He Wujie, who was hiding behind a large tree, had been eavesdropping on the conversation between Fang Bai and Zhao Wanqing.
Upon hearing Zhao Wanqing suddenly inquire about his whereabouts, He Wujie was startled and imdiately sent a secret ssage to Fang Bai. He also stretched out a hand from behind the tree, waving frantically, signaling Fang Bai not to reveal his whereabouts.
Fang Bai grinned, his gaze shifting to the tree where He Wujie was hiding, prompting Zhao Wanqing’s gaze to follow his.
Zhao Wanqing had excellent vision and was deeply in love with He Wujie, so when she saw the waving hand, she imdiately recognized it was He Wujie and couldn’t help but feel overjoyed.
"He Wujie!"
Zhao Wanqing exclaid joyfully, her figure moved like lightning to the tree’s side.
"He Wujie, you made search for you everywhere!"
Seeing He Wujie’s distressed face behind the tree, Zhao Wanqing was as excited as a little girl, rushing forward to hug He Wujie tightly, refusing to let go.
"Oh my... my mistress looks pure on the outside but is wild at heart!"
Seeing Zhao Wanqing unabashedly embrace He Wujie tightly, Fang Bai was stunned and couldn’t help but admire this woman who dared to love and hate intensely.
He Wujie’s hands hovered awkwardly in midair, unsure whether to embrace or not, his face filled with embarrassnt.
After a mont, He Wujie resignedly sighed, placed his hands gently on Zhao Wanqing’s back, tapped twice lightly, and whispered sothing in her ear.
Zhao Wanqing released her embrace with a radiant smile, opting instead to hold He Wujie’s arm.
"You little brat, you dared to sell out your master, you deserve a beating!"
After extricating himself from Zhao Wanqing’s grasp, He Wujie pointed at Fang Bai and yelled, seemingly ready to give him a good thrashing.
He Wujie was quite angry at Fang Bai for "betraying" him, thinking he must teach this disrespectful disciple a lesson, or else he would lose all authority as a master.
"He Wujie, what do you think you’re doing? Fang Bai is your disciple, which ans he’s also mine. I won’t let you touch him!"
Zhao Wanqing shot He Wujie a glance, then turned to defend Fang Bai.
Zhao Wanqing was very pleased with Fang Bai as a disciple, finding him both considerate and sensible, knowing how to align with her.
Fang Bai knew that He Wujie couldn’t possibly hit him, so he wasn’t worried at all. He spread his hands and said to He Wujie, "Master, don’t bla . I just think it’s too difficult for Mistress to search for you everywhere. Hiding like this isn’t a solution. Since you like each other, why not sit down and discuss it together?"
Fang Bai guessed that there must be a very complicated love story between He Wujie and Zhao Wanqing, so he prepared to play matchmaker and bring them together.
"You two..."
He Wujie opened his mouth, realizing he’d made a big mistake by confessing about himself and Zhao Wanqing to Fang Bai, thinking he likely couldn’t escape Zhao Wanqing’s entanglent.
"Alright, now that you two lovebirds have t, you must have a lot to talk about. I’ll wander elsewhere for now."
With that, Fang Bai winked at He Wujie with a grin, then swiftly made his exit under He Wujie’s glare.
"How did I end up with such a disciple? I really chose the wrong person!"
Watching Fang Bai disappear into the crowd, He Wujie stomped his foot, sighing in frustration.
"I think he’s quite nice! Wujie, congratulations on taking in a good disciple!"
Zhao Wanqing was in an exceptionally good mood, holding onto one of He Wujie’s arms, pointing at a large rock in the distance, "Wujie, it’s been so long since we’ve seen each other, I have so much to tell you. How about we sit over there?"
Even though she phrased it as a question, she didn’t even wait for He Wujie to respond, dragging him along.
He Wujie sighed deeply as Zhao Wanqing led him forward, his expression resembling that of a prisoner walking to the gallows.
Fang Bai left the gathering of over a hundred Nascent Soul experts, wandering along the foot of the mountain, occasionally diffusing his divine sense to probe the deep mountains.
Recently, a Wind Roc preparing to lay eggs, said to have a battle strength comparable to a human high-rank Nascent Soul expert, stronger than all martial artists present, had unleashed its unique and powerful spirit beast aura, covering a circumference of a hundred miles, and Fang Bai could vaguely sense the Roc’s presence from there.
Just then, in the distant sky, five martial artists riding spiritual artifacts drew five divine rainbows and landed on the ground.
Those five martial artists were all graceful in stature and beautiful in appearance, led by a Nascent Soul initial-stage expert, while the remaining four were Golden Core experts, the strongest being at Golden Core Perfection, and the weakest at the Golden Core initial stage.
The weakest, a Golden Core initial-stage martial artist, was only twenty years old, donned in a green dress, with features like Ruhua, long hair cascading to her waist, and bore a striking resemblance to Su Linglong, Fang Bai’s worldly confidant, even their aura was very similar.
"Ling... Linglong?"
In a mont of haze, Fang Bai mistook the twenty-year-old woman in the green dress for Su Linglong, and as she landed, he quickly advanced and exclaid in astonishnt.
His exclamation drew the attention of many experts, including those five female martial artists, who all turned to look at him.
"That... I got the wrong person..."
Fang Bai, seeing the female martial artist resembling Su Linglong look at him, seized the opportunity to look at her carefully, then sighed inwardly, "I was seeing things. This woman isn’t Su Linglong after all!"
The twenty-year-old woman in the green dress saw Fang Bai walk away with a lost expression, watching his back with curiosity, also experiencing a sense of familiarity, yet hesitated to speak.
"To think Elder Lu Hongyun from the Flower Pavilion ca to join the excitent! Haha, Elder Lu, a pleasure to et you!"
A Nascent Soul expert, seeing the five female martial artists landing, approached with several junior disciples, laughing heartily.
"Elder Qiu typically seldom shows himself; what brings you out here? Could it be for the Roc’s egg too?"
The Nascent Soul Realm Expert from Flower Pavilion, nad Lu Hongyun, smiled and spoke.
The Elder Qiu she ntioned, nad Qiu Jianren, was one of the four great elders of Zixia Manor.
Both Zixia Manor and Flower Pavilion are renowned and formidable sects with Nascent Soul experts presiding in the Zixia Mountain area, spreading their fa far and wide.
This ti, with the Wind Roc laying eggs in Zixia Mountain, both Zixia Manor and Flower Pavilion dispatched elder-level experts to lead several juniors, firstly to seize the Roc Egg, and secondly to let the juniors gain experience, broaden their horizons, and enhance real combat skills.
Unlike Zixia Manor, all disciples of Flower Pavilion, numbering in the tens of thousands, were won, and today, the juniors that Lu Hongyun brought were among the most outstanding in the pavilion.
The young woman in the green dress, who Fang Bai found resembled Su Linglong, was nad Lu Liyu, an abandoned infant Lu Hongyun found in the wild twenty years ago and brought back to the pavilion to raise, adopting her as a foster daughter and personally overseeing her training.
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