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

Chapter 73 Every Encounter is Fate
Three-quarters of an hour later, the group saw several white crisp fruit trees.

The branches of the fruit trees were bent under the weight.

The camellia tree quickly fell to the ground, its sharp roots bursting out and strangling the guardian spirit beasts of these fruit trees.

Looking at the fruit trees laden with fruit, Shen Youqing was about to roll up her sleeves to pick some when Shen Quelin came up and stopped her, saying, "Take this time to meditate, I'll protect you from the side."

"Adjust your breathing." After saying that, Jiang Xuan'an leaped up into the tree.

Seeing that Shen Youqing's pale face had regained some color, Xie Changyan coldly said, "Regulate your breathing and consolidate your strength."

“We’ll pick the fruit; you just focus on regulating your breathing,” Gu Xingluan said.

If it weren't for Shen Youqing leading the way, they wouldn't have found the spiritual plant so quickly.

"Thank you," Shen Youqing said, then sat down on the ground to begin regulating her breathing.

Shen Quelin stood to the side watching.

The camellia tree, having finished gnawing on those spirit beasts, was now idle.

With nothing else to do, it looked around and finally settled on Shen Quelin.

The dog crept closer to the blooming double-petaled red camellia.

Shen Quelin turned his head and saw that the deep red double-petaled camellia was almost touching his face.

"What are you doing?" Shen Quelin gently touched the camellia.

The camellia tree, which had originally intended to scare Shen Quelin, was treated so gently that it immediately rubbed against Shen Quelin's cheek.

As expected of the master's brother, he's just as good as the master!

Shen Quelin looked at the gentle and human-like camellia tree, and touched its soft, deep red petals. "Quite beautiful."

The camellia tree swayed from side to side, as if it were happy.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Ke, who was picking white crisp fruit, seemed to accidentally let the fruit slip from his hand and fly towards the camellia tree.

The double-petaled camellia suddenly turned its head, its heart splitting open to reveal sharp thorns, and then the crisp white fruit accurately pierced one of those thorns.

With a "crunch," the white crisp fruit was chewed and its sweet juice slid down.

Shen Quelin looked over and saw the flute carving on the tree.

Before he could speak, the camellia tree, having finished eating its crisp white fruit, split open its heart, indicating that it wanted two more.

“That’s all,” Xiao Ke said.

The double-petaled red camellia quickly approached Xiao Ke, looking as if it were about to devour him.

Xiao Ke simply broke off a branch with white, crisp fruit hanging from it and threw it over.

The camellia tree, having been fed, swayed its other buds and happily munched on the crisp white fruit.

“…” Shen Que Lin remained silent.

It was a quarter of an hour later when half of the white, crisp fruit on the tree had disappeared.

Xie Changyan jumped down from the tree. "Someone's coming."

Xiao Ke remained motionless as he continued picking the crisp white fruit from the tree.

"Xie, Senior Brother?"

Like the clear and melodious song of a nightingale emerging from a valley, Xia Zhirou raised her hand to brush aside the branches and walked up, her face showing surprise.

Qi Bumian, who was a couple of steps behind, walked up and greeted Xie Changyan with a bow, saying, "Second Senior Brother."

Xie Changyan raised his hand in return.

He lowered his hand, and his icy voice rang out, "To fight or not?"

Qi Bumian shook his head to indicate that he would not fight, then looked at Shen Xingzhi and the others and asked, "Second Senior Brother, why are you with Team Two?"

"They're fighting over the white crisp fruit." Shen Xingzhi spoke without blinking, then looked at Qi Bumian with wariness, "Are you going to get involved too?"

Qi Bumian looked at the two teams with a peaceful atmosphere, somewhat skeptical.

Just then, someone else arrived.

Lin Youran peeked out, looking at the two distinct groups of people, and finally looked at Lin Jinyao on one side.

"Lin Jinyao?" Lin Youran asked tentatively.

Lin Jinyao responded, then tentatively asked, "Are you alone?"

Seeing Lin Jinyao reach for the hilt of her sword, Lin Youran took two steps back warily. "What are you going to do?"

Seeing this, Lin Jinyao grinned and said, "I'll see you out!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Jinyao drew her sword and charged forward.

