Sect Leader Is Under Great Pressure CH 083 Three Views Still Intact, Yet The Mind Uneasy
Feng Qingxiu's internet was forcibly shared, but the limited bandwidth clearly couldn't support so many people. After much arguing and bargaining, it was decided that each peak could only use the internet for half an hour a day. Of course, Feng Qingxiu had one hour every evening that couldn't be compromised.
Everyone was smart enough to know the temperament of the Sect Leader, who was not an easy person to deal with. You Jia hung around the peak and wouldn't leave, even though Deputy Peak Master You had dragged him back several times; he couldn't be deterred from occupying the top headline.
Qingnu couldn't help but mock, "If you put this much effort into practicing your swordsmanship, Wenjian Peak would have been yours long ago."
"I have no interest in Wenjian Peak," You Jia replied, soaking in the lotus pond of Zhuiyun Peak courtyard, his black hair loose, with only his head showing. "There's no fun in it; anyone who wants it can have it."
"Don't say that, Deputy Peak Master You has high hopes for you," Qingnu smiled. "Wenjian Peak's peak master has been away for hundreds of years. Deputy Peak Master You is the backbone of Wenjian Peak, hoping you will carry on the legacy."
"Stop it. Wenjian Peak gets the most new disciples every year; they don't need me." You Jia didn't even lift his head, lazily replying, "All the most talented are at Wenjian Peak; who am I?"
"When you say that, don't play with a sword with one hand," Qingnu couldn't help but laugh. "Are you still competing with your father? We're about to reach the Ziyun Dao Realm in the Yuntian Domain; don't let Peak Master An see you like this."
Hearing the name Peak Master An, You Jia seemed to stiffen, snorted coldly, and slapped the water with his tentacles.
"Which peak master is Peak Master An? I don't think I've seen them?" Feng Qingxiu asked, a bit curious. He had visited various peaks recently for the construction of his flying peak but didn't seem to have met a peak master named An.
"Wenjian Peak Master An Xian, who has been in Yuntian Domain for a hundred years, doing something unknown," Qingnu shrugged and then suddenly laughed softly as if she remembered something. "She loved to teach You Jia and his father the most. If she were here and You Jia still chased headlines like this, I'd respect him as a real man."
"Teach them?" Feng Qingxiu was curious about this gossip he hadn't heard before.
"When the Poison School ascended the mountain, Peak Master Shui Wugou took some children along. My uncle was worried and asked Peak Master An to check on them." Qingnu laughed again. "Peak Master An, despite being a woman, did not get along with Peak Master Shui Wugou's gentle and insidious nature, so she asked Wenjian Peak's Deputy Peak Master You to look after them."
You Jia coldly said, "Yes, and then he ended up in her bed, giving me a stepmother."
Don't their tentacles get tangled? Feng Qingxiu thought, imagining the Peak Master Shui's jellyfish tendrils and Deputy Peak Master You's squid tentacles, unable to visualize it.
"That's right. By the way, Qiu Snake, you managed to convince those elders of the Alchemy School to ascend the mountain and managed everything neatly, making my uncle very relieved." Qingnu suddenly turned the conversation to Qiu Yuansheng, who was diligently trying to browse the internet in a corner.
Qiu Yuansheng, who had finally managed to access a gossip webpage, was caught off guard and could only smile wryly, "Thanks to the Peak Master's love."
"Indeed, it was love. At that time, I was still in the outer sect, and it had been only over ten years since you had undergone the Mountain Ascension Ceremony, yet already becoming a hidden talent of Qingdi Peak, almost as famous as that eldest senior brother. The Peak Master invested most of the remaining resources in you, preparing to let you take over Qingdi Peak, but your ability to discard things after using them is truly remarkable." Qingnu spoke softly, but her words carried a hint of killing intent. "You coordinated with the Peak Master Shui to ascend the mountain, saying you didn't want to stay in a place of sorrow, and took away thirty percent of the remaining resources. That move almost crippled Qingdi Peak."
She had been young and not yet proved herself at that time. Everyone had high hopes for Qiu Yuansheng's talent and hoped he could help Qingdi Peak through tough times, but the cultivated viper turned and bit them, making the young Qingnu loathe this ungrateful person.
"It was a hopeless place. He refused to give up on those useless people, so our Alchemy School naturally left to cut losses early. Didn't you also leave, Qingnu?" Qiu Yuansheng said calmly. "The Peak Master has passed away, and Qingdi Peak is almost extinct. The past is gone; we had no major conflicts before. As Kun-Lai disciples, why not reconcile?"
"Hah, no need." Qingnu sneered. "But we can spar sometime, see what new alchemical talents you have."
"Naturally, if there's an opportunity," Qiu Yuansheng politely nodded, deciding to find another place to go online. Here, Qingnu kept interrupting.
Suddenly, he sensed a slight ward fluctuation, immediately got up, and said to Feng Qingxiu, "I've disturbed you today, Senior Brother Feng. I have a furnace to check, so I'll visit another day."
Feng Qingxiu wanted to see him off but saw him leave too quickly.
"Why did he leave?" You Jia was also puzzled. Qiu Yuansheng had the worst internet addiction among them, yet he was the first to leave, which was abnormal.
Huang Wei smoothed a stray strand of hair blown by the wind, casually performed a divination, and glanced at the result, her fingers trembling, almost dropping her Net Charm.
"I have urgent matters too, Senior Brother Feng. Let's play next time." This senior sister didn't even bother to walk, directly transforming into a beautiful bright yellow bird with a long tail and flew away.
