Chapter 670 - 330: Senior Sister’s Nemesis
Chapter 670: Chapter 330: Senior Sister’s Nemesis
One month later.
Zhenyang Sect’s mountain gate.
Ye Xiyue, Su Xin, Wei Wan, Lin Qingchou, Fang Xue, He Zhiqiu, Ruo Mei, He Su, Lan Yin, and Xu Caihe stood in front of the mountain gate, surrounded by countless disciples of Zhenyang Sect seeing them off.
The Immortal Ascension Ceremony would begin in five days, and besides the ten disciples attending the ceremony, accompanying them were Tantai Mingyue and the peak masters of the other four peaks.
At this time, Tantai Mingyue was giving instructions to the disciples, with Leng Jing standing behind her, expression stern but eyes hiding gentleness.
Zhang Zheng and Chen Yunfeng had dispirited expressions; being peak masters, they were embarrassed after losing to He Zhiqiu and Ruo Mei in the sect competition.
If it weren’t mandatory for all peak masters to accompany them, they would have hidden away in retreat long ago.
Chen Yunfeng, looking rather ashamed, stood behind Tantai Mingyue, speaking to Chun Ningzhi beside him:
"Ningzhi, the three of us truly are unworthy as peak masters!"
Chun Ningzhi, like him, had lost to Lin Qingchou, a mere steward disciple, a considerable upset. Yet, at this moment, Chun Ningzhi appeared calm, without any sign of dismay.
He even looked at Lin Qingchou in the field with a tender expression.
Chen Yunfeng was surprised, exchanged a glance with Zhang Zheng.
Isn’t Junior Brother Chun keen on Junior Sister Ye?
Could it be he’s developed feelings for Lin Qingchou through hardship?
Tantai Mingyue delivered words of encouragement, and the group prepared to set off.
"Caihe, wait for me!"
Zhou Ling’Er trotted over from behind:
"I’m going with you!"
Xu Caihe was surprised, looked at Tantai Mingyue, and saw the Deputy Sect Leader nod slightly. Xu Caihe immediately understood, Zhou Ling’Er’s father was the patriarch of the Zhou family in Zhenlian City, and the Deputy Sect Leader was giving face to the Zhou family.
"Haha, Ling’Er, you are such a well-connected person!"
Xu Caihe teased with a grin, holding Zhou Ling’Er’s hand.
At this moment, a loud cry echoed from above, and a Phoenix Bird Beast flew down from Divinity Transformation Peak, carrying a maid in plain attire on its back.
The Phoenix Bird Beast landed beside Qin Gengyun, who rode on its back, sitting behind Yun Wu.
"Xiaowu is going too?"
Xu Caihe, surprised again, looked at Tantai Mingyue, but the Deputy Sect Leader still wore a permissive expression, while Zhou Ling’Er whispered:
"Xiaowu is Senior Brother He’s maid, and Huang is his pet, they are also well-connected."
"Goo!" The Phoenix Bird Beast immediately squawked at Zhou Ling’Er, seemingly displeased by the term "pet."
"Alright, let’s go."
At Tantai Mingyue’s command, everyone took off on swords or mounted beasts, flying westward.
One day later.
Approaching the border between Eastern Cultivator and West Imperial, lightning flashed in the distance, a few figures flew in, led by a rugged voice that laughed aloud:
"Sect Leader Tantai, long time no see!"
Tantai Mingyue stood on her flying sword, cupping her hands: "Sect Leader Su."
"Junior Sister Tantai, still as elegant and beautiful as ever, why don’t we become Dao companions and keep the Thunder Sword Sect and Zhenyang Sect in good terms for generations?"
Su Longxiang, laughing heartily, flew closer, followed by his senior disciple Ming Hu, elder Huang Kezhou, Su Qingfeng, and the ten disciples participating in the Immortal Ascension Ceremony.
This guy wants to marry every beauty he meets, and facing Tantai Mingyue, he wore the same leery expression.
Leng Jing’s expression turned cold, but Tantai Mingyue gestured to stop him, smiling at Su Longxiang:
"Sect Leader Su jests. I heard you recently proposed to Fairy Yunqin of the Feiyun Sect and were rejected?"
