"Li Yuan! Come back to me!" Xu Yanxi shouted like a madwoman, but Li Yuan's spiritual soul had completely disappeared.
Li Xian stood up dejectedly and forced a bitter smile at Shen Qing beside him.
Shen Qing understood this kind of sorrow and patted Li Xian's hand comfortingly.
Li Xian's mind had taken in too much information all at once and needed time to calm down.
Moreover, the inheritance also contained some of Li Yuan's memories, and there were things in those memories that shocked him greatly.
Li Xian just wanted to find a quiet place to digest all this.
As for Xu Yanxi, although he hated her, he no longer had the energy to deal with her.
"Shen Qing, let's take Qing Qing back."
"Okay."
The two ignored Xu Yanxi, who was desperately grabbing at the light spots, and slowly walked towards Qing Qing.
The merman pearl left by Li Yuan also returned to Li Xian's hands.
Li Xian carefully put the merman pearl into his storage bag and protected it well.
After Li Yuan disappeared, Xu Yanxi gradually felt a sense of panic.
She shouted loudly, trying to call Li Yuan back, but no matter how desperately she cried out, Li Yuan could no longer hear her.
Shen Qing summoned Wu Wang and made it bigger to carry Qing Qing.
Then, she supported Li Xian and slowly left.
Seeing Li Xian about to leave, Xu Yanxi choked with sobs and said, "Xian'er... Will mother never see your father again?"
Li Xian ignored her and walked straight ahead.
The pain had already been inflicted. No matter how miserable Xu Yanxi seemed, he would not show a single bit of mercy.
Apart from their blood - related bond, Li Xian would not pay any attention to Xu Yanxi.
Just like their more than ten years of living like strangers, nothing would change.
When they returned to the Green Wood Sect, the disciples who had been waiting anxiously at the gate surrounded them.
The previous thunder tribulation had forced out the Green Wood Sect's mountain - protecting formation. They were extremely glad that they hadn't acted impulsively and stayed on the mountain to cause trouble.
They were safe, but they didn't know what had happened to Shen Qing and Li Xian on the mountain.
They were worried secretly, concerned about the safety of Shen Qing and Li Xian, and afraid that the two of them might not be able to protect their young sect master.
Now seeing the two of them bringing Qing Qing back, the disciples felt relieved.
They surrounded them and were surprised to find that Qing Qing had returned to normal, with a calm face as if she were sleeping.
Jiang Zhiyun was so happy that she could hardly stand and had to lean on a junior sister beside her.
"Shen Qing, Li Xian, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I really can't imagine how bad things would have turned out."
Jiang Zhiyun shed tears, her eyes full of relief.
The other disciples also looked at Shen Qing and Li Xian with gratitude. Some of the disciples were already thinking about giving them some spiritual herbs as a token of appreciation.
"Elder Lianshan is awake!!"
A disciple ran out excitedly. He almost tripped over the threshold because he was too happy when he rushed out of the door.
Seeing that the important people in the sect were all safe, the younger disciples began to mutter words of thanks to the sect's ancestors.
Shen Qing let out a long breath and slowly relaxed.
With Elder Lianshan waking up, her and Li Xian's innocence could be proven.
Elder Lianshan was completely bewildered. He propped himself up and sat up. Seeing that he was surrounded by disciples who were looking at him with concern, he felt a bit flattered for a moment.
He had never received such treatment in the Green Wood Sect in the past thousand years.
But then, a strong sense of fatigue swept over him, making his head ache.
"Elder Lianshan, do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"
A disciple asked carefully, not even daring to speak loudly for fear of scaring Elder Lianshan.
Although Elder Lianshan thought the disciples' attitude was a bit strange, he was more concerned about his own body, so he checked himself.
Apart from the strange fatigue, Elder Lianshan couldn't find anything wrong with himself.
"I seem to... just feel tired. I must have overexerted myself. It's nothing serious."
Hearing this, the disciples finally showed smiles. "If the elder says he's okay, then there should be no problem."
"Yes, elder, you should rest well. After all, you activated such a large formation and lost so much blood. It's normal to feel tired."
"Right, right. But I really didn't expect that Elder Lianshan, at his age, could lose so much blood. He's really amazing."
The disciples chattered away, making Elder Lianshan's head spin.
But he still caught the important information.
Activate the formation?!
Lose blood?!
What on earth was going on?
As soon as Shen Qing came in, she saw the young disciples surrounding Elder Lianshan and talking.
Elder Lianshan seemed to have aged hundreds of years in an instant. His eyes were dull, and his fatigue was palpable.
"Elder Lianshan, are you feeling better?"
The disciples voluntarily made way for Shen Qing to come in.
Shen Qing wasn't polite. She stood beside Elder Lianshan and asked with concern.
Elder Lianshan rubbed his head. "Shen Qing, what happened? Why do I have no impression of the things these kids are talking about?"
Shen Qing was a bit stunned and asked, "You don't remember what happened? Do you still remember who the last person you saw was before you passed out?"
Elder Lianshan recalled for a moment, then seemed to remember something and shouted, "It was the sect master! She said she had something urgent to talk to me and Lian Qiao about. But after we got to her cave, Lian Qiao and I fainted."
"Before I fainted, she was holding two very long silver needles in her hand. Could she be trying some evil spells on Lian Qiao and me?"
Shen Qing and the disciples looked at each other. Then a disciple took out the silver needles wrapped in a handkerchief, unwrapped them, and showed them to Elder Lianshan.
"Elder, is this... what you saw..."
Elder Lianshan exclaimed excitedly, "Yes, yes. When I saw them, there was still black medicinal juice dripping from them!!"
The disciple silently put down the silver needles.
Seeing the strange expressions on the disciples' faces, Elder Lianshan also became nervous.
"What happened? Tell me quickly." Elder Lianshan's voice trembled, afraid that he had fallen victim to Qing Dai's schemes.
Shen Qing thought for a moment and then slowly told Elder Lianshan what had just happened.
When he heard that these two silver needles had been pulled out of his and Lian Qiao's heads, Elder Lianshan's face turned deathly pale. He covered his mouth and retched.
Then, when he heard that there was a big hole in Qing Qing's chest, Elder Lianshan rolled his eyes and almost fainted.
The surrounding disciples quickly pressed on Elder Lianshan's philtrum and burned some herbs to refresh his mind, which helped him recover.
Finally, when he learned that Wan Wusheng had sacrificed itself to save Qing Qing, Elder Lianshan first shed tears of gratitude to the sect's ancestors. Then, because Wan Wusheng had disappeared, he wanted to kill himself to apologize to the ancestors.
For a moment, Qing Qing lying outside the door and Li Xian sitting there resting were completely forgotten.