Volume 1 Chapter 11: A Match Made in Heaven

  "It's really lively here, Big Brother Master, Little Sister Master, what are you two doing?" Liu Qingcheng walked up with a smile, her seductive body intentionally or unintentionally blocking Qin Luoyi and Feng Feixiao in between.

  Feng Fei turned his head and glanced at her, his phoenix eyes narrowing slightly, with a hint of sharpness flashing in the depths of his gaze. He said calmly, "So it's Fifth Younger Sister who has arrived. Little Fourth Younger Sister is preparing to build a new cave mansion here, as you can see, she's quite busy."

  "Eldest Sister." Qin Luo's clothes were squeezed by her, and he could only retreat half a step, his heart not feeling stifled, but a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

  Liu Qingcheng glanced at her with a hint of a smile and said in a soft voice, "Building a new cave mansion is indeed good news. The sooner it's completed, the sooner Fifth Sister can move back in. Eldest Brother won't have to squeeze together with Second Brother anymore. However, Little Sister is truly impressive, gathering all the workers and preparing the materials for building the house within just half a month... this efficiency is really fast!"

  Qin Luo Yi smiled and said, "Sister also knows that I just arrived at the sect not long ago, where is the efficiency? All these things are thanks to Big Brother's help. The person was found by Big Brother, and these things were also bought with Big Brother's help... Luo Yi is thinking of building it as soon as possible and moving back early, so as not to occupy Big Brother's cave forever."

  She was speaking the truth and didn't think there was anything wrong with what she said, but when Liu Qingcheng heard it, her face turned ugly, and a flash of anger appeared in her gaze at Qin Luoyi.

  First, she shamelessly moved into the master's cave, then had the master come out to find her, intentionally wanting her to take back what she said about those people. Now, she's even more overbearing, having the master come out to build the cave, and still has the nerve to run in front of her and show off!

  Did Master ever take care of these things before? Qin Luoyi was just a maid who had only just started her cultivation, why did she receive special treatment from Master?

  "It was all Master Brother who helped with that." Liu Qingcheng looked at her deeply, then turned her head and gazed at Feng Fei with a hint of playful resentment: "My cave is also going to be renovated, Master Brother, you can't favor one over the other, when will you bring someone to help me take a look?" Her charming eyes were filled with expectation.

  "Feng Fei smiled slightly and said, 'Your cave, wasn't it just renovated a few years ago? Why do you want to renovate again? I won't be staying in the sect for long, so if Fifth Sister really wants to renovate, she should find someone else. I think Third Brother would be great, didn't he help you with your last renovation?'"

  He bluntly rejected her.

  Liu Qingcheng's eyes were filled with disappointment, and she almost gritted her teeth in anger. Third Brother... it was him who didn't help her last time, that's why she had to find Third Brother instead.

  "You've just come back for a few days and you're leaving again?" She asked with a tone of reluctance, suppressing the discontent in her heart.

  "Hmm, this time back, was just passing by anyway." Compared to her reluctance to part, Feng Fei Liu seemed very calm and composed.

  Liu Qingcheng was talking to Master Brother, standing in front of Qin Luoyi the whole time, subtly excluding her. Qin Luoyi noticed but didn't mind, thought for a moment, and turned around to walk away, curiously going to see how the outer sect disciples were laying the foundation, occasionally helping them pass things back and forth.

  She didn't have the usual airs of a senior sister, and she was also beautiful, with a clear and pleasant voice, quickly becoming close to her fellow disciples.

  "Hehe, Teacher Liu and Teacher Feng are standing together, the man is handsome, the woman is pretty, they're truly a match made in heaven."

  "Last time I heard that Master Liu and Master Feng were going to form a dual cultivation partnership, you see how intimate they are with each other, it's probably a good thing that's near."

  "Heh heh, I've also heard that Liu Shifu rejected even the pursuit of the young master of Bi Shui Ge, just because she likes Feng Shifu."

  "But it's always been Master Liu who says he wants to dual cultivate with Master Feng, yet I've never seen Master Feng show any indication of that... Do you guys think Master Feng will end up forming a dual cultivation partnership with Master Liu in the end?"

  "It should be, don't mention the Floating Sect, even if it's the Penglai Fairy Island, Liu Shifu's qualifications are also a rare encounter in a thousand years. The person is also good-looking, and I heard that the two families of Liu Feng are still very closely related. Apart from Liu Shifu, who else can match up to someone like Feng Shifu?"

