Chapter 428 You Go Into Closed-Door Cultivation
Fairy Valley, Fifth Court.
Guang Xiaoyu had been in closed-door cultivation, preparing to integrate the Nine Revolutions Demon God Skill, and incidentally refine both the Primitive Demon God and the Green Demon. But in the next moment, she suddenly opened her eyes and walked out the door.
Zi Ji, who was bathing Lao Huang outside, tilted her head and looked over, "Senior Sister?"
Lao Huang glanced at her.
The little black dog in the courtyard barked several times and ran towards Lao Huang.
The latter’s face was full of disdain.
"I have a bad premonition," Guang Xiaoyu said.
Just then, Bai Yisheng came by, "What misfortune?"
Behind him, a young disciple couldn’t help but ask, "Are the Demon Race attacking us?"
Bai Yisheng turned his head and glared at him.
Guang Xiaoyu shook her head, "No, it’s worse than the Demon Race attacking us. In short, I feel very uneasy."
Restless in her mind, unable to find peace.
To say it was worse than the Demon Race attacking meant that she had never taken the Demon Race seriously.
Bai Yisheng spoke, "You might have felt wrong."
Guang Xiaoyu lowered her eyelids and silently exhaled, thinking to herself, "I hope so!"
"I’ve selected a few individuals to join Zi Ji in the newcomer competition," Bai Yisheng continued. "There’s not much time left, let Zi Ji practice with them!"
Huh?
Hearing this, Guang Xiaoyu’s face darkened. "Brother Bai, don’t you trust us?"
She had stated before that Zi Ji alone was enough for the newcomer competition.
But now, Bai Yisheng had chosen more people and wanted Zi Ji to practice with them.
Bai Yisheng spoke seriously, "This competition is crucial to the fate of our Fifth Court. If it’s not handled well, they might take action."
Guang Xiaoyu shrugged indifferently, "The Sword Saint is still alive, do they dare?"
"Dare!" Bai Yisheng declared.
Alright then.
Guang Xiaoyu curled her lips and said no more. After all, her only target was the Sword Saint; the life or death of Fairy Valley’s Fifth Court didn’t concern her much.
If she could help, she would; if not, she had done her best.
At that moment, a young disciple ran over, "Brother Bai, there’s trouble! Someone has intruded into our Fifth Court."
"Who?" Bai Yisheng paused, curious. "The First Court? Or the Second Court?"
"No, it’s an outsider, claiming to be... uh..." Before he could finish speaking, Chen Pingping had already arrived.
Dressed in plain white clothes, his features as handsome as a painting, he possessed an elegant and refined air. He stood quietly at the entrance of the courtyard, showing rows of white teeth when he smiled.
It was brilliant, and also a bit foolish.
Behind him followed Jiang Ni’er, her face calm.
MOO!
Lao Huang shook its body and let out a sound.
The little black dog immediately pounced over.
Zi Ji’s face lit up with joy, "Senior Brother!"
Only Guang Xiaoyu felt guilty. When she had accompanied the Earth Chicken in plundering various factions, she had initially believed her Senior Brother shared similar intentions. She only discovered later that he harbored no such thoughts at all; by then, however, she had already ventured down a path of no return. And under the Earth Chicken’s threats, she had been reluctantly compelled to join.
"Oh dear, are you discussing important matters?" Chen Pingping smiled. "Should I step aside?" Nevertheless, he already walked in.
He approached Guang Xiaoyu.
"Senior Brother, I was wrong," Guang Xiaoyu said, looking pitifully at him.
"Wrong about what?"
"I shouldn’t have associated with that chicken and gotten myself dirty."
"What else?"
"I shouldn’t have involved Li Qi."
"Go on."
"I shouldn’t have... Eh, that’s all." Guang Xiaoyu’s face was full of distress. "I truly was wrong, and it was all that chicken threatening me, really, Senior Brother!"
"That’s really all?" Chen Pingping narrowed his eyes.
"Let me think again..." Guang Xiaoyu’s eyes darted around, but no matter how hard she tried to think, she couldn’t recall where else she had gone wrong.
