Reunion of Friends (I)
The Apricot Forest was engulfed in silence, with only the sound of wind blowing over the leaves. As if they were dancing, the verdant and tall apricot trees made rustling sounds as their branches swayed along with the wind.
“What…happens?” ng Qi asked dumbfoundedly. She looked around, and her gaze finally fell on Sikong Xing.
Just now, did Xingxing say that they saw her?
What exactly did they see?
Before Sikong Xing had ti to explain, one of the elders of the dical Society Alliance suddenly jumped from the peak and rushed towards ng Qi. He quickly arrived in front of the two girls and said with a smile: “Young Daoist ng Qi has returned safely, and everyone surely has many questions.” He paused, looked around, and then said again: “But what she needs most now is a rest.” The elder looked at ng Qi with a cordial smile: “Young Daoist doesn’t need to worry. Take a rest first, and anything others can be done later.”
“Thank you, elder.” ng Qi bowed politely.
“Go.” The elder smiled and nodded. “Young Daoist ng and that Ji Wujiong broke through the Grand Tournant barrier in twelve days just with the two of you. This is sothing unheard of, even for us old n. There are many questions we want to ask you, however…” The elder’s gaze moved around. There was a warning in his eyes: “When Young Daoist ng Qi is resting, no one is allowed to disturb her without permission.”
“Thank you, Elder.” ng Qi bowed once again. In fact, she was not tired at all. But when she looked at the surrounding crowd and felt countless gazes falling on her, she decided to accept the elder’s help and leave this place as soon as possible.
“ng Qiqi, you really need to take a good rest!” Sikong Xing said. Without giving ng Qi a chance to argue, she held her arm affectionately and walked towards the entrance. “You were gone for more than ten days. I was worried to death! Fortunately, you return safely.”
While babbling, Sikong Xing walked out of the crowd with ng Qi. The crowd was composed of dical cultivators who attended the dical Cultivator Conference. Seeing Sikong Xing and ng Qi approaching, they spontaneously opened a path so the two could leave unimpeded.
“Fellow Daoist ng.” A dical cultivator who stood in the forefront, the one who took the first initiative to open the way, bowed towards ng Qi.
ng Qi quickly returned the bow, feeling a bit shocked. Many cultivators ca to participate in the conference, but almost all were of the Golden Core stage and above. It wasn’t exaggerating to say that people here were the dical elites of Three Thousand Worlds. In the eyes of these people, a small cultivator like ng Qi, who had just barely ford her golden core, should be a nobody. But when she was walking all the way to the entrance of Apricot Forest, those cultivators all politely bowed to her.
ng Qi earnestly returned the courtesy one by one. Until she finally walked out of the crowd, she was still a bit stunned.
“ng Qiqi?” Seeing her stopping, Sikong Xing asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Nothing.” ng Qi shook her head and smiled, “It was only twelve days, but it felt like a lifeti ago.”
“You have no idea!” Sikong Xing took ng Qi by the arm. She was taller between the two, yet she buried her head against ng Qi’s shoulder and muttered in a low voice: “When you were gone, one day felt like a year! No, even a decade! We waited here very anxiously!”
“ng Qiqi.” Before ng Qi could react, Chu Tianfeng’s voice ca from behind. The Young Palace Master of Fentian Palace, whom she hadn’t seen for one month, had already strode to her side without waiting for her to turn around: “Let’s go back to the inn first.”
As Chu Tianfeng’s words fell, Qin Xiumo had also stood by ng Qi’s other side.
Su Junmo followed a few steps behind, walking side by side with the smiling Xue Jinwen. “You aren’t going back to Xue clan?” He asked her.
“No.” Smiling leisurely, Xue Jinwen raised her hand and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear: “When I made a move and attacked the barrier with you guys earlier, I had made up my mind to never go back again.”
Su Junmo stopped asking, and Xue Jinwen didn’t explain more. Her eyes fell on Sikong Xing, who was still busy talking to ng Qi. The girl’s eyes were full of smiles, and her face shone with happiness. The two girls were actually the polar opposite. Sikong Xing was bright and easygoing. Like her favorite red clothes, her personality was as passionate as fire. In contrast, ng Qi was slightly cold and calm. Clad in a green robe, she reminded people of pine or young bamboo. Yet, the two could beco close friends, probably because they both lived freely and never turned themselves from their beliefs.
How great!
…
The group quickly returned to Ruyi Inn, where ng Qi and the others previously lived. After Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo arrived, they also rented the courtyard next door. Six young people of different backgrounds gathered in the courtyard where ng Qi, Sikong Xing, and Su Junmo lived.
Under the big tree in the courtyard, ng Qi and Sikong Xing sat on a stone bench, with Xue Jinwen sitting opposite them. As for the three n, they all remained standing. Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo seed to gain a tacit understanding, and they both stood side by side next to the trunk of the big tree. Su Junmo, who stood behind Sikong Xing, seed to want to say sothing several tis, but always stopped himself in ti. He was actually extrely curious about Ji Wujiong. Still, after a second thought, he held back his curiosity for the ti being and let Sikong Xing inform ng Qi about everything that happened during the past twelve days.
Sikong Xing began to tell their side of the story, and finally reached the part when they got the news and rushed to Apricot Forest: “ng Qiqi, there is a rumor spreading in the four realms, saying that during the dical cultivator decennial trial practice, a Foundation Establishnt dical cultivator and a mysterious black-robed young man led a handful of spell and sword cultivators and successfully defeated a cultivator of the second realm of the Spirit Severing stage.”
“You an Tengshe Sect Leader?” ng Qi was startled. She didn’t expect it.
“Yes!” Sikong Xing slapped the table, “It’s him.”
“Wait…” ng Qi was a little confused, “The rumor is spreading in the four realms?”
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