Translation: Aerial Rain Translation (aerialrain.com) by koffeam

Eh? Meng Qi blinked and looked at Chu Tianfeng in surprise. He actually defended her?!

Meng Qi was hesitant for a moment, but she held back the arguments that already reached her lips and kept silent. A single word from Fentian Palace’s Young Master was better than her one hundred arguments.

Meng Qi remembered that she was imprisoned in the dungeon for three months in her previous life. In the end, the Sect Leader let some people investigate before she was finally proven to be innocent.

In fact, the truth was easy to find out. When Chu Tianfeng and Lu Qingran were injured, she was at Qingfeng Valley. At that time, an expert from Fentian Palace personally verified no trace of devil aura was found in Meng Qi’s body. The most important thing was that her cultivation level was not fake. Whether it was sneaking out of Qingfeng Valley or hiding devil aura on her body, there was absolutely no way for Meng Qi to deceive those experts.

So if it wasn’t for Demon Realm’s invasion at that time, Meng Qi would not be imprisoned for three months long. She didn’t resent Qingfeng Valley or the Sect Leader. But after restarting her life, she just didn’t want to waste those three months.

Chu Tianfeng’s words didn’t only calm Meng Qi down but also shocked Lu Qingran. She didn’t seem to expect Chu Tianfeng to speak for Meng Qi. She stumbled for a moment before murmured: “But….”

“Not her.” Chu Tianfeng shook his head firmly. He then looked up at Meng Qi, who was still deep in thought.

Suddenly, Meng Qi lowered her head and met Chu Tianfeng’s eyes. The young man’s face was cold as usual. Even with the sudden poison attack, his black-robed figure was still straight and firm. But when he looked at Meng Qi’s eyes, an unknown emotion flashed through his eyes. He turned his gaze away quickly, seemingly was uncomfortable and reluctant to keep staring at her.

Lu Qingran hesitated for a moment before once again said, “But Tianfeng, your poison…”

Lu Qingran was the most talented disciple of Qingfeng Valley. When Chu Tianfeng was injured after protecting her, she did try to treat his wounds. Because his black robe acted as additional armor, the injuries themselves weren’t that bad. But the problem was the poison. Lu Qingran knew that this poison was far beyond her ability.

Meng Qi had only joined the sect for half a year. Even if she was talented, there was no way she could cure a poison several ranks higher than her own cultivation level. Even Lu Qingran’s own master was probably cannot cure it…

“The one who was together with the devil beast that day was at least at the Golden Core stage. She couldn’t be your Junior Sister.”

“But …” Lu Qingran still wanted to retort.

“She can’t hide her cultivation from me.” Chu Tianfeng guessed Lu Qingran’s doubt and briefly explained. His voice was still cold. Although he was defending Meng Qi, he never again took a glance at her.

“Alright.” After a moment of silence, Lu Qingran finally got the clue and nodded. Chu Tianfeng kept speaking on Meng Qi’s defense. It was clear that he wanted to protect her. Since Chu Tianfeng trusted Meng Qi that much, it showed that this Junior Sister was really innocent. Lu Qingran believed in this powerful man who risked his own life to protect her.

She turned her head to look at Meng Qi, somewhat ashamed.

“Junior Sister Meng, I’m sorry.” Lu Qingran apologized sincerely: “I was just too worried about Tianfeng. He was injured to protect me. That devil beast was too strong. I was too anxious…”

“It’s okay.” Meng Qi waved her hand and cut off Lu Qingran’s words, “Everything is clear now.”

To be honest, she was very wary about Lu Qingran’s legendary ‘heaven’s favorite daughter’ physique. In Meng Qi’s previous life, it even indirectly caused her death. In this life, Meng Qi has long made up her mind to cultivate herself as much as possible. After the danger has passed and she has enough strength, she would leave Qingfeng Valley and even leave the Eastern Realm.

Meng Qi remembered her Master told her that he came from a hidden sect in the Western Realm. Three Thousand Worlds were very large. Although the difference between Eastern Realm and Western Realm was only one world in writing, for ordinary cultivators like Meng Qi, it was extremely difficult and dangerous to find people across multiple realms. But it’s okay. She could slowly take a journey to the west while improving her cultivation little by little.

