Out of the corner of his eye, Ke Tinghe caught sight of two figures, one in red and one in blue, approaching from afar. His DNA immediately sprang to life, jumping up excitedly and waving wildly at them, as if afraid they wouldn't see him right away.
"Get out of here!!! There's something fishy going on!!! This is this!!!"
Chu Hongluan's lips twitched.
To be fair, with his striking red hair and nearly two-meter height, even if he stood there motionless, he would still be the first person you could spot.
Ke Tinghe's shout drew everyone's attention, and they saw Chu Hongluan and the other person. The elder of the Sword Sect's eyes lit up and he greeted them loudly!
"Oh! Elder Chu! It's only been a few days, how come you've already reached the Tribulation Transcending Realm! And at the peak of the Tribulation Transcending Realm! You're really good at hiding your strength!"
"Hiss—Tribulation Transcending Realm! What's going on? I remember Elder Chu was always at the early Nascent Soul stage?"
"It seems she's been using some kind of magic artifact to suppress her cultivation. Sigh, last time in that cave in the back mountain of the Blade Sect, Elder Chu's ease and control made it clear to anyone with a brain that she was just a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
"Really? But she looks so young!"
"Shh, I secretly asked a senior if Elder Chu had reversed his aging process after reaching the Transcendent Realm, but the senior told me that Elder Chu's bone age is only seventeen or eighteen years old..."
"You're kidding me! A seventeen or eighteen-year-old at the peak of the Tribulation Realm! Do you even believe that nonsense yourself?"
"Believe it or not, I swear to God, if I'm lying, I... I'll find a Daoist partner who looks like your third aunt!!!"
"Holy crap? Are they going to go this far?!"
All these nonsensical remarks reached Chu Hongluan's ears.
Chu Hongluan wanted to laugh, because her bone age was calculated from the time she took human form, so it was only eighteen.
After nodding to the lively grandfather and grandson from the Sword Sect, she went straight into the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's group.
"I'm back."
The mistress of the pavilion wore a gentle smile, but her eyes revealed a hint of worry. However, in front of so many people, she had to maintain her dignity as the mistress of the pavilion and could not show too much.
Chu Hongluan bowed slightly to her and said, "I have not failed in my mission."
"well!"
The lady of the pavilion said "good" twice, her eyes almost instantly filling with tears. In the end, she couldn't help but step forward and hug Chu Hongluan tightly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Ah Luan."
"When you do what you want to do and are able to do it, why talk about hardship?"
Yunzhu gently patted her head, her smile tinged with tears, and sighed softly.
"...Silly child."
"Aunt Yun, I have something important to report."
Chu Hongluan handed the image-recording bead she always carried to Yunzhu, and in a few words revealed the entire conspiracy of the Beast Taming Sect.
"Well done! What a Beast Taming Sect! I had no idea they harbored such ambitions!"
Yunzhu's face turned pale, and it took a lot of effort to suppress the urge to curse.
The matter was of great importance, and Yunzhu, unable to reminisce with Chu Hongluan any longer, clutched the recording bead and went to find the sect leaders and elders of other sects.
No sooner had Yunzhu left than Gu Chunxiao and her group, unaware of the truth, eagerly surrounded them, asking if their trip had gone smoothly, if they had encountered any trouble, and so on.
Chu Hongluan glanced at the Pavilion Master's wife out of the corner of her eye and saw that she was talking to the elder of the Sword Sect with righteous indignation and had not paid attention to this side. She paused for a moment and suddenly said, "Chunxiao, why don't you take your senior brother's pulse?"
Chunxiao nodded and reached out to check Liu Jinghong's pulse.
Qiao Yue asked anxiously, "Is Senior Brother injured?"
Chu Hongluan's eyes darkened, but she explained nonchalantly:
"No, Senior Brother's spiritual palace has been rebuilt. He just asked Chunxiao to help check if there are any hidden dangers left behind."
"It's true! Senior Brother's spiritual palace has recovered!!"
"Yay!"
"So there really is hope for rebuilding a destroyed spiritual palace! My God! This is so inspiring!"
Chu Hongluan lowered her eyes in deep thought, completely out of place with the joyful and lively atmosphere of the Tianji Pavilion members.
After taking his pulse, Chunxiao's brows unconsciously lit up with joy: "There are no hidden dangers. Senior Brother's meridians and spiritual palace are now much stronger than those of ordinary cultivators. His future cultivation will surely be aided by divine assistance! Congratulations, Senior Brother!"
"Yay!"
The members of Tianji Pavilion cheered again.
Liu Jinghong's attention was entirely on Chu Hongluan. After thinking for a moment, she walked over to her and cautiously asked, "Junior Sister... can we talk?"
Chu Hongluan instinctively avoided his gaze.
silence.
A long silence followed.
"Junior sister..."
His voice trembled slightly.
Chu Hongluan's heart trembled slightly. She couldn't be heartless after all. With a complex expression, she looked him straight in the eye and asked:
"Are you sure? Even if this conversation has irreversible consequences and makes our situation even more passive, you won't regret it?"
“I’m sure.” Liu Jinghong’s tone was firm to the point of being stubborn. “Nothing terrifies me more than my junior sister no longer loving me…”
"Okay. Whatever the consequences, we'll face them together."
Chu Hongluan took a deep breath, made a decision, and then reached out to grab his sleeve, pulling him to a nearby deserted corner.
He speaks directly and gets straight to the point:
"First of all, I love you far more than you can imagine, so please never underestimate my love for you."
Secondly, I don't want any physical contact with you right now.
"Because I sensed something about you that doesn't belong to you. It's like... coming from someone else."
Liu Jinghong was startled, but without the slightest hesitation, she pointed to her right eye and activated the Void Cause and Effect Eye.
He bent down and scanned as many parts of his body as possible, finally discovering a strange black mark in his spiritual center.
The brand was surrounded by a shadowy black mist, undoubtedly demonic energy.
What did you see?
“A black brand is inside my spiritual realm.”
Chu Hongluan's face instantly lost all color.
"My guess... might be right. Senior brother, do you still remember where you got the pill formula for repairing your spiritual mansion?"
Liu Jinghong tilted her head, lost in memories.
"I found it while consulting ancient books. During that time, I searched through almost all the relevant books in the library, trying to find a way to repair the spiritual mansion. For three whole months, I found nothing."
He paused, observing Chu Hongluan's expression while carefully choosing his words, and continued:
Just as I was about to give up, a notebook with an old cover fell off the bookshelf and hit me on the head. Tucked inside the notebook's title page was a prescription for repairing the spiritual palace.
At this point, Liu Jinghong's expression gradually turned grim.
"I also know that the pill formula came about too coincidentally, so I used the Taixu Cause and Effect Eye to perform divination many times, but the results all showed that it was indeed a single formula for repairing the spiritual palace."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com