Lin Qingyao patted the light blue skirt she was wearing, and said to Ji Qing: "Ji brother, let's just go our separate ways."

  Ji Qing's face suddenly fell, his eyes fixed intently on Lin Qingyao.

  Lin Qingyao's eyes shone brightly, with a firm meaning in them. Her blue skirt was blown up by the wind at this moment, revealing a corner of her dress, giving people a strange and beautiful feeling.

  Ji Qing's face, which had been filled with a look of grievance, suddenly changed to a smile as he said: "Junior sister, are you joking with me? Look... neither of us knows the way now. Why don't we go together and see if there are any other Daoist friends passing by, so we can take care of each other?"

  Ji Qing realized that this junior sister, whose cultivation was not as high as his, had a much stronger ability to survive. If the two of them were separated, it's likely that she would find her way back to the village in the blink of an eye and then enter it, whereas he... could only wander around alone, constantly on guard against people sent by their master to capture him and bring him back.

  Lin Qingyao's temples bulged with blue veins, was this Ji Qing, belonging to the dog skin plaster? Or did he not express his own meaning clearly?

  Then Lin Qingyao repeated again: "Ji brother, I mean, let's separate and walk." As she spoke, Lin Qingyao didn't care about Ji Qing anymore, turned around and left.

  Ji Qing followed closely behind Lin Qingyao, like a tail.

  Lin Qingyao supported her forehead, turned around, and looked at Ji Qing's delicate face. At this age, he didn't look young anymore, how could he be so unreasonable, lacking in manners, and speaking nonsense?

  Lin Qingyao turned her head back, and Ji Qinglu revealed a big smile: "Junior sister, what a coincidence."

  Ji Qing looks a bit silly, but he's actually quite careful. This sentence is particularly interesting, it just so happens to tell Lin Qingyao that he wasn't following Lin Qingyao, but rather coincidentally walking the same road as Lin Qingyao...

  Such a cunning move, Lin Qingyao could naturally see through it, but at this moment, she also had no way to counter it. After all, Ji Qing's cultivation was higher than hers. A higher cultivation level decided everything.

  Furthermore, let alone Ji Qing didn't hurt her at all, even if Ji Qing really did hurt her, she still couldn't beat him.

  If it can't be changed, then change the angle of thinking.

  Lin Qingyao said to Ji Qing with an unpleasant tone: "Follow me!"

  "Ah?" Ji Qing didn't expect that Lin Qingyao's attitude would change so quickly, no wonder Shixiong said that women are unpredictable, like a needle at the bottom of the sea, impossible to fathom...

  "Let's go!" Lin Qingyao said expressionlessly, her attitude still not very good.

  Lin Qingyao's change of heart was also because she had come to a realization, and it was impossible for her to shake him off anyway. It was better to walk with him openly and honestly. His cultivation was higher than hers, and in the streets, one could never be sure who they might encounter. Alone and by herself, she was not very safe after all.

  With Ji Qing around, it would make people think that she didn't come alone, and to some extent, could ward off potential crises for herself.

  Ji Qing saw Lin Qingyao say that, and suddenly smiled with joy, the good words in her mouth pouring out like beans: "I knew it, Master Sister, you're a really good person!"

  "Right, junior sister, I haven't asked you yet, what's your name? I couldn't just keep calling you junior sister... or else it would be hard to tell you apart from other junior sisters later on?" Ji Qing said in a nagging tone.

  "My name is Lin Qingyao."

  "Which sect are you from, sister? I've never seen you before, hmm... bone age over 20, cultivation of the sixth layer of Qi Refining, and you're considered to be exceptionally talented... " Ji Qing asked again, as if he was investigating her household registration.

  Lin Qingyao became alert and said to Ji Qing: "The sect has an order, when going out, it is not allowed to reveal one's own sect."

  Ji Qing suddenly smiled, looking at Lin Qingyao's gaze, and they exchanged a loving glance: "Junior sister, aren't you from the same sect as me? No, no... you're not from our sect..."

  "You don't know, my master is like that too! I occasionally came out in the past, and Master never let me admit that I was his disciple. He said... he said..." Ji Qing said, getting a bit embarrassed here.

  Lin Qingyao responded casually: "What was said?"

  "It's said that I'm too embarrassed for him!" Ji Qing replied readily.

  The atmosphere between the two people suddenly turned cold.

  Lin Qingyao's laughter broke the awkward and eerie atmosphere, Lin Qingyao's joyful laughter made Ji Qing's face turn red.

  Two people walked and talked like this, thinking about how they could enter the city.

  "There's a spiritual energy fluctuation over there, let's go take a look, it should be a cultivator arriving!" As they walked, Lin Qingyao suddenly stopped in her tracks and said decisively.

  Ji Qing stared blankly for a moment, then looked at Lin Qingyao with an odd gaze.

  Lin Qingyao said that there was a fluctuation of spiritual energy, and he could only sense it. However, his cultivation level was higher than Lin Qingyao's, so he should have sensed it first. How did Lin Qingyao manage to be one step ahead of him?

  In just a short while, Lin Qingyao and Ji Qing had already arrived at the place where they had just discovered the spiritual energy fluctuations.