Meng Qi heard from her mysterious Master that Western Realm has a very powerful medical sect. In that sect, there was a very high-level medical cultivator who already reached the peak of the eighth rank. There was also a medical cultivator who has been perfecting the art of pill refining, whose motto was ‘anything in this world could be used as medicine. There were also countless other like-minded cultivators dedicating themselves to cure people all over the world.

Ever since then, Meng Qi has always longed to go to the Western Realm. At that time, her cultivation was on the verge of Golden Core formation. Her Master also promised that after she successfully formed her core, he would take her to the Western Realm and helped her to get admitted into a medical sect.

It’s a pity…

She shook her head.

For Meng Qi, everything in front of her now was as transient and ephemeral as a fleeting cloud. Now that the doubt was explained clearly, she wouldn’t have to once again spend three months locked in the dungeon. And this heaven’s darling? Of course, she would like to minimize their interaction as much as possible.

“Junior Sister Meng, I …”

“It’s alright.” Meng Qi waved her hand, once again preventing Lu Qingran’s words. She then stood up and said to Chu Tianfeng: “Let’s go to the cold pond.” Without the cold pond’s help, Meng Qi wasn’t sure whether she could completely eliminate the poison.

Chu Tianfeng nodded. He stood up in silence, walked behind Meng Qi, and followed her out the door.

“Tianfeng.” Lu Qingran didn’t care that her body was still weak after several days unconscious and stood up. “Is there anything I can help?”

Lu Qingran was indeed beautiful. Even among the countless beauties in Three Thousand Worlds, she was still outstanding. Elegant eyebrows, cherry-colored lips, beautiful nose bridge. Her big eyes were as brilliant as the shining stars. Her petite face was delicate and pretty, like legendary women in ancient paintings. All in one, she was like an immortal fairy. Simply standing there with her pale and small face was enough to emit a fairy-like aura no mortals may have.

Meng Qi strode past Lu Qingran without sparing her a glance, quickly followed by Chu Tianfeng. His expression was a little complicated. This proud and firm Young Master of Fentian Palace was, until a moment ago, an infatuated young man who kept guarding Lu Qingran for several days. But now, as if he had completely forgotten her, he walked past the girl without even took another look. Even when she called his name, he ignored her and quickly followed Meng Qi, leaving the small courtyard behind.

“Master …” Watching the two left one after another, Lu Qingran’s eyes reddened once again. She bit her lower lip and turned to look at Qingfeng Valley’s sect leader: “Is Junior Sister angry at me?”

“Even Tianfeng, is he also angry?”

“It’s alright.” The Sect Leader lovingly stroke Lu Qingran’s head. This was her most valued disciple. She might bring Qingfeng Valley to a higher level in the future, so the Sect Leader had a high expectation for Lu Qingran. “You just wake up. Don’t worry too much and take a few days to rest.”

“Yes.” Lu Qingran obediently nodded.

“Junior Sister is really amazing.” She pondered for a while, then added: “The devil beast that we encountered that day was very strong. Tianfeng was still a Golden Core cultivator and wasn’t the beast’s opponent, yet he stood forward to protect me…” Lu Qingran’s voice gradually became smaller. A trace of shyness flashed across her face, recalling the scene where the young man protected herself with all his might.

“He was injured and poisoned, and the beast was chasing after us. I thought at the time that I could never see master again.” Tears once again rolled down Lu Qingran’s face.

The Sect Leader sighed. She reached out and patted her disciple’s shoulder: “Meng Qi is really only in Qi Condensation stage. I also asked Elder Yan, her medical cultivation is truly still in the second rank.”

“So how did she…?”

“I don’t know.” The Sect Leader shook her head. “Just…” Talking about Meng Qi gave her a headache. “She asked for spirit stones as the payment of curing Fellow Daoist Chu’s poison.”

“Ah? “Lu Qingran opened her eyes in astonishment.

“I don’t know what’s in her mind.” The Sect Leader didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. “If she could cure a poison way above her cultivation level and save the life of Fellow Daoist Chu, such accomplishment cannot be calculated by a mere spirit stone. Yet she still demanded those payments.”

“That… Junior Sister she …” Lu Qingran blinked, “Does she lack money?”

“I don’t know.” The Sect Leader could only smile bitterly, “Even you… You have been unconscious for several days, and our sect’s Heart Cleansing pill was completely useless. It was Meng Qi’s pill that woke you up.”

