Bad Kids

Dongsheng Divine Continent, Qiyuan Mountain.

Great arrays linked together, spanning the sky, while the earth veins were severed, leaving no path to tread.

Hundreds of rainbow lights connected, surrounding the mountain peak so tightly that not a drop of water could leak out. The great array had already risen, directly covering the area.

A Tribulation Realm cultivator stood high in the sky, his divine sense scanning downward like a storm.

Under such a grand display, cultivators in the vicinity who sensed the oppressive might quickly fled far away from the area.

When a sect ranked among the Eighteen Immortal Sects completely revealed its ferocious side, all voices of questioning completely vanished.

None of the various sects in the Dongsheng Divine Continent knew what Xiaoyun Palace was doing by mobilizing such a massive force and dispatching a Tribulation Realm cultivator.

Although Xiaoyun Palace publicly claimed that this operation was to exterminate evil cultivators and return peace to the Dongsheng Divine Continent, everyone understood that this was merely an excuse.

What kind of bizarre evil cultivators could make Xiaoyun Palace frequently dispatch Tribulation Realm cultivators, occasionally flattening an entire area to the ground?

If there really were such exaggerated evil cultivators, the Dongsheng Divine Continent would probably have rivers of blood by now.

The crowd discussed this animatedly.

Some said Xiaoyun Palace was killing people to silence them.

Others said a peerless secret treasure had appeared, and Xiaoyun Palace was hiding the news to take all the treasures for themselves.

Opinions varied, and Xiaoyun Palace was well aware of the outside world's discussions. Naturally, they reacted to this—by having no reaction at all.

Xiaoyun Palace had long since announced to the outside world that if any rogue cultivators insisted on coming at this critical moment, believing that Xiaoyun Palace was searching for some secret treasure, and felt that their luck was heaven-defying enough to snatch the treasure from a Tribulation Realm cultivator...

For such delusional cultivators, Xiaoyun Palace generally just harmlessly disposed of them along the way.

After all, with a brain like that, they were destined never to achieve immortality anyway—hoping for a better next life was more reliable.

Xiaoyun Palace had no interest in distinguishing whether these cultivators had a problem with their heads or their character; if they dared to come, the sect dared to pack them all up and send them to the afterlife.

Chen Baiqing stood extremely far from Qiyuan Mountain. Only by gazing into the distance could she see the great array, which looked the size of a grain of rice.

Ye Antao was also beside her, accompanied by a Tribulation Realm cultivator from Xiaoyun Palace. She asked in a puzzled tone:

"Is it necessary to be this far away?"

"Naturally," Chen Baiqing replied casually. "Perhaps right now, there are remnants who slipped through the net observing the situation just like us. Only by being far enough away can we better spot them. We also have our own mission."

Hearing this, Ye Antao nodded repeatedly, looking as if she had learned something new.

The Xiaoyun Palace Tribulation Realm cultivator beside them cast a strange glance at Ye Antao, pursing his lips slightly, but said nothing.

He knew very well that Ye Antao was the biological younger sister of the current core disciple, Yunxiao. Sometimes, it was fine for her to be a bit naive; after all, she had a biological brother to look after her.

Naturally, apart from Chen Baiqing being far away, there were other cultivators who were also observing this situation—where a Tribulation Realm cultivator personally took action—from a safe distance.

Tribulation Realm cultivators were nearly at the apex of all cultivators. If one could catch even a glimpse of their bearing, it might very well be beneficial to their future path to immortality.

Not to mention, this spectacle was grand enough. It would be a waste not to watch; ordinary cultivators truly lacked the fortune to see a Tribulation Realm cultivator fight.

Ye Antao seemed to have genuinely taken Chen Baiqing's words to heart. Her gaze began to scan the other cultivators observing from a distance, as if trying to discern who looked the most suspicious.

Chen Baiqing's gaze, however, was fixed tightly straight ahead. The Azure Sky Treasure Ring floated forward, driven by her spiritual energy to project a real-time image of the distant scene directly into her eyes.

