I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 193 The Source of the Rumor

With no more worries about money, Mengqi felt much more relaxed.

As a result, I found everything about my fourth senior brother pleasing to the eye.

"Well, Fourth Senior Brother, I have a few things here. Take a look and see if there's anything you like. If you do, take it."

First, she pulled out a mountain bike, then a scooter, then roller skates, and finally a balance bike. Her dad had bought them for her and sent them to a special training camp so she could play with them in her spare time. Before summer vacation, she casually put them into her storage ring, and then a bunch of things came up, so she forgot about them.

I wouldn't have remembered it if I hadn't just been organizing my storage ring.

Finally, he took out a pistol.

Everyone in their training camp had one, but she had never used it.

"Fourth senior brother, I can't give this to you, but you can see if you can make one."

After saying that, she picked up the pistol, cocked it with a click, and then raised it to aim at a tree in the yard. With a bang, a small hole appeared in the tree.

The courtyard has activated a protective array, so the noise here cannot be heard outside.

Ji Huaien went forward to examine the small hole in the tree and was immediately taken aback.

He had just clearly seen that when his junior sister launched her attack, she didn't use any spiritual power.

It's just not very powerful, but that's okay, he can change it.

Ji Huaien examined each item with great interest. Qin Yu had been with Meng Qi for over a month and had seen several of them. Although she was still interested, she wasn't as curious anymore.

The two sat down and chatted.

"Sixth Senior Brother, you just told Uncle that Master has a fiancé, is that true?"

She found it incredible that her master, with her ethereal beauty and otherworldly grace, actually had a fiancé. What man could possibly be worthy of her?

Ah, she didn't say that; it was her mother, Meng Shulan, who said it.

"Yes, I heard it was an arranged marriage between our families, who have been friends for generations. But the boy's talent isn't as good as our master's. When our master was at Foundation Establishment, he was at Qi Refining. When our master reached Golden Core, he was still at Qi Refining. It wasn't until our master was about to form Nascent Soul that he barely managed to reach Foundation Establishment with the help of his family's resources. Later, when our master became a Deity, he was still at Foundation Establishment. It took him more than a hundred years to reach Golden Core, and now he's only at the late stage of Golden Core, and he's already at his limit. After all, the older you get, the harder it is to break through. I heard that he's nearing the end of his lifespan and is about to die."

Meng Qi stared in surprise, her eyes widening. She asked cautiously in a trembling voice, "Sixth Senior Brother, how old is our Master?"

Qin Yu paused. Weren't we talking about Master's fiancé, who had terrible talent? How did we get onto Master's age?

Besides, how could he possibly know?

"Junior sister, my sixtieth birthday is the day after tomorrow. Would you like to prepare a gift for your brother?"

Sixty years old?
I never imagined that my sixth senior brother, who looked to be around twenty years old, would look so old.

Meng Qi glanced at him subtly, pretending not to hear his question, and continued to ask, "You were already engaged, so why didn't you get married later?"

Qin Yu turned to look at her junior sister, scoffed, and replied, "I heard that when Master was in the Golden Core stage, the elders of the other party's family wanted them to get married, but Uncle-Master stopped them because Master's talent was unparalleled, and only by maintaining his original intention could he advance to the next level. But later, as Master's cultivation level increased, the other party became inferior. He felt that with his talent and cultivation, he was not worthy of our Master. He proposed to break off the engagement, but his family's elders disagreed, and Master's family's elders also disagreed, so the matter has been dragged on until now."

To be honest, Qin Yu and his fellow disciples didn't have a bad impression of their master's nominal fiancé. After all, he had genuinely wanted to break off the engagement, but he was bound by his family and had no choice. Moreover, because of this, he had remained unmarried his entire life, his cultivation had stagnated, and he had lived a solitary life.

It's quite tragic.

"Does Master like her fiancé?"

"She liked him, but not in the romantic sense. Her master grew up with him and they had some feelings for each other. That's why, even though she could have escaped the threats from her family and anyone else after becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, she didn't break off the engagement. As long as the engagement was in place, he could receive her protection and wouldn't be bullied by his family."

It was only because of the engagement that the other family was willing to invest resources in him and forcefully push him to the Golden Core stage.

"As expected of our master, he values ​​relationships and is loyal to his friends."

"Of course, our master is beautiful and kind-hearted, and is a well-known fairy in the cultivation world."

The two of them spared no effort in praising their master.

"What's going on with Uncle An? Is he secretly in love with Master?"

"Unrequited love? Nonsense, it's an open love. Our entire sect knows that our Martial Uncle is deeply in love with our Master, and he's just waiting for her fiancé to die so he can become her Daoist partner."

"So blatant?" Meng Qi was surprised again. "I thought Uncle An was a reserved man, but I didn't expect him to be so direct about his feelings."

"What do you mean blatant? Who's blatantly blatant?"

Having just come to his senses after looking at a bunch of novel gadgets, Ji Huaien suddenly heard his junior sister's words. He turned around and asked in confusion, "What are you two talking about?"

Meng Qi repeated Qin Yu's words, which made Ji Huaien's face darken. He slapped his junior brother aside and said, "What nonsense are you spouting, brat? If someone with ulterior motives hears what you're saying, wouldn't that make your senior uncle look unrighteous and unjust?"

What do you mean she's just waiting for her fiancé to die so she can become a Daoist partner with her master? Is that something to say?

Qin Yu got up from the ground and muttered in dissatisfaction, "Junior Sister isn't just anyone, what's wrong with her?"

"Qin Xiaoliu!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything, I won't say anything, alright? But senior brother, have you heard the rumors outside since you came back? Many people are saying that junior sister is Master's illegitimate child, not his disciple."

Ji Huaien frowned. "Such a thing actually happened?"

He turned and walked out of the house, activated the formation, and sent out a message talisman.

Not long after, the same talisman appeared outside the array in the courtyard. Ji Huaien waved it over, then channeled a wisp of spiritual energy into it. Meng Qi heard a clear male voice from inside, "Huaien, you're back? I'll come find you later when I'm done with my work. You mentioned the rumors about your junior sister, right? I knew you'd be concerned, so I investigated it. You probably wouldn't guess who's spreading them—it's your uncle's good niece, An Suran, and her senior sister, Zhu Qiu'e. I don't know what your junior sister did to offend them; they made it up so convincingly. If I didn't know Qingluan Daojun's character, I almost believed it too."

Ji Huaien and Qin Yu both turned pale at the same time.

Meng Qi was completely bewildered. "What do you mean? I think I've only met An Suran twice, and I don't even know Zhu Qiu'e. How did I offend her?"

The two senior brothers couldn't answer her question because a communication talisman flew in from outside the next moment. Ji Huaien once again channeled a wisp of spiritual power into it. "It's bad, Huaien! People from the Su family have arrived. They're questioning the sect leader about your junior sister. They're asking if she's really the daughter of Daoist Qingluan?"

(End of this chapter)