Chapter 126 Chapter 126 34
At this moment, Baili Qing, who was practicing, suddenly opened his eyes. A cold light flashed in his eyes, which was completely different from his usual elegant appearance.
Just now, he noticed that his realm, which had been slightly weakening, had actually strengthened by two points. Cultivation had always been about increasing your realm, so how could there be any such thing as regression? Unless something had happened to his unlucky son again.
Baili Qing naturally knew that Yuanrui was his biological son, but he was not as impatient as his wife, nor did he hate Gu Qifan as much as she did. After all, Gu Qifan was absolutely qualified to be a disciple, if not for... he really wanted to teach such a good seedling well.
But at this point, he and his biological son are in the same boat. Even if his biological son is not ambitious and is born abandoned by heaven, the more so, the more he can only find ways to prevent the child from dragging him down. Only when the child gets better can he have a chance to get better, and even improve his cultivation.
What's more, the purpose of adopting Fan'er was not pure, and even the means were not glorious. Not only was he not picked up in the valley, but he was stolen from someone else's home after the Great Elder peeped into the secrets of heaven.
Some people are born with a rough fate and are a burden to others, but some are born with a wide family network and can bring great fortune to those around them.
His biological son is the former, and Gu Qifan is the latter.
But until now, Baili Qing still doesn't understand why it is like this.
It was obvious that he had brought back the mother of the man of great luck according to the secret discovered by the Great Elder, and had taken good care of her every day, led her in cultivation, taught her magic, and married her as a Taoist partner, and she became pregnant as expected. Everything went smoothly, but after the child was born, a huge disaster occurred. Not to mention that he could take advantage of it to get further, even maintaining everything as before became difficult.
During that time, something happened in Qianshan Sect. The Great Elder's cultivation went wrong and his life span was reduced by 300 years, becoming precarious. Not only did his cultivation make no progress, but he also missed opportunities. The treasure that was about to be obtained was lost inexplicably due to his extreme misfortune.
Whenever he thought of those days, he couldn't hold his breath.
After all, he had simply felt his cultivation wasn't going as planned, unable to achieve the same natural breakthroughs as those geniuses. That's why, based on the Great Elder's predictions, he'd set his sights on a rare and fortunate individual. He figured that if he became the biological father of such a fortunate individual, he'd naturally be blessed with a wealth of luck, and wouldn't his ascension to immortality be just around the corner?
What was the result? It would have been fine if the child hadn't been born. But once he was born, not only could he not benefit from some luck, but he was almost dragged to death.
When Shuiying proposed the life-changing technique, he was initially reluctant to agree. After all, his son was a forsaken person, and it might be because he secretly changed Shuiying's fate and brought her back to the Qianshan Sect that this was the cause. How else could he explain it? He and his ancestors, while not particularly kind, weren't so evil as to warrant a forsaken person as punishment, right?
Shuiying was supposed to be the mother of a man of great fortune, but she was just a mortal woman with a tragic fate. It was naturally impossible for her to have committed any sins. In the final analysis, it was because he wanted to bring Shuiying back without authorization and deceived the will of heaven.
But he had to change! After his aura became inexplicably disordered during his cultivation and he nearly lost his life due to incompetence, he realized that he really had to change. If he continued like this, he and even the entire Qianshan Sect would be dragged down by this forsaken person!
He initially felt guilty towards his disciple Gu Qifan, but as Gu Qifan's cultivation path went smoothly and Shui Ying confided in him, he gradually turned the guilt into a natural suppression and obedience.
So after understanding Gu Qifan's current situation, he waved his hand and went to Gu Qifan's side.
"Greetings, Sect Master."
"Greetings, Sect Master."
When the disciples saw him appear, they all bowed and saluted. Everyone wanted to be the first to see the sect leader and salute well, so as to leave an impression in front of the sect leader. As a result, a group of disciples even performed the salute in a mess.
But Baili Qing didn't say anything. After all, he never took outer disciples seriously. To him and even to many elders, outer disciples were just tools to strengthen the sect and help the sect complete tasks or even do hard labor.
"Fan'er, do you know you are wrong?" He said with a cold face as soon as he came up.
Without waiting for Gu Qifan's reply, he announced in front of everyone, "Rules are rules, and they can't be broken. Yuanrui hasn't passed the inner sect assessment, so he can't enter. Fan'er's words just now are invalid. Everyone just needs to practice hard, and one day you will naturally enter the inner sect based on your strength."
