The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 376 No, why is it reverse hydration? (6k)

It is unknown how much time passed, but as the crimson-gold aura gradually dissipated, an eerie silence fell over the cave.

Shen Hanyi sat up abruptly. The three blood phoenix marks between her brows had not yet faded, and her skin still retained a lingering heat.

She glanced down at her disheveled and tattered clothes, then looked up at Zhou Qing, who was standing right in front of her—

Her voice was chillingly cold, and a glint of cold light flashed at her fingertips as a crystal-clear ice sword was pressed against Zhou Qing's throat. "Are you courting death?"

Zhou Qing stood frozen in place, seemingly oblivious to the biting cold that emanated from her neck, her eyes brimming with tears as she stared down at her crotch.

"It's over, it's really over," she suddenly looked up at Shen Hanyi, her voice trembling with tears, "It's all your fault—"

Shen Hanyi: "..."

Zhou Qing trembled as she picked up the torn pieces of clothing from the ground, tears streaming down her face and onto the back of her hand: "I only came to save people."

He looked up abruptly, his red eyes filled with grievance. "Now look what's happened, all my virility is gone. Do you know what that means for a boy?"

Shen Hanyi's sword tip trembled almost imperceptibly.

"Those supernatural techniques that require a pure Yang body are no longer relevant to me..."

Zhou Qing choked back tears and pulled a piece of cloth to cover her body.

By the end, he was sobbing uncontrollably, wiping away his tears haphazardly, his voice trembling: "I've remained a virgin for decades!"

"But……"

"But what 'but'!" He suddenly stood up excitedly, then hurriedly squatted down to cover himself.

"You've also practiced the 'Hundred Tribulations Blood Curtain,' don't you know what the prerequisites for cultivation are?"

He glared at Shen Hanyi with red eyes, "My virginity! Now it's all over!"

Shen Hanyi parted her lips slightly, but then fell silent.

Looking at Zhou Qing, who was crying her eyes out, she frowned more and more, feeling that something was wrong.

Just as tensions were about to rise, Shen Hanyi suddenly trembled violently, and her expression changed drastically.

He couldn't help but let out another muffled groan.

To her horror, she discovered that, apart from the continued soreness in her lower limbs, the spiritual energy within her body, which had been as still as a cold pool, was now surging and churning.

Four dazzling rays of light shot out from her dantian, intertwining in silver, blue, red, and gold, and condensing into four illusory Dao flowers around her.

Each petal is engraved with profound Daoist patterns, radiating a heart-stirring aura.

"What's this?"

She stared blankly at her palm, only to see that as each Dao flower bloomed, wisps of mysterious Dao patterns merged into her meridians.

The bottleneck of the late stage of the Spirit Slaying Realm, which he had only broken through a few years ago, was now easily pierced as if it were thin paper, and his cultivation was rushing towards the Great Perfection at an astonishing speed.

Shen Hanyi suddenly looked up, and then suddenly realized something. Her beautiful eyes were filled with disbelief as she stared intently at Zhou Qing, who was still sobbing.

Zhou Qing stood there, tears still streaming down her face, completely stunned.

He recalled what his second uncle had said back then, patting his chest confidently: "That Fairy Xuanyou possesses the [Empty Cicada Body]. If you can save her, you're guaranteed to gain great fortune!"

But now, things have turned out differently. I've become the one who gets "extracted" from, and all the good fortune has been taken by someone else.

Zhou Qing looked down at himself, then looked up at the radiant Shen Hanyi, feeling incredibly frustrated—why was the script upside down?

Shen Hanyi's eyes flickered slightly, her voice tinged with complexity: "So it was you who appeared in the Eastern Region back then, the Four Flowers Gathering at the Top."

Zhou Qing hastily wiped away her tears, and in a fit of despair, said, "What else can I do?"

"Brother Zhou, it's been so long, if all else fails, just... Sister?! That's great, wait a minute!"

Shen Yunzhou's voice suddenly came from the cave entrance.

He was so worried waiting outside that he broke the seal and rushed in, but froze on the spot the moment he saw the situation inside the cave.

The older sister stood there, her clothes disheveled, holding a sword with the tip pointed directly at Zhou Qing's throat.

Zhou Qing, on the other hand, was naked and frantically trying to cover himself with a few scraps of cloth, his face still wet with tears.

"I—f-damn—" Shen Yunzhou roared, veins bulging on his forehead, "What the hell did you do while my sister was injured?!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and his fists clenched so tightly they cracked: "You swore you wouldn't take advantage of me before, and I actually trusted you enough to give you that guarantee!"

