#2773 - It's not like we haven't slept together before.
When Deacon Zhuang mentioned Protector Zhou, Deacon Li couldn't help but feel a start of surprise.
Could it be that Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian's backer was actually Protector Zhou?
No wonder even Deacon Zhuang said he couldn't withstand his anger.
If it were any other protector, or even an elder, it wouldn't be easy to incur Old Zhuang's wrath.
Over the years, Old Zhuang had personally taught many students at the Dao Academy.
Some of those students were now true disciples, and the earliest batch had already risen to high positions.
If anyone wanted to provoke Old Zhuang, they would have to carefully consider his connections within the sect.
Basically, protectors treated Old Zhuang with courtesy.
However, Protector Zhou was different.
It was said that this protector of the Dao Academy had even been personally received by the sect leader several times.
His status and position in the sect were higher than many elders.
Protector Zhou's own strength was also very formidable.
Among protectors in the Creation Realm, he was hard to match.
He had once heard Old Zhuang mention that Protector Zhou was a former sect prodigy, exceptionally outstanding.
Later, due to an accident, his cultivation went awry, making it difficult for him to break through further.
However, he was definitely a top-tier powerhouse among the protectors!
…
At this moment, the excited Deacon Zhuang, who had originally planned to leave to seek an audience with Protector Zhou, suddenly stopped in his tracks.
"Old Li, are you certain that no one secretly assisted them in completing their mission?"
"Of course, although I did lend them a magical artifact.
You know, that magic sword that followed me for many years."
"Your magic sword is only so-so even in the hands of someone in the Undying Realm.
Moreover, Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian are far from reaching the Undying Realm.
However, I suspect that their realm is probably not Legendary.
Perhaps they used special means to conceal their cultivation.
Otherwise, there's absolutely no way they could have dealt with an evil entity corresponding to the Undying Realm."
"Yuan Chu said that he and Su Qingqian are actually in the Eternal Realm, but they concealed their realm to keep a low profile.
Also, there's something you might not know.
Yuan Chu is a dual cultivator of both talisman and martial arts!
Although I haven't seen his talisman techniques, I can be sure that he has extremely profound attainments, probably not much weaker than his martial arts!
Yuan Chu said that the reason he was able to deal with the evil entity corresponding to the Undying Realm was that he used talisman techniques for assistance.
He used talisman techniques to borrow the power of the earth vein's dragon energy, combined with his Eternal Realm strength, to eliminate the evil entity.
Even so, it's still quite heaven-defying, beyond our imagination!
No matter what, that was an evil entity at the Undying level.
The cultivation of the Eternal Realm cannot shake the Undying, but he combined it with talisman techniques to kill it!"
"He actually told you this?
It seems Yuan Chu trusts you a lot.
This Yuan Chu has a really sharp eye for people."
Deacon Zhuang felt somewhat displeased.
After all, he had met Yuan Chu first, yet Yuan Chu had told Old Li secrets that he wouldn't even know.
"After all, they are rogue cultivators. In the past, their cultivation was difficult, and they walked on thin ice all the way.
Perhaps this is the experience they accumulated in difficult environments, otherwise they would have been eaten by others until not even bones remained.
In short, no matter how you look at it, Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian are both unparalleled geniuses.
If our sect focuses on nurturing such talents, their future achievements will be immeasurable!
Maybe, in the future, they will have a chance to compete with Hua Feiyu!"
"You said Hua Feiyu…"
The excited expression on Deacon Zhuang's face gradually turned solemn, "It can only be said that if Yuan Chu can obtain some great opportunities in the future, he might have a chance to compete with him, but the chances are not high.
Hua Feiyu's talent is too strong, especially since he once obtained a peerless great fortune.
The Grand Divine Power of Cosmos Force that he cultivates is tyrannical and unmatched.
This divine power makes his physical body extremely powerful. In terms of physical body alone, he can crush opponents beyond his level, sweeping away everything.
In the same realm, in the current Mixed Origin Great World, among the known kings of the same generation of prodigies, no one is his opponent.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that a small number of people have also obtained great fortunes and have not spread the news, making us insufficiently aware of their strength.
If there are such people, they might still be able to compete with Hua Feiyu, but no one else has a chance!"
"Is Hua Feiyu that heaven-defying?"
Deacon Li was deeply shocked. Naturally, he didn't know as much about Hua Feiyu as Deacon Zhuang did.
"Extremely heaven-defying!
Otherwise, why do you think the sect would have become the current situation?
Alright, let's stop this topic here.
Old Li, it's good for you to stay in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall as a deacon, safe and sound.
You and I both suffered an accident that caused our cultivation path to stagnate.
Many things in the sect are not for you to participate in.
The less you know, the safer you are.
This vortex is too deep. Once you're drawn in, don't even think about getting out."
"Old Zhuang, don't just talk about me, what about you?"
Deacon Li's mood suddenly became heavy.
"Me? I'm just doing my duty, I can't help but do it.
Our responsibilities are different. You only need to be responsible for the management of the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, while I am a deacon of the Dao Academy, responsible for teaching and guiding the sect disciples, so I also have the responsibility of ideological guidance."
