"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, how have you been?"
It's clear that Liu Yunzhao is indeed very suspicious that Zhenru is Liu Yunqing.
However, having just tidied himself up, he couldn't wait to step forward and test the waters.
Liu Yunqing seamlessly switched back to Zhenru's attitude towards Liu Yunzhao, and said with a half-smile:
"I am fine, but Fairy Yun Zhao doesn't look so good."
After saying this, Liu Yunqing pretended to remember something, then shook her head and corrected him:
"No, if the rumors that Fairy Yun Zhao's life was hanging by a thread were true, then things are already incredibly fortunate, aren't they?"
After Liu Yunqing finished speaking, he saw Liu Yunzhao clench his teeth, causing his temples to throb, and his smile became even brighter.
Before she could speak again, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, and was pulled away by a powerful force, leaving her no time to resist.
"Cheng Yunyun, how dare you!"
Chunyu Changfeng's angry voice reached his ears. Liu Yunqing's neck was already in Cheng Yunyun's hand. She could break Liu Yunqing's neck with just a little effort.
She did want to do that, but Chunyu Changfeng arrived just in time and attacked Cheng Yunyun's face, forcing her to release Liu Yunqing.
However, before letting go, Cheng Yunyun didn't forget to tear off Liu Yunqing's metal mask and used her remaining strength to pinch her neck.
Liu Yunqing reacted quickly. The moment Cheng Yunyun let go, he dodged with all his might and quickly threw a fireball to block the force that was trying to crush his neck.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
The three forces collided, creating a tremendous roar that drew everyone's attention.
Those present, even the junior disciples, were mostly well-known figures among the younger generation. Upon seeing that it was someone from the Myriad Wonders Sect, they immediately found it unsurprising.
Moreover, after Liu Yunzhao and his disciples searched for Liu Yunqing and then went to find the rogue cultivator Zhenru, anyone with a modicum of intelligence would have already guessed what was going on.
Now that Liu Yunqing's mask has been removed, everyone stared wide-eyed at Liu Yunqing's true face.
The result was a huge disappointment for them, but it also brought a different kind of excitement.
If it weren't for Liu Yunqing, the scene would have been less interesting and melodramatic, but this outcome would have made Liu Yunzhao and his apprentice even more embarrassed.
These emotional shifts occur alternately in the hearts of the audience.
In reality, after the three people clashed, Chunyu Changfeng and Cheng Yunyun confronted each other, while Liu Yunqing attacked Liu Yunzhao.
"Lord Suyi's cultivation is indeed impressive, and I humbly admit defeat. You should fight the city lord, which is more in line with your status. I will fight your disciple instead."
This wasn't the first time Liu Yunzhao and Zhenru had fought. Knowing that she always only knew how to fight and not how to be polite, Liu Yunzhao didn't even have time to speak. Just seeing that Zhenru was able to dodge her master's attack and fly backward, he quickly put on a defensive stance.
As it turns out, getting beaten up a lot does have its benefits; at the very least, it helps you pinpoint exactly when the other party will attack you.
This makes Liu Yunzhao seem weak, but in reality it's because Liu Yunqing is too strong.
To be precise, given equal strength, Liu Yunqing's advantage lies in her extraordinary fire spirit root.
Of course, there's also her superb archery skills, which make her impossible to defend against.
Before Liu Yunqing advanced in cultivation, he was able to take down Liu Yunzhao by trickery. Now that his cultivation has improved further, he can fight Liu Yunzhao openly and fairly.
In this back-and-forth exchange, Liu Yunqing discovered something interesting.
She discovered that the aura belonging to the ice spirit root in Liu Yunzhao's aura was gone, leaving only the pure water spirit root.
Is this the result of not obtaining the Golden Crow's essence blood?
She truly is a woman of destiny. Even after being injured so badly, she was still able to obtain a spiritual medicine to save her life and even use the fire poison to solve her spiritual root problem in one fell swoop.
If this happened to an ordinary person, their bones would probably rot away.
Liu Yunqing was willing to give it a try, as Liu Yunzhao only had the Water Spirit Root as his trump card, but in the end, he did not get his wish.
