Volume 1 Chapter 9: Finding Eldest Senior Brother

  Jian Yu Yan's house is on the south side of Qianlan Mountain, with a living room, a practice room, and a small courtyard. Outside the courtyard, bamboo grows all over the mountain, and when the wind blows, it makes a rustling sound.

  The house is not big, and the decorations inside are extremely simple. The chairs and tables are all made from local materials, using bamboo from the mountain. The style is simple and elegant, with everything prioritizing practicality.

  Song Huashan, Yuan Longhai and Luo Zijun's houses are very close to Jian Yuyan, with Yuan Longhai being the closest at around 100 meters away.

  Although they also lived on Qianlan Mountain, they were not nominal disciples of the Piaomiao Sect and had long since formally apprenticed themselves to a master.

  "You've been with the Piaoyou Sect for a longer time than both of us, so tell me, is it true that private fights between fellow disciples will really result in being punished by being sent to the Lion and Tiger Cliff?" Qin Luoyi asked, sitting on a bamboo chair, propping up her chin as she looked at Song Huashan and the others.

  "In the Sect, private fights are indeed punished severely. If there's a grudge, people usually go to the arena, where strong seniors supervise and everyone can compete, but no one is allowed to take the life of their fellow disciples." Song Huai Shan said with some depression in front of Qin Luo Yi.

  Xiao Tian suddenly called away Jian Yu Yan, originally thought he could speak properly, but didn't expect that after a few words, they started fighting. At that time, their brains were hot-headed, and since there were very few people in the mountain valley, no one stopped them, thinking of severely punishing Yu Qingyan, that shameless woman. It's also strange that their luck was really bad, clearly winning the fight, but being caught red-handed by Master Liu and others.

  "Must we be punished and sent down Lion Tiger Cliff just because of a private fight?" Qin Luo asked, slightly furrowing her eyebrows.

  She had heard Master Big Brother mention it casually that day, and knew that someone had been punished for private fighting before. So when Liu Qingcheng mentioned wanting to punish Jian Yuyan and the others earlier, using words to provoke her, she couldn't oppose it at the time. Now thinking about it, however, she felt something was off.

  What's more, it was Qingyan who made the mistake. Why should Jian Yuyan accompany them to such a dangerous place to be punished?

  Song Huashan and Luo Xunjun looked at each other with wry smiles.

  "It's not necessarily a penalty to fight, what Master Liu said was because they fought and killed someone, the incident was very vicious and had a great impact on the Floating Sect, so they were severely punished."

  Qin Luoyi's heart skipped a beat as he heard the words, and he leaned forward to look at them, saying in a deep voice: "What exactly is going on? Tell me carefully."

  Jian Yu sat elegantly on one side, her pitch-black eyes also gazing at them.

  Luo Zi Jun hesitated for a moment before saying, "Two disciples from the schools of Ye and Chen had exceptional innate talents. One day, Luo Shixiong from Ye's school obtained a cultivation treasure by chance, which was discovered by Lin Shixiong from Chen's school. Lin Shixiong coveted it and wanted to take it for himself, but Luo Shixiong had also set his sights on an unusual object that Lin Shixiong possessed. Both of them harbored ulterior motives and one day they encountered each other in a secluded area east-southeast of the Piaomiao Sect. With no one else around, both took advantage of the opportunity to attack each other with lethal intent. However, before they could kill each other, they were discovered by Fang Cang Shijie and Qi Hong Shidi, who knew that private fights would be punished. Since they wanted to keep their actions hidden to avoid suspicion, they simultaneously decided to kill Fang Cang Shijie and Qi Hong Shidi... Unfortunately, the matter was still exposed, resulting in both of them being punished by being sent down to the Lion Tiger Cliff."

  "What happened to those two in the end? Did someone come up?" Qin Luo asked, this matter, with Jian Yuyan and their thing today, should not be mentioned together, right?

  "No, neither of them came up." Song Huashan sighed bitterly. This time at Lion Tiger Cliff, they probably won't be able to come up either.

  Jian Yu Yan let out a sigh and patted their shoulders: "It's all my fault... I implicated you guys." His tone was filled with remorse.

  He had just arrived at the Xiao Sect and was still a registered disciple. Others naturally looked down on him, but these three people had always been kind and enthusiastic towards him. If they hadn't been afraid that he would suffer at the hands of Xiao Tian and his gang, they wouldn't have followed him today...

