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

Sikong Xing was totally confused. Su Junmo was still okay. Although he himself wasn’t proficient in arrays, he had followed the Lord for a long time and learned quite a lot in passing, so he could understand what Meng Qi just said.

Precisely because he understood, Su Junmo heart beating uncomfortably, and he asked worriedly: “Do you think the person who poisoned Xue Lingfeng is so powerful?”

What Su Junmo actually wanted to ask was: Is the enemy better than the Lord?

In Su Junmo’s view, Meng Qi’s mastery in arrays was top notch. After all, she could even use the high-ranking arrays exclusive to the celestial demon white tiger clan. As far as he could see, Meng Qi must be taught by the Lord himself.

“Very powerful.” Meng Qi nodded.

Su Junmo “…”

He pondered for a while, and then asked again: “Is it overkill to use such a method to a little girl like Xue Lingfeng?”

“Yeah.” Meng Qi nodded again. Her hand was hanging on one side. Her fingers constantly fidgeted while her mind moved quickly. She had never seen this array before, nor did she had any idea of it beforehand. However, it seemed to open the door to a world she had never known before.

This method was so clever. Since it could be used to seal poison, it should also work on the medicine used for healing treatment.

Meng Qi raised her head slightly. But what exactly was that array? It could be drawn on a person’s body and could draw spiritual aura directly from a person to sustain its effect.

Meng Qi pondered silently. If not because Su Junmo had been rude to Xue clan’s elder for her sake, she even wanted to go back to study the array on Xue Lingfeng’s back.

“…So whoever this person is, they are a despicable villain who hides in the dark and only dares to pick a little girl to bully!” Su Junmo muttered furiously. “The Medical Cultivator Conference is here, when many famous cultivators come to gather at Xingluo City. Not to mention the Pavilion Master of Xingluo Pavilion. If they really want to pick someone, they can choose Pei Mufeng, Xue Chengxuan, or other cultivators. It’s too despicable to do such a thing to a little girl.”

“Su Junmo, do you like that little Xue girl?” Sikong Xing asked suddenly.

“…What nonsense are you talking about?!” Su Junmo was taken aback, “How could I like her?!”

“Humph!” Sikong Xing snorted softly, “Look at the way you get angry for her sake. She also called you ‘Brother Su’ so intimately. You still say you don’t like her!”

“Nonsense!” Su Junmo laughed angrily. “Xue Lingfeng is just a little girl. I have no such a feeling to her.”

Meng Qi had long been used to their quarrels. Although noisy voices came in and out of her ears, she was not affected at all.

…

As soon as they arrived at their courtyard in Ruyi Inn, Meng Qi quickly returned to her room and closed the door. She released Xiao Qi from the beast house first, then took out a piece of bamboo slip and began to record everything that happened tonight. Finished, she took out another piece of paper and drew the array she saw on Xue Lingfeng’s back.

What is this?

Meng Qi’s memory was excellent. Basically, she perfectly remembered anything her Master taught her. Even a few arrays which she still couldn’t use temporarily, Meng Qi still learned their names and appearances.

But it seemed that her study was still far from enough.

Meng Qi’s fingers tapped on the table unconsciously.

Xiao Qi lay on the bed alone. But even after a long time, Meng Qi didn’t show the signs to rest. She was sitting at the table, her back facing the bed. There was a lamp on the table, exuding a bright white light that outlined Meng Qi’s slender figure.

A blue robe tied by a belt and black hair rolled up in a simple manner. Obviously looked so simple and ordinary, but Xiao Qi stared at her back figure for a while. An unknown feeling nagged his heart constantly—a feeling he never had before.

The little white tiger waited for a while. Seeing that Meng Qi still didn’t intend to rest, he suddenly jumped off the bed. The paw that had been completely healed quietly landed on the floor, then he walked towards Meng Qi silently.

“Huh?” Meng Qi suddenly saw a black shadow flickered from behind, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Xiao Qi landed lightly on the table. She reflexively reached out to hold his previously injured front paw. The fluffy little paw was totally clean, without any stains of blood, and the wound had also healed with no trace. His white fur had become soft and shiny again, so fluffy and cute.

Unable to hold back, Meng Qi gently squeezed Xiao Qi’s paw several times.

Xiao Qi “…”

“You go to sleep first.” Meng Qi loosened Xiao Qi’s paws. She then began to stroke his fluffy little head and squeezed his ears. Afterward, she retracted her hand and turned her gaze back to the paper on the table.

Xiao Qi “…”

He took a step forward, and his front paws stepped on the paper with an array drawn on it. It was only Four Orders and Four Seasons Array, but she thought about it so much that she neglected her sleep. Did she want to keep staring at this thing?

Xiao Qi’s eyes flickered.

He could actually teach Meng Qi that this array was nothing remarkable. She could even use the Four Poles Great Array and the white tiger clan’s star array. This Four Orders and Four Seasons Array was effortless for her. If she knew a little, she would understand that whoever used this array hadn’t even touched the threshold of the array mastery.

Just a small shrimp!

He had to think of a way to teach her…

“Huh?” Meng Qi saw Xiao Qi’s paw was on the paper, and quickly pulled it away. She softly reprimanded the little guy: “Don’t make trouble.”

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She pushed Xiao Qi a little further away and smoothed the paper on the table before stroking his head gently: “Xiao Qi, be good. Go to bed first.”

Meng Qi already had some ideas. When Master taught her the Four Poles Great Array, he once said that learning array was similar to learning medical cultivation. Once a person mastered the core of an array’s basic form, they could utilize thousands of its iterations at will. In the same way, there were similarities between many seemingly different arrays. Although she didn’t see the full form of the array on Xue Lingfeng’s back, it shouldn’t differ too much.

