Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

"Let's put this aside for now," Fan Ning turned the topic back around, smiled at the serious-looking Qingyun Sect Master, and asked, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"That sacred tree..."

"Except for the matter of the sacred tree," Fan Ning poked his brow. Although he still maintained superficial respect, there was no respect on his face.

She raised her eyelids and said, "I have no interest in people who want to plot against me."

The scene fell silent for a moment.

The senior sister who was already standing aside was so frightened by the serious atmosphere that she broke out in a cold sweat. After thinking it over again and again, she finally said hello to Elder Qian and quietly retreated.

Senior sister had a good idea. She could go around the back mountain or even free fall... With the help of cultivation and magic tools, she could remain unharmed.

Anything is better than suffering in this kind of situation!

She thought so, but she was still a step slow.

"It's my fault, but Luo Xue shouldn't have lost this last chance... She's a genius!"

The words of the leader of Qingyun Sect seemed to be frozen in ice and came from behind. The senior sister was suddenly frightened and stepped on a branch and broke it.

It's over, she thought despairingly.

Just as I was about to admit my mistake and calm the situation down, I heard a voice with a dangerous smile.

"Is that the reason?"

Fan Ning's voice was highly recognizable, with a hint of indifference and laziness. "Because she's a genius, her life is more valuable than ours?"

"Or is it because she's a genius, so the world should revolve around her?"

The leader of Qingyun Sect stopped talking.

Fan Ning glanced at her senior sister who was stealthily jumping down the path, supporting her chin with one hand, with a smile so deep that it could not be seen in her eyes.

"You might be considered to be thinking about your disciple... Most people wouldn't refuse the conditions you offer."

"But who made you meet me?" Fan Ning blinked, not respecting the person in front of him as a big shot at all. Instead, he lowered his eyes as if looking at a nobody, "I'm not an ordinary person."

"You don't have to admit it like that," Ling You sighed. His gaze didn't fall on the faintly angry Qingyun Sect Master. He casually advised, "The Master doesn't really want to hear it anyway."

"... Is this how you, the Yueli Sect, treat your distinguished guests?" The Qingyun Sect's leader was completely enraged, but considering Qian Jiangyue's presence, he suppressed his anger. "I am at least the leader of a sect. If I am being arbitrarily framed like this..."

"Meng Yiheng," Qian Jiangyue's tone turned cold. She looked at this familiar face, and the distraction in her eyes completely disappeared. "No one invited you to Mingyue Peak. This is my territory."

"If you don't want to talk nicely, just leave. What distinguished guest... You can go and complain to Senior Brother Gu. I want to see if he will overthrow me for you!"

"I did not mean that……"

The leader of Qingyun Sect's voice subconsciously weakened.

Looking at the slightly widened eyes, he pressed his hands in his sleeves again and again, and finally let go helplessly.

"Luo Xue, you still dare to mention her!" Qian Jiangyue was completely irritated. Looking at that face, he couldn't help but flicked his sleeve and smashed a teacup.

There was a crisp sound when it landed.

The leader of Qingyun Sect was stunned for a moment and dodged the flying porcelain pieces.

"Genius, genius... these are the two words Luo Xue least wants to hear from you!"

"Not only did you go crazy in the past, but you're also shamelessly coveting my apprentice's things?" Qian Jiangyue looked him in the eyes, not allowing him to evade her gaze. "What on earth is Luo Xue to you? A puppet to suppress your Grandmaster weapon-refining brother?"

"Wow," Fan Ning added fuel to the fire with an expressionless face, and dragged Ling You to pretend to block the person who wanted to turn around and leave.

Her master hadn't finished speaking yet. It wasn't that easy for her to just leave.

"You can't compete with yourself, but you want the next generation to compete? Meng Yiheng, aren't you ridiculous enough?..."

"Enough!" The anger that had been suppressed finally erupted.

The male cultivator, who always held himself to the highest standards of the sect master, was furious. He didn't even care who was in front of him, and growled, "What do you know?! Since she has talent, why should she be afraid of becoming a genius? This kind of cowardly behavior... is not worthy of her talent at all!"

"Talent again," Qian Jiangyue calmed down at this point. She waved at Fan Ning and put her arm around her shoulders when she came over. "According to your theory of talent, my Fan Ning can't really be considered a genius, right?"

"But do you dare to withstand the thunder tribulation? Can you earn the Demon King's gratitude?"

"Where do you get the confidence to put yourself above them, both openly and covertly?"

"Actually, it's very simple if you want to prove yourself," Fan Ning replied politely, with a well-behaved and innocent smile on his face. "Well... I can also summon the lightning tribulation of the Nascent Soul now. How about you give it a try?"

"The Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering is quite interesting."

"Then don't." Ling You also stood beside her, playing with Fan Ning's long hair with his fingertips, and whispered in a voice that everyone could hear: "After all, your current condition is not very good... It would be bad if you failed to transcend the tribulation."

The leader of Qingyun Sect, who had originally not intended to accept it, said: "..."

"It's not feasible to always rely on external things," Qian Jiangyue sighed, thinking of their past friendships, and gave another reminder: "Why not find the source?"

The leader of Qingyun Sect fell silent again.

He knew very well that he probably had no chance of finding the sacred tree, but even so, he was unwilling to give up his only hope over the years.

That child...

"Luo Xue gave up on her own."

Choosing to indulge in the inner demons, you give up your own future.

The leader of Qingyun Sect turned and walked towards the foot of the mountain. His back was blown by the wind, and for a moment there was a feeling of desolation.

"He is still so stubborn," Qian Jiangyue commented coldly, but didn't say anything more bad.

"Who exactly is that Luo Xue?" Fan Ning asked.

"She was once a weapon refiner in the Qingyun Sect who possessed a talent that surpassed that of a Grandmaster. If she had been able to grow well... she might have already reached the Grandmaster level by now."

Mentioning that name, Qian Jiangyue sighed a little, "I don't know what happened exactly, but I was invited to see that child."

"She was already very thin at that time, and she would go crazy whenever she heard the word 'genius'," she paused, then added, "I couldn't cure her."

Even the best medicine practitioner in the world cannot directly cure Shen Geng’s mental illness.

When the cause and effect can only be guessed.

Qian Jiangyue calmly accepted the fact that she had failed, but at the same time, she could not forget those clear and painful eyes.

"Rather than saying that her inner demons trapped her, it's more like a choice she made herself."

“…She chose to let her inner demons trap her.”