Chapter 770 - He Deserved to Be Beaten up (1/2)

”Qiu Ling?” Zhangsun Xun Yi knocked on the door and waited for a response but nothing could be heard from inside the bamboo hut. He raised his brows but still waited in front of the door. He was sure that he wasn't wrong. The spiritual energy of his disciple and that boy could be felt from inside so they were definitely in.

Speaking of which … Zhangsun Xun Yi narrowed his eyes and focused on the spiritual energy emanating from Jing Yi. That was … the energy of somebody at the peak of the fourth stage?

How could that be? Hadn't the boy just advanced to the third stage when he was trapped in the secret realm in the Leyuan region? Only a few months had gone by since then. How come he had not only managed to ascend to the fourth stage but even almost reached the fifth stage in such a short amount of time?!

It seemed that the disciple they had originally put in the outer sect had either heaven-defying luck or was a peerless genius that they hadn't been able to detect. Whatever it was, the Yun Zou Sect could count itself lucky that this person was one of their people.

Zhangsun Xun Yi gave a light sigh and then knocked again. ”Zhong Jing Yi.” This time, he didn't bother to call out to his own disciple. Obviously, Qiu Ling wouldn't react. If he wanted to, he would have long done that. There was no way a dragon wouldn't be able to hear him in such proximity. No, his disciple very likely had no interest in responding to him.

Inside the house, Jing Yi stopped taking in spiritual energy and blinked his eyes. He felt that he had heard the Grandmaster's voice just now? He looked over at the person sitting next to him and wondered if he should reach out. But then again, Qiu Ling looked as if he was cultivating himself so maybe that wouldn't be a good idea? He remembered hearing that that could have negative consequences.

Just when he hesitated if he should get up himself and open the door, Qiu Ling's eyes also cracked open.

”I thought you wanted to cultivate until your ascension.” Qiu Ling gave a smile that already seemed quite a bit lighter than before.

Jing Yi almost heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed Qiu Ling's previous strange behavior had really only been because of his fear of losing him. After he had calmed down, he was back to his usual self. ”Maybe I would but I think your Master is in front of the door. So shouldn't you go and open?”

Qiu Ling glanced over. He didn't really have any desire to see him but since his beloved already said so, he would do so. After all, he had decided not to do anything drastic and just let the situation with Jing Yi play out. That also meant he had to continue to treat Jing Yi just like he would treat Jing He. And if Jing He asked him to do something, then there was no way he would do something else.

Thus Qiu Ling got up and walked over to the door, opening it with pursed lips. ”Master, why did you come here?” He hadn't done anything wrong, had he? Hadn't they seen each other just shortly before when he went to see his old man? Nothing should have been able to happen in that short amount of time.

Zhangsun Xun Yi furrowed his brows. Even though his disciple didn't need him as his Master, was it really asking too much to be a little more accommodating? Well, there was no use in arguing with him. ”There's a mission for you and your fiance.”

Qiu Ling blinked his eyes. ”A mission for Jing Yi and me? What is it about?”