"Ninth Senior Brother, I won't allow you to slander Chu Senior Brother!"
Yu Qingtan looked at the newcor, speaking with her neck craned.
This person was Xu Kexin's Ninth Senior Brother, the Real Person Wang Baoqiang, a Golden Core early-stage cultivator, a Third Stage artifact refiner.
Xu Kexin, being the group pet of the brothers and sisters, although she was mostly infatuated with the path of artifact refining, naturally, there were those who had feelings for her of a romantic nature, the most typical being this Ninth Senior Brother. However, Xu Kexin didn't fancy him, and she hadn't outright rejected him either.
He hadn't confessed his feelings, so Xu Kexin just considered it as affectionate care from a Senior Brother to a Junior Sister.
When Yu Qingtan went out today, she had specifically made herself presentable and hadn't avoided anyone; so disciples from the artifact peak had seen her. She hadn't expected Real Person Baoqiang to take so long to find her here.
"Junior Sister, it's said that Chu Yu has had dalliances with many female disciples within the sect. He's just playing with your feelings; don't be deceived by him!"
Real Person Baoqiang said anxiously.
"Hmph, utter nonsense, a baseless slander—re rumors. Do you have any evidence? My affection for Kexin is genuine; how dare you taint it with your words?"
Chu Yu spoke righteously, causing Yu Qingtan to blush and look down, too shy to et his gaze.
"Junior Sister, he's just lusting after your body. Going with him to Disaster Crossing Peak is like a lamb entering the tiger's den," said the red-faced Real Person Baoqiang directly.
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingtan held back her shyness, lifted her head, and looked at Chu Yu with so doubt in her eyes.
Chu Yu was inwardly annoyed by this eyesore but said, "How crude and vulgar you are. My interactions with Kexin have always been driven by pure feelings and kept within the bounds of propriety. Today, I simply extended an invitation for a visit to Disaster Crossing Peak. It's clearly you who harbors sordid thoughts.
"You, you…"
Real Person Baoqiang was so angry he couldn't find the words to reply.
"Enough, Ninth Senior Brother, I believe Chu Senior Brother. He will swear not to force
into anything, right, Chu Senior Brother?"
Yu Qingtan said, looking intently at Chu Yu.
"Of course, I, Chu Yu, swear never to force Junior Sister Xu Kexin into doing anything against her will."
Chu Yu was even more annoyed inside, but he had no choice but to take the oath at this mont. He was confident in winning Xu Kexin's willing heart; it would just require a bit more effort.
"Ninth Senior Brother, you see? Brother Yu has made a vow. You can go back now," Yu Qingtan said, her way of addressing him having changed, essentially dismissing the utility man to leave.
Helpless, Real Person Baoqiang glared fiercely at Chu Yu and departed unwillingly as a streak of escape light.
Yu Qingtan then boarded Chu Yu's flying boat, heading for Disaster Crossing Peak.
Disaster Crossing Peak was established by the Calamity Crossing Venerable after he ford his nascent soul, separating it from the Six Desires Peak belonging to the Six Desires Venerable, and embarking on his own, located in the central region.
Compared to the artifact peak, Disaster Crossing Peak seed more desolate, with very little vegetation.
Chu Yu landed with Yu Qingtan at a plaza near the summit of the mountain and then continued upward. Using the Identity Jade, he opened a gap in the Protective Array and entered the peak's top—the core area of Disaster Crossing Peak.
"Kexin, look, that's our Disaster Crossing Peak's Nine Calamities Pagoda, and over there is our Cleansing Calamity Pool…"
Chu Yu, accompanied by Yu Qingtan disguised as "Xu Kexin," toured the place and introduced various sights.
Despite Disaster Crossing Peak's desolation, its summit indeed featured a unique and marvelous landscape, possessing a distinct beauty.
The Nine Calamities consist of disease, imprisonnt, ard conflict, drifting on water, fire, poisoning, crushing burdens, fright, and cold and hunger—in short, nine kinds of calamities.
The Path of Calamity cultivated by the Calamity Crossing Venerable involves passing through, transforming, and then refining these Nine Calamities.
