Madam, please ascend.

Chapter 178 Su Qing Breaks Through
As one of the five major righteous sects, the Fuyao Sect has recently closed its mountain gate, and the disciples inside the sect have been very low-key when going out, and its presence has been weakened for a while.

Speaking of the root cause, it is naturally the betrayal of the deputy sect leader Piaomiaozi that caused great harm to the sect, and the eldest disciple Meng Fan also died at the hands of the evil woman of the Demon Sect. It can be said that good and evil are reversed and it is laughable.

Lingxiaotai was the retreat place of the former leader Lingyun. His body gradually merged with the Tianzhu, and it seemed that Lingyun was also completely integrated into it. I wonder how much consciousness is left.

Daocheng, as the only one left in the sect who has reached the Dao He realm, can only hold on with all his might, and naturally has his share of suffering.

The two sides of the righteous and evil sects have been growing and declining. In recent years, the Demon Lord Yi Tianxing has been in seclusion for cultivation, so the Demon Sect has restrained its actions. But now that the righteous side has suffered setbacks one after another, first at the Fuyao Sect and then at the Fusheng Temple, the people in the Demon Sect have gradually become more active.

Not only did they fight for the sect's territory, they also specifically selected disciples with lower realms to kill, which was really a headache.

The Fuyao Sect is now strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and the Sect Leader Daocheng knows this very well, so he can only suffer some losses and voluntarily give up some of the power at the foot of the mountain.

The sect no longer accepts disciples, and the sect protection formation is fully activated, which consumes a lot of spiritual energy every day.

It can be said that every tree and grass is an enemy.

One day, a white-haired old man came to the mountain gate, but was stopped by two disciples who refused to let him in no matter what they did.

The old man was dressed in luxurious clothes, and from the looks of it, he had no cultivation, so he must be just an ordinary person.

He said with a worried look on his face, "I have an important matter to discuss with Her Royal Highness the Princess. I hope you will be accommodating."

The gatekeeper disciple said impatiently, "Once you enter the sect, you are all cultivators, and you have long since discarded your worldly identity. Besides, we don't know who the eldest princess you are looking for is."

"Her Royal Highness the Princess's surname is Su Qing, and she has been a member of the Fuyao Sect for over ten years."

"Senior Sister Su Qing?"

"Mei Zisu, Liu Yeqing, the eldest princess is a noble by destiny, with an extraordinary bearing and a beauty that is unrivaled in the world."

The two gatekeeper disciples looked at each other and suddenly realized, "That must be Senior Sister Su."

The old man pleaded, "Can you please let me see her?"

The gatekeeper's expression eased slightly as he explained, "The problem is that Senior Sister Su has been in seclusion for some time, and no one knows when she will emerge."

"Practicing in seclusion? Why would my eldest princess want to practice in seclusion?"

A disciple said, "I heard that he witnessed Yun Yi blocking our Sect Master's sword for the Demon Sect's witch, and he was so angry that he went into seclusion."

Another disciple shook his head: "Nonsense, Senior Sister Su Qing is a fairy-like figure, how could she really fall for Yun Yi?"

"You don't understand this, do you? After Yun Yi joined the sect, he spent every day at Yunxia Peak. Many people have witnessed it. Senior Sister Su personally taught him how to make pills. I wonder how close the two of them are."

"I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen, these are just rumors!"

"That is, Senior Sister Su Qing has long had a crush on Meng Fan. She never expected her beloved to betray the sect, and that is why she was so hurt that she went into seclusion to cultivate and never saw anyone again."

"Where did you hear this gossip? Does Senior Sister Su Qing have to be trapped by love?!"

The old man couldn't understand what the two disciples were arguing about, and said in embarrassment: "I do have something important to tell the princess, which is of life and death. What should I do?"

The gatekeeper disciple must have admired Su Qing very much. Seeing this, he no longer made things difficult for the old man and volunteered to go to Dan Pavilion.

Amidst the old man's numerous thanks, the gatekeeper disciple flew to Yunxia Peak on his sword. There was not much change here from when Yun Yi was practicing, except that there seemed to be fewer disciples.

After some inquiries, he learned that Su Qing was in seclusion in a cave deep in the Dan Pavilion and would not see anyone.

Although the gatekeeper disciple was depressed, he still planned to go over and try his luck. Unexpectedly, when he just arrived at the cave, he saw a big man practicing sword in the open space.

The big sword Juque, who else could this person be but Bo Yue.

"Hello, Senior Brother!" "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"I'm here to see Senior Sister Su."

"Then your trip is in vain. Su Qing is at a critical juncture in her retreat, and I came here to protect her."

The gatekeeper sighed upon hearing this, "Then there's nothing we can do."

Bo Yue was bored, so he put away the Juque and walked over to her and asked, "Do you have anything important to talk to her about?"

"I'm fine, but an old man came outside and called Senior Sister Su the eldest princess. He said there was something important that was of life and death."

"Well, this is troublesome. Su Qing's current condition makes it impossible for her to come out."

Bo Yue was a very approachable person, and he never put on airs when dealing with disciples within the sect. After much deliberation, he said, "How about inviting that person into the sect and waiting for a few days?"

The gatekeeper disciple said, "I'm afraid that's not possible. The Sect Master has already issued a ban, absolutely no outsiders are allowed to enter the sect."

"Alas, once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years." Bo Yue could understand the leader's behavior.

At that time, Master Wandu sneaked into the sect in an unprecedented way and almost poisoned most of the disciples. Now, the Fuyao Sect must not repeat the same mistake no matter what.

The two men stared at each other, unable to think of any solution, when suddenly a loud roar came from the cave.

Bo Yue's eyes lit up when he saw this: "Is this a breakthrough?!"

The gatekeeper disciple was confused, "Breakthrough?"

"Su Qing has stayed in the Spiritual Transformation Realm for too long, so it's natural that he will advance to the Void Return Realm."

"Senior Sister Su is amazing!" the gatekeeper disciple exclaimed in admiration, "I knew Senior Sister Su wasn't trapped by love!"

Bo Yue did not comment after hearing this. He still remembered that he had met Su Qing after returning from Fusheng Temple.

At that time, Su Qing asked me about Yun Yi's news, and he wanted to ask me every detail.

Judging from her expression, she probably viewed Yun Yi differently. Whether there was any romantic relationship between them was hard to say, but it was definitely not simple.

Bo Yue asked at that time why Su Qing was so concerned about Yun Yi.

Su Qing's answer was that Yun Yi gave her a very important medicinal herb, and she had not had time to repay this favor.

Bo Yue naturally did not believe it completely. He thought that even if there was really a love between a man and a woman, it was nothing. Junior Brother Yun was a handsome man, a good person, and his sword was even better. It was normal for a few women to like him.

For example, Ye Nianyi, who always calls Yun Brother, has obviously regarded the man in front of her as her white moonlight and cannot bear to see him suffer any injustice.

Even Lu Ziwei from Tianshu Academy looked at Yun Yi differently.

He was lost in thought when the commotion in the cave grew louder and louder, actually attracting several elders.

Qingwei has the best relationship with the Grand Elder of Dan Pavilion, and they came together to protect Su Qing.

The difficulty of advancing from the Spirit Transformation Realm to the Return to Void Realm lies in the word "return to the truth", so the movement of Su Qing's breakthrough gradually became smaller, but the spiritual power and divine consciousness in the cave became more powerful.

And as she made a breakthrough, the little red snake also shed its skin, and its body grew more than twice as large. The most important thing was that it had a wisp of dragon energy on its body.

The dragon energy swirled around Su Qing, rising to its peak along with her breath, and then disappeared, completely restrained.

(End of this chapter)