“Three hours!” He suddenly pointed outside the cave, his voice trembling. “You sent me away for three whole hours just so I could keep watch for you?”

"I'll fucking kill you—" Shen Yunzhou roared, and nine shit-yellow longswords instantly appeared, their blades radiating a sharp killing intent.

"Get out!" Shen Hanyi shouted coldly.

"Alright!" Shen Yunzhou turned around and ran outside as if by reflex.

As soon as he was released from the restraints, his anger suddenly subsided.

Wait a minute. My sister's aura just now clearly indicated that she had recovered.

Could it really be that Brother Zhou cured him?
Recalling Zhou Qing's disheveled and tearful appearance...
"Wait, this plot isn't right!" He slapped his forehead hard, feeling like his worldview was about to shatter. "Could it be that Brother Zhou was..."

The moment this thought crossed Shen Yunzhou's mind, he shuddered.
"How can this be……"

……

Shen Hanyi felt the spiritual power within her body surge like a burst dam, and the four-colored Dao flowers had already penetrated deep into her sea of ​​consciousness.

The four distinct Daoist principles—silver radiance, blue sea, crimson flame, and golden light—blended seamlessly within her sea of ​​consciousness, forming a profound and unfathomable Daoist diagram.

"Uh-"

She tilted her head back uncontrollably, her three thousand silver hairs flying like a waterfall.

The spiritual energy of the entire cave converged wildly, condensing into a vortex of interwoven four colors above her head, with the faint sound of the Great Dao echoing from the center of the vortex.

Shen Hanyi suppressed the surging Daoist energy within her body, glanced at Zhou Qing with a complicated expression, and immediately sat down cross-legged.

She must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and break through to the Great Perfection of the Spirit Severing Realm in one fell swoop!
Zhou Qing watched this scene with aggrieved feelings, feeling that she had been greatly wronged.

But looking at Shen Hanyi, who was so close to him, her cheeks were flushed and the blood phoenix mark between her brows made her even more alluring, which made him momentarily stunned.

"She's so beautiful," Zhou Qing muttered to himself.

In reality, Shen Hanyi is always cold and aloof.

But after learning about the Shen family's situation and the reason for her poisoning from Shen Yunzhou, Zhou Qing realized that her aloofness was just a protective facade.

Inside the Divine Ruins Heavenly Palace, she seemed to have let down all her guard and became much more talkative than usual.

especially.
Thinking back to the moments when the two of them were infatuated not long ago, Zhou Qing felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

At that moment, Shen Hanyi's eyes sparkled, and her lips parted slightly, making her seem like a completely different person from usual.
How could something like that suddenly happen?

"Could this be the Blood Phoenix Clan's Heart-to-Heart Pact?" Zhou Qing muttered to himself, while frantically tying his sash.

"The last part of that blood-red scroll did indeed seem to record that when one side is on the verge of death, and both Blood Phoenixes manifest the Yin-Yang aspect, it will activate some kind of ancient contract."

"But it shouldn't be like this!" Zhou Qing scratched his head.

But the next moment, he suddenly felt the spiritual energy in his meridians start to circulate on its own, and a wisp of unfamiliar, extremely yin spiritual energy roamed his body like a snake.

This spiritual power, though seemingly weak, carried an icy chill, causing crystalline frost patterns to appear in the meridians it passed through, a stark contrast to the fiery blood phoenix power within his body.

"This is..." Zhou Qing looked into his mind and was astonished to find that the four Dao flowers were slowly rotating under the nourishment of this spiritual power.

The colors were even more solid and richer than usual.

Furthermore, a profound and mysterious realization welled up in my mind, just like when I broke through to the fourth level of a formation master and touched the threshold of the Spirit Severing Realm...

Zhou Qing suddenly looked at Shen Hanyi, who was breaking through, and immediately realized what was going on.

"Looks like I've gotten some benefits too..."

Ignoring his disheveled appearance, he immediately sat cross-legged, and as his hands swiftly formed profound hand seals, a four-colored halo, identical to that of Shen Hanyi, appeared around him.

Their auras merged perfectly once again, creating a yin-yang cycle...

Two days later!
"boom--"

The entire cave suddenly trembled violently, and the four-colored restrictive runes engraved on the rock walls crumbled inch by inch.