Seeing that Lin Jinyao was serious, Lin Youran quickly dodged. "You're not human!" Lin Jinyao didn't care about any of that. She chased after Lin Youran with her longsword, "Hand over your token!"

Mu Feibai rushed over upon hearing Lin Youran's cursing and saw her being chased around, so he quickly intervened.

"Tsk." Lin Jinyao stopped what she was doing and asked Gu Xingluan, "Fellow Daoist Gu, what do you say?"

Gu Xingluan took out a magical artifact, "It's all fate that we met, let's send them away!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Gu Xingluan rushed towards Lin Youran, who was standing to the side, with her magical artifact in hand.

She might not be able to defeat her second senior brother, Mu Feibai, but she could defeat Lin Youran, the alchemist.

As for the second senior brother, he was entrusted to Lin Jinyao.

Seeing this, Qi Bumian understood everything.

"Let's go quickly," Qi Bumian whispered to Xia Zhirou.

Xia Zhirou didn't say much and followed Qi Bumian away quietly.

Xie Changyan glanced at their backs but didn't make a move.

"Do you need help?" Shen Xingzhi asked uncertainly, looking at the two groups fighting each other, unable to intervene.

Ji Fuchuan tentatively suggested, "How about we let them fight?"

……

When Shen Youqing finished breathing, she opened her eyes and saw Lin Youran and Mu Feibai's retreating figures.

Gu Xingluan and Lin Jinyao stood there like wooden figures, unable to move.

what's the situation?
Xiao Ke jumped down from the tree, then took out a porcelain bottle and poured out two pills.

Chu Jianyan took the pills and gave them to the two of them to eat.

"Third Senior Sister has many self-defense pills on her, these should be zombie pills." Xiao Ke walked up to Shen Youqing and handed her two white crisp fruits.

Shen Youqing took the white crisp fruit, thanked him, and then tried to stand up by supporting himself with his hands on the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Ke reached out and helped her arm, then withdrew his arm after Shen Youqing stood up.

"Zombie pills?" Ji Fuchuan asked curiously.

Shen Youqing pondered deeply.

"Like a zombie, its limbs are stiff and it cannot move, hence the name Zombie Pill." After saying this, Xiao Ke turned around and continued picking the white crisp fruit.

Lin Jinyao stretched her stiff limbs and said regretfully, "Just a little bit short."

Shen Quelin whispered to Shen Youqing about what had happened before.

Shen Youqing began to ponder.

"boom--"

A muffled sound came from over here, as if the aftershocks had spread outwards.

Startled, Shen Youqing took a bite of the crispy white fruit, slurped up the juice, and asked, "What's going on?"

Shen Quelin raised his hand and patted Shen Youqing on the shoulder.

"This commotion must be caused by a spirit beast at the Golden Core stage or higher," Shen Quelin estimated.

Xie Changyan spoke coldly, "What do you mean?"

"I wonder if it's the guardian spirit beast of a fourth-grade spiritual plant. I'm afraid someone might accidentally provoke other spirit beasts," Shen Xingzhi analyzed.

Chu Jianyan's gentle and rational voice rang out, "The aftershocks are spreading very noticeably. We're not far from there, so to be on the safe side, we need to leave quickly."

There weren't many white crispy fruit pieces left, so splitting them one by one wouldn't result in much loss.

only……

"It's too late." Shen Quelin drew his longsword, looking at the rubble flying up from the ground. "Here it comes."

Shen Xingzhi drew her sword and stepped forward, habitually giving orders, "Sword cultivators, step forward; the rest, step back."

Xie Changyan, Jiang Xuan'an, Lin Jinyao, and Ji Fuchuan walked up and stood in a row, blocking the other four people behind them.

Shen Youqing quickly retreated to the back.

Chu Jianyan spoke up, "You guys attack from the front, I'll provide support from the side."

“Okay.” Shen Xingzhi said, and then saw the thick gray snake swimming over at an extremely fast speed. “It’s a Crimson-Eyed Gray-Scaled Snake!”

It's about to die!

It's actually a Crimson-Eyed Gray-Scaled Serpent in the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm!!