Chapter 2364: The Cold Swordsman and His Innate Sword Spirit 07
In front of the main hall of Wulai Peak, the atmosphere was solemn. Lingxu Zhenren came out of seclusion today after three years of seclusion, and all disciples in the peak, regardless of their status, had to personally welcome him.
Xie Qingmo was dressed in plain white clothes, standing alone on the outskirts of the crowd, an invisible barrier separating him from the warm atmosphere of the master's sect in front of him.
He didn't want to come, but the master is the master after all, and he couldn't avoid the proper etiquette.
Liu Qingcheng's eyes sparkled, and he immediately put on the most kind smile and walked over quickly, "Second Brother! You're finally here, we were waiting for you."
However, Xie Qingmo did not stop and walked straight past him, leaving Liu Qingcheng frozen in place with his outstretched hand hanging awkwardly in the air.
"Second Brother!" Shi Yan called out sincerely, with a bit of honest joy in his voice.
Xie Qingmo nodded in the direction of Shi Yan as a response.
The difference in treatment was too obvious. Seeing this, Liu Qingcheng almost couldn't keep the smile on his face. A sinister look flashed across his eyes, and his suspicion became even greater.
Why! Why did it have to be Xie Qingmo!
Everyone on Wulai Peak, including the master, treated him with great pity and allowed him to absorb luck and spiritual power silently.
Only Xie Qingmo is like an unshakable rock.
What frightened Liu Qingcheng even more was that the aura lingering around Xie Qingmo at this moment was even stronger than before. He could only watch but not absorb it, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
The Chen Sword on Xie Qingmo's waist trembled slightly. Jinchen yawned and reminded in his sea of consciousness, "Xie Qingmo, stay away from that thing. This person is very evil."
Xie Qingmo curled the corners of his lips and hummed softly in his sea of consciousness.
“Master should be coming out soon.” Yun Che broke the awkwardness and looked between Xie Qingmo and Liu Qingcheng, intending to ease the situation. “Qingcheng, didn’t you prepare a gift?”
Liu Qingcheng suppressed the jealousy and doubts surging in his heart, quickly adjusted his expression, and took out a few small and exquisite jade pendants with flowing spiritual light like magic.
"Yes, I specially found some gadgets to warm up the spirit veins, I hope you don't mind."
"This is a heart-protecting pendant carved from Hantan jade. I have carved a protective formation into each piece of jade."
Liu Qingcheng handed the most exquisite one to Yun Che first, "Big Brother often has to go down the mountain to kill monsters. This can block an attack from a Jindan stage monster."
Yun Che was touched, and Xing Yan couldn't wait to open his box, "Junior brother is so thoughtful!"
Xie Qingmo watched the jade pendants being distributed with cold eyes, his brows slightly furrowed.
When the brocade box was handed to him, Liu Qingcheng's voice was particularly sincere, "Second Brother, I was ignorant before..."
This time, Xie Qingmo rarely ignored it.
He lowered his eyes and fixed his gaze on the jade pendant. He actually raised his slender fingers as if he was going to take it.
Jinchen couldn't believe it, "Xie Qingmo, don't pick up rags."
Xie Qingmo's fingers paused just before they touched the jade pendant, and he calmly asked Jinchen, "What can you see?"
"It absorbs luck and devours spiritual energy. Whoever wears it will be unlucky."
Jin Chen read according to the original plot, "If I take it, it will be used as a furnace for Liu Qingcheng, and all the spiritual energy from cultivation will be absorbed by him."
When Xie Qingmo saw that the other fellow disciples had already tied the jade pendants around their waists, his heart sank. He was about to speak when he was stopped by Jinchen.
"They won't believe you if you tell them directly, Xie Qingmo, you will be blamed for it." Jinchen shook his head in his mind.
My straightforward wife.
Xie Qingmo's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he felt uneasy inside.
"Then...what should we do?" he asked Jinchen.
Jin Chen thought for a moment, "Exchange with Liu Qingcheng. The piece on his waist is a mother's pendant, which absorbs your spiritual energy for cultivation, and then..."