Shen Hanyi's three thousand silver hairs moved without wind, and the blood phoenix mark between her brows suddenly burst forth with dazzling blood light, transforming into a lifelike crimson phoenix that soared into the sky.

"Wow—"

The phoenix's cry resounded through the heavens, instantly drawing out the spiritual energy of the entire Wuxiang Mountain Range into a vacuum.

Centered on the cave, a terrifying spiritual hurricane formed within a radius of a thousand feet, uprooting countless ancient trees and pulverizing them in the storm.

Zhou Qing was just awakened from his meditation when he was so shocked by the scene before him that he was speechless.

Shen Hanyi hovered quietly in the center of the storm. Although she made no extra movements, she gave people a suffocating feeling of facing the vast world.

The space within three zhang around her was constantly distorted, even the light was bent.

"Is this the pressure of a Great Perfection of the Spirit Severing Realm?" Zhou Qing's Adam's apple bobbed, his back already soaked in cold sweat.

What made him even more uneasy was how Shen Hanyi would deal with him, the "culprit," after her breakthrough.

"Congratulations, sister! Congratulations, sister!"

The moment the barrier shattered, Shen Yunzhou rushed in with a fawning smile, but abruptly stopped when he saw Shen Hanyi's eyes.

Shen Hanyi's gaze shifted slightly, and she suddenly looked up at the sky as if she had a premonition.

A cold glint flashed in her eyes, and with a slight wave of her hand, a dark rift suddenly opened in the void: "This is truly endless. In that case, we'll settle all our scores today, old and new!"

She suddenly turned to look at Shen Yunzhou, her icy gaze making him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave: "If you dare to say another word, I'll tear your mouth apart."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Yunzhou covered his mouth tightly, shaking his head repeatedly with a deathly pale face.

When her gaze turned to Zhou Qing, a complex and unfathomable look flashed in her eyes.

Just as Zhou Qing was about to speak, he felt an invisible force pull him into a spatial rift.

The scene before my eyes distorted instantly, and all I could hear was the piercing sound of space being torn apart.

In the blink of an eye—

"Crack!"

Above the most bustling Zuixianlou restaurant in the inner city of the imperial capital, a dark crack three zhang long suddenly appeared in the clear sky.

Unstable spatial turbulence flickered at the edge of the crack, and two figures fell from it like tattered sacks.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash as the tiles shattered, Zhou Qing and Shen Yunzhou smashed through the three-layered glazed dome and landed heavily on the octagonal table in the main hall amidst a shower of shards.

The sandalwood wooden table, worth a fortune, shattered with a crash, and soup splattered everywhere.

Several guests dressed in fine clothes were splashed with oil, but they stood there dumbfounded.

An eerie silence fell over the entire top floor, all eyes fixed on the two people who had suddenly descended from the sky.

"Master Zhou?!" An elderly man in a brocade robe was the first to exclaim in surprise, instantly causing an uproar throughout the hall. "It really is Master Zhou!"

"Oh my god, am I dreaming?"

"Master Zhou, do you still remember me? I'm Zhang Geng!"

……

Zhou Qing hurriedly wiped the vegetable leaves off his face, feeling extremely uncomfortable under the intense gazes of the crowd.

Without saying a word, he turned around and rushed out the door.

"Pah!" Shen Yunzhou spat out the ivory chopsticks from his mouth, not bothering to straighten his disheveled clothes, and chased after him, shouting, "You surnamed Zhou! Stop right there! Explain yourself!"

The two rushed out of Zuixianlou one after the other, leaving behind a mess and a hall full of dumbfounded guests.

……

"Senior Brother Zhou, you're back!"

As soon as Lu Yaoyao pushed open the door, she saw a streak of light descend from the sky, and Zhou Qing landed in the courtyard looking somewhat disheveled.

"Where are my senior brothers and sisters?" Zhou Qing asked anxiously, only to see Lu Yaoyao suddenly cover her nose and take two steps back in disgust: "Why do you smell so bad?"

Zhou Qing then realized what was happening, and with a surge of spiritual energy, the odor was dispelled as the water rippled.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, his expression changed, and he transformed into a streak of light and soared into the sky once more.

"Huh?" Before Lu Yaoyao could react, another yellowish-brown light followed closely behind.

Shen Yunzhou appeared angrily, holding a filthy object in each hand, which he spun around in his palms.

"What are you doing?" Lu Yaoyao stared in disbelief.

"Mind your own business!" Shen Yunzhou gritted his teeth. "Today I'm going to use this thing to turn him into a mud statue!"

