Junior Sister must ascend this time!

After leaving Yuheng Peak, Yun Qing returned to her residence.

She closed the door and took the jade slip out of her storage bag. During the day it had been ostentatiously glowing, but now it was quiet and no different from an ordinary jade slip.

It still won't open.

Perhaps this jade slip requires a special method to open?

then……

Yun Qing used fire, water, spirit stones as bait, and a blood pact...

The jade slip remained completely still.

Yun Qing angrily put it back into her storage bag, perhaps because her current cultivation level was too low to open it.

Yun Qing briefly composed herself before sitting down to cultivate.

As before, I placed the small wooden stick aside to keep her company, and then activated my spiritual essence.

However, Yun Qing didn't practice for long before lying down to sleep.

Although she could go one or two months without sleep before, she is now only at the Qi Refining stage, and being able to go two days without sleep is already her limit.

The next day, Yun Qing woke up very early because it was "her" funeral.

The sect leader, Pu Hengzhi, held the funeral at the place where Liu Fushu ascended to heaven. When she arrived, a large number of people had already gathered in the square.

Pu Hengzhi stood at the very front, dressed in pure white, his back ramrod straight.

Behind him were the elders of each peak and the deacons of the elders. Yun Qing immediately spotted Elder Zhao because...

The elders in the vicinity all kept their distance from him...

The power of this spirit beast's excrement is truly extraordinary.

Behind them were the personal disciples, inner disciples, and outer disciples, all dressed in plain robes with solemn expressions.

Yun Qing stood in the line of inner disciples, her feelings a mix of emotions. Who could have imagined she would be attending "her own" funeral...?

On stage, Pu Hengzhi gave a vivid and moving introduction to Liu Fushu’s past, from her dedication to the sect to her feat of defending the mountain gate with her sword.

From her first days at Chengtian Sect to her infamous reputation for cursing everyone in the sect...

Yun Qing: ...The rest doesn't really need to be said.

As Pu Hengzhi spoke, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

Many disciples in the audience lowered their heads and sobbed silently.

There was another person who cried even louder than Pu Hengzhi, and that was... Yun Qing.

How could she be so miserable!

She hadn't even had a chance to enjoy this beautiful world, hadn't even had a chance...

Waaaaah... I didn't even have time...

Because Yun Qing cried so loudly, Pu Hengzhi stopped crying altogether.

He wiped away his tears and looked at Yun Qing with some hesitation. She didn't remember that her junior sister had a child before she died.

Why is this child crying as if he has lost his parents?

He walked up to Yun Qing and patted her head. "Child, what's your name?"

Yun Qing raised her head and answered, sobbing, "Disciple... Yun Qing greets... Sect Leader!"

Pu Hengzhi glanced at her face, which bore no resemblance to his junior sister, and felt somewhat disappointed. He realized he must have been overthinking things.

That makes sense. Since her senior brothers and sisters died, Junior Sister has only been focused on cultivation. How could she suddenly have a daughter?

"Yunqing, why are you crying so bitterly? Is it because Fushu once taught you something?"

Yun Qing nodded and started making things up. No one knew Liu Fushu's schedule better than her, so she wasn't worried about being exposed at all.

"Reporting to the sect leader, two years ago I almost died at the hands of the demons. It was my Uncle-Master Fushu who saved me and gave me a lot of pills and spirit stones."

After I recovered from my injuries, I entered the Chengtian Sect, wanting to repay my Uncle-Master Fushu, but... but before I could achieve anything, my Uncle-Master... but... sob sob sob..."

"Therefore, I would like to humbly request the sect leader to give me an opportunity to be closer to the place where my senior sister Fushu ascended to heaven. I would like to kowtow to her as a way of repaying her life-saving grace."

After Liu Fushu died, Pu Hengzhi set up a barrier around this place, preventing ordinary people from approaching it at will.

Yun Qing knew that Pu Hengzhi valued relationships the most, so she could only take a gamble and seize this opportunity to get closer and secretly check if there was anything wrong with the formation at that location.

Just as Yun Qing had predicted, Pu Hengzhi agreed after thinking for a while.

He held this funeral partly to give an explanation to everyone in the sect, and partly to find out who tampered with the formation.

He just didn't expect that, besides him, there were others who were genuinely saddened for her.

After obtaining Pu Hengzhi's consent, Yun Qing went up on the stage and knelt down with a thud five zhang away from the place where "she" ascended.

Then he kowtowed three times earnestly.

Upon seeing this, Pu Hengzhi had an even better impression of Yun Qing; she was a kind and grateful child.

Yun Qing was also a top expert in array formations in her previous life. When she kowtowed, she paid special attention to the array formations around her. Indeed, as her senior brother, the sect leader, said, there was an array formation in a hidden location that was somewhat strange.

However, there was too little time, and she was unable to pinpoint the problem.

Just as she was about to step off the stage, she caught a glimpse of black mist, which lasted only a moment, so short that Yun Qing thought she had imagined it.

However, she is always meticulous and keeps every detail in mind.

When Yun Qing stepped down from the stage, Elder Zhao glared at her fiercely.

Isn't she always showing off? Isn't she always trying to be clever? Then let her know what it means to be too clever for her own good!

Elder Zhao then stepped forward and said to Pu Hengzhi, "Sect Leader, since Yun Qing has such deep feelings for Elder Fushu, why not let her go to the Stele Forest to guard Elder Fushu's tombstone for a month? That would also fulfill her desire to repay the debt."

After saying that, he gave Yun Qing a smug look.

Pu Hengzhi frowned; he had a good impression of this disciple. Moreover, in the past, it was always the disciples who had made mistakes who were punished for guarding the Stele Forest; there was never such a precedent.

"Junior Sister Fushu saved her, but that's enough. Junior Sister is not one to seek repayment for kindness. It's not appropriate for a young girl like her to guard the Stele Forest."

At this moment, Yun Qing knelt down again and said, "Sect Leader, this disciple is willing to guard the Stele Forest."

"On the one hand, I want to spend more time with Uncle-Master Fushu. On the other hand, I am afraid that someone with malicious intent might tamper with Uncle-Master Fushu's grave. I want to do what I can for Uncle-Master Fushu. Therefore, I ask the Sect Leader to give me this opportunity."

After saying that, Yun Qing also gave Elder Zhao a smug look.

Elder Zhao: ...Is she sick? Why is she so happy to be guarding the Stele Forest?

Then don't blame him for what he does in the Stele Forest, after all, the Stele Forest has been haunted more than once or twice.

Pu Hengzhi liked Yun Qing even more after hearing her words. It was a pity that he didn't have time to teach disciples right now, otherwise taking her in would have been a good choice.

"Good child, since you've made up your mind, go and keep Fushu company. Don't worry, I'll give you the reward you deserve in a month."

Yun Qing's eyes lit up instantly. She had originally agreed to go to the Stele Forest because she thought that Elder Zhao would definitely find various ways to make things difficult for her. Rather than spending her energy dealing with him every day, she would rather go to the Stele Forest for some peace and quiet and cultivate properly.

I didn't expect there to be a reward! The sect leader is the best!

"Thank you, Sect Leader!"