I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 245 Small Bomb

After parting ways with the Third Princess, the two originally planned to return to the Sanqing Palace first, and then go back to the sect to find their senior master.

Unexpectedly, they ran into An Ruchen on the way.

"Come here."

The two obediently put away their small flying boats and then jumped onto the sect flying boat of the Jade Void Sect where An Ruchen was located.

Besides An Ruchen, there were also six other Nascent Soul cultivators from the sect on the flying boat. Xiao Qi followed her senior brother and greeted them in a proper manner.

A Nascent Soul cultivator looked in the direction the two had come from, guessed what was going on, and pointed at Lu Xiaowu, saying to An Ruchen, "This little girl can't be taken care of by him, he'll corrupt her. My place is quiet, and I happen to be short of a disciple. Qingluan isn't here, so let the little girl go to my place."

"How old is that kid to be a hermit at your place? Our Fufeng is more suitable, it's lively and perfect for kids to play."

"We are Qifeng."

"Shut up, you little girl with skinny arms and legs, what are you going to do with her swinging a hammer?"

Suddenly, all the Nascent Soul cultivators on the flying boat started scrambling for Xiao Qi, leaving her completely bewildered.

What happened?
They weren't this enthusiastic when we were in the sect. It's only been a month or two since we last met, why is everyone treating her like a hot commodity?

An Ruchen looked her up and down, nodded in satisfaction, and told the truth, "A thirteen-year-old Nascent Soul cultivator is one in a million, even ten thousand years. She's no less than your master."

"That's right, this is the first Nascent Soul cultivator under the age of fifteen in our Jade Void Sect. Congratulations! Such a genius needs more than one master."

An Ruchen glanced at the Nascent Soul cultivator who had spoken and sneered, "Wait until my senior sister returns, then you can say these words to her face."

The Nascent Soul cultivator dared not utter a sound.

The other Nascent Soul cultivators also wore sheepish smiles, no longer daring to compete for the position.

At this point, they were unaware that Xiao Qi would not stay there at all.

"Come in, you two. I have something to ask you."

An Ruchen led the two into the room and casually set up an isolation array.

"Why didn't you two leave? Weren't you going to go back by opening the membrane?"

The explosion at Wansheng Valley was so loud that every Nascent Soul cultivator on the border must have heard it.

The Demon Queen was extremely anxious, but because the Demon King was not present and the two sides were locked in combat, she dared not leave the border without permission.

Lu Xiaowu briefly explained the situation, then took out a list of materials needed to repair the membrane wall and shamelessly asked An Ruchen, "Uncle-Master, how much of this stuff do you have? Give it all to us."

"I'll give you a piece of my mind!"

An Ruchen's face darkened, and he said irritably, "You don't think of your martial uncle when it comes to good things, but you think of me when you want something. Lu Xingyun, I've really spoiled you for nothing."

Lu Xiaowu grinned and handed him a storage ring. "How could I? I'll think of my martial uncle if I find anything good. I got this from the Demon King's treasury. See if there's anything you like?"

An Ruchen's expression softened a bit, and she glared at him, "You're lucky you have a conscience."

Then he took the storage ring, rummaged through its contents, picked out a few things he needed, and then returned the storage ring to Lu Xiaowu.

Xiao Qi reluctantly pulled out a jar of spirit fruit wine. "Uncle-Master, I specially bought this for you from an old man at the Sanqing Palace."

specially?

An Ruchen raised an eyebrow at her, finding her stingy little face both amusing and exasperating. "Alright, put it away. I've prepared a few jars for your master, along with some spiritual plants she needs. Take them with you when you leave."

"You're so generous, Uncle-Master!"

The little girl chuckled; she hadn't even given away the wine, but she'd gotten a storage bag instead—she was so happy!
An Ruchen couldn't bear to look at her expression and turned to ask Lu Xiaowu, "If the membrane is repaired, will your master never be able to come back?"

Lu Xiaowu shook his head, "Not necessarily. We haven't searched for the secret realm that Brother Lin Yan came from yet. I think that if we can find that secret realm, it would be the safest and most secretive way to travel between the two worlds."

An Ruchen's eyes lit up. "Do you know which secret realm it is?"

"It's Lingfeng Island."

"Isn't that just an ordinary secret realm? It opens only once every ten years, what's so special about it?"

Lu Xiaowu shrugged, "That's why I said it's troublesome. When Brother Lin Yan was sent here by his father, he came from Lingfeng Island. Later, when the secret realm opened, he went in again, but he couldn't find the place where he woke up back then."

"There is still such a thing."

An Ruchen had never heard of such a strange thing before, but thanks to Xiao Qi in the past few months, he had seen too many strange things, so he could accept things he had never heard of before.

He said, “If you want to enter the secret realm, you will have to wait two years. You can take this time to find materials to repair the membrane. There are so many, it won’t be easy to find them all in a short time. Take this stone that has absorbed the essence of heaven and earth for more than 10,000 years, for example. You can’t find it anywhere else except in the secret realm.”

Such a good thing would have been taken by a weapon refiner to make magic weapons long ago.

Xiao Qi hadn't looked at the list of required materials carefully, but now that she heard it, a long, python-like stone suddenly popped into her head: "A giant python emerges from the mountain!"

She remembered that Sect Master Qin seemed to have said that the evil python whose soul had been extracted had turned into stone for ten thousand years.

Although there is no spiritual energy on Mount Sanqing, it has always been rich in the energy of heaven and earth. Could it be considered that the stones have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth?
"Did Alliance Leader Han reach some kind of agreement with the Demon King?"

After recounting their story, Lu Xiaowu inquired about the reasons for the border ceasefire.

To be honest, it's not that he looks down on Alliance Leader Han, but if it weren't for the Zhu family and the Jade Void Sect holding him back, he probably wouldn't have even stepped forward to confront the Demon Realm.

Over the years, countless female cultivators have been persecuted by the Lion-Tiger Demon King. Has he ever cared about them?

They either offered a half-hearted apology and compensation from the Demon Queen, or they said there was no evidence and it was inconvenient to handle the matter.

The near-total annihilation of their Lu Family Fortress was also a consequence of his inaction.

Sacrificing personal interests for the greater good is probably the excuse these hypocritical and powerful figures would use to justify their inaction.

Those female cultivators, including his second sister, were of insignificant status, not enough for him, a dignified alliance leader, to pursue their responsibility.

So if the little demon king hadn't captured the Zhu family girl this time, and if the Zhu family and the Jade Void Sect had put pressure on him, he might have continued to stay in the snow mountain, maintaining his ten-thousand-year-old peace like a turtle hiding its head in the sand.

"This matter is none of your concern; you don't need to get involved."

An Ruchen was naturally aware of Lu Xiaowu's background. He said, "Now that you have avenged your great enemy and are leaving this place with Xiaoqi, you don't need to worry about anything else."

He was afraid that his youthful impulsiveness might lead him to do something rash. With his senior sister away and his senior brother needing to oversee the sect, he, as his uncle, would have to clean up his messes.

In the past, he was somewhat cautious, knowing that a Nascent Soul cultivator was not someone to be trifled with. But now, with a Nascent Soul cultivator by his side who was a ticking time bomb, he was genuinely afraid that the two of them would recklessly blow up the Alliance Leader's snow mountain.

I really don't want to go to the dentist unless it's the last minute; I'm most afraid of dentists.

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