Immortality begins with raising apprentices

Chapter 94 Unlocks Hugs
In the chaos, the order of the market had collapsed.

Amidst the ruins, the roars of demonic beasts mingled with the screams of cultivators.

Amidst this apocalyptic scene, the disciples of the Lingyin Sect finally launched a large-scale attack!
"Great! The immortals of the Lingyin Sect have arrived!"

The old man, having survived the ordeal, collapsed onto the muddy ground mixed with snowmelt.

Chen Ye, on the other hand, appeared much calmer.

All of this was within his expectations. The market was an important industry for the Lingyin Sect, and they couldn't just sit idly by.

However, their arrival was indeed faster than Chen Ye had imagined.

Moreover, observing the celestial light, one could see that there were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators.

All of this shows that the Lingyin Sect was prepared long ago.

The reason Chen Ye didn't save Lin Qiongyu earlier was because he saw Lingyin Sect disciples arriving, so he no longer needed to intervene.

If he saves her himself, their connection will become even deeper.

The more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to attract trouble.

Especially female cultivators like Lin Qiongyu.

Although she appears pitiful, she is cunning and adept at manipulating others.

Unless absolutely necessary, it's best to keep your distance.

Of course, cute little girls are an exception.

For example, having two disciples is like having two small animals at home.

It won't cause him any trouble, and it can also help him relieve his loneliness.

If it weren't for these two apprentices,

Chen Ye was really just doing monotonous cultivation at home...

Just as they were thinking this, the bedroom door creaked open a crack, and the two little ones heard the gradually subsiding sounds of fighting and the shouts of the Lingyin Sect disciples outside.

"Master, are there immortals outside?"

Qingjun couldn't resist first, peeking her fluffy white head out from the crack in the door, pointing her little finger at the streaks of light that occasionally flew across the sky.

Chen Ye said coldly, "Come here!"

"!"

The little girl's slender legs trembled as she walked unsteadily to Chen Ye, twisting her fingers together.

"Qingjun has been behaving herself inside..."

"Where are you now? Didn't I tell you to hide in the inner room?" Chen Ye stretched out his finger and tapped the little girl's head lightly, then squinted and looked Qing Jun up and down.

This little girl's diet has improved a lot recently, and she has visibly gained some weight. She is no longer the pitiful skinny girl she was when I first met her.

But why is she still so thin and small? She should be plump and healthy by now.

Could it be because he practiced body-tempering techniques...?

The little girl declared righteously, "My master told me to come out!"

have to.

This girl always has a lot of logic in her mouth, and she's even learned to talk back.

However, Chen Ye belatedly realized that, aside from everything else, this little girl was quite obedient.

Because I'm too cowardly...

Chen Ye squatted down and cleared his throat: "Open your arms."

"Woo?"

The little girl twitched her fingers, blinked her large, clear eyes with a hint of doubt and wariness, but still hesitantly opened her thin arms.

Unexpectedly,

The next moment, Chen Ye put his hands under the little girl's armpits and picked her up in one go, holding her tightly.

Yes, the little girl is fragrant and soft, and it feels great to hold her.

She's a bit too thin... If she had a little more meat on her bones, Chen Ye couldn't imagine how comfortable it would be to hold her.

"Master! Put me down!!"

Qingjun immediately panicked, her little face turning bright red, her two little feet kicking back and forth like a kitten being lifted up.

Chen Ye patted her back and held her firmly in his arms, but his face was serious: "Qingjun asked me to hold you."

"No! It was clearly Master who told Qingjun to open her arms..." Qingjun retorted angrily.

“Opening your arms means you’re asking for a hug. Qingjun didn’t refuse, so doesn’t that mean she agreed?” Chen Ye argued confidently.

"!"

Qingjun was stunned by his twisted logic, her phoenix eyes wide with disbelief.

For a moment, she didn't know how to refute him, so she could only puff out her cheeks angrily, like a little pufferfish.

Unlock the achievement where your apprentice asks for a hug!

