Chapter 28 - Chengyus Revenge (2/2)
Yi Qing was taken aback as he turned around and looked all about him, but then realized the person beside him had disappeared without a trace.
Holy shit!
When exactly had she left?
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At the peak of Sword Comprehension Peak.
The three Soul Formation Supremacies were seated together in the hall. There was a beam of white light in their midst, shooting towards the sky. Within the bright light, there was a faint reflection of the immortal mountains and magical clouds. That was the only passageway linking the Middle and Upper Azure World.
“Huh?” One of them suddenly opened their eyes. “Someone just used a passage jade token of Sword Comprehension Peak.”
“Truly?” The others by the side also opened their eyes. “Senior Brother Qing Yun, can you sense who it is?”
“Not yet.” Qing Yun shook his head. “But since he is here, he will come up the mountains soon and we shall know then.”
“Sigh!” Another one of the Soul Formation Supremacies sighed and said, “Nowadays the number of Soul Formation cultivators in the Middle Azure World has been dwindling. It has been almost 100 years since someone is willing to enter the Upper Azure World.”
“Now that the Spirit Qi is so diluted, a situation like this is also very normal.” Qing Yun also sighed. “Anyway, our mission is to bring the fated people to the Upper Azure World and in doing so we will have completed our master’s instructions. It doesn’t matter how many people go up. Quality over quantity. If those cultivators with mediocre quality were accepted, Master would not be happy either. We need not be too rushed.”
“But the three of us have been waiting here for a few hundred years. How much longer must we wait? When will Master allow us to go back?”
“That’s right, I have had enough of this crappy place. The Spirit Qi is so diluted and resources are also limited. If we continue to waste our lives over here, we may never get to become immortals.”
“That’s right, this is just a tiny Middle Azure World. Why would it require the three of us to guard it? The resources we received were so little, and our cultivation has also been stagnant for so long. We may be mocked by the rest when we return.”
“Forget it, it is still our master’s orders, so what else can we do? As long as we manage to send a few people of good quality into the upper world, I’m sure we will be allowed to return.”
“Sigh. We can only hope the one that is coming this time… huh?” He stopped in mid-sentence with a look of shock on his face, his eyes widening. “Why can I feel the aura of a Fiendish Cultivator?”
The other two tried to sense it and were also shocked. “It is indeed the Yin Qi of a Fiendish Cultivator. Could a Fiendish Cultivator have broken in here? Who exactly is the person that is coming in this time?”
“It’s me!” Right after their words ended, a voice rang out by their side.
The three of them got a scare and turned to look before realizing a girl in green had unknowingly sat beside Qing Yun with her legs crossed like them, staring at them in boredom with a hand propping her chin.
“You… who are you?!” Qing Yun jumped up and fell back a few steps; they had not realized in at all that there had been a person beside them. “When exactly did you sit here?”
“Ever since you guys were complaining about how you were getting no raises at your jobs.” She shrugged and waved towards the three of them who were retreating further away from her. “What are you afraid of? I’m not your boss. I’m Shen Ying. Come over here, I have some stuff that I want to ask you guys.”
The three of them grew increasingly alarmed. This person had silently sat by their side for so long; she could not be a simple person. But no matter how they tried, they could not see through her cultivation.
“Come and sit over here! Chatting while standing is very tiring.” She then patted the space beside her.
The three of them took a step back again. “What if we do not want to sit?”
Shen Ying hesitated for a moment, but then her eyes narrowed and she suddenly cracked her knuckles loudly. “Then… you can talk while kneeling down!”
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