Could something have gone wrong?
Qi Yue's heart pounded like a drum. She instinctively tightened her grip on Xi Ning's hand, her eyes fixed on Xi Ning's, wanting to know what had happened.
"Now that things have come to this, what exactly happened? Why don't you tell me the truth?"
July was really worried.
Aside from the mishap during my ascension, everything went so smoothly after I arrived in the spirit world. But the smoother things went, the more uneasy I felt, as if something terrible was about to happen.
I just hope this isn't a dead end...
She looked at Xi Ning, whose expression was complicated.
Xie Ji'an and the others had never seen Qi Yue look so serious before, and their hearts were in their throats.
Xie Ji'an: Indeed, things have been going too smoothly lately, so smoothly that it feels unreal.
Song Yanzhuo: I have a feeling that Heaven is going to cause trouble again.
Le Luoxi: I never expected that after the chosen one died, everything would become more and more complicated...
Shangguan Fu: I have a feeling this has something to do with us...
Zhuo Ziyu: Even the all-powerful junior sister is so nervous, it seems this matter is not simple.
Gu Xingchuan: Could it be that Heaven intends to avenge those with destiny?
Yun Huai: Things are getting more and more complicated. We must improve our cultivation as soon as possible so that we can protect our junior sister.
Xi Ning shook her head: "Pei Luo, you saved my life. This is not something you can control. Take my advice and start cultivating as soon as possible. Go to the Immortal Realm to overcome your tribulations. Perhaps then you will still have a chance to compete."
Qi Yue's eyes were deep and unfathomable. She didn't speak, but wrote a single word in her palm.
Xi Ning's pupils contracted, and she nodded silently.
July clenched her fists.
[The Celestial Palace! It's actually the Celestial Palace! How could this be? Could there be some hidden plot I don't know about?]
Qiyue couldn't believe it and held Xi Ning's hand tightly: "How many people from the Shangyuan Sect are still alive?"
Xi Ning looked pained: "Besides me and Yuan Shu, there is no one alive. Moreover, Yuan Shu... her cultivation has been destroyed and her spiritual root has been ruined. Now she is an old woman with white hair. I don't know how many days she has left to live..."
She sobbed, her face full of regret: "It's my fault, it's all my fault. You warned me that this was not something my Shangyuan Sect could handle, so I told my master and asked him to notify the Immortal Palace. I thought..."
Upon hearing this, Qiyue understood everything.
She waved her hand: "You think that since it is a decree issued by the Immortal Palace, the Immortal Palace should intervene to stop it, so as to ensure that there will be no conflict between the Shangyuan Sect and the Qingyang Sect, is that right?"
Xi Ning nodded with difficulty, her face bitter: "But, I didn't expect..."
"You didn't expect that the Qingyang Sect is nothing more than a lackey of the Immortal Palace, working for the Immortal Palace." Qiyue interrupted her again, her face icy cold.
Le Luoxi's initial sympathy turned into displeasure: "So, in the end, you still didn't listen to my junior sister's advice and were too self-righteous."
Xi Ning looked embarrassed.
Song Yanzhu sneered: "Fool, how could the little Qingyang Sect dare to disobey the Immortal Palace without permission? You don't even understand such a simple principle."
Although Yun Huai and the others did not speak, they also agreed with Song Yanzhuo's words.
Qi Yue also sighed, her face cold: "I've already advised you, but you won't listen. You're right, this isn't something I can control. Farewell."
As she spoke, she used puppetry to control Xi Ning, erasing her own memories of them.
Then, he released Xi Ning.
As she and Xie Ji'an and the others flew away, they passed a cave and saw an old woman dressed as a young girl sitting at the cave entrance, gazing into the distance as if waiting for someone, Qi Yue thought.
This must be Yuan Shu.
Unfortunately, good advice can't dissuade a damned devil.
She shook her head, collected her divine sense, and calmed her mind. In just five days, she arrived in Yanzhou, where Lou Xuanzhi's Eternal Holy Sect was located.
But now the Eternal Holy Sect has become a demonic sect.
July was stunned.
[What?! I've become a witch overnight?!?!]
[Tsk! Can't this cheap master do something good for once?]
[Spicy balut! Since ancient times, good and evil have been irreconcilable enemies, and now I'm the villain! I knew the Heavenly Dao wouldn't let us off the hook!]
No wonder things have been going so smoothly lately! Turns out, that bastard Tiandao has been plotting something big!
[Pah! You old sly fox!]
Qi Yue cursed inwardly, her lips twitching as she read the descriptions of Lou Xuanzhi by the cultivators.
"That Demon Sect Master is clearly no good! A grown man with a wicked, effeminate appearance! He always has a gloomy face and goes around robbing people in a flashy bright red outfit!"
"That's right, that's right! I heard that three months ago he kidnapped a female cultivator and forced her to cultivate together. She threatened to kill herself, but it was no use! In the end, even after she died, he still... well, you know..."
"That one?" someone asked.
"Hey, are you an idiot? Can't you even understand this? What else could it be but sex between men and women?! Why are you even asking?! You moron!"
"As expected of the Demonic Sect, they are truly ruthless! They can't even let people rest in peace after they've died!"
"What do you mean by this? Do you even know about the Shangyuan Sect? I've heard that the Shangyuan Sect ended up like this because they offended the Demonic Sect; the entire sect was wiped out!"
"Such a thing happens?! Doesn't the Immortal Palace care?"
"What do you know? It's still beyond our control!"
"That's right! I've heard that the Demon Sect Master has taken in seven exceptionally talented disciples! Each and every one of them is a ruthless killer who eats human flesh and drinks human blood!"
"I've also heard that some of these demons were previously lurking in other sects, planning to defeat them one by one and unify the Spirit Realm!"
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