Chen Ye's gloomy mood due to the changes in the market brightened up again.

Of course, he only hugged her briefly, symbolically taking advantage of her, and quickly put the angry and anxious little girl down.

As soon as Qingjun's feet touched the ground, she quickly ran behind Granny Li and complained:
"Grandma, Master is bullying Qingjun again!"

Grandma Li wore a teasing smile on her face.

Chen Ye was still the same unconventional person he always was, but now that unconventionality had lost its former fierceness and instead gained a touch of everyday life.

She smiled and said, "Qingjun, cultivate diligently. When your cultivation level is high enough, your master won't be able to bully you anymore!"

"Yes!" Qingjun nodded vigorously, full of enthusiasm.

Right now, in the little girl's mind, her master must be in a terrible state!

……

The mess on Bishui Street was quickly taken over by several disciples of the Lingyin Sect.

The leading female cultivator was Li Qiuyun, a patrolling disciple of Bishui Street.

She formed a hand seal, and a cyan flying sword circled and danced before her, its blade flashing sharply. Each strike precisely slew a demonic beast.

Her junior brother Liu, standing beside her, was slightly less skilled, his cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining, but his flying sword was equally formidable, and he appeared relaxed.

"Senior Sister Li, look how fiercely these demonic beasts are attacking! It must be the Ten Thousand Puppet Sect behind this! They might even be colluding with the demonic cultivators of the Crossing Love Sect. The destruction of Stone Mirror Town earlier was most likely their doing!"

Li Qiuyun frowned slightly and said in a cold voice:
"Junior Brother Liu, watch your words! The Myriad Puppet Sect is one of the five major sects of the Yan Kingdom. How dare you make false accusations against us?"

The Myriad Puppet Sect operates in secrecy, and its disciples are skilled in crafting various puppets, making them a force to be reckoned with.

The relationship between them and the Lingyin Sect has always been one of open and covert struggle, and can hardly be considered harmonious.

However, without concrete evidence, such accusations, if spread, will only exacerbate the conflict between the two factions.

Upon hearing this, Junior Brother Liu gave an awkward smile.

His attacks became even more ferocious, clearly indicating his desire to impress Li Qiuyun.

Just then, they noticed Lin Qiongyu trembling in the corner. She was being forced to retreat by a slightly smaller monster, and was in grave danger.

"Senior sister, I'm going to save her!"

Junior Brother Liu shouted, swept his flying sword to force back the demonic beast in front of him, and then turned and rushed towards Lin Qiongyu.

Li Qiuyun also noticed the situation over there. With a turn of her flying sword, a sharp sword aura severed the head of the demon beast in front of Junior Brother Liu.

"Tsk, as expected of Senior Sister Li, she will surely be able to return to Lingyin Sect this time..." Junior Brother Liu said admiringly.

Li Qiuyun remained noncommittal, glancing at Lin Qiongyu, who had been rescued.

Seeing her disheveled hair, disheveled appearance, and the fact that the Crimson Dragon Spear had pierced her abdomen, he frowned slightly and asked, "Fellow Daoist Lin, what happened? Most of the demonic beasts here are only at the early or middle stage of Qi Refining. With your and Fellow Daoist Xue's cultivation at the middle stage of Qi Refining, how did you end up like this?"

"Thank you... thank you so much, Fellow Daoist Li, for saving my life!"

Lin Qiongyu was still in shock when she realized that the person who came was a disciple of the Lingyin Sect.

He was stunned for a moment. The Lingyin Sect disciples had actually come?

A will to survive ignited in her eyes, and her voice, trembling with tears, broke as she explained:
"It was Chengjun. He... he suddenly went mad, saying the market was in chaos and he'd rather have one last good time before he died, and then... he started to lay hands on me. In my panic, I accidentally stabbed him... and then the monsters rushed in..."

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face, and several clear finger marks were visible on her snow-white neck, indicating that she had gone through a struggle.

Upon hearing this, Junior Brother Liu revealed a hint of disdain on his face.