After saying that, he chased after them again.

Lu Yaoyao was about to give chase, but found that the two had already disappeared. She stomped her feet angrily and said, "What the hell is going on!"

Above the clouds, Shen Yunzhou suddenly transmitted his voice: "Brother Zhou... no, brother-in-law, the act is almost over."

“The video has been recorded for the required time. My sister definitely won’t be able to watch such a long chase scene. I should be fine now.”

Zhou Qing then stopped, turned around, and glared angrily.

She wanted to grab his collar but thought it was dirty, so she gave up: "Don't yell!"

Shen Yunzhou grinned and leaned closer, putting away the image stone: "Wait, what exactly happened? I'm so curious!"

"This matter is known only to heaven, earth, you, and me," Zhou Qing warned with a stern face. "If word gets out, don't blame me for being impolite."

"You're wrong, my sister was also involved." Shen Yunzhou blinked. "Speaking of which, you took advantage of my sister and then made me keep watch. Who really lost out?"

Zhou Qing sighed, "If you hadn't insisted on dragging me along, would that have happened?"

“I know you saved my sister.” Shen Yunzhou suddenly became serious. “For my sake as your brother-in-law, please tell me the truth.”

"If you really care about brotherhood, then help me persuade your sister to spare my life and pretend this never happened."

Zhou Qing clasped his hands together, his face full of sincerity.

Shen Yunzhou patted his shoulder: "My sister has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. If she really wanted you dead, would we have come out of the spatial rift together?"

He lowered his voice quietly as he spoke: "Besides, my sister will get married sooner or later, so it's good to keep the good stuff in the family. If I have to choose someone to be my brother-in-law, I think you're pretty good."

Zhou Qing rolled his eyes and landed on the eaves of a restaurant rooftop.

The blue tiles pressed painfully against his back, but he was too lazy to move: "Is there any wine?"

"Hey!" Shen Yunzhou pulled a yellowish-brown wine jar from his storage bag as if by magic.

The altar also has a crooked "仙" (immortal) character painted in cinnabar.

"I remember you once told me that you quit drinking after being betrayed by your senior brother. What, are you trying to drown your sorrows in alcohol?"

Zhou Qing looked at the yellowish-brown wine jar he was handed over, her lips twitching slightly. She immediately lost her desire to drink it: "Don't you have any other colors you like?"

Shen Yunzhou proudly shook his head of blond hair and tugged at his robe of the same color: "This is my favorite color! Look how bright and vibrant this yellow is!"

He then proudly shook the wine jar, from which came a suspicious gurgling sound. "Exclusive recipe, using eighty-one ingredients."

"Stop!" Zhou Qing pushed away the wine jar that was about to hit his face and slumped on the eaves, utterly dejected.

Looking into the distance, amidst the swirling clouds and mist surrounding the imperial palace, the faint sound of bells could be heard.

He gazed at the magnificent palaces and felt a bitter taste in his mouth: "My first time, ended so... brutally?"

But at that moment, the space in front of them suddenly distorted and rippled with strange patterns.

Zhou Qing and Shen Yunzhou stood up alertly at the same time. They saw a dark crack appear in the void, with unstable spatial turbulence flickering at its edges.

"Click——"

The crack suddenly widened, and a figure dressed in a purple-gold python robe stepped out from it.

Xuanyuan Shuo looked at Zhou Qing and smiled slightly, saying, "I just happened to have something to discuss with you, and I heard that someone saw you come here."

One cannot hit a smiling face, so Zhou Qing had no choice but to bow and say, "Greetings, Your Highness!"

Shen Yunzhou also bowed.

At their level, they are nothing compared to those at the Spirit Severing Realm.

Xuanyuan Shuo waved his hand: "I won't call you Master Zhou anymore. You're someone Second Uncle has his eye on, so I'll just call you 'young friend' as usual."

Zhou Qing looked at him; this guy was trying to get close right away, it seemed he had something important to ask for.
He remained expressionless and smiled, saying, "Senior, you are too kind. May I ask what guidance you have?"

Xuanyuan Shuo sighed: "You must have heard about the theft of my royal treasury some time ago. Therefore, I would like to ask you to help with the repairs. I will definitely reward you handsomely."

After hearing this, Zhou Qing thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

After returning from the royal ancestral land with Sikong Yan last time, I heard from Lu Yaoyao and the others that the Xuanyuan family was looking for me.

But the crucial point is that he himself stole that treasure vault.

Not to mention that if any further changes occur in the future, he will definitely become the prime suspect.