  "How is it that you implicated us?" Yuan Longhai was a big man, his voice extremely loud, frowning and indignantly saying: "If we have to blame someone, it's that stinky woman Yu Qingyan, she's too shameless! And then there's Xiao Tian, completely bewitched by that woman, dizzy and disoriented. She utters one sentence and he dares to attack us in the Piaomiao Sect!"

  Song Huashan and Luo Xun nodded in agreement, saying that this matter couldn't be blamed on him. In fact, they hadn't expected Xiao Tian's courage to be so great, and today their heads were a bit hot too. They knew that Jian Yuyan had just arrived and didn't know some rules yet, but they didn't stop him, instead joining in together.

  "This matter can't be blamed on you, this time Yu Qingyan didn't get a good outcome either, she herself also has to go down... Now that things have come out, let's not bother with them for now, we need to think of a countermeasure!" Qin Luo Yi pursed her red lips and gazed at Jian Yuyan's handsome face.

  Jian Yu Yan nodded and thought for a moment before asking Song Huai Shan: "What kind of cultivation are Luo Shixiong and Lin Shixiong?"

  "Lu Shixiong is a Grandmaster of the 8th rank, Lin Shixiong is a Grandmaster at the peak." Song Huai Shan said with a faint bitter smile.

  They were all four of them, cultivators of the Zun realm, not a single Grandmaster among them. Their strength was evident, and even Luo Lin's two had failed to come up successfully, making their chances of coming up even slimmer.

  Qin Luo's mood was also somewhat heavy. She pursed her red lips, and her pretty face slightly flushed with anger: "Otherwise, let's just take this matter to the Criminal Law Department."

  They also have witnesses, and the worst outcome is just going to Lion's Ridge to lose their lives... Maybe with a bit of effort, they can still get away with it. Alright, even if they can't get away with it, making the punishment lighter is worth it.

  "Not bad, this method is feasible." Jian Yu Yan's eyes lit up in front of him, and he nodded in agreement.

  Song Huashan and the other two exchanged a bitter smile, and after some deliberation, Luo Xun said: "If it were someone else, it would be easy to say, but this time the one who spoke these words is Master Liu. Everyone in the Piaomiao Sect knows that Master Liu's words are always decisive."

  "Does she think she's in charge?" Qin Luo raised an eyebrow: "She's not from the Ministry of Justice, what makes her think she can dictate terms?"

  Liu Qingcheng was her senior sister, and seeing her speak like this, Song Huashan and the others' courage increased a bit, and he continued: "Although she is not a disciple of the Penal Law Hall, she is a disciple of the sect leader's younger brother, and has an extremely good relationship with Master Fang of the Penal Law Hall. Master Fang likes her very much, so whatever she says, Master Fang takes it very seriously. Moreover, her innate talent for cultivation is excellent, and in the Piaomiao Sect, she has a lot of weight in what she says."

  "Words are so heavy... can't it just be what she says?" Qin Luo furrowed his brow, still unable to understand why Liu Qingcheng could easily decide their fate, while these people knew they would die if they went down and didn't even try to plead for leniency in the penal hall.

  "Ah, Qin Shifu, let's be honest with you!" Yuan Longhai gritted his teeth and said: "Anyway, we're going to Lion Tiger Cliff, it's a matter of life and death! You know what's going on in the future, so it's better to have an idea... That Liu Shifu, in our Piaoyou Sect, there are many people who worship her. She told us to go to Lion Tiger Cliff, but we still went to Xinglutang, that's not giving her face... In the Piaoyou Sect, although private fights are prohibited, but once you go outside, killing someone is extremely easy. Even if you don't go outside, in the future, as long as we step onto the arena, there will be many people coming to challenge us..."

  Qin's clothes fluttered as he suddenly realized, so that's how it was! Rather than facing the endless killing moves later on, they were preparing to force their way out with a bloody road at this moment, and settle everything once and for all.

  "Is that all? Can't she take the initiative to change her words?" Qin Luo Yi bit his lip and said, "If she takes the initiative to change her words, then those fans of hers shouldn't intentionally look for trouble with you guys, right?"

  Song Huashan listened and suddenly brightened: "If you want to make Master Liu change his words voluntarily, apart from the master and Wu Shizu, there is only one person."

  "Who?" Qin Luo's eyes lit up in front of him, and he asked hastily. His master and Wu Shifu were both in closed cultivation, it was impossible for them to come out.