Lu Qingran was even more surprised.

“It’s okay. You just wake up. These things can be discussed later.” The Sect Leader patted her head again. “But Meng Qi saved Chu Tianfeng and also saved you. Later you shouldn’t say anything that may be regarded as doubting her.”

“Yes.” Lu Qingran nodded. “This disciple won’t be rude to her again.”

“I can’t blame you.” The Sect Leader smiled softly, “You were too concerned about Daoist Chu’s safety, and your worry made you panic.”

“Master……” With a coquettish voice, Lu Qingran fell into her master’s arms. Her star-like eyes shined, and the tall figure of a black-robed young man who stood forward to protect her seemed to have appeared before her once again. Compared with all other male disciples in Qingfeng Valley, he was the most handsome man she ever saw in her whole life. And he was so strong, yet very carefully took care of her. Protected by his arms, although they were facing a frightening devil beast, Lu Qingran felt more bashfulness and excitement rather than fear.

However…

Lu Qingran’s eyes flashed slightly. Although Junior Sister Meng Qi was always looking cold, many male disciples had a crush on her. And now she was so talented that she could even detoxify Chu Tianfeng. Would Tianfeng felt grateful, and thus would also be caring towards her?

…

Meng Qi was unaware of Lu Qingran’s worry. After she left the courtyard, she walked towards the cold pond at the mountain peak without uttering a single word. Although Qingfeng Valley was small, it was still a cultivational sect. Counting all disciples and elders, it had a hundred or so members.

The disciples she met along the way already heard the rumors about this Junior Sister Meng Qi that spread around these days. So at this time, when they saw Meng Qi has been back and then openly coming out from Lu Qingran’s room, many people couldn’t help looking at her curiously. But they immediately saw the Fentian Palace’s Young Master followed behind. Those who are curious and want to see gossip closely watched the two people.

The first to confront them wasn’t Meng Qi, but Chu Tianfeng, who walked behind her. The black-robed young man’s cold eyes arrogantly swept around the people nearby. No disciples in Qingfeng Valley dared to keep staring at them. Although he was injured and poisoned, and even his cultivation was also suppressed, but after all, he was still the young master of Fentian Palace. At his young age, he wasn’t necessarily weaker than their own sect leader.

Everyone who wanted to watch a good show was forced to retreat by Chu Tianfeng. In an instant, their surrounding became quiet.

Without slowing her pace, Meng Qi took another small bamboo slip from her bracelet-shaped storage space. This was the sect’s 《Local Herbs Record》 she borrowed from Elder Yan before she went to gather medicinal plants. Meng Qi also studied this book in her previous life. The bamboo slip recorded the medical properties of various medicinal plants and herbs, written by generations of Qingfeng Valley’s disciples.

After she left Qingfeng Valley in her previous life, Meng Qi met her Master. She learned a lot from that man. Thanks to him, she gradually had the understanding that anything in this world didn’t need to be so strictly divided by grades. So Meng Qi started to pay more attention to low-level medical spells and pills.

When she read this book in the past, she ignored many parts. After rebirth, her contribution score to the sect temporarily wasn’t enough for her to borrow it. Finally, she had enough score, so before she went to collect herbs, Meng Qi checked this book out from the library pavilion and was ready to do more research.

Meng Qi was so immersed that she did not notice the attitude of those other disciples. She didn’t even know that after they left, the disciples who were intimidated by Chu Tianfeng were looking at each other with an astonished face.

Why did they feel that the situation was a bit wrong ah?

Why did they feel that Fentian Palace’s Young Master acted like Meng Qi’s guard?!

They must be daydreaming!

The two people’s walk to the edge of the cold pond was filled with silence. After arriving, Meng Qi put back the《Local Herbs Record》and turned around at Chu Tianfeng: “Take off your clothes.”

Meng Qi still remembered that when she gave him the same instruction yesterday, the man acted very haughtily. He sneered and looked at her with sarcasm and disdain, plus some inexplicable rumination. But now, when she gave a similar sentence, Chu Tianfeng’s face instantly turned red.

Turning away his eyes, he raised his hands to hold his belt: “Ca-can I keep my clothes on?”

Meng Qi: “?????”

This isn’t the first time, why do you look so shy?!