They are the women standing behind me.

"Junior Brother Gu, asking you to take charge of the sect and make key decisions is not like this."

Ji Taishang said calmly, "Senior Brother won't lecture you, but you should reflect on this. You're already at such a high level, yet you're acting on impulse. Is it really that serious about Hua Wanning, a mere Yuanying realm Great Perfection? Of course, Senior Brother, I know this isn't a woman's fault. It was agreed upon by both parties, and now the Ten Directions Immortal Sect has reneged."

"Senior Brother Ji..."

"But Junior Brother Gu, your mistake was in asking Zong Changguang to use the Zudan, not any other issues. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother to tell you."

Ji Taishang gestured, "You should also go into seclusion to strive for the late stage of the Tribulation Realm. From now on, I, Senior Brother, will take charge of the sect."

Gu Taishang had no choice but to leave.

At that moment, the sect leader, elders and others were in mixed feelings. Gu Taishang was not punished. It turned out that the status of Taishang was transcendent and he could do anything.

"A ancestral pill, just to let Changguang fight Qin Wudi?!"

Grand Lord Ji's face darkened. "Lu Changguang actually dared to use this treasure that even I, the Grand Lord, would rather not use?! He's truly crazy!"

"Grand Master Ji, we have tried our best to persuade Grand Master Gu, but it was in vain."

The headmaster couldn't help but say: "And Chang Guang..."

"You will be stripped of your status as a true disciple and transferred to an outer sect steward, responsible for teaching the mortal children of the sect how to read and so on."

Ji Taishang gestured, "He must not leave the sect for a thousand years to teach mortal children and properly hone his character."

"Master Ji, Changguang suffered a crushing defeat after taking the ancestral elixir. His Dao heart may be..."

The headmaster couldn't help but say, "If you keep doing this..."

"If your Dao heart isn't strong enough, no matter how strong your strength is, you will be shattered at the slightest touch!"

Ji Taishang said in a deep voice, "When you train your disciples, do you only cultivate their strength? Don't you focus on cultivating their Dao heart? Cultivating immortals is about cultivating the heart! It's not about cultivating strength to compete and kill others! He has even reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm. He should have been allowed to leave the sect long ago to travel and gain experience, using the world as a crucible to hone his Dao heart. Why is he still staying in the sect? In such a comfortable and peaceful environment, how can the sect cultivate someone who can stand on his own and shoulder great responsibilities?"

"Our original intention was to let Changguang enter the realm of transformation, become a Taoist partner with Hua Wanning from the Ten Directions Immortal Sect, and then go out together..." the sect leader explained.

"This won't cultivate a heart of Dao! Even if he stayed in the sect, I'm afraid that a casual cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core Realm hanging around outside could plot to kill him!"

Ji Taishang scolded, "From today on, the sect has established a new sect rule. Any disciple who reaches the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm at the latest, regardless of whether they have a Taoist partner or not, must leave the sect to travel and gain experience!"

"Yes!"

The sect leader and others nodded.

"And go get a ancestral pill."

Ji Taishang said, "I will first go to the Shifang Immortal Sect and ask Hu Taishang of this sect to accompany me. Then I will go to Fenghua Sect to meet Qin Wudi."

The head of the sect and others were shocked again and looked at Ji Taishang in disbelief.

"There's no deep hatred between our sect and Qin Wudi. Besides, Qin Wudi is well aware of this matter. It's all about the engagement, otherwise how could this happen? Even the Ten Directions Immortal Sect is being unreasonable in their comments on this matter. Otherwise, Junior Brother Gu might not be so angry."

Ji Taishang said thoughtfully, "If Qin Wudi refuses to accept it, it means that he doesn't want to get along well with our sect and is determined to become our enemy. Then we have to find ways to suppress him. So we have to see his attitude before making a decision."

"But Ji Taishang, a ancestral pill..."

"If it's not the Zudan, what else can I give to Qin Wudi?!"

Ji Taishang questioned, "Magic? Treasure? Or something else? What hasn't he seen? Don't you know who created the magic he uses? Such a person has great luck and powerful forces behind him. Do you think he has never seen treasures? If you give him something, he might receive something useful."

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Chapter 232: Thank you

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Qin Xingyuan, Gu Yirou, Ye Yunmei and others naturally also live in Fenghuamen. Now Ye Yunmei and Gu Yirou also go to guide Quan Chengli, Yang Biyu, Qiu Shanliu and others in their cultivation.

Hua Wanning still looked at Qin Xingyuan with complicated eyes. She glanced at Wen Yirong from time to time, her moist and bright red lips opening and closing constantly, but she did not say a word.

After her master and Qin Xingyuan had that kind of relationship, she completely gave up on the idea.

