Shen Qing turned around in surprise and looked at Huan Zhong.
"Xiaolizhi?"
Immortal Huiyan stopped in his tracks and tilted his head, looking at Liji beside him.
Liji hung her head, her expression obscure.
"The beauty beside me is named Liji. General Fan, don't call her the wrong name."
"Also, if I were you, I'd take my daughter and flee for your lives right away. Before long, the Demon Realm will learn that you two are still alive. Do you think someone will come to kill you?"
Huan Zhong stared blankly at Liji's back, his eyes gradually moistening.
"Xiaolizhi, won't you turn around and look at your elder brother?"
Liji raised her head, turned around, and gave Huan Zhong a charming smile: "General Huan, your younger sister died ten thousand years ago. Even though I resemble your sister in appearance, I'm not her. Please don't randomly claim kinship."
The light in Huan Zhong's eyes dimmed, and his face stiffened for a moment.
"So it's Immortal Liji. I misrecognized you..."
Liji snorted and left first.
Immortal Huiyan turned his head and smiled. His pale face melted into the darkness: "Shen Qing, grow up quickly. I can't wait to see what the future holds..."
Immortal Huiyan's voice grew softer and softer. By the time their figures disappeared into the darkness, Shen Qing still hadn't heard clearly what Immortal Huiyan had said in the end.
"Father, that woman looks extremely similar to the portrait of Little Aunt hanging in your study. Is she my Little Aunt?"
Huan Qianyu asked cautiously, but deep down, she couldn't bring herself to believe it.
She had heard of Liji's name from Ji Chongming.
He said that Liji was like a military prostitute in the Main God's Temple, servile and obsequious. His words were full of contempt.
How could such a person be her Little Aunt?
Huan Zhong forced a bitter smile: "I misrecognized her. Your Little Aunt died a long time ago."
Huan Qianyu fell silent. If it was really a case of misidentification, why was her father so dejected?
Moreover, she noticed that the tallest of the three men carried an axe on his back. The axe looked strange, which reminded Huan Qianyu of the logbook from the Demon Realm.
The logbook had a picture of this axe and introduced that it was called the Sky - Shaking Axe, a contractual magic weapon of a great power in the Demon Realm.
The appearance of that great power was also drawn, and it looked exactly like that immortal.
Huan Qianyu thought there were too many coincidences. If there was no hidden story, she wouldn't believe it.
But since her father didn't want to talk about it, she couldn't force him, so she could only keep silent.
Seeing that Immortal Huiyan really left with the other two, Shen Qing felt both confused and relieved, as if she had survived a disaster.
Their appearance seemed to be a deliberate reminder that there was someone named the Prophet in the Main God's Temple.
"What on earth do they want..."
It wasn't safe to stay here any longer, so Shen Qing took You Lang and the others back to the Beast - Taming Sect.
During this period, there were many outer - sect disciples in the Beast - Taming Sect. So no one would find it strange that Shen Qing brought back two new faces. After greeting Chu Lanqiu and True Person Hu Xiao, they arranged for Huan Zhong and his daughter to stay in a courtyard near Shen Qing.
Huan Zhong's injuries were treated by the medical cultivators of the Beast - Taming Sect. Although there was a possibility of a cure, they currently faced a major problem.
The medical cultivators used spiritual energy to treat injuries, but Huan Zhong was a demon cultivator, and the demonic energy in his body repelled the spiritual energy.
Finally, You Lang came up with a solution. He asked the medical cultivators to prescribe some spiritual pills to help Huan Zhong slowly heal his body and meridians, and then gradually recover with demonic energy.
However, Huan Zhong and his daughter couldn't stay in the Beast - Taming Sect for long. If they hadn't used a special method to hide the demonic energy in their bodies, they would surely have been blocked outside the sect's protective formation.
If they activated their demonic energy, they would immediately be detected.
Therefore, Shen Qing repeatedly warned Huan Zhong and his daughter to be careful not to let their demonic energy leak out.
Chu Lanqiu was the champion of the first and second rounds, but she was only thirty points ahead of the second - place finisher.
The champion of the third round would get fifty points. So before the question of the third round was announced, Chu Lanqiu still had to stay on high alert.
As for Fei Fei and True Person Peng Yue, they were ordered by True Person Kun Shan to be locked up in the confinement room.
Fei Fei was deprived of his status as a direct - disciple and demoted to a handyman disciple.
True Person Peng Yue was stripped of his title as a true person. Without this title, his status in the Beast - Taming Sect declined significantly.
The disciples only addressed him as Senior Peng Yue and he no longer enjoyed the sect's resources.
After a day of rest, everyone gathered in the training ground again, ready to hear True Person Kun Shan announce the question of the third round.
Some disciples had dropped out of the selection halfway, and only twenty - five remained.
Although some of them knew they couldn't win, they still wanted to participate in the selection to train themselves, so they didn't drop out.
After dealing with Peng Yue and Fei Fei, True Person Kun Shan looked increasingly tired and haggard. A tall man suddenly seemed to have aged a hundred years.
"Dear disciples, now I'm announcing the question of the third round. Our Beast - Taming Sect is dedicated to living in harmony with spiritual beasts, and the sect is built on the edge of the Beast Forest."
"Therefore, the question of our third round is for each of you to go to the Beast Forest and look for the items listed on this paper. You'll get one point for each item you find."
As True Person Kun Shan spoke, he distributed the papers in his hand to the twenty - five disciples below.
After Chu Lanqiu got the paper, she glanced at the items listed on it.
There were the horns of the Golden - Remnant Ox, the leg hairs of the Eight - Eyed Spider, the eyelashes of the Pink - Haired Rabbit...
Some were easy, some were difficult.
There were even some that Chu Lanqiu had never heard of.
The other disciples also looked at the papers with苦恼 expressions.
"You have seven days. After seven days, please come back here and show the items you've collected."
"Alright, everyone can disperse."
The disciples rushed out of the training ground, ready to go back and pack their things before entering the Beast Forest.
True Person Kun Shan turned to leave the high platform, but his steps faltered. He almost fell off the platform.
Fortunately, True Person Hu Xiao was there to support him. Otherwise, it would have been a huge embarrassment.
"Master, the medicine is ready. Please go back and drink some."
True Person Kun Shan let out a sigh and endured the discomfort in his chest: "The more I drink that medicine, the more uncomfortable I feel. I might as well not drink it."
True Person Hu Xiao advised: "That's a prescription jointly prescribed by several elders of the Green Wood Sect. If you want to keep going, you still have to drink it."
"Sigh. I hope this medicine works and helps me last until the end of the disciple selection..."
In the confinement room---
"Master, are you willing to be locked up here like this? I could have become the young sect - master gloriously. If it weren't for Chu Lanqiu and Shen Qing, I wouldn't have failed!!"
"Don't be so impatient. True Person Kun Shan won't last long. After taking so many bowls of that medicine, his fate is already exhausted. We just need to wait here patiently..."
True Person Peng Yue opened his eyes. His slender eyes were as cold as a venomous snake.