"Okay, I'll wait for you here." An Tao understood and nodded in agreement.
The man stood in the back of the mountain for a moment, looked around, and then turned to enter the barrier.
With the help of the phantom cat, Chu Lingwei followed the man into the barrier.
After entering the barrier, Chu Lingwei turned around and saw An Tao standing in the original spot. She could no longer see herself at this moment.
"Weiwei, the situation here seems more terrifying than we imagined," the phantom cat's voice came, tinged with anxiety.
"I know." Chu Lingwei nodded. As soon as she entered this place, she had already sensed it. The dense spiritual energy was even more concentrated than that of Wuhui Mountain at their Spiritual Cultivation School.
Yet, this was just an ordinary mountain, with no spiritual veins or immortal sites.
There was only one possibility: the spiritual energy here was all man-made.
"You must be careful." The phantom cat paced anxiously in the space, repeatedly urging, "Weiwei, why don't you enter the space now? We can send a message to Master, asking him to come and save us quickly."
"I haven't gone in yet, what are you afraid of?" Chu Lingwei followed the man, and the two walked slowly, reaching the mountainside.
The man quickly recited a spell, and a cave entrance appeared before Chu Lingwei.
Following the man into the cave for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the cave became larger and the decorations inside more luxurious.
"Have you found the person?"
Chu Lingwei followed the man to a place resembling a flower hall. A masked woman sat at the head, holding a scepter, her eyes as cold as a viper's.
"No," the man replied respectfully.
The woman snorted and slammed her scepter heavily onto the ground, causing the entire cave to tremble.
"Who are they?"
"One is An Tao, a direct disciple of Lei Hongyang from the Divine Concealment Sect, and the other is Chu Lingwei, a direct disciple of Bei Chenfeng from the Spiritual Cultivation Academy." The man accurately stated Chu Lingwei and An Tao's identities.
Chu Lingwei was startled. They knew her identity, yet they were not afraid of the Spiritual Cultivation Academy.
"Bei Chenfeng?" The woman murmured Bei Chenfeng's name and then burst into laughter, "I didn't expect him to take a woman as a disciple."
This woman knew Master.
"Bei Chenfeng? Good, you actually broke your promise." As her laughter ended, a fierce glint flashed in the woman's eyes, "Since your disciple has delivered herself to my doorstep, then do not blame me. You shouldn't have female disciples."
Chu Lingwei's heart skipped a beat. This woman wanted to kill her.
It seemed she had a connection with Master, and Master must know her.
"Miss Hong, we cannot find them at the moment. We are worried that if they escape, they will..." The man cautiously looked at the woman sitting at the head, his voice extremely measured.
"Hmph, have you never heard of Chu Lingwei? She could easily defeat Su Xianrou. Now, two years have passed, her cultivation should have improved considerably."
Miss Hong stood up, her viper-like eyes fixed on the man, "Tell me, what would such a person do?"
"She won't leave easily." The man frowned. If they had identified them earlier, they would never have bothered them.
The Spiritual Cultivation Academy was not something they could deal with.
"Yes, therefore, she must not be allowed to leave Jinyang City." Miss Hong's gaze fixed in the direction of Jinyang City, her thin lips slowly curling into a smile. Her dull days finally had a touch of color.
"Miss Hong, how shall we find her?"
"No need to find her, let her find us." Miss Hong smiled. She was eager to see how much talent Chu Lingwei possessed to make Bei Chenfeng take her as a disciple.
The man slightly lowered his eyelids, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. Once Miss Hong made a move, there would be no problem.
Chu Lingwei stood still. This Miss Hong exuded a strange spiritual energy, unlike any she had ever encountered.
It was not ghost energy, nor demonic energy, nor was it from a demon.
It was extremely eerie.
"You may leave," Miss Hong waved her hand and returned to her seat, her eyes never leaving the entrance of the cave dwelling.
"Weiwei, don't move."
Just as Chu Lingwei was about to leave with the man, Yu Qinghong's voice came from the space, making Chu Lingwei dare not be careless.
"What is it? Grandpa Yu?"
"This woman is very strange. You cannot move right now."
On that day, Yuchuan and Zhuo Yu rushed to Bohai Forest, determined to capture Yu Qinghong. Yu Qinghong had already resigned himself to death and was taken into the space by Chu Lingwei.
Therefore, there was no trace of Yu Qinghong in the entire Bohai Forest.
"She should sense your presence," Yu Qinghong's voice echoed again, startling Chu Lingwei.
This woman was so powerful.
"Weiwei, don't be afraid. If she dares to harm you, I will help you." The phantom cat's expression was solemn. If this woman dared to harm Chu Lingwei, he would use his divine beast blood to injure her spiritual veins.
"Don't act rashly," Chu Lingwei transmitted a message to the space, focusing all her attention on Miss Hong.
Miss Hong sat on her seat like a queen, her eyes filled with disdain for everything, and let out a soft laugh.
"Chu Lingwei!"
Chu Lingwei's heart sank. She could feel the woman's powerful cultivation but could not determine her stage, or perhaps her cultivation method did not belong to human cultivation, the ghost path, the demon realm, or the beast tribes.
In short, this was a formidable woman.
"Chu Lingwei, since you're here, let me have a look at you." Miss Hong's gaze instantly became sharp, and a dark spiritual energy shot towards Chu Lingwei.
Chu Lingwei's face changed in surprise. The Bingyu Saishuang Sword in her hand flew out, blocking the attack.
Wuhui Mountain.
Leng Xingzhi, who was standing beside Bei Chenfeng, suddenly changed his expression.
"Junior sister is in danger."
Bei Chenfeng waved his right hand in front of him, and a Bagua divination disc appeared. Seeing Chu Lingwei's life line flickering, Bei Chenfeng's face changed drastically.
"Master, I'll go see."
Leng Xingzhi's eyes darkened, and before he could finish speaking, he had already vanished from his spot.
Bei Chenfeng looked in the direction Leng Xingzhi had left and sighed. Some karmic tribulations were bound to come.
...
"You are Chu Lingwei?"
Miss Hong looked at the young girl standing before her, a flash of jealousy in her eyes. She chuckled lightly, "Just a female cultivator in the Spirit Wheel realm."
"Who are you? Miss Hong is not your real name, is it?" Chu Lingwei circulated her spiritual energy, resisting the spiritual energy that continuously attacked her body, her face cold and mocking.
"You only need to remember that I am the one who will kill you." Miss Hong's voice was soft, with a hint of pity, "It's a pity you can't become a courtesan."
"What exactly is a courtesan?" Chu Lingwei frowned. This woman must be insane, capturing so many female cultivators to be courtesans.