Part 3
The black qi on Meng Qinghui’s body seemed to encounter a natural predator and fled rapidly from inside her body. Before it could escape into the air, Xiao Jianming reached out, grabbed it, and ate it.
Su Huan was startled and couldn’t help stepping forward.
Xiao Jianming noticed and gave him a reassuring smile. “Don’t be afraid. This is inherently our… food.”
Until all the demonic qi vanished completely, Meng Qinghui woke up slowly and coughed out a mouthful of blood.
After waking, she sensed several auras in front of her and called out, “Wuyou?”
Hua Wuyou immediately scrambled over, placing his head under his Senior Sister’s hand. “Senior Sister, I’m here!”
Meng Qinghui breathed a sigh of relief. As if sensing something, she turned accurately toward Su Huan and revealed a faint smile. “Finally found you.”
Su Huan was stunned. “Found me?”
Xiao Jianming frowned, pulled him behind his back, and stood up. “Old man, your turn.”
The old man huffed angrily. “So unfair. You get a big meal, while I get threatened with a knife to the neck.”
Hearing this, Meng Qinghui knew what had happened. She immediately apologized, “Valley Master, please do not blame him. Junior Brother is still young and acts somewhat rashly. Another day, I will personally bring him to Yaowang Valley to apologize to you.”
The old man treated her grumpily. Hearing this, he rolled his eyes. “Alright, alright. With your current state, you’d better speak less.”
Meng Qinghui knew when to stop and truly stopped talking. However, she still “looked” in Su Huan’s direction with a searching expression.
Hua Wuyou looked at his Senior Sister, then at Su Huan, scratching his head, somewhat perplexed.
Xiao Jianming, however, didn’t have such a good temper. With a cold face, he took Su Huan and prepared to leave. “Since the person has been saved, we will leave first.”
Su Huan was observing the Cang Xuan siblings closely. Hearing this, he was stunned. Before he could speak, Meng Qinghui spoke first. “Fellow Daoist, please wait.”
After the old man’s treatment, Meng Qinghui’s wounds all healed, and her complexion became rosy and healthy. After thanking the old man, she caught up with the two who had already left, “looked” at Su Huan, and said directly, “I have some matters I wish to clarify with this Fellow Daoist.”
Xiao Jianming: “What matter?”
Meng Qinghui: “A secret, inconvenient for outsiders to know.”
Xiao Jianming’s gaze suddenly turned cold.
Reminded by this, Su Huan thought of the origin of his current magical eyes and was secretly surprised. Could it be that the characters in that illusion were played by real people?
He immediately said, “Okay.”
Meng Qinghui took him to a place where the others couldn’t see and erected a barrier. “May I know this Fellow Daoist’s name?”
Su Huan smiled. “My name is Su Huan. You don’t know, although you don’t recognize me now, we met a long time ago.”
He thought Meng Qinghui would show the same expression as Nangong Yi, but after hearing it, looking enlightened, she said accurately, “You have entered the Heart Tribulation Illusion?”
Now it was Su Huan’s turn to be surprised. “How did you know?”
Meng Qinghui revealed a light smile. “Because a few days ago, I suddenly sensed my own…”
She omitted some words in the middle, but her hand touched her eyes. She said, “It suddenly sensed that a connected Heavenly Dao fortune had landed in Hua Yao Zhou, and the only thing in the world that can achieve such a level is the Heart Tribulation Illusion.”
Su Huan was puzzled. “Connected Heavenly Dao fortune?”
“Yes.” Meng Qinghui paused and explained, “It is as if I gained a sister, and I can sense its existence.”
Hearing this, Su Huan couldn’t help being surprised. “So you appeared here to find me?”
Meng Qinghui smiled. “No, we came to attend the Immortal Alliance Conference. As for you, I was just curious and came to take a look in passing.”
“Immortal Alliance Conference?”
Hearing these words, Su Huan felt his heart skip a beat.
Meng Qinghui tilted her head. “Do you not know? The Immortal Alliance Conference this time is hosted by the Xuanji Sect. By the way, you are disciples of the Xuanji Sect, right?”
Su Huan nodded. Realizing she couldn’t see, he made a sound of affirmation.
Hesitating for a while, he said, “This Immortal Alliance Conference… how about you don’t participate?”
Meng Qinghui: “Why?”
Su Huan didn’t know how to explain the calamity in the illusion to her, but Meng Qinghui had already realized it and asked him, “Is the matter you experienced in the Heart Tribulation Illusion related to the Immortal Alliance Conference?”
Su Huan nodded repeatedly. “Exactly. At the Immortal Alliance Conference, a demon army will appear and massacre the disciples of the immortal sects!”
Hearing this, Meng Qinghui felt it was somewhat strange. ” truly strange. The Heart Tribulation Illusion only reflects the knots in one’s heart; I have never heard that it has the effect of predicting the future.”
Su Huan scratched his head. “This probably has to do with the number of people who entered, right?”
Meng Qinghui: “?”
Su Huan said, “That time, I went to Liufang City with… my Junior Brother. We had some… um, misunderstandings, and accidentally entered the Heart Tribulation Illusion together. Later, for some reason, after coming out, I obtained an opportunity, but my Junior Brother got nothing.”
