Chapter Five: Becoming an Apprentice to a Pervert
"Tell me, if I grabbed you and threw you to Xie Yun, what would his reaction be?" the man in white said with a smile.
Han Wei broke out in a cold sweat, her mind racing. Who was this guy? He addressed Xie Yun by his name so casually; he was undoubtedly a Nascent Soul cultivator.
After the initial panic, she quickly calmed down:
"Senior, please don't scare me. If you wanted to do this, why wait until now? Although I am a swindler, you are not exactly aboveboard either, are you?"
"Hahahaha..." The man in white laughed loudly, and after he finished laughing, he said, "Little girl, you are indeed very brave."
"What's your name?" the man in white chuckled.
"Mu Yao".
Han Wei lied.
"Your real name?" the man in white asked with a smile.
Han Wei looked up at him, then immediately adopted a humble and fearful expression, looking away: "How could a junior dare to lie in front of a senior?"
The man in white stepped forward, grabbed Han Wei's chin, and forced her to look him in the eye.
"Your face, your eyes, remind me of someone I used to know. You wouldn't happen to be Han Wen and Xu Hui's daughter, would you?"
Han Wei looked surprised.
He knew his parents.
"Your expression tells me I guessed right." The man in white smiled and released her.
Han Wei replied, "I don't know who those two people you're talking about are, senior?"
She didn't know if this person was her parents' enemy or friend. If he was her parents' enemy, would she survive if she fell into his hands? Besides, even if he was her parents' friend before, so what? As the saying goes, "When people leave, the tea grows cold."
"Don't be nervous. Your father is one of the few friends I have. I even held you when you were little, Weiwei. I remember that's what your father called you, right?" The man in white smiled radiantly.
"Senior, are you sure you've mistaken me for someone else?" Han Wei said.
The man in white suddenly changed his expression. His gaze turned icy, and he instantly grabbed Han Wei by the neck, lifting her up: "If you are not Han Wen and Xu Hui's daughter, then I have no reason to spare your life."
Han Wei's eyes widened. "Are you crazy?! Your attitude changes faster than turning the pages of a book!"
The hand gripping her tightened its hold, and under the oppressive aura of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, Han Wei was completely unable to move.
Realizing that the other person was really going to kill her and snap her neck, Han Wei, her face flushed red from the choking, managed to say with difficulty, "I...I am...I am Han Wei..."
The man in white released her, and Han Wei fell to the ground, panting. She touched her neck with one hand. The man in white helped her up and said with a smile, "You should have said so earlier. You almost made me kill my old friend's daughter."
His smile was as gentle as a spring breeze and as beautiful as ten miles of peach blossoms in full bloom, but Han Wei was already certain that this guy was a psychologically twisted pervert.
"Little girl, aren't you Xie Yun's apprentice? How come you're stealing from your own home?" the man in white said.
Han Wei replied, "Xie Yun abused me, and I barely managed to escape the secret chamber. Oh, right, I killed my senior brother and was planning to make a mess and then run away." Han Wei told the truth.
The man in white looked at her, seemingly even more interested in her: "Why are you being honest now?"
Han Wei touched her neck, which was still sore from being choked, and said, "It hurts a lot to be choked."
"Hahahaha..." The man in white laughed loudly. After laughing for a while, he looked at Han Wei and said, "You killed your senior brother. Xie Yun won't let you go, will he? Considering that you are the daughter of an old friend, I will take pity on you and take you in!"
Han Wei was taken aback: "Senior, are you going to take me as your disciple?"
"What? You don't want to?" The man in white's gaze turned cold.
Having no other choice, Han Wei bowed and said, "Han Wei greets Master."
The man in white then laughed heartily. He stepped forward and reached out to pat Han Wei's head: "My disciple, be good~"
Han Wei: "..."
"This disciple does not yet know Master's honorable name," Han Wei said.
The man in white smiled and said, "My surname is Gu, my given name is Qi, and my courtesy name is Yanqing."
Gu Qi? Gu Yanqing?
Han Wei was certain that she had never heard this name in her past life.
Who exactly is this guy?
"Then, Master, what sect or school do we belong to?" Han Wei asked.
Gu Qi smiled and said, "I am just a rogue cultivator, without any sect or faction."
Gu Qi looked at Han Wei, who was deep in thought with her head down, and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Han Wei raised the detonator in her hand: "Detonate the furnace."
"Alright, your master will wait for you outside the Qingyun Sect."
After saying that, Gu Qi's figure disappeared before Han Wei's eyes. Seeing him vanish, Han Wei gritted her teeth, unsure whether becoming his disciple was a blessing or a curse. She turned and affixed the explosive talisman to the alchemy furnace, then transformed back into Song Xuan and left the alchemy room.
He casually took the elevator array to the top, only to run into Elder Mo again. Elder Mo was puzzled as to why Song Xuan had come out so quickly. However, since the other party seemed unapproachable, Elder Mo didn't dare to ask any further questions.
Han Wei walked out and left Fire Spirit Peak, where she once again appeared as an ordinary male disciple.
She flew away on her sword, and after flying a long distance, she looked back at Fire Spirit Peak, a smile playing on her lips, and snapped her fingers.
The detonating talisman affixed to the alchemy furnace in the No. 2 alchemy room instantly detonated.
Boom!
The power of the explosive talisman alone couldn't destroy the alchemy furnace, but it did detonate the altered magic array beneath it. After the magic array went into overdrive, the flames inside the entire furnace reached a critical point, and then the furnace exploded.
Then the magic circle exploded.
The explosion of the magic array was caused by the underground fire below being drawn upwards, which then triggered an explosion in the nearby alchemy rooms. These alchemy rooms contained pill furnaces, which were also connected to the underground fire, thus creating a chain reaction, with loud rumbling sounds.
The entire Fire Spirit Peak exploded in an instant.
The cultivators who stayed on Fire Spirit Peak, along with Elder Mo, who was in the Core Formation stage, numbered over two hundred and were burned to ashes by the earth fire. In the night, the entire mountain peak exploded, resembling a volcanic eruption, which was quite frightening.
On the sea of clouds, Fang Jingbai and several disciples were passing by when the shockwave and heat wave formed a terrifying storm that swept them all away. They fell off their swords and crashed onto nearby mountain peaks, spitting out blood.
On Qingyu Peak, Su Rumei was terrified by the explosion.
In the palace's secret chamber, Song Xuan, who had just entered a meditative state, immediately flew out of the chamber.
The entire Qingyun Sect trembled; the mountains shook as if earth dragons were churning beneath the ground. After Fire Spirit Peak exploded, countless fireballs shot wildly towards the surrounding mountains. Many disciples were unable to dodge in time and were either killed or injured.
Screams and gasps filled the air.
Streams of light flew out from each peak, leaving the Qingyun Sect disciples in the Core Formation, Foundation Establishment, and Qi Refining stages completely bewildered.
Amidst the chaos, having enjoyed the sight of everyone's miserable state, Han Wei flew away from the sect on her sword.
She was thrilled.
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