Junior Sister is too competitive, she drastically alters the Joyful Union Sect.

Chapter 154 Strange Fire
When Shen Youqing and Yang Yousheng came down from the arena, Yang Yousheng actually broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

"Junior Sister, I'm going back to consolidate my cultivation level." With that, Yang Yousheng hurriedly left.

Shen Youqing responded and waved to see Yang Yousheng off.

"Jinjin." Yue Xunzhu beckoned to Shen Youqing and said after she walked up to her, "From now on, your focus in cultivation will be on body tempering, but you can't neglect talisman drawing either."

Shen Youqing nodded, indicating that he had heard.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, may I spar with you?" Qi Bumian bowed to Shen Youqing and asked.

Yue Xunzhu glanced at it, then looked at Shen Youqing.

"Okay," Shen Youqing agreed.

Qi Bumian raised his hand in a salute, and then suppressed his cultivation to the early stage of the Golden Core realm.

Shen Youqing pressed down on Yue Xunzhu's arm to stop him from casting a healing spell on her, and then leaped onto the arena.

Facing Qi Bumian, a body cultivator, Shen Youqing still chose to engage in close combat with his bare hands.

At the same cultivation level, Shen Youqing could defeat Qi Bumian, firstly because she was familiar with the Qingyu Sect's techniques, and secondly because she was familiar with Qi Bumian's fighting style, but...

The bigger the tree, the more the wind will blow; it's better to keep a low profile.

An hour later, Shen Youqing, who had lost the sparring match, bowed to Qi Bumian.

Qi Bumian always felt that Shen Youqing was holding back, otherwise he would probably have a hard time winning.

She looked the same way when she sparred with Yang Yousheng before, but she also looked like she was using all her strength.

Is it an illusion?

"You flatter me." Qi Bumian bowed to Shen Youqing.

After coming down from the arena, Shen Youqing ran off in a flash, as if afraid of being dragged off to another sparring match.

Back in the courtyard where he lived, Shen Youqing went straight to find Xiao Ke.

"Dong dong dong."

Xiao Ke subtly released his divine sense and knew who was outside. He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Come in."

Shen Youqing pushed open the door and went in, holding a beautiful storage ring in her hand.

As soon as he entered the room, a strong smell of blood mixed with the smell of medicine filled his lungs, and the intense odor made Shen Youqing frown.

injured?
That shouldn't be the case. We haven't encountered any danger along the way, and the Grand Elder was with us. Could his injuries have been there before?

Filled with worry and doubt, Shen Youqing strode around the screen and saw Xiao Ke sitting on a futon, the fabric of his clothes on his shoulders faintly dark red, as if blood had seeped out.

Xiao Ke looked up and saw Shen Youqing staring at him with a cold and serious expression.

Faced with the suddenly serious and dignified Shen Youqing, Xiao Ke felt a little flustered and afraid.

Composing himself, Xiao Ke's clear, cold voice rang out, "What's wrong?"

He's faking it, he's faking it again.

Seeing Xiao Ke's nonchalant demeanor, Shen Youqing said calmly, "Senior brother, the clothes on your shoulders have given you away."

Xiao Ke turned his head and was startled to see the clothes that were already soaked with blood.

She has a very good eye.

Shen Youqing put away the storage ring in his hand and strode over. By the time Xiao Ke turned around, the faint fragrance of camellias had already entered the air.

Xiao Ke reached out and grabbed Shen Youqing's sleeve. Seeing her cold and serious expression, he spoke slowly, "Sit down first."

Shen Youqing sat down cross-legged following his lead, staring intently at him.

His breathing wasn't weak; at most, his face was pale. If it weren't for the slight furrowing of his brows revealing some discomfort, one wouldn't have noticed.

His disguise was so good that he didn't even notice it the whole way.

Just as Xiao Ke loosened his sleeve and withdrew his hand, Shen Youqing seemed to sense something and reached out to grab Xiao Ke's hand.

The next second, Shen Youqing let go of her hand because she was burned.

"What's wrong?" Shen Youqing grasped the hand that was as warm as hot water again, his brows furrowed, and his serious tone carried an imposing air, "Your body temperature is very abnormal."

