Beyond the bamboo grove, there was a small bridge over flowing water and a green bamboo cottage, where six people were already seated.
The two young women were both beautiful, with striking figures.
The old man stood nearby, forcing a smile as he tried to soothe the young man whose face was swollen like a pig's. "Alright, Young Master Yun Chuan, we were the ones who offended you first. Let's call it even now, alright?"
"E- even? How is this even? I didn't even touch him! At most, I only gave him a scare! But he beat me into this state! When has our Misty Cloud Sect ever suffered such humiliation?"
Nalan Yanran shot him a cold glance. "Enough. Shut up. If I say it's even, then it's even."
Then she turned back to Su Qingyun, staring at him again with a lovestruck expression as she asked with unconcealed concern, "Are you alright? Did they hurt you? You used Dou Qi just now—you must be tired, right? Want me to give you a massage? Your Dou Zhi Qi is completely different from any I've seen before. It's so beautiful. Maybe in a lover's eyes, even qi looks immortal~"
The pig-faced young man glanced fearfully at the two youths across from him, then looked resentfully at Nalan Yanran, nearly coughing up blood.
Tired, my ass! He watched the whole time and only used some strange Dou Qi! I'm the one who's tired, alright?! And now you're saying such mushy things! What do you take me for, after I traveled all the way from the Misty Cloud Sect to Wu Tan City with you?! Yun Chuan simply could not understand how he, a dignified Five Star Dou Zhe, had been beaten by someone at Dou Zhi Qi Stage Three.
If word got out, the entire Misty Cloud Sect would laugh themselves to death at him!
What he understood even less was why his Dou Technique had suddenly failed, and why his control over his Dou Zhi Qi had gone completely out of control.
One of the two youths was also full of confusion as he stared at his fists and the axe he used for chopping firewood.
I... I nearly beat a Five Star Dou Zhe to death just now?! Brother Qingyun's Dou Qi... is incredible! I knew it—Brother Qingyun isn't an ordinary person! Su Qingyun was not surprised by the outcome at all. He had long known that his Immortal Dou Qi possessed such an effect.
Immortal Dou Qi stood above ordinary Dou Qi. Moreover, most Dou Techniques contained elemental power, so they would naturally be easily neutralized by Immortal Qi, which embraced and assimilated all elemental spirits.
In other words, as long as one had not reached the Dou Shi realm or above and gained the ability to Gather Qi into Liquid, they would be completely countered by Immortal Qi Rhyme!
However, Su Qingyun had only just broken through, so he did not possess much Immortal Qi. Yun Chuan had also encountered such transcendent Dou Qi for the first time and had been unable to react in time, which was why he had been left completely unable to fight back.
Otherwise, if he had dragged things out until Su Qingyun exhausted his Immortal Qi, he would still have had a chance of winning.
"Alright. I'm not an unreasonable man. I've hit you back, so I won't make things difficult for you. You should leave the stream as soon as possible. We still have things to do."
Su Qingyun spoke calmly.
He estimated that once Xiao Yan absorbed the two stalks of Dou Qi Grass he had given him, Old Ya's soul should awaken.
Once his strength improved a little more, it would be time for him to leave the mountains.
As for Nalan Yanran, it was not suitable to have too much contact with her for now. If he attracted the attention of Yun Shan and the Hall of Souls, things would become troublesome.
However, those words immediately changed Nalan Yanran's expression, and she rose from the bamboo stool.
Leave? How could she leave?! She was not leaving!
She even wanted to settle down here!
"I don't want to leave. Do you have something to do? I can help too. There are so many things I can do. Back in the sect, my teacher always praised me as a smart and capable good disciple~"
Nalan Yanran spoke gently, leaving Su Qingyun utterly dumbfounded.
Good heavens, was this really the Nalan Yanran who had arrogantly and stubbornly insisted on going to the Xiao Clan to forcibly annul the engagement? She could be this gentle?
A good disciple? Would a good disciple refuse to listen and stubbornly insist on annulling an engagement?
Capable... cough, cough. Really? Just how capable was she?
Xiao Xun'er's eyes widened, her sense of danger flaring up.
Shameless! She clearly wants to cling to my Brother Qingyun! She's a bad woman! What could you possibly be capable of?! You must be itching for it! If you're itchy, go home and scratch yourself! Do you still want Brother Qingyun to help you?
I'm itchy too! I haven't even let Brother Qingyun do it for me yet!
Where's Ling Ying? Where is Ling Ying? Hurry up and throw this slut out!!! Ahhh!
"Up ahead is that mountain stream. Not long ago, I saw it with my own eyes—the whole mountain was wreathed in white immortal qi. There was even an immortal dragon soaring into the sky, with cloud cranes dancing around it.
It was truly outrageous, something I'd never seen in my life! Good lord—what an eye-opener!"
Several farmers led the way. Accompanied by the Xiao Clan's elders and stewards, Xiao Clan Head Xiao Zhan and the others arrived at Falling Immortal Stream.
This was because the heavenly phenomenon caused when Su Qingyun controlled Immortal Qi Accumulation had been far too dazzling, drawing the attention of people from every village within dozens of miles.
As one farmer pointed toward Falling Immortal Stream, his eyes shone with excitement. "The mountain bears auspicious signs, and immortal light descends from the heavens. This year will surely be blessed. I only hope for a bountiful harvest. After paying the clan tax, if I have a few gold coins left over, I can buy my daughter a few new outfits."
"Brother, thank you. This is your reward."
Xiao Zhan took out several gold coins and handed them to the farmers. After receiving them, they repeatedly expressed their thanks, brilliant smiles appearing on their honest, sun-darkened faces.
Although Wu Tan City was a large city with living conditions far better than many smaller cities, an ordinary farmer earned less than ten gold coins a year. How could they not be delighted to receive several gold coins just for leading the way? "This place... looks somewhat familiar."
"Great Elder, this is Falling Immortal Stream—the place where a mysterious Dou Wang-level expert is said to live in seclusion? Even the Aoba Family and the Jialie Family dare not approach it."
"Could that earlier phenomenon have been caused by this Dou Wang expert breaking through a bottleneck? I wonder how many stars this mysterious expert has reached now."
The Xiao Clan group all stared at Falling Immortal Stream, deep in thought.
At the mention of Falling Immortal Stream, the Xiao Clan's Great Elder frowned. A few years ago, his granddaughter Xiao Yu had once come here. But after returning, it was as though something had bewitched her mind, and she stubbornly insisted that she had dreamed a dream.
She dreamed that in a place within Falling Immortal Stream shrouded in immortal mist, she encountered an immortal young man unparalleled in the world. With just one glance, she had fallen deeply in love with him.
However, when his foolish granddaughter, whose mind had been completely bewitched, returned to Falling Immortal Stream, she lost her way and could never find that immortal young man again. She could only return to the clan in a daze.
It took quite a while to persuade her before they finally sent her to Jia Nan Academy for further study.
Because of this incident, the Xiao Clan's Great Elder had an especially deep impression of the mysterious Falling Immortal Stream.
"Let's go. I would like to see whether Falling Immortal Stream truly has a Dou Wang expert living in seclusion. If there really is one, we shall prepare generous gifts and pay them a visit. If we can befriend a Dou Wang expert, then our Xiao Clan will have nothing to fear in Wu Tan City."
Xiao Zhan gritted his teeth and finally made the decision, leading several elders up toward Falling Immortal Stream.
He was also filled with curiosity about this mysterious Falling Immortal Stream in Wu Tan City!
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