As soon as Shu Lan saw the paper crane, she knew that Venerable Lieyang must have something to tell her.
Ever since he used the secret method to fold paper cranes to send a message last time, Venerable Lieyang has taken quite a few paper cranes from him, saying that it would be more convenient for communication in the future.
Shu Lan took the paper crane and used her divine sense to perceive its contents.
The Venerable Lieyang didn't say much from inside the paper crane, only informing everyone: "Come to the main hall immediately to discuss this."
Shu Lan informed Qin An that she was going to the main hall and asked him to wait for her on Tinglan Peak.
After Shu Lan arrived at the main hall, the other elders also arrived one after another.
The sect leader stood beside Venerable Lieyang and began to preside over the meeting.
"The new fishing village has recently been attacked by demonic scoundrels, and many people have disappeared without a trace. Those who were found were all turned into mummies," the sect leader said solemnly.
"How dare there be such scoundrels from the demon race! Why not send one of our elders to deal with them?" an elder said indignantly.
"Alas! This is what I'm going to talk about later." The sect leader sighed. "Our sect has sent several outer sect elders to investigate, but they have all lost contact with us and there has been no news of them."
"How could this be?!" The elders looked at each other in disbelief.
"Then now..."
"I'm planning to send an inner sect elder to investigate. Is there anyone willing to go?"
“I am willing to go.” Just as the elders were hesitating, the Fifth Elder stepped forward.
The Fifth Elder was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage, possessing both fire and wood spiritual roots, and wielding a large sword with unparalleled skill. He hated evil demons more than anything, so when he heard of demons committing evil deeds, he was the first to step forward.
"Alright, then we'll have the Fifth Elder go and investigate on behalf of our sect." The sect leader made the decision.
"Junior brother, are you willing to go?" At this moment, Venerable Lieyang suddenly turned to Shulan and asked for his opinion.
"Alright." Shu Lan nodded, agreeing to Venerable Lieyang's request.
Venerable Lieyang then said to the sect leader, "Have Venerable Hanqing take some disciples to investigate; consider it a training exercise."
"Besides, the disciples are all under the care of Venerable Hanqing, so there's no need to worry about their safety." Venerable Lieyang didn't give the sect leader a chance to refuse and settled the matter just like that.
"That would be perfect. Martial Uncle has the cultivation of the Nascent Soul stage. If Martial Uncle can go, everyone's safety will be guaranteed." The sect leader finally nodded, agreeing to Venerable Lieyang's approach.
"Alright, now Venerable Hanqing and the Fifth Elder should get ready and finalize the list of disciples who will be going."
"We respectfully obey the Supreme Elder's command." Shu Lan and the Fifth Elder both clasped their hands in a gesture of respect, complying with Venerable Lieyang's order.
Upon returning to Tinglan Peak, Qin An came to greet him.
"Master, what happened?"
So Shu Lan told Qin An everything that had been discussed in the main hall.
"So, Master, you're going to check this out too, right?" Qin An immediately realized what Shu Lan meant after hearing her words.
"Mm." Shu Lan nodded.
"Then, Master, can you take me with you? My Uncle said he can take some disciples with him, and I want to go too." Qin An grabbed Shu Lan's arm and shook it.
Are you sure?
"I'm sure! I'll go wherever Master goes. Does Master intend to leave me alone on Tinglan Peak?" I'll be very anxious and worried if I don't see Master. Qin An pouted and looked at Shu Lan pitifully.
After spending many years together, Qin An knew that Shu Lan was most susceptible to this. Shu Lan loved his cute appearance; whenever he acted coquettishly or adorably, her Shizun brother would grant him anything.
Sure enough, Qin An's adorable appearance struck a chord with Shu Lan. Who could resist a boy trying to charm you, especially when that boy was his apprentice whom he had raised for many years?
Shu Lan gave in, "Alright! You can come with me. However, you must stay by my side at all times, otherwise I won't be able to protect you."
"Okay, sure!" Qin An nodded vigorously.
When Shu Lan and the Fifth Elder gathered, they saw several familiar faces among the disciples.
These familiar faces are Ye Feiyu, Kong Xiang, Li Yu, and even Zhang Keke and Wang Lin are here.
Ye Feiyu's cultivation level stabilized at the late Foundation Establishment stage after absorbing the power of the Vermilion Fruit. Kong Xiang was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Li Yu, who was originally at the early Foundation Establishment stage, had stabilized at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage after a month.
Zhang Keke and Wang Lin were originally at the late stage of Qi Refining, but after a month of hard work and the gains they made in the secret realm, they have now advanced to the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
Zhang Keke's eyes lit up as soon as she saw Shu Lan. "Greetings, Grandmaster Uncle!" Zhang Keke waved to Shu Lan, extremely excited.
A moment later, Zhang Keke realized something was amiss and immediately composed herself. Just as she was about to bow in greeting, Shu Lan waved her hand with a smile: "No need to be so reserved, just be natural."
Zhang Keke stuck out her tongue with a grin, "Grandmaster Uncle, you are so approachable!"
Qin An's face had already fallen when Zhang Keke greeted Shu Lan. Seeing his master brother focusing his attention on someone else, he felt a little disappointed for some reason.
Just then, a hand landed on Qin An's shoulder. Qin An looked over coldly and saw Ye Feiyu standing beside him with a grin.
“Qin Xiao… Martial Uncle, although you are my Martial Uncle now, we were partners before. Look, even Grandmaster Uncle is so approachable. As his disciple, why don’t you try to be more friendly with him?”
Qin An ignored Ye Feiyu and said, "Let go."
"No, I won't!" Ye Feiyu started acting like a rogue, and even more brazenly put his other arm on Qin An's shoulder.
Qin An's eyes pierced Ye Feiyu like daggers, but Ye Feiyu remained unmoved, still laughing carefree.
Qin An pushed Ye Feiyu's arm away, but it was put back on him within seconds. Qin An repeated this several times, but the result was always the same.
Qin An was so angry that his teeth ached, but he still let Ye Feiyu cling to him.
This led Ye Feiyu to discover a new world: as long as he acted shamelessly, his martial uncle couldn't do anything to him. It seemed like a very useful method, Ye Feiyu nodded to himself.
"Is everyone ready?" The Fifth Elder asked in a loud voice as he stood in front of his disciples.
"Ready!" the disciples said in unison.
"Alright, let's set off!" The Fifth Elder summoned his flying shuttle, made a hand seal, and the shuttle rapidly grew larger. When the shuttle had grown to a certain size, the Fifth Elder had his disciples stand on it.
As the last disciple stepped onto the shuttle, it quickly started up and shot into the sky with a "whoosh," moving at an extremely fast speed, with the surrounding scenery rushing past.
The Fifth Elder controlled the flying shuttle and headed towards the new fishing village.
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