Ruan Mingzhu silently walked out of Qin Xi's Immortal's Cave then flew back to Shangqing Palace without saying a single word.
At this point, he had already said what he wanted to say. Anything else was meaningless.
As soon as she walked out of the cave, Ye Zhenji impatiently rushed into the Cultivation Room. "Master!"
Qin Xi sat cross-legged, maintaining his cultivation posture. He didn't even open his eyes. "Have you heard enough?"
Ye Zhenji scratched his head then chuckled. "I wasn't eavesdropping. I just happened to see Xiaohuo …"
"I didn't say you were eavesdropping." Qin Xi opened his eyes and cast an indifferent glance at him before lowering his gaze again. "What are you feeling guilty about?"
"I …" Ye Zhenji didn't know what to say, so he could only step forward. "Master, who's this?
Why did she call you Senior Brother?
Didn't Grandmaster only accept Aunt as his disciple after you? "
Qin Xi said, "She's your Martial Uncle Qingyuan's daughter. Her name's Ruan Mingzhu. According to reason, you should call her Senior Martial Sister."
After he finished speaking, he looked up at Ye Zhenji. "What else do you want to know? Just say it directly; there's no need to hide it."
"Uh … I still want to know what's going on with this Senior Sister.
Did she like Master?
What did she do this time? Why didn't grandmaster let her come back? "
This pile of questions made Qin Xi silent for quite a while.
Ye Zhenji waited for a while, but he didn't hear any reply, so he called out again, "Master?"
Qin Xi stopped his mind wandering and slowly said, "Mingzhu … is my playmate since childhood.
When I was brought to Mount Taikang by your Martial Ancestor, I was only eight years old, and Mingzhu was only five or six years old at that time. Her father, your Martial Uncle Qingyuan, had passed away. Your Martial Ancestor took pity on her, so he brought her with him.
At that time, Mingzhu was actually a very cute little girl. I had an eccentric personality and didn't like to interact with others. Mingzhu was afraid that I would be lonely and would always pull me to play with her. I have always treated her as a younger sister … "
"Because of Senior Martial Brother Qingyuan, my master treats Mingzhu even better than he treats me.
Master had very high expectations of me, but to Mingzhu, no matter what she wanted, Master would give it to her.
Then, at some point in time, Ming Zhu slowly changed.
When we grew up and built our foundation, Mingzhu started to become unreasonable, overbearing and paranoid.
After I built my foundation, I often went out. When I returned to the mountain, I closed my door and cultivated. I didn't have much contact with her, so I didn't know her personality would become so terrifying. "
"Later on, when I reached Core Formation, Master bestowed me with another Immortal's Cave, so I moved out of Shangqing Palace.
At that time, I was still too young. I was so engrossed in cultivation that I didn't want to take any disciples. If there were any chores, I would pick a few from the disciples of my Senior Brothers and Sisters to do.
I don't know why Ming Zhu always makes things difficult for these disciples. Occasionally, I would bump into her and scold her a few times. She would agree to it, but the next time, it would be even worse.
She did it again and again, and I gradually disliked her … "
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhenji couldn't help but interrupt: "Master, at that time, did you know Senior Martial Sister Ruan liked you?"
Hearing such a straightforward question, Qin Xi raised his head and glared at him. "You still remember that I'm your master?"
Ye Zhenji chuckled. "Master, I'm just telling the truth. Anyone with eyes can see that Senior Martial Sister Ruan likes you, so you don't have to feel embarrassed."
Qin Xi frowned. "Brat, who did you learn to talk so much?
I remember that your aunt doesn't like to talk. "
Ye Zhenji said, "It's because both aunt and you don't like to talk that I have to talk a lot. Otherwise, how boring would it be?" He then changed the topic again. "Master, did you know or not?"
Qin Xi had no choice but to say, "At first, I didn't know. Later, I heard her talking to someone else, so I learned about it."
"Then Master, what was your reaction at that time?"
"What reaction?" Qin Xi was indifferent. "Since I wouldn't respond to her, I naturally didn't know."
"…" Ye Zhenji looked at Qin Xi's face and studied it for a long time before he said, "Master, the person who likes you is really unlucky."
Qin Xi still looked indifferent. "Even if she's unlucky, it's none of my business. Are you done asking?"
"No!" Ye Zhenji immediately shouted, "Master, then why hasn't Senior Martial Sister Ruan been around for the past sixty years?
What did she do to hurt others? "
Faced with these endless questions, Qin Xi sighed. If it was someone else, he wouldn't answer and would just drive them out. But this was his disciple, his only disciple.
He was also wondering if he was too good to Zhenji that this brat didn't have any sense of seniority in his eyes.
Although he thought so, he still answered the question: "At that time, a female disciple under your Grandmaster Xuanyin was working in my Immortal's Cave. Mingzhu was jealous, so she took advantage of my absence and attacked that disciple, severely injuring her.
Killing fellow disciples is strictly prohibited by the school rules, but the reason was such a trivial matter, so your grandmaster was furious and personally punished Mingzhu.
But Mingzhu didn't repent, so your grandmaster ordered her to leave Mount Taikang and go to a remote courtyard. Unless she was summoned, she wasn't allowed to come back. "
After he finished speaking, Qin Xi cast him a sidelong glance. "It's fine if you've heard this, but you're not allowed to spread it."
Ye Zhenji cleverly promised, "Of course! I've always followed Master's orders." As he spoke, a spiritual beast whose whole body was fiery red walked in noiselessly.
"Ah, Xiaohuo!" Ye Zhenji picked it up. "Aren't you advancing?