  "Feng Fei Liu Feng Shu." After saying the name, Song Huai Shan's eyes dimmed again: "It's just a pity that Master Feng has been away from the sect for many years, even if he was... we don't know Master Feng either."

  Qin Luoyi clapped his hands excitedly: "Haha, great! Eldest Senior Brother just returned to the sect yesterday, I'll go consult with him about this matter."

  "Really? Has Feng Shui Master returned?" Song Huai Shan and the others also became excited, with a glimmer of hope flashing in their eyes.

  "Wait for me, I'll be right back!" Qin Luo thought of his eldest brother being very easy to talk to. As long as he explained the situation to him, he might be willing to help with this matter. With that thought, his spirits lifted and he waved at them before heading towards Yu Qingfeng.

  Du Mu Changqing's cave was tightly closed, but as soon as she stood at the entrance without making a sound, Du Mu Changqing's tall figure suddenly appeared.

  Her cold gaze looked at her hand that was raised to knock on the door, and a faint smile played on her lips: "What brings you here? Bringing the antidote?"

  "You're dreaming!" Qin Luo Yi hummed softly, glancing at him and saying, "I said it before, I'll only explain when my cultivation is higher than yours."

  "If you're not here to deliver the antidote, then what are you doing here?" Du Mu Chang Qing's expression changed, the smile at the corner of his lips disappeared, and he looked at her coldly.

  "If I don't bring the antidote, you won't come?" Qin Luo Yi flashed a brilliant smile at him: "Master will be here, I have something to find Master."

  She didn't even wait for him to speak, quickly running inside. With this man's small-minded personality, he might not let her in and lock the door from the outside. "Big Brother Master, Big Brother Master..."

  Duanmu Changqing followed behind her with a cold face, his hands clasped behind his back, and didn't say a word.

  "Little sister, you're here."

  A purple brocade robe, looking noble and elegant as well as charmingly coquettish, Feng Fei Liu walked out of the pavilion, her peach blossom eyes smiling at her.

  "Ah, big brother, so you're here!" Qin Luoyi laughed and ran over, her blue skirt fluttering up and down as she ran, like a fairy descending into the mortal world.

  Du Mu's eyes dimmed slightly.

  "What's wrong? Why are you running so fast?" Feng Fei Li blinked her peach blossom eyes, looking at the fine sweat on her pale forehead, and couldn't help but smile and shake her head.

  "Master brother, it's like this, I have a friend...". She didn't even bother to sit down first, and immediately told the story of Jian Yuyan and Yu Qingyan. Then she anxiously said: "Master brother, he didn't take the initiative to provoke trouble, but because others took action against him, he had no choice but to counterattack. Must he be punished by going to Lion Tiger Cliff?"

  "Shi Hu Ya?" Feng Fei Liu's eyes flashed, and she nodded with a slight smile: "That is indeed an extremely dangerous place, Fifth Sister was indeed punished a bit heavily."

  Qin let out a breath of relief in secret, looks like there's hope!

  "But Fifth Sister has already spoken, what can be done?" She pursed her lips, her face full of anxiety as she paced back and forth, then looked at him with an expectant expression: "Big Brother, why don't you help me talk to Fifth Sister? Jian Yuyan is my friend, if I go myself, Fifth Sister will misunderstand that I'm being partial..."

  "Are you going to let me speak for you?" Feng Fei sat down, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the jade stone table, a fleeting glimmer in his peach blossom eyes, as he hooked his lips and gazed at her slowly: "Little Shifu, are you sure you want me to go and speak for you?"

  Qin Luoyi's phoenix eyes sparkled as she nodded vigorously: "Big Brother Master, I'm counting on you, this is a matter of life and death..."

  Du Mu Changqing slightly furrowed his brow, pursing his thin lips tightly as he stared at Qin Luoyi with an icy gaze tinged with a hint of hidden concern.

  "It's nothing, just a small matter." Feng Fei Li looked at her bright and pretty face, smiling with some deep meaning: "Little junior sister, I'll help you tell them this time, but don't regret it later and blame me."

  "How could I blame you?" Qin Luo's eyes flashed with a hint of puzzlement, and then he smiled: "I haven't even thanked Master yet, how could I be so ungrateful as to blame you."

  "Haha, it doesn't matter if I don't know, I'll go find Fifth Sister in a bit." Feng Fei Lian took a sip of the fragrant tea on the table, her posture elegant and pleasing to behold.

