After Shen Qing and Li Xian made an appointment to meet in the secret realm, they left the woods together.
As they stepped out, Shen Qing still thought the fateful encounter with Li Xian was truly miraculous.
They had only met three times, and two of those meetings had taken place in the woods.
"Senior Brother... Shen Qing... You... You two..."
Xiao Jinglan looked like a startled young bride, his inquisitive eyes lingering on the two of them.
Knowing that Xiao Jinglan had misunderstood greatly, Shen Qing quickly began to explain, "Friend Xiao, don't misunderstand. We were just in the woods..."
"There's no need to tell him what happened in the woods. It's our business."
Before Shen Qing could finish her sentence, Li Xian continued for her.
It seemed that Li Xian didn't want others to know about Lin Yibai. Well, it made sense. Being chased by a venomous beauty would make anyone unhappy.
Shen Qing looked at Xiao Jinglan, seeing his innocent look, and had other speculations in her mind.
Maybe Li Xian thought Xiao Jinglan couldn't keep a secret, so he didn't want her to say it.
Li Xian had no idea that so many thoughts had flashed through Shen Qing's mind in such a short moment. He just simply didn't want to explain.
Hearing this, Xiao Jinglan's eyes widened like bells.
"You two... You have a secret now?!"
His senior brother had changed. Not only did he smile at others, but he also had a little secret with someone.
A secret that even he, his childhood friend, didn't know about!!!
Xiao Jinglan drooped his eyes dejectedly, looking like a woman abandoned by a heartless man.
The next second, he saw the snarling little cat on Shen Qing's waist and immediately recognized it as the cold jade that Li Xian had forcibly snatched from Yu Xuzi's private stash.
He pointed at the cold jade and shouted loudly, "Senior Brother, isn't that... Mmmmmm!!!"
Li Xian quickly covered Xiao Jinglan's mouth and said to Shen Qing, "Friend Shen, my junior brother is being abrupt and disturbing. I'll take my leave first."
"Mmmmmm!!!"
Xiao Jinglan was forcibly carried away by Li Xian. His hands and feet were flailing around, and his eyes were still firmly fixed on the cold jade on Shen Qing's waist.
Watching their departing backs, Shen Qing picked up the cold jade and examined it carefully.
It seemed that even Xiao Jinglan thought Li Xian had bad taste. Why did he have to carve such a nice piece of jade into a little cat?
After returning to the flying boat, Shen Qing learned that Lin Yibai had run back crying just now.
Many male disciples had gone to Lin Yibai's room to comfort her.
In just half a day, with the help of the system, Lin Yibai had bewitched many more disciples. Fortunately, there were still many disciples who remembered what had happened in the Law Enforcement Hall that day and remained unmoved.
Shen Qing shrugged and casually returned to her room.
Early the next morning, Shen Qing, who was still in meditation, was disturbed by a commotion.
She walked out of her room and found that a large group of disciples had gathered on the deck. Qi Nian and Hong Chaoyang were already checking their storage bags beside them.
"Why are you all so early? Isn't the secret realm going to open this afternoon? What are you doing so early in the morning?"
Qi Nian and Hong Chaoyang looked up. Seeing that it was Shen Qing, they greeted her.
Then, Hong Chaoyang glanced at the crowd in the distance irritably and said to Shen Qing, "It's all because of Lin Yibai."
"What happened?"
Shen Qing looked curiously at the crowd in the distance. She saw the male disciples gathered together, chatting merrily.
Qi Nian helped to explain, "Senior Sister Lin's room is next to Senior Sister Hong's. But for some reason, there were voices in Senior Sister Lin's room all night, disturbing Senior Sister Hong."
Hong Chaoyang nodded. "I originally wanted to go to you with Qi Nian, but your room had a barrier set up, so we didn't disturb you."
Only then did Shen Qing remember that last night, in order to prevent those from Forget - Sorrow Peak from disturbing her, she had taken out the barrier stone. Unexpectedly, it had blocked Hong Chaoyang and Qi Nian out.
"So that's what happened. Why is it so lively over there?"
The anger on Hong Chaoyang's face grew stronger. "That little seductress Lin Yibai doesn't know what sorcery she's using. Those male disciples are all like lost souls. It's really embarrassing for our Azure Cloud Sword Sect."
Shen Qing looked in the direction of the commotion and found that besides the disciples of the Azure Cloud Sword Sect, there were also several disciples from other sects.
It seemed that it wasn't just the Azure Cloud Sword Sect that was embarrassed...
"Hey, why do you have a jade pendant on your waist now? It looks... quite unique..."
Shen Qing looked at the jade pendant, and Li Xian's face immediately appeared in her mind.
Fortunately, cold jade was rare, and many people didn't recognize it.
But wearing it so openly on her waist didn't seem very safe. What if someone recognized it? They might kill her for the treasure.
Just thinking about it was terrifying...
Shen Qing took the jade pendant off her waist and rummaged through her storage bag. She found a small sachet that she had embroidered for fun in the mortal world.
There was a delicate totem embroidered on the sachet. Shen Qing had forgotten where she had seen this totem. She just thought it was beautiful and embroidered it.
She put the jade pendant into the sachet and hung it back on her waist.
The light - purple sachet matched well with Shen Qing's blue - and - white disciple robe.
"Why did you put it away? Do you think the style of this jade pendant is ugly? Actually, I think so too. Why did you buy such a style?"
Hong Chaoyang noticed Shen Qing's action and casually criticized.
Shen Qing didn't answer. She was afraid that if Hong Chaoyang knew that this was the cold jade given by Li Xian, worth tens of thousands of high - grade spirit stones, she would have a heart attack from the shock.
"Hehe... It's quite unique, isn't it?"
Hong Chaoyang pursed her lips, not quite approving of Shen Qing's taste.
"As long as you like it."
Qi Nian didn't say a word. Although she also thought the little cat was too unique, the jade was clear and translucent, and the reflected light had a glimmer. It was obviously not an ordinary item.
She guessed that Shen Qing had probably taken a fancy to the jade itself rather than the style.
"Alright, let's get ready quickly. We have no information about the secret realm. The more prepared we are, the safer we'll be."
The noisy voice of Lin Yibai continued, and Lin Yibai, surrounded by the crowd, was even more proud.
She had noticed Shen Qing as soon as she appeared.
When Shen Qing saw how popular she was, she had looked at her with envy for a few more times. This was exactly what she wanted to see.
Shen Qing, Lin Yibai was determined to gradually take away the position of the beloved main character!
Before the secret realm opened, the disciples of each sect gathered on the open ground, while the wandering cultivators stayed farther away.
During the waiting process, everyone was on high alert.
And Shen Qing was eager and looking forward to it.
This was the first time in her two lifetimes that she was participating in a secret realm trial as a Golden Core disciple, and it was such an important secret realm.
But compared to Shen Qing's excitement, Li Xian, who was watching her from afar, was a bit down.
He saw that the jade pendant on Shen Qing's waist had been replaced by a sachet, and a sense of loss instantly enveloped his heart.
Did Shen Qing really dislike that jade pendant?
The more he thought about it, the more confused Li Xian became.
This was the first time he had given a gift to someone, but it seemed that the other person didn't care...
Thinking like this, while feeling lost, there was also a hint of grievance.
The disciples of the Five - Element Dao Sect didn't understand why their senior brother, who had been willing to talk a little more just now, suddenly had a gloomy face. They were all trembling and didn't dare to say a word, for fear of being targeted by their senior brother.
They wailed in their hearts: The senior brother is so scary!