Inside the barrier, Geng Qi looked at the newly rebuilt barrier above his head, raised his hand, and reinforced it with another layer.
The woman walking ahead turned around, but instead of offering thanks, she said calmly, "A person from the Demon Realm?"
Geng Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he nodded with a faint smile.
Qinghan's heart skipped a beat. He didn't even know why he had followed them in. He was used to following behind the Demon Lord and didn't seem to have thought much about it.
If he stays outside now, he'll probably be followed by others.
It should have been peaceful once I came in, but how did I suddenly get caught!
Just as he was worried that the beautiful woman would make things difficult for them, she turned around and continued walking.
"..."
Ji Rong followed behind the woman, turned around and said, "Thank you."
Geng Qi: "..."
It seems that the Yi Ling Sect truly harbors no hostility towards the Demon Realm.
Just as I was thinking this, a clear female voice behind me muttered under her breath, "Red and green together, utterly ridiculous!"
Geng Qi turned around and saw a young girl, who was none other than Liu Yin, whom he had met in the secret realm before. He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
Why doesn't this child say that red flowers are paired with green leaves?
I looked at Rong Yu again; he was either pale white or pure white, and he had never been paired with a supporting character!
Looking around, he saw lush green trees, a woman in green leading the way, and a girl in green following behind. Among the three, he was the only one dressed in red, so he jokingly replied, "Miss, you're mistaken. I'm called 'a touch of red amidst a sea of flowers'!"
Liuyin snorted, "Pah, shameless!"
Ji Rong turned around from the front, "Liu Yin, you mustn't act recklessly in front of the clan leader!"
The little girl immediately said, feeling wronged, "But he burned me with fire before!"
"..." That's because you're too spoiled and willful!
If they were outside, Geng Qi would already be enraged, but now that he's in front of another clan leader, he'd better restrain himself.
Why argue with a child?
The patriarch of the Yiling clan was quite strange. Geng Qi looked ahead and saw that the sect's barrier had been broken. Instead of looking for the person who broke the barrier or thinking about how to deal with the outside world, she let them in. No one knew where they were going.
Thinking this, he tugged at Geng Qi's hand: "Where are we going?"
Rong Yu said, "Greetings, Elder."
Geng Qi looked back at the women who had followed him out of the barrier earlier. They were at the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm, yet they weren't elders.
He soon learned that the so-called elder was not an elder in charge of affairs in other sects, but an ancient tree with a diameter of more than ten feet. The ancient tree could talk and had lush branches and leaves. When it saw someone coming, its thick trunk moved and the roots rooted in the ground twisted.
The woman in green stepped forward and knelt down in front of the ancient tree. Her expression was no longer cold as before, and she said softly, "Wan Yue has brought her cousin's son to inquire about the imperial examination."
The words had barely left his mouth when Geng Qi suddenly felt a tight grip on his hand. Rong Yu had already turned around and was pulling him away.
"If you leave now, your mother will never come back!"
Wan Yue spoke without turning her head, and the person who was about to leave suddenly stopped in their tracks.
Geng Qi looked at Rong Yu with a worried expression, lightly twirling the jade thumb ring on his finger: "What does Wen Que do?"
A few static sounds echoed in my mind, and the system said:
What needs to be done?
"..."
It sounds like nothing serious, but getting Rong Yu to admit his mistake... doesn't seem so easy!
No wonder he didn't want to come to Yilingmen.
Geng Qi let him lead him without trying to dissuade him. If he wanted to leave, he would follow him. No one could force him to do something he didn't want to do!
"Is he Wan Yao's child?" The aged voice, tinged with affection, was as warm and comforting to hear.
Clan Chief Wan Yue bowed her head in agreement.
The ancient tree's gnarled roots stirred, its branches and leaves rustling, startling a few warblers perched on the tree.
"Child, come here."
His grip tightened again. Geng Qi could see the person beside him struggling. He held his hand tightly, turned around and asked, "May I ask what wrong the Holy Maiden of the Yi Ling clan has committed, and why she needs to be questioned?"
The so-called identity of the saintess was revealed by Liuyin in the secret realm!
Everyone fell silent.
The women who had left the barrier and Liu Yin were no longer there. Ji Rong looked at Geng Qi, seemingly surprised that he knew the meaning of the Yi Ling Sect's ritual. He hesitated for a long time but ultimately did not speak.
Just then, a sigh was heard, and the old tree said, "That child... it wasn't her fault."
“Elder!” Wan Yue looked up, her brows furrowed slightly, and straightened her back, saying, “My sister has committed a grave mistake by disregarding all the clansmen for her own selfish reasons, and she cannot be forgiven.”
"What is meant by selfishness?" Geng Qi pressed.
"..."
Silence fell again. After a long while, Ji Rong sighed and asked, "Do you know why the barrier broke?"
“…” Geng Qi looked up at the sky.
Wasn't the barrier broken by someone?
"Our clan's protective barrier has existed for thousands of years, all protected by the clan's holy maiden. However, due to the holy maiden's departure from the Yiling Sect, the barrier has become increasingly fragile. Even if no one breaks it, it will not last much longer."
Geng Qi said, "She left on her own, why didn't you send someone to find her and bring her back?"
Even when the mother and son met their fate on Mount Kaopan, no one cared!
Silence fell again, and the silence lasted until Rong Yu calmed down and spoke calmly: "Because of me."
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