  Qin Luoyi finally got this sentence, and the heart that had been held up all along was finally put down. The smile on his lips became even more radiant.

  Master brother is indeed a good person!

  "Big Brother Master..." Du Mu Changqing pursed his perfect thin lips, and said somewhat disapprovingly: "You go tell him, it's probably not a good idea."

  Qin Luo's heart skipped a beat as he turned his head, glaring fiercely at Duanmu Changqing with eyes that seemed to want to slash him into pieces.

  Damn Endless Green, that bastard! Their grudges are indeed grudges... What right does he have to stop Master Big Brother? Does he think this way, he can get the antidote from him sooner?

  Daydream!

  Feng Fei Liu was also somewhat surprised to hear his opposition, and the demon's face smiled: "I don't think it's good for me to go talk to her, do you want to go talk to her?"

  Du Mu Changqing's face changed, he didn't want to deal with that woman at all. He didn't look at Feng Fei Liu, his gaze fell on Qin Luo Yi's body, and said lightly: "Actually, this matter is simple. Since he didn't do those things, just go find the Criminal Law Department directly. Why bother Master Brother?"

  Qin's face fell and her temper flared up. Eldest Senior Brother hadn't said it was troublesome, and she hadn't even asked him for help... what right did he have to say that?

  She bit her teeth and didn't want to bother with him, turning her gaze to Feng Fei Liu, saying somewhat apologetically: "Big Brother Master, has Luo Yi given you trouble?"

  "Haha, no, but it's just a small matter." Feng Feiliu looked at the guilt in her eyes and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. She hadn't missed the way she glared at Duanmu Changqing earlier.

  "That's good." Qin Luo Yi heard him say that, his eyes lit up, and he patted his chest in relief, clearly letting out a sigh of relief.

  Feng Fei's eyes flashed with a hint of interest, thinking that this little junior sister was indeed an interesting one... That cold and unfeeling second senior brother actually stopped himself, which made him feel even more curious. It seemed that this time he returned to Piaomiao Sect, it was just in time.

  After Feng Fei left, Qin Luo Yi sat on the chair drinking tea, not even looking at Duan Mu Chang Qing who was standing beside her. If it weren't for having to wait here for Feng Fei to know the outcome of things, she wouldn't want to stay here any longer.

  Duanmu Changqing stood in front of her, and after a long while, he said coldly: "You let Eldest Senior Brother go find Fifth Junior Sister, you will regret it later." This woman, she doesn't know anything, yet she dares to do such a thing! Later on, she won't even know how she died.

  "It's none of your business that I regret it!" Qin Luo gave him a cold glance, continued drinking tea, and didn't look at him again, her eyes fixed on the teacup.

  Duanmu Changqing felt a surge of anger in her heart, thinking that every time she saw him, he was always so cold and distant, but when he saw his senior brother, he smiled like a flower, and her heart felt extremely uncomfortable.

  He swiftly snatched the teacup from her hand, his face cold as he said, "How can it not be my concern? By the time you regret it, you won't even have a life left. Who will come to save me then?"

  Qin Luo furrowed his brow, his face full of ridicule: "You're saying that if Big Brother Master goes to tell Fifth Sister, I'll be doomed? Hmph, do you think I've grown up being scared all the time? What a joke!"

  "Scare you? I'm not that bored!" Seeing Qin Luo didn't take his words to heart, Du Mu Changqing's mood became increasingly gloomy, and he picked up the teacup in his hand and drank all the tea water in one gulp.

  "Hey, that's my cup!" Qin Luo pointed at his hand, exclaiming in a somewhat stunned tone.

  Du Mu Changqing was taken aback, and only then did he react, a flash of embarrassment darting across his eyes. He also thought about Qin Luoyi's lips being on the rim of this cup earlier... His mouth had an unusual feeling, and the sensation of kissing those delicate lips that morning floated to the bottom of his heart. He couldn't help but stick out his tongue and lick the tea stains on his lips.

  Qin Luo Yi's jaw dropped, her heart skipped a beat, and she pursed her lips. She simply looked away, gazing elsewhere... Duan Mu Chang Qing was indeed cold, but his handsome face was undeniable. The way he had just moved was truly seductive.

  Du Mu Changqing was also very embarrassed at first, but when he saw Qin Luoyi's frustrated and angry expression with a hint of shyness and charm, his mood suddenly improved.

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