Immortality begins with raising apprentices

Chapter 42 Uneasy
Chen Ye smiled gently and helped Gao Ming brush the snow off his clothes.

Gao Ming was flattered and smiled apologetically, "Fellow Daoist Chen, I can do it myself."

As a result, the next moment,
Chen Yeguang caught a glimpse of the black-haired girl silently shrinking her head back.

His smile turned cold as he gripped Gao Ming's blood-soaked hand:
"Kong Hongxuan, why did you send you to find me?"

The bones in his hand creaked, and fresh blood seeped into his sleeve from between his thumb and forefinger.

Gao Ming was in so much pain that he was sweating profusely, and he screamed in agony:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, let go! I have something to say! Before, you disregarded Hall Master Kong's reputation and killed Zhang Hong in front of He Qi, which displeased Hall Master Kong. It just so happens that I was passing by and saw Fellow Daoist Chen by chance."

As Chen Ye predicted,
Kong Hongxuan set his sights on him.

Chen Ye thought he would be uneasy about this, but after Gao Ming confessed, he felt relieved.

He was more worried about the unknown than the foreseeable dangers.

Chen Ye stared at Gao Ming: "What a coincidence? You just happened to be passing by and saw me?"

Gao Ming nodded frantically, and without Chen Ye pressing him for answers, he blurted out everything:
"I am carrying out another mission within the association, which is located on Bishui Street. I am keeping an eye on the cultivators of the Stone Mirror Association here, and also looking for Fellow Daoist Chen."

Seeing Gao Ming's cooperation, Chen Ye released his grip: "Get lost!"

"Thank you for your mercy, fellow Daoist. I was only acting on the orders of the Hall Master..."

Gao Ming scrambled away, and before leaving, he didn't forget to offer a brief explanation for himself.

Chen Ye couldn't help but laugh upon hearing this.

ridiculous.

Could it be that Gao Ming was acting on someone else's orders to murder him?

Shouldn't I blame Gao Ming?

If killing hadn't been forbidden in Yunxifang, he wouldn't have let Gao Ming go.

……

"What's wrong? It was very noisy outside just now. I asked Zhiwei to go out and take a look. Did Senior Chen get into a conflict with someone?"

Upon arriving at her neighbor's house, Lin Qiongyu looked at Chen Ye with concern.

Chen Ye frowned slightly: "It's alright. I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Lin, why is my disciple in your house?"

Lin Qiongyu's heart skipped a beat.

She was trying to please Chen Ye's apprentice in order to get closer to him.

But it seems that her plan backfired, displeasing the man in front of her.

She smiled and said, "Oh dear, just now Miwu ran to Senior's house, and Qingjun chased after Miwu... Afterwards, Zhiwei was worried about Qingjun and wanted to take her back. So, they're both at my house."

The two little girls knew they had gotten into trouble, and they lowered their heads like quails.

Chen Ye sighed; he couldn't blame Qingjun for being mischievous.

Ultimately, Qingjun is just a little girl, at the age when she should be lively, but now she stays cooped up at home all day long.

This was the first time in so long that she had left home without permission.

What girl of average age isn't playing around with her parents?
Chen Ye said politely, "Please take care of my disciple, fellow Daoist. Qingjun, Zhiwei, come home with your master!"

The two disciples lowered their heads and followed silently behind Chen Ye.

Chen Ye walked ahead without uttering a word.

He didn't speak when he saw his master.

Qingjun's heart was pounding; she could just imagine how angry her master was!

Despite the little girl's anxiety, she eventually returned home.

"Qingjun..."

The master suddenly spoke.

Qingjun's calves were trembling: "Qingjun knows she was wrong!"

The white fluffy ball on the ground trembled, looking up at its tall master with its little face.

Her eyes were brimming with tears, and she looked like she was about to cry.

"Why are you so nervous?"

Chen Ye chuckled, squatted down, and ruffled Qingjun's hair.
"You really scared your master this time. Master thought some bad guys had kidnapped you." "Huh?"

