“Chu Tianle, what are you doing?” Xia Yu Le looked at his teammate, who had been listless since yesterday, and pouted. “What’s wrong with you? Ever since you came to Shen Qi, you haven’t been in good form.”
Chu Tianle perked up and replied, “I was thinking about the task Elder Mo assigned us.”
As soon as he said this, Xia Yu Le and the others also deflated.
A muscular man behind Xia Yu Le grumbled, “Elder Mo wants us to place that… thing in the area with the most abundant spiritual energy in the Huan Yu Secret Realm. But we’ve been wandering in this secret realm for days, and we haven’t even seen a trace of spiritual energy.”
It was unclear if their Ying Wu Continent was incompatible with the Huan Yu Secret Realm. Everything had been extremely bumpy from departure to entering the secret realm. First, they were disciplined by the mysterious green-clothed cultivator from the Shen Qi minor world, then humiliated by Long Zi Ning from the Moon Star middle world, and then intercepted by people from the Purple Yellow middle world using magical artifacts. As a result, they became the last group to enter the secret realm.
“Exactly—Who’s there!” Xia Yu Le suddenly raised his voice, and the others also looked forward vigilantly.
Just then, the dry yellow leaves in front rustled, and six people walked out. Two women and four men. The leading male cultivator was precisely the person they had been repeatedly instructed to eliminate before departing.
“Yun Bu Luo!” Xia Yu Le said coldly. “Young Master Yun Qi, why are you following us? Are you trying to provoke a war between Yun Shen Continent and Ying Wu Continent?”
Yun Bu Luo’s baby face slightly sank, but before he could speak, someone else spoke before him, “Fellow Daoist, you worry too much. Seventh Brother is just bringing me to meet my old friends.”
Xia Yu Le looked over and saw that the speaker was the arrogant female cultivator in the middle of their team. The female cultivator lifted her chin and looked at Chu Tianle in their team with an imperious gaze, sneering, “Chu Tianle, aren’t you going to say hello?”
“Who are you? Do you know Chu Tianle?” Xia Yu Le asked, confused.
He remembered Chu Tianle saying that he was brought to Tian Wu City alone by Elder Tang Qiao. He had no relatives or friends in Chong Yuan.
Yun You Yue let out another scoff. Yun Ya and Yun Hai behind her said sternly, “How dare you! This is the Nineteenth Miss of our Yun family. Show some respect!”
“Nineteenth Miss? When did the Yun family have another Nineteenth Miss? Isn’t your Yun family most famous for its Eighteenth Miss?” Xia Yu Le muttered.
He didn’t notice that while he was speaking, another woman next to Yun You Yue’s expression changed slightly.
Yun You Yue, however, felt quite pleased and said with a smile, “Chu Tianle, didn’t your Shen Qi Academy say that I am a traitor to the academy? Why, as a student of the academy, are you not attacking me when you see me?”
Yun You Yue watched Chu Tianle’s face suddenly turn pale and unsightly with great satisfaction, her smile becoming even more dazzling.
She said to Xia Yu Le and the others, “You don’t know yet, do you? The teammate beside you is actually from the Shen Qi minor world. Aren’t you wondering why you’ve gained nothing after walking for so long? It’s because Chu Tianle had already revealed your whereabouts!”
“Chu Tianle! Is what she said true?” Xia Yu Le turned around angrily and looked at Chu Tianle.
In fact, although Xia Yu Le was very angry, he didn’t really believe that Chu Tianle would have revealed their location information to others. Instead, he was angry that Chu Tianle had hidden his origins from his good friend.
But as soon as Xia Yu Le saw Chu Tianle’s expression, his heart sank.
Chu Tianle tightly clenched his great saber, his finger bones clearly defined, but his voice was as indifferent as ever, “So what?”
He suddenly drew his saber and charged at Yun You Yue. “Yun You Yue, you poisoned your father and aunt, betrayed the academy, colluded with demons, and harmed the common people of the world. What are you so proud of?”
Chu Tianle’s saber was like him, silent and heavy, like a silent, unmoving mountain, yet it carried a firm and powerful resolve.
The blade flew towards them, but before it could touch Yun You Yue, it was repelled by a powerful spiritual light!
“How dare you attack my Yun family’s young lady in front of my Yun family members? Do you think I, Yun Bu Luo, am dead?” Yun Bu Luo said coldly, his baby face stern.
Chu Tianle staggered back a few steps and stopped. He said indifferently, “If the Yun family even protects someone like this, what’s the difference between the Yun family and the dead?”
“Fellow Daoist, please don’t bring innocent people from our Yun family into this,” the female cultivator next to Yun You Yue said with a snort.
“Yun Piaopiao!” Yun Bu Luo reprimanded her sharply.
Yun Piaopiao, who was also the Eighteenth Miss of the Yun family, said with dissatisfaction, “Seventh Brother, what do you want me to do? In my opinion, this young cultivator is not making baseless accusations. Yun You Yue’s background has always been suspicious. Now someone is testifying about her past wrongdoings, proving that she is not a good person at all. Do you acknowledge someone like this as a member of the Yun family?”
Yun Piaopiao had been holding back this anger for a long time.
Ever since this person arrived at the Yun family, her second sister and seventh brother, who originally doted on her, had gradually paid less attention to her, always surrounding this woman. But this woman was clearly not a good person!
Yet, she had told her second sister and seventh brother many times, but both of them thought she was just being childish and making a fuss, only scolding her.
“I don’t care, anyway, I just don’t accept this slander! I, Yun Piaopiao, don’t think Yun You Yue is a good person!” Yun Piaopiao turned around and ran away!
“Yun Ya, Yun Hai, go and see quickly,” Yun Bu Luo pursed his lips, instructing the other two to follow. He then said to Chu Tianle, “Apologize to You Yue.”
Chu Tianle said coldly, “Dream on!”
Did Yun You Yue deserve it?
Yun Bu Luo’s gaze turned cold, and he drew his sword, about to make a move, when he heard Yun You Yue say, “Seventh Brother, let’s go and see Piaopiao first.”
Yun You Yue glanced down at Chu Tianle condescendingly, then, without further ado, took Yun Bu Luo and left.
The two arrived suddenly and left just as abruptly. Xia Yu Le and the others were stunned for a moment.
The muscular man said, “Xia Yu Le, Chu Tianle betrayed us. How do you think he should be dealt with?”
Before Xia Yu Le could speak, the other cultivators said, “Naturally, we should kill him directly. After all, Elder Mo said—”
“Pfft!” Before he could finish, a saber slit his throat, shattering his nascent soul, and he instantly perished.
“Chu Tianle!” Xia Yu Le’s eyes turned red, and he looked at Chu Tianle in disbelief. “You… you…”
“Do you know what Mo Qing Que did in the Shen Qi minor world? Do you know what impact the task that Ying Wu Continent assigned to you will have on the Huan Yu Secret Realm?” Chu Tianle sighed softly, closed his eyes, “Yu Le, we are not on the same path.”
He opened his eyes again, drew his saber, and charged at Xia Yu Le. The others wanted to go forward to help, but then they saw a seductive wind blow past, and a clear phoenix cry sounded. A man with a seductive appearance, holding a peacock fan, suddenly appeared, blocking the others. At the same time, a bald Buddhist cultivator walked barefoot, chanting Buddhist scriptures, and behind him, a rough middle-aged male cultivator carrying a saber rushed forward.