Chapter 5 The Frail Junior Sister
"Aaaaaah!"
When Lan Yue opened her eyes, she found herself surrounded by towering mountains and wispy white clouds above her head. She didn't know when she had arrived in the air and was being carried at high speed.
She was terrified! She almost thought she was going to fall again! Two bungee jumps in one day—nobody could handle that!
Seeing that Lan Yue was about to lose her balance, Li Bai quickly pulled her up from behind.
"Junior sister, be careful."
Lan Yue looked back with a resentful look: "Senior Brother, where are we?"
[I was peacefully sleeping there, how did I suddenly get transported to the air? Who's so mean to not let me get a good night's sleep!]
A somewhat sullen girl's voice rang out, and the atmosphere became even quieter, with only the sound of the wind blowing around them.
Li Bai almost suffocated and quickly winked at his junior sister, signaling her to look ahead and see who was piloting the flying boat.
[If I find out who it is, I will definitely...]
This thought came to an abrupt halt, because Lan Yue suddenly saw the sect leader's upright back.
[I must thank him properly; he's so kind, he even took me with him when he left!]
Lan Yue instantly changed her wording, and even her inner thoughts became obsequious.
Anyone who didn't know better would think she was genuinely grateful to the sect leader.
"Hold on tight." Yun Chong glanced in this direction, and the leaf-shaped cloud boat beneath his feet sped up again.
Lan Yue quickly grabbed her senior brother's sleeve to prevent herself from being thrown off.
Although a flying ship of the sect leader's level must have protective measures, it still doesn't feel good to be face down!
[Huh, what's that in my hand?]
Lan Yue then realized that she seemed to be holding something soft in her hands. Upon closer inspection, she almost lost her balance.
[Holy crap, how did I end up with the Fifth Elder's beard? Did I pull it off while I was sleeping?]
Just thinking about that scene makes Lan Yue feel suffocated.
[Holy crap, holy crap, is the Fifth Elder going to come after us later? Can the Sect Master outrun him?]
Lan Yue looked at the white beard in her hand and was utterly terrified.
"Junior Sister, don't worry. Master saw that you really liked his beard, so he took it off and gave it to you," Li Bai explained from the side.
Actually, the situation was that the junior sister grabbed the beard in her sleep and wouldn't let go, so the master had no choice but to take off the beard and replace it with another one.
But he didn't tell the truth; instead, he spoke of it in a roundabout way because the voice in his mind was truly terrifying.
He was afraid that his junior sister would faint from fright.
As expected, Junior Sister is still the gentle Junior Sister. Her behavior of stirring up trouble next to the arena just now must have been an accident. Maybe it was because Junior Sister hadn't learned sword control for three months and was being pushed too hard.
"Junior sister, there's a method to flying on a sword. How about this, I'll teach you when I have time..."
[So it was a gift for me? The Fifth Elder is so kind! I remember in the original story, the Fifth Elder's beard seemed to be a top-grade spiritual artifact! Not only is it both offensive and defensive, but it can also store things. Compared to my storage bag, it's like the difference between a shabby shack and a luxurious villa! I'll keep it!]
She was secretly overjoyed, like a little money-grubber, but outwardly she remained serious.
Lan Yue nodded repeatedly when her senior brother offered to teach her how to fly on a sword, feeling confident that she could do it again!
But she still hadn't forgotten about the top-grade spiritual artifact.
"Senior Brother, is it inappropriate for me to take the Fifth Elder's beard?" He finished speaking with a frown, looking as if he was thinking of the Fifth Elder's best interests.
Li Bai: "..."
The sect leader, who was eavesdropping nearby, was speechless.
If you weren't secretly laughing so hard inside, they would both believe it.
"It wouldn't be right to refuse a gift from an elder, so I'll take it." Lan Yue quickly put the beard into her storage bag.
Even the Fifth Elder, who was standing on a longsword behind him, twitched his lips, unsure of what to say.
Fortunately, the back of the mountain wasn't far, and they arrived quickly.
It wasn't until now that Lan Yue realized they had actually come to the back mountain.
[Isn't this where the female lead is? Does that mean she's about to be discovered?]
Lan Yue's heartfelt words finally touched upon the position of the female lead, and everyone looked over nervously.
The sect leader did go before, but embarrassingly, he couldn't find his own daughter's location or sense her bloodline.
