Chapter 56: Secret Movement

  In the afternoon, Tang Qing and Shangguan Qixue returned to the Qingyu Gate. They hadn't slept much for a day and night, and after returning, Tang Qing felt drowsy and fell asleep as soon as he lay down in his own courtyard. Shangguan Qixue was originally injured and had traveled such a long distance, although she was also very tired, but somehow couldn't sleep.

  This time, the unbridled and unscrupulous behavior of Tang Qing completely disrupted her plans. She knew that she had made a big mistake in the past, which led to her being abandoned by everyone, and the halo she once had also disappeared. Now she was just a sinner who wasn't even as good as an ordinary person. She also knew that the master of Wuji Sect wouldn't help her because of her past glory, and no one would help a sinner who had offended both the Great Clan and the Holy Temple.

  She knew all this, and precisely because she knew it, this time when she went to the Wuji Sect, she wasn't unprepared. On the contrary, the secret treasure she had prepared was something she was absolutely confident that the master of the Wuji Sect would accept from Tang Jing. However, what she never could have anticipated was that her carefully laid plan was completely disrupted by Tang Jing.

  He not only openly despises the Wuji Sect, but also dares to confront the master of the Wuji Sect head-on, and even makes a bet with him for a year. Shangguan Qixue cannot forget what Tang Jing said in the Great Hall of Wuji: if he can break through the realm of air within a year with his physical body, he will make the master of the Wuji Sect kneel down and return a share of dignity to himself!

  Dignity...

  Since the great mistake, these years have made Shangguan Qixue feel the coldness and warmth of human relationships in the world. The crowd has betrayed her and left her isolated. Even her good friends from back then have distanced themselves from her because of that incident. Dignity? She had long forgotten what it was. Now, a mysterious man has stood up for her and openly confronted the leader of the Wuji Sect. At that moment, Shangguan Qixue's heart was blank, but now it is complex.

  "In a year's time, with the body of the earth breaking through the boundaries of the air... Tang Jing, do you really know what you're doing?"

  Shangguan Qixue didn't know and couldn't understand why Tang Jing wanted to do this. In just one short year, he had broken through the Qi boundary, but even if a genius with the most dazzling Sun Treasure Body had exceptional talent, it would be impossible to break through the Qi boundary in just one year. Not to mention that Tang Jing's Earth Treasure Body was a treasure body that no one had ever broken through since ancient times.

  She thought of the bet they made a year ago, and she just wanted Tang Qing to leave now, the farther the better. But if Tang Qing left, what about Ling Er? Upper Official Qi Xue was very conflicted in her heart.

  "Sister, have you rested?"

  A low voice came over, and Shangguan Qixue's eyebrows furrowed, saying, "What are you doing? I'm resting."

  "Oh, didn't you take Tang Qing to Wuji Sect two days ago?" At this moment, a greasy-faced fat man appeared in the outer hall, who was Wang Kuan. He walked in with a shake of his head and sat down casually on a chair.

  "How did you know?" came a surprised voice from inside, belonging to Shangguan Qiyue.

  "How did I know that the whole Yongyan City knew about your trip to Wuji Sect? It's said that you took Tang Qing to ask the master of Wuji Sect to accept him as a disciple, but was rejected. Is it true?"

  Shangguan Qixue didn't expect that as soon as she returned, the news had already spread throughout Yongyang City. Without thinking, it was clear that someone had intentionally done this. Then, from the back hall, Wang Kuan's voice came, "The Wuji Sect is really a bunch of bastards! In those days when you were still the Grand Law Enforcer, which one of them didn't treat you with respect? Now, they don't even give you any face from the past. I curse their ancestors! Eldest sister, did those bastards bully you? If they dare to take advantage of you, I'll go back in two days and make trouble for them."

  For a long time, there was no response from Shangguan Qixue. Wang Kuan cracked open a nut and called out twice more, still without a response. Just as he was starting to get suspicious, a faint voice came from inside the house - it was Shangguan Qixue.

  "Junior brother, you've also been staying at Qingyu Gate for so long, it's time to go back, otherwise if Master finds out..."

  Wang Kuan curled his lips and said indifferently, "Sister, don't bother about me, I'll naturally go back when it's time for me to go back."

  As for her junior brother, Shangguan Qixue was also very worried, but more of it was gratitude. Thinking of her current status as a sinner, if the Great Sect and the Holy Temple found out that her junior brother was still in contact with her, they would likely implicate him.