He hesitated for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness is too kind. However, I am currently studying a new restriction and am at a crucial stage, so I am truly unable to spare the time. Moreover..."

He deliberately feigned reluctance, saying, "This is a royal territory. It would be inappropriate for me to interfere rashly."

Xuanyuan Shuo's eyes flickered slightly, but he did not dare to press the matter too much.

After all, the relationship between the two sides had just eased somewhat because he lied and said that he killed Nangong Xiongba.

He turned to Shen Yunzhou: "Young friend, you must be acquainted with that silver-haired, veiled Spirit Slayer Realm expert?"

Shen Yunzhou's heart tightened: "We're not very familiar with each other, we've only met twice."

“I had close contact with her before, and the outline of your eyes is quite similar to hers,” Xuan Yuanshuo said meaningfully.

Shen Yunzhou chuckled twice: "Your Highness is too kind. I have an ordinary, common face."

Xuanyuan Shuo remained noncommittal, then looked at Zhou Qing again and said, "She's back, and she's currently fighting someone at Wuxiang Mountain. Why don't you come with me to take a look?"

He then transmitted his voice secretly: "This is a good opportunity to explain the matter of the Peng Emperor to her and prove that what I said is true."

"Otherwise, who knows when we'll meet again? I don't want to be misunderstood by someone at the late stage of the Spirit Severing Realm forever."

Zhou Qing frowned slightly, and the scene of being teleported just now involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

Number Six clearly sensed a deadly threat, which is why he sent them away so hastily.

Although she has broken through to the Great Perfection, it is still unknown whether her injuries have fully healed.

Moreover, that opponent is ruthless. If things really get critical, we might be able to get help from Xuanyuan Shuo.

Regardless of the cause, she is now his woman.

Moreover, his master had already instructed him when he was mistakenly accused of watching female disciples bathe at Taiqing Sect.

A real man stands tall between heaven and earth, his spine as straight as a pine tree—he must acknowledge what he has done, repay the debts he owes, and take full responsibility for those he has wronged.

Thinking of this, a resolute glint flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes.

Although he was not a virtuous gentleman, he was by no means a heartless and ungrateful person.

“Okay!” Zhou Qing replied in a deep voice.

Xuan Yuanshuo raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and with a wave of his sleeve, the space in front of him was easily torn apart like brocade.

He turned to the side and made a "please" gesture, and distorted streams of light could be vaguely seen in the dark spatial rift.

"Where are you going?" Shen Yunzhou asked urgently.

Zhou Qing replied briefly, "Wuxiang Mountain."

Shen Yunzhou's pupils contracted, and he immediately said, "I'm going too!"

Xuanyuan Shuo smiled noncommittally, and the three of them stepped into the crevice one after another.

In an instant, the world spun around, and when their vision returned, they found themselves on a cliff on the outskirts of Wuxiang Mountain.

"boom--"

As soon as the three of them came out, a deafening explosion suddenly rang out in front of them, and a violent surge of spiritual energy swept over them like a tsunami.

Zhou Qing subconsciously raised his hand to shield his eyes, and through his fingers he could see that the distant horizon had been divided into two distinct halves.

Above, there were churning, inky black clouds, and below, there was a deep blue sky frozen with ice crystals.

Shen Hanyi still wore a veil, but her silver hair danced wildly, and she floated in mid-air on a nine-grade ice lotus.

With each wave of her sleeve, countless ice crystals condense into swords, drawing mysterious trajectories in the void.

From the distorted black mist opposite, skeletal claws occasionally emerged, crushing the incoming ice swords.

Before the shattered ice crystals could even hit the ground, they were corroded by the eerie aura emanating from the black mist, turning into dark green poisonous water that hissed down from the sky.

“Her strength has increased again!” Xuan Yuanshuo narrowed his eyes as he looked at Shen Hanyi, his expression solemn.

Then, his gaze turned to the churning black mist, and Xuan Yuanshuo's heart sank even further.

This mysterious person's strength was comparable to that of the silver-haired woman, and each surge of black mist caused the dark clouds within a thousand miles to resonate.

The Holy Martial Dynasty has been going through a very turbulent time lately!

Shen Yunzhou looked at his older sister with a worried expression and immediately put on a mask.

He stared intently at the battlefield, his throat tightening.

If the other party is indeed a member of my third aunt's family or someone else, I can neither help my older sister nor become a bargaining chip for them to threaten her.

……

(End of this chapter)