  "That's also true."

  ……

  Qin Luoyi stood beside them, listening to their very quiet discussion of Feng Fei and Liu Qingcheng, and couldn't help but quietly turn her head to look.

  Phoenix flies with a smile, peach blossom eyes slightly closed, shining bright and radiant, hands clasped behind back, jade tree sways in the wind, body surrounded by an aura of immortals, truly a divine being.

  Standing beside him, Liu Qingcheng wore a green dress, with a curvaceous figure and a particularly proud full chest. Her phoenix-like eyes sparkled with a smile as she gazed at Feng Fei'yu, her gaze filled with deep and profound adoration that would not tolerate any mistake.

  Qin Luoyi saw it and her heart suddenly skipped a beat... The words of warning from Du Mu Changqing last night suddenly sounded in her ears without any warning.

  Qin Luo Yi, let Big Brother go find Liu Qing Cheng, you will definitely regret it... by the time you regret it, even your life will be gone...

  I thought he was just trying to scare me, but now that I think about it, there might be some truth to what he said.

  No wonder that night, seeing herself living in the master's cave, her face would look so bad. She asked Master to find her later, and she actually blocked her at the foot of the mountain, saying some ambiguous words. At that time, she still naively thought that it was she who let Master go to plead for her, and she felt that letting her change her mind was a slap in the face...

  Uh, it's even better now. She just said in front of her that the people who repaired the house and bought materials were all helped by Big Brother to fold, which is simply a pot not opening to mention another pot!

  She shifted her gaze, pursed her red lips, and it seemed that Liu Qingcheng had some misunderstanding about her. However, if time were to flow backwards, she would still look for Dashi. She couldn't just stand by and watch Jian Yumian fall into danger because of a misunderstanding about herself.

  Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and early in the morning, just as the sky was dawning, Qin Luoyi couldn't sleep anymore. She put on her clothes, washed up simply, and then rushed towards the Misty Forest.

  She wandered outside the forest, with no one in sight, gazing at the towering mountain range shrouded in white mist, her heart was indeed somewhat apprehensive.

  After waiting for more than half a time, the two Wu Sheng disciples from Xinglu Hall arrived in mid-air, holding keys and opening the mountain gate of the Maze Forest, closing half of the array that had been activated inside.

  If the people who enter are fine, after the formation is closed, they can quickly walk out of the mountain. If they can't walk out, it's probably more bad than good.

  Two disciples of the Martial Saint, one guarding the gate and the other rushing into the mountains. Qin Luoyi naturally couldn't enter, so he stood to the side, waiting silently.

  A moment later, Luo Zi Jun was the first to come out, with bloodstains on his clothes and a somewhat exhausted expression, but he seemed to be in no danger of losing his life.

  Finally saw someone come out, and it was someone with a cultivation similar to Jian Yuyan's... Qin Luoyi's heart slightly calmed.

  "Qin Shu Shu, thank you for the talisman. If it weren't for that talisman, I wouldn't have been able to get out today." Lu Zhu Jun came out and immediately bowed deeply to her, his handsome face filled with gratitude.

  Qin Luoyi smiled and waved her hand: "As long as the person is fine, there's no need to say thank you, you sit down on one side and rest for a while, after everyone else comes out, we'll head back to Qianlu Mountain."

  Luozhu Jun nodded, he was really exhausted, and he found a stone to sit down, but he didn't meditate, instead he tried his best to lift his spirits, keeping his eyes open and staring at the entrance of the Maze Forest.

  The second one to come out was Yu Qingyan. Her white shirt was a bit disheveled, and unexpectedly, she didn't seem to have any injuries on her body.

  Seeing Qin Luoyi standing outside, her eyes sparkled with hesitation, but she still stepped forward with a pale face and bowed to say: "Qingyan has seen Master Qin."

  Qin Luo's expressionless face stared at her, coldly nodding slightly, as if responding, but didn't say a word.

  Yu Qingyan bit her lip, and although she was dissatisfied in her heart, she didn't dare to show it. She retreated a few steps back, found a relatively distant place to sit down cross-legged, and didn't leave on her own initiative.

  Right after Yuan Longhai, Song Huashan, Xiao Tian... two more men and one woman also walked out.

  Apart from Yuan Longhai and Song Huashan, the others were all seriously injured. A young man on Xiao Tianyi's side had even lost an arm, while a woman had a large piece of flesh torn off her foot, with blood flowing profusely, a truly terrifying sight.

