The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 306 This is the real battle of the Nascent Soul Realm (6k)

Shi Zhen glanced at Zhou Qing's courtyard next to her, feeling an indescribable mix of emotions.

Unbeknownst to them, the youngest junior brothers and sisters of Shenyue Peak and Xiaoling Peak, one in the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and the other in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, had already left their peers far behind.

Especially during the Five Sects War, if Zhou Qing hadn't intervened in time, she probably would have become a black-clad puppet of the Cangyan Dao Palace long ago.

"Senior Sister Shi Zhen!" Just then, Lu Yaoyao seemed to sense something and opened her eyes. A cold glint flashed in her eyes, but she instantly regained her usual liveliness.

Shi Zhen smiled and approached: "Several new pastry shops have opened in Yanlong City. I went to try them out, and they were really good. Try them and see if there's any difference compared to last time."

As she spoke, she gently lifted the lid of the food box.

A sweet aroma wafted through the air, revealing several plates of delicate pastries neatly arranged in the food box.

The lotus-shaped pastry unfolds layer by layer, the steamed sugar cheese is as smooth as jade, the fermented rice balls are crystal clear, and the mung bean cake is adorned with a few golden osmanthus flowers.

Lu Yaoyao's eyes lit up, her delicate nose twitched slightly, and she took a deep breath: "This lotus flower pastry has mint juice in it, right? It's even more refreshing than last time."

She gently picked up a piece, and saw that the pastry was as thin as a cicada's wing, with the pale green filling faintly visible through the layers.

Shi Zhen nodded and smiled: "The shopkeeper said this is a new recipe, and it seems to be quite good."

"Jasmine dew was added to the steamed custard?" Lu Yaoyao pointed to another dish. "No wonder it smells so elegant."

Lu Yaoyao gently touched the sweet fermented rice balls with her chopsticks and exclaimed in surprise, "These rice balls are mixed with peach blossom wine? The aroma of the wine carries a hint of sweetness from the flowers and fruits."

Lu Yaoyao couldn't wait to pick up a crystal-clear sweet fermented rice ball and gently put it in her mouth.

As soon as your teeth bite through the thin, cicada-wing-like glutinous rice skin, the rich aroma of peach blossom wine spreads across your tongue like a spring tide.

She immediately opened her almond-shaped eyes wide, her eyes curving into crescents. Her body swayed happily from side to side, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up, revealing two sweet dimples.

Seeing Lu Yaoyao's satisfied expression, Shi Zhen couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

Despite Lu Shimei's cultivation surpassing hers, in her eyes, Lu Yaoyao will always be that innocent and carefree little girl.

Lu Yaoyao was enjoying her meal when she suddenly stopped and sighed softly.

I had originally wanted my dad to ask if my third aunt shared the same hobbies as her.

The result was that the Third Mother's master loved these snacks the most, and as a result, he was poisoned to death by his enemies.

So now, Third Aunt particularly hates these things, and Father has repeatedly warned her never to mention these snacks in front of her.

"What's wrong?" Shi Zhen asked, puzzled, when she saw Lu Yaoyao sigh.

"It's nothing," Lu Yaoyao shook her head, forcing herself to stay cheerful, "Senior sister, you should try it too, it's really delicious."

Shi Zhen smiled and declined, "I've already tasted it, you can keep it and eat it slowly."

She turned to look at Zhou Qing's courtyard, her expression complicated, and changed her words, "I wonder when the young sect leader will emerge from seclusion. Could he be attempting to break through to the Great Perfection realm this time?"

Lu Yaoyao smiled without saying a word.

Few people know that my father has been promoted to a level three array master.

Therefore, even the core disciples did not know that their father's seclusion was not for cultivation, but to refine a three-colored protective array for the sect.

"It should be soon, maybe..."

Before Lu Yaoyao could finish speaking, a ripple of spiritual energy suddenly spread out in the courtyard next to her.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately stood up.

Half an incense stick later, the soundproof barrier that had enveloped the courtyard dissipated layer by layer like ripples on water.

The courtyard gate creaked open slowly, and a slender figure stepped out.

In the two years since, Zhou Qing has become more slender than I remember, but his eyes have become more profound.

A plain white robe hung loosely on her body, giving her an air of otherworldly elegance.

"Senior Brother Zhou!" Upon seeing Zhou Qing emerge from seclusion, Lu Yaoyao cheered and skipped forward like a joyful little deer.

Shi Zhen quickly followed, her eyes filled with undisguised joy.

