After the two of them calmed down, Su Jinyue and Xu Tiansheng came to the main room.
Su Jinyue poured a cup of tea for Xu Tiansheng and sat down opposite him. Seeing Xu Tiansheng staring at her, Su Jinyue smiled and said, "Master, I'm fine, don't worry."
"Jinyue, where have you been for the past six months?" Xu Tiansheng asked. Jinyue's parents only told him that she was fine and that he shouldn't worry, but how could he not worry?
"The other day, Yihan and I went to look for his sister and accidentally fell off a cliff. We were swept by the river to a remote village, where we've been recovering. There's no phone in that village, and we couldn't send letters. I couldn't find herbs because of my injuries, so I had to wait until I recovered before returning." Su Jinyue told Zhan Yihan the story she had prepared. Master wasn't a cultivator, and he didn't know about the hidden sects. Telling him the truth would only scare him.
Xu Tiansheng thought of the bottomless cliff and couldn't help but feel a lingering fear. "Is Zhan Yihan okay?"
"It's okay, I've already returned to the army." Su Jinyue shook her head.
"Then you didn't find Zhan Yeping?" Thinking of Zhan Yeping, Xu Tiansheng couldn't help but frown. To be honest, he really didn't like that girl Zhan Yeping. She was really confused. If it weren't for her, Jin Yue and Zhan Yihan wouldn't have been missing for so long.
"No." Su Jinyue shook her head. After meeting Yihan, he hadn't mentioned Zhan Yeping to her, nor had he mentioned looking for her. But she was certain that Yihan was worried about Zhan Yeping, and he hadn't mentioned it to her because he didn't want her to get angry about her. And even if he really wanted to look for her, he might not find her. Tianyue Continent had four countries, each with tens of thousands of cities. Finding someone was no easy task.
Xu Tiansheng sighed, "I hope she can figure it out after this incident." Although Zhan Yeping is not doing well, he still hopes she can be alive.
Su Jinyue smiled. She held little hope for Zhan Yiping, as the saying goes, "It's easy to change a country, but hard to change one's nature." Zhan Yiping was likely still on the Tianyue Continent. Unless she went to Fenglan Country, a city dominated by mortals, her survival was a question.
At the same time, in the Moye Desert of Tianyue Continent, Gu Zhenfei was running quickly with Zhan Yiping on his back. Behind them, a level three sand raccoon beast was chasing them.
"Run! It's chasing us!" Zhan Yeping screamed in fear. Although she was already a cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining, she had never encountered such a huge and terrifying spirit beast. It had a pair of green eyes as big as copper bells, and a bloody mouth that revealed a stern and sharp tooth. The two fangs made it look even more ferocious. It seemed that if it just opened its mouth, it could swallow both her and Gu Zhenfei.
Gu Zhenfei could only keep speeding up. Even if he couldn't deal with the sand fox beast alone, he could easily escape, but he couldn't just leave Ping'er behind.
The sand raccoon beast behind her was getting closer and closer. Zhan Yiping was almost crying. She didn't want to die like this. She had worked so hard to become a cultivator, how could she die like this?
The sand raccoon beast opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Zhan Yiping and Gu Zhenfei.
At this moment, a white whisk suddenly appeared and swept the sand raccoon beast away.
Zhan Yiping breathed a sigh of relief and glared at Gu Zhenfei in dissatisfaction. If he hadn't been useless, how could she have been nearly eaten by the sand raccoon beast?
Two Nascent Soul cultivators wearing Taoist robes came in front of Zhan Yeping and Gu Zhenfei.
"Thank you, senior!" Gu Zhenfei hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
Zhan Yeping jumped off Gu Zhenfei's back, bowed to the two Nascent Soul cultivators and said, "Thank you, seniors!" She has been in Tianyue Continent for a while, so naturally she understands the etiquette here.
"You're welcome!" the monk holding the whisk said calmly. He wasn't one to meddle in other people's affairs; he was helping them because he had a fancy for the skin of the sand raccoon, which he planned to use to make a suit of armor.
"Senior! Are you from the sect?" Zhan Yiping asked. She heard Gu Zhenfei say that if she could become a disciple of the sect, no one would dare to bully her, and the sect also had abundant cultivation resources.
"Why are you asking this?" The Nascent Soul cultivator holding a whisk frowned and glanced at Zhan Yeping.
"I would like to become a disciple of the sect. I hope you two seniors will support me!" Zhan Yiping said respectfully, bowing. She had always hoped that one day she would become a disciple of the sect. If she became a disciple of the sect, she would no longer be afraid of being bullied and would become more powerful.
"Do you think our sect accepts just anyone?" another Nascent Soul cultivator said coldly. A mere mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator wanting to join their sect was sheer wishful thinking.
"Senior! My spiritual roots are very good, they are pure earth spiritual roots." Zhan Yiping said without giving up. Gu Zhenfei said that her spiritual roots might not be found in one out of ten thousand people.
The Nascent Soul cultivator holding a whisk took out a spirit-testing stone and handed it to Zhan Yeping, "Put your hand on it." If the other party really has pure earth spiritual roots, even if she is unwilling to join their sect, they will persuade her to join.
Zhan Yeping quickly placed her hand on the spirit stone, and the spirit stone indeed emitted a dazzling yellow light just like last time.
Upon seeing this, the two Nascent Soul cultivators showed a hint of surprise in their eyes.
The Nascent Soul cultivator holding the whisk took back the Spirit Testing Stone and said with a smile, "Okay, we'll take you back to the sect."
"Thank you, senior!" Zhan Yeping thanked happily.
"Ping'er!" Gu Zhenfei shouted.
Zhan Yiping turned to look at Gu Zhenfei. Thinking of how he had almost let her be eaten by the sand raccoon beast, she couldn't help but feel angry. "Brother Gu, thank you for taking care of me these days. I will repay you in the future."
Gu Zhenfei frowned and looked at Zhan Yeping, with a hint of disappointment and sadness in his eyes, "I don't want your reward." Everything he did for her was because he liked her.
"Then what do you want me to do?" Zhan Yiping asked impatiently. He wasn't asking her to give up this opportunity to become a disciple of the sect, was he? That was absolutely impossible. She had fought for it herself. Who did he think he was to her? Would she listen to him?
Gu Zhenfei turned to look at the two Nascent Soul cultivators and bowed, saying, "Seniors! Please accept me as your disciple." While his aptitude wasn't as good as Ping'er's, his weapon-refining skills weren't bad. Even if he couldn't become an inner disciple, he could still become an outer disciple. As long as he could be with Ping'er, it was all good. Whether she despised him or hated him, she was the first woman he'd ever fallen in love with.
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