Evil Master and Disciple

Lingyin sat on a protruding rock not far from the cave entrance, looking at the continuous mountain range to the east.

It was not yet 9 AM; it was early morning, and in the distance, streaks of light could be seen streaking across the sky.

Lingyin then took out the Lingyin Mirror from her storage bracelet and began contacting the Goddess Palace's intelligence organization.

Last time, in order to avoid retaliation from the Yunhai Sect for Lingyin's abduction of Ye Feng, the Goddess Palace withdrew from many intelligence outposts in the Central Plains, but still suffered serious damage from the Yunhai Sect.

Three days ago, after Venerable Yunyi and Fairy Ziyin reached an agreement, some intelligence networks of the Goddess Palace began to operate in the mortal realm again.

Lingyin quickly connected with a middle-aged woman, who inquired about the situation at Qinglong Mountain.

After all, the Goddess Palace's intelligence network in the Central Plains had been greatly damaged a few days ago, and Fairy Lingyin did not expect to obtain much information about Qinglong Mountain today, but the result was beyond her expectations.

The middle-aged woman immediately told Fairy Lingyin what had happened on Qinglong Mountain in the past two days.

There was no way to hide it. A chaotic battle involving thousands of righteous people was almost unprecedented in the past two thousand years. Even if the Goddess Palace's intelligence network was not as strong as before, it still knew a great deal about what happened at Qinglong Mountain.

After listening to the middle-aged woman's story, Fairy Lingyin was somewhat bewildered.

She never expected that such a big thing would happen in Qinglong Mountain after she left Tianxing Valley the night before last.

The two sects, Tianxing Valley and Baolong Temple, actually started fighting.

Upon careful consideration, Lingyin understood that Baolong Temple and Tianxing Valley had been engaged in fierce fighting in recent months.

The leaders of both sects died mysteriously on the same night, and their disciples naturally suspected the other side of being responsible. It would be strange if a fight didn't break out.

Both sides suffered heavy losses in this battle; each of these two sects originally had thousands of people.

After this battle, more than half of them were lost, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to recover their strength in one or two hundred years.

However, Qinglong Mountain is a very complex area, a melting pot of all sorts of people and numerous sects. In the past, Tianxing Valley, Baolong Temple, and Xiaoyao Sword Sect stood as the three powers, and Qinglong Mountain was relatively peaceful.

Now that the Free and Unfettered Sword Sect has been destroyed, and Tianxing Valley and Baolong Temple have been severely weakened, the other sects of Qinglong Mountain will definitely seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to develop.

They will not give Tianxing Valley and Baolong Temple a hundred or two hundred years to recover their vitality.

It is foreseeable that Qinglong Mountain will be in a state of great chaos for a long time to come.

Lingyin sat on the rock, playing with the Lingyin Mirror that shared her name, her mind constantly pondering.

When she first learned that the two sects had fought the night before last, she thought that this was the result Feng Biehe wanted.

Upon closer examination, I rejected this guess.

First of all, the Cloud Sea Sect wouldn't care about the small amount of power that Azure Dragon Mountain possesses.

The Yunhai Sect faction has over 300,000 Sky-Soaring cultivators. This data was released by Qingyun Pavilion decades ago, and it may have already exceeded 400,000 Sky-Soaring cultivators today.

Qinglong Mountain is merely a mountain range located on the periphery of the Yunhai Sect's power. The total number of cultivators in the mountain is less than ten thousand, which is a small proportion of the overall strength of the Yunhai Sect. The Yunhai Sect has no reason to allow Qinglong Mountain to descend into chaos.

Qinglong Mountain is on the periphery of the Yunhai Sect's power. Just like a country, no ruler wants his periphery to be in chaos, as this would only give enemies an opportunity to take advantage.

Secondly, if Feng Biehe wanted Tianxing Valley and Baolong Temple to fight each other, he wouldn't have secretly killed several rogue cultivators in Qinglong Mountain beforehand.

When Lingyin appeared above Wei Tianlin's room that night, Feng Biehe had already been there for quite some time.

She didn't hear their conversation from the beginning.

She only heard that Wei Tianlin's death was related to something that happened fourteen years ago.

As for what it was, Lingyin didn't know.

There was another thing that Lingyin found very unusual.

That's why Feng Biehe took away Wei Tianlin's soul.

If you're going to kill someone, you're going to kill them; there's no need to steal their soul.

Generally, cultivators devour souls and steal spirits in order to improve their cultivation level.

But I've never heard of the Cloud Sea Sect having such a technique.

Moreover, Feng Biehe does not need to improve his cultivation through such a method that is despised by the righteous path.

Feng Biehe is the warehouse manager of the treasure vault of the Lingbao Academy of the Yunhai Sect. The elixirs and spirit crystals are inexhaustible. Only a fool would devour other people's souls.

"If it wasn't to improve his cultivation, then why did Feng Biehe take away Wei Tianlin's soul? Was he worried that someone else would collect Wei Tianlin's soul, thus exposing what happened fourteen years ago?"

Lingyin gently turned the Lingyin Mirror in her palm, muttering to herself.

She thought it was a possibility, but couldn't be sure that was the reason.

Just as Lingyin was deep in thought, she heard footsteps behind her.

Looking back, I saw Ye Feng, dressed in a simple sheepskin rug, walking out of the cave.

Ye Feng didn't dare get close to Lingyin; he stopped when he was still three or four zhang away.

He called from afar, "Fairy, the porridge is ready. Would you like some?"

Lingyin composed herself, tucked the Lingyin Mirror into her bosom, and then stood up.

She limped toward the cave, but after a couple of steps she stopped, staring wide-eyed at Ye Feng, who stood dumbfounded not far away.

"What are you looking at? Come and help me up!"

"Oh, here we come..."

Ye Feng chuckled dryly and jogged over to Ling Yin. Just as he was about to reach out to help her up, he suddenly saw Ling Yin put her hand on his neck and lean half her weight on him.

Ye Feng smiled wryly and said, "My dear fairy, I, Ye Feng, am not a man of strong will. If you continue to put your arm around me, I can't guarantee that I won't be able to control myself at any moment."

Lingyin said, "You wouldn't dare. You are a promising young hero of the righteous path, while I am an evil demoness from the demonic sect. You wouldn't sacrifice your future just to sleep with me."

Ye Feng chuckled and said, "That's hard to say."

"Ha ha……"

Lingyin chuckled and said nothing more.

Lingyin Jing used Ye Feng as a walking stick, practically hanging on Ye Feng as they entered the cave.

After arriving at the cave, Lingyin sat by the fire, resting her chin on her hands, watching Ye Feng serve her rice porridge, her eyes gradually becoming hazy.

She didn't know why, but the more she looked at this guy, the more pleasing he seemed to her.

The saying goes that familiarity breeds affection, but they had only been together for a few days, and hadn't even had sex yet. She didn't know why she had this strange feeling for Ye Feng, this brat.

Ye Feng brought the rice porridge to Ling Yin, blowing on it as he said, "It's fresh out of the pot and very hot. Let it cool down a bit before you eat it."

"Ah."

Lingyin took the bowl of porridge and softly hummed in agreement.

Her heart was warm, seemingly warmer than the bowl of porridge in her hands.

No man had ever taken such meticulous care of her or shown her such concern.

Ultimately, she is a woman too, and she needs to be cared for.

What she has lacked for decades is this kind of care.