Chapter 26 Abandoning the Sect to Cultivate the Soul
Ye Li couldn't remember for a moment, so she turned her attention back to the cultivation technique.
She has seven days before the next Soul Devouring Curse begins.
She needs to break through as soon as possible; she will be in danger until she reaches the Foundation Establishment stage.
Ye Li sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and regulated her breathing.
Those who cultivate the Tao cultivate the dantian, while those who cultivate the soul cultivate the soul itself.
At first, Ye Li couldn't calm down no matter what she did. Sometimes she saw that persistent, masked man, and sometimes she saw the ungrateful faces of her junior brothers...
Until Xie Sixing's words echoed in her ears, "To begin cultivation means to relinquish everything from one's past life; there is no going back."
At first, she thought that this sentence meant that human souls are different and that after cultivation, one cannot return to one's original life.
At that moment, she suddenly realized that since she was already dead, she could only enter the Tao by letting go of all her attachments from her previous life.
Sure enough, as her mind calmed down, her spiritual energy began to circulate.
Seeing the faint white light emanating from between her brows, Xie Sixing slightly raised his brow bone.
He managed to draw qi into his body so quickly; it seems he didn't choose the wrong person.
After circulating her spiritual energy for one cycle, Ye Li opened her eyes. A crimson light flashed between her brows, indicating that she had now reached the early stage of Qi Refining.
Just as she was about to catch her breath, her gaze met Xie Sixing, who was lying next to her with his legs crossed.
"what you do!"
"Go to sleep."
That matter-of-fact tone infuriated Ye Li. "Men and women should not touch each other. How can we sleep in the same bed!"
Xie Sixing, with one arm as a pillow and his legs crossed, said cheekily, "There's only one bed here. If I don't sleep here, where am I supposed to sleep?"
Without saying a word, Ye Li got out of bed.
He said unhurriedly, "There's a formation I set up under this bed; you'll cultivate faster here."
"Don't be so stingy, good things should be shared."
Ye Li paused.
She does need to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage quickly right now, but she really feels uncomfortable having to sleep in the same bed with Xie Sixing.
So she came up with a solution.
After a moment, Xie Sixing looked at the large black shield between the two and raised an eyebrow, "What's this?"
"Big Black is still unconscious. Since the formation is beneficial to cultivation, let it sleep here with us."
She paused for a moment, then said, "Good things should be shared, as you said."
When she said this, Ye Li's expression became much more lively.
This appearance is much more pleasing to the eye than his previous one, which was full of polite and moralistic pronouncements and sounded old-fashioned.
Xie Sixing smiled knowingly.
He made a surrender gesture and gave Big Black some space.
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Over the next few days, Ye Li focused on her cultivation, completely unaware that the Lotus Sect had been in an uproar.
It turned out that after Wen Yao came out of seclusion that day, he used the wooden bird to contact his family and mobilized hundreds of cultivators to search for Ye Li's whereabouts.
They searched for six whole days, turning the entire Tianmen Sect territory upside down, but Ye Li seemed to have vanished into thin air; no one had ever seen her.
Recalling the help-seeking talisman Ye Li had released earlier, Wen Yao had a bad feeling.
As soon as I returned to Lotus Gate, I heard several people talking.
Su Ying'er smiled sweetly, resting her chin on her hand, "I've already sent out invitations, inviting disciples from the other sects to come and celebrate Sixth Senior Brother's birthday tomorrow."
Yuan Ce clapped his hands and cheered, "Junior Sister is so thoughtful! Every time it's my birthday, I say I want to make it lively, but that old hag who spoils the fun always has a deadpan face and says that we don't have enough spirit stones."
He snorted, "I've heard that each sect receives a hundred high-grade spirit stones a month, which isn't even enough to cover expenses. Who knows how much she might be pocketing? Hey, Senior Brother, do you know that?"
Lu Ziting immediately distanced himself, saying, "A gentleman does not contend for wealth and status. Ye Li has always been in charge of the Lotus Sect's accounts, and I have never inquired about them."
