Chapter 44: Team Up I want you to - make a pledge.
Mu Fuyun looked down at the number plate in his hand, and for a moment, he lamented that his luck was always so good.
When she looked up, Zhan Yao, who was not far away, was still looking at her, but there was a hint of fighting spirit in his eyes, as if he wanted to compete with her in the task, and as if he wanted to motivate her to perform well together with him.
Mu Fuyun paused, feeling a little helpless. This time, he really had to cooperate with Zhan Yao.
Soon, the new disciples had all drawn their tasks, and at the signal of Instructor Shen, they lined up in teams according to their number plates.
In addition to Zhan Yao, Xu Lian and Yu Cen were also selected to complete this task.
The next step was to distribute the mission scrolls and assign them senior brothers and sisters to lead the team.
The first-level tasks are easier, so we arranged for a senior brother who just started last year to go with us. For the other second- and third-level tasks, we arranged for a senior brother or sister with more experience according to the difficulty.
Of course, the so-called "longer experience" only means that one has been in the inner gate for two or three more years.
Only when it came to Mu Fuyun and the others' mission, Instructor Shen hesitated for a moment.
"Your mission this time is in the Western Desert, a bit far from here and close to the Demon Realm. You must choose a reliable disciple to lead you."
As he spoke, his eyes swept over the dozen or so disciples leading the various peaks, as if asking with his eyes if anyone had volunteered.
Because there were disciples from their own peaks in the team, the people from Taiqing Peak and Luoxia Peak looked at each other and planned to pick someone out.
Before they could decide, someone spoke up.
"Master Shen, please let me go." It was Song Xinghe who spoke.
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone looked over in surprise.
No matter how difficult the task is, it is for these new disciples who have just established their foundation to gain experience. Song Xinghe is now in the late Golden Core stage. As long as the opportunity comes, he will be promoted to the Nascent Soul stage. For these disciples who are still in the rapid growth period and are about to enter the realm of transcendence, guiding new disciples can be regarded as a waste of time.
"Xinghe, if I remember correctly, when the mission hall opened this time, you were planning to take on missions above the Golden Core level." Qi Yuanbai frowned and said, looking at his favorite disciple.
"I--" Song Xinghe opened his mouth, trying to find an excuse for himself.
In fact, he didn't know why he spoke so impulsively. Maybe it was because of Mu Fuyun, or maybe it was because he heard the words "Western Desert". In short, he said it without having time to think about it.
However, before he could figure out how to convince the head master, Chu Ye spoke again.
He spoke in the usual considerate tone of a senior brother: "Junior brother, you are now at a critical moment before breaking through. You should have some experience. Leave the tasks of the new disciples to me."
Song Xinghe was unhappy when he heard this: "Big Brother's cultivation is obviously higher than mine."
Chu Ye had already thought of an explanation. He smiled slightly and said, "In terms of cultivation, my level is indeed slightly higher than yours. However, I have only just reached the first level before, and I am currently in the consolidation period. It won't be a problem if I slow down a bit. Besides, as the eldest brother of the sect, I should take responsibility for my fellow brothers and sisters. It is reasonable for you to entrust this matter to me."
He has always been praised by everyone in the sect, and when these words were spoken, they aroused everyone's admiration again.
"Senior Brother Chu is truly admirable. He always considers others first."
"Yes, I was lucky enough to go on a mission with Senior Brother Chu before. I accidentally fell into a trap in the secret realm. It was Senior Brother Chu who pulled me out all the way. In order to protect me, he was even injured himself."
"Speaking of which, we have all received help from the eldest brother to some extent."
Both of them were disciples under the master, so Instructor Shen didn't dare to make a decision on his own. He could only look at Qi Yuanbai awkwardly, waiting for him to speak.
Qi Yuanbai glanced at Chu Ye, pondered for a moment, and nodded, "As the eldest senior brother, it's a good thing that you have such a sense of responsibility. Well, this time, I'll let you go. If you really encounter people from the Demon Realm, you, the eldest senior brother, can also come forward."
Chu Ye said: "Disciple obeys your command and will do his best to help fellow disciples."
After saying that, he stood on Mu Fuyun's team.
Song Xinghe was unwilling, but he couldn't say anything to refute.
Mu Fuyun stood two steps behind Chu Ye on the left, and deliberately glanced at Zhan Yao who was standing on the other side behind him, trying to see something from her reaction.
However, from beginning to end, Zhan Yao did not respond at all except for politely clasping his fists to Chu Ye and saying "Senior Brother Chu".
Chu Ye, on the other hand, nodded to the four of them. After the headmaster, Instructor Shen and the others had finished their instructions, he asked everyone to leave. When the other old disciples who still had tasks to take up were left behind, he took them to stay in the open space outside the hall for a while, told them a few words to prepare well, and then let them go back.
He looks like a senior brother who is responsible and cares about the younger generation.
Mu Fuyun curled his lips, responded with the other three, then turned and left.
The four of them walked down from Qingjing Peak together. Since they were going back to their respective residences, they naturally went in different directions. In addition, Mu Fuyun and Zhan Yao had already learned to fly swords, while Xu Lian and Yu Cen were just in the initial learning stage. So they had to say goodbye temporarily at the entrance of the mountain road.
Before they parted, Zhan Yao suddenly called out to Mu Fuyun.
"Mu Fuyun," she said seriously, "Take good care of yourself these few days. When you go on a mission, don't make that mistake of running out of energy after a while. If something really happens, I won't save you."
Mu Fuyun felt that he had almost gotten used to it, and nodded helplessly: "I'll try my best."
After all, this was not something she could decide. Every time her spiritual energy ran out, she tried her best to restrain herself.
After saying that, she clasped her fists towards Zhan Yao and flew into the air on her sword.
