A sword light flashed over Lingtai Mountain. After the sword light fell, Zhou Huaying's figure appeared from it.
He stretched out his palm, looked at the Xuanji Tianyuan that he had held all the way, thought of something, and suddenly laughed to himself.
However, just when he was happy alone, a voice suddenly came from behind.
"Eldest brother?"
Hearing this call, Zhou Huaying's body trembled, and she quickly stuffed Xuanji Tianyuan into her arms, pretended to arrange her clothes, and then turned around to look behind her, with a bit of surprise in her eyes.
"Ming Qi? When did you come back?"
He saw a group of dusty Sword Sect disciples standing behind him.
The leader had a stern face, a thin and tall figure, and was dressed in a black robe. His long hair was tied up high and fixed with a white and translucent jade hairpin. He held a spiritual sword with a black sheath and a white handle in his hand.
Both the blade and the hilt of this sword are longer than ordinary spiritual swords. Coupled with his tall and straight posture, the whole person looks cold and desolate.
This person is none other than the second disciple of Que Yufeng, Lu Mingqi!
The people standing behind him were not ordinary people, but outstanding disciples of the younger generation of the Litian Sword Sect, including Zhang Tingruo, Wu Sili, Liu Weizhi, Ye Huanxi and others.
There were even people like Lu Qinan and Zu Yijin who had not dealt with Wang Tiezhu before. At this moment, they all looked at Zhou Huaying with strange expressions.
"I just came back not long ago..."
Lu Mingqi has a cold personality and does not like to communicate, so when talking to his senior brother Zhou Huaying, he will say a few more words.
"Yeah?"
Zhou Huaying stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"In that case, let's go back to the peak to rest! Duqing and the others have been back a long time ago, and everyone, you should also go back to your respective main peaks! I still have business to deal with, so I'll leave first!"
After that, without waiting for others to salute him, he disappeared in front of everyone.
Looking at the direction in which he disappeared, Lu Mingqi frowned slightly, with a look of doubt in his eyes.
"Senior Brother...were you laughing just now?"
Ever since the Second Elder and the others were declared missing, he had rarely seen his eldest brother smile. The few times he had seen him smile, it was a forced smile. It was the first time he laughed as heartily as he did just now...
After thinking for a while, Lu Mingqi shook his head slightly, turned around and looked at everyone.
"This mission ends here. You can go to Lishi Hall to settle the experience points and say goodbye."
After saying that, his whole body was instantly surrounded by sword light, and he disappeared in front of everyone in the blink of an eye.
Seeing the sword light disappearing in the air, Wu Sili in the crowd looked envious.
"Hey, Ting Ruo, when do you think I can fly with a sword?"
Zhang Tingruo turned around and looked at the idiot next to him, pretending to think.
"Based on your current cultivation progress, it will probably, maybe, take... ten to eight years!"
"ah?"
Wu Sili's face instantly fell.
"It will take so long!"
"Too long?"
Zhang Tingruo showed a warm smile.
"This is easy to handle! If you practice more diligently on weekdays, maybe it will be enough in three years."
"I've worked very hard!"
Wu Sili pursed his lips and said, "I'm not like you. All of us have heavenly spiritual roots. I'm the only earthly one..."
"What's wrong with the land?"
Zhang Tingruo pointed at Rong Xiang behind him who had a silly smile on his face.
"Isn't Axiang also a ground-level person? We are all in the middle level of Yuyang Realm now, and you are the only one who is still in the lower level. Are you embarrassed?"
"Why am I the only one... If Brother Tiezhu is still here, he must be at the lower level of Yuyang Realm..."
Hearing this, Zhang Tingruo's expression dimmed instantly. Rong Xiang behind him also stopped smiling and lowered his head in silence. The atmosphere in the venue instantly cooled down.
After a moment of silence, he said quietly.
"Brother Tiezhu has been missing for...a year and a half, right?"
"That's right..."
Wu Sili also seemed to realize that he seemed to have said the wrong topic, and his expression was a little unnatural.
"Well, it's been a year and a half... Tingruo, do you think Brother Tiezhu is still alive?"
"certainly!"
Zhang Tingruo answered instantly, his tone was very firm, but then he became a little uncertain again.
"Probably...after all, Senior Brother hasn't announced it yet, don't you think so?"
"Yes! Definitely! He must still be alive! He must be practicing secretly somewhere, preparing to make a big splash! Wow! Brother Tiezhu is so scheming! He actually practices secretly behind our backs! I, Wu Sili, will also work hard in the future! I must not be fooled by him
Exceeded! Haha! Ha!”
Looking at Wu Sili with an exaggerated expression, Zhang Tingruo smiled slightly.
Of course he understood that Wu Sili said these words to ease the atmosphere, so he followed what he said.
"That's right, we can't let him sneak past us! We have to work harder!"
…
Wang Tiezhu, who was practicing on the unknown mountain peak, suddenly sneezed hard.
"Ah Sneeze! Damn it, what's going on lately? Why do you keep sneezing? My body has been tempered by thunder!
How can he be so weak? No, when senior brother comes, I have to ask him to ask Elder Guo to see if it is a sign of going crazy..."
…
While the two were talking, suddenly several figures came over. When they looked up, they were Liu Weizhi, Ye Huanxi and other female disciples of Zhan Yufeng.
"Senior Brother Zhang, are you going back to the peak now?"
Ye Huanxi stepped forward and asked.
"Not yet. Is there something wrong with Junior Sister Ye?"
I saw Ye Huanxi smiling slightly, like the warm light of autumn, making people feel more comfortable.
"We are planning to settle the training points for this inspection mission, why not do it together? It's just a good time to share our recent cultivation insights..."
"Of course that's good!"
Zhang Tingruo nodded, and then, together with Wu Sili and Rong Xiang, he followed Ye Huanxi and the others towards Lishi Hall.
However, as soon as they reached the entrance of Lishi Hall, they saw a disciple chasing after them.
"Brothers and sisters, please stay!"
Zhang Tingruo took a closer look and smiled.
"It turns out to be Junior Brother Lu from Tianjian Palace. Does he have anything to do with us?"
"Yes, senior brother, please come to the Tianjian Hall to discuss important matters."
"Eldest Brother is looking for us?"
Several people looked at each other with confused expressions on their faces.
"Is there another mission? But we have just come back, and the experience points haven't been settled yet!"
Junior Brother Lu cupped his hands and said, "I don't know. Senior Brother just asked me to inform you all to arrive at the Tianjian Hall as soon as possible."
After Zhang Tingruo heard this, he looked back at Lishitang behind him and sighed helplessly.
"Okay, after all, Senior Brother's matters are more urgent. Experience points can be redeemed at any time. What do you think?"
Everyone turned around after hearing this, so they followed Junior Brother Lu and walked towards the Heavenly Sword Hall.