Now, everyone felt something was wrong. The dark-clad youth Ying An shook his head, touched the small knife at his waist, and with his strong sixth sense, decided to follow the crowd. "I shall also take my leave."
He then disappeared into a nearby shadow, unseen by anyone.
Only Qingnu and You Jia were left looking at each other.
Feng Qingxiu couldn't make sense of the situation, so he remained vigilant, wondering if a great enemy was approaching, but there were no warning signals.
At that moment, he saw a young man in a black robe walking slowly from a distance, looking at the flowers and trees on the flying peak with an appreciative gaze.
Catching sight of him, Qingnu swiftly left; her speed was the fastest Feng Qingxiu had ever seen in his life.
You Jia in the water was a bit slower than Qingnu and was about to leave when he saw the black-clad young man glance over, his gaze landing squarely on You Jia's head in the pool.
You Jia's entire squid body froze, sticking to the pool wall, almost curling into a ball.
Damn it! Not a single person cared to help me!
Feng Qingxiu was momentarily puzzled. He was very familiar with the black robe on this senior brother, which had talismanic seals on the base, which glowed faintly in a flowing manner like water. This was the standard robe of Taiyi Peak, so this person should be one of the senior brothers from Taiyi Peak. Since he hadn’t seen him during the construction of his flying peak, he must have been in seclusion.
As the young man approached, Feng Qingxiu could see more clearly. He was a good-looking man, without an overly imposing aura. His long black hair was simply tied back with no accessories, but his hands under the long sleeves were extraordinarily beautiful and slender, flawless, and far more exquisite than even the best green onions or lotus roots, breathtakingly beautiful.
The young man stopped in front of him, gazed for a moment, then said calmly, “Feng Qingxiu?”
“That’s me,” Feng Qingxiu nodded.
“Yang Fuyin,” the young man introduced himself. “You can call me Senior Brother Yang. This is a gift for you.”
He extended a piece of amber with a small fox image inside.
“What is this?” Feng Qingxiu asked, puzzled.
Almost simultaneously, a foul wind blew, and a beast's mouth appeared behind him, about to bite off his head.
The young man just turned his head, giving the beast's mouth a mild glance.
In his clear tea-colored eyes, a talisman seal flickered briefly, and a large talisman ward appeared out of nowhere, trapping the fierce fox spirit demon inside.
Then it was gone.
Feng Qingxiu looked at him, bewildered.
“It won't hold her for long.” Senior Brother Yang said calmly, his tea-colored eyes reflecting a fox shadow trying to escape. “This fox soul was intercepted when I was starting up the flying peak. Among the hundreds of flying peaks, only yours has a celestial fox, so I brought it to you.”
Feng Qingxiu touched his master's paper figure, feeling more composed, and then nodded in acceptance.
Senior Brother Yang's fingers were slightly cool, like the finest silk. When he saw Feng Qingxiu accept the small amber, he slightly curled his lips and turned to leave.
He didn't say goodbye, leaving as quietly as he came, without taking away a single cloud, without leaving any trace of mundane air.
After a long time, when he could no longer be seen, a fox jumped out from the just-drawn talisman ward, looking ferocious as it snatched the little fox from Feng Qingxiu's hand. This fox was clearly much larger than the little fox in the amber.
Feng Qingxiu only needed a quick glance to almost turn pale: "You, you are..."
"Hmph!" The large fox gave him a dark look, seemed to communicate with the little fox in the amber, and then left reluctantly.
Heavens!
Feng Qingxiu finally understood why those senior brothers and sisters ran away so quickly. Now he really wanted to run too!
That was Su Wan, the Great Sage Su Wan! Even if she was severely injured, even if she was the weakest among the great sages, even if her combat power lay in illusion and confusion, she was still a great sage!
Simply terrifying!
"That was terrifying!" You Jia practically crawled out of the pool on all fours.
The two Kun-Lai disciples huddled together, shivering.
"Do you now understand how terrifying he is?" You Jia asked Feng Qingxiu as they sat together weakly.
"How can this senior brother..." Feng Qingxiu felt immense pressure.
"You haven't experienced his era!" You Jia almost tied his tentacles into knots. "He was admitted to Taiyi Peak with the highest scores. At that time, several elders almost tore Taiyi Peak apart fighting over him. But within a few years, those elders cried and wanted to drive him away. No teacher could teach him for more than three years. He could draw over four million talisman seals for the flying peak by himself. He's simply not human!"
"Yes," Madam Guan, who remained calm and hadn't left, said peacefully. "Later, the Sect Leader personally taught him for ten years. The Sect Leader even personally admitted that if he hadn’t stopped taking apprentices, he might have taken him as an apprentice."
"Back then, he asked Qingnu to gouge out his eyes, then micro-engraved the entire Kun-Lai spiritual ward on them before putting his eyes back in. It scared Qingnu senseless."
"No one can keep up with his thought process, so he has a habit of talking to himself. If you can't keep up, he will make decisions for you!" You Jia patted his chest. "And he's the administrator of Kun-Lai's internet!"
"Yes, he'll cut off the internet at a whim," Madam Guan added calmly. "The more addicted to the internet, the more likely they are to avoid him. For people like me, who are indifferent, it's not a big deal."
Feng Qingxiu was drenched in sweat and pressed his chest for support from his master.
"So, what exactly did he just give me?"
Thinking about his earlier actions, Feng Qingxiu looked into the distance.
"It's something that can kill you!" a large fox suddenly said coldly next to him.