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

"What's so strange about this?" Qian Jiangyue didn't feel like she had lost all her dignity. She simply explained, "If I don't do anything, then what's the difference between me and a ball of cotton?"

After saying that, she glanced at Fan Ning, who had a calm expression, and smiled, "Maybe Ning Ning will expel me from the sect."

...expelled from the sect.

The disciple expelled the master from the sect?

Ling You held his forehead with his hand, finally figuring out the train of thought of these two people.

"They said the prize was lost, but what exactly was lost?" As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously turned to Qian Jiangyue beside him.

Qian Jiangyue did know some information, and now that things had come to this point, she didn't think there was any need to hide anything.

"I heard it's a jade pendant that records some kind of inheritance?" Its origin is not very clear, but the people in the South China Sea praise it as a treasure. They only say it is a treasure to these foreign sects, but don't say what its specific use is.

"This has happened before, and the things are usually not bad."

So this time they didn't bother to get to the bottom of it.

"Jade pendant..." Ling You's lowered hand subconsciously reached for the Qiankun bag. Fan Ning took a step forward lazily to block his movement, still looking puzzled. "It's said to be a treasure, but is the guarding so poor?"

Not only was it stolen, but the blame was also put on them.

Rather than being stolen, it seems more like a "long-planned incident."

Qian Jiangyue naturally knew this truth. The reason why she was able to arrive in time was not entirely due to Ling You's timely call for reinforcements.

"The headmaster said that as long as you're all right, no one can get past him and lay their hands on you," Qian Jiangyue sighed. Not noticing Ling You's pensive gaze, he spoke directly, "If you ask me, this bad habit of backroom dealings should have been changed long ago... It's always been like this. How can there be any absolute fairness?"

Fan Ning also stretched out his tone and said perfunctorily as if coaxing a child, "The timing is still too coincidental..."

"It's not just you who are being searched this time," Qian Jiangyue frowned, but she had already made a plan in mind, "but some intentions really can't be hidden no matter how hard you try."

"Anyway, you should just check into the inn as they requested."

Fan Ning scoffed softly, his expression meaningful: "Is that all you ask?"

"Of course," Qian Jiangyue curled her lips and smiled, "If you live with them and need anything, or if there's anything inconvenient, just come to them."

Pronounced as 'zhao', written as 'weinan'.

After briefly understanding the sect's attitude, Fan Ning did not get stuck in a stalemate with the cultivators here. He took Ling You to the location prepared by Lingxiao Sect with a very friendly look.

I could notice a lot of prying eyes along the way, and their ill intentions were written all over their faces.

Especially... they really are not innocent.

"It seems you can't keep your identity anymore," Fan Ning took the jade pendant Ling You handed over and played with it. After a moment's thought, he quickly made a decision. "Staying here any longer will only put you in a passive position."

Ling You was also a little uneasy: "But the Demon Realm..."

"No, it's not the Demon Realm." Fan Ning narrowed his eyes, thinking of another figure, and said lightly: "There is another place that can accommodate us."

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Fan Ning made the decision quickly, but someone else reached out even faster.

They had just entered the inn and hadn't said a few words when there was a commotion outside.

"Take this first," Jiang Biehe knocked on the door and brought the medicine to the two of them on behalf of Qian Jiangyue.

Ling You looked at the pills in front of him with some surprise and said hesitantly, "Do I need them too?"

Fan Ning stared at Jiang Biehe's empty eyes, which seemed to be alone in the snow. After waiting for a moment, he said, "Eat it."

Ling You didn't ask why, he just opened his mouth and swallowed the pill.

Jiang Biehe saw the pill disappear from his palm before he spoke, bringing up the quarrel outside: "The jade pendant has appeared, but the inheritance inside has disappeared, and now it's holding someone captive and won't let go."

"You also know the person who was detained. It's Qin Mingzheng, who has always been inseparable from Gu Yuanzhou of Qingyun Sect."

"...So that's how it is. Then it seems I have to go," Fan Ning looked at the person in front of her. They hadn't stood face to face like this since the last thunder tribulation. It was strange to say, Jiang Biehe still looked the same when he stood in front of her, even though he had done such things and said such words, but his expression was a little colder.

Ling You stood beside Fan Ning, always feeling that something was wrong, but before he had time to think about it, he was dragged out the door by Fan Ning.

In the open space downstairs, Qin Mingzheng fell to the ground with a pool of blood in front of her. Her originally bright eyes were filled with despair as if she had nowhere to turn for help.

The disciples of Qingyun Sect all stood in front of her. Some believed those words, while others chose to stand firmly behind her.

This is especially true for those who are close to Gu Yuanzhou.

"It's just a jade pendant. It can't be used as evidence." Gu Yuanzhou frowned, clearly furious. However, he maintained his rationality and defended himself: "Qin Mingzheng spends most of her time with me. Even if there really was something, how could I not have discovered it!"

The disciple glared at them and shouted loudly, clinging to that little evidence and refusing to listen to any explanation: "Who knows? Either you were blinded by beauty, or - you were an accomplice from the beginning!"

"What did you say?!" The Qingyun Sect disciples standing aside couldn't stand it anymore.

Gu Yuanzhou is their senior brother after all, and he has always taken good care of them. Why does he need others to exaggerate what kind of person he is?

"Bah!" The hot-tempered young boy immediately cursed, "Miss Qin has always been kind and gentle, and our Senior Brother Gu is a genius. Even our Master is a top-notch weapon refiner! What you say is really ridiculous!"

"Give me..."

"Calm down, calm down..." The Yueli Sect disciples who had been observing the situation stood up and tried to persuade the overly excited cultivators, one by one. "We all know who they are. Senior Sister Jiang has gone to find Junior Sister Fan Ning. We can still discuss this matter."

As soon as the word "Fan Ning" came out, the boy who was about to scratch the person with his claws instantly calmed down, as if he was bound by some unspeakable invisible restraint.

Those bright eyes slowly scanned the face of the monk who was full of bad words. After a moment, as if he had seen the bad ending, he sneered: "Evildoers will be punished by their own evildoers. Just wait and see!"