Chapter 288 A Storm is Brewing (2/2)

Gu Caiwei was occupied in the Qing Xuan hall with errands to process. She was able to work on them systematically as Shen Lian generally would only provide the general instructions, and leave it to others to take action.

The disciples were already suspicious of his last trip where he secretly went out; and now that he was back but would not show up. Although Gu Caiwei claimed that Shen Lian was on a solitary retreat, people could not help but feel dubious and that caused a rift in the peaceful atmosphere of Qing Xuan.

Gu Caiwei had to hold back her anxiety and practiced her Qigong as usual. She was a heartbeat away from achieving Huandan but it was so difficult for her to breakthrough. She even suspected that maybe she had to interfuse divine Qi with Shen Lian in order to achieve Huandan. But she was not willing to do that unless it was really necessary.

First of all, she did not know of Shen Lian's whereabouts and secondly even if Shen Lian came back and interfused his divine Qi with her, it would be hard for her to accept it because this would mean that they're Daoist partners.

The Bier Discussion of Dao would come soon and she wanted to contribute by breaking through as soon as possible.

Chen Jianmei and Yan Bugui had achieved Huandan while she was still stuck at this stage. She could not help but feel depressed.

With distractions on her mind, it was hard for her to stay calm and practice her Qigong. She put away the methods of martial exercises as the Tiandi Jian released a clear ray of light on the ground to show a puddle of clear water.

Gu Caiwei looked at the puddle of clear water and saw a Daoist heading towards the Taiyi Peak, and that person was Bai Suhuan.

She was surprised and wondered about his objectives of coming to the Taiyi Peak.

She used telepathy to inform Jing Qing to invite Bai Suhuan in.

Not long later, Jing Qing Tongzi brought Bai Suhuan into the hall. Bai Suhuan was as arrogant as usual. He oozes the aura of a bully and was very oppressive.

Gu Caiwei asked, ”Doyen Bai, what is your purpose of coming here?”

Bai Suhuan answered, ”I want to meet Shen Lian.”

Gu Caiwei rebutted him, ”Doyen Bai, how could you address the Headmaster by his name?”

”He has yet to be born when I started cultivating. What's wrong with addressing him by his name? Plus he was always so informal,” Bai Suhuan replied sarcastically.

Gu Caiwei thought to herself, ”Why is this old man being so aggressive?”

With a gentle voice, she replied, ”The Chief is on solidarity retreat and refuses to meet any guests.”

”I heard that you're the only person Shen Lian has met after returning from his trip. Why don't you tell me if something has happened to him or if someone with ill intentions has killed him,” Bai Suhuan said coldly as he was hinting to Gu Caiwei.

Gu Caiwei calmly answered, ”I don't know what you mean by someone with ill intentions. Doyen Bai, please enlighten me.”

Bai Suhuan responded, ”You would benefit the most if Shen Lian is not around. So who do you think this ill-intentioned person is?”

Gu Caiwei replied coldly, ”Doyen Bai, that is offensive. The school belongs to everyone. I wouldn't dare to take anything for my personal benefits. Those words were pretty harsh on me.”

Bai Suhuan sarcastically said, ”If the school belonged to everyone, then why are there people who could take the celestial medicine to prolong their life? I have been waiting so long for that.”

Gu Caiwei had a sudden hunch that things were about to go bad.