The two are clearly a couple, so why would they resort to violence just because they touched each other?
He was frank and straightforward, and immediately said without any hesitation:

"Hmph, these rogue cultivators are just fighting like dogs! In times of crisis, instead of working together to defend against the enemy, they kill each other. How despicable!"

His words made Lin Qiongyu look away, filled with shame.

Li Qiuyun ignored Junior Brother Liu's comments, but glanced thoughtfully at Xue Chengjun's unseeing corpse not far away, and several other corpses further away that were clearly killed by cultivators.

She quickly treated Lin Qiongyu's wounds and then walked over to the corpses of the cultivators not far away.

At this time, the demonic beasts on Bishui Street were also cleared away by the other disciples, and all the disciples gathered around Li Qiuyun.

"This is……"

Junior Brother Liu's expression changed slightly. These tribulation cultivators had all died from an extremely condensed and sharp spell, their bodies riddled with blood holes imbued with metal-elemental spiritual power.

Among them, one person was wearing a mid-grade first-tier magic robe, but his defenses were utterly breached by nearly twenty spells, and he died a gruesome death.

"Fellow Daoist Li, Fellow Daoist Liu, it's been a long time... These three took advantage of my misfortune, and I had no choice but to kill them in order to protect myself."

Chen Ye finally pushed open the courtyard gate and explained.

"It's you? It's you again?"

At first glance, Junior Brother Liu thought he was seeing things, but upon closer inspection, it was indeed Chen Ye.

Upon seeing this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Fellow disciples, this is Chen Ye, whom Uncle Bai mentioned!"

Upon hearing this, the Lingyin Sect disciples who were traveling with him were taken aback at first, but then they all realized what he meant and couldn't help but burst into teasing laughter.

"Oh? So this is the famous Senior Chen!"

"Tsk tsk, so that explains why Junior Brother Liu is treating this fellow Daoist with such special regard. It turns out he's someone Uncle Bai specifically mentioned!"

"Senior Sister Li, look, hasn't this fate brought us together?"

Immediately, various teasing remarks, each with a hint of mischief, rose and fell.

Chen Ye remained calm; he had enough skin to withstand the jokes of these young people.

only……

I was indeed a little annoyed.

These sect disciples, arrogant and haughty, had no regard for joking around with a rogue cultivator like him.

The problem is, don't they care about Li Qiuyun's reputation?
It's fine if it happens once in a while, but if it's constantly brought up, it becomes a form of bullying.

Chen Ye looked at Li Qiuyun with great interest, wanting to see how this usually cold-faced female cultivator would respond.

As expected, Li Qiuyun's handsome face, full of spirit, first blushed slightly amidst the laughter of her fellow disciples, and then quickly turned frosty.

She turned her head abruptly, her voice so cold it could drop ice shards: "Shut up! Our sect has suffered misfortune, the market has been ravaged, and you still have the mind to joke and laugh here? What kind of behavior is this!"

"We were wrong, Senior Sister, we were wrong!" The disciples, who were still laughing and joking, begged for forgiveness one after another, and Li Qiuyun snorted coldly.

Come on.

Chen Ye understood. Li Qiuyun seemed cold and hard, but she was actually quite gentle and easy to talk to.

But because she was serious and rarely smiled, her fellow disciples enjoyed teasing her.

Junior Brother Liu had been silently observing Li Qiuyun, and when he saw that her face was slightly flushed, he immediately became displeased.

Senior sister, you're actually shy?

If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have made that joke!

He looked again at Chen Ye's nonchalant and indifferent expression, and the man was quite handsome, which immediately ignited his anger.

Stepping forward, he pointed at the corpses of the cultivators on the ground and demanded in a stern voice:

"Chen Ye! I have a question for you! Just now, the market was in chaos, and demonic beasts were rampaging. We disciples of our sect were all fighting desperately. As a cultivator, why didn't you lend a hand? Instead, you hid here. Could it be that you wanted to reap the benefits and rob others while the chaos was at its peak?!"

(End of this chapter)