Chu Lingwei and Nangong Luo exchanged glances.
Chu Lingwei secretly recalled that if Mu Shuyang's identity was indeed as she suspected, then when had she offended him?
When she entered Bingji Cliff, the only thing she had done related to the Snow Spirit Beast was to help Mei Ji contract that Spirit Snow Beast.
"Second Senior Brother, don't be rash before we confirm."
Chu Lingwei warned Nangong Luo. Mu Shuyang's cultivation was higher than their Master's, and he was not someone they could easily deal with.
"I know." Nangong Luo's expression darkened. Mu Shuyang, he remembered this person.
"Bang."
Suddenly, a large fluctuation of spiritual energy erupted from the Wanfo Sect market.
"It seems like someone is fighting in the Wanfo Sect market." Chu Lingwei's mind stirred, and as she was about to go out, Nangong Luo grabbed her.
"Little Junior Sister, where are you going?"
"Second Senior Brother." Chu Lingwei's heart instantly turned cold, and she looked at her Second Senior Brother pitifully. "I'm not going anywhere, I'll stay here."
She had already disobeyed her Master's orders once. If she made another mistake, she wouldn't be able to leave the Cultivation Academy again when they returned.
"That's more like it." Nangong Luo snorted lightly, thinking that Little Junior Sister's temper needed to be tempered.
Chu Lingwei sent a telepathic message to the Illusion Cat, asking it to go out and see what was happening in the market.
Nangong Luo did not stop the Illusion Cat when it ran out.
A quarter of an hour later.
Spiritual energy fluctuations continued to emanate from the Wanfo Sect market, and Chu Lingwei's heart grew anxious.
Who could have intruded into the Wanfo Sect?
"Why hasn't Master returned yet?" Chu Lingwei was a little anxious. If a cultivator were to fight those ghost cultivators, it would be a disadvantage. "Could Master be in the Wanfo Sect market?"
"No."
Nangong Luo's answer was decisive. If they were to fight, it would only put the cultivators imprisoned in the Wanfo Sect in danger.
A moment later, the Illusion Cat returned.
"Weiwei, it's Mu Shuyang and Mei Ji. They've been discovered." The Illusion Cat's voice was tinged with urgency.
"Weiwei, what happened?" Nangong Luo was eager to know the reason.
"It's Mu Shuyang."
"Their situation is very critical right now," the Illusion Cat said quickly. "If they don't escape, they might be captured."
Chu Lingwei looked at Nangong Luo. Whether Mu Shuyang was an enemy or a friend was uncertain, but Mei Ji was definitely a friend.
"Second Senior Brother, should we help them?" Regardless of whether Mu Shuyang was an enemy or a friend, the best way was to turn him into an ally.
Nangong Luo lowered his eyebrows. Mu Shuyang was very powerful, and it would be a pity if he were captured.
"Let's go and take a look."
Chu Lingwei followed Nangong Luo and quickly arrived at the Wanfo Sect market, where she saw Mu Shuyang and Mei Ji surrounded by several ghost cultivators.
"Second Senior Brother, I'll go and lure them away."
Chu Lingwei quietly retreated, handed an explosive talisman to the Illusion Cat, and had it throw it at the market entrance, then set the city gate on fire.
Two breaths of time.
Explosions echoed from the entrance of the Wanfo Sect market. Half of the ghost cultivators fighting Mu Shuyang and the others turned their attention towards the Wanfo Sect market.
Seeing that only three ghost cultivators remained beside Mei Ji, Chu Lingwei used the Profound Heaven Burning Fire to repel them and quickly left with Mei Ji.
"Chu Lingwei?" Mei Ji sensed Chu Lingwei's aura, and a flicker of joy flashed in her eyes. "I knew you would be here."
"Hurry up and leave here." Chu Lingwei led Mei Ji away from the Wanfo Sect.
"Why are you here?"
Chu Lingwei and Mei Ji found a safe location and stopped.
"Such a big event has happened in the Wanfo Sect; many cultivators will be coming." Mei Ji was not worried about Mu Shuyang at all and looked Chu Lingwei up and down. "Chu Lingwei, I didn't expect your abilities to be so strong."
Breaking through to the Rongtian Realm in such a short time, with strength comparable to the Tongtian Realm, such talent would be a rare elite disciple in any sect.
"Aren't you the same? You could easily enter the Wanfo Sect." Chu Lingwei set up a barrier around them, ensuring they wouldn't be discovered by anyone, and then looked at Mei Ji. "Why are you still with Mu Shuyang?"
Mei Ji's expression became unnatural when she heard Chu Lingwei's words. "His cultivation is so high; even if I don't want him to follow me, there's nothing we can do if he doesn't agree."
"So, when we saw him, he was lying to us?" Chu Lingwei thought of when they saw Mu Shuyang, he had almost frozen to death in the barrier.
Chu Lingwei couldn't help but scoff inwardly. She really didn't understand this kind of powerful being pretending to be weak.
"Yes."
Mei Ji couldn't help but sigh. If she had encountered a cultivator on the verge of death alone, she definitely wouldn't have cared. She saved Mu Shuyang last time entirely because of Chu Lingwei.
Perhaps this was fate.
"Chu Lingwei, why were you surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts in Bingji Cliff?"
"I don't know." Mu Shuyang's face flashed in Chu Lingwei's mind. It was indeed possible that her being surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts was related to him.
"How is that possible?" Mei Ji covered her mouth and giggled. "Weiwei, do you know how cultivators on the Xuantian Continent discuss you being surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts?"
Chu Lingwei felt helpless. She knew very well that cultivators all over the Xuantian Continent believed she had obtained some great treasure or the Snow Spirit Beast's treasure, which was why they had surrounded her.
"I really don't know."
Chu Lingwei's heart sank. If her being surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts was indeed related to Mu Shuyang, no matter how powerful he was, she would get revenge.
"They say you obtained a spiritual treasure that had just emerged in Bingji Cliff." Mei Ji's eyes twinkled with amusement. Whether Chu Lingwei obtained that spiritual treasure or not had nothing to do with her; in any case, that spiritual treasure wouldn't fall into her hands.
"I haven't even seen the spiritual treasure of Bingji Cliff." Chu Lingwei shrugged.
"Really?" Mei Ji was surprised.
"I was trapped under the ice. I was just rescued by my Eldest Senior Brother. I went to look for my father's whereabouts, and then I was inexplicably surrounded by Snow Spirit Beasts. If it weren't for Eldest Senior Brother and the others, I would have perished in Bingji Cliff."
Chu Lingwei's eyes slowly turned cold. Those who wanted her life, she would take their lives first.
Mei Ji had witnessed Chu Lingwei fighting the Snow Spirit Beasts and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat for her. If she had been in that situation, she would have perished there.
"As long as you're alive, that's good."
"You entered the Wanfo Sect, what do you plan to do?" Chu Lingwei looked at the ghost cultivators passing by around them. They walked hurriedly, as if something urgent had happened.
"I want to enter the Buddha's Light Pagoda to save my Master." Mei Ji's expression became serious. Her purpose for being here was to save her Master.
"The Buddha's Light Pagoda is very dangerous."
Mei Ji's eyes were determined. "No matter how dangerous it is, I must go in."
A quarter of an hour later, Nangong Luo appeared.
"Second Senior Brother, how is it over there?" Chu Lingwei had just saved Mei Ji, and Second Senior Brother had gone to help Mu Shuyang.
"He is safe. Let's leave here quickly." Nangong Luo took Chu Lingwei and left the Wanfo Sect.