Out with Senior Brothers

He waved a hand and said: “Even if the old site is taken, any open ground will do. This is simple.”

He wanted to prove that he, as Master, was still useful. He could not let Shen Sang Ruo handle everything.

Being able to move the Ninghua Sect instead of rebuilding made Shen Sang Ruo happy.

After all, rebuilding a large sect would burn through a lot of Spirit Stones.

This way, the saved Spirit Stones could be used on other sect matters, like recruiting new disciples.

She asked: “Then please tell me where the original site of the Ninghua Sect was, Master. I can go check it tomorrow.”

Immortal Lord Chang Li told her the location.

Shen Sang Ruo took out a map and marked it, then said: “It is not too far. A round trip will only take about ten days. I will set out tomorrow.”

Immortal Lord Chang Li nodded and said: “Let Ye Huai and Bai Ruo An go with you this time. They know the path and should go out and learn about the outside world.”

Ye Huai and Bai Ruo An had no objection.

But Song Wei Yan was unhappy and said: “Huh? Master, that is treating us differently. Why not let me and Fourth Junior Sister go too?”

Su Xi Yu kept nodding to show she agreed.

Immortal Lord Chang Li turned his gaze on them and asked: “What are your realms right now?”

Song Wei Yan answered at once: “Early Golden Core and Mid Golden Core.”

Immortal Lord Chang Li said in a mocking tone: “Ye Huai and Bai Ruo An are both at Late Golden Core. If you two do not train hard, are you planning to be the weak point at the next Sect Grand Tournament?”

Before this, none of them could cultivate, but their situations were not the same.

Song Wei Yan’s meridians were ruined, and Su Xi Yu was poisoned so badly that both fell back to zero. After recovering, they could only start over from nothing.

Ye Huai’s spirit sword was broken, and Bai Ruo An was blinded and heart-sick, but their cultivation itself was not damaged.

So over the years their power only slowly slipped down to Late Golden Core because they stopped cultivating.

Once their problems were solved, they resumed from Late Golden Core.

“Fine,” Song Wei Yan said, wilting.

He said a quick goodbye and rushed off to train.

He was the lowest in cultivation among the five now, and he did not want to be the one who held the group back. [Too embarrassing.]

The next day, Shen Sang Ruo, Ye Huai, and Bai Ruo An made their preparations and stepped into the portal Formation.

Ye Huai’s face was calm. Bai Ruo An wore a slight smile. They were about to return to the Cultivation World they had not set foot in for many years, yet they felt extra calm.

The Formation started. White light wrapped them, and the three vanished inside the Formation.

Thunder-Scale Peak.

Master Ling Xiao sat high above and, without looking at Feng He Yun kneeling below, said in a hard, irresistible tone: “Pick one more from the other three. You will go with her and escort your Junior Sister to buy what the sect needs.”

Feng He Yun frowned, confused, and asked: “Escort Junior Sister to buy supplies? But did she not just recover not long ago?”

Master Ling Xiao said lightly: “That is her duty as the Young Sect Master.”

Feng He Yun thought this was arranged by Shen Dao Chen and said: “She should be resting and healing right now. Sect Master Shen dotes on Junior Sister. Why make her rush out to shop?”

Master Ling Xiao’s face went cold as he said: “Do you think Mu Mu is the same as you, lacking the will to improve?”

“Because of that unruly person, you made my Thunder-Scale Peak a smoky mess.”

His cold eyes swept across them as he said: “In this time, who among you kept your mind on cultivation?”

When Shen Sang Ruo left, it was like their souls were dragged away. Sighing all day was one thing.

On top of that, Wen Xuan had offended him because of Shen Sang Ruo, got himself badly hurt, and lay in bed for months.

If he learned that Lu Shi Qing was also hurt by a Gu backlash because of her, he would surely explode in rage.

Master Ling Xiao did not understand how someone as small as Shen Sang Ruo could affect them this much.

Luckily, she had been cast out of the Flying Cloud Sect and now had nothing to do with Thunder-Scale Peak.

If she stayed, who knew how she would ruin his disciples next.

The decisive look she wore the day she asked to sever the teacher-student tie flashed through his mind.

Master Ling Xiao knit his brows, his eyes growing colder, and muttered softly: “Stubborn, hard to teach.”

Then he pushed her out of his thoughts.

Hearing that Master Ling Xiao still held this attitude toward Shen Sang Ruo, Feng He Yun turned his head aside, too tired to argue with him.

Right now he was deeply frustrated.

A month ago, when he and Lu Shi Qing returned to the Flying Cloud Sect, they thought Shen Sang Ruo would be waiting with a smile, hand over the Firefly Gu Worm, then come back to the Flying Cloud Sect and Thunder-Scale Peak with them, clear up the misunderstanding, and reunite.

But forget Shen Sang Ruo: at the gate of the Flying Cloud Sect, not even a single mulberry leaf showed up.

Their excitement was drenched like a bucket of cold water.

Up to now they still had not seen Shen Sang Ruo. Without the Firefly Gu Worm, the Gu Poison in Lu Shi Qing’s body still dragged on and would not heal.

And in the month since they returned, Lu Shi Qing grew even more strange and shut himself up in his cave again.

Feng He Yun waited and waited, but Shen Sang Ruo never came back.

He had not even told Master Ling Xiao that he ran into Shen Sang Ruo in the Phantom Mirage Domain and got beaten by her, because he was afraid Master Ling Xiao’s attitude toward her would get even worse.

Before, he would never have held it in and would have complained to Master Ling Xiao at once.

But this time, for the sake of Shen Sang Ruo coming back, he endured.

So when would Shen Sang Ruo return to Thunder-Scale Peak?

Gloom filled Feng He Yun’s eyes. He was worried.

Just hearing Shen Sang Ruo’s name made Feng He Yun slump like this, and Master Ling Xiao’s look clearly showed his displeasure.

He said coldly: “The supply trip was Mu Mu’s idea.”

“As the Young Sect Master, she is so dutiful she ignores herself for the sake of the sect’s growth.”

Feng He Yun only wanted to roll his eyes. What was his Junior Sister tossing around this time?

He had just escorted Lu Shi Qing to the Phantom Mirage Domain and had not even recovered yet, and now he had to escort her to buy supplies.

Being the senior brother was really exhausting.

Master Ling Xiao spoke with a hidden warning as he said: “Someone with that kind of heart is your true Junior Sister, the one you should really protect.”

Then he made it even clearer: “Anyone who bullies your Junior Sister is your enemy, and also the enemy of all Thunder-Scale Peak. Do you understand what I am saying?”

This naturally included Shen Sang Ruo, who had struck at Bai Mu Mu during the Young Sect Master competition.

When he heard the word “enemy,” Feng He Yun remembered how, in that small village in the Phantom Mirage Domain, Shen Sang Ruo had calmly told others that they were enemies.

His chest tightened, and he instinctively muttered in a low voice: “Shen Sang Ruo is not our enemy. She has always been our Junior Sister.”