Sheng Ning and the others never expected that their reunion with Qin Chuan and the others would be like this.
Inside the main hall of the Qi family, Sheng Ning was whispering with several of his senior brothers.
The scene of the five people whispering and occasionally chuckling made Xi Zhen and his companions extremely anxious.
Unable to contain himself any longer, Xi Zhen immediately slammed the teacup in his hand onto the high table, "Sheng Ning, don't think we can't hear you just because you're talking badly about us!"
How old are they?
Don't you understand what sound transmission is?
Are you not afraid of being beaten to a pulp for speaking ill of them to their face?
Before he could finish speaking, Yu Ye looked up at him with a mocking gaze.
"What? We did it on purpose, we deliberately let you hear us talking bad about the Taixu Sect. If you're so capable, then hit us!"
"You!" Xi Zhen was instantly furious.
But he dared not go forward.
Because his cultivation level has also decreased considerably.
Because Qin Chuan and Shi Yueyao were bombed some time ago, the Taixu Sect did not arrive in the Northern Region immediately.
Because Shi Yueyao's remains were blown to pieces, the disciples of the Taixu Sect were saddened for quite some time.
In addition, Qin Chuan was also seriously injured by that cannon blast and needs to rest and recuperate to recover.
As a result, they missed the Qi family's ferry that they had taken six months earlier.
That means they missed the best time for cultivation.
The spiritual energy on the mainland is scarce. Even though the sect provided them with many spiritual fruits and pills during their time on the mainland, urging them to quickly improve their cultivation, the spiritual energy on the mainland was still insufficient.
How could their cultivation level have increased so rapidly in just half a year?
Xi Zhen was originally a talisman cultivator at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage. Even though he cultivated diligently for half a year, his cultivation level only increased to the seventh level of the Golden Core stage.
Yu Ye, however, has already reached the Golden Core stage and will soon break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
If the two of them were to fight right now, he wouldn't be able to beat him.
Qin Chuan glanced at Yu Ye, then looked at Xi Zhen before turning his gaze back, "Junior Brother Xi, please calm down."
Xi Zhen snorted coldly, and after taking his seat, he stared fiercely at Sheng Ning and the other four.
Feeling the gaze from above, Sheng Ning turned her head in the direction of that gaze.
After their eyes met, she smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, it's been a long time."
Qin Chuan nodded. His temperament seemed to have become much more reserved than before, and even his eyes had become much deeper.
Upon seeing this, Sheng Ning's smile faded slightly. She glanced at Qi Wenyao beside her and noticed that the latter was looking at her with pleading eyes.
"Fellow Daoist Sheng, you must have a grudge against them. Should I spare them or not?"
Upon hearing the telepathic message, Sheng Ning raised an eyebrow and said, "Young Master Qi is the second-in-command of the Qi family, so this matter is naturally up to you to decide."
Qi Wenyao asked Sheng Ning precisely because he couldn't make a decision.
After all, the Qi family's main business is business, and the more customers they have, the better their business will be.
As a major sect, the Taixu Sect may bring considerable benefits to the Qi family in the future.
However, Taixu Sect and Sheng Ning were enemies.
Qi Wenyao was conflicted. Just as a brilliant idea flashed through his mind, he heard Qin Chuan speak again.
"Fellow Daoist Sheng has reached the Golden Core stage of perfection? Congratulations."
There was not a trace of blessing in that congratulation.
Sheng Ning turned around and met his eyes again. When she saw that the latter had slightly curled the corners of his lips, and his smile was completely devoid of any human warmth, her heart skipped a beat.
“Leave them.”
Qi Wenyao had already prepared to send the Taixu Sect members to the villa, thinking that the villa would be empty anyway.
When he heard the voice transmission that suddenly sounded in his ear, he was so startled that his hand trembled and he almost dropped the teacup he was holding.
He patted his chest and looked up at Sheng Ning with a mournful expression.
After Qi Wenyao summoned his servants and ordered them to take the Taixu Sect disciples to another courtyard.
The lobby, which had been filled with laughter, suddenly fell silent.
Qi Wenyao put down his teacup and looked at Sheng Ning with a puzzled expression. "Don't you have a grudge against the Taixu Sect? Why did you keep them here?"
Isn't this like inviting a wolf into the house?
It's important to know that the Northern Regions are not located on the mainland.
There are explicit regulations on the mainland regarding where fighting and killing are prohibited and where peace must be maintained.
In the Northern Regions, there are no such rules at all.
If someone takes a fancy to something, they can use force to overpower the weak and snatch it away.
In the Northern Region, what matters is not rules, but strength.
This is a dog-eat-dog world, a place where the strong prey on the weak and devour people without spitting out their bones.
Sheng Ning knew, of course, that her actions could very well invite trouble.
She looked up and met the puzzled gazes of her senior brothers and Qi Wenyao, then blinked and said, "Didn't you guys notice? Qin Chuan is acting strangely."
As for what was strange about it, she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Qin Chuan used to be calm and collected, and he would take care of his junior brothers and sisters.
Qin Chuan now seems like a robot, but compared to a robot, he still has a human touch.
Sheng Ning smacked her lips, finding it increasingly strange.
Sitting next to her, the meticulous Lu Jingshen nodded in agreement, “The alchemists of the Taixu Sect are also very strong, they won’t leave a scar on Qin Chuan’s face.”
After all, Qin Chuan's face also represents the image of the Taixu Sect.
Even if he himself didn't want to repair the scar and wanted to leave it as a warning, the elders of the Taixu Sect who only cared about their reputation wouldn't agree.
"I remember that before coming to the Northern Region, Qin Chuan's cultivation had just broken through to the Integration stage, right? I glanced at him just now while he was sitting there, and in just half a year, he has already reached the ninth level of the Integration stage?"
There's a cultivator with abnormal cultivation methods by their side.
Unlike Qin Chuan, Sheng Ning possesses five spiritual roots, making cultivation far more difficult than cultivating with a single or dual spiritual root.
Even though Qin Chuan only had one spiritual root, it would be extremely difficult for him to go from just breaking through to the ninth level of the Integration Realm and reaching the Perfect Realm. It would be hard not to suspect that this was true.
Moreover, he had been bombarded before, and that bombardment even shattered Shi Yueyao's physical body, so Qin Chuan must have been injured as well.
The more Sheng Ning and his group thought about it, the more they felt something was wrong.
Sheng Ning even held Bai Ze in her arms and asked him, "Where is Lord Bai Ze? Qin Chuan shouldn't be a puppet, right?"
Bai Ze shook his head. "He still has three souls and seven spirits in his body, but his aura is indeed very strange. However, he is not a puppet."
Upon hearing that Qin Chuan was not a puppet, Sheng Ning and the others breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Especially Sheng Ning.
Given how advanced modern technology is, if Qin Chuan were truly a puppet, even with current technology, it would be impossible to create such a sophisticated robot.
Since Qin Chuan is not a puppet, Sheng Ning still needs to figure out what exactly happened to him.
After all, the Northern Secret Realm was about to open, and she couldn't let her senior brothers fall into danger.
With that thought in mind, Sheng Ning and her fellow disciples left the main hall together.
Shortly after they stepped out of the lobby, several figures in green blocked their way.
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