The Path of Calamity is a difficult doctrine to comprehend. None of the three personal disciples of the Calamity Crossing Venerable have formally started practicing the Path of Calamity.
The eldest disciple Xiao Yan was first cultivating the Path of Fire and was currently not at Disaster Crossing Peak; the second disciple Chu Yu, started with the Path of Water; the third disciple Ru Yao hadn't begun to comprehend the Dao before she perished at the hands of Yu Qingtan.
"Kexin, that is where our master cultivates. We shouldn't get too close!"
Chu Yu gestured towards a distant hall, introducing it through transmitted voice.
"Brother Yu, I heard that Venerable Calamity Crossing brought back a woman and has been wholeheartedly nurturing her. Is it true?"
Yu Qingtan asked in the sa manner.
"It's true. Master holds her in high esteem. She has been kept in a side hall next to the cultivation hall, and I've only seen her once."
"I see!"
Yu Qingtan glanced deeply at the hall.
"Has Venerable Calamity Crossing always been in secluded cultivation at Disaster Crossing Peak?"
Afterward, Yu Qingtan casually inquired further.
"Yes. Ever since Master brought that woman back, he has been in secluded cultivation within the peak, and he didn't even erge when my junior sister t her demise."
"I've also heard about this. Was it an accident in the Myriad Beasts Secret Realm?"
"Yes, what a pity."
The two chatted while touring the entirety of Disaster Crossing Peak, and Yu Qingtan was even invited by Chu Yu to sit in his cultivation cave for a short ti.
It was indeed a short visit, as Yu Qingtan soon found an excuse to leave, and Chu Yu, the perfect gentleman, escorted her back to the Artifact Peak.
The moon was rising over the willows.
In Xu Kexin's cultivation cave, Yu Qingtan's figure vanished, and almost imdiately, she quietly appeared in an inconspicuous corner of the summit of Disaster Crossing Peak.
Upon appearing, she employed the Invisibility Technique and Breath-Concealing Technique, and donned a set of black clothing.
Then, she used the Earth Escape Skill to move stealthily towards the cultivation hall of Venerable Calamity Crossing.
Because the entire peak summit was guarded by a Fourth Stage Great Array, the cultivation hall was protected only by a simple Second Stage alert Protective Array.
Yu Qingtan, from beneath the ground, observed through her Biqing Spiritual Eyes and quickly detected a weak spiritual power aura. Using a Second Stage Array Breaking Talisman, she made a small hole in the Formation and climbed through.
This was a simply decorated room, and through the bed curtains of a pink ivory bed, a human figure could vaguely be seen.
"Wanning!"
With an excited heart, Yu Qingtan moved under the bed and quietly waited.
Shen Wanning was cultivating, and to disturb her rashly might cause her injury.
About an hour later, Shen Wanning finished her cultivation and opened her eyes.
Then, soone covered her mouth with a hand.
"Wanning, it's ! Be quiet, let's communicate through transmitted voice,"
A familiar voice echoed in her mind, it was Yu Qingtan who had employed the Wood Escape Technique to get onto the bed.
Shen Wanning couldn't help but let tears escape her eyes.
"Qing Tan, why are you here? The Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel often checks here with his Divine Sense. You must leave quickly!"
Shen Wanning's voice appeared in Yu Qingtan's mind. At such close range, Shen Wanning could reply directly based on the direction of the transmitted voice.
"Wanning, I've co to rescue you."
Yu Qingtan released her hand, and Shen Wanning turned her head to look but saw no one. Even her Divine Sense scanning revealed nothing unusual.
Understanding that Yu Qingtan possessed excellent techniques of invisibility and breath concealnt, Shen Wanning used the Cleansing Spell to wipe the tears from her face and pretended as if nothing had happened while continuing through transmitted voice, "Qing Tan, it's useless. The Calamity Crossing Old Scoundrel has placed a special Soul Constraint on . If he can't find
within ten days, it will automatically trigger, causing my soul to be utterly destroyed. Additionally, he has tracing thods on , I can't escape. Qing Tan, please go!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Qingtan's heart sank.
Indeed, the worst-case scenario had occurred.
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