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Arc 7 – Farewell to that Senior Brother
Chapter 172

After eating a few candied fruits with the cold and unfriendly girl who didn’t seem to have any friends, a small shadow suddenly appeared in the distance.

The speed of the fairy boat was very fast. The small shadow that seemed to still be far away grew rapidly and it eventually became an island floating in the sky.

Clouds and mist enveloped the island, adding a mysterious vibe to it. Chi Zhao had never seen something like this. He stared ahead in daze; his eyes slightly widened. It was like the reaction of someone who had never seen a giant panda before. He didn’t dare blink his eyes and just wanted to let this scene stay in his field of vision a little longer.

Huang Ling’er was also staring ahead intently like Chi Zhao but she was looking ahead in anger. Just the thought that there was someone on this island who had taken her disciple away made her so angry, she couldn’t wait to sacrifice a magic weapon and flatten out this entire island.

……….

Soon, they arrived at their destination. Chi Zhao obediently followed Lin Changfeng.

The Zhao Tian sect was the last to arrive and the other five sects had already arrived. Those who hadn’t received the news were stunned for a moment when they saw Lin Changfeng. They didn’t understand why Lin Changfeng would come himself. By the time they saw Chi Zhao next to Lin Changfeng, everyone looked away in unison.

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Chi Zhao: “……….”

Although no one said anything, he could tell from their eyes that they are already regarding Chi Zhao as someone who relied on his Dao companion to be a winner in life without doing anything. It was a look he wasn’t a stranger to ever since he became Lin Changfeng’s Dao companion. For a disciple who was still at a foundation stage to become Lin Changfeng’s Dao companion, it was clearly just for the benefits. They were very disdainful of this behaviour of ‘relying on the Dao companion’ but inside they were also secretly jealous. They similarly hoped that they would one day find someone who was willing to give them all the benefits.

Chi Zhao didn’t pay much attention to those people who only relied on rumours to make judgements of others. He just continued to stand quietly to Lin Changfeng’s right. When Lin Changfeng saw that they were deliberately or unintentionally glancing at Chi Zhao, he gave them a look of warning and they immediately pretended to look elsewhere. Lin Changfeng pursed his lips slightly. He tilted his head down and looked at Chi Zhao, his originally cold eyes immediately turning gentle. Chi Zhao blinked a few times and smiled softly back at him.

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Lin Changfeng looked at his pure, clear and dependent eyes that curved as he smiled and slowly curled up the corners of his lips.

He walked over and talked to the people from the other sects. Chi Zhao remained standing in place. The rest of the disciples of the Zhao Tian sect stood around him and, affected by their sect leader, all of them had similar cold and aloof expressions.

In fact, there was no such trend before, but ever since Chi Zhao entered the sect, he had never gone down the mountain let alone leave the main peak. Even if he came out, he was always expressionless. At that time, Chi Zhao and Lin Changfeng hadn’t established their relationship officially and there was no progress between the two so Chi Zhao was both anxious and angry. As a result, he naturally didn’t have a good expression. His was unintentional but the others were intentional. The first one was like this, the second was like this as well and now even the sixth one was also like this.

Could it be that Jiye Zhenren’s disciple selection criteria was based on how cold and distant one can look?

The more they thought about it, the more they felt it sounded plausible. Soon, all the disciples started to imitate the sect leader. When they were in the sect, they didn’t have to hold back their true nature but whenever they were outside, in order to give the sect a good reputation, everyone fixed up their expressions.

When Chi Zhao was being secretly judged just now, the other disciples also saw it. More than half of these twenty-odd people were originally not real disciples; they were elders, peak masters and some powerful cultivators disguised as disciples. These people were all under Lin Changfeng’s command. Although they may not like Chi Zhao and feel that he wasn’t worthy of Lin Changfeng, the moment they saw Chi Zhao being looked at in such manner, they still subconsciously wanted to protect him.

And so, they all unanimously surrounded Chi Zhao and stared back at the offenders.

—– What are you looking at? If you have the ability, you can also find a Dao companion who can fight against a thousand people!

……..

Chi Zhao was completely unaware of the undercurrent surging among the people there. His gaze continued to follow Lin Changfeng’s figure and, after a while, he looked in another direction.

In that direction, Han Yu was like a little green grass among thousands of flowers. Standing among a group of elegant female cultivators, he waved at Chi Zhao and even winked a few times.

Chi Zhao: “……….”

After three years, Han Yu seemed to have changed a lot.

Three years ago, he definitely wouldn’t have done something as embarrassing as this in public.

Chi Zhao was silent for a moment. Although he didn’t want to deal with this guy, Han Yu was the first person he met after coming to this world and he still stayed with him when he was dozing off and dragging his legs, so Chi Zhao was very grateful to him. At that time, the two parted ways very quickly and they didn’t have a chance to say goodbye.

Over the three years, the two of them had changed. The former teenager appearance had faded away and they are now very close a mature man both mentally and physically. Seeing that his exaggerated actions attracted Chi Zhao’s attention, Han Yu stopped and grinned goofily at Chi Zhao from a distance.

Chi Zhao was infected by him and his expression similarly mellowed out.

Everyone was here and the secret realm was about to open soon. The entrance to the secret realm was on the wall of a mountain. The group of people gathered before that wall and watched the surface ripple as the entrance to the secret realm opened. The people started to enter one by one. Chi Zhao was an elder by name, so he didn’t stand with the disciples.