Seeing this, Yu Cen also said goodbye and left.
Xu Lian was left standing beside Zhan Yao, quite dissatisfied, and said, "Ayao, why did you bother reminding her? Anyway, Senior Brother Chu is here, and he will definitely protect her with all his strength."
In her opinion, no matter what kind of person Mu Fuyun is, he was able to enter the sect because of Chu Ye's protection. This time, Chu Ye took the initiative to ask to lead their team, which must be for Mu Fuyun.
She didn't like Mu Fuyun, but now, more and more of her classmates were beginning to waver.
Especially Zhan Yao, who always cares too much about Mu Fuyun.
Others might not be able to see it and think that Zhan Yao only sees Mu Fuyun as a strong competitor, but she can see that the opponent is one thing, in fact, Zhan Yao has already accepted Mu Fuyun.
"Alian, there's one thing you must understand." Zhan Yao glanced at her sideways and said in a deep voice, "No matter what Senior Brother Chu does, Mu Fuyun is now a disciple of Tianyan just like us. We travel together as a group, so we are companions."
Xu Lian's expression froze, and she felt dissatisfied in her heart, but when she met Zhan Yao's serious gaze, she held back and said nothing.
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On the other side, after Mu Fuyun left Qingjing Peak on his sword, he did not return directly to Lingshanze, but turned around and went to Xizhao Pavilion on Furi Peak.
I will leave the sect and head to the Xisha polar region tomorrow. Today is the time to make a deal with the pair of brothers.
Along the way, she deliberately took a longer route to avoid other people's attention. When she arrived outside Xizhao Pavilion, another half a minute had passed.
Before she could step into the door as usual, she heard a quarrel coming from inside.
"...Why are you fighting with me for such a small matter? Brother, what is your motive?"
"I don't mean anything else. I just think you've been caring too much about her lately. You should calm down."
"I—Brother, when you say this to me, don't you have any selfish motives at all?"
There was a brief silence.
"Whether I have selfish motives or not is none of your business."
There was another silent silence.
The two brothers didn't seem to intend to say anything more. Instead, Mu Fuyun, who was standing outside the door, didn't go in directly. Instead, he stood there, frowning and thinking deeply.
During this period of time, she focused on cultivation and did not spend too much time on these two people, but when she heard their conversation, she suddenly remembered the description in the original book.
In the book, she did not embark on the path of cultivation and felt confused about the future. Faced with the requirement to continuously use her own blood to nourish her sister's consciousness, she began to consider giving up.
After Chu Ye and Song Xinghe found out, they used both soft and hard tactics to force her to swear that she would do her best to help her sister no matter what the cost.
At the time, she had no idea that the price would be so high that she would have to pay with her life. Chu Ye and Song Xinghe had never hesitated on this matter, let alone shown any mercy to her.
But now, everything seems to have changed.
No one forced her to take the oath. On the contrary, she did not want her fellow disciples to have any sympathy for her.
After all, only in this way can we return to Yuya Mountain.
At this moment, they didn't know that the only way to bring Mu Fuyue back to the world was to sacrifice her life. Perhaps she should think of a way to set up a guarantee before doing so.
Thinking of this, she made up her mind, stepped back, and stood on the path outside Xizhao Pavilion. She "accidentally" used her spiritual power to touch the barrier set up nearby. Then, while the two people inside noticed, she turned around and pretended to leave in embarrassment.
"stop!"
"Mu Fuyun, why are you running!"
Chu Ye and Song Xinghe spoke almost at the same time, frowning and staring at her, with a hint of suspicion in their eyes.
Mu Fuyun's body stiffened, and he turned his head expressionlessly, meeting their gazes. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "We're heading to the Xisha Polar Region tomorrow, so I don't think we should waste too much energy and spiritual power today."
Chu Ye's eyes moved, and he keenly caught the hidden meaning in her words: "Why, you want to break the contract and no longer do business with us?"
Mu Fuyun didn't say anything, with a hint of agreement.
Song Xinghe was the most vulnerable to provocation. He became anxious after hearing this. He took two steps forward, glared at her, and said nervously, "If you don't need our help, how will you practice in the future? What if - what if it attacks again, what will we do?"
Mu Fuyun raised his eyelids to glance at him, then quickly looked away, "reminding" him: "We all know what our purpose is. You are here to protect my sister's consciousness, and I am here to advance my cultivation. We each get what we need, so why pretend to be doing it for my own good? Now that I have entered the middle stage of foundation building, the spiritual power consumed every time you help me clear my spiritual veins will only increase. In the future, even when I use the spiritual spring, I will need others to use spiritual power to protect me. Right now, you are still willing to make sacrifices, but who knows what will happen in the future?"
Chu Ye and Song Xinghe were both stunned. Thinking back to the recent times, as her realm improved, the spiritual power she used up each time did increase. If this continued, it would indeed become more and more difficult.
They had realized this before, but for some reason, they all ignored it.
"So what?" Chu Ye reacted first and clenched his fist. At first glance, it seemed like he was refuting her words, but after thinking about it, he felt like he was reminding himself, "Do you think this is for you?"
Song Xinghe also reacted: "Yes, this is all for Senior Sister, it has nothing to do with you."
"You always say you're doing this for my sister, but what's the point of just saying it? My sister has been gone for a long time. Who knows how much you're willing to sacrifice for her, and how long you'll be willing to sacrifice for her?"
After a moment of silence, Chu Ye looked at her and slowly said, "Then what do you want me to believe?"
This is exactly what Mu Fuyun was waiting for.
She chuckled softly, took a step closer under their gaze, and whispered, "I want you to—take a vow."
"I can swear." Chu Ye knew she was trying to provoke them, but he still answered without hesitation, "But what about you?"
"As long as you are willing to swear, I will naturally do the same."
"It's a deal."
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