So, she could only look at Chen Pingping with tearful eyes.
SIGH!
Chen Pingping sighed, "You’re getting impetuous again, and cracks are showing in your Dao heart. You should go into seclusion for a while."
What?
Guang Xiaoyu exclaimed, "Senior Brother, I... I really made a mistake." She hadn’t expected Chen Pingping to send her into seclusion. How was that any different from being grounded?
Moreover, in the years of her cultivation, no matter what kind of trouble she caused or what mistakes she made, Chen Pingping never punished her.
But this time, his sudden punishment threw Guang Xiaoyu into disarray.
She was panicked and felt suffocated.
"Senior Brother, I really am sorry. Can’t you let me off this time? I’ll be good and obedient from now on," Guang Xiaoyu said, almost crying.
"My decision for you to go into seclusion has nothing to do with the mistake you made this time," Chen Pingping calmly looked at her.
Nothing? But... why?
Guang Xiaoyu didn’t understand. Wasn’t it because of her most recent mistake that she was being punished? Why was it unrelated?
If it wasn’t punishment, why send her into seclusion?
Chen Pingping spoke, "There is a small town to the east with over a hundred households, surrounded by mountains on three sides and with few itinerant people. Go there for your seclusion. Without my permission, you are not to step half a foot out of the town."
The scene was very quiet.
Guang Xiaoyu’s face turned ashen, still not comprehending.
Behind her, Zi Ji couldn’t help saying, "Senior Brother, she already knows she was wrong."
At this, Bai Yisheng retorted, "Daoist Chen, Guang Xiaoyu is now a disciple of Fairy Valley’s Fifth Court; you have no right to punish her."
Chen Pingping turned around.
"I will go... I am willing to accept the punishment from Senior Brother," Guang Xiaoyu took a deep breath, no longer saying anything, and walked away with her head down.
Her steps were slow, though, still holding onto hope.
She hoped all of this was just a joke from her Senior Brother.
However, until she walked out of the courtyard gate, there was still no sound behind her.
She felt wronged all at once.
It was just a minor matter, wasn’t it? Did he really need to confine me? That damn Senior Brother! Why didn’t he call me back?
The more Guang Xiaoyu thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, with tears beginning to well up in her eyes despite her efforts to restrain herself.
"Lao Huang!" Chen Pingping looked at Lao Huang.
The latter rolled its eyes and silently followed...
In the end, a man and a cow disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Bai Yisheng, slightly angered, said, "Don’t you think you’ve gone too far?" When Guang Xiaoyu had been present before, he had to consider her feelings and couldn’t just rebut Chen Pingping; after all, the man was Xiaoyu’s Senior Brother.
But now Guang Xiaoyu was gone.
A young man behind him also spoke up, "Who are you, anyway? How dare you boss around a Senior Sister from Fairy Valley’s Fifth Court?"
After sending Guang Xiaoyu off, Chen Pingping cracked a smile, "Thanks to Bai, for taking care of my Junior Sister."
"Don’t try to get cozy with me," Bai Yisheng looked at him coldly. "Right now, immediately, have Xiaoyu come back. Otherwise, today I, Bai Yisheng, may not be able to restrain myself from teaching you a lesson."
"Calm down a bit," Chen Pingping was taken aback.
"Calm down your grandpa," Bai Yisheng snapped.
SIGH!
Chen Pingping was at a loss for words.
If it were someone else, he might have slapped them already, but this person was Bai Yisheng, who clearly cared deeply for the two girls.
With that connection, he couldn’t bring himself to strike.
But he had no choice but to put Guang Xiaoyu in seclusion!
Lately, the Southern Diaspora land had not been peaceful. Whether it was due to the emergence of the Wuji Sect or something else, he had recently sensed fluctuations of "Demonic Qi."
That "Demonic Qi" lingered, as if it was always by his side.
Chen Pingping had a foreboding feeling and consulted the Heavenly Book for divination, where he vaguely saw some horrifying visions.
It was for this reason that he sent Guang Xiaoyu into seclusion; his goal was to protect her.
But such matters, he couldn’t just explain.
The only one who knew the truth was Jiang Ni’er.