Elder Lianshan couldn't stand it any longer. Their young sect master was still lying on the ground spitting blood, while the sect master was only fixated on Ban Fenghe. What was this all about?
So Elder Lianshan asked in a solemn voice, "Sect master, Qing Qing is still lying on the ground. Let's put the matter of Ban Fenghe aside for now. After we've settled Qing Qing..."
"No!" Sect Master Qingdai refused without a second thought. "Don't you know that Fenghe is the one who's going to take over the position of the young sect master? Now outsiders are bullying us!"
Shen Qing's eyes turned cold. She was itching to summon Wu Wang, but was held back by Li Xian.
"Elder Lianshan, Qing Qing is my friend. I can't bear to see him suffer like this. Please settle him down first and treat his wounds."
Li Xian spoke respectfully to Elder Lianshan. Elder Lianshan had been holding back his anger for a long time. Now that Li Xian had spoken, he ignored Sect Master Qingdai and directly ordered people to carry Qing Qing away.
Seeing that no one present paid any attention to her, Sect Master Qingdai flew into a rage.
"Who told you to carry him away! Do you even have me, your sect master, in your eyes!" Sect Master Qingdai's anger only made the people carrying Qing Qing quicken their pace.
Elder Lianshan turned around and said coldly, "It's true that you're the sect master, but don't forget that you became the sect master only after getting the recognition of the sect. If you keep being so muddle - headed, the Elders' Council will have to ask you to step down and give the position to someone more capable!"
This emotionless threat successfully made Sect Master Qingdai turn pale. She opened her mouth stiffly, trying to maintain her dignity in front of Shen Qing and Li Xian, but found that she didn't dare to say a word.
A group of people surrounded Qing Qing and left. Only Shen Qing, Li Xian, Sect Master Qingdai, and Ban Fenghe, who was lying on the ground spitting blood, were left at the scene.
Ban Fenghe covered her mouth and tugged at Sect Master Qingdai's sleeve aggrievedly. With a crying voice, she whispered, "Sect master, the image stone in Shen Qing's hand has the scene of me pouring the medicine..."
Sect Master Qingdai shook off her hand with a dark face and scolded loudly, "Useless!"
Then, Sect Master Qingdai turned to stare at Li Xian and Shen Qing. In her extreme anger, she even showed a strange smile.
"Do you think you've made a fool of me?"
"Li Xian, I was being nice to you just now, trying to discuss things with you. Who would have thought that you'd team up with Shen Qing to plot against me. You're really something!"
Li Xian replied, "You know very well who's plotting against whom."
A look of uneasiness flashed across Sect Master Qingdai's face. After a pause, she continued, "I just wanted to clear the way for Fenghe. I trusted your strength, so I resorted to this. Who told you not to persuade Qing Qing in a gentle way? I had no choice but to use some radical methods."
"Li Xian, don't forget that it's not only Yu Xuzi who can decide your marriage. You just wait for me!"
After leaving these words, Sect Master Qingdai pulled Ban Fenghe up from the ground and was about to leave.
But Ban Fenghe was still thinking about the image stone in Shen Qing's hand and hesitated, not willing to leave.
Seeing this, Sect Master Qingdai endured it for a while and finally said impatiently, "Do you think she'll hand it over? Stop looking!"
"But..." Ban Fenghe still wasn't willing to give up and wanted to get the image stone.
Sect Master Qingdai couldn't stand Ban Fenghe's coyness anymore and directly dragged her away. "Those old guys have already seen the image of you pouring the medicine. They've seen everything they should and shouldn't. What else do you care about? Your reputation is already bad anyway. One more thing won't make a difference!"
Ban Fenghe was scolded so much that she couldn't lift her head and had no choice but to leave with her head down.
Seeing that Li Xian's mood was a bit off, Shen Qing stepped forward and held Li Xian's hand. "What's wrong with you? What did Sect Master Qingdai mean by that just now?"
Li Xian didn't answer. Instead, he suddenly turned around, hugged Shen Qing tightly, and buried his head in the crook of Shen Qing's neck.
Smelling the familiar scent, Li Xian felt that the suffocating and uncomfortable feeling gradually faded away.
Shen Qing didn't know what was wrong with Li Xian, so she just let him hug her and gently patted his back with her hand.
After a while, Li Xian replied in a muffled voice, "After we've settled Qing Qing's matter, we'll leave the Qingmu Sect immediately and go find Master."
"I have something that needs Master to handle."
"Okay, I'll listen to you," Shen Qing nodded stupidly.
Feeling Li Xian's mood, Shen Qing was very sensible and didn't ask too many questions, but she vaguely guessed something.
If there was anyone in this world who could decide Li Xian's marriage, it would only be the elders that Li Xian respected. Apart from Yu Xuzi, Shen Qing really couldn't think of anyone else.
But Shen Qing knew that Li Xian still had a close relative in this world, and that was Li Xian's mother.
Sect Master Qingdai probably wanted to use Li Xian's mother to suppress him...
Thinking of this, Shen Qing also felt irritated for Li Xian.
Although she didn't know what had happened between Li Xian and his mother, she had heard from Xiao Jinglan that Li Xian's mother didn't love him. One could even say that Li Xian's miserable childhood was all because of his mother.
After growing up, Li Xian had been practicing with Yu Xuzi and seemed to have cut off all ties with his mother.
But since Li Xian didn't want to talk about it, Shen Qing wouldn't ask either.
She understood that kind of feeling of wanting to hide all the pain under the healed scars. If the past was brought up again, it would be like tearing open the already - healed wound.
That kind of fatal and suffocating pain was not something ordinary people could bear.
"I'm fine now. Let's go," Li Xian pulled Shen Qing and walked silently in the direction where Qing Qing had left.
The two of them were very tacit and didn't say a word. They leaned on each other in the silence, healing their own wounds.
Qing Qing was settled back in his original large courtyard by Elder Lianshan. This courtyard was halfway up the main peak, with abundant spiritual energy. There were also some precious spiritual herbs planted in the yard.
Jiang Zhiyun said that this was the courtyard where Qing Qing lived before he was neglected by Sect Master Qingdai.
All the spiritual herbs in this yard were carefully raised by Qing Qing one by one. He had spent no less effort on them than raising a child.
But after Qing Qing moved out, Ban Fenghe moved in. Some of the spiritual herbs in the yard were pulled out, which made Jiang Zhiyun feel extremely heart - broken.
This courtyard was bright and grand. With the nourishment of spiritual power, every plant and tree in the yard was full of vitality, much better than the desolate yard before.
After Qing Qing was carried here, he really fainted.
Elder Lianqiao and Elder Lianshan diagnosed him personally and said that Qing Qing's body was too weak. Coupled with the fact that the previous toxins hadn't been cleared, his situation was critical.
Although Shen Qing and Li Xian were worried, they couldn't help, so they could only help take care of the spiritual herbs in Qing Qing's yard.
All of Ban Fenghe's things left in Qing Qing's yard were thrown out by Jiang Zhiyun, but Ban Fenghe didn't come to cause trouble.
They thought that Ban Fenghe and Sect Master Qingdai had temporarily called a truce, but after only a few days of quiet, the whole Qingmu Sect was in an uproar.
The disciples were busy decorating the Qingmu Sect. They hung up colorful ribbons and lanterns and wiped all the buildings in the sect. Even Qing Qing's yard became extremely noisy.
The disciples were also very helpless and explained that it was all ordered by the sect master, who said they were going to welcome a distinguished guest.