"This is."
Faced with the Ancient Demon Worm that was brought to her, Chen Ying's eyes flickered. This thing, sealed within a spatial fragment, gave her a chilling feeling. Where did this incompetent Chen Household get such a thing?
"Where did Young Master Chen obtain this item from?"
The one asking the question was Shen Yuan. At this moment, thanks to his stitches, Chen Yun's bleeding had basically stopped. Although his face was pale and he looked like he had suffered a great loss of energy, at least his life had been saved for the time being.
At this moment, Chen Yun glanced weakly at the other party and said in a low voice, "This was obtained by my mother from the South Sea Dragon Palace, and I am not very clear about its specific origin."
"Is that so?" Shen Yuan glanced at the other person, rubbed his fingers together, and said nothing more.
Chen Yun, perhaps due to extreme weakness, seemed to be closing his eyes at any moment.
"Young Master Chen, don't rush to sleep, drink some medicine first," Chen Ying said, pointing to the medicine pot.
"Thank you for your trouble," Chen Yun said weakly, cupping his hands in gratitude. His attitude was much more respectful than before.
At this moment, most of the people outside breathed a sigh of relief. The eldest elder of the Su Family laughed and said, "You students from Jiangnan are quite well prepared. You even have a purple clay teapot for boiling medicine."
"When traveling, it's natural to prepare as much as possible," Chen Qing said with a smile. "You never know when you'll need it."
"His Highness King of Qin certainly has a good teacher; he has many talented students under his command." Elder Su glanced at Chen Baifeng, whose face still seemed somewhat gloomy, and said calmly, "This time, we owe a great debt to that little girl; otherwise, a disaster would have almost occurred. Lord Chen, you still need to give us an explanation when we get back."
Chen Baifeng nodded slightly. "That's natural."
As he spoke, his eyes remained fixed on Chen Yun on the screen, a look of doubt in them.
"What is Lord Chen thinking about?" Chen Qing's gentle voice came from behind.
Chen Baifeng hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "My son's personality has changed quite a bit since he was rescued. According to his previous personality, even if he had been rescued, he wouldn't be this humble."
" Lord Chen certainly knows how to talk," Elder Su said coldly, showing no mercy to Chen Baifeng. "You speak as if your young master has a strong backbone. He's been raised in a greenhouse by your wife since childhood. Has he ever experienced such a life-or-death situation? How can you be so sure that after this ordeal, your young master will still be as unruly as before?"
Chen Baifeng remained silent upon hearing this, partly because he didn't want to argue with the Su Family who were currently in a heated argument, and partly because there were some things that were best left unsaid.
Indeed, Chen Yun has never experienced life-or-death situations and is a hothouse flower spoiled by his wife, but some aspects of his personality will not change easily, such as his defense of his mother.
No one, including himself, could say a bad word about his mother, otherwise he would even disobey him. This personality trait led to him being disciplined by himself many times, but he has not changed over the years.
But just now, he said without hesitation that the insect egg was obtained by his mother from the South Sea Dragon Palace.
Was it an unintentional mistake, or...?
For some reason, the gloom in Chen Baifeng's heart never dissipated.
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"Well, it's good that you're alright." On the other side, Chen Ying naturally didn't doubt Chen Yun's character and directly asked, "Given the current situation, it seems that Young Master Chen won't be able to participate in the next round of the competition. What about you, Young Master Su?"
Su Changqing shook his head repeatedly. "I will not presume to do so."
Based on what had just happened, he was now certain that he was unlikely to defeat anyone in this game, let alone advance to the next level.
It's best to stay put and focus on getting back to safety.
"Okay," Chen Ying nodded, then looked at White Plain. White Plain's physical recovery ability was extremely exaggerated. Despite the serious injuries she had just sustained, her skin had already recovered to a large extent. Judging from this, she would probably be back to her peak condition in about half an hour.
Demons are truly enviable in this respect.
"Senior has quite a few Azure Dragon Rune. Since Su Changqing has indicated his withdrawal, Chen Yun cannot continue either. Therefore, I will take the liberty of giving this Azure Dragon Rune that you were just arguing about to Senior White Plain."
No one present refuted Chen Ying's words. Su Changqing and Chen Yun's lives were saved by her disciple, and now the two of them were powerless against White Plain. They couldn't very well ask Chen Ying to help them deal with White Plain. As for White Plain, since the other party was willing to make concessions, and even when they had the upper hand, she had nothing to say.
Even with Su Ke'er's abilities alone, she wasn't confident of winning, let alone with so many Jiangnan sorcerers. Chen Ying was Yun Ke'er's teacher, so her skills were probably even greater.
"If you encounter any runes other than Azure Dragon along the way, please let me know their locations."
"Okay!" White Plain agreed without hesitation, but then her gaze fell on the fragment in Chen Ying's hand, and she frowned, "What do you plan to do with this?"
