Brother, how come you're a witch?

He's a pitiful child.

Su Yan decided to forgive Ye Jingqiu for barging into his room without a word, even though the latter seemed to have no remorse whatsoever.

Ye Jingqiu took several deep breaths, reluctantly absorbing the last trace of sword intent, then licked his lips with relish before looking up at Su Yan:

"You are an unparalleled sword genius, born with a sword bone. You have such a level of understanding of the sword at the Qi Refining stage. If you can attain the Dao of True Immortal, I'm afraid no one's sword intent can surpass yours."

"Don't think I won't hear you secretly cursing me while praising me."

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly.

Ye Jingqiu's words were indeed an exaggeration. His sword skills were indeed top-notch with the system's support, but his sword intent was actually quite weak, not even ranking among the top True Immortals.

However, in the eyes of a naive girl like Ye Jingqiu, who had never seen the world, this was already the very best.

"Practicing swordsmanship with you will surely lead us to the pinnacle of swordsmanship."

Ye Jingqiu spoke to himself, then took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Su Yan:

"So, from now on we'll be members of a cultivation group. Let's cultivate together and make progress together. There's no need to be formal; just call me Xiao Ye."

"?"

Su Yan took the paper and found that it was an application form for a Xuanqing Sect cultivation group. He was the group leader, Ye Jingqiu was the deputy group leader, and there were a few other unfamiliar guys who had been pulled in to make up the minimum number of people.

The form bears the red clay seal of the Elders' Hall at the bottom, and the date is today, indicating that it has been passed and is in effect.

Su Yan was silent for a moment: "But I seem to remember that applying for a training group requires the applicant's signature?"

"Yes, you didn't come to morning class today, so I forged your signature and signed your attendance record for morning class as well."

"you!"

Su Yan's hand holding the application form trembled slightly.

This Ye Jingqiu looks serious with thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he has absolutely no psychological burden when it comes to fabricating lies.

The consequences of skipping early class have finally come.

The cultivation group will be registered, and newly established groups will be posted on the sect's bulletin board for a period of time. If Liu Baishuang sees that he and Ye Jingqiu are in the same group, the title of "traitor to the sect" will be even more solidified, and all the goodwill he worked so hard to build up last night will be for nothing.

We absolutely have to disband this group right away!

Disbanding the cultivation group requires not only the end of the public notice period but also the consent of half of the members. However, Ye Jingqiu is definitely unwilling to disband it, so Su Yan can only try to win over the remaining members to make up the numbers, which will be difficult to resolve in a short time.

"...Ye Jingqiu, if the world is destroyed, you will bear the main responsibility."

Su Yan covered his forehead.

Ye Jingqiu looked at him, puzzled, and didn't understand what he meant, but she didn't intend to delve into it.

After running away in a fit of anger last night, she squatted in a ravine at the foot of Xiaozhu Peak, holding her sword. She watched Su Yan and Liu Baishuang fly over her head on a single sword, and looking at their Xuanqing Sect disciple robes, she suddenly had some insights.

She was a disciple of the Sword Ruins, while the other two were disciples of the Xuanqing Sect. To Su Yan, she was merely a fellow Daoist, but to Su Yan, Liu Baishuang was a fellow Daoist.

It's normal for members of the same clan to study and improve together privately, and they generally don't like to bring outsiders along. When the disciples of the elders of Sword Ruins hold group meetings, they absolutely do not allow others to listen in.

That's why Su Yan didn't practice swordsmanship with her, but instead secretly ran out to practice swordsmanship with Liu Baishuang.

Ye Jingqiu realized that if she wanted Su Yan to train with her instead of Liu Baishuang, she had to have a closer relationship than that of a fellow clansman, making Liu Baishuang an outsider.

A training group is undoubtedly the best choice.

It is a small organization with few members, and it is included in the sect. Exchange students can also join.

From now on, if Liu Baishuang tries to secretly invite Su Yan out to practice swordsmanship again, she can rightfully refuse on Su Yan's behalf:

"Excuse me, we need to have a group meeting."

Then Liu Baishuang could only leave sadly.

Thinking of this, Ye Jingqiu felt excited.

With the theory approved, it's time to put it into practice.

She didn't sleep all night and went to submit her application form early in the morning. The dean of academic affairs gave her, an exchange student, face and stamped the form without asking any questions.

"I'll take any responsibility you ask me to take."

Ye Jingqiu's face remained as cold as ever, but her pupils revealed an undisguised anticipation and joy:

"Now that you're awake, shall we hold our training group's first meeting to share our sword practice insights from last week and showcase our progress?"

"I refuse."

"Why?"

"How dare you ask?"

Su Yan said irritably:

"First, I never agreed to join the group; it was all your idea. Second, I'm busy right now. I didn't release my tension last night, so I'm planning to release it now. You'd better get out of here."

"That's the same excuse again. If I hadn't come to check last night, I would have been fooled by you." Ye Jingqiu's lips curled down very slightly.

"Heh, speaking of which, I really want to ask you this. Since you dared to come and see, you must have been prepared to do it for me if I was really taking a shower, as we agreed before, right? The fact that you're not leaving now means you're prepared for that too?"

Su Yan raised his right hand and waved it.

Ye Jingqiu visibly stiffened, lowered his gaze, and sat on the edge of the bed, grabbing Su Yan's blanket with both hands as if to plead for forgiveness:

"The same lie won't work on me twice. I won't believe you this time."

Su Yan calmly lifted the blanket and placed his right hand on the drawstring of his underwear.

Ye Jingqiu immediately jumped up, turned around and ran away like a rabbit, bursting through the door and disappearing in an instant.

"Ah, little girl."

Su Yan sneered and took out a communication jade token from the side pocket of his underwear.

The jade tablet glowed faintly; while he was sleeping, Li Changsheng had already replied.

Su Yan scrolled to the top of the Feixin page and started reading from the first message:

"How could this be!"

The four large characters expressed Li Changsheng's shock.

"Junior brother, are you still alive?"

His second sentence deeply expressed his concern.

"Liu Baishuang came to morning class. If she's alright, then you should be alright too, junior brother."

Li Changsheng withdrew his expression of concern.

Su Yan's lips trembled slightly as he continued scrolling down.

"Senior brother, my old injury flared up suddenly last night, and I vomited blood and fell into a coma. I was unable to reply in time. Please forgive me, junior brother."

"Junior brother?"

"Junior brother, why didn't you come to the morning class?"

"Asleep?"

"If you are feeling unwell, I can have someone send you some medicine."

"I have no idea what happened at Xiaozhu Peak last night, or what the demons did. I can only speculate by waiting for my junior brother to tell me."

"The appearance of demonic creatures in the heart of the Xuanqing Sect is truly strange, and the fact that Liu Baishuang is involved makes it seem even more deliberate. I have a bad feeling about this."

"Junior brother, please send me a message immediately after you wake up."

"Besides the matter of the monsters, I have some inside information to tell you, junior brother."