Zhou Qing looked at the two of them, a gentle smile playing on his lips: "What good food did you eat? There's still some on your lips."

He reached out and lightly touched the corner of Lu Yaoyao's mouth.

Lu Yaoyao belatedly wiped the crumbs from the corner of her mouth and gave an embarrassed chuckle.

"I suppose I've managed to fulfill my mission," Zhou Qing said softly. "I'm going to report back to my master."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yaoyao's eyes were filled with pride. She knew that a mere three-color magic array was no challenge for her father.

"You can go back now, you don't need to stay here anymore," Zhou Qing waved his hand.

Recalling how his senior uncle, in order to prevent him from interfering in Gao Xuan's affairs, conspired with his master to lock him up to practice arrays, and even sent Lu Yaoyao to "supervise," he couldn't help but smile.

This girl has been waiting for so long, her face has even gotten a bit tanned.

"Okay!" Lu Yaoyao replied crisply.

Zhou Qing nodded, turned around, and transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for the mountaintop.

To be honest, he was somewhat surprised that the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Zhen" (Great Array of the Celestial Stars) was completed several months ahead of schedule, which was originally expected to take three years to complete.

"Fortunately, the Kunpeng Palace incident allowed me to advance my cultivation to the late Nascent Soul stage, not to mention my spiritual power. In addition, the top-grade spirit stones I obtained from Yan Sen have enabled me to persevere until today!"

Zhou Qing flipped his palm, and three-colored light poured out from his sleeve.

A crystal-clear array plate floated in the air, covered with star patterns, and its azure, gold, and purple spiritual light flowed endlessly like a living thing.

In the center of the array, the pattern of the Big Dipper is particularly eye-catching.

In addition, a total of 108 array flags slowly rotated around the array plate.

Each flag was edged with fine stardust, which scattered starlight as it was turned.

Looking at the quality of the magic array, Zhou Qing felt a surge of pride.

I made this myself. With this skill, I'm sure I won't starve anymore.

"Master—" Soon, Zhou Qing arrived at the main hall on the mountaintop and called out a few times, but no one answered.

He then took out the communication jade slip and tried to contact them again, but still received no response.

"Not at home? Could it be that he went to the Qingyu Immortal Sect or the Tianji Sect?" Zhou Qing frowned and muttered to himself.

Then he contacted his third senior brother again, but still no one replied.

“Strange…” Zhou Qing had no choice but to turn towards Shenyue Peak.

Since the formation is already complete, it doesn't matter whether it's handed over to Master or Senior Uncle.

……

Just as they landed on Shenyue Peak, they saw the peak master of Yuqing Peak break through the air and rush off towards the back mountain in a hurry.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Qing's heart tightened. Before he could think further, he saw the Hundred Battles Peak Master and his two senior uncles from Dragon Ridge Peak also hurrying past.

Seeing their strange expressions, Zhou Qing immediately felt uneasy and quickly chased after them.

Before long, all the Supreme Elders and Peak Masters gathered in the council hall.

Below, Elder Wuzhu is holding an activated image stone.

The projection showed Cao Zhengyang and his two companions lying in a concealed position under the cover of night, observing the Liu family's flying boat in Luoxia Valley.

Everyone watched this scene with grave expressions.

"Zhou Qing, when did you come out of seclusion?" Duanmu Shu asked in surprise when she saw the person who pushed open the palace door and entered.

Zhou Qing immediately stepped forward and said urgently, "I have already heard it. The other party said that Master and Senior Uncle would be in danger and told everyone to rush to Weeping Spirit Valley."

"This matter is suspicious; we can't believe it, but we can't completely dismiss it either. Let me go!"

He is now the number one person below the Spirit Severing Realm. Unless someone at the Spirit Severing Realm makes a move, no one should be able to stop him.

Moreover, it concerns his master's safety; how could he sit idly by?
Duanmu Shu looked troubled: "Elder Jiang Pu, who guards the Soul Beacon, just sent a message saying that the three people's soul lamps are unharmed..."

But the eerie images before them made them wary.

"Let's go together!" Duanmu Shu quickly made her decision.

Given Zhou Qing's personality, there's no way to stop him.

Why not follow the image and go to the Qiling Sect to find out what tricks they are up to?

"Let's go!" Duanmu Shu suddenly stood up, and the others quickly prepared at the same time.

Whoever is behind this scheme, anyone who dares to mess with the Taiqing Sect will pay the price!
Afterwards, the group boarded Zhou Qing's flying boat and headed straight for the Weeping Spirit Sect.