Besides, she really couldn't accept sharing her husband with another woman.

What she regretted most was that when she met him, he already had three companions. Even if she was willing to be the fourth one, what would be the point?

She is only at the great perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm, and her current strength is not as good as Qin Xingyuan's. She only needs his protection, but cannot protect him.

Now Ji Ningyan, Gu Yirou and Ye Yunmei can still protect him, but she can't.

She is totally useless!

Then, can you really hold your head up high when facing Ji Ningyan and the others?

What's more, now that we are Taoist companions, we will share the master's husband with him.

Once this gets out, the master and disciple will be criticized in the back. They don't even care about seniority or anything like that. It's so absurd and outrageous that the Ten Directions Immortal Sect behind them will become a laughing stock.

She was uneasy. She and Qin Xingyuan were very close, yet in reality, very far away, as if this was the farthest distance in the world.

Wen Yirong still asked calmly, "Are you sure you can defeat the male cultivator you asked about earlier?"

"I must be the winner!" Qin Xingyuan said without hesitation.

Hua Wan Ning rolled her eyes. "If you weren't so arrogant, the sun would have risen from the west one day. You even told Senior Ji that you would defeat the top cultivator who had reached the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm..."

When she said this, she murmured as if she was convinced: "I didn't expect you to have really done it."

"He alone is not enough. I want to fight a group of top-notch Yuanying Realm Great Perfection cultivators by myself, but only the demon race would do that. After all, cultivators of my race still have dignity and are not as shameless as the demon race. It is impossible for us to really join forces with others and fight one against many. Otherwise, if the news gets out, we will be laughed to death."

Qin Xingyuan laughed heartily. "Of course, fighting one person and fighting a group of people are completely different. Without the Nine Heavens Dao, it is indeed difficult to fight."

He knew it.

"You are always doing shocking things. You dare to think and do them."

After Hua Wanning finished praising him, she said in a low, frustrated voice, "There's indeed a huge gap between you and me. I'm a genius, but I feel like a loser with no skills or abilities."

"Senior Hua, there's no need to be like this. I'm the one before you, and there's no one like me anymore."

Qin Xingyuan smiled and said, "You just accidentally encountered the most powerful person in the Golden Core Realm, no one from ancient times to the present."

"You, please don't be so arrogant."

Hua Wanning finished speaking in a complicated tone and was silent for a long time. She seemed to have finally mustered up the courage to say, "Qin Wudi, I'm going back to the sect. I really have to go into seclusion."

She felt deeply reluctant and sad. She was afraid that they would never meet again after this separation - it was not that she didn't like him, but for many reasons, she really couldn't be his Taoist partner.

Even if I saw him, it would only add to my sadness and worries.

"Then wait and have a good chat."

Wen Yirong stood up and left the room.

Hua Wanning then opened her red lips as if to express her gratitude and said, "Thank you."

Qin Xingyuan said, "Senior Hua likes me, right?"

"Isn't this natural? You didn't realize it until today, did you?"

Hua Wan Ning had nothing to be embarrassed about, and said calmly, "You are the best and most promising man I have ever met. If you grow up, you might really become an existence that transcends heaven and earth. You are also a very good person. I think it is not shameful for a female cultivator to like you and favor you."

Qin Xingyuan smiled and said, "Then Senior Hua, you are done. From now on, no one will be as good as me."

"I don't have to find a man, right? Besides, it's actually quite good to have met one. Otherwise, you see, I have no way of getting married. Even my master can't do anything. After all, the forces behind me are unlikely to do anything that would affect the relationship with the Wandan Xianzong for my sake. So I won't say things like, 'It would have been better if I hadn't met you.'"

Hua Wanning smiled without any trace of amusement in her eyes, "But even if you have nothing to do with my master, I will not marry you because you are very fickle. You are so young, and you have only reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Core Realm, but you already have three companions. If you reach the Tribulation Realm, I am afraid you will need an army of companions."

"Senior Hua, it's not that exaggerated."

Qin Xingyuan waved his hand. "Besides, if there are really so many, how can I have time to do anything else besides dual cultivation every day?"

"That's true. After all, you are a person with great ambitions."

Hua Wanning smiled and said, "And maybe when I come out of seclusion, you'll have reached the Spiritual Transformation Realm? Maybe even a higher realm than mine."

"probably not."

Qin Xingyuan shook his head. He didn't want to leave too fast and put too much pressure on Senior Sister Gu, Senior Sister Ye, Ji Ningyan and the others.

He has plenty to do anyway.

Improve the level of alchemy, weapon refining, talisman making, etc.

Otherwise, if he walked too fast and really surpassed Senior Sister Gu and the others, or even left them far behind, they would feel even more pressure.

