Seeing the crowd from the Yueqing Sect gathered because of him, the youth showed a soft smile. It was warm, giving people a cozy feeling.
“Ah! Isn’t that Lin Zizheng, Da Shixiong’s attendant?” One person in the crowd recognized the youth and opened his mouth in surprise.
“He…didn’t he enter the depths of the Dense Fog Ridge? How is he back now?” The same disciple continued with a hint of guilt. He had been among the group that hunted Lin Zizheng down, but now seeing the same person come back safe and sound, as well as completing the Heavenly Path in record time, he felt a sense of nervousness, fearing that Lin Zizheng would rat him out.
As if hearing the disciple’s words, Lin Zizheng’s smile softened, and he seemed to give them a careless glance.
Lin Zizheng saluted the elders gathered here and answered many of their questions but added nothing else. He then headed towards Qin Mo’s adobe in the Peak of Misty Cloud.
When Lin Zizheng didn’t mention the fact that they chased him in the ridge, many disciples at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, a frustration born inside of them. Why did Lin Zizheng come back! Why is he so hard to kill!
But what they failed to notice was that when Lin Zizheng passed by them, black insects had burrowed into their bodies.
“That kid is not too shabby. His bone age is fifteen still and he has already reached Seventh-Level Qi Refining.” Deng Qianli looked at Lin Zizheng’s departure with bright eyes.
“Not bad. But is there something not right about him?” Jin Linfeng furrowed his brow slightly, and his face showed a puzzled expression. After mulling, he couldn’t spot where this strange basis came from, spotting nothing out of the ordinary, so he smiled instead, “I must be seeing things, since he is Xiao Mo’s attendant after all.”
Once back inside of Qin Mo’s abode, gone with Lin Zizheng’s gentle smile. With an expressionless face, he walked to the closed chamber where Qin Mo was still in seclusion. He reached out and gently touched the stone door, mumbling in a low voice, “Da Shixiong.”
Then he lowered his head, where no one could see his expression clearly. When a breeze swept his long hair from his forehead, revealing his shockingly bright eyes.
Only after a long time had passed, he turned around and came in front of the spirit garden, looking at the withered spirit grass. Then acting as if he had never left, he carefully watered them.
A month later, Qin Mo in the stone chamber opened his eyes and felt the abundant spiritual energy in his body. He then checked the blazing lightning in his Dantian. It was burning brightly, which he nodded with satisfaction. He had finally reached the Foundation Building.
He stood up, tidied his clothes, and walked out of the stone chamber. Noticing his hair had grown outrageously long, it seemed that a long time had passed. He wondered how Lin Zizheng’s life living here had been.
It was midday, and the sun was shining brightly outside the stone chamber. As soon as he walked outside, he saw a youth busy attending in the spirit garden.
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He turned his head slightly, and when he saw Qin Mo standing in front of the stone chamber door, he showed a distracted look, staying in the same place with his stupefied expression for a long time.
That was an extremely beautiful man, with long eyebrows like willow leaves, and a tall, elegant figure. The beauty wore a spotless white robe, with dark-long hair draped behind him. Even if he was surrounded by a thick, cold aura, it drew in people like a moth to a flame.
“Da Shixiong.” The youth’s voice was almost inaudible as it slowly disappeared into the air.
Qin Mo hummed in response. When he got another look at Lin Zizheng, he also felt happy inside. Giving a slight nod, a flicker of joy flashed through his eyes.
He was slightly surprised by Lin Zizheng’s rapid growth in his cultivation level, only for a moment, because it dawned on him. The youth must find some opportunities to grow this quickly during his seclusion. Thinking it was the other party’s secrets, he didn’t pry into it. Thus, he also didn’t learn about how Lin Zizheng was hunted down by other disciples during his time in seclusion.
The youth in front of him was becoming more and more like the protagonist in his memory, both elegant and kind. Completely unaware of the outer sect disciples that had died from having their inside devoured by venomous insects. If those disciples knew about Qin Mo’s thoughts inside, they would have crawled out of their graves and sneered. How was that person gentle and kind?!
After Qin Mo came out of seclusion, he lived in his abode for a period of time, in between that time, he took care of his spirit grass together with Lin Zizheng. Although the spirit grass was not as lush as those in the Peak of Medicinal Cloud, it was decent for what they had to work with.
In the remaining time, he gave directions to Lin Zizheng’s cultivation, or teased the little fox. Time flew by in this relaxed atmosphere.
Then one day, a light-blue paper crane flew to Qin Mo’s abode, circled him twice before landing between his fingers and stopped moving.
He narrowed his eyes lightly as he took in the contents. This paper crane was a messenger from Jin Linfeng, asking him to make a trip to the Peak of Misty Cloud’s main hall.
After informing Lin Zizheng, Qin Mo calmly headed towards Jin Linfeng.
As soon as he stepped into the Peak of Misty Cloud’s main hall, the first thing he noticed was Jin Linfeng’s furrowed brow while looking at the invitation card in his hand with doubts. The man noticed Qin Mo’s arrival from the sound of footsteps.
