"When did Master set up the barrier?" Chu Lingwei had no awareness of the barrier being set up.
"The moment you were sent to the cave mansion," the phantom cat said with its head lowered. The barrier almost appeared at the same time as Chu Lingwei.
"Didn't Feng Ming go out?"
She had just asked Feng Ming to inquire about when their Master and the others would depart for the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect. This barrier had not stopped her.
"Feng Ming and I cannot leave the Spiritual Cultivation Academy. There is another barrier outside."
Chu Lingwei walked to the barrier and tried to step out. As soon as she touched it, her body was repelled.
"It's useless. This barrier was personally set up by Master. Few people in the entire Xuan Tian Continent can break it," the phantom cat said upon seeing Chu Lingwei attempt to break the barrier.
Chu Lingwei: "..."
"How could Master do this?" The barrier extinguished all of Chu Lingwei's hopes.
She took out a sound transmission talisman and sent messages to her three senior brothers respectively.
An hour later, there was no response at all.
Chu Lingwei: "..." Were they not going to pay attention to her?
"Second Senior Brother, come quickly." Chu Lingwei refused to believe it and sent another transmission.
"Eldest Senior Brother, please come and see your little sister." Chu Lingwei was on the verge of tears. These people were so unfeeling.
"Third Senior Brother, you are leaving, is there anything you want to entrust?"
Chu Lingwei lay on the lounge chair, gazing at the beautiful immortal scenery outside the cave mansion, completely devoid of mood.
"Weiwei, the senior brothers are all gone." Feng Ming flew back to the cave mansion. She had searched the entire Wuhui Mountain and found no one, not even a spirit beast seemed to have disappeared.
Chu Lingwei turned her head, glanced at Feng Ming, and sighed, "Forget it, I've been abandoned."
Feng Ming's eyes widened. Just as she was about to speak, the phantom cat covered her mouth.
"Weiwei, why don't we just stay in the academy and cultivate?" Master didn't want them to go, and none of the senior brothers spoke up for them. Now, this was the only option.
Chu Lingwei closed her eyes and did not answer.
The more Master acted like this, the more she wanted to leave.
Five days later, Chu Lingwei felt the barrier of the cave mansion shake.
"Little Junior Sister." Nangong Luo stood at the entrance with a smile.
"Second Senior Brother, where have you been these past few days?" Chu Lingwei walked to the barrier, separated from Nangong Luo by the barrier, feeling extremely dejected. She never expected to be trapped in her own cave mansion one day.
Nangong Luo coughed awkwardly, "I had some insights these past few days, so I was concentrating on them."
Chu Lingwei looked at her second senior brother, who wasn't even trying to cover his lie.
"Then you came to see me today? Have your insights yielded results?"
"Yes," Nangong Luo nodded, standing by the barrier without taking a step closer. "Little Junior Sister, you stay in the cave mansion and cultivate. Second Senior Brother will visit you again another day."
"Second Senior Brother, are you all leaving?" Hearing this, Chu Lingwei knew that her second senior brother was likely going with their Master and the others to the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect. Her footsteps involuntarily moved forward, only to be repelled by the barrier.
Nangong Luo sighed when he saw his little junior sister like this. "Little Junior Sister, our journey ahead is dangerous. You stay in the academy with peace of mind. We will return safely."
"Second Senior Brother, wait." Chu Lingwei knew that Master would not take her with them this time. "I've prepared some things for you."
Chu Lingwei took out a storage bag, projected it with spiritual energy, and placed it in Nangong Luo's hand. "I hope these can help you."
Nangong Luo looked at the three storage bags, knowing that they were for himself, the third junior brother, and Master. His heart warmed, and he nodded, "Thank you, Junior Sister."
Watching Nangong Luo leave without looking back, Chu Lingwei could only stand inside the barrier and watch his receding figure.
"Feng Ming, go see if Second Senior Brother and the others have left," Chu Lingwei said to Feng Ming, who was standing beside her.
"Okay." Feng Ming chased after Nangong Luo's figure and left.
Chu Lingwei sat back on the lounge chair, looking at the scenery of Wuhui Mountain. The view was still the same, but now it seemed much more solitary.
The phantom cat crouched beside Chu Lingwei, sensing that Weiwei was not happy at all.
"Weiwei, what do we do now?"
"What else can we do? Eldest Senior Brother wouldn't even come to see me," Chu Lingwei snorted. "Since Eldest Senior Brother doesn't want to see me, we won't see him anymore either."
Pretending not to see her transmission talisman. Fine, then in the future, he wouldn't see her either.
Leng Xingzhi: "..."
The phantom cat pursed its lips, not daring to speak.
A moment later, Feng Ming rushed back.
"Weiwei, Master has left the Spiritual Cultivation Academy with Second Senior Brother and the others."
"Mm, I know." Chu Lingwei closed her eyes, her voice indifferent.
"Weiwei..." Feng Ming glanced at the phantom cat. Weiwei was too calm.
The phantom cat made a "shushing" gesture. The few of them stood in the cave mansion in silence.
For three consecutive days, Chu Lingwei sat in the courtyard of the cave mansion, watching the sun rise and set. "So, the scenery of Wuhui Mountain is this beautiful."
"Weiwei, how about I go and try to find another way?" The phantom cat had been trying to find a solution for these three days, but with its current cultivation, it was impossible to open the barrier.
"No need. Let's go cultivate." Chu Lingwei stood up and cast a barrier, sealing her cave mansion.
Chu Lingwei brought the phantom cat and the others back to the cave mansion, a smile on her lips. They mustn't forget that she had two powerful beings and one supreme realm cultivator in her space. Opening this barrier wouldn't be difficult.
"Uncle-Master Li Chen."
"Weiwei, have you made up your mind?" Li Chen, who was in the space, confirmed again.
"Yes, I want to go to the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect."
Uncle-Master Li Chen had stayed in the Spiritual Cultivation Academy for a thousand years and was very familiar with their Master. As long as he told her how to break this barrier, it would be fine.
"Alright."
After Li Chen told Chu Lingwei the method to break the barrier, Chu Lingwei summoned Shui Yi.
Master was a supreme realm cultivator, and Shui Yi was also one. As long as they knew the method to break the barrier, it wouldn't be difficult to break this one.
"Shui Yi, find a way to break this barrier." Chu Lingwei wasn't in a hurry to have Shui Yi break the barrier; she had to give her some time.
"Yes."
In the following days, Shui Yi attempted to break the barrier, while Chu Lingwei cultivated in the cave mansion.
"Weiwei, can Shui Yi really break Master's barrier?" Feng Ming asked suspiciously as she saw the phantom cat constantly following Shui Yi.
"She definitely can." Chu Lingwei sat by the spiritual spring, gazing at the spiritual energy emanating from it, and said casually.
The Ten Thousand Buddha Sect was controlled by the Ghost Realm. It must be extremely dangerous at this time. It was even possible that the ghost cultivators had already planted spies in the major sects. Their Master and the others were even more perilous.
"What is the ultimate goal of the Ghost Realm doing this?" Chu Lingwei couldn't help but murmur. The ultimate goal of plundering was always to obtain more resources. What could ghost cultivators gain from the Xuan Tian Continent?