Maybe They're Afraid of Getting Shocked

A pair of pale cyan, translucent wings held Yun Yun aloft above the Misty Cloud Sect.

Yun Yun gazed down at the Misty Cloud Sect with her beautiful pale cyan eyes.

The first thing she saw was a conspicuous crater in the sect's plaza. A single glance was enough to tell that it had been smashed into the ground by some enormous rod-shaped object.

Looking over the rest of the Misty Cloud Sect, she saw that everyone wearing the sect's robes was lying on the ground, unable to move for some unknown reason.

Two young men and a little girl stood in the center of the plaza, while the older generation of the Jia Ma Empire's experts stood around the perimeter.

The scene was rather bizarre. Yun Yun's pretty face turned deathly pale, and her graceful willow-leaf brows knitted slightly.

"Xiao Qi, that Dou Emperor who came out of the Jia Ma Imperial Capital earlier is back."

"From the looks of it, she's the Misty Cloud Sect's leader."

Sun Qi looked up at Yun Yun, and at the same moment, her gaze happened to meet hers.

"A Three-Star Dou Emperor? Her strength is quite good, but her bearing is somewhat lacking." Yao Chen studied her carefully before offering a fairly impartial assessment.

The moment the members of the Misty Cloud Sect saw Yun Yun appear, they were both startled and delighted.

They were delighted that their sect leader had returned, but startled because there was a Dou Zong expert on the other side. Her return would only mean throwing her life away too.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Yan, if we leave the Misty Cloud Sect intact, will they go after Xiao Yan and his clan once we've left?"

"Why don't we just kill them all and pull the weeds out by the roots?"

Hearing Yao Chen's words, Xiao Yan was startled. He hadn't expected his teacher to be so ruthless.

But after giving it some thought, he felt his teacher had a point.

"Junior brother, if you ask me, you might as well move your clan straight to the Black-Corner Region. This place is so poor that your clan has no prospects for development here."

"They can enjoy Jia Nan Academy's protection there, and take over the foundation I established there as well."

Hearing Sun Qi's idea, Xiao Yan thought it sounded good too. He was going to join Jia Nan Academy anyway, and his clan would be there to support him while he was at the academy.

With such a good opportunity, Xiao Yan naturally wouldn't refuse. "All right!"

"Then let's go back and make preparations now!"

Xiao Yan had long since grown tired of staying in Wutan City, a place where even birds wouldn't shit. It was far more carefree out in the wider world.

The system reward had already arrived, so Sun Qi naturally couldn't be bothered with the Misty Cloud Sect anymore.

Most importantly, Protector Wu had disappeared, leaving him unable to complete his mission. He needed to use the Misty Cloud Sect as bait.

Yun Ling and the others had long since lost their earlier high spirits. Seeing that Xiao Yan and the others weren't going to kill them, they secretly rejoiced.

Looks like we'll live.

The Misty Cloud Sect's dignity was important, but faced with a Dou Zong expert, Yun Ling chose to bow his head for now.

The old sect leader had reportedly slipped away to seek an opportunity to break through to Dou Zong. Once he succeeded, Yun Ling would lead people to raze the Xiao Clan and wash away this humiliation!

While Yun Ling was plotting, Yun Yun appeared before Sun Qi and his two companions.

"Why did you launch such a rash attack on my Misty Cloud Sect?"

Yun Yun held her personal sword, clearly unwilling to let Sun Qi leave so easily without an explanation.

"Woman, I'm in a hurry and can't be bothered to fight you. Ask the people in your own sect what happened, and you'll find out."

With that, Sun Qi picked up Xiao Yan and flew into the sky without looking back.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yun Yun immediately prepared to stop him.

Just then, Nalan Yanran suddenly called out to Yun Yun, "Teacher!"

Hearing Nalan Yanran's voice, Yun Yun turned instinctively and saw her staring intently at her and shaking her head, signaling her not to pursue them.

Though she was somewhat puzzled, the three had been able to bring such a great calamity upon the Misty Cloud Sect, so they clearly possessed extraordinary means.

In the end, she chose not to pursue them and went to check whether her disciple was all right first.

Only after seeing Sun Qi and his companions disappear into the distance did Nalan Yanran dare to speak.

"Teacher, I'm sorry...!" She suddenly knelt before Yun Yun, tears swirling in her eyes.

"What on earth happened? Why is the Misty Cloud Sect like this?"

Seeing how many questions Yun Yun had, Nalan Jie stepped forward and explained the whole story to her...

"Senior brother, are you going to Jia Nan Academy with me next?"

Sun Qi shook his head. "No, I still have things to do. You can go with Teacher."

Looking at the disciple who had grown capable of standing on his own, Yao Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"Little Yanzi, your senior brother is going out to temper himself. I'll go with you to Jia Nan Academy first and help you subdue the Fallen Heart Flame."

"Xiao Qi, be careful while you're out tempering yourself. I'll wait for you to return at Starfall Pavilion."

Qingshan Town, in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Although it lay on the outskirts of the Jia Ma Empire, the place was full of life.

Amid the clamor filling the streets, a convoy traveled along the packed-earth road toward the edge of town.

"Xiao Yi Xian! It's Xiao Yi Xian!"

At the front of the convoy, a graceful young woman sat upright on a carriage.

Her appearance drew the attention of everyone on the street.

Who in all of Qingshan Town didn't know that Xiao Yi Xian was beautiful, kindhearted, and skilled in medicine?

On the Dou Qi Continent, alchemists were exceedingly rare and valuable, but in the eyes of these low-ranking mercenary groups, physicians were the best value for their money.

Thus, Xiao Yi Xian, who was highly skilled in medicine, was naturally well loved by the mercenary groups.

Xiao Yi Xian nodded politely at the crowd from her carriage.

"Sun Qi, have these people never seen a woman before? Why are they making such a fuss the moment they see her?"

Hearing the little loli beside him ask, Sun Qi replied casually, "There are two reasons: one is their own interests, and the other is her beauty."

Zi Yan, who was in the middle of losing her baby teeth, was unhappy at that.

"Beauty? Aren't I pretty? Why isn't anyone looking at me?"

As she spoke, Zi Yan proudly lifted her chin and stuck out her chest as far as she could.

"Maybe it's because you're too young. They're afraid of getting shocked."

"What? Do I look that young? She doesn't look much older!"

Though those words sounded hurtful, they were the truth.

"All right, all right. We're only stopping here for a rest. We have to get moving again soon."

With that, Sun Qi turned and led Zi Yan toward an inn in the distance.

He glanced back at Xiao Yi Xian's receding figure, turning things over in his mind.

This young girl had the Woeful Poison Body. If she was nurtured well, she had the potential to reach at least Dou Zun.

He could consider coaxing her back to Starfall Pavilion.

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The Magical Beast Mountain Range was very dark at night, and all kinds of magical beasts chose this time to come out and hunt for food.

It was precisely because the mercenary groups knew the habits of these magical beasts that they chose this time to set out and hunt them.

At the edge of a cliff, a young woman in a purple dress stood looking down.

"This should be the place. I'll tie a rope and climb down."

In the darkness, the young woman took a hemp rope she had prepared in advance from her waist and carefully tied it to a tree trunk at the cliff's edge.

She tugged on it, and only after making sure it was secure did she toss the rope down.