Chapter 42 They began to believe that Ye Li was really in trouble.
After returning, Xie Sixing disemboweled the purple-striped giant tiger.
After working for a while, he picked up a piece of monster meat and said enthusiastically, "Firefire Ajin, come and eat."
Ah Jin glanced at the charred meat, smelled the raw, unseasoned meat, and insincerely praised, "It smells delicious, but I'm not very hungry today, so I won't eat it."
His tone was full of regret, as if he had missed out on some delicious delicacy.
Huo Huo was clearly not as cunning as A Jin. Having eaten Ye Li's bran, he looked at the half-burnt, half-raw monster meat with extreme disgust.
"Take it away, take it away! It's disgusting! I don't want to eat it! I want the roasted meat my mother gave me, Mom..."
Before she could finish her sentence, Huo Huo lost her voice.
She looked terrified: My throat!
Xie Sixing smiled gently, "Come on, open your mouth."
Huo Huo kept her mouth tightly shut, refusing to comply, but just as the piece of monster meat was brought to her lips, her mouth opened against her will.
Forced to chew.
It tastes awful... ugh...
Just as Ye Li was about to leave, Huo Huo immediately looked to her for help.
Mother, help!
Ye Li paused. "What's wrong?"
Xie Sixing smiled kindly, "It's nothing, I'm feeding Huo Huo meat right now."
Ye Li didn't receive Huo Huo's distress call. Seeing Xie Sixing patiently feeding Huo Huo, she thought to herself, "He can even feed his pet. It seems Xie Sixing isn't so hopeless after all."
Although he has been released, since he cannot leave the Chaos Realm, he is still safe for the time being... right?
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Ye Li had come out of the Chaos Realm intending to go to the library to check the records about the Chaos Realm, but on the way she encountered several disciples in a hurry, as if something major had happened.
You could vaguely hear them saying the words "Misty Camphor Forest" and "disappeared".
Did Wen Yao's men return? Could it be that they discovered her body?!
Ye Li rushed towards the Lotus Gate and happened to see Lu Ziting and his group heading towards the main peak of the Heavenly Gate Sect.
She immediately followed behind.
Main peak, council hall.
The elders from all the sects have arrived, including the Grand Elder who is in charge of all affairs of the Heavenly Gate Sect, and they are discussing something.
"Elder, elders."
Lu Ziting and the others bowed.
The Grand Elder is over a thousand years old, but she established her foundation early and looks only around thirty. Her imposing presence is not to be underestimated.
"No need for formalities. Master Qingyu has not yet emerged from seclusion, so he summoned you to inquire about him."
The elder paused, then asked, "Before Ye Li disappeared, did she send you a help talisman in the Misty Camphor Forest?"
Lu Ziting cupped his hands in greeting, "Yes, Elder."
"What did she say? Did you notice anything suspicious when you went there?"
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
The Grand Elder frowned slightly. "Why don't you answer?"
“It’s not that we didn’t answer, it’s just that…” Lu Ziting paused, “We didn’t respond to her plea for help that day, nor did we go to her place.”
What was perfectly normal inside the gate felt incredibly embarrassing to say now, standing in the main hall.
Sure enough, not only the Grand Elder frowned, but the other elders also showed surprised expressions.
"Your fellow disciples are in danger, and you're just standing by and doing nothing?"
"this……"
Just as Lu Ziting was about to say something, Yuan Ce said disdainfully, "What danger could a Nascent Soul cultivator like her encounter in the Misty Camphor Forest? Why should we care about her?"
"absurd!"
The Grand Elder rebuked, "Life is not to be trifled with! The talisman for seeking help is for use in times of crisis. Even if there is only a one percent chance, you must go. If it is fake, the sect rules will deal with it. If it is real, wouldn't you be watching your fellow disciples die?"
"..."
None of the three from the Lotus Sect spoke, clearly indicating that they disagreed with the Grand Elder's words.
