Feng Ming rolled her eyes, who wasn't a divine beast?
"Weiwei, I'll listen to whatever you say." Feng Ming jumped into Chu Lingwei's arms, nuzzling her cheek with a look of obedience.
The Illusory Cat pouted unhappily. It also wanted to be hugged by Weiwei, but it seemed it couldn't win against her in an argument.
How infuriating.
The Illusory Cat was her spirit beast. She couldn't let it stay in the spatial realm forever. Chu Lingwei had it suppress its spiritual power level and transform into the appearance of an ordinary illusory cat.
She generously took it out to eat.
"Junior Sister, is this your contracted spirit beast?"
Leng Xingzhi saw his junior sister walking over with two spirit beasts. Both spirit beasts had a contractual link with junior sister. He chuckled.
"Yes, this is the spirit beast I contracted in the secret realm, the Illusory Cat." Chu Lingwei placed them aside and called the waiter, intending to order some spiritual food for them to eat separately.
If she were eating alone, she would have eaten with them, but now that she was eating with her senior brother, she had to respect him.
"No need, let them eat with us."
Leng Xingzhi asked the waiter to bring bowls and plates for the two little beasts and placed them in front of them.
Upon hearing this, the two little beasts cast happy glances at Leng Xingzhi. The spiritual food on the table was simply too tempting for them.
"Thank you, Senior Brother."
"Eat quickly, see if you like this spiritual food?" Leng Xingzhi picked up a piece of spiritual meat and placed it in Chu Lingwei's bowl. Seeing Chu Lingwei's face stiffen slightly, he picked up a few more pieces of meat and placed them in the two little beasts' bowls.
The two little beasts were very happy with the spiritual feast, and they were incredibly enthusiastic towards Leng Xingzhi. They knew that the benefactor was Weiwei's senior brother.
Nothing happened overnight. Leng Xingzhi led the disciples of the Cultivation Academy back to the academy.
Xuan Xin Sect.
"What on earth is going on?"
Overnight, Chu Chang received over a dozen letters from various major sects, demanding an explanation.
The dates were all set for ten days later. They had definitely planned this long in advance.
"Husband, this matter is my fault."
Su Xianrou looked at her daughter, who was curled up on the bed, trembling, and felt a pang of heartache.
"Even now, you are still indulging her." Chu Chang's eyes were filled with killing intent as he looked sternly at Chu Xiyin. This daughter was becoming increasingly unreliable.
Chu Xiyin was startled by her father's gaze and her body went limp, but she dared not collapse.
She saw killing intent in her father's eyes.
"Husband, this matter is indeed my fault. It was the spiritual artifact I gave Yin'er that had a problem, which is why she contracted a monster."
Su Xianrou gritted her teeth. She understood her husband too well. Anyone who threatened his position, he would eliminate without hesitation.
"Hmph, so stupid. Can't you even distinguish between a divine beast and a monster?" Chu Chang completely rejected this explanation, or rather, after receiving so many letters of condemnation, he had already decided to abandon this daughter.
Su Xianrou felt a wave of sorrow. She had long known her husband's thoughts.
"Husband, Yin'er possesses sacred blood. As long as she is given time, she will surely become a powerful figure of the Xuan Xin Sect."
"Hmph." Chu Chang glanced at Chu Xiyin's current state, missing limbs. She was utterly incapable of achieving anything.
Watching her husband leave, Su Xianrou's heart did not relax. She knew her husband had given up on Yin'er.
"Mother, will Father abandon me?" Chu Xiyin was terrified. She crawled towards Su Xianrou, hugging her mother tightly with her remaining arm.
"No, he's worried about so many sects coming to demand an explanation. No matter what, you are his daughter, connected by blood. He won't abandon you."
Su Xianrou hugged her daughter tightly and closed her eyes. Her daughter would not perish just like this. She was determined to make her rise again.
...
Cultivation Academy.
"Disciple greets Master, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother."
Chu Lingwei, with the two little beasts, arrived at her Master Bei Chenfeng's cave dwelling.
"En, it's good that you're back." Bei Chenfeng looked at his disciple standing before him in good health, with a divine beast by her side. He was very pleased.
The disciple he had taken in was truly excellent.
"Master, this is my spirit beast, the Illusory Cat." My contracted spirit beast is equivalent to my companion.
Bei Chenfeng nodded and took out a red ribbon. "This red ribbon can conceal its aura."
The Illusory Cat saw the gauzy red ribbon, adorned with formations and shimmering with golden light, and was very happy.
"Thank you, Weiwei's Master."
"Master, this is what I obtained in the secret realm. I am giving it to Master and my two senior brothers."
Chu Lingwei took out three jade bottles from her storage bag. The bottle for her master contained six drops of spiritual essence beads, while her two senior brothers each received three drops.
Bei Chenfeng set up a barrier and opened the jade bottle. A wave of pure spiritual energy wafted out, invigorating everyone within the barrier.
"This is..."
Even the well-informed Bei Chenfeng was astonished by the contents of the jade bottle.
The eldest disciple had only told him that Weiwei had gained a lot, but he never expected it to be something that would shock even an old monster like himself.
"I don't know what this is either, I just felt it was a good thing, so I brought it out."
Spiritual essence beads, no doubt, were good things.
"Weiwei, take this back." Bei Chenfeng handed the jade bottle back to Chu Lingwei with a solemn expression. "You cannot absorb this spiritual dew yet. You must wait until after the third realm and absorb it slowly."
Second Senior Brother Nangong Luo and Third Senior Brother Su Yan, seeing their Master return the jade bottle, quickly returned their own bottles to their junior sister.
Such a thing that even their Master was concerned about was too precious for them to accept.
"Master, Second Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, these are gifts for you. I actually have some more. You must accept them." Chu Lingwei presented the jade bottles to Bei Chenfeng. "Master, this is what your disciple respectfully offers you. Please accept it."
Bei Chenfeng's eyes twitched upon hearing Chu Lingwei say she had more. How many spiritual essence beads had she obtained? To give him six drops at once! One drop could help a person in the Heaven-Through-Heaven realm ascend to the Supreme realm.
Thinking of his Master who was in secluded cultivation, Bei Chenfeng's thoughts stirred.
"Master, please fulfill your disciple's filial piety." Seeing that Bei Chenfeng did not move, Chu Lingwei continued.
"Alright." Bei Chenfeng was a man of flexibility. He accepted it, and would protect Weiwei wholeheartedly from now on. "Take this."
Chu Lingwei rejoiced and accepted the storage bag.
Seeing that even their Master had accepted, Nangong Luo and Su Yan also accepted.
Thinking of the precious items in the jade bottles, their hearts burned. This could be considered a treasure for themselves, as well as for their families.
Without a doubt, Chu Lingwei gained many good things from her two senior brothers.
Returning to her own cave dwelling, Chu Lingwei set up a barrier and entered the spatial realm with the two little beasts.
Suddenly, an even more potent spatial power wafted towards her, and at the same time, the changes in the spatial realm stunned her.