Unexpectedly, after traveling for less than a day, a streak of cyan sword light suddenly flashed past below.

"It looks like Senior Brother Mo!" Tong Min, the peak master of Yuqing Peak, exclaimed in surprise, pointing at the familiar figure.

Zhou Qing also felt that the aura was somewhat familiar, so he quickly took out his identity token to contact it, and to his surprise, he actually received a response.

Amidst the crowd's mixed joy and surprise, Mo Xingjian had already turned his sword around and returned.

"What are you doing here?" Mo Xingjian asked in surprise.

When his gaze fell on Zhou Qing, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by solemnity.

Without saying a word, Duanmu Shu handed over the image stone: "Xingjian, what exactly happened?"

Mo Xingjian's expression changed drastically after reading it.

He never expected that while he, the sect leader, and Senior Brother Gao Xuan were watching the Liu family's flying boat, someone had quietly taken a picture of them.

Furthermore, it accurately pinpointed the location of the final Crying Spirit Sect.

"How is this possible?" His voice was strained, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

It should be noted that he returned this time to seek help, and he had only left the Qiling Sect not long ago.

Even if you wanted to use an identity token to transmit a message, you couldn't reach the relevant maximum distance.

"Oh no! My senior brothers might be in danger. Let's go quickly! I'll explain the situation in detail on the way!"

Mo Xingjian suddenly felt uneasy and quickly said.

Everyone was on edge, and their speed instantly increased to the maximum.

……

The Weeping Spirit Sect!
The First Elder, Liu Xuanfeng, looked at the Fourth Elder, Liu Hansong, with a worried expression. Despite the Dragon-Locking Nails being deeply embedded in his meridians, which were forcibly suppressing the spread of the corpse poison, the First Elder was still working.

But at this moment, his state remained extremely strange.

Beneath his skin, dark blue blood vessels writhed like living things, and his body would tremble with each distant roar of a mummified corpse.

It was as if the toxins in my body were resonating with those evil things.

"Why aren't they here yet?" Seeing that a long time had passed and the Golden Thunder Sect Master still hadn't arrived, Liu Xuanfeng angrily questioned.

The First Elder, Lei Tiangang, listened intently. The shrill screams and sounds of fighting that had been coming from the depths of the valley had gradually subsided.

Then a cold smile slowly crept onto his lips: "Haste makes waste. The Liu family may be powerful, but don't forget, you're the ones begging us now."

"You—" The Liu family members instantly flew into a rage, and several powerful auras of the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm erupted, causing the surrounding air to freeze.

Lei Tiangang, however, remained calm and said, "Don't forget, there's only one antidote. Our lives are worthless, but yours..."

He gave Liu Hansong, who was in extreme pain and had a deathly pale face, a meaningful look. "I'm afraid he can't wait any longer."

Liu Xuanfeng's chest heaved violently, his heart surging with killing intent, yet he had to forcefully suppress his rage. "Remember your arrogant demeanor now. Once Fourth Brother's poison is cured, I will make sure this entire Golden Thunder Sect is wiped out!"
Even if he's being used as a pawn, he'll still kill to his heart's content, just to achieve his goal!

Just as tensions were rising, a nauseating stench suddenly wafted from the depths of the valley.

The smell was like a corpse that had been rotting for tens of thousands of years mixed with fresh blood, which was terrifying.

The Liu family members instinctively held their breath and looked warily into the distance.

"They've arrived..." Lei Tiangang and the others' eyes flashed with fanaticism as they respectfully stepped aside.

Immediately afterwards, heavy footsteps came from afar, each step seeming to pound on everyone's hearts.

Until, a tall, dark figure slowly emerged from the mountain steps ahead.

That was a monster that was half human and half corpse!

He was completely shrouded in a tattered black robe and wore a blood-stained hood.

Half of his face was already rotten to the bone, and the exposed skin was covered with bluish-purple lividity.

Most terrifyingly, behind him floated a total of 119 pitch-black coffins, each emanating a suffocating aura of death.

"This is... the Sect Master of the Golden Thunder Sect?!" The Liu family and others gasped in shock.

Since they arrived in the Eastern Region, although they visited the Golden Thunder Sect twice, they hadn't seen it much.

Upon their first meeting, the other party's terrifying appearance still sent a huge shock through the hearts of the Liu family members.

Lei Lie stood to the side with a sinister smile, while the elders of the Lei family exchanged glances and quietly retreated, forming a strange encirclement.

The members of the Liu family instinctively gathered together, protecting the injured Liu Hansong in the center, forming a defensive formation.

