After the transfer of power was completed, Shangguan Rongrong was both surprised and delighted. Her small body trembled and she could not control her emotions for a long time!

At the same time, tears of gratitude fell like spring rain.

I'm so touched, so incredibly touched! This senior actually passed on over five hundred years of cultivation to me! My goodness, this is unbelievable!

After regaining her composure, she quickly composed herself and sat down to meditate.

Next, Gu Changqing wanted to take Ning Xuerou back to the sect, but Shangguan Rongrong disagreed. She grabbed his arm and wouldn't let him leave, trying her best to persuade him to stay for a few more days so that she could fulfill her duty as a host. Gu Changqing had no choice but to stay, and he stayed for more than ten days until the fifteenth day when he finally took Ning Xuerou away.

Not long after, the two returned to their sect.

Still on the same mountain wall, Ning Xuerou took out her jade pendant and tapped it gently, and the Changting Water Pavilion immediately appeared.

Just as Gu Changqing was about to leave, she suddenly grabbed his hand and said softly, "Senior, please don't go. I still have something to say to you."

Gu Changqing followed her inside.

In the pavilion, Ning Xuerou's fair cheeks flushed slightly, and she said in a low voice, "Senior, when you were passing on your skills to Junior Sister a few days ago, I... I also really wanted to pass on my skills..."

oh!

Gu Changqing suddenly realized that he had been asked to stay for some reason, but it turned out to be this.

That's great!

Without saying a word, he immediately covered Ning Xuerou's back and began to transfer his energy!

"Boom! Boom!"

This surge of power was like a ship sailing on the ocean, with boundless and powerful energy pouring into Ning Xuerou's body one after another, frantically propelling her cultivation level upward!

The transfer of power was completed in the time it takes to eat a meal.

"Congratulations, host, for the transmission of 800 years of cultivation. You have received [Years of Cultivation] as compensation for the critical hit, and an additional critical hit compensation of [25 Lottery Draws] has been triggered."

"Congratulations, host, for the successful transmission of 100 years of cultivation. You have received [Years of Cultivation] as compensation for the critical hit, and an additional critical hit compensation of [29 Lottery Draws] has been triggered."

"Congratulations, host, for the successful transmission of 1200 years of cultivation. You have received [Years of Cultivation] as compensation for the critical hit, and an additional critical hit compensation of [31 Lottery Draws] has been triggered."

...

After the transfer of power ended, Ning Xuerou trembled with excitement, her heart overflowing with joy.

Before she could even consolidate her cultivation, she asked, "Senior, you are so powerful, why do you still stay in such a small sect?"

The Qingyun Sect is a sect located on the border of the Great Chu Kingdom, in a typical desolate place where the sect is insignificant.

Gu Changqing didn't answer, but instead asked, "And what about you? And why are you asking?"

"As for me, after I was reborn, I had nowhere to go. Fortunately, my niece was in this sect, so I came in and have been living in seclusion here ever since. However, apart from my niece, no one else in the sect knows of my existence, not even the sect leader. It is precisely because this sect is so inconspicuous that I have been living in seclusion here to slowly recover my strength without being discovered by some of my enemies from my previous life..." Ning Xuerou said in detail.

“I see,” Gu Changqing nodded, then said, “My situation is simple. This sect has been kind to me, and I’m staying here to resolve the crisis. You may not know this yet, but the six major demonic sects of the Desolate Region are about to invade. Judging by the days, it’s very close, and I have to stay here to protect them.”

Actually, I'm not protecting anything, I'm just showing off!

"So that's how it is. Senior's chivalrous heart has moved me deeply..." Ning Xuerou was immediately amazed and felt a deep respect for Gu Changqing's character, which was as lofty as a mountain and as exemplary as a model for others.

But the next moment, she suddenly frowned and said, "Huh? The six major demonic sects of the Desolate Region have invaded?"

She hadn't been listening carefully, her attention was all on Gu Changqing, and now that she realized what had happened, she was quite surprised.

"No way, why would the six great demonic sects of the Desolate Region invade a barren land like our Great Chu? If they were going to fight, they should be attacking a rich cultivation holy land like Great Jin, why would they set their sights on this place..."

Gu Changqing interrupted, "Whether you believe it or not is not important. I suddenly remembered that I have other things to do. I'll come find you another day."

He still needs to go find Jiang Yao; it's been half a month already.

As he spoke, Gu Changqing moved and disappeared.

"Ah, senior, don't go, I still want to pass on my skills..." Ning Xuerou's fair wrist touched the air as she repeatedly pleaded for her to stay.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On an open space in front of the sect's mountain, there stood a series of stone pavilions, each with two stories, and they were quite ingeniously constructed.

This is the dormitory for outer disciples.

Generally, once a servant is promoted to a formal disciple, or a nominal disciple is promoted to a formal disciple, they will no longer live in the lower-level houses, but will be assigned to live here.

At that moment, with a whoosh, a figure in flowing white robes flashed by.

When Gu Changqing arrived, he scanned the area with his divine sense, but he couldn't detect Jiang Yao's presence.

"Strange, could it be that she hasn't been promoted to a formal disciple?" Gu Changqing frowned slightly.

After scanning the area again to confirm that there was no trace of Jiang Yao, he moved and headed to another location.

Soon, Gu Changqing arrived at Jiang Yao's former residence, a wooden pavilion with only one floor, far inferior to that of a formal disciple, barely habitable.

Sure enough, Jiang Yao's presence was detected here.

"Could it be that he really hasn't been promoted to a formal disciple?" Gu Changqing's face darkened.

He then went inside.

As soon as they entered, they saw Jiang Yao, but she was curled up on a small wooden bed, covering her face and sobbing.

"Yao'er, what happened? Who bullied you?" Gu Changqing raised an eyebrow and stepped forward to pull her into his arms.

"Senior Brother Gu, I..." Jiang Yao saw that it was Gu Changqing who had returned, and immediately burst into tears, throwing herself into his arms and sobbing softly.

Gu Changqing's face darkened completely. He asked, "What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong, and I'll stand up for you!"

“Yes…yes, the chief disciple of the outer sect…” Jiang Yao’s voice trembled.

Amidst her intermittent sobs, Gu Changqing finally understood what she was saying.

It turns out that when Jiang Yao went to the elder to get the Strengthening Pill, she got it, but as soon as she stepped out the door, it was immediately snatched away by the chief disciple of the outer sect.

The outer sect leader, seeing her lowly origins, looked down on her and brazenly sent people to steal the pills.

She was too timid to report it, and could only silently lick her wounds here...

After understanding what had happened, Gu Changqing was filled with righteous indignation. "Damn it, they've dared to bully me! I'm the chief disciple of the inner sect!"

He roared, "Stop crying! Come with me! I want to see what a mere outer sect leader can do to you!"