Why are you still in the third rank? "
Xiaohuo squeaked. Qin Xi looked at it then said, "It failed its advancement." Advancing was never easy, even if Xiaohuo had eaten a lot of medicinal pills these years.
Ye Zhenji's eyes shifted. "Master, since Xiaohuo finished its advancement, should I take it back?"
"En." Qin Xi closed his eyes and pretended to continue cultivating. "If you want to go, then go quickly."
Ye Zhenji didn't say anything else. He carried Xiaohuo and slipped out of the cave, flying towards Shangqing Palace while muttering, "Such an interesting thing … I must tell Auntie!"
Unfortunately, after he sent Xiaohuo back and excitedly mentioned it to her, Mo Tiange only replied with one sentence: "I know."
Ye Zhenji's eyes widened. "Huh?
Auntie, where did you know? "
Mo Tiange looked at him amusedly. "Did you forget?
This Shangqing Palace has sixteen old aunts and six old women. "
"Oh …" Ye Zhenji scratched his head. "That's true. Xiuqin and the others are so bored every day, so they should've found out long ago."
Mo Tiange looked down at Xiaohuo in her arms and was a bit surprised. "This is Xiaohuo?
It became like this after advancing? "
The original Xiaohuo didn't have such beautiful fur. With its current appearance, it didn't look like the Inferno Beasts that could be seen everywhere in Kunwu.
Ye Zhenji said, "I also don't know why it became like this. When Xiaohuo advanced to the third rank, it seemed to have become a different spiritual beast. Master said it might've mutated."
"Mutated?"
"En."
Ye Zhenji also didn't seem to understand. "Master said Xiaohuo ate something, so its physique is different from ordinary Inferno Beasts. I'm not very clear about the rest."
Mo Tiange seemed to be lost in thought.
Xiaohuo was always thrown into the Virtual Sky World by her, so it must've eaten some messy spiritual medicine inside to mutate.
"Squeak squeak!"
A ball of golden fur appeared at the door of Mingxin Residence. When it saw the red fur in Mo Tiange's hands, it immediately ran over and jumped, trying to take back its position.
Mo Tiange reached out and grabbed Feifei with her other hand to avoid trampling on Xiaohuo.
When Xiaohuo saw this ball of golden light, it immediately stood up in Mo Tiange's arms and widened its eyes.
Upon seeing this, Ye Zhenji called out, "Auntie, what's this?"
"This is Feifei."
Mo Tiange watched as the two spiritual beasts looked at each other curiously. Then Xiaohuo took a step forward, wanting to occupy more space. Feifei, unwilling to be outdone, also stood up.
The two spiritual beasts, one golden and one red, stared at each other in an unfriendly manner.
"Huh?
They're going to fight? "
Ye Zhenji, who was excited to see the two spiritual beasts kill each other, was glared at by Mo Tiange.
Xiaohuo stared at Feifei for a while. Perhaps because its cultivation level was higher than Feifei's and it shouldn't lose its demeanor, it held its head high, jumped down from Mo Tiange's arms and barked at Feifei.
Feifei was delighted to see it jump down on its own, but when it saw Xiaohuo's provocative look, it understood and also stared at Xiaohuo.
Xiaohuo stretched out its paw and scratched the air, seemingly threatening it.
Feifei stared at it for a while then also jumped down from Mo Tiange's arms to confront Xiaohuo.
The two spiritual beasts stared at each other and circled each other, seemingly choosing where to attack.
Ye Zhenji, who was very excited, asked, "Auntie, is this also your spiritual beast?
What kind of abilities does it have?
Can it beat Xiaohuo? "
Mo Tiange was hesitating whether she, as the master, should go and mediate the fight, but when she heard Ye Zhenji's question, she thought for a while and said, "Feifei's ability is special. I don't think I've seen it fight …" In Bixuan Court, she heard that Feifeis generally didn't have any attack power, but they had strange abilities that prevented demonic beasts from taking the initiative to attack them.
But what she saw now was clearly Xiaohuo provoking Feifei, so how would Feifei respond?
As for Xiaohuo, it advanced to the third rank and mutated — it should have a special ability, right?
The two spiritual beasts didn't know their unscrupulous master deliberately wanted to see them fight each other. After circling around for a while, Xiaohuo made the first move. It breathed Sun Real Fire from its mouth, burning Feifei's golden fur.
It could be imagined that if this fire burned Feifei's golden fur, it would turn into charcoal. After all, this was Sun Real Fire, which could be used to calcine all kinds of spiritual plants and objects — there were very few that couldn't be melted.
Nevertheless, Feifei nimbly leaped up, avoiding the Extreme Fire Real Fire. It shouted then raised its paw, releasing a misty ray of light from its palm which shone on Xiaohuo's head.
Then Xiaohuo stopped casting its technique. Its head slowly drooped and its eyes started to become blurry …
Ye Zhenji said in surprise, "Bewitching Technique?"
Upon hearing his voice, Xiaohuo sobered up from its daze. It glared at Feifei and growled angrily. It then waved its paw and once again pounced on Feifei with Sun Real Fire.
Feifei was startled. It raised its head to cast a glance at Ye Zhenji then turned around and ran.
The two spiritual beasts, one in front and one behind, started chasing each other in the courtyard. Water splashed everywhere from the front of the house to the back, and the medicinal fields were trampled into a mess.
"Auntie!" Upon seeing this, Ye Zhenji hurriedly said, "The spiritual plants — the spiritual plants are ruined!"
Mo Tiange was very interested in watching. "If they're ruined, then they're ruined."
Xiaohuo was obviously much more ferocious than before. Although Feifei's cultivation level wasn't as high as Xiaohuo's, its bewitching technique was quite special.