Chapter 398: It Makes Sense
The Earth Chicken left Li Qi behind and went crazy playing with Mao Qiu.
She might have had little prowess and no real combat strength, but Mao Qiu was different. This creature could silently sneak into someone’s "backyard" and then begin to devour.
In just a few short days, it had plundered over twenty different powers, bringing thousands of stalks of Spiritual Medicine to the Earth Chicken.
On Chen Pingping’s side, his complexion was ashen, his expression growing increasingly ugly. The calm he had earlier had vanished without a trace, leaving only anger.
Damn old hen.
The Wuji Sect was in the midst of its developmental stage and needed some time, but this old hen had started to play with Mao Qiu.
You’re all having fun, but have you thought about the consequences?
「In a certain city.」
Li Qi opened his mouth slightly, wiped off a bead of cold sweat, and lifted his head to look in the direction of Fairy Valley, his eyes growing firmer.
I must find Xiao Yu, find Zi Ji.
At a time like this, going back to find my Master means getting a beating.
Huh?
Whether it was luck or divine favor, just at this moment, Li Qi caught sight of Guang Xiaoyu’s figure. He was startled for a moment, thinking he had seen wrong.
In the crowd, Guang Xiaoyu was also heading towards him, her face alight with excitement, "Li Qi?"
"Xiao Yu." Li Qi opened his mouth slightly.
"Don’t say anything else, you’re here to find me, aren’t you? I’ve heard all about your deeds! Hurry... hurry and take me there!" Guang Xiaoyu looked fervent, rubbing her hands together.
Li Qi was stunned.
Take her there? Why should I take her there? And what does her expression mean? She seems very excited.
Guang Xiaoyu pulled him, and they quickly slipped away. Blinking, she asked, "Did Senior Brother tell you to do this?"
Li Qi was silent.
"I knew it... I thought Senior Brother was a decent person, but it seems I was mistaken. After entering the Nine Heavens, he began to reveal his true nature!" Guang Xiaoyu grew more excited as she spoke.
Li Qi stood beside her, his face full of bewilderment.
"It must be Senior Brother who told you to do this, right?"
"The Wuji Sect needs to develop, so they’re plundering other people’s cultivation resources on a large scale to grow stronger."
"WAHAHAHA! Senior Brother is truly an extraordinary talent to come up with such a great idea. I’m getting excited too!"
"Li Qi? Why aren’t you speaking?"
"Hurry up and take me there!" Guang Xiaoyu urged, pulling him towards the outskirts of the city while chattering incessantly, "Let me tell you, I’ve found out about all the powers on the Southern Diaspora land—small powers, second-rate powers, major powers, and so on... Hehe, once we all come together, we’re definitely going to make a big splash!"
Only at this point did Li Qi understand.
Guang Xiaoyu had mistakenly thought he had come to meet up with her, and then they would join forces to pillage and rob...
Wait a minute!
Li Qi stopped in his tracks, his face darkening as he said, "Xiao Yu, that’s not what I mean."
"Mm-hmm, I know, so I snuck out." Guang Xiaoyu’s eyes burned with zeal. "Nobody will ever know about this."
"Ah?"
"I mean, no one from Fairy Valley will know."
Li Qi had said something, but she hadn’t heard him clearly because her mind was filled with her Senior Brother’s grand plans and his bold declarations about achieving something great.
Back then, in the Hanging Ancient City, he had seemed like a ray of light.
Oh, my mistake.
Not just a ray of light, but a young man with dreams and ambitions.
So from the time she entered the Nine Heavens until now, apart from waiting for the Sword Saint, she was also waiting for Senior Brother’s arrival.
Until a few months ago, when a piece of news spread, Guang Xiaoyu started to get excited.
Senior Brother had arrived.
The Wuji Sect was here too.
He was going to start his grand plan, secretly leading the Wuji Sect to become stronger, and then shock the entire Nine Heavens!
