The various sects stayed in the City of Sea Coral for a few days. After counting the casualties, they left one after another.
No sect had expected that in this secret realm, not only did none of their disciples obtain any resources, but many also lost their lives.
Most of the fallen Golden Core disciples were relatively young, the hopes of the next generation of their sects.
For a moment, a cloud of gloom hung over every sect.
After bidding farewell to Li Xian, Qing Qing and the others, Shen Qing boarded the flying boat and set off back to the Qingyun Sword Sect.
After leaving the City of Sea Coral, Shen Qing noticed a stabbing pain between her eyebrows from time to time, and memories that didn't belong to her would surface in her mind.
Sometimes it was the hideous face of a demonic cultivator, and sometimes it was someone who seemed kind on the surface but cursed her as a jinx in the blink of an eye.
Since Shen Qing had inherited Luo Ling's abilities, You Lang decided to follow her back to the Qingyun Sword Sect.
But his puppy form won the hearts of a large number of female cultivators. Along the way back, he was constantly pawed at, and a lot of his beautiful fur fell out.
When You Lang was doubting his life, he reflected deeply and thought that the puppy image was too amiable. So he transformed into a little wolf cub...
Although he now had sharp teeth and claws, the female cultivators became even more excited.
Later, having no other choice, he bared his teeth at the female cultivators, but unexpectedly, it led to even more inhumane molestation from them.
When the flying boat set off, Elder Fei Yun finally woke up.
After learning that Lin Yibai had turned demonic, Elder Fei Yun didn't say a word. He locked her in a dark room, took two disciples in for interrogation, and didn't come out for two consecutive days.
Qi Nian, worried about Elder Fei Yun, guarded in front of the dark room day and night.
After Ling Zhou retrieved his power, he was worried that Shen Qing might have some after - effects. To his surprise, Shen Qing seemed to be perfectly fine.
"Little disciple, what on earth did you do? Why are you okay?"
Only then did Shen Qing remember that Ling Zhou didn't seem to know that she had inherited Luo Ling's abilities.
When she received Ling Zhou's power, she used the power of "words become law" to ensure her safety. It was originally a gamble, but unexpectedly, it succeeded.
After thinking for a while, Shen Qing told Ling Zhou about inheriting the abilities.
"So, you're the biggest winner of this trip to the secret realm then."
"And that cute but fierce little wolf cub over there is Luo Ling's contracted spiritual beast. Is he following you because he sees you as a substitute?"
"Little disciple, the stories of white moonlight and cinnabar mole are not in vogue these days."
Shen Qing didn't expect Ling Zhou's focus to be so strange. She said helplessly, "Master, you're overthinking..."
But Ling Zhou looked very confident, "Little disciple, don't you dare not believe me. I've read more romance novels than you've read sword manuals."
"The number one romance novelist in the cultivation world, the Immortal Fairy Luo, once had a masterpiece, *My Stories with My Contracted Spiritual Beast*. It's about a contracted spiritual beast looking for a substitute after its master's death, and there were 3,500 chapters of sad and passionate love stories."
Then he said rather regretfully, "But I died too early. At that time, the serialization of the Immortal Fairy Luo's novel wasn't finished yet. I wonder if it's been completed after a thousand years..."
"Hey... Little disciple, since the trial is over, if you have a chance, go down the mountain to the Luo Shen Bookstore and see if that book is still there..."
Ling Zhou was still talking about how wonderful the book was, but he didn't notice that Shen Qing was rubbing her eyebrows and her expression was turning a bit painful.
"Knock, knock, knock..."
"Little junior sister, are you in?"
The door was knocked, and Pei Xuanjing's voice came in.
This annoying voice made the pain between Shen Qing's eyebrows even worse.
"Sister, Big Brother and I came to see you. We want to apologize to you..."
"Please open the door. Let's have a good chat. If you don't want to go back to Worry - Free Peak... then don't go back for now, but at least accept our apology."
The voices of Shen Chuyun and Pei Xuanjing mixed together. To Shen Qing's ears, they were extremely noisy.
Listening to these voices, the stabbing pain between her eyebrows intensified.
She endured the pain and shouted at the door, "Get out of here!"
Hearing the abnormality in Shen Qing's tone, the knocking on the door became more urgent.
"Little junior sister, what's wrong with you? Are you injured? Let Big Brother come in and take a look. I'll ask He Yu to prepare more spiritual pills for you. Don't hold on by yourself!"
"Yes, sister, please open the door first. Let us see how badly you're injured!"
Shen Qing was so annoyed that she opened the door impatiently while rubbing her eyebrows.
When the door opened, Shen Chuyun's hand, which was still knocking, stopped in mid - air. She couldn't withdraw it in time and staggered forward, almost knocking into Shen Qing.
Shen Qing dodged and looked coldly at the two uninvited guests.
When Pei Xuanjing and Shen Chuyun saw that Shen Qing had opened the door, their faces lit up. Just as they were about to speak, Shen Qing slapped Shen Chuyun across the face first.
A bright red handprint immediately appeared on Shen Chuyun's fair skin.
She looked at Shen Qing aggrievedly, her face full of hurt.
"Sister, why did you hit me?"
Pei Xuanjing took an awkward step back, with an expression that seemed to say, "You've hit her, so don't hit me."
Shen Qing said coldly, "Let me ask you, do you still remember the oath I made in the training field?"
Shen Chuyun lowered her eyes dejectedly and replied in a muffled voice, "I remember, but I was angry at that time..."
Shen Qing interrupted Shen Chuyun's explanation, "Then let me ask you again, do you know what would happen if I acknowledged your calling me sister?"
Shen Chuyun's face turned deathly pale.
Once an oath was made, it was recognized by the Heavenly Dao. If one violated the oath, at best, their meridians would be severed, and at worst, their soul would be completely destroyed, and they would never be able to enter the cycle of reincarnation again.
Shen Qing sneered, "Shen Chuyun, I didn't know you were so scheming. You actually wanted to harm me in this way!"
Shen Chuyun quickly explained, "Sister! I didn't... I really didn't mean that..."
But after explaining for a long time, she couldn't come up with a good reason.
She only knew that it was impossible for her and Shen Qing to go back to the days of deep sister - brother affection.
Shen Chuyun turned around dejectedly and left. As she stepped out of the door, she turned around and said with a bitter smile,
"Sister... Junior Sister Shen, I was wrong... You have a good rest... I'll show you my determination to admit my mistake."
Shen Chuyun stumbled away. Shen Qing turned her gaze to Pei Xuanjing and raised her eyes, silently asking, "Do you still have something to say?"
Pei Xuanjing touched his nose and forced an awkward smile, "I..."
He originally wanted to ask Shen Qing if he should plead with True Person Heng Ling to let Shen Qing return to Worry - Free Peak.
But suddenly he remembered Shen Qing's actions in the Law Enforcement Hall and her coldness these days. He decided to hold off on asking for the time being...
But facing Shen Qing's cold expression, he really couldn't say anything else. He just said to have a good rest and then turned around and fled in a hurry.
After these two nuisances left, Shen Qing finally relaxed. But by then, her back was soaked with cold sweat, and her expression was a bit dazed.
The next second, she fainted from the pain.
Before losing consciousness, she heard Hong Chaoyang's voice, "Help! Shen Qing has been angered to death by Pei Xuanjing and Shen Chuyun!"