"I plan to hand it over to the Master. This thing is somewhat strange and very dangerous. If we rashly kill it now, something else unknown might happen. It would be better to take it out to the arena and let some experienced seniors take a look before deciding what to do."
White Plain hesitated for a moment upon hearing this. In her opinion, it would be best to kill the insect as soon as possible, but as the other party said, no one could say for sure whether the insect had any other tricks up its sleeve. Opening the fragment rashly might lead to unpredictable situations. Taking it to someone outside was indeed a safer option.
Putting everything else aside, just considering our own Kagura- senpai should know how to handle this.
With that thought in mind, she finally nodded. "Please be extremely careful with this thing. I have a feeling that if it gets leaked, it will be a terrible thing."
"Please rest assured, senior." Chen Ying said politely.
White Plain felt a little strange when the other person addressed her as "senior," but her expression softened considerably. The other person's skills were no less than hers, yet they called her "senior" simply because she was older. Such humility wouldn't exist outside the heavens; the mortal realm was definitely more interesting than the outside world.
"Oh, right." Chen Ying suddenly remembered something and said, "When I passed by a Black Tortoise Rune earlier, I saw traces left by the senior there. Why did the senior search for the Azure Dragon Rune alone? In my opinion, among the four major sects, Zhang Xiaoyun of the Azure Dragon Gate should be the most dangerous."
White Plain was stunned. How could the other person see her traces?
As demons who have survived in the heavens for thousands of years, the art of disposing of their traces has been passed down from generation to generation. These Jiangnan sorcerers are truly surprising. It seems that if things go smoothly this time, I really will have to make a trip to Jiangnan. Relying solely on what my mother taught me is probably not enough for me to establish myself in the human world.
" Zhang Xiaoyun saw me as prey," White Plain said honestly. "I sensed it from the first day we met. He even displayed his power then, but I still felt he was dangerous."
"If that's the case, why did you still want to run into him?" Chen Ying asked, puzzled.
"Because there's no way to avoid it." White Plain laughed, "This is their territory. Since they see me as prey, even if I avoid them this time, they'll still find another opportunity. I might as well take the initiative and see who the prey is."
"I see." Chen Ying nodded. "Then please be careful, senior. If you survive, you are welcome to visit Jiangnan."
"That's exactly what I was thinking." White Plain nodded, then picked up the rune and disappeared from the spot. As she spoke, the skin on her face had completely recovered. This exaggerated physical ability made Chen Ying envious.
If women had this ability, they could probably stay young forever, right?
"Dean." Yun Ke'er asked doubtfully, "Why are you so polite to her?"
"I should be saying that to you," Chen Ying said, her face darkening. "Why weren't you on guard against her at all? Do you know how many opportunities she had to kill you on the way here?"
"Huh? No way?" Yun Ke'er was completely bewildered. "Why would she want to kill me?"
Chen Ying rolled her eyes at the other girl, too lazy to even reply. She could only say that this little girl was really carefree. And the master was wrong too; he shouldn't have let those inexperienced kids from Jiangnan mess things up in this kind of competition.
White Plain was a demon, but she seemed to have some principles. At least she wasn't like the demons I'd seen who always harbored murderous intent towards humans. Since she hadn't harmed the girl, it wouldn't hurt for me to call her "senior" a couple of times.
The remaining question is how to allocate the runes.
"Go to the Vermilion Bird Gate!" Chen Ying glared at Yun Ke'er and said, "When you get there, you'd better let Senior Ziyue teach you a lesson!"
To be honest, she didn't really trust Ziyue. Letting Ziyue's favorite maid go over there at this time shouldn't pose too much of a danger.
"Oh," Yun Ke'er touched her nose in grievance, feeling that Dean Chen was getting fiercer to her than before.
" Shen Yuan, go to Black Tortoise Gate," Chen Ying instructed. "That Murong Ziyi is no ordinary person. When you go, you must maintain a respectful attitude. Don't try to be strong; it's normal if you can't win. No one will blame you."
"Yes, Dean." Shen Yuan responded, but then frowned and looked up. "The Dean is going to meet Zhang Zhiyun in person?"
"You don't need to worry about that, I won't force myself."
Hearing this, Shen Yuan nodded reluctantly, but then glanced at Chen Yun, who was lying weakly on the ground. "What about him?"
"Stay here. The rest of you go and find the runes as quickly as possible. There are no more opponents now, so White Plain shouldn't attack you. But as before, report back every fifteen minutes. As for Chen Yun, I'll trouble Young Master Su to take care of him for now."
"Don't mention it, thank you so much for saving me, Dean." Su Changqing quickly returned the greeting. Only after everyone had left did he sigh and sit down forlornly next to Chen Yun.
But no one saw that Chen Yun, who was looking down, had a bloodthirsty glint in his eyes.
Inside Chen Yun's body, a voice was still shouting wildly.
"Don't go! Don't go!!!"