Scanning for Qin Mo’s cultivation level, Jin Linfeng showed a relieved smile on his face and released his brows, saying, “Xiao Mo, you have reached the Building Foundation so soon, not bad.”
When he heard Jin Linfeng’s praise, Qin Mo’s expression remained unchanged and only gave the man a quick glance. Jin Linfeng’s face froze as he instantly scolded with a smile, “You brat. Don’t always carry that expressionless face of yours. There are many other things you could do in life.”
At this point, he frowned again.
“What’s wrong?” Qin Mo couldn’t resist asking when he saw the man’s frustrated expression.
“The Zhengyang Sect has sent an invitation card to invite our current generation’s young disciples to their place for a sparring session, for the first time ever. Moreover, even if this is for the large sect competition that is held every ten years, there is still a long time to go before the next competition.” Jin Linfeng shared with confusion and handed the invitation card to Qin Mo.
Qin Mo flipped through the invitation card in his hand, which was indeed a letter from the Zhengyang Sect, inviting the Yueqing Sect’s young disciples as their guests for a period of time, while also conducting a competition between the young disciples. In the lower right corner of the card was stamped with Zhengyang Sect’s unique symbol—a giant sun.
“Then let’s go.” Qin Mo didn’t ponder over this as much as Jin Linfeng. He felt that it wasn’t good to always shut himself up and self-cultivation. Learning from different disciples can also promote the improvement of strength.
When hearing this, the corner of Jin Linfeng’s lips rose slightly. Qin Mo had always been fearless, which made him say with a smile, “That’s fine, with your current strength, you’ll definitely come out on top, so let’s witness a little of the Yueqing Sect’s Da Shixiong’s power then.”
Qin Mo nodded without saying much as he had confidence in himself. In the early stage, the Senior Martial Brother was indeed the best of the younger generation. Now that it was him who was here, he must continue this advantage.
After bidding farewell to Jin Linfeng, Qin Mo returned to his abode and informed Lin Zizheng of the matter. Lin Zizheng was now at Seventh-Level Qin Refining, and for his age, his cultivation level was excellent. Thus, Qin Mo decided to take him along to the Zhengyang Sect.
After hearing the news from Qin Mo, Lin Zizheng gave a slight smile. “Da Shixiong has the final say.”
Qin Mo was extremely pleased with his answer. He only now realized just how wonderful it was to have a well-behaved young martial brother.
Because it would take a few days for Jin Linfeng to be able to leave for the Zhengyang Sect, these young disciples were all led by Qin Mo this time.
The Yueqing Sect was located in the north of the Blue Sky Realm, taking the majority of the area, while the Zhengyang Sect was pretty much in the south. The two sects were as far apart as they come. The flying magical item Qin Mo used on this trip was the same Cloud Boat of the Yueqing Sect because of its fast speed.
After flying in the air for nearly ten days, even if he continued to take rally pills, it didn’t eliminate how tired he was. After checking at the disciples behind him, all of whom had a hungry look from eating lightly, he decided to stop and rest for a period of time.
The Cloud Boat landed on a huge open space, next to which was a dense jungle. Unlike the Dense Fog Ridge, where people come to search for treasures, this jungle is far less dangerous. So, the group rested here at ease.
Qin Mo sat in the farthest corner, and although the disciples all admired the Senior Martial Brother greatly, they were repelled by the cold aura around him. Only Lin Zizheng sat quietly beside him.
A disciple went hunting in the nearby forest. When he came back, he first presented the best wild boar meat to Qin Mo. Seeing Qin Mo nodded lightly, the disciple quickly left.
Seeing this situation, Lin Zizheng smiled faintly, saying, “That’s great.”
Upon hearing his whispering voice, Qin Mo was puzzled and asked, “What’s really great?”
Lin Zizheng smiled with his eyes curved like crescent moons, explaining, “This boar meat is great.” In truth, he was thinking in secret how great it was that no one dared to steal his Senior Martial Brother.
Qin Mo obviously had no talent in cooking, so he stood calmly with his hands resting behind him, watching Lin Zizheng skillfully roast the meat.
While the tip of his ears turned slightly red. Last time, he only asked Lin Zizheng to cook because he was injured. However, this time, even though he was clearly fine, he still had Lin Zizheng roast the meat for him, making him feel that he was bullying the child.
Although many thoughts went through his mind, he showed none of that on his face, only calmly accepting the roasted meat offered by Lin Zizheng and eating it.
Qin Mo’s ears perked slightly as there seemed to be the sound of cracking coming from beside him. Clenching his hands down as light in his eyes flickered, he looked ahead at the dense forest and shouted, “What’s that sound?”
The author has something to say:
~\(≧▽≦)/~ Lalala, the second release is here.
The translator has something to add:
Teo: Rule of thumb, if you eat it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it is venomous.
Yeesh, getting devoured by bugs inside and out!? The cultivation world is a scary place.. 🤧
Bugged to death, bleh! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️🤣❤️🪲👀
I feel that they are moving as speedy as the novel itself xDD
Thank You for the new chapter ♡(ӦｖӦ｡)