Indeed, if he could easily sense his daughter's location, he would have known long ago that he had another daughter who was lost outside, without needing anyone to remind him.
It's likely that even he couldn't easily sense what methods the Holy Son of Beiling used back then.
Therefore, Yun Chong had no choice but to return with a group of elders.
Lan Yue was sleeping so soundly that they didn't even need to make up an excuse; they simply took her away.
[That's not right either. The female lead's identity wasn't discovered until three years later. At that time, she was seriously injured and on the verge of death when the sect leader discovered her blood relation. But by then, it was already ***]
The last part of her inner thoughts was censored, and the sect leader almost wanted to grab Lan Yue on the spot and make her say what came next.
After all, this concerns his own daughter! His daughter has already suffered so much, and he is filled with regret, remorse, and heartache for not being able to be by her side.
The subsequent events didn't happen; they could have been completely avoided! But every time it was a crucial moment, that magical artifact would automatically shut down, which infuriated everyone.
However, the sect leader and other elders dared not press the matter, fearing they might scare the person away.
Even immortal artifacts have their pride. If an immortal artifact doesn't want them to know, then it must involve some kind of rule.
Most importantly, even if they wanted to force them to reveal the truth, they couldn't win a fight!
Yun Chong had already tried it when Lan Yue's voice first appeared. He vomited blood on the spot that time and went into seclusion for three whole months. He has not fully recovered yet.
Even a sect leader with such high cultivation level met this end, so how could others dare to try? Even if they tried to eavesdrop with their spiritual sense, they kept their distance and hid themselves very well.
[Whatever, maybe I've transmigrated into a fake book, or into a fanfiction book? Anything is possible, so I might as well not waste my brain cells.]
Moreover, Lan Yue also knew that the real world was definitely different from the novel.
Is the novel in her mind necessarily what actually happened? Not necessarily. Maybe all those memories are fake, just stuffed into her head.
Just thinking about this kind of thing is terrifying and makes one tremble with fear.
Fortunately, Lan Yue is a very easygoing person. As long as there's gossip to eat, she can sit happily all day without thinking about anything else.
Since she was already there, she might as well make the best of it. Before she, the little cannon fodder, was dealt with, she was determined to get as much gossip as possible and make her money back!
Yes, she was an insignificant cannon fodder character in this cultivation novel. It is said that her most described role was to inform the main characters, but she was discovered after giving the information and died on the spot.
Thinking of this, she sighed. These days, cultivating immortality is risky, getting close to the main characters and becoming cannon fodder is risky, it's safest to just watch the show!
[Let's try to find the female lead's location. I wonder if she's achieved Qi cultivation yet. This desolate wilderness is teeming with demonic beasts, and she's being bullied. My poor Nü'e!]
Yun Chong, who was at the front, kept frowning. He thought to himself, "How old is this little girl? She keeps talking about 'Nü'e' all the time. Isn't she ashamed?"
This is his daughter, his own flesh and blood!
[Found her! She's on Green Jade Mountain, one of the most dangerous back mountains of the Southern Spirit Sect. I wonder how the female lead was tricked into coming here. What should I do? How can I get the sect leader to go and rescue her? Would it be too abrupt if I just said it directly?]
Just as Lan Yue was worrying, Yun Chong in front of her suddenly turned around and flew towards Green Qi Mountain.
"I just sensed demonic energy here. Go and take a look to see if there are any Demonic Abyss Rifts there."
Yun Chong explained in a very serious tone.
The Abyss Rift is a rift caused by the invasion of forces from the Demon Realm. If the rift is not detected in time, it will expand rapidly.
The demons that burst out of the rift will devour the flesh and blood of living beings. When the rift grows to a certain size, it will form a demonic domain in the cultivation world.
The cultivation world now has four major demonic domains, each guarded by a top sect from one of the four domains.
If new cracks appear, that would be a serious matter and must be reported immediately, requesting the elders of the top sects in the four regions to come and repair them.
Although the Southern Spirit Sect is one of the top sects in the four regions, they will never slack off, because this is a major event concerning the entire cultivation world.
Hearing this, Lan Yue didn't suspect anything; on the contrary, she thought it was perfectly normal.
The female lead first gained fame in the Southern Spirit Sect because she discovered the Demon Abyss Rift. In fact, wherever the main characters appeared, there were always rifts.
Sometimes, you can kick a crack in a stone just by stepping on it, which is absurd.