The Azure Sky Treasure Ring quickly captured the person Chen Baiqing wanted to see.

Chen Baiqing saw her master drop straight down to the ground, spiritual energy surging around his body. Without a word, he took the lead and charged forward, with Yunxiao following closely behind him.

Truly worthy of being her master! That posture of landing and charging was genuinely fierce and courageous to the extreme!

He showed none of the weakness he had displayed back at the Loving Family Peak.

In Chen Baiqing's line of sight, two demons revealing their demonic bodies also abandoned everything and charged toward her master. Crimson-black demonic energy swept toward him, with long blades and bright spears transforming into a power that devoured everything.

Based on the spiritual energy fluctuations, Chen Baiqing deduced that the two demons were roughly between the Nascent Soul and Soul Formation realms.

Seeing this, her master gave a faint smile, showing no intention of retreating. The Innate Primordial Dao-Fixing Dual-Qi Pearl appeared. Relying on this top-tier magical treasure, he forcibly repelled the terrifying, sweeping aura.

Chen Baiqing made an assessment in her heart: If her master's cultivation had truly recovered and he could easily handle these two demons around the Soul Formation realm, he wouldn't have used a spiritual treasure to block this attack. Most likely, he would have directly cleaved them apart with a single sword strike.

Was her master putting on an act and deliberately pretending to be weak, or had he truly not recovered and was just stubbornly pretending to be strong?

Chu Xingchen's figure continued to close in, seemingly intending to engage in a grand battle directly with these two celestial demons.

However, in the next moment.

Chu Xingchen's body was blasted right back, flying through the air.

The two demons were also slightly stunned, seemingly not expecting Chu Xingchen to be this weak. But they seized the opportunity, their figures once again pressing straight toward Chu Xingchen, wanting to personally destroy this Son of Heaven, this great calamity to the demon race, this shameless person!

Yet, there was a figure faster than them.

The Tribulation Realm cultivator situated high in the sky arrived in the blink of an eye, letting these two demons understand what the might of a Tribulation Realm cultivator truly was.

Chen Baiqing subconsciously wanted to rush toward Qiyuan Mountain, but she quickly suppressed the urge. Her eyes, extremely serious, continued to observe her master's current condition.

She saw her master sit up with great difficulty. Yunxiao, looking both shocked and furious, hurriedly rushed to Chu Xingchen's side and began to inspect his master's condition all over.

At the same time, Yunxiao hastily triggered numerous talismans and magical treasures meant for defense and isolating probing senses.

This consequently cut off Chen Baiqing's careful observation.

Chen Baiqing made a judgment in her heart. Based on Yunxiao's incredibly genuine expression, he was probably truly worried that something bad would happen to their master.

From this, she inferred that her master's injuries had probably not truly healed yet.

Today was not a wasted trip after all; she had managed to see her master's brave and heroic appearance.

Chen Baiqing took a Photographic Rock from her robes and began to simulate an illusion based on her recent memories, having the rock imprint the entire scene that had just occurred.

Although this act was a fabrication, the facts were not fake.

She needed to make three copies of this Photographic Rock.

One copy she would keep to confront her master.

One copy she would give to her supposed master's wife, to let her see exactly what her master would do if she only stayed in the Tianyan Sect and cared from afar. If she truly cared, she should stay by his side and stop him from taking such meaningless and dangerous actions.

The final copy was to be given to her eldest senior sister.

The warmth their master provided was too much, so much that it had made her eldest senior sister overly soft-hearted.

Let her eldest senior sister take a good look and decide whether this imperfect master was more important, or the so-called justice in her heart.

Sometimes, good people cannot protect everything.

A master who pushes himself too hard also needs someone to protect him.

Chen Baiqing didn't care about anything else; right now, she only cared about her master.

At the same time, she also needed to make her master understand one thing.

True care has always been mutual. If one side hurts, the other side will too.

She would, her eldest senior sister would, the wife her master loved would, and even her somewhat emotionally dense second senior brother would.

If it could warn her Master.

Then Bai Qing didn't mind being a bad child occasionally.