When the other disciples were about to set off, several of them looked at Chi Zhao with surprise. A disciple from the Zhao Tian sect who accompanied him kindly explained, “It hasn’t been long since martial uncle Chi reached foundation establishment stage, so he won’t be going with us.”

If you’re not going, then why did you come? Occupying an elder’s position and forcibly feeding them dog food?!

Although they didn’t understand, no one dared to ask. After all, Chi Zhao’s current identity was Lin Changfeng’s Dao companion. Lin Changfeng was Zhao Tian sect’s future sect leader so Chi Zhao was the partner the future sect leader. If possible, no one wanted to offend such a big boss.

Storing away the thoughts in their hearts, everyone set off. After they left, Chi Zhao, like the other elders, sat down and began to meditate.

The degree of danger in this secret realm wasn’t high. Most of the disciples didn’t return because they were attacked by other disciples, so the various sects just sent over some elders purely for formalities. In general, it was enough if the elders are at the core formation stage.

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Zhao Tian sect had sent over Lin Changfeng who was half a step away from the spirit severing stage and they also sent over Chi Zhao who had just reached the foundation establishment stage. The two were complete contradictions of each other but, when balanced out, there was nothing they could complain about.

Having thought this through, everyone began to focus on the task at hand. Chi Zhao’s matter was thrown to the back of their mands and their four-month exploration task officially began. They must make haste so as not to fall behind.

Everyone gradually got into the right mindset. While meditating, it was easy for one to forget about the time. Chi Zhao didn’t know how long he had been meditating for when he was suddenly awakened by the shaking of the mountain.

Chi Zhao opened his eyes in astonishment. The elders beside him had already stood up. Lin Changfeng was not by his side and the other Zhao Tian sect elders were no where in sight. Chi Zhao suddenly had a bad feeling. Without much thought, he rushed in the direction of the shaking and the people who had been guarding him quickly followed.

There were already a lot of elders who had already rushed over. They had thought that there was something wrong with the secret realm but they didn’t expect the problem to be so big.

The centre of the secret realm…..had actually cracked.

As they stared at the already cracked centre of the secret realm, some knew what was originally there while some didn’t. Although they didn’t know what it was, they knew that it definitely wasn’t anything simple if it could support the secret realm for thousands of ears. Even in such a situation, these people couldn’t help but have their gaze fixed on the treasure that was about to appear.

Unlike them, Chi Zhao only quickly glanced at the centre and then towards the two people fighting in the air. Lin Changfeng and a man he didn’t recognise were currently exchanging blows. In a flash, they had already exchanged a dozen or so attacks. Lin Changfeng could tell from the moment they exchanged their first blow that this was a cultivator who was already in the soul severing stage and was very powerful. Lin Changfeng’s expression fell.

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He knew that the other party wouldn’t be easy to deal with, but he didn’t expect the other party to actually be working with so many powerful cultivators in secret. These people had managed to mix in with them and if he roughly counted them, there were twelve people in total. Of these twelve people, the lowest level of cultivation was actually mid-nascent soul stage!

Just to get the Three Fantasy Sea Flower? They had really gone all out!

Lin Changfeng didn’t continue thinking about this. In any case, he would never let the other party take the Three Fantasy Sea Flower away.

Lu Yuezhi jumped out of the enemy’s attack range and quickly came to Lin Changfeng’s side. The two joined hands and very soon the enemy on the opposite end started to show signs of faltering. The three sects who had been alerted about this beforehand had always been vigilant and they reacted almost instantly when the incident occurred. The others who followed over were a little late to the scene but, after quickly judging the current situation, they also soon joined the battle. Chi Zhao originally wanted to go and help but at this moment someone held him back. A hoarse voice rang from behind, “Don’t go, you can’t beat those people. They came prepared.”

Chi Zhao turned around and saw a tattered Han Yu behind him. Next to him were several disciples in a similar state. They seemed to have just experienced a fierce battle. Han Yu’s face was pale, and blood was still hanging from the corners of his lips. Chi Zhao asked anxiously, “How are you?”

“I’m fine.” Han Yu shook his head. He didn’t seem to be in a good state, “Won’t die any time soon.”

Chi Zhao frowned, “You said they came prepared. What did they come here for?”

Before he could finish asking, there was a deafening blast in the distance. The cracks had suddenly widened. Lin Changfeng immediately flew over to take the Three Fantasy Sea Flower first but when he saw the situation inside, he was stunned.

Empty.

Nothing at all.

A terrifying thought soon formed in Lin Changfeng’s mind. The Three Fantasy Sea Flower had already been taken away fifty years ago or perhaps even one hundred years ago. If these people didn’t come to take the Three Fantasy Sea Flower, then they……

Lin Changfeng suddenly turned around. At the same time, Han Yu, who was facing Chi Zhao, suddenly raised the corners of his bloody lips and smiled darkly, “Of course, it is to find you.”

Chi Zhao sensed danger and immediately retreated but unfortunately, he was too slow, and the other party was too fast. With a flash, Chi Zhao’s vision turned dark. First, it was his loss of sight and then his hearing. Before losing consciousness, Chi Zhao heard a heart-breaking and desperate cry. He wanted to listen to that cry, open his eyes and run over, but his eyelids were too heavy, and his body was too cold. He could only continue to be dragged down to the bottomless abyss by the heavy chains.

Holding Chi Zhao’s body, Han Yu raised his eyes to look at the person about to rush over to him. He smiled faintly and waved his sleeves. In an instant, both him and Chi Zhao were gone.

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