"I can guess without asking that she must have made a lot of money off herself. Otherwise, why would she be so eager to take over the Lotus Sect's affairs? Who would do something so thankless and exhausting?"
Su Ying'er covered her mouth in surprise, "Really? But even with a hundred high-grade spirit stones a month, the Lotus Sect is still struggling to make ends meet..."
She tilted her head, looking innocent, and said, "Could it be that my senior sister is frugal?"
"What frugality! She's just using public office for personal gain and enriching herself! She pretends to be a good senior sister in front of others, but behind their backs she's doing despicable things."
Mo Hannian nodded in agreement, "That is indeed her character—ambitious, selfish, and self-serving."
"What are you talking about?"
Turning his head, Wen Yao, who had been listening for an unknown amount of time, said with a livid face, "Ah Li has been managing the Lotus Sect day after day for decades. Even if she has not made any great contributions, she has certainly worked hard. How can you slander her like this?"
Yuan Ce scoffed, "What merits did she have? I didn't get a single good night's sleep when that old hag was around. Now that she's gone, I'm overjoyed."
“That’s right.” Mo Hannian’s face was gloomy. “With Ye Li gone, I feel much better now that I’m no longer taking those medications. She’d better never come back.”
Wen Yao couldn't believe his ears. They seemed like complete strangers to him. In the past, his junior brothers would occasionally complain about Ye Li's strictness, but in their hearts, they all admired her.
But he had only been gone for a little over six months, and they spoke of Ye Li as if she were their enemy.
He was utterly confused. "What's wrong with you all? Isn't Ah Li our senior sister from our childhood?"
Lu Ziting's tone was stiff, "If she truly considered us fellow disciples, she wouldn't have used such a deadly move against Ying'er. Your eagerness to exonerate Ye Li shows you've been blinded by lust!"
He said this not only to protect Su Ying'er, but also because he, as her fiancé, hadn't said anything, while Wen Yao had taken over and kept defending Ye Li, which made him feel offended and unhappy.
Su Ying'er said understandingly, "I'm fine, it's just a pity for Fourth Senior Brother, he still hasn't woken up."
Wen Yao hesitated, "Ying'er, I've never asked you before, but that day... did you really see clearly that it was A-Li who hurt you?"
"Third Senior Brother, why are you asking that? Don't you believe me?"
"No, I..."
Wen Yao paused for a moment, then told the truth, "I sent many people to look for A Li, but there was no news at all. I'm afraid something really happened to her."
Su Ying'er sighed softly, "Actually, I didn't want to take it out, but..."
She took out a jade pendant from her storage pouch. "This is what my second senior sister left behind that day. I think she probably didn't want us to bother her anymore."
Wen Yao took it and was stunned.
This jade pendant is a token symbolizing her status as a direct disciple. It is engraved with the character "Li" and Ye Li never takes it off.
Even this is lost, does Ah Li really not want to come back?
"..."
Wen Yao was in a daze and didn't even hear Su Ying'er's words of comfort.
He didn't understand what had happened in the past six months, and why his beloved and admired Senior Sister A-Li had become so cold-blooded.
No, he had to find Ye Li and find out the reason.
Remembering that Bai Xiaosheng and his group had many outer disciples accompanying them when they went to the Mist Camphor Forest for trials, Wen Yao went to the outer sect to inquire about the situation.
After going through several people, he finally found out about Sun Yun.
"You mean Sun Yun? He fell ill after coming back from the camphor forest that day and hasn't left the house. If you want to find him, you'll have to go inside."
Thank you.
Following the directions given, Wen Yao found Sun Yun and went straight to the point, "Brother Sun, I heard that you went back to the Misty Camphor Forest with Xiaosheng and Ying'er. Do you know how they got injured?"
"No!" Sun Yun, who was huddled in the corner, exclaimed as if his tail had been stepped on. "I didn't see or hear anything in the hole!"
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