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

"Master..." Jiang Biehe opened his mouth, a hint of displeasure flashing across his cold eyes.

But before she could explain, another voice spoke first.

"It was me," Fan Ning said, holding Jiang Biehe down with one hand, his tone still calm. "After all, I don't have much cultivation. To prevent myself from being trapped in this illusion and ending up with no one left alive... I just made a small attempt."

"Heh, the formation of an illusion is clearly common knowledge taught in every sect!" The senior brother of the Qingyun Sect, who had been suppressed for a long time, finally exploded and could not help but refute sharply, "Using fire to burn the illusion...even a disciple who has been a disciple for only one month would not do that."

Ling You, who caught the key words, smiled.

Fan Ning waved her hand, her tone becoming more innocent. "So it's normal that I don't know. After all, not only have I never taken a class, I haven't even started practicing for a month."

"That's what your master taught you! It's simply—" The eldest senior brother of Qingyun Sect was so angry that his face turned red, and he was no longer thinking about just the original question.

He stared at Fan Ning's smiling face and felt that allowing such a person to join the sect was a complete failure of Yueli Sect!

"Be careful, my sect's disciples, it's not someone else's turn to interfere."

Seeing that the dispute was easily ignited again, the master finally showed some pressure from the fusion stage to this group of disciples.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it is almost common to use one's realm to suppress others. Everyone present, except Fan Ning, whose expression remained unchanged, could not help but retreat.

No matter how much the Qingyun Sect disciples wanted to say, they were stuck in their throats and couldn't say anything.

"I will give an explanation to Qingyun Sect about this matter, but not now," the sect leader sighed slightly and turned his gaze back to the "Source of All Evil" with a calm and solemn expression.

"Do you know what you've done? Monks are most afraid of being contaminated by karma, yet you took the lead in dispersing over a hundred wandering souls."

"Then let the lightning strike me to death," Fan Ning raised his head, not afraid of the other party's condescending gaze, and even had the mind to tease, "Anyway, my spiritual veins can't follow the same path as others from the beginning."

"What about Ling You? And your senior sister Jiang Biehe, do they not care?"

Ling You, who was mentioned, raised his eyelids and said in a subtle but firm voice, "She didn't force me. If I didn't do it because I was afraid, wouldn't that be boring?"

Fan Ning poked his waist and asked, "Are you trying to imitate my speech?"

Ling You chuckled softly, then hung on her hand and closed his eyes.

Jiang Biehe's answer was even simpler.

Her eyes were clear, as if nothing was in them. She turned around and saw only Fan Ning. "I like it very much. Besides, cause and effect, reincarnation, mutual birth and destruction, are the rules that should exist in this world."

"If the rules are not broken, there will be no trouble."

"You are all united," the leader laughed in anger. He had originally wanted to suppress the matter and discuss it later, but now he felt otherwise.

He is so young and yet so arrogant. He deserves to be taught a lesson.

"you--"

"Fan Ning!"

The leader's thoughts were suddenly interrupted.

Everyone looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to see that the sacred tree, whose light was becoming increasingly dim, suddenly emitted a soft golden light.

A small shadow emerged from it.

"I have saved many people who should not have died. I have forgotten my own name."

The little girl tilted her head and smiled, like a breeze, bringing herself to Fan Ning.

"'Shen Shuzhi', this is the name I gave myself, and it was originally just because of you."

"You have fulfilled my wish. So, I will give myself to you as a token of my gratitude."

All the disciples present were stunned.

They had only heard that the artifact needed to be tamed in order to choose a master, and even if they were compatible, the owner who wanted to obtain the artifact would have to pay the same difficult price.

This is the first time that a divine artifact has chased and recognized its master.

...Fan Ning is really lucky.

"No, that's not necessary," Fan Ning, who was lucky, unexpectedly refused. She looked at the girl who was staring at her, and touched her head as if to comfort her.

"Don't worry about me. I never do anything without confidence." She took off the sacred branch from her head and waved it leisurely in front of everyone. "I have already received my reward."

There were many gasps of shock heard from the audience.

Even Ling You, who claimed to know a thing or two about Fan Ning, couldn't help but be amazed.

The system was even more shocked: [Host, is this also part of your plan? You are out of control!]

"But...that's not equivalent," Shen Shuzhi wanted to persuade him again.

She had already seen that Fan Ning was in trouble because of her, and she looked at Ling You who had straightened up slightly with uneasiness in her heart.

Ling You turned his eyes away.

His gaze also fell on Fan Ning's calm eyes. He covered his heart with his hands, feeling that something was about to burst out.

“Why not equivalent?”

"You gave me a part of yourself, and I helped you a little, and what I gave was also insignificant."

Fan Ning said as if it was a matter of course, "I'm leaving now, do you still want to stay here?"

Shen Shuzhi kept opening and closing her lips and didn't say a word for a whole minute.

This was something no one had ever told her, ever.

"But where can I go?" After hesitating for a long time, she finally asked the question in a low voice.

Fan Ning smiled, "You shouldn't be asking me this question, okay? You are free now, you can chase the wind and go wherever you want."

"Of course, if I accidentally meet you again, I will pick your branches."

Shen Shuzhi laughed suddenly.

She stood up and jumped into the wind, her slightly cool skirt passing by everyone's eyes.

"Look!"

The place where the sacred tree took root gradually became brighter, and it became more and more vague. Finally, like a child who had finally broken free from his restraints, it went towards the wider sky.

"The branches disappeared..."

The disciple, filled with mixed emotions, looked down at the gradually disappearing sacred tree in his arms, and subconsciously wanted to reach out and catch it, but he only touched the remaining ashes after it was burned out.

"Theirs are still there," the Qingyun Sect disciple was the first to notice. Whether out of envy or a subtle lingering imbalance, he said stiffly, "That's the real sacred tree."

The sacred trees in the palms of the three people were glowing, like the shadows disappearing in the sky, completely transformed into a brilliant golden appearance.

"I knew this trip would be worth it."

After receiving the system's inspection of the sacred tree, Fan Ning immediately put the sacred tree into his Qiankun bag. He looked at the disciples who were staring at the other two sacred trees with a half-smile, and said in a raised tone, "This is a gift from a friend, right? No way, there must be someone who doesn't have it, right?"

Ling You understood and continued, "It's okay, they definitely won't like it."

"Why not? This is a medicinal ingredient that can help transform inner demons. If used as medicine, it might even reduce the difficulty of overcoming tribulations." Jiang Biehe, who was not in a state of mind, unexpectedly landed a critical hit. After saying this, she didn't even look at the disciple who first started the conversation. She directly put the thing in her arms, a smile on her cold face, "I quite like it."

"Just set a fire and you'll make money."

The system looked at the heartbeat value that had risen twice, glanced at Ling You, then glanced at Jiang Biehe, and finally admitted that the host was very good at it.

[But how are you supposed to face the Sect Leader? He seems unhappy.]

【Are you unhappy? I don't think so.】

Fan Ning took the initiative to look at the headmaster's cold face.

Although the other party didn't say anything, his position just happened to put the three of them in the protection circle.

There was a look of helplessness and nostalgia between his brows, and it was clear that he was very satisfied with the result.

...This leader of Yueli Sect is quite interesting.

"Even so, you still need to be punished when you return," the leader glanced at them.

Then he took back his token.

"We still need to settle the score for leaving the sect without permission."

Fan Ning curled her lips, and even though she had never thought of keeping the token, she childishly withdrew the compliment.