  The only ones who have not come out are Jian Yuyan and two others from the other side, a man and a woman.

  As time went on, Qin Luoyi's heart began to feel anxious, and when she saw the Martial Saint bringing out two bloodied corpses from the mountain, her heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

  "Money, young brother!"

  "Sister Moon!"

  Yu Qingyan and several others saw the two corpses, their faces turned pale, and they walked over with some difficulty.

  Not Jian Yu Yan!

  Qin's heart finally fell as she put down her clothes, but Jian Yuyan didn't come out and she had no idea what was going on, which made her worry endlessly.

  Walking up to the Martial Saint disciple who had just entered the mountain and was now clearly not planning to go in again, he furrowed his brow and said in a low voice: "There were eleven of us who went in together two days ago. Now there are only ten people here. One person hasn't come out yet."

  "I've seen Master Qin." The disciple first bowed to her, then smiled and said, "And there's another one who probably won't be able to come out today."

  "What, he's dead?" Qin Luo Yi was shocked in his heart, and his face turned very ugly. How could this be possible? Yu Qingyan and Luo Zijun, who were about the same level as him, had both come out, and he had so many talismans on him, how could he not have made it out?!

  Luo Mu Jun and two others rushed over, anxiously saying: "How could Jian Shixiong be dead? Isn't this a mistake?"

  "Right, we were originally walking together all along, and it wasn't until last night that we unexpectedly parted ways."

  "We're all fine, how could he be in trouble?"

  Three people, including Qin Luo Yi, did not want to believe that Jian Yu Yan, who held so many high-level talismans, would die inside.

  Especially Qin Luo Yi, they both came from the Holy Dragon Continent and arrived at Penglai Fairy Island less than half a month ago. Thinking that he would never see that gentle and elegant man again, his heart felt extremely uncomfortable.

  "When alive, one must see the person; when dead, one must see the corpse. I'll go bring him out." She pursed her lips, and her eyes couldn't conceal the sorrow as she turned around and rushed into the dense forest.

  "Master Uncle, we'll go with you." Although Lu Zijun and the other two were severely weakened, they struggled to support themselves in order to follow him.

  "Ah, Master Qin, you misunderstood." The martial saint's disciple hesitated for a moment before hastily intercepting Qin Luoyi and explaining with some embarrassment: "Master, the remaining one didn't die, he just can't come out for now."

  "Is he really not dead?" Qin Luo Yi stopped in her tracks, her heart which had sunk to the bottom of the valley now soared again, her phoenix eyes shining brightly like black gemstones as she stared at him fixedly.

  "Yes, among the eleven people who went in this time, only these two died, and the others are fine."

  "Since nothing's wrong, why did you say he can't come out today? What's going on? Didn't the formation just stop completely earlier? Why can't he come out?"

  "This... Qin Shifu, actually got lost in the Lin forest, although it's very dangerous, but there are also many opportunities. Jian Shidi didn't come out because he had an extraordinary encounter inside and is currently cultivating to advance his rank!"

  Qin Luo's face froze for a moment before a joyful smile spread across her face, unable to be concealed: "You're saying he can't come out now, is he being promoted inside?"

  "Right!"

  "That's great! He won't be in danger when he advances inside, will he?"

  "Don't worry, Master Shu. The area he's in is very safe and the formation has been closed off. The Maze Forest won't be changing unpredictably now, there's no danger at all."

  "When do you think he'll be out?"

  "If it goes quickly, I should be able to get out tonight; if slowly, then tomorrow should also work."

  ……

  Qin Luo Yi finally let go, and the three of them, including Luo Zi Jun, couldn't help but smile. Yuan Long Hai, who was injured the most, directly sat down on the ground, his eyes smiling, and his mouth panting heavily.

  Compared to their excitement and joy, Yu Qingyan's group looked very unsightly, the five of them exchanging awkward glances, their eyes filled with discontent and thick jealousy.

  Qin Luo Yi let Song Huai Shan and others go back first to tidy up and rest, while she herself continued to stay behind, waiting for Jian Yu Yan to come out.

  Yu Qingyan and Xiao Tian, along with several others, carried two corpses away in a somber and quiet manner. The crowd dispersed outside the forest, leaving only Qin Luoyi and a disciple of Xinglutang behind.

  As the sky gradually darkened, Jian Yuyan still hadn't come out. Qin Luoyi knew he was inside advancing in rank and wasn't too anxious about it. Instead, she secretly calculated to herself, wondering how much this so-called opportunity would allow Jian Yuyan to advance in rank this time.

