Eldest Senior Sister Told Me to Ask Second Senior Brother for It

Loving Family Peak.

Chu Xingchen slowly stretched his body in the courtyard, leisurely practicing Tai Chi in the process. His recovery over the past two months had been exceptionally good.

His depleted source essence had been replenished, and his scattered Dao rhythm had fully recovered. His cultivation base was also steadily climbing, having advanced from the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm to around the middle stage.

At this rate, it wouldn't be long before he could consider returning to the Soul Formation realm.

When he wasn't cultivating, he only thought his disciples were normally impressive. Only after he actually started cultivating again did he realize just how heaven-defying his disciples truly were.

Their cultivation bases were skyrocketing.

Recently, Chu Xingchen had not made many arrangements; he merely looked into the arrangements made after the conclusion of the matters in the Western Oxhe Continent.

The Buddhist sect, after all, did not collaborate with the Heavenly Demons to strike; they could even be considered to have lent a hand to protect Chu Xingchen.

Naturally, completely excommunicating them from humanity was unrealistic.

Of course, the Buddhist sect couldn't just brush off the incident of a Heavenly Demon appearing among them without an explanation.

However, the process of giving this explanation naturally wouldn't be smooth sailing, even if Runan was willing to fully cooperate.

This process naturally required investigating the Buddhist sect's Earthly Buddhas, which would undoubtedly shake the very foundations of the Buddhist sect.

Furthermore, Runan's stance was highly ambiguous. He seemed to want a thorough investigation while simultaneously resisting external pressure.

Currently, the Buddhist sect had only promised to conduct an internal investigation first, allowing a few immortal sects to participate in a supervisory role, before issuing the results of their internal probe.

This matter would likely not yield any results for a long time.

Chu Xingchen could tell at a glance that this was eighty percent likely to turn into an unresolved mess.

However, even an unresolved mess could be dug up and settled in the future.

Chu Xingchen did not pursue the matter too deeply, opting instead to quietly wait for the right moment.

Aside from the Buddhist sect's mess, the various immortal sects had also begun to share intelligence, launching a large-scale manhunt and extermination campaign against the Heavenly Demons in accordance with their ancient covenants.

Although the progress was less than satisfactory, it was at least a start.

A coalition of major sects was an incredibly complex affair, and it wasn't something Chu Xingchen could command simply by relying on his status.

The interests of the various parties differed. Among the Eighteen Immortal Sects, not every sect was willing to develop their subordinate factions.

The resources and conditions required by each were also vastly different.

Chu Xingchen's outlook on the matter was relatively positive. Although he couldn't count on them truly working together with one heart, at least things were clearly defined in name. If anyone decided to act out of line, the others would have the righteous cause to join forces against them.

At the very least, the likelihood of being held back was reduced.

These major affairs were simply too complicated.

Naturally, Chu Xingchen was unwilling to waste his mental energy getting involved in them. Aside from this, there was nothing else that could be considered a major event.

He had truly gotten a good rest during this period.

In the courtyard, before Chu Xingchen could even finish his Tai Chi routine, Cui Hao walked in with an expression that screamed, "How could this be?"

Chu Xingchen raised an eyebrow and asked,

"Did you cause trouble and get scolded by your eldest senior sister again?"

"No..." Cui Hao shook his head as he approached, then said with a confused look, "But, Master, I suspect someone is impersonating me."

Chu Xingchen looked him up and down and chuckled,

"Impersonate you? What's the benefit in that? Could it be that you've accomplished something major outside and gained some monumental reputation?"

"Not at all..." Cui Hao furrowed his brows, his tone full of bewilderment. "Last time I went to see Donggua, she inexplicably spouted a bunch of things I've never done. She sounded so sincere that if I hadn't known for a fact I didn't do them, I would have believed her myself."

Chu Xingchen restrained his expression slightly, coughed lightly, and said,

"Donggua? What's wrong with her? What did you do?"