"Master?" Huo Ling'er couldn't believe it.
Yuan Rui, who was in the crowd, also looked up suddenly, secretly resentful. It was all Gu Qifan's fault. If he had simply announced that he was allowed to enter the inner gate, things would never have developed like this.
They are all orphans, so why are some of them the high and mighty senior brothers, receiving endless resources, being taught by a master, having an engaged fiancée, and even having extremely good talents?
However, he had a rough life since he was a child. Every time he went to his adoptive parents' home, something bad would happen there. Later, he was gradually hated by the ignorant people in the mortal world and was rumored to be a disaster star.
Now he just wanted to enter the inner gate as soon as possible, but Gu Qifan was still using tricks to make his hopes come to nothing. How could such a person be worthy of being the eldest senior brother!
Baili Qing heard what Huo Ling'er said and saw the unwillingness in Yuan Rui's eyes, but he said nothing. After the announcement, he cast a spell and took Gu Qifan and Huo Ling'er away together.
He knew they were unhappy with the outcome, and he himself didn't want it to be this way, but what could he do? Causing discussion among the disciples, with Yuanrui at the center of the discussion, would only make matters worse.
When they were in a place where there were no other people, he said coldly, "Kneel down!"
Huo Ling'er stood there with a sour face, not saying a word. When she heard him say that, she immediately turned to look at Gu Qifan. Only when she saw Gu Qifan kneeling down did she slightly raise her head.
"Ling'er, kneel down too!"
Huo Linger pouted, "Master!"
Only after realizing that Baili Qing ignored her did he reluctantly kneel down.
"Do you know why I asked you to kneel down?"
"The disciple knows his mistake."
"Master is partial!"
Two voices sounded at the same time. Baili Qing closed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, is this really the right thing to do?
But now that things have come to this, there is no way back, he can only go on like this.
"Let's talk about Fan'er first. Do you know how badly it affects the sect by casually announcing that an outer sect disciple can enter the inner sect? As my disciple, how could you do such a thing?"
"And you, Ling'er, think before you do anything in the future!" Having said that, he kept silent about asking Huo Ling'er to have less contact with Yuan Rui.
After all, he was still counting on Huo Linger to subsidize Yuan Rui!
"But, Master, it was Master's Wife's decision to let Yuanrui enter the inner sect."
"Humph! Do you understand everything your mistress says? As my eldest disciple, don't you even have this little bit of judgment?"
"But Master, you seemed to be there at the time, and I thought you also tacitly agreed."
Baili Qing choked, then turned to rising anger, "How dare you! How dare you talk back to your master?"
Of course he didn't object. After all, with Gu Qifan's previous personality, he would just do it silently without any explanation. At that time, you can just find a reason from him, or at least find some other reason to fool him.
Even if other outer disciples or even inner disciples were dissatisfied, they should have directed it at Gu Qifan, after all, it was he who abused his power.
What's the result?
When Gu Qifan made the announcement, he directly mentioned Huo Ling'er and Shui Ying. How could he possibly get away with this?
This was actually just a simple sentence and a small matter, but Baili Qing always felt that something had changed.
"Do you remember what your master once told you? As the eldest brother of the inner sect, you don't need to care about other people's feelings, nor do you need to explain so much to others. You just need to treat everyone else as ants.
You should stay at the Cliff of Repentance for a while and reflect on what you should do as a disciple and what you should do as the eldest brother of Qianshan Sect.
He didn't say when he would stop reflecting on his mistakes. It all depends on his mood.
Siguo Cliff is an extremely cold place, and the spiritual energy inside cannot be used, so it is impossible to practice in Siguo Cliff.
Gu Qifan lowered his eyes, and recalled in his mind what the woman who appeared and disappeared inexplicably had said to him.
Is the master really doing this for his own good? Or is he really doing something wrong?
*
On the other side, after Ruo Ruo left Gu Qifan's residence, she did not follow Gu Qifan secretly to see how he handled things. After all, no matter how much he was pua by the people who supported him, she believed that he still had the ability to handle this matter.
So she searched everywhere for Qianshan Sect. After all, she had all kinds of strange treasures that could be used without spiritual power. At worst, she still had the system, so she would not really get into trouble.
Her first stop was naturally where Lily was. She didn't know until she saw it, and she was shocked. It was okay just looking at the outside, but when she got inside and only listened to 439's description, she even felt that the description was too low-key.
Especially where Lily rests, there are all kinds of magic weapons hidden almost everywhere, and there is even a large spirit gathering array on the bed.