Xiao Ke knew his situation. He knew Shen Youqing didn't like high temperatures, so he pulled his hand away. Seeing that she was still trying to grab it, he could only press her arm through his sleeve. "Look at your delicate skin, what if you get burned?"

“I’m not that delicate.” Shen Youqing looked at Xiao Ke, and then noticed a crimson glow flowing down the skin of his neck.

If my senior brother continues to evade the issue, then he shouldn't blame me for taking a hard line.

"I was lucky enough to obtain a strange fire." Xiao Ke withdrew his hand and placed it on his knee, speaking casually, "It's nothing serious, it just takes some time to tame it."

Shen Youqing's intuition told him that things were not as simple as he made them out to be.

After a long silence, Shen Youqing chose to trust her intuition. She grabbed Xiao Ke's wrist and said, "Senior brother, don't resist my spiritual power."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Ke felt a cool and refreshing spiritual energy enter his body, which greatly relieved the burning pain inside his body.

After a long while, Shen Youqing withdrew his spiritual power, his face growing even colder.

Looking at Shen Youqing's serious expression, Xiao Ke felt even more flustered and a little scared.

“This strange fire is a bit difficult to tame…” Xiao Ke’s voice, which was trying to defend himself, disappeared under Shen Youqing’s gaze.

She seems to be... angry.

Shen Youqing's cold voice rang out, "Senior brother, aren't you going to explain your sword bone that's about to be refined?"

"I……"

Shen Youqing gave Xiao Ke a casual glance, and Xiao Ke immediately shut his mouth.

A greenish-blue healing array lit up beneath Xiao Ke.

"What are you standing there for? Circulate your cultivation technique and tame the strange fire." Shen Youqing glanced at Xiao Ke, his tone chilling.

Xiao Ke snapped out of his daze, closed his eyes, and began circulating his cultivation technique to continue taming the strange fire.

……

The next day.

When Zhang Youli arrived at the school, he found two empty seats.

"Where are Shen Youqing and Xiao Ke?" Zhang Youli asked authoritatively.

Liang Shimu replied, "Sect Leader Zhang, Junior Sister went to Fifth Junior Brother's room yesterday, and the two of them haven't come out yet. Perhaps something has happened."

Seeing that Liang Shimu had put it tactfully, Zhang Youli tacitly agreed that the two had gone to practice dual cultivation, and thus did not say anything more.

A cold glint flashed in Yue Xunzhu's eyes.

Three days later.

Zhang Youli looked at the empty seat for three consecutive days and didn't know what expression to make for a moment.

Young people, so full of youthful vigor.

After finishing their lessons, the group returned to the courtyard, their eyes all falling on Xiao Ke's tightly closed door.

Seeing that Yue Xunzhu and Shen Quelin were about to reach their limit of patience, Xiao Youqi thought for a moment and decided to clarify things for Xiao Er to prevent him from being beaten to death when he came out.

"Young masters, may I have a word with you in private?"

Yue Xunzhu and Shen Quelin looked at Xiao Youqi, then got up and left.

inside the house.

"Please be patient, both of you. Xiao Er possesses a strange fire that has not yet been fully tamed," Xiao Youqi's cold yet pleasant voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, Yue Xunzhu narrowed her eyes.

"I didn't know that Young Master Xiao had obtained a strange fire. Congratulations." Yue Xunzhu's relatively gentle voice rang out.

Shen Quelin stood to one side with his hands behind his back, without saying a word.

Given the Xiao family's capabilities, if Xiao Ke were to obtain a different kind of fire, how could the Xiao family not help him tame it?
That's not very believable.

"Xiao Er was born with a sword-like spirit, but I don't know why he chose to become an alchemist, thus wasting his innate sword-like spirit." Xiao Youqi's words made the Yue Xunzhu brothers look over at him, their eyes showing surprise.

Another one born with a sword-like spirit?
Suppressing her astonishment and curiosity, Yue Xunzhu looked at Xiao Youqi with gentle and profound eyes, "If that's the case, it's quite normal that Second Young Master Xiao hasn't tamed the strange fire yet."

Shen Quelin narrowed his long, narrow phoenix eyes.

Two innate sword bones have been revealed in a short period of time. Why does it feel like innate sword bones have become worthless?