Are all the love-brained villains my apprentices?

After taking a step forward, the rabbit stopped and turned to look at Li Qingwu.

Li Qingwu inexplicably understood the rabbit's behavior.

Li Qingwu also moved his body closer to the little rabbit, raised his hand and gently stroked its back: "Let's go, don't get caught again."

Li Qingwu's gentle words and mild attitude made the little rabbit give up its last temptation.

It rubbed against Li Qingwu's palm, raised its head and looked at Li Qingwu deeply, then turned and ran towards the back mountain.

The white figure was swallowed up by layers of green until it completely disappeared from the sight of the four people.

Just when Li Qingwu let go of her worries and breathed a sigh of relief, a majestic voice made her body stiffen.

"What are you doing?"

The voice was not unfamiliar to Li Qingwu, it was even very familiar. From the first word he spoke, Li Qingwu recognized the owner of the voice.

Yayin was also surprised when he heard the voice.

He had just met the owner of this voice yesterday.

"Elder Zhang."

Li Qingwu turned stiffly and looked at the person who came.

The moment Elder Zhang saw Li Qingwu's face clearly, he was in a trance: "Li... Qingwu?"

After being apart for half a year, Li Qingwu had changed so much that he almost couldn't recognize him.

Compared to before, Li Qingwu is now in obviously better condition, and he exudes newfound confidence.

However, this new self-confidence is like a small animal extending its tentacles, and if you are not careful, the fragile tentacles will be broken.

When he saw Elder Zhang, the "tentacles" in Li Qingwu's heart shrank back, and somewhat returned to its previous state.

Elder Zhang noticed the changes in Li Qingwu's body, and frowned. Looking at the face that looked similar to Jian Yihan, he felt a sense of shame in his heart.

"What a coward! Look at you now, you don't look like your mother at all! Also, do you really think I didn't see what you just did? You've been focusing on those lowly spirit beasts all day. You might as well spend more time on cultivation."

A series of accusations came down on him, causing the three people nearby to frown, but Li Qingwu was used to it and his expression remained calm.

Only the pair of hands that clutched the hem of the clothes so tightly that the fabric was almost deformed revealed Li Qingwu's inner unrest.

Elder Zhang was completely unaware of this and was still scolding him with frustration.

"Elder, my junior sister has learned very well." Zhu Ping'an suddenly spoke up to interrupt his chattering.

Elder Zhang was dissatisfied when his words were interrupted.

He had always looked down on Zhu Ping'an, who had a weaker physique and talent, and now he was even more dissatisfied with him: "How can you interrupt me when I'm talking? You really don't know the rules. I wonder what Immortal Venerable Wen Yu likes about you."

When Elder Zhang said this, his eyes also swept over Sheng Shuzhou, whose face was full of anger, and he was even more puzzled by Lin Wenyu's standards for accepting disciples.

If the Zhu Ping'an just now was just poorly gifted, then this one could be said to have almost no talent at all.

Elder Zhang's words seemed to be an attempt to use his status as an elder to put pressure on others.

Zhu Ping'an's interruption could be a minor matter, but Elder Zhang deliberately exaggerated it. If he answered carelessly, Lin Wenyu might be implicated.

Zhu Ping'an frowned and was about to say something else when he was blocked by Yayin's slightly extended arm.

Yayin stepped forward and saluted with a very respectful attitude, but his words were neither humble nor arrogant: "Elder Zhang is worried about my junior sister's training, but the Xuanling Sect is far away, and as senior brothers and sisters, we also have the responsibility to let the elder know about my junior sister's situation."

Facing Yayin, who was one of the most talented people, although Elder Zhang was somewhat dissatisfied with him standing up at this time, his attitude was not the same as that towards Zhu Pingan and Sheng Shuzhou just now: "You are quite a sharp talker, kid."

This realization made Yayin's eyes even colder.

Li Qingwu saw his senior sisters and brothers standing up for him, only to be ridiculed. For the first time, he mustered up the courage to retort, "Elder, please don't say that. They are all my friends."

"Friend?" Elder Zhang sneered. "It's precisely because you're my friend that I'm worried. If you were like your mother, why would I worry about this?"

Elder Zhang's words inexplicably brought Li Qingwu's thoughts back to a memory hidden in the afternoon.

It was an ordinary afternoon, and the sunlight was so warm that it seemed to melt people.

Li Qingwu, who had just finished school, was lying on the bed, asking Jian Yihuan, who was suspended in mid-air, everything about her.

Listening to Jian Yihuan telling her stories from the past, Li Qingwu sighed, "It seems that my mother and I like different things."

Li Qingwu turned over in bed, lying on his stomach, propping himself up with his elbows, and counting on his fingers, he said, "Mother likes blue, and I like pink; Mother is not interested in small animals, and I... well, I like small animals a little bit, and there's more..."

Listening to Li Qingwu's chattering inventory beside her, Jian Yihan's usually cold face was tinged with warmth under the warm yellow sunlight.

After Li Qingwu finished counting the differences between the two of them, he collapsed on the bed like a deflated ball.

"So, my mother and I like completely different things."

"Because Wu'er and I are two different people."

"But I am my mother's daughter."

"Even if you're my daughter, you don't have to be like me."

The sound of Jian Yihuan's voice in Li Qingwu's ears was warmer than the afternoon sunlight.

"No matter what Wu'er likes, no matter what choice she makes, as long as it's what she wants, A'niang will support her."

Li Qingwu, who was originally lying leisurely on the bed, sat up and crossed his legs, looking at Jian Yihan in front of him with some confusion.

"But I am not my mother..."

Li Qingwu answered in a very low voice, and only the three people standing next to her could hear it.

"What did you say?" Elder Zhang asked with a frown.

This question brought out the emotions that Li Qingwu had suppressed in his heart for many years.

For the first time, she looked up into Elder Zhang's eyes and repeated firmly, "I said, I am not my mother. I will not become her."

Elder Zhang saw the shadow of Jian Yihuan in Li Qingwu in his determined eyes. The joy and trance that had originally risen in his heart turned into anger when he heard what Li Qingwu said.

"you!"

"Oh my. So you're here."

A voice came and interrupted Elder Zhang's unfinished words.

When they saw the person coming, their eyes lit up.

"It really took me a while to find you." Lin Wenyu walked out from behind Elder Zhang, but she passed by him and went to Li Qingwu. "What are you doing here?"

Li Qingwu blinked and looked at Elder Zhang's darkened face, not knowing how to react for a moment.

However, Lin Wenyu did not make things difficult for her. She followed her gaze and pretended to have just noticed Elder Zhang standing there.

"Eh? Elder Zhang, you're here too? Oh, look at me, you're wearing all brown. I thought there was a tree blocking the road."