  "Are you prepared to spend a night here tonight?" Du Mu Changqing descended from the sky on the divine rainbow, looking at Qin Luo Yi standing quietly in the darkness, his handsome face had a somewhat cold expression, but his eyes flashed with a hint of strange light.

  Qin Luoyi glanced at him with a hint of a smile and said, "What's wrong, Second Brother? Do you have an opinion?"

  Du Mu Chang Qing smiled lightly, took a step forward, and stood in front of her, very close to her. His dark eyes gazed into hers as he said calmly, "I have no objection! Even if you were waiting foolishly for a day, or even ten days or half a month, I still wouldn't have any objections."

  But though he said nothing, there was a faint, almost imperceptible note of irritation in his low voice.

  Two days ago, due to a private fight, he was punished and entered the Maze Forest. A disciple named Jian Yuyan not only survived but also had an extraordinary encounter in the Maze Forest, where he advanced in rank, and now this has spread throughout the Piaomiao Sect...

  Just now he passed by here, saw Qin Luoyi's lonely figure standing here, regardless of the heavy night dew, without any intention of leaving, a complex aftertaste suddenly surged up in his heart.

  She's actually called stupid!

  Qin Luo glared at him fiercely and gritted her teeth in silence. She turned her head away, not wanting to bother with him anymore.

  Originally thought that Du Mu Changqing would leave soon, but he still stood there, his deep eyes also gazing into the misty forest, occasionally turning back to look at her. The sky had already darkened, and the thick fog in the misty forest slowly spread out, blown by the wind, bringing a bleak chill.

  "Hey, why haven't you left yet?" Qin Luo's clothes were stared at by him, making her scalp feel a bit numb, she turned around and slightly frowned at him.

  "I like standing here, what's your opinion?" Du Mu Changqing glanced at her with a hint of teasing and mockery in his dark eyes.

  "No objections, since Second Brother likes it and is willing to stay for a year or so, Junior Sister won't have any objections either." Qin Luo Yi sneered: "Here the moon is bright and the wind is clear, the scenery is enchanting, facing the mysterious forest where the powerful array master set up his formation, who knows, staying for a year or so, Second Brother might suddenly enlighten, then in one move cultivate out the Jade Mansion, haha, Junior Sister here congratulates Second Brother in advance..."

  Staring at her smiling face with raised eyebrows, Du Mu Chang Qing was slightly stunned. She was indeed a clever and quick-witted girl who wouldn't take any losses. If he made her stand for ten days or half a month, she would immediately repay him for a year and a half.

  "Good."

  He curled his lip, just about to speak, when the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of a slender figure emerging from the thicket. He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and resumed his usual cold demeanor. The person who came out was none other than Jian Yuyan.

  "You've finally come out!" Qin Luo's eyes lit up and he quickly walked over.

  Jian Yu Yan wore a white robe, his presence was majestic and awe-inspiring. The aura around him had strengthened significantly compared to before he entered. Moreover, his body was surprisingly clean, without a single stain of blood or any signs of injury.

  "Yi Er, it's so late, have you been waiting for me here all along?" Jian Yu Yan's refined and elegant face wore a gentle smile as he gazed at her softly, with an unusual glint flashing in his eyes.

  "Of course, they all came out, only you are still inside. From morning till now, I have been waiting for you here for nine hours and one quarter of an hour!" Qin Luo Yi laughed: "See, I'm good to you? This morning didn't see you coming out, thought you had given up your life in there, worried to death, as a result, you're actually inside getting promoted!"

  "Don't worry, I'm not that easy to die." Hearing her say she's worried, Jian Yumian's gaze became even softer.

  "I thought so too!" Qin Luo Yi smiled, circling around him twice, and exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, not bad! You've advanced seven levels and actually reached the peak of the ninth level of the Honorable Ones. Quickly tell me, what did you encounter inside?"

  "Yi'er, do you want me to speak here?" Jian Yuyan raised an eyebrow, casting a meaningful glance at the mysterious forest behind her, before lowering her head to look at her own body. The white brocade robe was stained with dust, although there were no bloodstains.

  Qin Luoyi smiled and said: "It's me who was too impatient, let's go to Qianlan Mountain, you can tell me more about it."

  She doesn't have a cave, and the one she's living in now belongs to Eldest Senior Brother, so it wouldn't be convenient for her to bring Jian Yuxian there.