"She... seems to hate me exceptionally." Cui Hao pondered for a moment before saying, "If before she wanted to chop me into minced meat, then this time she wants to sift me through a fine hourglass."

Hearing this, Chu Xingchen reached out, patted Cui Hao on the shoulder, and said in a low voice,

"She hates you that much?"

"I find it strange too..." Cui Hao's eyes darted around before landing on Chu Xingchen, and he whispered, "Master, was it you..."

Before Cui Hao could finish his sentence, Chu Xingchen's hand heavily struck Cui Hao's shoulder again.

Faced with this palm strike, Cui Hao grimaced in pain, his subsequent words abruptly cut off.

Chu Xingchen looked at him with a calm gaze:

"Rebellious disciple, are you trying to slander your master?"

Faced with this gaze, all the suspicion in Cui Hao's heart faded away. Regardless of whether it was him or not, it couldn't be him now.

He directly skipped past the topic, baring his teeth in pain as he said,

"Master's palm strike is truly profound. It seems Master's recovery is going exceptionally well."

Chu Xingchen threw an arm around Cui Hao's shoulders, the smile on his face turning gentle, as if saying—Now that's my good disciple.

"By the way, Elder Zhang Miaoyu of the outer sect recently took in a new outer disciple. Have you gone to meet them?" Chu Xingchen asked, patting Cui Hao's shoulder.

Cui Hao was stunned upon hearing this. "How come I didn't know about this? No one told me."

"Tsk, tsk. As an inner disciple, you don't even go check on the outer sect? It's right there on the side peak, just a few steps away."

Cui Hao's expression grew even more innocent:

"What do you mean? Outer disciple Zhou Ping sleeps in the room right next to mine. When I'm bored at night and drinking with Second Senior Brother, I always drag him along to drink if I see him. It's a miracle I haven't gotten sick of seeing his face, let alone running over there for no reason just to take a look."

However, Cui Hao quickly realized something.

The new outer disciple had to be a junior sister. Otherwise, there would have been one more person joining them for drinks over the past two months.

Only if it was a junior sister would she live together with the senior sisters.

Cui Hao suddenly understood. "It's a junior sister?"

Chu Xingchen nodded.

"Yes, I haven't met her either. Now that my injuries are mostly healed, it's about time I met the new outer disciple."

"We definitely should. Master, do you have any spirit stones? Lend me a few. As a senior brother, I have to give her a meeting gift."

"How could you be short on spirit stones?"

"How could I not be? I spent everything I earned before. Master, our sect doesn't provide a monthly allowance. I can freeload cultivation resources, but I can't just stretch out my hand and ask for two spirit stones every time I see a Heavenly Derivation Sect disciple, right? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to you?"

"Then how come the others aren't short on them?"

"Eldest Senior Sister gives them."

"Then why doesn't your eldest senior sister give you any?"

"Eldest Senior Sister said to have Second Senior Brother give them to me. But Second Senior Brother is a broke ghost. Not to mention he handed over all his previous spirit stones, he genuinely doesn't spend any money."

Chu Xingchen: "..."

"Our sect isn't as poor as it used to be," Chu Xingchen said as he took a bag of spirit stones from his spatial ring and handed it to Cui Hao. "I'll have a word with your eldest senior sister later. The spirit stones that should be given will be given."

Cui Hao took the bag of spirit stones with tears of gratitude, his tone filled with joy and excitement:

"Thank you, Master! With this little bit of startup capital, it'll be enough."

Chu Xingchen's hand holding the bag of spirit stones paused. He suddenly understood a little why Li Yingling didn't give Cui Hao any spirit stones.

However, Chu Xingchen eventually let go.

He would just give him a bit more next time, so Cui Hao would cause less trouble.

After all, the spirit stones he earned would ultimately be spent on his disciples anyway.

It wasn't a matter of whether he was reluctant to part with them or not.

Looking at the unusually ecstatic Cui Hao, Chu Xingchen could only shake his head and smile:

"Let's go. It's time to meet her."

"Mhm!"