"Is Senior Brother injured?"
Hearing Second Senior Brother's words, Chu Lingwei's heart tightened. Senior Brother had lost a lot of spiritual power helping her revive the Sacred Tree.
"Why do you always hope Senior Brother is injured every day?" Nangong Luo couldn't help but laugh upon hearing his Junior Sister's worried tone.
"Isn't it?"
"Senior Brother is about to break through to the Tongtian realm." Nangong Luo sighed, truly not understanding what his Junior Sister was thinking.
"Really?"
Chu Lingwei was surprised.
"Of course, it's true. If you don't believe me, you can go to Senior Brother's cave dwelling and ask him yourself." Nangong Luo smiled; his Junior Sister always became confused when it came to Senior Brother.
"Then... I'll pass." Chu Lingwei's sharp gaze fell on Second Senior Brother. If he dared to lie to her, she would... she definitely wouldn't talk to him for a while.
Nangong Luo's smile vanished as he waved his hand, casting a barrier.
"Junior Sister, Mei Ji is no longer a disciple of the Hehuan Sect."
Nangong Luo knew that his Junior Sister had some acquaintance with Chu Lingwei. He spoke, not out of concern for Mei Ji, but for Mu Shuyang by her side.
"Why?" Chu Lingwei recalled meeting Mei Ji earlier and not detecting anything unusual on her. She had been too careless.
"Mei Ji's master has fallen, so she requested to leave." Nangong Luo opened his folding fan, concealing the murderous intent in his eyes. "It was Mu Shuyang who escorted her out of the Hehuan Sect."
Without Mu Shuyang, Mei Ji would not have left the Hehuan Sect alive.
"Second Senior Brother, don't go after them." Chu Lingwei sensed a subtle change in Second Senior Brother's demeanor when he mentioned Mu Shuyang and the others, and advised, "We are not their match right now. Seeking them out is tantamount to seeking death."
"Junior Sister, do I seem so incompetent in your heart?" Nangong Luo closed his fan, a hint of helplessness in his expression. It seemed his unrestrained demeanor had made his Junior Sister doubt him.
"No, I just hope we don't gamble with our lives. Revenge doesn't have to be immediate." If Second Senior Brother went after Mu Shuyang, he would surely be severely injured.
Mu Shuyang was someone even their master was wary of.
Nangong Luo gazed at his Junior Sister for two breaths before looking away and telling her something important, "You've returned from Lingzhou. Do you know there's a standing lake there?"
"I know."
Chu Lingwei nodded. If her father hadn't insisted on her returning early, she would have definitely gone to investigate that lake.
"Then you must know that all spiritual beasts and demons in the world want to claim it for themselves?" A profound smile flashed in Nangong Luo's eyes.
"...I know."
Chu Lingwei suddenly stood up. She suddenly understood why Mei Ji and Mu Shuyang were there. "Their target is that lake!"
"Clever."
"Second Senior Brother, should we go and stop them?" Chu Lingwei couldn't imagine what would happen if Mu Shuyang obtained that lake.
"At this time, he should have already arrived." Nangong Luo looked in the direction of Lingzhou. However, some things were not so easily obtained.
"Second Senior Brother, why would he go there?"
Seeing Second Senior Brother's composed expression, without a hint of worry, Chu Lingwei knew there must be a reason.
"You'll know in due time." Nangong Luo stood up. "Junior Sister, rest well. Second Senior Brother will visit you again another day."
"Second Senior Brother..."
Chu Lingwei stood up, but Second Senior Brother was no longer there. Why did he leave so suddenly?
Just then, a familiar aura appeared, and Chu Lingwei's heart leaped with joy.
"Senior Brother!"
"Weiwei."
Leng Xingzhi, clad in white, had a devastatingly beautiful face, his moist eyes filled with Chu Lingwei.
"Senior Brother." Seeing Senior Brother, Chu Lingwei thought of his help and her nose suddenly turned sore. She threw herself into Leng Xingzhi's arms. "Senior Brother, you're so foolish. Why did you do that?"
Leng Xingzhi gently hugged Chu Lingwei, patting her shoulder. "What I did caused me no harm."
"I don't believe you." Tears trickled down Chu Lingwei's cheeks. Senior Brother's shackles had not yet been removed, and he desperately needed spiritual power.
"Weiwei, I'm telling the truth. I'm about to advance." Leng Xingzhi's eyes were filled with doting affection as he kissed her forehead. "My cultivation is improving, while yours... is regressing."
Chu Lingwei's face darkened. Three people had already told her today that she wasn't working hard enough.
"Senior Brother, my cultivation's regression isn't something I can control." Chu Lingwei pouted. He knew very well why her cultivation was regressing and was still digging at her wound.
"You can control it." Leng Xingzhi reached out and pinched Chu Lingwei's cheek. If she hadn't insisted on reviving the Sacred Tree, her cultivation wouldn't have nearly diminished.
Chu Lingwei didn't answer, leaning against his chest. "Thank you, Senior Brother. I rescued my mother and my clansmen."
"Congratulations." Leng Xingzhi's voice was filled with a smile; he was happy for Chu Lingwei.
Chu Lingwei pulled away from Leng Xingzhi's embrace and looked into his eyes. "I also saw Father."
"Mm."
Leng Xingzhi lowered his head, meeting Weiwei's gaze. Her eyes were filled with persistence and determination.
"Can you tell me now why you are the young master of the Leng family?"
The Leng family had a mortal enmity with the Phoenix clan. Chu Lingwei didn't want to be kept in the dark; she wanted to know the truth.
Leng Xingzhi led Chu Lingwei to sit by the spiritual spring behind the cave dwelling. He directed spiritual energy towards the spring, and sparkling lights, like resurrected stars, danced before them.
"I needed an identity and a place where I could rapidly increase my cultivation. At that time, the Leng family was the most suitable."
"Do the Leng family members know?" Chu Lingwei blinked. Currently, the young master of the Leng family was Leng Xingzhi. Although all the power of the Leng family was in Leng Xingzhi's hands, the patriarch of the Leng family was still alive.
"The Leng family's ancestor knows. He is currently in the Leng family, guarding your Phoenix clan's Sacred Tree." The Leng family's ancestor was their pillar of strength, and it was he who handed over the entire Leng family to Leng Xingzhi.
"Our Sacred Tree." Chu Lingwei's voice was filled with irony upon hearing that the Phoenix clan's Sacred Tree was still in the Leng family's possession. It originally belonged to their Phoenix clan, yet it was in the hands of their enemies.
"Weiwei, the Leng family is entangled with many sects and families," Leng Xingzhi said subtly.
"Do you know, back then, besides the Leng family, who else wanted to destroy the Phoenix clan?" Chu Lingwei's eyes turned cold as she raised her head. The vengeance of the Phoenix clan was also her vengeance, Chu Lingwei's vengeance.
This revenge, she would definitely have.
"If you want to know, it's not difficult." This was why the Phoenix clan leader, Lan Xingning, refused to tell Chu Lingwei. Knowing who it was was easy, but surviving was difficult. "However, it's not the time yet."
Those who wanted to obtain the Sacred Tree had only one reason: to break through to the Dominator realm.