The expected scolding did not come; instead, it left Qingjun stunned.

But you could hear the lingering fear in your master's voice.

The little girl tugged at her fingers: "Actually... it wasn't Qingjun who ran off. Qingjun just wanted to see where Miwu had gone, but the girl next door carried her inside."

Chen Ye was slightly taken aback; he had initially thought that Qing Jun had wandered off on her own.

Unexpectedly, it was Lin Qiongyu who made the decision on her own.

He was genuinely displeased that Lin Qiongyu was using his apprentice as a pretext.

"Don't trust her anymore, understand? You can't trust anyone except your master!" Chen Ye instructed.

Qingjun frowned in distress.

But can she trust her master?
After the master left,

Qingjun patted her chest in lingering fear: "I was so scared! I thought Master was going to get angry, but... Master didn't seem to be blaming us at all. Sister?"

The little girl then belatedly realized that...

My sister has been silent since the beginning, and I don't know what she's thinking.

Zhiwei suddenly realized, "Yes, sister knew all along that Master wouldn't blame us..."

until this time,

The black-furred ball of fur still held the ferocious look in its master's eyes.

She once thought Chen Ye was extremely terrifying.

But today...

Chen Ye only adopted this ferocious appearance because of them.

……

Jade Lizard Club.

"Those despicable scoundrels from the Stone Mirror Society have once again taken advantage of the cover of night to steal medicinal herbs from the East Valley! How strange! They should have discovered that the East Valley is full of sickly people, so why are they still so stubborn?"

In the lobby, the muscular man sitting on the left said angrily.

The elderly man, who was about sixty or seventy years old, sat at the head of the table, stroking his beard and pondering.

A bright green lizard scurried around his neck.

The old man's name was Luo Heng, a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the president of the Jade Lizard Society.

Below him were four cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining, who were the four hall masters of the Jade Lizard Society.

Among them, the cold-faced middle-aged cultivator frowned, deep in thought:
"East Valley is a hiding place for demonic cultivators. The spiritual herbs here have all been corrupted by demonic arts; otherwise, we wouldn't have a chance to get involved. But why is the Stone Mirror Society so persistent? Could it be... that they have a powerful figure helping them?"

As soon as this remark came out, there was a lot of discussion among the people.

"That's how it should be! In recent days, I've never seen Shi Jing sell sickly children cheaply. If they hadn't found a master to treat them, would they have let these sickly children die in vain?"

"If that's the case... is there any way to save the Six-Leaf Ginseng in the president's possession?"

"Not necessarily. The Six-Leaf Mystic Ginseng is a top-grade first-class spiritual herb, a treasure of demonic cultivators. It may be able to cure those low-grade spiritual herbs, but it may not be able to cure the Six-Leaf Mystic Ginseng. I think we should wait for the spiritual plant master of the Spirit Hidden Sect to take action."

"But who knows when the people from the Lingyin Sect will arrive at Yunxifang..."

Six-leaf Scrophularia is one of the main ingredients for refining Foundation Building Pills.

Its importance to independent cultivators is self-evident.

Luo Heng could not afford to be indifferent.

Luo Heng stroked his beard for a long time, his eyes gleaming:
"Hongxuan, I ordered you to keep an eye on the Shijing Society and observe their movements. Have you found anything?"

Kong Hongxuan, who had been silent all along, cupped his hands and said, "I have ordered the brothers of Ningfeng Hall to keep an eye on the cultivators of the Stone Mirror Society. We will have something to report soon."

Luo Heng nodded: "Remember, if you find this spiritual plant master, you must treat him with utmost respect and never be negligent! This matter concerns my path to enlightenment, do you understand?"

His cold gaze swept over Kong Hongxuan, and even though Kong Hongxuan was wearing frost-scaled armor, he still felt a chill run down his spine.

This old man appears kind, but he is actually ruthless!

Sweat beaded on Kong Hongxuan's temples as he said urgently, "I will certainly not fail the chairman's trust!"

(End of this chapter)