Chapter 26 The White Moonlight Kills the Male and Female Protagonists (26)

"Since you've come to this, I can no longer protect you!"

Jin Shu sneered.

If I'm relying on him to protect me, I might as well just wait to die.

Fortunately, Jin Shu had no hope for him whatsoever.

She stood firmly, looking at the eager celestial soldiers around her, waiting for the Queen Mother to give the order so that she could be subdued.

Just then, another fairy boy ran over.

"Your Majesty, a jade pendant has been found in the forbidden area. After investigation, it has been determined that the pendant belongs to Meng Ling, a disciple of Kunlun Mountain. Meng Ling has been brought in for Your Majesty's judgment!"

After saying that, Meng Ling was pushed into the main hall by several celestial soldiers.

Meng Ling, who had just been tense and flustered, suddenly felt as if she had found her pillar of support when she saw the Canglan Immortal Venerable in the main hall, and cried out in grievance.

"Master, it wasn't me."

Upon seeing Meng Ling, Cang Lan's expression visibly tensed up.

The Queen Mother examined the jade pendant in her hand, her expression revealing anger.

"Is this jade pendant yours?"

Meng Ling wanted to deny it, but then she remembered that her jade pendant was indeed lost, and the one the Queen Mother was holding was the one she had lost.

A thought struck her, and she choked out an explanation.

"The jade pendant is indeed mine, but I don't know why it appeared in the forbidden area."

Master, it wasn't me! Your disciple has followed your teachings and would never go to such a dangerous place!

Canglan nodded in agreement.

"Queen Mother, there must be some misunderstanding. Although my disciple is playful, he is also timid and his cultivation is only average. How could he possibly deceive those two demonic pythons and escape unscathed?"

The Queen Mother saw his reaction and gave him a cold, ambiguous laugh.

"If you say it wasn't her, then how do you explain this jade pendant? There's one thing I'd like to know: as your fellow disciple, why do you believe her?"

Canglan's expression remained unchanged, but his tone was stern.

"I will not show favoritism to any disciple; everything I say is based solely on my understanding of them."

Could it be that the Queen Mother understands them better than I do?

The Queen Mother can't control so much right now.

"In short, it was your apprentice who did it. No matter who it was, you, as his master, have to give me an explanation."

Canglan looked at Jin Shu, seemingly trying to put pressure on her.

Jin Shu was all too familiar with that look.

In the dream, he stood outside the cage, forcing her to give Meng Ling a blood transfusion, and he had the same expression on his face.

Fortunately, this time she won't feel heartbroken.

"Queen Mother, it's actually quite simple to verify who entered the forbidden area."

The stolen spirit stones contained extraordinary spiritual power; the thief must have experienced a rapid increase in cultivation. Why not just have someone probe our cultivation level?

The Queen Mother seemed to be deep in thought.

"rational."

She came to inspect it herself.

As the Queen Mother, she was already at the peak of the Golden Immortal realm. To test the cultivation of her two young disciples was merely a matter of reaching out and probing.

First, Jin Shu stepped forward and extended her hand, which the Queen Mother casually reached out to touch.

"His cultivation level is not low; he's at the peak of the middle-stage Void Refinement realm."

Upon hearing this, Meng Ling immediately sensed something was wrong.

Meng Ling instinctively tried to pull her hand away, but the Queen Mother was faster. With a flick of her finger, Meng Ling was unable to move and slowly floated towards the Queen Mother's seat after rising into the air.

"Your Majesty, it wasn't me...it was my cultivation level..."

"At the peak of the middle stage of the Fusion Realm, he's about to break through to the upper stage..."

The Queen Mother's voice was cold and indifferent.

His gaze became even more ruthless.

"And you're still a human... To have such cultivation at such a young age, you're telling me you didn't steal my spirit stones?"

After saying that, the Queen Mother pinched him hard, and Meng Ling screamed in pain, her voice extremely miserable.

Canglan acted immediately, cutting off the Queen Mother's spiritual power and snatching Meng Ling away.

"Queen Mother, this disciple of mine possesses a six-meridian spiritual root, a natural-born cultivation prodigy. Such cultivation is also something I..."

"Also what?"

Everyone stared intently.

Immortal Venerable Canglan suddenly stopped, swallowing back the words he wanted to say.

He couldn't very well say that, in order to improve Meng Ling's cultivation, he, as her master, directly used all the treasures that Jin Shu had stored with him on Meng Ling.

As a result, Meng Ling, who was already a natural genius, is now making rapid progress in his cultivation, and reaching the peak of the middle-stage Integration Realm is within his expectations.

But if this were said out loud, how would the people of the immortal realm view him?

But if we don't say anything, how can we explain Meng Ling's heaven-defying cultivation level?

The Queen Mother disliked dragging things out. Her birthday banquet had been turned into a farce, and now she just wanted to deal with this reckless mortal and vent her anger.

"If you return the spirit stones, I might consider sparing your life."

Meng Ling was almost in tears.

She did go to the forbidden area, but she didn't see any spirit stones at all!

My cultivation level is the result of hard work and accumulation over time, so why should it be used against me now!

She looked at Canglan, her voice trembling with tears.

"Master, please explain to the Queen Mother that my cultivation has nothing to do with spirit stones!"

Jin Shu, who had been watching the show the whole time, pressed for an answer.

"You're not the only one with the six spiritual roots in the world. My father also had the six spiritual roots and was born with immortal bones. Even he took five thousand years to cultivate to the peak of the Integration stage."

How did you manage to cultivate to this level in just two years?

If it's not spirit stones, then you don't need to hide it from everyone. Why don't you share your cultivation method with everyone?

Jin Shu's words made everyone realize just how terrifying Meng Ling's cultivation level truly was.

Emperor Hao is the God of War, the number one in the Immortal Realm. Even such a genius would take four thousand years to develop, but this mortal girl in front of us only took two years!

Saying she's making rapid progress is an exaggeration!

How many rare and precious materials would it take to accumulate such a high level of cultivation?!

Unless it's the Queen Mother of the West's sacred stone.

Thinking about it this way, Meng Ling's guilt was basically established.

"No!! Don't talk nonsense!! My cultivation level was achieved by my master using his treasured spiritual artifact to help me cultivate!"

"Oh? What kind of magical artifact is so powerful?"

"Heavenly Bottle, Moon Sun Pearl, Eight Gates Golden Light Mirror..."

"Meng Ling!! Don't talk nonsense!!"

Meng Ling, who wanted to continue counting, was so frightened by Cang Lan's stern shout that tears streamed down her face.

What he had deliberately hidden was now revealed by Meng Ling in her haste.

In an instant, the immortals below began to discuss among themselves.

"These treasures sound so familiar."

"Don't you recognize these names? These are all treasures left to Jin Shu by the War God Hao Huang! Back then, who didn't know them?"

It's likely that Jin Shu was worried about the safety of keeping the treasures on her person, so she entrusted them all to Cang Lan for safekeeping.

She never expected that Canglan, who appeared righteous and awe-inspiring on the surface, would secretly use all the treasures left by her deceased father on another disciple.

"Oh...it's pitiful to have met someone like Canglan."

"Bah! This guy doesn't even deserve to be called Master! Even a beast wouldn't do such a thing! If it weren't for Emperor Hao during the war between immortals and demons, he would have died on the battlefield long ago!"

Is this how he repays the life-saving grace?

Taking advantage of a young girl who has no powerful connections?! Is he trying to live off someone who has no family fortune?!

Even when immortals curse someone, not all of their words are elegant.