No matter who you are, you will understand that if people are under pressure and the pressure keeps getting greater, then sooner or later mental problems will arise.

Moreover, he has to spend time and energy to find ways to make Senior Sister Gu and others stronger, to search for rare treasures, etc.

Therefore, he must enter the Tianxin Realm’s Immortal Forbidden Land!

What if the Dao Sect really had a way to cultivate the 'Unrivaled'? He got...

"Are you worried that your senior sisters are under too much pressure?"

Hua Wanning blinked her watery eyes.

"No, it's just that I still have a lot to learn and improve."

Qin Xingyuan smiled and said, "There's nothing I can't do in this world! I'm not just strong!"

Hearing this, Hua Wan Ning said very seriously, "Then I must work hard to become stronger in the future, because I am your friend after all. This will prevent others from saying things like, 'How could Qin Wudi be friends with such an incompetent woman?' And they won't be able to say a good word about you because of me."

"Senior Hua, you don't have to put too much pressure on yourself."

Qin Xingyuan said, "Becoming stronger or anything else is ultimately for your own benefit. Although I'm being blunt, perhaps after Senior Hua returns to the sect for seclusion, you and I will never meet again in this life."

"Are you so absolute?" Hua Wanning was a little surprised.

Qin Xingyuan looked at her beautiful face and calmly asked, "Unless you, Senior Hua, want to be my Daoist Companion, then why are you meeting a philandering man you like who has a relationship with your Master and many Daoist Companions? Isn't this just asking for trouble?"

Chapter 233: Time is like a knife

After hearing this, Hua Wanning's eyes widened considerably, and she stared at Qin Wudi in a daze. Then, she opened her red lips slightly and said in a complicated tone, "So you actually understand everything?"

"I'm not stupid. Besides, things between men and women aren't complicated. If you don't understand, you're just pretending to be ignorant."

Qin Xingyuan said calmly, "Just like I know, if I keep trying, Senior Hua might not really be unwilling to go with me. But I really can't give you what you really want. If you can't get what you really want, you'll feel a thorn in your heart, and you'll have great regrets. You might even feel unhappy when you think about it. Even if we really go together, you won't be able to stay for long."

"So I really think Senior Ji and your two senior sisters are amazing."

Hua Wan Ning exclaimed in admiration, "They really don't mind at all. Their generosity is truly astonishing. You're lucky to have met these three generous women, but it seems like your luck has run out, which is why you ended up meeting a truly stingy woman like me."

But maybe it wouldn’t be a bad thing if we could be like them?

It's better than just watching like this, right?

Qin Xingyuan knew that Senior Sister Gu was overthinking and worrying about him, but Senior Sister Gu did have to remain in seclusion for a long time, and Senior Sister Ye kept saying she wanted to become an immortal and wouldn't like anyone. As for Ji Ningyan, who came from a small immortal cultivation family...

There is no need to say more.

“So they are the most important to me.”

Qin Xingyuan laughed and said, "Becoming an immortal or something like that is no match for them."

"I didn't think you were lying."

Hua Wan Ning sighed a little, looked at him, and then said: "I'm going back to the sect to retreat. We will never meet again. Anyway, you are so famous and attract so much attention from the world. You can't hide your whereabouts. If I knew, I would naturally not go to where you are. So after this farewell, I should...should..."

She seemed to be wondering whether she could share a husband with Ji Ningyan and the others. She struggled desperately for a long time, but finally said in a trembling voice with a lack of spirit: "This is goodbye forever."

"There is no never-ending feast."

Qin Xingyuan, who had been watching her the entire time, raised his hands and clasped his fists, then spoke in a full and clear voice, "Senior Hua is a darling of heaven. She will definitely reach the Divine Transformation Realm, and will definitely transcend the tribulation and become an immortal in the future!"

Hua Wanning was silent for a moment, as if unable to control herself, and asked with a trembling voice filled with anticipation, "Do you, do you expect to meet me in the future?"

"Sometimes it's better not to meet. After all, in the end, you go your way and I go mine. Meeting will only add to your sadness and helplessness, Senior Hana."

Qin Xingyuan said in a rather easygoing manner, "Even if everything stays in the past and we keep moving forward, we will only get further and further away from the past, until we suddenly look back and can no longer see it."

There was some disappointment in Hua Wanning's eyes.

"Time is like a knife, it can cut through everything."

Qin Xingyuan continued, "Even if we do meet by chance in the future, Senior Hua might wonder how he could have liked this playboy in the past. He was so young and cute back then, and he would just smile."

"Actually, you're just a bit of a playboy."

Hua Wanning shook her head, clenched her fists, and bit her red lips hard with her silver teeth.