Xie Qingmo understood what he meant.
Seeing Xie Qingmo pause, Liu Qingcheng thought that he was moved. Just as he was about to add fuel to the fire, he saw Xie Qingmo suddenly raise his eyes.
"Junior Brother Liu." Xie Qingmo suddenly spoke in a cold voice, "I'll trade with you."
Liu Qingcheng's fingers trembled as he tied the knot, and he forced a smile, "Second Senior Brother, you are joking. This one of mine is not of good quality. It is just an ordinary ornament, far inferior to the one I prepared for you..."
Xie Qingmo raised his eyebrows slightly, and his cold voice showed no emotion. "Is the quality not good? Then you should change it. As your senior brother, how can I let you wear inferior goods?"
The panic on Liu Qingcheng’s face was too obvious, and even the usually steady Yun Che noticed something was wrong.
Seeing Xie Qingmo's initiative, he thought it was a rare attempt to ease the relationship, so he said, "Qingcheng, since Second Junior Brother likes it, you can exchange it with him. It's a token of affection, regardless of status."
Liu Qingcheng: "..."
The eldest senior brother had spoken, and Liu Qingcheng was in a difficult situation.
His face looked as ugly as if he had swallowed a fly, and there was even sweat on his forehead. Amid the puzzled gazes of the crowd, he could only reluctantly untie the jade pendant from his waist with trembling hands.
However, before Liu Qingcheng could come up with a countermeasure, Xie Qingmo had already reached out to take it, and suddenly let go at the moment of handover.
The moment the jade pendant fell to the ground, a sword energy came quietly.
pat!
Broken jade flew everywhere, and wisps of black smoke came out from the cracks.
The jade pendants on everyone's waist exploded at the same time, and black air twisted and dissipated like poisonous snakes.
Liu Qingcheng staggered back, blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.
Everyone looked at the broken jade on the ground in astonishment, and then looked at Liu Qingcheng.
Xie Qingmo lowered his eyes and looked at the broken jade on the ground which was gradually turning into ashes.
"Well done." Jin Chen chuckled and turned to settle the accounts, "But it seems that you touched his finger on purpose just now."
Xie Qingmo: “…”
He explained helplessly, "I want to test whether Liu Qingcheng is a member of the demon tribe."
Jinchen agreed, "Maybe."
The streak of scarlet at the corner of Liu Qingcheng's mouth was blindingly bright.
His face turned pale as he looked at the broken jade pieces all over the ground that were emitting black smoke. He also met the surprised and doubtful looks of his senior brothers and sisters. His head was buzzing and he was so panicked that he couldn't argue.
"This... this jade pendant..." Liu Qingcheng's voice was trembling, and cold sweat instantly soaked his back.
"Junior Brother Liu." Xie Qingmo's cold voice sounded, interrupting his incoherent speech just in time.
There was no expression on his face, and he even took the initiative to speak up, "You have been deceived. There is an extremely insidious formation in this jade pendant, which may secretly absorb the spiritual power foundation of the wearer."
Xie Qingmo paused, and glanced at his fellow disciples with different expressions, "The black energy just now was evil and strange, it is definitely not a righteous thing."
Liu Qingcheng nodded hurriedly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, his voice trembling with the feeling of having survived a disaster.
"Yes! Yes! Second Senior Brother is right! It must be that unscrupulous jade merchant who cheated me! I... I had no idea at all! I had good intentions, how could I... how could I harm my senior brothers and sisters..."
As he spoke, his eyes quickly turned red again, and he looked so aggrieved as if he had suffered a great injustice.
Xie Qingmo looked at him, curled the corners of his lips, nodded slightly, and said no more.
There was no need to say anything more. Liu Qingcheng's eagerness to distance himself from the matter, his flawed excuses and the inexplicable abnormality were enough to make his fellow disciples suspicious.
Lan Yi frowned slightly, and picked up the remaining powder from the broken jade pendant at her waist with her fingertips, as if she was thinking about something.
At this moment, the heavy stone door of the quiet room made a low roar and slowly opened.