  In the outer hall, Wang Kuan seemed to know what she wanted to say, and his voice came over, "Shi Jie, I know you're afraid of implicating me, but I'll be very careful. You don't need to persuade me anymore. If we don't catch those bastards, I won't leave!"

  "That thing from back then has already passed, and both Da Zong and the Temple have said they won't pursue it again, I won't be in any danger!"

  "Sister, it's not me as your junior brother saying this, but do you also believe in the words of the Grand Sect and the Holy Temple? They are all a group of hypocrites. They may not come at you openly, but they will get someone below them to make a move on you. These days I have been secretly investigating, and these signs are becoming more and more obvious. It's just that for now, I still don't know who is hiding behind the scenes."

  At this moment, Wang Kuan's face showed a rare seriousness. After deliberating for a moment, he said, "They seem to be playing a big game in the next round. What they do seems unrelated to you, but in fact, it's all secretly targeting you. That person is also very clever and won't make a move without making it look reasonable, so, Master Sister, you must be extremely careful."

  "Especially with Tang Jing's appearance, this guy is eccentric and arrogant, his actions are ruthless, and he even crippled Gao Yingcai. They seem to have noticed that Tang Jing is important to you, if I'm not mistaken, they should make a move on Tang Jing."

  Inside the room, Shang Guan Xue sat on the bed against the wall, furrowing her brow, lightly biting her lip, and slightly closing her eyes, shaking her head fiercely.

  ……

  It was night, and a faint light flickered inside and outside the Qingyu Gate. In the courtyard deep in the mountains, a dim light also shone, which was not very bright.

  Tang Jing wore a black robe, perhaps due to the sweltering weather, he had his chest open, standing upright in the house. On the table in front of him were three or four inkstones, inside which were various colors of ink, some of which shone with flowing colors, some resembled still water, and others looked like transparent molten lava.

  These are all kinds of law ink, which is a necessary material for refining array methods and talismans. Each type of law ink is refined from some special resources, such as the wind law ink used to refine the purification talisman, which requires three different resources: wind crystal stone, etc.

  At this moment, Tang held the brush in his hand and lifted it. The tip of the brush passed through the wind and cloud essence, two kinds of law ink, before falling onto the talisman paper. With a flick of his wrist, the brush danced like a dragon, flowing like clouds and water, as mysterious and profound talismans were drawn out by him, appearing on the talisman paper before disappearing like water droplets seeping into mud, leaving behind only faint ink marks.

  Three breaths later, after Tang Qing finished drawing the last symbol, the ink marks on the talisman paper suddenly flashed a faint light. The light flashed and disappeared, all the ink marks disappeared, and a strange pattern appeared on the talisman paper. It's called strange because it may not be a picture at all, because there are only three slanted lines, and nothing else.

  Tang Qing is now only concerned about Shang Guan Xue's injury, but due to his own Jie Ling suddenly changing, he can't even take care of her himself. After thinking about it, the only thing that can help Shang Guan Xue recover from her injuries as soon as possible is the 'Holy Light Jade Lotus Formation'. However, refining the Holy Light Jade Lotus Formation requires a lot of resources, which Tang Qing doesn't have on hand. For now, he can only think of ways to get some Ling stones to buy these resources.

  Tang Qing is now penniless and without a single spirit stone on him, so he plans to refine some spirit symbols to exchange for some spirit stones.

  "I don't even know how much this Wind Blade Symbol is worth!"

  Tang Jing was quite skilled in the field of talisman crafting, but unfortunately, he didn't have any good quality ink on hand. The ones he had were all borrowed from Bi Yi, which she used to craft cleansing talismans. Tang Jing racked his brains and with these three inferior inks, he could only manage to craft a Wind Blade Talisman.

  He had just refined over twenty pieces in one breath, and Tang Qing was about to refine some more when he suddenly let out a soft "hmm" and sniffed with his nose, catching a whiff of the mouth-watering smell of roasted meat that made him drool, no, there was also the aroma of wine.

  Roasted meat and fine wine, these are Tang Jing's two greatest loves. Upon smelling the aroma of wine and meat, he couldn't help but add a few mouthfuls, his stomach growling loudly in response.

  "Damn it! Who's drinking and eating meat in the woods at this late hour?"

  Tang Qing really couldn't hold it in anymore, so he opened the door and rushed straight into the mountains.