Chapter 98 Part 2

Tu Qing was both shocked and angry, thinking they were going back on their word. He cursed at Qiu Xianyun incessantly, from traitor to shameless villain. Unfortunately he didn't have much of a vocabulary.

Qiu Xianyun got annoyed from listening and cast a silencing spell to shut him up completely.

"Saying you have no brains is really flattering you. I'm trying to save your life!" Qiu Xianyun said with a cold laugh.

Tu Qing's eyes went wide, clearly not believing it.

Qiu Xianyun said coldly, "As soon as we leave, Qingyan will definitely send people to kill us. Even if they can't kill us, they'll kill you, conveniently adding another crime to our list. Because everyone saw with their own eyes that we took you away. By then, if you lose your life, even if we jump into the Yellow River we won't be able to wash ourselves clean!"

Impossible, my master is not that kind of person! Tu Qing glared furiously.

Qiu Xianyun looked at him like he was an idiot, "Your master wants to do big things but doesn't have the capability. Indeed, he probably wouldn't. But Qingxuan isn't dead yet. With him around, there's no way he'll let us off!"

When he said this, even Yun Zong and the others' attention was drawn over.

"Qingxuan isn't dead?"

Qiu Xianyun said mildly, "There may be more than just Qingxuan behind this. With their abilities, there's no way they could make Qinghe lose his cultivation without a trace. I don't want to end up like him, so naturally I had to play dumb."

Yun Zong and the others of course knew who was behind this. But now wasn't the time to talk. Seeing Qiu Xianyun chatting and laughing, seemingly without much damage to his cultivation, he had obviously held back before. This greatly reduced the pressure on their side.

After a moment, Zhou Yin said, "Let's go down and talk."

The group looked down and saw a dense dark forest. Setting up a barrier there would allow them to both rest and avoid pursuit.

Qiu Xianyun and Zhou Yin weren't very familiar, having only met once or twice. But judging from Yun Zong's behavior, he had reached a level of trust with Zhou Yin to put his life in his hands.

Seeing how good-looking this person was, yet expressionless, that solemn aloofness was like a snow lotus, sometimes giving people the urge to pluck it.

He had always liked beauties, so he couldn't help but look a few more times. But then he saw a furry little thing on Zhou Yin's shoulder, staring at him with a fierce look in its eyes.

"This thing isn't a Kite, is it? And it's spiritually awakened? Could it be a high-level demon beast?" Qiu Xianyun sized up Zhou Chen with interest, looking like he wanted to grab it and play with it.

Zhou Yin glanced at him mildly, reaching out to pet His Majesty the Demon Beast Emperor while setting up a barrier around them.

Yun Zong asked, "What about Wan Qingqing?"

Zhou Yin said, "She wants to stay."

For Wan Qingqing, her most important people were all at Yuheng Peak, so naturally she was unwilling to leave with Zhou Yin. She also told Zhou Yin that she would do her best to stay safe and wait for them to return, so she could find opportunities to pass on messages.

Yun Zong nodded, "Then what are your plans next?"

Zhou Yin's gaze shifted from Tu Qing to Qiu Xianyun, "I have some business to attend to in Dongyue. Since he's fine, you all..."

Before he could finish, Qiu Xianyun spat out a mouthful of blood on cue, his face instantly turning pale as paper.

Zhou Yin: "..."

Yun Zong: "..."

Qiu Xianyun rolled his eyes, "Who said I was fine! You try fighting against six elders plus Qingyan by yourself. Even if I held back at the time and Qinghe went easy, I couldn't possibly be unscathed. Then I spent a few days in that dungeon. You think I'm some indestructible Golden Immortal?"

Just now, in order to escape from Shangxuan Sect, he had suppressed his injuries. Now they all erupted at once and he looked wilted, his charming air gone.

Zhou Yin calmly continued, "It's not suitable to stay here for long."

Even with the barrier, the pursuers would arrive soon. Even if they couldn't kill them, it would still be troublesome.

Yun Zong nodded, "Alright then, I'll take Elder Qiu to heal. You all go to Dongyue first. I'll come find you then. In the meantime, we'll stay in contact with transmission talismans."

Zhou Yin nodded, his gaze falling on Tu Qing.

Tu Qing shuddered and tried to shrink his body, attempting to create the illusion of "I don't exist".

Yun Zong said, "I'll take him." Zhou Yin took out more than a dozen high-grade talismans and several bottles of spiritual medicine from his Sumeru Ring and tossed them to him.

Yun Zong caught them, then took out the sect leader's token that Qinghe had previously given him.

There was no moonlight here, but it did not hinder the soft glow emanating from the jade tablet itself, allowing one to clearly see the talisman inscriptions engraved on it.

Yun Zong cut his finger and dripped a drop of blood onto it.

The blood instantly melted into the jade tablet, and the light surged. An object appeared out of thin air above the jade tablet, enveloped in a ball of light.

A hairpin.

It was engraved with a flowing cloud pattern, more ancient than exquisite, but the intertwining purple and red soft light flowing around the hairpin was like plating it with a layer of dazzling rosy clouds.

The Rosy Cloud Hairpin?

Zhou Chen looked at the hairpin in surprise.

Zhou Yin took the hairpin handed over by Yun Zong and said, "I'm leaving."

Yun Zong grunted, condensing all his words into two words: "Take care."

The night was vast and hazy, with no trace of birds or beasts. The sound of the wind entering the forest was desolate and distant.

Seeing him still gazing at Zhou Yin's figure riding his sword away, Qiu Xianyun teased, "Keep looking and your neck will snap."

Yun Zong withdrew his gaze. "What are your plans?"

Qiu Xianyun thought for a moment. "Let's continue heading north. Beichang is a foreign nation where the three major forces of Flying Dragon Temple, Zhuo Qing Pavilion, and Xuannu Sect coexist, making it difficult for outside sects to intervene, so it's relatively much safer."

He pointed to Tu Qing beside him. "When I caught him earlier, I discovered he had quite a few valuable things on him. If we go to Beichang, at least we won't have to worry about living lavishly."

Tu Qing shuddered again.