Back Safe and Sound
The figures atop "Cloud Sky Peak" were none other than the Great Venerable of Fu Xian Island. Before leaving, the other sect elders each had two regrets: first, they didn't know who had injured the six revered elders of Fu Xian Island; and second, they wanted to see Yue Qianchou. The revered elders clearly wouldn't reveal the former, and as for seeing Yue Qianchou, they didn't know if he would return alive, or even if he did, they didn't know when. After all, he wasn't their disciple, and they couldn't very well keep waiting with the people of Fu Xian Island indefinitely.
In truth, the Sixth Elder was growing impatient after waiting for two days. He could clearly see the location of the others on his Divine Sense Compass, yet he dared not go down to search, the warning from the person who had injured them still ringing in his ears. He had tried using Divine Sense transmission several times, but the Demon Ghost Domain was truly strange; Divine Sense transmission would fail as soon as it encountered the drifting yin mist. This made him even more terrified, considering that the person could actually injure them with Divine Sense, and he dared not act rashly.
"Huh! They're back." One of the elders exclaimed, staring at the compass in front of him. Upon hearing this, the others gathered around, and the Divine Sense light on the compass was flashing rapidly in a straight line toward them.
Guan Dinghai deep voice, "What audacity! You actually flew here on a sword. It must have been that brat Yue Qianchou's idea again. Doesn't he know how dangerous it is to Sword Flight in the Demon Ghost Domain? How does Wei Wu teach his disciples!"
The words sounded like a reprimand, but there was a hint of smugness in them, as if to tell everyone that only Yue Qianchou dared to do this in the Demon Ghost Domain. Several elders smiled slightly, amused by his veiled praise. However, this disciple had truly made the Guan family and Fu Xian Island famous among the various sects; otherwise, why would six elders be waiting for them here?
Strangely, the six disciples seemed to have encountered no danger along the way, their speed undiminished, and they were already approaching the mountain peak. The elders breathed a sigh of relief, especially Grandma Ma Jiu and Guan Wei Wu. All six of them stared down.
Six streaks of light pierced through the dark clouds and converged near the mountaintop. The five ghost generals who had come with him bowed and said, "Farewell, Mr. Yue."
Yue Qianchou returned the greeting, saying, "Thank you, five elder brothers. I won't say anything else. I, Yue Qianchou, will remember this favor and repay it another day." The five ghost generals cupped their hands again, transformed into several black streaks, and left much faster than when they brought the group, departing with a shrill whistle.
Despite their low cultivation levels, Yue Qianchou and his companions couldn't see what was happening at the summit. However, the six elders at the summit could see them and were all taken aback. Five late Ghost King stage cultivators were personally seeing them off; this was quite an impressive display. Guan Dinghai grinned and scoffed, "This brat has quite the airs, actually having five late Ghost King stage cultivators escort him, and Great Venerable on the mountain to greet him. I doubt I've ever received this kind of treatment even in the Demon Ghost Domain." He didn't even consider that he had already been kicked out.
Yue Qianchou led the group to the outside of the mountain formation, not daring to trespass, and shouted loudly, "I wonder which seniors are inside? This disciple, Yue Qianchou, requests an audience."
Grandma Ma Jiu cast a Method Formula towards the outside of the formation and said in a deep voice, "Walk straight in."
Uh...why does that voice sound so familiar? Yue Qianchou paused for a moment, and the group went straight in. When they saw Grandma Ma Jiu leaning on her cane, they paused again, wondering why she was here. Kou Xuehua, who was standing to the side, had already bowed and said, "Disciple Kou Xuehua greets the honored guests."
Among these people, only Kou Xuehua had seen a few of the elders before. Yue Qianchou and the others couldn't recognize them all, so they immediately followed suit and bowed. They were all shocked. How could the Great Venerable of Fu Xian Island be here? Yue Qianchou thought to himself, could it be that the Fu Xian Island experts who fought with the Demon King Ao Li were these people?
After a while, Yue Qianchou suddenly felt something was off. These old guys were all staring at him, which was really creepy. It was nothing like being stared at by a group of beautiful women.
"So you are Yue Qianchou?" Guan Dinghai deep voice.
Damn it! You old bastard, what did I ever do to you? Yue Qianchou bowed and said, "I am indeed your disciple."