[These magical treasures almost all belonged to the Hele Sect. They were not found back then, so she secretly returned and brought them all back. Baili Qing probably didn't even know his wife was so wealthy.]
If it weren't for 439, Ruo Ruo would never have realized that in addition to the superficial luxury, there is also inner wealth.
"In that case, whoever sees it can take it." In fact, the origins of the Hele Sect's things are not very legitimate. Ruoruo hasn't figured out their uses yet, but it is impossible to leave them to Lily.
I just hope she doesn't go crazy when she finds out.
She had quite a few storage rings on her, because back then, whether it was Ji Binyang or the two brothers Yu and Yan Yu and Chen, except for some things with special meaning or things they thought they would like very much, the rest were always given one storage ring at a time.
Therefore, it is not difficult to put away these magic weapons in secret. If an ordinary person comes, he really cannot take these things away because his storage ring is too small.
After finally collecting them all, 439 couldn't help but sigh. It was indeed the savings of the Hele Sect over the years, and it was even much richer than the average big sect.
"It is natural that treasures can be obtained faster through illegal means than legal ones." This is a similar fact in any world, but retribution is inevitable, and everyone will pay the price for their actions sooner or later.
There are many injustices in the world, but there are also people who want to seek justice.
"But what a shame, we can't take these things with us. If we could take them back to the Space-Time Administration, wouldn't we be rich?"
Ruo Ruo shook her head and didn't take these things seriously.
She really liked collecting these treasures. When she was not in debt in the past, she would buy any small things that were on sale, whether useful or useless. She might forget about them as soon as she bought them, but as long as they belonged to her, she would feel satisfied at the thought of them.
But she would only feel a sense of accomplishment if she collected them herself. She had no intention of taking these things to the Space-Time Administration, no matter how good or rare they were.
One reason is that each world has its own fixed resources. If these taskers can arbitrarily bring things from one world to the Space-Time Administration and then bring them to another world, it will greatly damage the stability of the two worlds.
Of course, if it is something foreign, like the system in the previous world that specializes in stealing people's luck, it can naturally be taken back for recycling.
Secondly, to be honest, Ruo Ruo somewhat disliked these treasures. The magic weapons were innocent, but their origins had stained them with a layer of dust. Only by using them for meaningful purposes could they perhaps wash away that dust.
She used something that made her invisible and saw Lily, who was mentioned in one of the tasks, for the first time. Unlike her usual weak appearance in Chunxiang Pavilion, her face now showed almost irritability, and the rotten flesh on one side of her face looked extremely scary.
It seems that her escape with the help of the so-called "ancestor" of Hele Sect did have an extraordinary impact on her.
You have to know that in the scattered fragments of memory in her mind, she was originally very famous at this time. The name of Fairy Shuiying's charity spread throughout the entire cultivation world, and she was a synonym for beauty and kindness.
But now, she is no longer beautiful, and her reputation for being kind is completely gone.
When Ruo Ruo saw her, she was pointing at a maid's nose and cursing. After listening for a while, she realized that it was just because the tea served to her was a little too hot.
Ruoruo watched quietly for a while, then left quietly. Before leaving, she threw a talisman on the little maid, which at least could protect her life. Although she might not be in danger, it was just a matter of convenience.
She wandered around some other places but didn't find anything interesting. She just came to a dark place and "accidentally" broke something that looked like a spoon.
439 said that it was used to detect the secrets of heaven, so Ruoruo not only accidentally broke it, but also collected one of the fragments and took it away.
When Ruoruo was leaving that place, she heard a terrifying roar coming from inside. Ruoruo ignored it and turned around silently to go somewhere else.
"Fairy?!" An excited voice sounded, and Ruo Ruo suddenly felt someone pulling her arm.
"Fairy, is it really you? Fairy." As he spoke, the man still did not let go of Ruoruo with one hand, and wiped his eyes with the other hand.
The magic weapon that could make her invisible had a time limit, but she had a lot of them in her storage ring. Ruoruo didn't expect that she would be discovered after just a short while of being invisible.
Moreover, he is such an excited person.
Although he doesn't seem to have any ill intentions, isn't he a little too excited?
"Have we met before?" Ruo Ruo asked tentatively.
The man then stood up straight and answered carefully, "My parents used to live in Bianyi Town, the town next to the Fengling Grass Secret Realm. I didn't have the good fortune to meet a fairy, but I have seen paintings of fairies."
