Seeing her tear up, Qing Xuanzi quickly comforted her, "Alright, alright, from now on, whatever you give to your master, keep it for yourself..."
He paused abruptly, looking at Rong Jiaojiao with a puzzled expression. She sensed that her master seemed a little guilty.
Qing Xuanzi coughed and said, "You just returned to the alliance not long ago. Your grandmaster came back to me and told me about your experiences. Then he asked me if you could leave two top-grade pills for each sect member, so that we, master and disciple, wouldn't have to do sect missions anymore."
"Or we could exchange it for any treasures within the sect that we like, so I'd like to ask for your opinion."
Rong Jiaojiao chuckled: "Master, I have no objection to giving it to the sect, but you must keep the rest safe and don't give it to anyone else."
Qing Xuanzi, however, said to Rong Jiaojiao with a serious face, "Jiaojiao, your master wants to ask you if you can give one to each of your grandmaster and grandmaster's grandmother?"
Rong Jiaojiao nodded: "Master, I gave you a whole bottle of each because I was thinking of Grandmaster and the others. Just give them to them, no need to ask me."
She had heard her master say that he was taken out of the belly of a dead pregnant woman by Leng Boyun.
Having grown up with his master and mistress since childhood, Leng Boyun and his wife are like his own parents to him.
Although Leng Boyun and the others couldn't devote themselves to Qing Xuanzi as wholeheartedly as Qing Xuanzi did to them, they treated him and their other senior brothers and sisters just as well.
He didn't care about other things, but he had extra life-saving pills and wanted to give them some, which Rong Jiaojiao understood.
Upon hearing this, Qing Xuanzi's eyes welled up with tears, and his voice became somewhat hoarse as he spoke again: "Alright, thank you, Jiaojiao. I will personally speak to your grandmaster and grandmother to make sure they remember your kindness."
Rong Jiaojiao shook her head and said, "Master, there's no need to say that it was given by me. I don't care what they think of me, as long as they remember your kindness."
Qing Xuanzi sighed inwardly, realizing that Jiaojiao lacked a strong bond with the sect and wasn't close enough to it.
He didn't press the matter, and changed the subject: "Do you remember the messages I sent you when you were still on the ancient battlefield?"
Rong Jiaojiao looked up at Qing Xuanzi speechlessly: "You've shared quite a bit of information, Master!"
Qing Xuanzi glanced at Rong Jiaojiao and said with a worried expression, "The other team that went to the Ghost Island in the South Seas sent back news that there is indeed a Blood Fiend Teleportation Array there. Fortunately, there were enough people to go, and with the help of the sea demons, they managed to break the teleportation array, but there were quite a few casualties."
He was really worried. It was as if his precious disciple had been given a mission by the heavens, having recognized the Nine Dragon Seal as her master. Therefore, she would have to shoulder the responsibility of being the one who held the seal.
He's so young, but he's experienced just as much as I have, and he's suffered a lot. Sigh, it breaks my heart!
Rong Jiaojiao could see the worry in her master's heart, and comforted him, "Master, don't worry. My cultivation and spiritual power are stronger now. I will be safer going out again."
Qing Xuanzi could only pray that the Three Pure Ones would bless his disciple with peace and good fortune!
Seeing that he seemed a little more relaxed, Rong Jiaojiao asked about his parents. Qing Xuanzi said, "I went to see them earlier and told them that you have broken through to a higher realm. It will take at least three to five years, and at most ten years, for you to be able to go back for the time being."
"They were relieved to hear that you weren't going on a training mission and that there was no danger, because they were always worried that you might be in danger if you went out."
Rong Jiaojiao was also helpless. Her parents were getting older and she wanted to spend more time with them, but she was worried that evil cultivators or demons might have some special magical artifacts that could capture the aura of the Nine Dragon Seal, so she dared not take the risk.
He sighed, "I hope we can get rid of these hidden dangers like the demon spirits as soon as possible."
Qing Xuanzi said firmly, "Only one more of the Nine Dragon Seals is needed. I believe that day is not too far away..."
The master and apprentice ate for a long time, talking about the recent turmoil and discoveries, and what might happen next, until they left the restaurant in the evening.
Qing Xuanzi returned to his sect to go into seclusion, while Rong Jiaojiao returned to the small courtyard at the alliance's headquarters.
He had thought that since Mo Bai and the others were all in seclusion, he should go and continue his seclusion as well. However, before he even entered the courtyard, he sensed a disturbance in the spiritual energy, and the center of the disturbance was in a courtyard not far from Rong Jiaojiao's courtyard.
All the spiritual energy slowly converged there, and the speed increased.
Sensing the fluctuations in spiritual energy, everyone ran out and stood outside the courtyard to observe.
Someone exclaimed, "It's Senior Jun's courtyard!"
Rong Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly walked towards Jun Yuangui's courtyard.
As soon as they arrived at the courtyard gate, they saw Mo Bai and the others already standing there, their faces filled with surprise and delight.
"Jiaojiao, you've come at the right time." Mo Bai turned around and saw her, waving with a smile. "Fellow Daoist Jun is about to break through to the Celestial Master Realm."
Rong Jiaojiao nodded, her gaze falling on the tightly closed courtyard gate.
She could feel the surrounding spiritual energy surging into the courtyard like a tide, its overwhelming power awe-inspiring.
Just then, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth suddenly trembled violently, and Jun Yuan transformed into a dazzling golden light that shot into the sky from the courtyard, his sword energy piercing straight into the clouds.
The buildings throughout the alliance's headquarters trembled slightly under this oppressive force.
"This is... the power of a Celestial Master!" Mo Bai looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with shock.
Rong Jiaojiao felt a tightness in her chest. She subconsciously took two steps back. Zi Ling jumped out of her arms, her fur standing on end, and stared warily at the sky.
"Buzz buzz buzz—"
A series of sword cries resounded like thunder, and nine illusory sword shadows appeared amidst the golden light, each exuding a suffocating sharpness.
The onlookers' expressions changed, and many disciples with lower cultivation levels even knelt down.
"Nine Heavens Sword Intent!" a white-haired elder exclaimed in shock. "The supreme swordsmanship passed down through the Jun family!"
Rong Jiaojiao squinted and vaguely saw the slender figure in the golden light.
Jun Yuangui stood in mid-air, his white robes fluttering, the long sword in his hand gleaming with a blinding cold light.
His aura continued to rise, seemingly without end.
Suddenly, something unexpected happened!
A streak of blood shot towards the center of the golden light without warning, moving so fast that no one had time to react.
"Watch out!" Rong Jiaojiao exclaimed, instinctively rushing forward.
Mo Bai grabbed her arm: "Don't go over there! This is a tribulation of inner demons!"
Sure enough, the crimson lightning did not actually fall, but instead transformed into countless hideous ghost faces in mid-air, emitting piercing shrieks.
Jun Yuangui's figure was immediately shrouded in blood-red mist, and the nine sword shadows also became dim and without light.
"How could this be..." Rong Jiaojiao clenched her fists. "Senior Jun's Dao heart is so firm, how could he have triggered such a powerful inner demon tribulation?"
Mo Bai glanced at Rong Jiaojiao and, seeing her worried expression, comforted her with a pang of sadness, "Don't worry, I believe Fellow Daoist Jun can overcome the inner demons."
A murmur arose from the surrounding area.
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