"You must be Lei Wuji. Give me the antidote, and my Liu family will forgive and forget this matter!" Liu Xuanfeng said in a hoarse voice, extending his hand.

Lei Wuji watched them quietly, his eyes under the hood suddenly glowing with a ghostly green light.

A muffled gurgling sound came from his throat, like the friction of rotting vocal cords.

"What did he say?" Liu Xuanfeng frowned, because he hadn't heard a word clearly.

Lei Lie sneered and translated in a sarcastic tone: "Master said...you...should not have entrusted your backs to that person."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden change occurred!
Liu Hansong, who was originally being protected by the Liu family, suddenly let out an inhuman roar after struggling violently, and his eyes instantly turned a ghastly green.

He suddenly sprang up and bit and scratched the back of the neck of the Second Elder and Third Elder who were protecting him!
"Fourth brother, you—" Liu Xuanfeng's eyes were bloodshot, and he unleashed a palm strike, the violent spiritual power sending Liu Hansong flying dozens of feet away.

But it was too late; two black teeth marks and scratches had already appeared on the back of the necks of the Second Elder Liu Youtai and the Third Elder Liu Mingde.

The wound is rotting and spreading at a visible rate!

"Ah!!" The two belatedly realized what was happening and immediately let out a shrill scream.

They had seen how terrifying the fourth brother was before, and none of the antidotes worked.

Moreover, that was only bitten by a Nascent Soul Realm mummy, but the fourth brother is at the same level as them.

Without the slightest hesitation, they decisively abandoned their physical bodies, and their primordial spirits broke free from their bodies.

As soon as their primordial spirits left their bodies, a strange green pattern appeared on them.

The First Elder, Lei Tiangang, watched this scene with satisfaction, his smile growing increasingly sinister.

He knew all too well the power of this corpse poison; after all, countless such experiments had been conducted in secret.

Even a Nascent Soul Realm expert, once bitten by a corpse puppet of the same level, will inevitably be infected even if their primordial spirit leaves their body; it's only a matter of time.

Lei Wuji raised his rotting arm, the green light in his eyes flickering, as if he was trying to control the crazed Liu Hansong.

Liu Hansong clutched his head, screaming in agony, repeatedly saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry—"

"Fourth brother! Hang in there, don't let his will control you, you can do it!"

Liu Xuanfeng's voice trembled as he abruptly turned to the Lei family members, his eyes blazing with murderous intent: "From beginning to end, you never intended to provide the antidote..."

The Lei family members burst into laughter and said, "You've really misunderstood. It's not that we don't intend to give it, but that we really don't have the antidote."

"You dare to play me? You're asking for it!"

A blinding azure light erupted from Liu Xuanfeng's body, and the oppressive aura of a Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Realm swept across the entire Qiling Sect.

The ground cracked inch by inch, and countless rubble and mangled corpses floated up, forming a violent tornado around him.

"A bunch of treacherous villains, today I will make you pay for your crimes in blood!"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Xuanfeng formed a hand seal, and a hundred-foot-long cyan giant blade materialized out of thin air, slashing down at Lei Wuji with an aura that could tear the heavens and earth apart!
"Roar--"

Lei Wuji let out a beast-like roar from his rotting throat, and the 119 coffins behind him exploded simultaneously.

Amidst the billowing black mist, over a hundred mummified corpses at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage burst from their coffins, forming a bizarre Corpse Fiend Array in the air.

These mummies had bluish-gray skin and flickering eerie green flames in their eye sockets, making them even more gruesome and completely different from those at Taiqing Sect.

"Oh!"

The cyan giant blade struck the Corpse Fiend Formation, unleashing a deafening roar.

The shockwave uprooted trees within a radius of a hundred feet and shaved off three feet of the ground!

"Second brother, third brother, help me!" Liu Xuanfeng shouted.

Liu Youtai and Liu Mingde, who had already become primordial spirits, were equally furious. They immediately transformed into two streams of light and merged into Liu Xuanfeng's body.

In an instant, Liu Xuanfeng's aura surged, and two primordial spirit dharma images, each ten feet tall, appeared behind him—one holding a sword, and the other holding a hand seal!
"The Liu Family Secret Technique: Unity of the Three Powers!"

The three powers of the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage merged perfectly, causing Liu Xuanfeng's white hair to stand on end and his eyes to shoot out a tangible blue light.

He clasped his hands together, and thousands of azure sword shadows suddenly condensed in the sky, each containing terrifying power capable of annihilating a god's soul.