"Sigh, then you must take care of yourself.
Back then, of the few of us who were close, only you and I are left after that incident.
I don't want to see you leave too, that would be too lonely for me.
Over the years, I often recall the past, those years were so good.
But when I come back to my senses, old friends have long passed away, sleeping in the years…"
"Old Li, don't sigh, it's not like your style.
As long as you stay safe in the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, you will always be able to raise enough funds. If you can buy that rare treasure, perhaps your problem will be solved.
The scenery behind the cultivation path is still waiting for you, it must be beautiful scenery."
"Cultivation my ass!
If you're all gone, what's the point of my cultivation? Am I supposed to count loneliness to this world every day?
It's meaningless, meaningless, life is difficult…"
"I'm not dead yet, and you're already cursing me?
Hurry up and get lost, I'm going to see Protector Zhou."
"I'm not leaving, I said, I'm sleeping with you tonight."
"You dead rabbit, get out!
Deacon Zhuang's facial muscles twitched, he raised his foot to kick, but Deacon Li dodged it.
"Anyway, I'm not leaving, I'm sleeping here tonight.
Why are you so agitated? We've slept together before.
Besides, it's just sleeping in the same room, it's not like I'm going to stab you with a spear, why are you so anxious?"
Stab you with a spear?
Deacon Zhuang almost choked when he heard that, he grabbed the tea set on the table and threw it over.
Deacon Li dodged while laughing loudly.
After Deacon Zhuang threw it, he turned and left, ignoring Deacon Li.
He came all the way to Protector Zhou's peak.
As a result, he shouted several times at his residence, but there was no movement inside.
"Deacon Zhuang?"
At this time, someone walked over, it was the servant who usually took care of Protector Zhou's courtyard, he was a retainer he had taken in during his past experiences.
"Where is Protector Zhou? I have something urgent to see him about."
"My master is currently in closed-door cultivation.
He said that unless it's something particularly important, don't disturb him."
"But…"
"However, he also said that if Deacon Zhuang comes to see him, anything related to Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian can be reported directly.
I wonder what Deacon Zhuang is here for this time?"
"I came here because of Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian's matter. Please report to the protector, this matter is no small matter."
"Please wait here for a moment, Protector, I will report to the master."
The servant invited Deacon Zhuang into the courtyard, served tea, and then left in a hurry.
When he arrived at Protector Zhou's place of closed-door cultivation, before he could get close, a blurred shadow appeared at the exit of the closed-door secret realm.
"Master, Deacon Zhuang is here, saying that he has important news to report about Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian."
"You go back, I already know, let Deacon Zhuang come here."
"Okay."
The servant hurriedly retreated.
The shadow watched his receding figure, took out a talisman letter, which wrote about Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian's whereabouts in the past few days.
Protector Zhou had initially sent people to secretly protect them.
When they left the sect, there was a shadow secretly following them, but the distance was relatively far.
Therefore, the shadow leader knew that they had gone out to perform a mission in the past few days, but he didn't know what the mission was.
For him, the task assigned by Protector Zhou was only to protect Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian's safety, he didn't care about anything else.
In the past few days, he thought the biggest thing was that the Yi family sent retainers to kill Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian, but they were killed instead.
At that time, what exactly happened, the sent shadow didn't figure out.
To avoid being discovered, the shadow maintained a very long distance.
Within that mountain range, there was a field that caused a period of blankness in the shadow's divine sense perception.
When the shadow arrived, he saw Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian leaving, and only one Yi family retainer was left.
He didn't understand how Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian managed to kill several Legendary Peak retainers in front of an Eternal Realm retainer, and severely injured the Eternal Realm retainer.
In the end, they left, but they didn't kill the Eternal Realm retainer.
Since Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian didn't kill him, and they were safe and sound, the shadow didn't show himself to kill the last survivor.
When the shadow leader received the news, considering that the master was in closed-door cultivation, he temporarily didn't report the news.
He planned to report the matter when the master came out of seclusion.
He didn't expect Deacon Zhuang to come to see him today, could it be about the Yi family sending people to kill Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian?
He immediately used his divine sense to transmit the message to the secret realm's small world.
"Deacon Zhuang is here, let him come in directly."
"Also," he continued, "I've said that I need to be informed immediately about anything concerning Yuan Chu and Su Qingqian.
The Shadow protects them and is certainly aware of what's happening to them, but you didn't report it.
Acting on your own authority!
If there's a next time, I'll punish you severely!"
"Yes, your subordinate knows his mistake and will not let it happen again!"
The Shadow leader felt Protector Zhou's anger, and his heart couldn't help but jump in alarm.
"Alright, conceal yourself. Don't let Steward Zhuang see you.
There are some things he shouldn't be too deeply involved in, lest it bring disaster upon him."
"Yes."
The Shadow leader's figure quickly faded away, disappearing completely. Even his aura vanished, as if he had never appeared at all.
This was a very clever concealment technique, although not as good as the Floating World Three Thousand, the difference wasn't significant.