"This is it!" He quickly took out another storage ring from his storage ring, opened it, and carefully took out the scroll.
Ruo Ruo took a look and found that it was indeed her appearance. The person in the painting was lifelike, which showed that real effort was put into it.
"My name is Ying Wo. I'm barely an elder now, but I'm pretty useless. Fairy, why are you here?" Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he said, "Fairy, it seems that Qianshan Sect hasn't allowed outsiders to come in and out freely since fifty years ago. Why don't you come over to my place and stay?"
Ruo Ruo naturally rejected him with a fake smile. Although he was very enthusiastic, he was a little too enthusiastic.
Before leaving, he forced an elder token onto Ruo Ruo and said, "Fairy, although I don't know why you came here, if you need anything, please remember to come to me. I will do my best to help you. My name is Ying Wo, fairy, don't forget. It's okay to forget. I can tell you again next time we meet."
However, after Ruoruo left, Yingwo stood there for a long time before he realized that he was only busy introducing himself and seemed not to have even asked the fairy's name!
He hit his head, and Gu Qifan's face came to his mind again. He originally thought it was just a coincidence, but when the fairy really appeared in Qianshan Sect, he suddenly felt that maybe the boy could really be related to the fairy.
If there really was a connection, I wonder if that boy could help him put in a few good words in front of the fairy. But then he changed his mind and felt that he shouldn't have such thoughts. After all, he had been helping Gu Qifan for so many years. On the one hand, it was out of shame, and on the other hand, it was because Gu Qifan really looked a bit like the fairy, and he couldn't bear it, but he definitely didn't have the intention of repaying the favor.
He quickly thought of the schemes of his senior brother Baili Qing and the Great Elder, and he couldn't help but feel guilty. He sighed irritably, not understanding how things had turned out like this. Clearly, when the master was around, neither his senior brother nor the Great Elder were like this...
*
Gu Qifan walked out of his master's sect hall in a daze. As soon as he went out, he saw the disappeared woman standing not far away and waving at him.
He was so frightened that he shuddered and looked around before he breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy? Is it because you just said a few more words and explained the whole story, and everyone is upset now?"
Gu Qifan said nothing, just staring at the ground. His initial surprise at seeing her instantly faded back to a low mood.
Ruo Ruo knew that he was not feeling well. After all, that was the master who raised him and even the person he admired the most. But admiring someone who had ulterior motives towards him was not a good thing.
Even though he is sad, I hope he can think clearly as soon as possible. Only in this way can we avoid him being soft-hearted towards those people in the future and avoid him being hurt more deeply in the future.
"I'm going to the Cliff of Repentance to reflect on my past mistakes. Senior, if you don't have anything else to do, please leave early."
"The Cliff of Repentance?" Ruo Ruo raised an eyebrow. "Let's go. I'll go with you. I also want to see what the Cliff of Repentance of the Qianshan Sect is like."
Facts have proven that the wind on the Cliff of Repentance is really very cold, and even the air seems to be filled with ice chips. However, unlike some sects that can provide training for disciples, everything here will only bring harm rather than benefit to those who come in.
Ruo Ruo shivered as she entered, and after taking a pill, she gradually began to feel better. Of course, she also shared a few bottles with Gu Qifan.
"Warming Spirit Pill?"
Gu Qifan initially thought it was a warming pill, but after opening it, he realized that he had underestimated the strength of this senior.
Although the two elixirs differed by only one character, their values were vastly different. The latter could be purchased with spirit stones, while the former was priceless.
"This, senior, this is too valuable. I have a warm body pill on me, I can just eat that." He had been punished to this place countless times since he was a child, and he had experience with this.
However, in the past, it was the master's wife who punished him, and the master remained silent. But this time, it was the master who punished him, and there was no time limit.
"Just eat it if I tell you to. What's so precious about it? Maybe your father made it!" But Ruoruo didn't know whether it was true or not, and she didn't care that much.
Gu Qifan was stunned. He felt that these words were both true and false. It didn't seem like a lie, but it was really absurd.
"Have you taken this pill? It will help you practice more effectively in this environment. If I remember correctly, then you should take it and practice now. Don't worry about me. I'm going to go in for a walk."
"But Senior, there shouldn't be anything interesting to visit at Siguo Cliff."
But before he could finish his words, Ruoruo disappeared.
There is naturally nothing interesting to visit in Siguo Cliff, but for this place to form such an environment, there must be a source.
And this source is her goal.
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