Ming Qiu, the Outcast

"Dong Ya is quite impressive; this restaurant is quite large."

Lin Jialu, who was also a young lady from a wealthy family, couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the extremely luxurious private room in front of her.

"It's alright. If you all want to stay a few more days, I'll take you to my house for a few days."

"Let's wait until next time. We need to hurry up and go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Pass to bring back Ming Qiu," Lin Feng said.

"Okay, then I'll invite everyone to my house after the Holy War is over," Dong Ya said.

Seeing that Dong Ya was somewhat disappointed, Lin Jialu changed the subject and said, "Dong Ya, during your competition just now, Sima Xian said that you had broken through to the Seventh Rank Peak. Is that true?"

The others were also quite surprised by this question.

It should be noted that among the people present, besides Lin Feng, Cai'er was also at the Seventh Rank Peak.

Dong Ya scratched her head and said, "Ever since I was guided by ' Arlecchino ' last time, my cultivation speed has been very fast, and my spiritual power is now 27,000 points."

Upon hearing what Dong Ya said, Lin Xiaoxiao and Lin Jialu exchanged a glance.

He then gave a wry smile.

They originally thought their cultivation speed was already good enough. After all, in just one year, they had both reached the Sixth Stage and then directly broke through to the fifth level of the Seventh Rank.

Such a cultivation speed would be considered Heaven Defying in any Holy Temple.

Well, in the end, the two of them are still at the bottom of the team in terms of strength.

Lin Jialu sighed and said, "I wonder how strong Ming Qiu is now. Apart from the leader and the vice leader, Ming Qiu was the first to break through to the Fifth Stage."

"But speaking of which, have you received any news from Ming Qiu recently?" Lin Jialu asked.

"No..." Dong Ya shook her head and said, "After I returned to the Priest Temple, I devoted myself to cultivation. The last time I contacted Dong Ya was a month ago."

"I'm about the same," Lin Xiaoxiao said.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to Cai'er, but after a moment, they turned their gaze to Lin Feng.

"Commander, has Ming Qiu contacted you during this time?" Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Feng nodded in response to the gazes of the others.

"As expected, I knew Ming Qiu would contact the leader," Lin Jialu continued. "So, leader, did she say anything?"

Lin Feng put down the tea he had just poured and said, "They didn't say anything, just that nothing has happened at Ten Thousand Beasts Pass recently, and they asked us to come and pick up Dong Ya first."

"It's good that you're alright." Lin Xiaoxiao and Lin Jialu nodded.

"Something's not right~" Just as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Dong Ya frowned and said.

"What's wrong Dong Ya?" Lin Feng asked.

Dong Ya raised an eyebrow and said, "Captain, I don't know if my information is accurate. I learned from my teacher, that is, from Temple Master Ling, a while ago that the Ten Thousand Beasts Pass has evacuated everyone from the other Holy Temple, seemingly to hide something..."

"Logically speaking, all the passes are currently short of manpower and are eager to receive more assistance. Ten Thousand Beasts Pass is doing the opposite, directly dismissing the people from other Holy Temple."

"They definitely wouldn't have done this if nothing had happened at the Ten Thousand Beasts Pass."

Upon hearing Dong Ya's words, Lin Jialu said, "Did the Ten Thousand Beasts Pass obtain some treasure, which is why they did this..."

"Impossible. If the Palace of Ten Thousand Beasts obtained something good, they would be eager to publicize it. This would be a great opportunity to increase the Holy Temple's influence," Dong Ya retorted.

"And even if that's really the reason, given Ming Qiu's personality, even if he's hiding it from us, he wouldn't just ignore us."

Hearing Dong Ya's words, Lin Feng's expression also turned somewhat ugly.

When they tried to contact Ming Qiu through the void, they were unable to do so no matter what they did.

"Something's really happened. Get ready, we're leaving now."

Lin Feng stood up abruptly from his chair.

Old Li, who had just come in to serve food to Lin Feng and the others, saw the group leaving in a hurry and quickly asked, "Miss, what happened?"

Dong Ya realized the urgency of the situation and quickly said, "Old Li, go to the Priest Temple and find my teacher. Tell him that I've returned to the team and will be leaving for a while."

After saying that Dong Ya ran out.

Seeing this, Sima Xian said directly, "I also need to leave for a while. Please inform me."

Before the old man could react, everyone had already left.

Ten Thousand Beasts Pass.

The Soul Temple.

At this moment, Ming Qiu, whom Lin Feng and the others were looking for, was walking slowly inside the Soul Temple.

The place she was going to was deep within the Soul Temple.

Unlike other Holy Temple, the Soul Temple Soul Temple built in the forest.

Towering trees are everywhere.

Logically speaking, the people of the Soul Temple should be like the elves, close to nature.

Full of life.

But now it's completely different.

The entire forest was withered, and even those trees that weren't withered had yellowing leaves.

It's only a matter of time before it withers and dies.

The humans living here are not as active as the elves.

Instead, it was Death Qi.

Everyone was wearing a hood and walking down the street with their heads down.

The same applies to Ming Qiu.

"Tsk, it's that jinx again. I don't know why the Temple Master still lets her stay in the Soul Temple."

"If she hadn't cultivated the Undead Aura, how could we have been abandoned by the Beast God!"

Two people walked out from opposite Ming Qiu. The moment they saw Ming Qiu, a look of disgust appeared in their eyes.

Ming Qiu, seemingly used to this situation, simply lowered his hood and continued walking inside.

Looking at Ming Qiu's thin back, one of the women spat and said, "Disgusting!"

After ignoring the two, Ming Qiu continued walking deeper into the Soul Temple.

Wherever she went, everyone avoided her without exception.

Very few people showed her any kindness.

Even the gatekeeper subconsciously took a step back when he saw Ming Qiu.

Until Ming Qiu walked up to a dead ancient tree.

She slowly spoke, "Temple Master, the Demon Race have been repelled."

Her voice had lost its youthful innocence and was devoid of any emotion.

Just as Ming Qiu finished speaking.

An old man appeared under the ancient tree at some unknown time, his back to Ming Qiu, and said, "Ming Qiu, you've worked hard. If it weren't for your Undead Army this year, the Soul Temple would probably have been breached long ago."

"The Vice Temple Master San Shui saved me back then, so protecting the Soul Temple is what I should do," Ming Qiu said calmly.

Hearing Ming Qiu's emotionless words, Temple Master Chen Hongyu sighed and said, "It is the Soul Temple that owes you. If you go back on your word now, I will not blame you."