What? I’m not part of it?
So, several months ago, Guang Xiaoyu escaped from Fairy Valley. At that time, the Five Institutes were undergoing tribulations, and there was a competition that required her participation. Bai Yisheng pleaded desperately, but Guang Xiaoyu’s mind was fully occupied with her Senior Brother’s grand plan; she wouldn’t listen. Thus, "escape" was the apt word to describe her departure: escaping from the Five Institutes, escaping from Fairy Valley.
Of course, before escaping, she had arranged everything for the institutes, leaving behind Lao Huang and instructing Zi Ji to take her place in the competition.
Bai Yisheng, of course, was unwilling, nearly spitting blood. "Can she do it?"
Guang Xiaoyu slammed the table. "My Little Junior Sister’s strength is far beyond mine."
She wasn’t lying with this statement.
Don’t be fooled by her status as the reborn Demon Emperor, all high and mighty; in reality, anyone on Qingfeng was stronger than her. This was true for Wen Yuqing, Chen Pingping, and even Zi Ji, the junior sister who joined later...
Doing nothing all day, her cultivation level shot up continuously. As of now, Zi Ji’s true realm was impossible to determine; in short, she was stronger than Guang Xiaoyu.
Guang Xiaoyu had despaired countless times, hoping that the Sword Saint’s Cultivating Demon technique would change her destiny.
"Xiao Yu, don’t be so hasty! Listen to my explanation!" Li Qi exclaimed in shock.
Her speed was very fast; with a WHOOSH, she carried Li Qi far away from the Ancient City.
Only after a few minutes did she stop. Glancing sideways at Li Qi, she asked, "What were you saying just now? Right, where’s that chicken? Where is it?"
Li Qi was on the verge of tears. "Xiao Yu, can you please let me finish speaking?"
"Mm-hmm, sure, let’s meet up with that chicken first," said Guang Xiaoyu.
"What I mean is, Little Master has gone mad! Can you please step in and stop her?" Li Qi blurted out, thoroughly exasperated, finally managing to convey his message.
Guang Xiaoyu was taken aback. "A ’Little Martial Aunt’?"
"Yes, the descendant of the Ancient Phoenix," Li Qi said.
Guang Xiaoyu’s eyes widened in understanding. "Oh? And then?"
Li Qi said, "She’s gone mad! Master merely asked me to gain their recognition, not to loot them."
"Master?"
"Yes, I... I have taken your Senior Brother as my Master."
"So?"
"So, Li Qi begs you, Xiao Yu, to step in and stop Little Master!" Li Qi pleaded, distressed. "If this continues, Master will definitely kill me!"
Guang Xiaoyu remained silent, her expression unreadable.
If a normal person were here, upon hearing Li Qi’s words, the next step would definitely be to stop the Earth Chicken’s actions and escort it back for Chen Pingping to deal with. Then they would think of a way to help the Wuji Sect get through this catastrophe.
But the Demon Emperor’s thought process was not so straightforward.
Having already "escaped," how could she easily return?
Guang Xiaoyu blinked and spoke leisurely, "Li Qi, have you ever considered a possibility? Maybe... your Master’s thinking is the same as that chicken’s?"
"Ah? What do you mean?"
"To gain someone’s recognition, there are many methods, but that chicken has chosen the most direct and simple one," Guang Xiaoyu chuckled.
Li Qi was suddenly stunned. He even began to feel that Xiao Yu’s words made a lot of sense.
"Besides, when Senior Brother established the Wuji Sect in the City of Extinction, he must have considered that such situations might arise. So why should we worry?" Guang Xiaoyu smiled. "What do you think, Li Qi?"
He was dumbfounded.
He had made a great effort to come here, hoping that Xiao Yu and Zi Ji would intervene to stop the Earth Chicken.
But now, he felt Xiao Yu’s words made so much sense!
What should he do?
Li Qi felt torn.