Su Longxiang laughed: "It was my daughter who didn’t like it, not that I couldn’t marry."
"Junior Sister Su, long time no see, did you miss me?"
Ming Hu emerged from behind, greeting Su Xin with joy, surprising everyone as they looked at Su Xin.
"Senior Brother Ming."
Su Xin’s cheeks reddened, she glared at Ming Hu.
Ming Hu rubbed his head with a foolish laugh, thinking to himself, Junior Sister Su even glared at me, haha, how delightful!
Huang Kezhou stepped forward, greeting Tantai Mingyue: "Sect Leader Tantai, since we parted at Celestial Ridge Mountain, I didn’t expect you’d reach the Nascent Soul Peak, congratulations."
Everyone looked at Huang Kezhou with complex expressions.
Speaking of him, even in the deceitful and treacherous Righteous Path circles, he’s quite a controversial figure.
Twenty years ago, Huang Kezhou was just an ordinary disciple in the Thunder Sword Sect, tasked with infiltrating a village below Cyan Lotus Mountain to gather intelligence on the Demon Sect.
He encountered a beast tide and narrowly escaped death, saved by Chun Hongtang, the senior sister of the Cyan Lotus Sect.
Chun Hongtang, seeing that he had saved several villagers, knowingly let him go despite knowing he belonged to the Thunder Sword Sect.
Over ten years, Huang Kezhou became one of the elders of the Thunder Sword Sect and conspired with elders Su Qingfeng and Xu Zhenqian to ambush Chun Hongtang, ultimately killing her.
This betrayal shocked many people.
"Is this the righteous path wolf?"
"Tsk tsk, who knew someone so young could already be so ungrateful."
"Shh, keep it down, he’s credited with killing a demon!"
Xu Caihe and Zhou Ling’Er had naturally heard of Huang Kezhou’s reputation. Seeing him greet them, they couldn’t help but whisper.
Before Tantai Mingyue could respond, a cold snort came from among the Thunder Sword Sect’s disciples:
"Shameless!"
Everyone turned to see Su Hongling sitting on a hammer, looking at Huang Kezhou with disdain.
Her straightforward nature disdained Huang Kezhou’s vile actions.
Huang Kezhou, however, didn’t care, still smiling: "Junior Sister Su and I have different ways of handling things, I’m sure Sect Leader Tantai will excuse us for that."
As soon as he finished speaking, his body trembled as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Tantai Mingyue asked: "Taoist Friend Huang, what’s wrong?"
"Noth... nothing."
Huang Kezhou barely smiled, hurriedly stepping aside, his gaze suspiciously scanning the disciples of Zhenyang Sect, his confusion growing.
Moments ago, he suddenly felt a frightfully cold intent that almost froze his soul.
But the intent vanished as quickly as it came, and despite his search, he couldn’t find its source.
He was astonished, since when did Zhenyang Sect have such a terrifying figure?
"My dear."
Qin Gengyun held Qiu Zhihe’s trembling hand, calming it down, but Qiu Zhihe still stared intensely at Huang Kezhou’s back, her eyes full of killing intent.
Three people killed her senior sister: Huang Kezhou, Su Qingfeng, and Xu Zhenqian.
Xu Zhenqian was already dead in a fake relic of Cyan Lotus Sect, and Su Qingfeng was an enemy, requiring death in compensation.
But Huang Kezhou’s betrayal marked him as her sister’s greatest enemy, he must not die easily.
Qin Gengyun looked at Qiu Zhihe’s pale face, softly saying: "My dear, I know what you’re thinking, don’t rush it, I’ll help you."
Qiu Zhihe was startled, she turned to look at him, Qin Gengyun smiling gently, his gaze deep.
In his pupils, Qiu Zhihe saw herself, and that uncontainable killing intent within her gradually calmed, meeting Qin Gengyun’s gaze deeply.
"Hey, you there, pretending not to see me?"
The warm atmosphere between the couple was disrupted as Su Hongling flew over on a hammer, pointing at Qiu Zhihe:
"I’m at Half-Step Divinity Transformation, are you scared? Wahaha!"