Meng Qinghui pondered for a while and said, “Is the person you speak of the one traveling with you just now?”
Su Huan replied, “It is him.”
Meng Qinghui looked enlightened and smiled. “No wonder it was so special. He is a remnant of the Lingxi Clan. The Lingxi bloodline can resonate with the Heavenly Dao, so some future events were mixed into the illusion.”
Only then did Su Huan understand. After reacting, he hurriedly signaled her to be quiet. “Shh, you absolutely must not reveal that you know his background in front of him. He hates it most when others know his secret.”
Meng Qinghui expressed understanding. “The world covets the wealth of the Boundless Sea; being cautious is a good thing.”
Su Huan shook his head. “You don’t understand. Once he knows you know his secret, he will kill you. I am the precedent.”
Hearing this, Meng Qinghui raised an eyebrow. “Then why are you still alive?”
Su Huan scratched his head and said shyly, “Because I became his Dao Companion.”
Meng Qinghui: “…”
When the two returned, they saw Wen Huai and the old man sitting in the middle, while Hua Wuyou and Xiao Jianming sat on opposite sides. Their expressions were not good; it was unknown what had happened.
It wasn’t until seeing Su Huan return unharmed that Xiao Jianming’s expression cleared slightly.
Hua Wuyou immediately lunged in front of Meng Qinghui, breaking into a smile. “Senior Sister!”
Xiao Jianming walked to Su Huan’s side. He still had no good expression for her, listening as she asked, “Are you returning to the Xuanji Sect next? Why don’t we go together?”
Xiao Jianming was cold as ice. “N—”
“Okay, okay!”
Before the word could be spoken, Su Huan was seen nodding repeatedly in agreement.
The expression froze instantly, becoming even darker.
Hua Wuyou asked knowingly with a wicked smile, “What’s wrong? You don’t want to go with us?”
Su Huan also looked at him. Xiao Jianming gritted his back teeth and forced out a smile. “How could that be? I am extremely willing.”
He received a brilliant smile from Su Huan.
Seeing they had finished chatting, the old man got up, dusted off his bottom, and humphed at Xiao Jianming. “Well, since the person is saved, this old man is leaving too.”
Although Xiao Jianming had fallen into the Wangyan symptom and become a fool in the past few days, his divine sense had still been probing the outside world. Naturally, he knew why the old man had come. A vein throbbed on his temple as he tossed a storage bag to him, his tone filled with disdain. “Old miser.”
Su Huan looked at him, puzzled. Xiao Jianming paused and explained to him pitifully, “This old man has always loved money. He came to save me this time not because of some Heavenly Oath, but for the remuneration in the oath—a whole one million spirit stones per time.”
Su Huan indeed showed a distressed expression. Xiao Jianming took the opportunity to ask for some benefits. Seemingly reaching out for a hug, he was actually secretly caressing his Dao Companion’s slender waist, sighing with satisfaction in his heart.
Wen Huai caught the storage bag thrown over for the old man. The old man beamed with joy immediately and hummed, “No manners. I treated you when you were young; by seniority, you should call me Grandpa…”
Xiao Jianming’s eyes were cold. The old man’s voice became smaller and smaller. Finally, he pushed Wen Huai to run away. “Go quickly, go quickly, the little firecracker is going to explode again…”
In a flash, they ran out of sight.
Su Huan finished watching this scene and looked at Xiao Jianming, unable to help laughing out loud. “You were actually called Little Firecracker when you were young…”
Xiao Jianming’s face was extremely dark. Looking at the youth who couldn’t stop smiling, a thought turned in his mind. He pulled Su Huan over and sent a voice transmission.
The expression on Su Huan’s face froze. He pushed him away abruptly, his face turning red rapidly. “…You are obscene!”
This time, it was Xiao Jianming’s turn to be unable to stop smiling.
Ever since learning that his Senior Sister came to Hua Yao Zhou to find someone, and especially knowing that this person was Su Huan, Hua Wuyou hadn’t liked him much.
It wasn’t until he saw the scene of him flirting with Xiao Jianming that the clouds in his heart cleared.
On the road, taking advantage of the moment that black-faced monster wasn’t paying attention, he pulled Su Huan over and asked quietly, “Hey, you are actually riding the same sword as that guy named Xiao. Are you Dao Companions?”
Seeing Su Huan nod with a blushing face, the heavy stone in his heart finally landed. The smile on his face became even more sincere. He put his arm around Su Huan happily and said boldly, “That’s great! As long as you stay with him forever, you are my, Hua Wuyou’s, best brother!”
Leaving Su Huan completely confused. “?”
Xiao Jianming came back from catching fish and saw this scene; his face turned dark again.
Hua Wuyou grinned and hurriedly retreated to the side. “You guys chat, I’ll go check on my Senior Sister.”
The group of four hurried on their journey. After flying for more than ten days, they met Feng Jiangyue, who had come to save them, halfway.
Behind Feng Jiangyue was the Chief Eldest Senior Brother. Upon seeing Su Huan, she immediately pounced. “Are you alright, Fourth Junior Brother!”
Su Huan was eating the honey-glazed chicken leg roasted by Xiao Jianming. Caught off guard, he was tackled to the ground and almost choked.
“Cough, cough, if Senior Sister doesn’t get up, I’ll be gone even if I was fine…”
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