Even hybrid monsters have their day

"I haven't had a chance to tell you yet, but the demon that appeared at the Green Mountain Sect that night was him."

"What?" Geng Miaowan exclaimed in surprise. "What's he doing at the Green Mountain Sect?"

The only response she received was Huangfu Aoran's nonchalant voice, "You're asking me? Who should I ask?"

Seeing the uncertain look on her face, Qiu Pi asked with concern, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing..." She lowered her head to hide the surprise on her face and pretended to rub the corner of her eye. "I just feel a little tired."

Qiu Pi looked up at the sky and said, "It's getting late, so you should go back and rest."

He didn't look away until her figure disappeared at the courtyard gate. Sitting alone in the courtyard, he looked somewhat lonely; the shadows of the trees cast upon him, almost shrouding him in darkness. No one could see the expression on his face.

"You don't actually believe what he said, do you?" Luan Hao suddenly spoke up, startling Geng Miaowan, who was lost in her own thoughts.

As she walked towards her room at the inn, she asked, "Do you think what he said is credible?"

He snorted coldly. Although he didn't answer directly, the snort clearly expressed his thoughts.

Geng Miaowan didn't care about his attitude; anyway, she felt he had been acting strangely lately.

Because of Zuo Leng's injuries, she stayed in Qingshan Town for several more days. Demons generally have stronger regenerative abilities than humans; despite such severe injuries, she was able to walk again in just three days. However, she would need a long period of rest to fully recover.

Qingshan Town was clearly unsuitable, and besides, Geng Miaowan herself had a mission to complete, so it wasn't appropriate for her to stay in the town indefinitely. After thinking it over, she decided to say goodbye to Zuo Lengdan. Zuo Lengdan didn't stop her, only saying that he had the same idea.

She first saw Zuo Lengdan out of town before returning to the Green Mountain Sect with Huangfu Aoran and Xu Ruwen. As for Qiu Pi, she hadn't seen him for a long time, only leaving a message with the innkeeper: if he returned to the inn, she should tell him. However, she didn't think he would come back to the inn to find her; don't ask her why, it was just a gut feeling.

The Green Mountain Sect seemed unchanged from when she left. As soon as she returned to the mountain, she went straight to Miao Renfeng, wanting to ask if he had heard of Dongfang Liancheng—oh no, this immortal. However, she had barely reached his residence when a junior disciple told her that he had gone down the mountain. He wasn't on the mountain.

"Down the mountain? Where did he go?" Geng Miaowan was very puzzled. What was Miao Renfeng doing down the mountain at this time...?

The disciple said that he couldn't interfere in the sect leader's affairs.

More than ten days passed like this. Although life on the mountain was uneventful, it was not boring.

The disciples of the Green Mountain Sect cultivate themselves through a combination of literary and martial arts. Literary cultivation involves the explanation of the basics of cultivation and various knowledge, while martial arts cultivation involves putting what they have learned into practice.

Geng Miaowan was a monk who had entered the monastic life later in life. Although she had the "Ode to Ten Thousand Spirits" and some basic books on underworld magic as guidance, she could understand some of the more complex concepts, but not all of them. So, after she accidentally overheard a class being taught to her disciples outside the classroom, she started attending the classes almost every day.

The courses were very comprehensive. The instructors were also adept at simplifying complex concepts, making them easy to understand, and she felt she benefited greatly. At least now she knew the difference between spiritual energy and true energy.

She used to think that all the energy in the body was spiritual energy, but after the lesson, she learned that there was also such a thing as true energy. Although true energy is also in the body, it is much purer than spiritual energy. Like in TV shows and movies, where one person sits behind another and transmits energy, that's true energy being transmitted.

Looking back now, when we first met in the human realm, he transferred his true energy to her, not his spiritual energy.

After class, she would practice with the sect's disciples on the training ground. In the evenings, she would enter her sea of ​​consciousness to discuss spells and techniques with Huangfu Aoran and Xu Ruwen. As for Luan Hao, she felt she could pretend he didn't exist.

The three of them were making such a ruckus in her sea of ​​consciousness every day. Yet he could sit there as still as a mountain, completely unmoved, as if he were just a lifeless statue in her sea of ​​consciousness.

It has to be said that he has been working really hard lately to recover his cultivation, to the point that he forgot to ask Geng Miaowan to take back his energy bead.

In less than half a month, Geng Miaowan felt her cultivation level had improved significantly, advancing to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Strangely enough, after entering the Foundation Establishment stage, she no longer needed to meditate to improve from the early to the mid-stage; the transition was very natural.

Because of her cheerful personality and approachable nature, she quickly became quite familiar with the disciples of the sect within just over ten days.

That day, Geng Miaowan had just finished her lesson and was coming out of the classroom when she saw a junior disciple rushing past her. She immediately called out to him, "Xiao Hai, where are you going in such a hurry?"

The junior disciple, Xiao Hai, stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said breathlessly, "I...I need to find...Elder Yin."

Upon hearing that the caller was looking for Yin Qianze, Geng Miaowan pursed her lips, waved her hand casually, and said, "Go ahead, go ahead."

Ever since they returned from town, Yin Qianze has been looking down on them and is always picking fights. She really doesn't like him at all.

But seeing Xiao Hai's relieved expression, she couldn't help but feel curious again, so she pulled him aside and asked, "What do you want with him?"

"This..." Xiao Hai looked left and right but wouldn't look at her.

Seeing his expression that said, "I have a secret but I can't tell you," Geng Miaowan became even more curious. "Tell me," she said, "and next time I go down the mountain, I'll bring you something nice."

This tactic might not work on others, but for Xiao Hai, who had grown up in the sect since childhood and was already twelve years old but had never left the mountain, the temptation was undoubtedly enormous. After struggling for a while, he whispered something in her ear, which made Geng Miaowan's expression change drastically.

"Don't tell anyone that I told you," Xiao Hai instructed.

"Alright, I understand. Go find Elder Yin now." She waved to him and urged him to go find Yin Qianze, then quickly ran towards the main hall.

Inside the main hall, a figure stood with his back to the door, his dark blue robes accentuating his tall and slender frame. Beside him, on a couch, lay a pale-faced middle-aged man.

As soon as Geng Miaowan entered the main hall, she went straight to the bed, completely ignoring the person standing next to the bed.

Miao Renfeng lay there motionless, his face pale and bloodless. "Sect Leader Miao, Sect Leader Miao, what happened to you?"

She called out a few times, but received no response. She reached out and felt his pulse; it was beating very weakly.

"Miao Changmen, Miao Changmen?" The only response she received was his uneven breathing.

"He suffered internal injuries and fell into a coma."

It wasn't until she heard a voice beside her that she realized there was someone standing next to her. But why did that voice sound so familiar...?

This voice, which Geng Miaowan considered utterly impossible to hear in the Green Mountain Sect, at least not so grandly appearing in the main hall, truly startled her. She stared at him, her eyes wide with astonishment. (To be continued.)