The Grand Elder saw through their thoughts, and his eyes turned cold. "The day before yesterday, two inner disciples led ten outer disciples to the Misty Camphor Forest for trials, and they haven't returned yet."
Hearing this, Ye Li's heart tightened. So many disciples had gone missing. Was it that masked man again?
"Several sect leaders went to investigate and found that the aura in the misty camphor forest was mixed and unclear, and they could not find any trace of living people, so they deduced that they had been killed. If Ye Li has not contacted you since that day, she should also be in grave danger."
The sudden news caught everyone off guard.
More bad than good?
Yuan Ce, who had initially looked disgusted, paused, then asked suspiciously, "Did something really happen to her?"
Mo Hannian was equally at a loss, muttering to himself, "How is this possible?"
Lu Ziting's legs went weak, and he staggered a few steps before he could stand up. He wanted to question and deny it like his junior brothers, but one strange thing after another in recent days came to mind.
Perhaps it wasn't Ye Li playing tricks, but rather... there really was a ghost.
Seeing that some of them were stunned and others were dumbfounded, the elder knew he wouldn't get any useful information and gave them the order to leave, saying, "Alright, you can all go now. We have important matters to discuss."
Lu Ziting stepped forward nervously, "May I listen in?"
The Grand Elder glanced at him sideways. "We need to discuss important matters within the sect. Besides, you ignored your fellow disciples' pleas for help that day, so why put on this act now?"
"I……"
Lu Ziting wanted to explain, but the Grand Elder didn't give him a chance at all, and waved his hand impatiently, "Step back."
Yuan Ce pulled him along, "Senior Brother, let's go first."
Lu Ziting left with them absentmindedly, not even knowing how he got back to Junlan Courtyard.
After several days of recuperation, Su Ying'er was able to get out of bed. Seeing Lu Ziting's condition, she stepped forward in surprise, "Senior Brother, what happened?"
Lu Ziting's face turned pale, and his lips trembled. He gripped Su Ying'er's hand tightly. "Ying'er, you saw A-Li in the Misty Camphor Forest that day, didn't you?"
Seeing his expression was off, Su Ying'er hesitated and nodded, "Yes, we tried to persuade Second Senior Sister to come back, but she refused and even injured Fourth Senior Brother."
Yuan Ce scoffed, "I knew that bitch was perfectly fine."
Lu Ziting was not reassured by Su Ying'er's words. He shook his head, "If Ye Li had stayed in the Misty Camphor Forest, she would have encountered danger just like those disciples. Could she already be dead...?"
"impossible!"
Mo Hannian dismissed Lu Ziting's guess without hesitation, "She's at the Nascent Soul stage! Those inner disciples are at most Foundation Establishment, how could she possibly be in danger!"
That's what he said, but Mo Hannian's expression was extremely flustered.
Clearly, the elder's words amplified the possibility he least wanted to face.
A silence fell over the room.
No one knew what to say, let alone what they were about to face.
Su Ying'er placed her soft hand on Lu Ziting's hand and sweetly comforted him, "So much time has passed, Senior Sister may not still be in the Misty Camphor Forest. Maybe she has gone somewhere to travel and enjoy herself."
Yuan Ce: "Exactly! Why should we worry about those vicious and despicable people!"
Just as Su Ying'er was about to agree, she noticed that there was another person on the pavilion.
She looked surprised. "Third Senior Brother? What's wrong with you?"
Wen Yao is back.
Wen Yao came from a noble family and usually paid great attention to his image, always dressed in white, exuding an air of great dignity.
Now his white clothes were dirty, his back was hunched, and he was no longer the refined gentleman he once was.
Seeing this, Lu Ziting had a bad feeling and immediately asked, "Didn't you go to the Misty Camphor Forest to find Ye Li? How did you get into this state?"
Wen Yao seemed to have been stimulated by something, and it took him a long time to hear their voices.
He raised his bloodshot eyes, said nothing, but slowly opened his hands to show them what he was holding.
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