  If it were herself, Lin Qingyao probably wouldn't have felt the spiritual energy fluctuations and would have rushed over recklessly. However, this time, with Ji Qing by her side, she analyzed from Ji Qing's words that he should be from the Dà Mén Pài (Great Gate Sect). The saying "左右枪打出头鸟" (the guns on both sides shoot out the leading bird) came to mind - standing together with Ji Qing, no matter what, Ji Qing's higher cultivation would make him the target... Lin Qingyao shamelessly thought to herself.

  Upon arrival, I indeed saw several people.

  Two groups of people stood together, one consisting of two men and a woman, while the other consisted of two women with faces as cold as frost.

  Two men and one woman, all wearing Taoist robes with dark green edges, looked very solemn. The woman had embroidered a few red plum blossoms on her sleeves, which were very beautiful and striking, but her face was tinged with a delicate and fragile color.

  Lin Qingyao was slightly surprised, she didn't expect that the world would be so small and she could meet her here.

  At first, when the military training was going on, Lin Qingyao went to grab the Chuyun arrow, and later, on a whim, she saved Xiao Yuanzi. Afterwards, a female cultivator came and took Xiao Yuanzi away, and it was her!

  Lin Qingyao looked back over her shoulder, and she and a male cultivator shielded someone behind them. The person was tall and slender, with a handsome face, but his complexion was somewhat pale, forming a stark contrast with the cyan Daoist robe he wore.

  This is precisely Xiao Yuan's father.

  The two female cultivators opposite, were born very delicate and beautiful, wearing silk skirts, not afraid of the cold, revealing their arms and half of their small legs. The goose-yellow dresses made the two people look like fresh flowers, very lovely and pitiful.

  Ji Qing leaned in close to Lin Qingyao, whispering softly into her ear in a voice that only she could hear: "So it's people from the Mao Shan Sect and the Jade Maiden Sect."

  Lin Qingyao looked at Ji Qing in surprise, not expecting that this seemingly out-of-place Ji Qing could actually distinguish between the two groups of people and identify which sect they belonged to.

  She asked in a low voice: "How did you know?" Knowing some of these small things is always beneficial, and it can also help to avoid trouble when going out.

  Ji Qing smiled and said: "Look at the clothes they're wearing, and did you see that those two female cultivators have silver bells on their waists? And also, those from Mao Shan Sect, aren't they also hanging small jade tokens on their waists?"

  Lin Qingyao looked back as Ji Qing said, and indeed it was just like what Ji Qing had said.

  Lin Qingyao learned of this and was delighted. At least from now on, when going out, if the disciples of these major sects did not intentionally hide their identities, she would also be able to distinguish between them, which one belonged to which sect.

  The two groups of people from the Jade Maiden Sect and the Cao Mountain Sect stood facing each other, the atmosphere between them seeming somewhat tense.

  Lin Qingyao could naturally see that the two were about to fight, and of course wouldn't be foolish enough to go over and ask for directions at this time, so she stopped in her tracks.

  Ji Qing also had this idea, and pulled Lin Qingyao to him, saying: "I'm telling you, those cow-nosed bastards from the Mao Shan Sect are really detestable. Even if we're just asking for directions, let's not go find them!"

  Just as Lin Qingyao and Ji Qing were whispering to each other, the people of Mao Shan Sect and Yu Nu Sect had already engaged in a war of words.

  "What about Huan Yuniang? I think she's just a group of despicable bastards!" shouted Xiao Yuanzi's junior sister.

  Lin Qingyao sighed inwardly, indeed where there are people, there is a world of trouble, and even monks can't escape worldly concerns; sometimes they're even more troublesome than ordinary people.

  One of the yellow-clad women spoke up in a cold and icy voice, "So this is actually a senior disciple of the Mao Shan Sect. Truly, not even a bit of manners!"

  Two groups of people, however, had a long-standing feud. Xiao Yuandong's junior sister apprentice was acquainted with the yellow-robed female cultivator's senior sister apprentice. This yellow-robed female cultivator's real name was Wen Xuelian, and she was the niece of the sect leader of the Jade Maiden Sect. It was said that the head of the Maoshan Sect had intentionally arranged for her to become Xiao Yuandong's dual cultivation partner.

  So every time Xiao Yuan's junior sister saw Xue Lian, she couldn't help but find something to mock and tease her about.

  In the past, Wen Xuelian would not bother to argue with her, but today, seeing Wen Xuelian's junior sister, also known as Xiao Yuanzi's junior sister, Xie Man, being so arrogant, she couldn't help but retort a couple of sentences.

  What kind of person is Xie Man? In the Mao Shan sect, she has always been arrogant and domineering. Today, if it were Wen Xuelian who said that, it would be fine, but it was actually Wen Xuelian's junior sister, a completely unknown minor character. What made her so angry? So she rushed up and started arguing with Wen Xuelian's junior sister.

  Xiao Yuan's safety wasn't guaranteed by being protected from behind, but rather because his two annoying junior disciples had charged forward...

  Xue Lian's junior sister was bullied, Xue Lian also got annoyed, and her tone turned unpleasant at this moment, with a hint of confrontation.