Meng Qi walked to the young man. Hearing the footsteps, Pei Mufeng turned his head. âMeng Qi.â He stood still, waiting for the girl to stop, âHave you rested well?â
âYes.â
âI was going to stop that Ji Wujiong that day.â Pei Mufeng went straight to the topic: âBut he trapped me at the Apricot Forestâs entrance.â
âI see.â Meng Qi nodded again. Ji Wujiong had mentioned this matter to her. At the time, he was full of mockery and disdain, all to show off the power of array cultivators.
âLater, I saw how strong he was during the Grand Tournament, and I realized that he had actually shown mercy to me.â Pei Mufeng said frankly, âJi Wujiong is very strong. I am afraid that in the whole Three Thousand Worlds, there are no other cultivators who can fight using arrays like him.â
âYes.â Meng Qi was not surprised that Pei Mufeng would say so. He was a very pure person who spent all his mind on the pursuit of swords. Ji Wujiong was strong, so he said so. The other party had trapped him, so he admitted it. There was nothing he couldnât say or admit.
âJi Wujiong seems to have said that he wants to accept you as a disciple?â Pei Mufeng hesitated.
ââŠyes.â Meng Qi didnât know how to explain this. Fortunately, Pei Mufeng didnât ask further, but he said again, âDo you have a sect now?â
Meng Qi shook her head.
âJi Wujiong is very strong. At present, he can protect you well. YouâŠâ Pei Mufengâs Adamâs apple rolled up and down. After a pause, he continued: âI think he is not malicious to you. During the last test of the Grand Tournament, he protected you very well. You may as well consider his proposal.â
Meng Qi tilted her head slightly and looked at Pei Mufeng in surprise.
âOrâŠâ Pei Mufeng spread out his palm. Lying on his palm was a small sword-shaped jade token. The word âXingluoâ was beautifully engraved on the swordâs hilt.
Pei Mufeng didnât finish his words, but Meng Qi understood his meaning.
âOriginally, it was a good choice for you to join Xingluo Pavilion. But I am departing for Starfallen Sea tonight and wonât return for ten years.â He paused. âAfter ten years, you should be strong enough to protect yourself. The most critical is the first few yearsâŠâ Pei Mufeng frowned slightly. His handsome face was shrouded with worry: âMeng Qi, what is your plan?â
Meng Qi: ââŠâ
âIn fact, Ji Wujiong is not the best choice. He does as he likes and offends a lot of people.â Pei Mufeng said. âJust during this Medical Cultivator Conference alone, he successfully made great enemies of the large medical sects.â He continued. âBut at least for five years, it will do you good to have his protection.â
âWait!â Meng Qi understood. Pei Mufeng was worried about her safety, so he wanted to plan for her before he left for the Starfallen Sea. Meng Qi couldnât help smiling. Should she say âas expected of them? She was busy all night, worrying about Pei Mufengâs safety in the Starfallen Sea. And the man was also the same, worrying about her.
âDonât worry.â Meng Qi said, âI have my own plans.â As she spoke, she took out the brocade bag filled with the pills she made yesterday and handed it to Pei Mufeng. âFor you.â
âThank you,â Pei Mufeng received the brocade bag and sent some aura into it, âThisâŠ?!â He looked at Meng Qi in surprise: âYou asked me to wait for you today to give me this?â
âYeah.â Meng Qi nodded: âStarfallen Sea is dangerous everywhere. You have to be careful.â She paused, hesitated: âIf a place looks dangerous, do not proceed rashly.â
âI know.â Pei Mufeng nodded. He didnât ask much and directly put the brocade bag into his storage space. âI will leave Starfallen Sea every three to six months.â
âI see.â Meng Qi nodded, âIf we have a chance, we can meet up at that time.â
âIf there is something urgentâŠâ Pei Mufeng took a small black jade pendant from his neck. He put the crescent-shaped jade pendant into Meng Qiâs palm. ââŠyou can contact me with it. Even when Iâm in Starfallen Sea, I can still receive the message.â
âI understand.â Meng Qi also didnât say much and directly put the jade pendant on her neck, carefully hiding it under her robe.
âMeng Qi, take care.â
âSo do you.â She looked at Pei Mufeng, âStarfallen Sea is dangerous. Proceed cautiously, and retreat whenever necessary. As long you still have a life, there will always be another chance.â
âDonât worry.â Pei Mufengâs face, who always looked cold and sharp, softened. The corners of his lips curled up slightly, and he gave Meng Qi a shallow smile.
âI should go now.â The young man held out his hand. As if alive, his natal long sword jumped out and landed beside him. Pei Mufeng jumped on the sword. The next moment, the sword rushed to the sky. In an instant, it turned into a small black spot and disappeared from view.
Meng Qi raised her head and watched Pei Mufeng leave. After a while, she turned her gaze to the Star Lake. The lake surface was like a piece of clear light blue emerald, dotted with little stars, looking very beautiful.
Meng Qi stared at it for a while, then turned around and was about to go back.
âHe has broken through into the Spirit Severing stage.â Yun Qingyanâs voice suddenly rang in Meng Qiâs mind.
âSovereign Qingyan?â Caught off guard, Meng Qi was in a daze. âYou⊠why are youâŠâ
âHis sword spirit has also reached the peak of the sixth realm. Soon after he entered the Starfallen Sea, the sword spirit will be tempered with flesh and blood of the mutant beasts, and it wonât take long to advance to the seventh realm.â Yun Qingyan interrupted her and continued: âXingluo Pavilion has a bit of foresight. That youth is indeed an excellent sword talent.â
Meng Qi: ââŠâ
She knew that Pei Mufengâs cultivation base was not the highest in Xingluo Pavilion, but his talent in sword cultivation was unmatched. Yet, she didnât know that Pei Mufeng was already a Spirit Severing cultivator.
In the memory of Meng Qiâs previous life, Pei Mufeng had just entered the Spirit Severing stage when she met him for the first time. However, his cultivation was unstable because he had just broken through, so he was injured by a mutant beast in the Starfallen Sea.
Unexpectedly, he had already reached the Spirit Severing stage at this time?
âAmazingâŠâ Meng Qi murmured. The realms of sword spirits were the method used by sword cultivators to determine the level of their strength. The sixth realm of sword spirit was roughly equivalent to the sixth rank of medical cultivation. At his age, Pei Mufeng was able to cultivate his sword spirit into the sixth realm. Throughout the last thousand years of sword cultivation history, he should be a genius second to none.
Really amazing!
Compared to him, she was really too weak!
Even after entering the Golden Core stage, her medical cultivation rank was still far behind.
Yun Qingyan snorted softly. Meng Qi didnât hear clearly, and couldnât help asking: âSovereign Qingyan?â
âSo even if he enters the Starfallen Sea now, as long as he doesnât overestimate his own strength and go too deep, he wonât die.â Yun Qingyan said again.
âI understand!â Meng Qi suddenly realized. She broke into a smile, her eyes gleaming: âThank you, Sovereign Qingyan. Now I can rest assured.â It turned out that Senior Yun was worried about her, so he showed up to tell her this. What a nice person!
âDonât call me Senior!â Yun Qingyan gritted his teeth in annoyance.