In front of the Tianyan Sect mountain's teleportation array.
Chen Baiqing waited here for a moment before Cui Hao hurried over from a distance.
"Senior Sister, there's no need to be this rushed, right?" Cui Hao's figure swept to Chen Baiqing's side, exhaled, and continued, "You only told Master yesterday—why are we leaving today? And so early too. Did you say goodbye to Master?"
Chen Baiqing shook her head slightly: "I didn't say goodbye, but Master will know."
Hearing this, Cui Hao raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled lightly:
"Are you afraid that if you said goodbye to Master, you wouldn't have the heart to leave?"
"Perhaps."
Chen Baiqing didn't deny it. In her heart, Cui Hao's personality was somewhat rebellious, and occasionally going along with what he said could always reduce the number of things he said that she didn't want to hear.
She pressed: "Is everything packed? Don't forget things halfway—I'm not turning back to get them for you."
Cui Hao smiled lightly, his right hand gently stroking the white jade transparent spiritual treasure long sword at his waist, transformed from Wanban. He raised his head slightly, his expression somewhat spirited:
"Naturally everything is packed. When traveling outside, I can't fail Master's expectations."
Saying this, Cui Hao fiddled with Wanban at his waist again, shaking his head and sighing:
"I'm leaving without saying goodbye to Master either, sharing the same thoughts as Third Senior Sister. Master dotes on me so much, and I respect Master so deeply—I'm afraid if I see Master again, I'll lose the courage to leave."
Hearing Cui Hao's words, Chen Baiqing was somewhat speechless in her heart. This show-off behavior was truly done to an exaggerated extreme. Her expression didn't change, and her tone was indifferent:
"Wanban looks nice, and Master does indeed favor you more. Can we go now?"
"Hey hey." Cui Hao's expression was satisfied. "We can."
Chen Baiqing shook her head slightly and turned to walk into the teleportation array first.
Cui Hao quickly followed, the smile on his face unceasing.
It wasn't in vain that he had spent last night speaking well of Master's spiritual treasure Wanban.
Master's spiritual treasure was truly the best of the best—so good that Cui Hao couldn't quite understand how such a heaven-defying thing could exist.
Moreover, Wanban was extremely aloof.
This thing completely blocked Cui Hao's divine sense exploration. If he tried to force it, a profound dao resonance would teach Cui Hao how to restrain himself.
Cui Hao's communication with Wanban was basically through divine sense to convey meaning. If Wanban changed form or made a movement, that meant agreement. If there was no reaction at all, that meant rejection.
This was also something Cui Hao had figured out after quite a bit of research last night.
Master's Wanban had many form changes—sometimes a brick, sometimes a long sword, and it could even transform into a long blade.
Although Cui Hao couldn't deeply understand its mysteries, he knew that being able to change was enough.
At first, transforming into conventional weapons like long swords was fine. After begging a bit and saying nice things like—"Senior Wanban, please show this junior your divine might"—it would usually transform.
But later, when Cui Hao wanted to transform into weapons that suited his divine abilities, it became difficult. For example, transforming into gauntlets, but with extremely sharp short daggers on them.
The short dagger on the middle finger of the gauntlet had to be long, and obviously long—the kind visible at a glance.
Cui Hao had already imagined that once he struck a pose, without any extra movements, the taunt effect would surely be maxed out.
It belonged to the category where once the fight started, the opponent would already lose a point mentally.
But unfortunately, although Wanban was his master's spiritual treasure, it was indeed more decent than Master.
No matter how much Cui Hao spoke nicely and begged, Wanban was completely unmoved by this plan, even flashing cold light, as if it wanted to educate him first.
Cui Hao didn't dare push too hard.
Thinking carefully, it was definitely because he and Wanban weren't close enough yet. This kind of detailed work naturally needed to be discussed carefully after knowing Wanban longer.
Cui Hao stepped into the teleportation array.
The disciple responsible for operating the spiritual energy array began to activate it.
Spiritual energy condensed, cooperating with the array to tear through space.
Cui Hao reached out and gently stroked Wanban at his waist, his tone gentle and somewhat flattering:
"Senior Wanban, we're about to teleport. If you have any instructions, just move. If you're uncomfortable, remember to tell this junior."
Hearing this, Chen Baiqing also couldn't quite endure it. She turned to look at Cui Hao, seeing him stroking Wanban with a flattering expression.
That flattering look was absolutely genuine.
Chen Baiqing also couldn't understand—was Cui Hao deliberately showing off, or had his brain actually malfunctioned?
He was fine before, so why after obtaining Wanban did he become this foolish?
Could it be that Cui Hao's cultivation was too low to operate Master's spiritual treasure? Otherwise, would it affect his brain?
If that were truly the case, Master wouldn't have given Wanban to Cui Hao.
Chen Baiqing took a light breath and still didn't ask more—brains were personal, and probing Cui Hao's thoughts might itself be a stupid thing.
The teleportation array activated.
Spiritual light blocked all vision, everything turning blue and white.
The flow of time instantly became confused, and the surrounding spiritual pressure condensed and grew heavy.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Spiritual energy returned to normal, and the blue-white light slowly dissipated.
A ray of sunlight shone down.
But the scene before them had completely changed. The disciple operating the array beside them wasn't wearing Tianyan Sect disciple robes, but Xuanqing Heavenly Sect robes.
The architecture here was no longer the Tianyan Sect's golden splendor, but elegant blue-and-white mysterious tones.
Completely different architectural styles, also representing the two sects' completely different approaches to handling matters.
Outside the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect's teleportation array,
a cultivator wearing Xuanqing Heavenly Sect elder robes had been waiting early.
Seeing the two land, the elder's face broke into a smile, and he walked forward, bowing:
"I've been waiting for you both. Did everything go smoothly?"
Chen Baiqing returned the bow: "Sorry to trouble you, Senior."
The elder smiled lightly in reply: "No trouble at all—it's all within my duties."
Chen Baiqing glanced sideways at Cui Hao. This kind of greeting matter should have been Cui Hao's specialty—why wasn't he taking initiative this time?
Her gaze just turned.
She saw Cui Hao still looking down, stroking his sword, his tone still that same flattery:
"Senior Wanban, are you well? Any discomfort?"
Chen Baiqing coughed lightly, her gaze sharp toward Cui Hao—at least be a disciple of Master, why do you have to lose face all the way at the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect?
Cui Hao looked up, meeting Chen Baiqing's gaze, and quickly put on a smile. Just as he was about to speak,
the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect elder walked over quickly, his gaze uncertain and puzzled, looking at the ground to Cui Hao's right.
Cui Hao was stunned, then subconsciously looked.
Chen Baiqing was also slightly puzzled.
The elder hesitated for a moment, then still bowed slightly:
"Senior Wanban? Could you reveal your form?"
Now the whole world knew Chu Xingchen was Heaven's chosen Child of Fortune, let alone the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect, which had once received Heaven's mandate.
Although he was at Mahayana cultivation, there might still be Tribulation Transcendence or other existences he couldn't perceive.
Chu Xingchen was protective, and it wasn't impossible for him to have an extra Tribulation Transcendence cultivator as a guardian by his side.
After all, True Immortal Bai Xuanling had also put the word out that she was Chu Xingchen's guardian.
Cui Hao was also Chu Xingchen's disciple—someone he could call "senior" couldn't be some simple cultivator, could they?
Chen Baiqing glared at Cui Hao—look at the mess you've made!
Cui Hao, facing Chen Baiqing's angry gaze and the Xuanqing Heavenly Sect elder's eager and puzzled gaze,
opened his mouth to speak…
but didn't know what to say to avoid getting beaten…
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