Wang Yue, who had just been sent out, had returned. Liu Qingshi, who went down the mountain with Wang Hengliang and Xu Jin, ca back alone. The first thing the sect leader did when he sensed the returning presence and rushed out was to let out a sigh of relief.
Currently, aside from those three, the sect basically had no first-rate experts. Although an old ancestor had broken through to the Grandmaster realm, the ancestor was, after all, just an ancestor. He was old, not a new disciple or the sect leader who had made the breakthrough.
If there truly had been an expert with a great commanding presence, like the one Liu Qingshi had revealed upon his return, the Green Pine Sect would indeed be in danger.
Fortunately, this was not the case.
But likewise, they could not help but worry.
One needs to know, Wang Yue had gone down the mountain with as many as twenty first-rate experts. That was the entire reserve the Green Pine Sect had accumulated over many years of peaceful cultivation. How could it be that he had just gone down the mountain for a short ti and returned alone?
And also Liu Qingshi, who went down with Wang Hengliang and Xu Jin, why did he co back alone as well?
One needs to understand why Wang Hengliang was known as the "face" of the Green Pine Sect. It was because he had the best aptitude and was the strongest in combat among those of the sa cultivation level. That was why he was called the "face" and was chosen to protect Li Ming.
As for Xu Jin, he was even Li Ming’s personal master. Now that Liu Qingshi, who was supposed to be accompanying Li Ming in Capital City, had returned alone, and both the strongest in battle and Li Ming’s closest Xu Jin had not co back, how could they not be worried?
Could it be that the disciple, now the top scholar of the Imperial examinations and having been conferred the title of Earl of the Bureau of Military Affairs by the Emperor himself, had t with so mishap?
Had enemies pursued them to the foot of the mountain and Wang Yue’s disciples, without having t Li Ming, engaged with the enemies in battle below?
Under the imnse pressure, the elder responsible for the transmission of teachings and the sect leader’s faces beca imdiately grave upon leaping up. Even before landing, the elder tasked with enforcent asked urgently, "Why have you two co back?"
The most impatient elder tasked with enforcent spoke up. The more composed elder responsible for the transmission of teachings didn’t speak, but stood solemnly with the sect leader Yun Qingsong, watching Liu Qingshi and Wang Yue, who were rushing back on their way to the sect’s gate while urgently employing their movent techniques.
"Reporting to the elders and sect leader, Qingshi especially brought back Elder Brother Wang Yue to deliver a ssage," Liu Qingshi said, wearing a smile as he saluted the three seniors before speaking sincerely.
"Deliver a ssage? What ssage?"
Hearing that Liu Qingshi had indeed co to deliver a ssage, the gaze of Sect Leader Yun Qingsong, the elder tasked with enforcent, and the elder responsible for the transmission of teachings, tensed further, prompting Yun Qingsong to quickly ask.
"Junior brother, stop talking. Let say it," Wang Yue, who understood the situation of the sect better, saw how Liu Qingshi’s words had frightened the sect leader and the two elders not lightly and couldn’t help but interject exasperatedly. After seeing Liu Qingshi pause, he hurriedly continued, "Sect leader, elders, Junior Brother Liu has co back with my nephew Li Ming."
Hearing this, Sect Leader Yun Qingsong and the elders responsible for enforcent and transmission of teachings breathed a slight sigh of relief.
"Wang Hengliang and Xu Jin continued to follow my nephew Li Ming’s convoy into the city. The twenty disciples I brought are also with them, protecting the convoy," Wang Yue continued.
Upon hearing this, the sect leader and the two elders completely relaxed.
"During the journey back with my nephew, we encountered several powerful assassins. For safety’s sake, Li Ming requested Junior Brother Liu and to ask Grandmaster Feng Jianming to co down from the mountain to heal injuries sustained during cultivation."
Wang Yue spoke again, prompting the three n to raise their eyebrows, now relaxed, and Sect Leader Yun Qingsong couldn’t help but ask, "What do you an?"
"Sect leader, my brother has already spoken of Grandmaster Feng Jianming, our Great Grandmaster Elder. We happened to bring back sothing that can heal the Great Grandmaster Elder’s injuries. Upon hearing about the Grandmaster Elder, my nephew Li Ming urgently had and Wang Yue rush back to request that the Grandmaster Elder descend from the mountain," Liu Qingshi explained, now understanding the situation and contemplating the difficulties faced by the sect. But then he thought, in this world, is there any ambition that does not face adversity?
With this thought, he relaxed and then, regaining his seriousness, he urgently spoke up.
"The healing of injuries you ntioned, does it an sothing that can help the Grandmaster Elder recover his foundation and make a successful breakthrough to a proper Grandmaster realm?"
Hearing Liu Qingshi’s words, Sect Leader Yun Qingsong frowned earnestly and asked seriously.
"Yes, sect leader," Liu Qingshi affird.
"Resources that can allow a Grandmaster to replenish his foundation and make further breakthroughs are extraordinarily precious. How did you co by them?"
Hearing Liu Qingshi, the hearts of Sect Leader Yun Qingsong, the elder responsible for transmission of teachings, and the elder tasked with enforcent leapt with joy, but the inherently more cautious transmission of teachings elder couldn’t help but ask.
"The nephew Li Ming achieved great rits in Capital City. It was a reward from Emperor Jianming," Liu Qingshi said with a smile, and while speaking, his mana surged, prompting him to say with a smile, "Sect leader, elders, feel my ’true energy’."
"Oh, I almost forgot, how did you cultivate such a refined mana?"
Once again feeling Liu Qingshi’s mana, Sect Leader Yun Qingsong revealed a smile and couldn’t help but ask.
The elders responsible for transmission of teachings and enforcent also nodded, internally chiding themselves for having overlooked the fact that Liu Qingshi was the first to release his presence amidst their initial tension.
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