The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

At this moment, a message came from the Token. It was from his master, Mo Xingjian.

[Today’s events are rather suspicious. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that he staged this to clear his own name. As of now, there is no evidence to prove he is not Gao Xuan.]

[Of course, as your master, I believe you really heard something from that blood-stained stone. But the Sect Leader, as the head of the family, cannot be so arbitrary. Everything must be based on evidence, especially when it concerns someone as important as the peak leader.]

Zhou Qing understood as he read the message from his master.

From the beginning to the end, it was all based on his words alone, which was indeed questionable in credibility.

Yet the Sect Leader and others had to take it seriously. If it was a misunderstanding, it would be fine. But if it was true, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Over the years, Gao Xuan had been involved in many secretive affairs within the sect. Every plan, executed or not, would have to be scrapped and redone.

Not only that, they would also have to find out all the arrangements and plans Gao Xuan had made against the Taiqing Sect, which would be really troublesome.

After Zhou Qing sent the message to reassure his master, another message came from Mo Xingjian.

[I have two things to tell you. First, Supreme Elder Duanmu Shu tried to retrieve an item from the Pocket World to assess Gao Xuan, but failed miserably and got seriously injured.]

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was greatly shocked.

How could someone as powerful as the Supreme Elder, who was the pinnacle of combat power in Taiqing Sect, get injured in there?

It had only been a day. In contrast, the Second Grandfather had spent countless years in there.

Before Zhou Qing could recover from his shock, a second message from Mo Xingjian followed.

[The Deputy Director of the Spirit Field Department who attacked you today had self-destructed before the Sect Leader could escort him to the Precepts Hall for interrogation.]

Zhou Qing’s face turned exceedingly grim.

[In short, keep acting as usual. Eat and drink like normal, giving the impression that the crisis has temporarily subsided. We need to give the other spies a chance, right? Don’t worry, someone will protect you in secret.]

Zhou Qing smiled bitterly, realizing he was being used as bait.

However, it was also a way. Prolonged pain was worse than short pain.

Instead of being on edge all the time, it would be better to lure out a few and strike fear into the others.

Afterwards, even if someone wanted to target him, they would have to think twice about whether they could survive the encounter.

"Understood, Master!" Zhou Qing sent the message back.

After a while, Mo Xingjian transmitted another message, "Thank you for your hard work!"

"It’s not hard at all, Master. As long as one is a member of Taiqing Sect in life and a ghost of Taiqing Sect in death, it’s our duty to resolve the sect’s troubles. I do, however, wonder if there are some top-grade spirit stones to calm my nerves?"

"Master, are you still listening? Mid-grade will do too."

"Master? Old Mo?"

...

The next morning, Zhou Qing was awakened by a slight bumping sound. He yawned and, still drowsy, opened the window to see a pink paper crane repeatedly bumping against the Barrier.

After rubbing his eyes and confirming it was harmless, he gently waved his hand to let it in.

As soon as it landed in front of the window, the paper crane started talking.

"Brother Zhou, why haven’t you added me as a friend? Yaoyao just wants to check on you without any other intention. By the way, this is a Sound Transmission Crane. Once it turns blue, whatever you say will be recorded, and I’ll hear it when it flies back."

Lu Yaoyao’s voice came from within.

Zhou Qing blinked and carefully examined the paper crane.

Hey, this is pretty interesting. In all his years in the sect, it was the first time he had seen such a novel item.

Indeed, just a few seconds later, the paper crane turned from pink to sky blue.

Thinking for a moment, Zhou Qing grinned, grabbed his old hen, and placed it in front of the paper crane, sprinkling a bit of spirit stone powder in front.

The old hen immediately pecked at it.

Within a few breaths, the paper crane flapped its wings and flew away.

"No wonder you’re the Sect Leader’s precious disciple. You have all kinds of good stuff. I better keep a low profile and stay away from you!"

Zhou Qing muttered to himself, and when he turned around, he noticed a spirit egg next to the henhouse.

He was overjoyed and hugged the old hen, giving it a kiss.

"Good job, hen. Once I absorb it, I’ll return the eggshell to you. You can eat it, and we’ll complete a perfect cycle!"

Zhou Qing was thrilled. After several experiments, it was confirmed that after consuming lower-grade spirit stones, a spirit egg would appear in about seven or eight days, with a high purity.

He wondered what unpredictable effects would occur if he used mid-grade or top-grade spirit stones?

Zhou Qing hadn’t tried it, and he didn’t dare to. The risk was too high. Besides, he traded all the good stuff for that Broken Sword.

Speaking of the Broken Sword, Zhou Qing quickly put down the hen and took it out to perform today’s Daily Reflection.

As soon as his gaze focused on the Broken Sword, information was relayed back to him.

[Broken Sword: This appears to be a very shabby Broken Sword, rusty and abandoned. In fact, its complete form is exactly as it is now, and it is unusually resilient. Strangely, once someone is hurt by it, the wound will continuously bleed, and no Hemostatic Pill can stop it until half of the victim’s blood is lost, then it will stop gradually.]

Zhou Qing was dumbfounded as he read the description.

So, it was as he guessed. The so-called Broken Sword was a fraud; it was made to look this way from the start.

It had only rusted over countless years. This added to its deceptive nature.

Seeing the conclusion, Zhou Qing smiled with immense joy.

Indeed, what an unconventional "Tetanus" it was, bleeding non-stop until only half the blood remained. The victim would be scared to death.

"Good sword, excellent sword!" Zhou Qing exclaimed, gently stroking it.

Since this is your complete form, I shall call you Tetanus from now on!

With the ability to keep victims bleeding, the sword must have been cursed by a super strong individual.

Otherwise, as an edge piece of the Void Ring, an Extreme Dao Weapon, it should not have been embedded in it without any damage.

However, Zhou Qing quickly realized something else.

"The sword is great but too blunt. Yesterday it couldn’t even chip a whetstone, and it bounced off instead. With such a weapon, even if I get close to an enemy and manage to scratch him, it wouldn’t even tear his clothes..."

Drip——

Suddenly, a drop of blood fell to the ground, making Zhou Qing’s heart skip a beat.

Slowly, he turned his stiff neck to look at his right index finger, where the pain was coming from.

"Gulp~"

Zhou Qing swallowed hard and felt dizzy.

No way, just by lightly touching the Broken Sword’s edge, his finger got cut?

Is it that sensitive to flesh?