Xian Shiyu murmured to herself, and a sense of guilt gradually welled up in her heart.
Over the years, she had been living a carefree life in the Beast Taming Sect. Above her were her parents and masters, and below were her senior and junior brothers and sisters. No matter what happened, there was always someone standing in front of her.
Previously, she even thought that such excessive protection restricted her life.
However, during this journey down the mountain, she finally realized that having someone to shield her from the wind and rain was actually a very happy thing.
In her previous life, she had gradually overlooked something called responsibility.
Her parents and masters protected her not only out of love but also because of responsibility. Her senior and junior brothers and sisters protected her not only out of the friendship among fellow disciples but also because of responsibility.
What about her?
Where was her responsibility?
All her responsibilities had been placed on those who protected her!
It shouldn't have been like this.
"Senior Sister, I understand. I won't stop you anymore," Xian Shiyu said with a slight nasal tone. The confusion and innocence in her eyes gradually faded away, and in that moment, she actually resembled Chu Lanqiu a bit.
Chu Lanqiu smiled gratifyingly and stroked Xian Shiyu's head.
"What about you? Are you going to stop me?"
Chu Lanqiu exuded an imposing manner. From her, Shen Qing gradually felt the charisma of a future young sect master.
"I agree."
Shen Qing immediately declared her stance. Seeing this, Li Xian also stood beside Shen Qing. "I agree too."
Since Shen Qing could make such a decision, it proved that she had thought it over carefully. He had also seriously considered it himself. Since it wasn't a bad thing, he also agreed.
Shen Qing looked into Li Xian's eyes, smiled, and moved a bit closer to him.
Although He Xianyin and He Zhaoxue didn't say anything, their expressions showed that they also approved.
The Dark Wolf closed his eyes and recalled his childhood when his clan was scattered and broken...
He felt pity for all living things, but why didn't anyone show pity for their Nether White Wolf clan?
Everyone held their breath, waiting for an answer from the Dark Wolf.
After all, the purification of the demonic egg mainly relied on the Dark Wolf. If the Dark Wolf firmly disagreed, they would have no way.
After waiting for a while, the Dark Wolf finally opened his eyes again, sighed, and said, "I agree, but everything must be done according to my instructions."
"Great!"
Chu Lanqiu happily stood up, took the demonic egg from Shen Qing's hand, and felt the fluctuation of the aura in the egg.
Since time was pressing, after some discussion, everyone decided that the Dark Wolf and Chu Lanqiu would enter the Beast Forest to hatch the egg.
Nourishing the spirit beast egg required searching for herbs in the Beast Forest, so no one would find it strange. Shen Qing and Li Xian would also go with them to take care of each other.
Xian Shiyu and the others would stay in the Beast Taming Sect. Qi Nian and Hong Chaoyang would help cover for them.
To ensure everything went smoothly, Shen Qing and Li Xian each dripped some blood on the puppet dolls, making the dolls transform into their appearances and stay in the Beast Taming Sect.
After a simple packing, Shen Qing and her group took their positions and were ready to set off.
However, unexpectedly, as soon as they stepped out of the door, they ran into four unexpected guests head - on.
Pei Xuanjing led Nan Zhijin and the others, blocking their way. They stared at Shen Qing intently with burning eyes.
Fortunately, the Dark Wolf had already transformed into his wolf form, and there seemed to be nothing unusual about the others.
But to prevent these four people from noticing anything, Shen Qing motioned for everyone to leave first while she stayed behind.
In the end, only Shen Qing and Li Xian were left.
Pei Xuanjing said dissatisfiedly, "We're here to find our... fellow junior sister. It's inappropriate for you, an outer - sect disciple, to stand here."
But Li Xian generously took Shen Qing's hand and smiled. "I'm accompanying my fiancée. What's wrong with that? As for you, you're just fellow junior brothers. It's actually inappropriate for all of you to come together, isn't it?"
Li Xian emphasized the words "fiancée" and "junior brothers" very strongly.
These two words also reminded the four people that Shen Qing was already engaged and her cultivation was in the mid - Nascent Soul stage.
As long as Shen Qing wanted to, she could completely defeat them, humiliate them, and then leave. The fact that she was still standing there calmly was already giving them a great deal of face.
Shen Qing, with her hand held by Li Xian, rolled her eyes, then affectionately leaned closer to Li Xian, showing a provocative look.
Who did they think they were? They even dared to interfere in her business.
From the first time she saw Nan Zhijin, Shen Qing knew that he must have taken some powerful and harmful pills to recover so quickly.
Let her guess. Those pills must have been given to him by the people from the Main Shrine.
After taking such harmful pills, his body would surely break down sooner or later.
But Shen Qing wasn't so kind as to remind him.
"What do you want?"
There was impatience in Shen Qing's eyes. The blatant disgust made Pei Xuanjing and the others feel a bit embarrassed.
But in order to win Shen Qing back, they still gritted their teeth and stood there without moving.
Shen Chuyun looked at Shen Qing with a hurt expression.
"Shen Qing, we were wrong about what happened before. We still owe you a formal apology, so..."
"I don't need it."
"What?"
Pei Xuanjing was a bit stunned, and the expressions of the people behind him also turned a bit sour.
"I said, I don't need it."
Shen Qing replied coldly. But to avoid further nonsense, she directly circulated her spiritual power. With a wave of her hand, the four unprepared people were beaten to the ground in a mess.
The gap between the Golden Core stage and the Nascent Soul stage was huge. Even Pei Xuanjing, who was in the late Golden Core stage, couldn't react in an instant.
Shen Qing pulled Li Xian away, but when passing by He Yu, he grabbed her sleeve.
Just now, he had seen his younger sister He Zhaoxue. Seeing that they got along so happily, he felt a bit annoyed.
The He family was powerful. Shen Qing was so kind to a daughter from a branch of the He family. He was the future head of the He family. He had just made some mistakes. Why did Shen Qing say she didn't want them anymore?
"If you want the help of the He family, what's the use of looking for He Zhaoxue? You should look for me!"
Shen Qing was so angry that she laughed. He Yu actually thought that she befriended He Zhaoxue for the power of the He family.
"You?"
Shen Qing squatted down and suddenly tightly grabbed He Yu's neck. There was a hint of hatred in her eyes.
"Where were you when I needed you before? Oh, I remember. You were using your broken sword to scratch my face. You said that I shouldn't have taken the credit for saving Lin Yibai's life and that I made you sick."
"Nan Zhijin, do you remember!"
Shen Qing almost couldn't control her emotions. No matter how much time passed, she could never forget that feeling of despair and helplessness.
Nan Zhijin struggled, and his face turned red from being suffocated.
"I was deceived by Lin Yibai. We were all victims..."
It was impossible to reason with them.
Shen Qing let go of her hand. She couldn't really kill He Yu here.
"Since you want to atone for your sins, fine. Then bear all the pain you once inflicted on me one by one. Maybe I'll consider..."
Forgiving you in your next life.
"Including you!"
Shen Qing turned her head and looked at the person who had been standing in the forest not far away.
True Person Heng Ling was hiding in the shade of the trees, but was startled by Shen Qing's sudden look and unconsciously took half a step back.