Meng Qi rested her cheek on her hand, immersed in her thoughts. In fact, the best way to treat Xue Lingfeng was to understand how the array on her body worked.

However…

Meng Qi felt very itchy. But she knew that she couldn’t go back and intervene with this matter. Xue Clan naturally had a way to cure Xue Lingfeng, and they didn’t trust or welcome her. Su Junmo and Sikong Xing also offended Xue Clan’s elder to protect her.

She couldn’t go there anymore!

Meng Qi clenched her hands repeatedly, trying hard to suppress this itchy feeling.

Huh?!

She stood up suddenly. Besides Xue Lingfeng, wasn’t there another injured cultivator?

Meng Qi smacked her forehead. Why did she forget about it?!

It was said that this person’s condition was similar to Xue Lingfeng. Since she couldn’t go to the Xue Clan, she could still see this other injured cultivator.

Meng Qi’s mood instantly rose up. She happily put away the paper on the table.

“Xiao Qi, I’m going to find Pei Mufeng.” She smiled and rubbed Xiao Qi’s head, “You should go back to the beast house first.” Without waiting for Xiao Qi to react, Meng Qi quickly picked up his little body, shoved him into the beast house, put it into her storage space, and walked quickly towards the door.

Xiao Qi “…”

Lying inside the beast house, a cold light flashed in his azure blue eyes.

She is so happy?

She no longer wants to study the array?

Xiao Qi rarely saw Meng Qi showed such an obvious emotion. Happiness was written all over her face. Even when she finally bought the Blazing Feather and healed his wound, Meng Qi didn’t look as happy as she was now. The only time he ever saw Meng Qi’s mood changed as abruptly was the last time she was drunk, when she cried in front of him at Beyond The Heaven.

At that time, even spirit stones couldn’t coax her.

…

Meng Qi quickly walked out. She first went to Sikong Xing’s room: “Sikong Xing.”

After knocking twice, Sikong Xing quickly opened the door.

“Sikong Xing, I want to find Pavilion Master Pei. Can you please come with me?” Meng Qi asked.

“Of course!” Sikong Xing stepped forward and held Meng Qi’s arm affectionately, “I will accompany you wherever you want to go.”

“Thank you.” Meng Qi smiled slightly. Two shallow dimples appeared on her cheeks. “Let’s go.”

Meng Qi knew her cultivation base was not high. Although Xingluo Pavilion was in charge of Xingluo City’s safety, she preferred to be careful than sorry.

“You don’t call Su Junmo?” Sikong Xing pointed to another door. As soon as she finished speaking, the door opened, and Su Junmo rushed out, “Where are you going? Take me!”

So the group of three went out together. At this time, the night was deep, and the city had fallen into sleep. The streets were quiet. Only lanterns that hadn’t been put off gave a faint light on the way.

“Did Pavilion Master Pei say that he will stay in the city tonight?” Meng Qi asked.

“Are you going to find Pei Mufeng?” Su Junmo was startled. They were now walking towards Xingluo Pavilion’s courtyard in the city.

Su Junmo couldn’t help but pursed his mouth.

Isn’t it a bad idea? Meng Qi, she…isn’t she the Lord’s woman?

“Yeah.” Meng Qi nodded, “Didn’t Pavilion Master Pei just say that there is another cultivator who was also injured like Miss Xue? I want to see this person.”

“Oh.” Su Junmo scolded himself for jumping off conclusion so rashly. How could Meng Qiqi found another man? She isn’t that kind of person!

The courtyard Xingluo Pavilion’s members used as their base in the city was also located in the eastern district. Because two medical cultivators were injured in a row, the people there were still busy late at night.

Pei Mufeng received the disciple’s report and quickly greeted Meng Qi’s group personally.

“Meng Qi?” He greeted Su Junmo and Sikong Xing in a hurry, then walked towards Meng Qi, “What happened?”

“You said before that there is another person who was poisoned like Miss Xue. I want to see this person.” Meng Qi answered.

“I see.” Pei Mufeng nodded, “I’ll take you there.”

He turned around and whispered a few words to the disciples guarding the courtyard’s gate, and then said to Meng Qi and the others, “Let’s go.”

Pei Mufeng didn’t even ask a single question. It seemed that for him, it was just a matter of course for Meng Qi to suddenly appear here in the middle of the night and asked to see the injured cultivator.

“That cultivator was a disciple of the Southern Realm’s Canglang Academy, a large medical sect. He is in the Golden Core’s seventh realm, and his cultivation level is similar to Xue Lingfeng. After being poisoned, he was found in a coma just outside the inn where Canglang Academy’s contingent resided. This person is the most beloved disciple of Sheng Zhengheng, the sect leader of Canglang Academy. Sect Leader Sheng was furious and suspected this to be the foul play from another sect from the Southern Realm who is in the odd with them. So, what you and Miss Sikong saw outside the city gate today was the dispute between these two sects.”

Meng Qi nodded.

Pei Mufeng said so many things in one breath, clarifying the cause and effect. He still didn’t ask Meng Qi why she was coming here and quickly walked to another inn with her group.

“We are here.” Pei Mufeng said. He briefly talked to the Canglang Academy disciples who were guarding the gate, and led Meng Qi and the others into the inn.

The leader of Canglang Academy and his injured disciple lived in an independent courtyard in the inn. Hearing the disciple report of Pei Mufeng’s coming, Shen Zhengheng greeted him personally.

“Pavilion Master Pei.” He cupped his hands to Pei Mufeng. “Have you find anything?”

“These three are Su Junmo, Sikong Xing, and Meng Qi.” Pei Mufeng briefly introduced the three to Shen Zhengheng and finally pointed to Meng Qi. “Meng Qi is also a medical cultivator. She wants to see the injured disciple of your sect.” Pei Mufeng added, “Meng Qi is my friend.”