Chapter 207 - Important Mission (1/2)

It took Qiu Ling and Jing Yi two weeks to reach the gates of the Yun Zou Sect. It wasn't that they couldn't have been faster but Qiu Ling wanted to give Jing Yi as much time to cultivate as he could without making it too obvious.

In the end, it hadn't been enough for him to reach the second stage, though. His earth spirit vein was still in the fourth of the five levels of the seed stage, even though his other five spirit veins had already reached the peak. If not for that earth spirit vein, he could have already broken through a while ago.

Whenever Qiu Ling thought of that he felt a pang of guilt and regret. If he hadn't been so ridiculously jealous back then and made his beloved scared of everything dirty, then they could have already been married by now. This was probably what one would call digging your own grave.

It was too late to change anything about that now, though. He could only hope that his master hadn't called them over because of the marriage.

Qiu Ling and Jing Yi hurried right over to Grandmaster Zhangsun's palace.

”Master?” Qiu Ling gripped Jing Yi's hand and led him inside, already calling out from the door. He felt like he should be prepared to flee just in case his master really wanted to prevent the marriage.

Zhangsun Xun Yi looked up and nodded. He didn't waste his time with explanations. Instead, he stood up and waved at the two of them. ”Come with me.”

”Uh … Why?”

Zhangsun Xun Yi turned around. He didn't know what to say to the doubtful expression in his disciple's eyes. Even though it was just a fake disciple he had never taught, it was bitter seeing him like this.

The Grandmaster sighed. ”Sect Master Yuchi wants to see him. He'll tell you everything else.”

Qiu Ling didn't feel one bit reassured but what could he do? He hugged Jing Yi and flew after Grandmaster Zhangsun to the Sect Master's palace on the second highest peak of the Yun Zou Sect's mountains.

He entered with a grim expression, Jing Yi directly behind him.

Sect Master Yuchi was sitting on an elevated seat on the other side of the hall. He held a cup of tea in his hand as if he would take a sip the next moment but he wasn't actually drinking. He seemed to have completely forgotten about it and just stared off into space. Who knew where his thoughts were headed right now?

”Sect Master.” Zhangsun Xun Yi sat down next to him and made his presence known.

Yuchi Bing Xia jerked and nearly spilled the tea. ”Grandmaster Zhangsun!” He hurriedly placed the cup down and turned toward him with a tensed expression. ”Your disciple …?”

Grandmaster Zhangsun indicated his head toward Qiu Ling who had stopped in the middle of the hall with Jing Yi.

Qiu Ling felt like he was just being cautious. He was faster than the humans anyway but he still wanted to make sure that he could get out of the hall if they tried to do something fishy.