As long as she was not in her fearful personality, Wan Qingluan would not have any more problems.
You and Wan Qingluan should also go your separate ways, each taking one side of the broad road.
But Wan Qingluan lowered her head and said nothing.
A bad feeling rose in your heart. Had this somehow turned into feelings?
Wan Qingluan suddenly raised her head and said, "I'll go back to the Danxia Sect with you!"
You were startled. "No, are you in such a hurry to meet the parents?"
Wan Qingluan shook her head. "Not meeting parents. I have no family."
You thought about it. "What a coincidence. I don't have parents either."
Wan Qingluan said, "You don't have parents?"
You said, "You don't have family?"
Wan Qingluan said, "You don't have parents!"
You said, "You don't have family!"
The two of you, both orphans, traded insults for a while before finally deciding to return to the Danxia Sect together.
Wan Qingluan really wanted to ask why you knew so much about her cultivation technique.
But she knew you would not tell her, so she simply did not ask.
You walked out of the room.
Wan Qingluan obediently followed behind, holding onto the hem of your clothes.
Bai Chen's room was still empty.
You went outside the inn to wait.
You knew Bai Chen would definitely return.
After waiting a quarter of an hour, Bai Chen appeared.
Bai Chen's steps were unsteady, his face pale, the dark circles beneath his eyes heavy. His whole body looked utterly listless.
With every step, his legs trembled three times.
A dignified martial artist had been ravaged into this state in one night; one could imagine just how intense it had been.
"Senior Brother, let's go." Bai Chen tugged at the corners of his pale lips and forced a smile.
You spoke helplessly. "Were you fucking trying to get your money's worth?"
Bai Chen smiled weakly. "Didn't lose too much."
With a light kick, you knocked Bai Chen to the ground. "Your body's been drained dry like this, and you call that not losing too much?"
"As long as I didn't lose too much money." Bai Chen wore a thoroughly satisfied smile.
"Good, good, good. At least you came out ahead in one respect, kid. Well done!" You were utterly convinced by Bai Chen.
That old bastard Bai Chen definitely could not walk anymore.
With no other choice, you bought three fast horses.
You felt that you were sometimes just too good to Bai Chen.
The three of you rode toward the Danxia Sect.
You galloped on horseback for an entire day.
That night, you stopped in a small town.
In the room, Wan Qingluan, sitting on the bed, called you over.
"What is it?" you asked.
She beckoned to you again.
Puzzled, you walked over to stand before her.
Wan Qingluan smiled faintly and used her hand to pull open her outer robe.
"Huh? Benefactress, this wouldn't be appropriate, would it?" you said as you pulled off your pants.
Wan Qingluan opened her robe and took out a martial skill manual she had kept close to her body, handing it to you.
"Oh, you were giving me something. What a misunderstanding."
You pulled your pants, which had fallen to your ankles, back up and tied your belt into a bow.
You accepted the martial skill manual. "What is this?"
"A Sect- trấn phái level movement martial skill, the Sky-Stepping Gait!" Wan Qingluan said.
You flipped through it twice. "For me?"
"Thank you for taking care of me these past two days. What is your name?"
You answered, "A man does not change his name standing or sitting. Zhao Tie... uh... He Yu."
You had nearly said it out of habit.
"My name is Wan Qingluan."
"I know. The Extinction Sect's Saintess, with a mole on her right buttock."
Wan Qingluan said, "?"
"I guessed. Don't tell me there really is one?"
Wan Qingluan gave you a meaningful look. "You really do know me very well."
"As I should."
Wan Qingluan stood up. "I'm going back to the Dragon Gate Inn."
"You're not going to the Danxia Sect?" you asked in surprise.
"I'm not." Wan Qingluan walked toward the door.
"Why?" The moment you asked, you realized the question was unnecessary.
Wan Qingluan was from the Extinction Sect. Did she need a reason to do anything?
Doing whatever struck her fancy was Wan Qingluan's style.
At the doorway, Wan Qingluan pursed her lips in a smile and said softly, "My temper won't be good tomorrow."
After saying that, Wan Qingluan vanished directly into the night.
Like a free bird that could never be caged.
"Her temper won't be good?"
You remembered. After tonight, it would be Wan Qingluan's hateful personality.
"Could it be that she left because she didn't want me to see her bad side?"
The more you thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"Then she's doomed. She's fallen into the river of love."
"I'm doomed too. Wan Qingluan has latched onto me again." You pulled a long face.
The next day.
You no longer traveled at a leisurely pace. You and Bai Chen rode fast horses, journeying day and night.
You planned to return to the Danxia Sect as soon as possible to study the earth source in your hand.
You also needed to ask Xie Huide what had happened when, during one of your pill refinements, your state had suddenly become profoundly mysterious.
And there was another huge piece of gossip that both you and Bai Chen deeply cared about.
What had ultimately happened between Xie Huide and Hu Zhongxuan's junior sister?
You rode for three days and three nights, traveling until the middle of the night each day.
At last, you returned to the Danxia Sect.
To the place where your dream had begun.
The moment Bai Chen returned, he went to the Full Spring Brothel to find his old flame.
You went to Xie Huide's courtyard.
But you discovered that neither Xie Huide nor the Danxia Sect's upper echelons had returned.
Only the ordinary disciples had come back.
You asked around and learned that the sect master and elders had all been summoned to the same place and would not return for another two or three months.
So you returned to your own courtyard.
You began studying this earth source.
You sent your consciousness into the Simulation Space.
You carefully contemplated this earth source.
Your consciousness constantly roamed over its surface, licking it.
As though polishing an amber giraffe.
You polished it for five full days.
You gained nothing.
To you, it was merely an ordinary ball of white mist.
"Could it be that only after reaching the Grandmaster Realm can I sense the mysteries of the earth source?"
Unwilling to accept this, you tried contemplating it for another three days.
Three days later, you finally conceded.
"Sorry to bother you, sorry to bother you."
You realized that you truly had overestimated yourself.
You could only temporarily give up on comprehending the earth source.
Instead, you began cultivating in the courtyard.
It just so happened that none of those higher-ups were around during this period, so you did not need to hide anything.
You could cultivate freely without worrying about your true realm being discovered.
You took out the Sky-Stepping Gait Wan Qingluan had given you.
"A Sect- trấn phái level movement martial skill!"
You had coveted one for a long time and had long wanted to get a manual to practice with.
Unfortunately, the Danxia Sect did not specialize in the Martial Path.
Naturally, it did not possess something as good as a Sect- trấn phái level movement martial skill.
Your talent in the Martial Path was now already quite impressive.
Compared with those in the Five Great Sects and the Three Great Demonic Cults,
Even if you could not be counted among the Personal Disciples, you were still in the first tier just below them.
Therefore, getting started with the Sky-Stepping Gait was not difficult for you.
You immediately began cultivating the Sky-Stepping Gait.
Two months later.
The thirteenth year.
Fallen leaves swirled in the wind within your small courtyard.
Buzz, buzz, buzz—
It was as though something supported you beneath your feet.
With your hands clasped behind your back, you stood eerily upright in midair.
You held yourself in the air for four full breaths before slowly descending to the ground.
After landing, you were wildly excited. "So this is what it feels like to fly!"
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