Because other powerful figures realized what was happening and joined the fight to break it up... then a fight broke out among them.
Compared to the battle between Nascent Soul stage experts, the fighting style of Liu Yunqing and his group, who were only at the Foundation Establishment stage, looked like chickens pecking at each other, making the scene rather awkward.
Even during the fight, before he could even unleash the spell he had just conjured with a hand seal, it was "borrowed" by the Nascent Soul stage expert with a wave of his hand.
The idea of someone simply making hand seals without casting any spells is laughable.
For the first time, the two stopped fighting in unison, pretending it was to avoid being caught in the crossfire of their seniors' fight.
But when a Nascent Soul cultivator makes a move, it has the power to move mountains and fill seas. Now that they are fighting in a chaotic mess, it feels like half the sky has been turned upside down.
Finally, the sect's patriarchs, who were the seniors of these Nascent Soul cultivators, were alerted and were able to stop this farce.
The younger disciples found it novel and funny, and felt that the spectacle was worth watching, but the atmosphere among the patriarch and the Nascent Soul seniors was not so pleasant.
"Bring them all in!"
Other matters were handled by others, and the four people who were the source of the incident, as well as the Nascent Soul cultivators who participated in the chaotic battle, were brought back to the Tai Xuan Sect.
In the Tai Xuan Hall of Tai Xuan Peak, the Tai Xuan Sect's patriarch was the head of the group, with the patriarchs of the other sects and forces arranged on both sides, all sitting at the head of the table, assuming the posture of a joint trial.
The first thing the ancestors dealt with were the Transformation Gods who turned trying to break up a fight into a brawl.
Perhaps considering that there were still two juniors, Liu Yunqing and Liu Yunzhao, in the hall, and not wanting to embarrass everyone too much, he simply instructed them to go to the Ancestral Hall to receive their punishments and then dismissed them.
The remaining parties are the four individuals involved: Cheng Yunyun and Liu Yunzhao, Chunyu Changfeng and Liu Yunqing.
The patriarch of the Tai Xuan Sect, seated at the very center of the table, glanced around at the four people for a moment, then sighed deeply, looked to the left and right, and said:
"Whoever's family member is responsible, come forward and claim them first."
Each patriarch is focused on their own thoughts and actions; besides the Wanmiao Sect, whose other lineage could it be?
As for Chunyu Changfeng and Liu Yunqing, they are both members of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, so their sect's influence is really no one's business.
What did you say?
The leader of the Loose Cultivator Alliance?
The Loose Cultivator Alliance only has city lords, not alliance leaders.
Just kidding, you're already a rogue cultivator, why would you need someone to sit on your head?
Therefore, when the patriarch of the Tai Xuan Sect asked for recognition, he was practically calling on the patriarch of the Wan Miao Sect to take over.
The patriarch of the Myriad Wonders Sect was a woman around thirty years old, dressed meticulously and with a solemn expression.
He had been sitting at the head of the table with his eyes closed, as if nothing was bothering him.
Only when she sensed the subtle gazes of the crowd did the woman open her eyes, which were as cold as a deep pool, and scanned the four people in the hall.
The patriarch of the Myriad Wonders Sect only glanced at them briefly, but the four people in the hall felt a chill run down their spines, as if those eyes were staring straight into their minds, leaving no room for their thoughts to hide.
Especially Liu Yunqing, she felt that gaze was like a sticky snake, trying to bind her tightly.
Suppressing the discomfort, Liu Yunqing pressed her fiery fingertips into her palm, the pain making her shudder. Her mind went blank for a moment before the sticky feeling suddenly disappeared, and her muddled mind became clear again.
The patriarchs at the head of the table had a clear view of Liu Yunqing's situation. Seeing that she had managed to evade the prying eyes of the Wanmiao Sect patriarchs in the blink of an eye, they all showed expressions of satisfaction.
The patriarch of the Myriad Wonders Sect, who was being spied on through the partition, appeared quite surprised and couldn't help but let out a soft "Eh" before getting up from his seat.
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