"Alright, this is no place to linger. We'll talk about this back home. Dinghai!" Grandma Ma Jiu shouted, tapping her cane.
Guan Dinghai bowed slightly, said nothing more, glared fiercely at Yue Qianchou, and then cast a spell to release a flying ship much smaller than the one the disciples had brought. After the group boarded, Guan Dinghai personally took control, and the flying ship gradually accelerated, faster and faster, until it disappeared from sight in an instant.
On the ship, Yue Qianchou kept a low profile, nestled at the very back. Seeing everyone else meditating and cultivating, he scoffed inwardly, thinking, "Your whole year of meditation wouldn't be worth a few of my supreme-grade Spirit Stones." He then peacefully fell asleep. Xiao Wanqing, however, kept glancing back at him with a look of envy in her eyes.
Night had passed, and the sea shimmered in the early morning sun. The spaceship suddenly slowed down, Yue Qianchou, who was half asleep, was immediately thrown forward. Fortunately, Xiao Wanqing, who was always concerned about him, stopped him, but he still fell flat on his face several times.
Yue Qianchou scrambled to his feet and roared, "Damn it..." He had barely uttered two words when he realized many eyes were on him. He immediately looked out of the ship and changed his words, saying awkwardly, "So quickly it's become Fu Xian Island, haha, so fast, really so fast." After saying that, he sat down guiltily, thinking to himself that they definitely wouldn't understand the first two words.
Although no one understood the meaning of his first two words, they figured it wasn't anything nice, so no one cared and just smiled. Xiao Wanqing even covered her mouth and chuckled. Guan Dinghai, at the Guan Dinghai of the boat, glanced back and thought to himself, "This is utterly outrageous! I've been navigating this boat all night, and you've really had no manners, sleeping here all night! I'll let you sleep here!"
The return of the six elders was met with a grand welcome on Fu Xian Island. Feng Xiangtian led a group of elders to greet them in front of the main hall of the Penglai Pavilion. As soon as they disembarked, Yue Qianchou remained discreetly at the back. Seeing that there was nothing for the junior disciples to do, he found Guan Wei Wu in the welcoming crowd and quickly ran to greet him, saying, "Master, your disciple has returned." Upon seeing Fei Denan beside his master, he also greeted him, "Elder Fei."
Guan Wei Wu patted him on the shoulder and laughed heartily, "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back, not bad, not bad."
As the master, he also benefited greatly from his disciple's glorious deeds. The group that returned earlier had already spread the story of Yue Qianchou's exploits in the Demon Ghost Domain far and wide, making it known to almost everyone on Fu Xian Island. Guan Wei Wu had been so happy these past two days that he could hardly stop grinning from ear to ear.
Kou Xuehua and the other two disciples from Myriad Fragrance Garden naturally came over to pay their respects to Fei Denan. Fei Denan was overjoyed! Although only three people from Myriad Fragrance Garden had gone, they had all returned alive. Especially considering that all the Nascent Soul Realm disciples on Fu Xian Island had been wiped out, Kou Xuehua from Myriad Fragrance Garden was the only one unharmed—it was a source of great pride!
In fact, Kou Xuehua and the other two were also very fortunate. Originally, Fei Denan had sent them to protect Yue Qianchou, but the result was completely unexpected. If it weren't for Yue Qianchou, they really didn't know if they would have been able to come back alive.
"Old Guan, is this your disciple Yue Qianchou? Not bad... Elder Guan, is this your disciple Yue Qianchou? Not bad!..." Elders from various branches kept coming over to greet Guan Wei Wu, but their eyes were all fixed on Yue Qianchou, scrutinizing him. Guan Wei Wu kept laughing and saying, "Yes, yes..." Yue Qianchou kept bowing and scraping to the elders.
"Weiwu, come with me for a moment." Suddenly someone walked over and sneered. Guan Wei Wu's smile froze on his face. He timidly said, "Father!" and then followed the person.
Holy crap! That old bastard is actually Master's father?! Yue Qianchou was stunned. Wasn't this the Venerable One who controlled the spaceship? The thought of an old man with white hair calling another old man with white hair "father" sent shivers down Yue Qianchou's spine. He thought to himself, "I need to hurry up and refine that elixir of eternal youth. It's so good to be young!" His figure stealthily disappeared into the crowd... [If you have recommendation tickets, please vote; if you don't, please just show your support. Thank you!]
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