The female disciple standing in front of Shen Qing almost roared out. Her shrill question hit everyone present hard, making each of them feel as if they had been slapped in the face.
"Sister Qi Nian... we..."
Qi Nian was so angry that her eyes were bloodshot. She felt it was unfair and unjust for Shen Qing.
And Shen Qing standing behind Qi Nian was also deeply shocked. Her nose felt sore and tears almost welled up.
She didn't cry when Shen Chuyun spread rumors and targeted her.
She didn't cry when Pei Xuanjing accused her of crimes on his own initiative again.
She didn't cry when He Yu led the others to question her.
But when Qi Nian stepped forward bravely to shield her from these gossips, Shen Qing felt like crying.
In the mortal world, in her family, her parents favored sons over daughters. After Shen Chuyun was taken away by Elder Heng Ling, her parents used the excuse of not wanting to part with Shen Qing and wanted to keep her at home to recover from her injuries.
But in fact, they just didn't want Shen Qing to leave the family easily.
Because she was good-looking and had a nice figure, she had long been fancied by the old widower on the East Street, who gave ten taels of silver to Shen's parents to betroth her.
Shen's parents were just waiting for Shen Qing to come of age so that they could marry her off to the old widower on the East Street.
In the village, everyone knew that she was the old widower's fiancée, so they laughed at her and looked down on her.
And that old widower even molested and humiliated Shen Qing when there was no one around.
Shen Qing was really scared of this kind of life, so she escaped.
It was beyond ordinary people's imagination how many roads a girl who hadn't come of age had to travel and how many dangerous situations she had encountered in order to find the Qingyun Sword Sect.
Because half of her spiritual bones had been taken away, her body became weak. She almost died on the road several times. If it weren't for her strong will, Shen Qing would have already entered the cycle of reincarnation.
After entering the sect, her master and senior brothers seemed to dote on her on the surface, but in fact, they were all kind to her with ulterior motives.
Before long, she was framed by Lin Yibai and had an extremely difficult life.
This was the first time that someone unconditionally stood by her side, spoke up for her, and vented her anger.
Qi Nian was no different. She had a gentle personality and was always bullied in the sect.
Especially the male disciples. Seeing that Qi Nian was easy to talk to, they repeatedly took advantage of her.
Shen Qing's words were enough to wake Qi Nian up and help her grow.
"Sister Qi Nian, Sister Shen, we didn't mean it that way. Sister Shen, it's our fault. We come to apologize to you!"
"Yes, Sister Shen, please don't be angry. We were just scared. We didn't really doubt you."
The disciples all bowed to Shen Qing as fellow disciples and looked at her with apology.
"It's okay..."
Shen Qing was in a daze and said this sentence blankly.
Qi Nian turned around, smiling with tears in her eyes. She was saying, "Junior Sister Shen Qing, you're really good. We're all grateful to you."
Shen Qing's heart was instantly filled with warmth. She sincerely showed a smile to everyone.
It turned out that it was possible to exchange sincerity for sincerity.
Not everyone would unjustly accuse and doubt her.
Seeing Shen Qing smile, the others finally felt relieved. Just now, they saw the sadness and grievance in Junior Sister Shen's eyes, and their hearts were all clenched.
Fortunately, Junior Sister Shen Qing was magnanimous and forgave them.
The disciples stepped forward and surrounded Shen Qing.
"We're fellow disciples. We shouldn't doubt each other like this. Junior Sister Shen saved us. When we get back, I must find a gift to thank Junior Sister Shen."
"Junior Sister Shen hasn't formed her golden core yet. Senior brother will give you a few more protective magic tools."
"Senior sister doesn't have much else, but she has the most pills. Junior Sister Shen Qing, I hope you don't mind. This is all senior sister can offer."
"..."
Shen Qing was wrapped in kindness and was so dizzy that she didn't know how to react.
"Hey! You guys..."
Shen Chuyun's voice was drowned out in the disciples' voices of gratitude. Shen Qing couldn't hear it at all.
Suddenly, rich spiritual energy gathered around Shen Qing.
Shen Qing felt a gentle warmth coming from her dantian, and her spiritual power uncontrollably rushed towards her dantian.
"Oh my god! What a lucky day it is today! Sister Hong is about to break through, and now Junior Sister Shen Qing is also about to break through. Why didn't such good luck fall on me!"
"Hurry up! Hurry up and protect Junior Sister Shen!"
"Junior Sister Shen is about to form her golden core. Clouds are gathering in the sky. This thunder tribulation will probably be quite powerful later!"
Shen Qing was startled and thought of Hong Chaoyang who was still breaking through not far away.
Forming a golden core would attract thunder tribulations. If Hong Chaoyang was accidentally affected, it would be bad.
"Senior brothers and sisters, Sister Hong is still breaking through. I need to stay away from here. You don't have to follow me. I can do it myself."
With that said, Shen Qing quickly flew away on her sword.
Ling Zhou had told Shen Qing as soon as the spiritual energy started to gather that there was an open space 500 meters away from here, which was suitable for crossing the thunder tribulation.
She knew that with the spiritual bones in her body, it would definitely not be easy to cross this thunder tribulation. If someone protected her, it might even implicate others.
After Shen Qing left, everyone sighed silently and started to do what they could. Some of them protected Hong Chaoyang, while others started to sit in meditation to recover.
Pei Xuanjing, He Yu, and Shen Chuyun felt even more complicated.
Shen Qing was actually about to form her golden core, and in such a situation. If Little White Junior Sister knew that Shen Qing could also form a golden core, would she be sad...
Shen Qing came to the open space that Ling Zhou had mentioned. There were no trees around, and it was very spacious.
The dark clouds in the sky were gathering more and more, and lightning flashed in the thick clouds.
There was no time to lose. Shen Qing immediately started to sit in meditation and guided her spiritual power towards her dantian.
"Little disciple, don't be afraid. Forming a golden core is just a piece of cake. Master will accompany you."
Ling Zhou's voice calmed Shen Qing's flustered heart. This was her first time forming a golden core. She was both excited and a little scared.
"Concentrate!"
"Guide your spiritual power to gather towards your dantian." Ling Zhou said, and secretly untied some of the sealing talismans on Shen Qing.
Feeling the spiritual bones in Shen Qing's body, the clouds in the sky were much thicker than when an ordinary person formed a golden core.
Shen Qing's consciousness slowly focused on her dantian. Vaguely, Shen Qing could feel that a golden inner core seemed to appear in her dantian.
The inner core became clearer from being blurry. Besides the golden light, Shen Qing also saw blue - purple immortal energy swirling around the golden core.
When the golden core was formed, the first thunderbolt fell.
The thunder struck Shen Qing hard. Shen Qing could feel her golden core tremble. She quickly stabilized her spiritual power and continuously sent it to the golden core.
After the first thunderbolt, the thunder in the sky became louder.
The others still in the forest in the distance couldn't help but worry about Shen Qing when they heard the loud thunder.
On the mountain, the elders and the sect master of the Qingyun Sword Sect also noticed this unusual thunder and clouds.
The sect master, Elder Honghua, stroked his beard, his eyes full of expectation. "The person who can attract this thunder tribulation must not be an ordinary person. You all go to the place where the tribulation is taking place immediately. If this person is not a disciple of our sect, bring him to see me at once."
After one thunder tribulation, the second one fell, followed by the third, the fourth...
The power of the thunder tribulations became stronger and stronger. A total of nine thunder tribulations fell.
Elder Honghua was so excited that he almost went there in person to catch the person and force him to worship as a disciple.