This time, he was truly enraged and dared not be careless in the slightest!
He had seen many boats capsize in the gutter, but never one capsizes so many times as this.

"Ten Thousand Swords Suppress the Eight Desolations!"

"Whoosh whoosh—"

The rain of swords poured down, enveloping the entire Qiling Sect.

The elders of the Lei family changed their expressions drastically and all summoned their natal magic weapons.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Seal!"

"Heavenly Protection!"

"The Mountain-Shaking Bell!"

Lightning, bell tolls, and protective shields intertwined to form a net, colliding fiercely with the rain of swords.

The shockwave from the explosion pulverized all the rocks inside the sect into dust!

"puff--"

Lei Jinghong, the fifth elder of the Lei family, was the first to succumb and cough up a mouthful of blood.

His natal magic weapon, the "Jinghong Sword," was already covered in cracks.

The Liu family's combined secret technique has enabled Liu Xuanfeng's attacks to now faintly possess the strength of the Spirit Severing Realm!

"Fifth Brother!" Lei Tiangang's eyes were bloodshot. He bit his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood onto the Tiangang Flag in his hand.

"The Thunder Ancestor has descended!"

"Click——"

A bolt of purple lightning, as thick as a water bucket, descended from the sky, transforming into a three-headed, six-armed lightning giant.

The giant, with each of its six arms wielding a supreme thunder-based treasure, slammed it down fiercely towards Liu Xuanfeng!
"Well done!"

Liu Xuanfeng neither dodged nor avoided, and the two primordial spirits behind him attacked at the same time.

Sword light and lightning intertwined, and the burst of energy illuminated the entire sect as if it were daytime.

"what--"

Liu Hansong, who had been knocked away by Liu Xuanfeng, suddenly let out a shrill scream.

His body began to contort violently, his skin turned bluish-gray at a visible speed, and his fingernails grew wildly.

The dragon-locking nails on his body quickly turned corpse black.

"Fourth brother!" Liu Xuanfeng was greatly shocked, and his attack faltered.

Lei Wuji seized the opportunity and plunged his rotting hands into the ground.

"Corpse Fiend Earth Vein, rise!"

Rumbling--

The ground of the entire Weeping Spirit Valley suddenly trembled violently, and countless streams of black energy surged out from the ground.

These black energies, mixed with the blood, essence, and spiritual energy of tens of thousands of people, intertwined in the air to form a huge net of corpses, directly surrounding Liu Xuanfeng.

Upon seeing this, Lei Tiangang and his four companions immediately retreated.

What they need to do this time is to cooperate with the sect leader and slowly wear him down until the other two people's corpse poison erupts.

At this moment, Lei Wuji's decaying body was suspended in mid-air, and the aura of the army of mummified corpses behind him was connected, faintly forming a strange domain.

The moment the domain expanded, the strength of all the mummies surged dramatically, and they all broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.

They emitted piercing shrieks and pounced on Liu Xuanfeng from all directions.

"Brother, this can't go on, and besides, I can't get in touch with Lao Wu!"

The voice of the Second Elder, Liu Youtai, rang in Liu Xuanfeng's ears.

After all, even the strongest fists can't fight against many hands. Not to mention this inhuman sect leader, they also have five Grand Perfection elders watching them from the sidelines.

"Yes, I feel something's wrong with my primordial spirit, and the fourth brother, he seems to have lost control of himself!"

The anxious voice of the Third Elder, Liu Mingde, also rang out from the side.

Liu Xuanfeng's face was grim, and he felt uneasy.

He never imagined that something that seemed certain would suddenly turn out this way.

A group of rural villagers from a remote place were driven to this state.

It's all the fourth brother's fault. Before we even started, he caused two of our people to die.

Thinking of this, a resolute glint flashed in Liu Xuanfeng's eyes: "I have no choice but to use that move..."

Seeing the horde of corpses rushing towards him, he suddenly bit his finger and drew a complex blood symbol in the air.

"With my lifeblood, I summon the ancestor to descend!"

The moment the blood talisman burned, an ancient and terrifying aura descended from the sky.

"Click——"

Suddenly, a crack appeared in the void in front of them, and a giant claw covered with blue scales emerged, smashing dozens of dried corpses into mincemeat with a single swipe!

The Fifth Elder Liu Mingde and Consort Ying, who had been waiting anxiously outside, suddenly changed their expressions.

"That feeling just now was—"

The two exchanged glances, then immediately realized what was happening. Without a word, they rushed towards the two-colored barrier and began their attack...

(End of this chapter)