Shen Qing somehow got a foxtail grass and stuck it in her mouth. She looked at Fei Fei with a look full of disdain.
"So? I killed all these spirit beasts. But unfortunately, you can't kick me out of the Beast Taming Sect."
Fei Fei's face turned black. He pointed at the spirit beasts in disbelief with one finger and then at Shen Qing. "What ability do you have to gather all these spirit beasts here? And there are at least two Nascent Soul - stage spirit beasts among them. How could you..."
"I'm a mid - Nascent Soul cultivator, while Chu Lanqiu is only at the Golden Core stage. How can you be so sure that these spirit beasts were all killed by her?"
Shen Qing walked up to Fei Fei with a powerful aura. She gradually exerted the pressure of her Nascent Soul - stage cultivation on Fei Fei.
Fei Fei was overwhelmed by this pressure. His knees went weak, and he almost knelt on the ground.
"You!"
"It's unbecoming for you to attack a junior!"
Real Person Peng Yue saw his disciple being bullied by Shen Qing and wanted to step forward to help. But the pressure he exerted on Shen Qing was bounced away by Real Person Hu Xiao with a wave of his hand.
"Peng Yue, why bother? It was your disciple who caused trouble in the first place. How can you blame others for fighting back?"
Real Person Peng Yue snorted coldly. His eyes were gloomy, and he glared at Fei Fei, as if blaming him for his recklessness.
Sweat started to break out on Fei Fei's forehead. Just holding himself up without falling to the ground took all his strength.
"Shen Qing... Aren't you afraid of us for killing spirit beasts near the Beast Taming Sect?"
"Afraid?"
"Why should I be afraid?" Shen Qing sneered as if she had heard something ridiculous.
"This is the Beast Forest, not under the jurisdiction of the Beast Taming Sect. These spirit beasts suddenly went crazy and gathered here. I had to fight for my life to protect myself. They were killed because they were not as good as me. How can you blame me?"
Fei Fei couldn't refute. His eyes rolled around. He gritted his teeth and glared at Shen Qing fiercely. But in a place where no one could see, he looked at Immortal Hui Yan for help.
Immortal Hui Yan glanced at Fei Fei coldly. Suppressing his inner annoyance, he said, "The tenet of the Beast Taming Sect is to live in harmony with spirit beasts. If everyone ignores such behavior, the cultivation world will be in chaos."
"Our Main God's Hall is responsible for managing the Nine Desolate Continent. We must look into this situation."
"Actually, what really makes me curious is why these spirit beasts suddenly gathered here?"
"Shen Qing, do you have a good explanation?"
Immortal Hui Yan looked at Shen Qing with a half - smile, as if saying that if she couldn't come up with a reason, he would lock her up.
Shen Qing sneered. "I'm the victim. I still want the Main God's Hall to give me an explanation. When did the victim have to prove the evidence of their own victimization?"
Immortal Hui Yan was unhurried. "Well, since Shen Qing wants an answer, why don't we investigate? Now everyone suspects that it was because Chu Lanqiu practiced an unknown technique here that these spirit beasts suddenly went crazy. Why don't you open the barrier and let us see what's inside?"
"No! I'm hatching an egg inside. If you rush in and disturb it, causing my egg to break and I can't participate in the competition, what should I do?"
Chu Lanqiu stood in front of everyone. A look of panic flashed across her face.
"What? Are you feeling guilty?"
Shen Qing had already withdrawn the pressure she had exerted on Fei Fei. Seeing this, Fei Fei jumped out again.
Shen Qing's face was solemn. She stared at Immortal Hui Yan, but secretly worried about the Dark Wolf inside the barrier.
She didn't know if Immortal Hui Yan had noticed something or really wanted to prevent Chu Lanqiu from participating in the selection. But whatever the reason, it wasn't a good thing.
If the barrier was opened and the Dark Wolf was seen by Immortal Hui Yan, and his identity as the Nether White Wolf was recognized, it would be troublesome.
"Although I'm not from the Beast Taming Sect, I know that when spirit beasts go crazy, we must look for the cause on the spirit beasts themselves. You don't investigate these corpses all over the ground but want to open the barrier. What's your intention?"
Immortal Hui Yan showed a smile but didn't answer. The two sides were对峙 silently.
Suddenly, the barrier behind Chu Lanqiu and Shen Qing slowly disappeared.
Shen Qing and Chu Lanqiu turned around in surprise. They saw Xian Shiyu with an embarrassed look on her face. She was holding an egg in her arms and slowly walked out under everyone's gaze.
"What's this?"
When Fei Fei saw Xian Shiyu appear, his expression cracked a bit. "Why are you here?!"
Xian Shiyu was afraid of others but not Fei Fei. She immediately frowned and replied, "Why can't I be here? The senior sister ran out of herbs, so I came here to take care of the spirit beast egg for her. Is there a problem?"
"Really? Really? Could it be that no one is taking care of your egg? Your popularity is so poor."
Saying this, Xian Shiyu put the egg in her hand into Chu Lanqiu's hand, showing an exaggerated and sarcastic expression.
This blatant sarcasm made Fei Fei feel insulted.
What did she mean by poor popularity?!
He was just... just living in seclusion and being independent!
"Didn't you say you wanted to investigate? I'm out. You can go in."
Shen Qing looked at Xian Shiyu, and Xian Shiyu silently glanced at the Nine - Layer Pagoda around her waist.
Shen Qing immediately understood that the Dark Wolf was in the Nine - Layer Pagoda.
She felt relieved now.
"Since the Main God's Hall is so responsible, Shen Qing thanks the immortals here. I'm looking forward to a reasonable explanation from you. If there's no explanation, compensation will do."
Then she pulled over Li Xian and lovingly stroked his back. "Poor my fiancé. He was injured by the feathers of that flying tiger, and his back still hasn't fully recovered. Who can I talk to about this? Fortunately, the Main God's Hall has taken the responsibility. It's really wonderful."
Although these were words praising the Main God's Hall, everyone could hear the sarcasm in them.
The meaning was that originally they both wanted to accept their bad luck, but unexpectedly, the Main God's Hall rushed to investigate. Now, even if they had no responsibility before, they seemed to be responsible.
Du Cang stepped forward angrily, waving his fist and wanting to fight, but was held back by Immortal Hui Yan.
Everyone went in and just casually looked around. Inside the cave, except for an ordinary formation on the ground, there were only medicine jars and medicinal herbs. There was nothing special.
Immortal Hui Yan saw that Shen Qing was fearless and knew that there was nothing in the cave. So the three of them didn't go in.
Fei Fei was not willing to give up. He rummaged around in the cave but didn't find anything strange. He could only walk out dejectedly.
The elders of the Beast Taming Sect were naturally happy that Chu Lanqiu could be cleared of suspicion. The worry on their faces turned into joy.
"Since it has nothing to do with you, just focus on hatching the egg here. Nothing else should bother you."
One of the elders instructed, and his eyes glanced at Real Person Peng Yue, Fei Fei, and the three people from the Main God's Hall standing not far away.
Real Person Peng Yue and Fei Fei were scolded by the elder. They left with unhappy expressions, waving their sleeves.
"Dear immortals, you've been running around. It must be tiring. Remember to pay the compensation."
Shen Qing made a gesture to see them off, raised her eyebrows, and silently mouthed the word "get out".