Yue Qingru believes in her intuition——
There's something wrong between Master and Lu Li.
The eye contact between Master and Lu Li was so frequent that she was numb to it. She used to be jealous in the beginning, but now, she had gotten used to the way Master and Lu Li exchanged glances without paying attention to others.
But after returning from the back mountain, the master never looked Lu Li in the eye, even for a moment.
Le Qingru's amber eyes were as big as copper bells, moving between He Qing and Lu Li. While she was secretly happy, she was also curious about which link had gone wrong.
"Did you listen carefully?" He Qing tapped Yue Qingru on the head and said, "Where is your mind?"
Yue Qingru touched her head and stuck out her tongue: "I heard you, Master, you told me not to go out tonight and stay in the barrier obediently."
He Qing couldn't help laughing and pinched her ears again.
Qi Guanrui asked worriedly: "He Qing, although my cultivation is not high, I can still contribute a little. I may be able to help you in breaking the formation."
He Qing told him when she planned to enter the formation and how she planned to break it. It seemed that she did not intend to bring anyone with her in her plan. Even though Qi Guanrui knew that she had reached the stage of tribulation, he still thought that this was too risky.
But He Qing smiled and said, "In the past three days, I have figured out the rules of the formation. It will be more convenient for me to enter the formation alone." He said it very tactfully, but in fact he just didn't want to be held back by Qi Guanrui.
"That being said..."
While He Qing was talking to Qi Guanrui, Yue Qingru walked over to Lu Li, who was sitting far away, and whispered, "Master doesn't even take you with him? What? Master is ignoring you?"
Three people in the room: ...
With Le Qingru's current half-baked secret sound transmission skills, it would be fine to use it in front of disciples of the same level, but using it in front of the three people in the room, it seemed that he was only speaking to Lu Li, but in fact it was like shouting with a loud speaker.
He Qing finally decided not to take Lu Li with him because he wanted to do something for him before the two of them canceled their cooperation, which would also make him feel at ease. Now that he was treated like this by Yue Qingru, he was so embarrassed that he didn't know how to react. His panicked eyes accidentally met Qi Guanrui's gaze. They saw the embarrassment in each other's eyes, and they didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment.
However, Lu Li seemed to be deliberately trying to make fun of him. He pretended not to know, held the teacup and blew away the tea foam on the surface, and said gently: "Well, Master dislikes me." Just like Yue Qingru, he used a clumsy voice transmission technique to reply, and no one knew who he was talking to.
Yue Qingru had no doubts and said with a look of gloating delight: "Aha! Master doesn't want you anymore!"
"Qingru!" Even though He Qing's face was as thick as a city wall, it was already hot at this moment. He said with a stern face: "It's getting dark. Go see if Chang Nian is back."
Knowing that He Qing was going to force his way into the forbidden area tonight, although Gu Changnian disagreed, he still took the initiative to keep an eye on the zombies in the back mountain to see if there was any movement. Yue Qingru was in a very good mood at this moment, and happily agreed: "I'll go right away!"
Originally, He Qing didn't want Yue Qingru to be conspicuous in the room, but after she left, the atmosphere in the room became so awkward that one could dig out a magic fairy castle with one's toes.
Qi Guanrui was a stubborn person. He was forced to listen to other people's gossip and wished he could find a hole to hide in. Lu Li was sitting on the Diaoyutai, as if he really didn't know that his words had been leaked, and he drank his tea calmly.
So all the pressure came to He Qing...
He Qing took a deep breath, and then another deep breath, but she couldn't bear it anymore. She said, "It's getting late. I'm going to go first. You guys stay in the barrier and don't move around."
He Qing quickly opened the door and was about to step out when he heard Lu Li's obedient and concerned voice behind him: "Master, be careful."
"…"
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In the dense forest outside the forbidden area of the back mountain, Gu Changnian stood tall, looking around vigilantly at the zombies that gradually merged into the forest in the night, and said solemnly: "Master Chen invited me here, but he stayed indoors. What's the important matter?"
The volume was not loud, but the palace door that was wrapped in layers of barriers still creaked open. Chen Sanyi ran down the stairs with the Sanqing Bell in his hand, wiping the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and sighed, "Oh, I'm so sorry. I was setting up the formation to deal with the incident of Sect Leader He Qing forcibly breaking into the forbidden area. I'm sorry for being so slow."
Gu Changnian held the whisk in one hand and raised the other hand gently, saying seriously: "Master Chen, there is no need to be like this. If you have something to say, please speak directly."
Chen Sanyi chuckled twice: "Little Immortal, you should know what's going on. Don't you have something to ask me?"
"..." Gu Changnian's face darkened, and he seemed a little hesitant.
Chen Sanyi added: "I can see that you seem to have some doubts in your heart. Why don't you tell me what I know? I will tell you everything I know."
Gu Changnian knew that Chen Sanyi was deliberately luring him, especially now was the critical moment when Chen Sanyi and He Qing were about to fight. Not only should he leave without looking back, he should not even accept the invitation.
However, he really wanted to find evidence to prove Lu Li's identity. If this matter was not resolved, he would not be able to rest easy. After thinking about it for a while, he finally asked -
"Lu Li, who is he?"
"Do you still need to ask me this, little immortal?" Chen San smiled so hard that the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together, and he said earnestly: "You and I both know that Lu Li is clearly a demon cultivator, and it is very likely that he is the young master of the demon sect. But Sect Leader He Qing wants to snatch this demon beast for him. It is really outrageous..."
This was what Gu Changnian was most reluctant to hear, and he could not help but retort, "Master came here to break into the forbidden area because he suspected your intentions. Since you said that Lu Li is the young master of the Demonic Path, what is the proof?"
This question hit the mark of Chen Sanyi, and he answered without any hesitation: "Of course there is, but I need the help of the little immortal to obtain it."
Gu Changnian's pupils couldn't help but widen a little: "What did you get?"
"Little Immortal, have you ever noticed Lu Li's magic weapon?" Chen Sanyi stared at Gu Changnian, not missing any expression on his face, and narrated slowly: "It is a palace bell. He used it during the close combat at the North Peak of Lingshan Mountain. If the little immortal had noticed it, he should have noticed the abnormality of the palace bell."
"..." Gu Changnian fell into deep thought -
He did doubt the palace bell. As Lu Li's magic weapon, Lu Li never used it and he didn't even know when he stopped wearing it.
But when he asked Lu Li for a look at the palace bell, he stopped because of the troubles that followed. In addition, Lu Li did not refuse at that time, so he missed this matter.
Thinking of this, Gu Changnian looked troubled: "He carries this item close to him, it is not easy to get it."