Chapter 22 The little apprentice is the big disciple
Knowing that Gu Changnian stayed in the room to help him, He Qing felt uneasy and felt that something was wrong.
During the calamity in Tianmu Cave, Gu Changnian's intention to attack He Qing was obvious. Similarly, He Qing also exposed his murderous intention. Both of them had already made it clear. They would continue to pretend that nothing happened. The years are quiet and peaceful. The appearance is too strange.
Sure enough, you shouldn't have been soft-hearted at that time, right? He Qing thought so.
She closed her eyes and exhaled a breath of foul breath, and said in a neutral tone: "Thank you for your hard work. You can go on your own."
Gu Changnian quickly raised his eyes and glanced at He Qing, then fell silent and said, "Disciple, I still have something to report."
"speak."
"Yesterday, when Master was undergoing calamity, two strange things happened. One was that a mysterious beam of light interfered with the power of the sky thunder. The other was that a very faint trace of evil energy appeared on the North Peak."
Usually when Gu Changnian wants to report something, it must be as concise as possible, and he doesn't want to say a single word more. But now, He Qing noticed that he seemed to be deliberately slowing down his speech, as if he was afraid that she wouldn't hear clearly.
However, He Qing was only confused for a short moment, and his attention fell on the two things Gu Changnian mentioned.
According to Gu Changnian, the other four sect leaders led their disciples to search the entire Lingshan Mountain, but found nothing strange. Whether it was the mysterious person who sent out the light beam or the demonic energy, they disappeared after the heavenly tribulation was over. Never showed up again.
Therefore, Xuan Qingzi now proposes to start investigating the disciples in the past three years, in case there are demon cultivators mixed in. The first thing that needs to be investigated is the ever-burning lamps of those disciples.
So here's the problem. Currently, the only two disciples in the entire Lingshan Immortal Sect who haven't lit the everlasting lantern are both He Qing's disciples.
Gu Changnian said: "Considering that you are still ill, several heads discussed that Master Guanyue will complete the lamp lighting ceremony for Lu Li and Qingru."
He Qing leaned against the bedrail with a numb expression on his face, and responded desperately: "Go and notify Guanyue immediately, just say that I'm awake, and I will take care of the lighting for Lu Li and the others."
Gu Changnian nodded in agreement, glanced at He Qing again, and then left quietly.
The room fell into dead silence again. He Qing carefully reviewed all the plots of this period in the book, and was puzzled: Why did these two things suddenly appear?
Black beam...
Who is helping her?
Who does the evil spirit come from?
He Qing was thinking as he washed up and walked out of the house. As soon as he opened the door, he saw thick smoke in the direction of the kitchen in the distance. Out of curiosity, he walked over to see the situation.
In the smoky kitchen, Yue Qingru was sticking her butt out and lighting a fire under the stove, but looking at the posture, it didn't look like lighting a fire, but more like setting herself on fire.
He Qing leaned against the door and watched in amusement for a long time. When he couldn't stand it anymore, he called her: "If you don't know how to cook, don't force yourself."
When Yue Qingru heard He Qing's voice, she hurriedly pulled her head out of the stove mouth, and said in surprise with a dark face: "Master, are you awake?!"
He Qing slowly walked over and raised his hand to twist the dust curse to clean it up for her, and joked: "If you don't wake up, the Yaoguang sect will be burned out by you. If you really don't know how to cook, just go to other peaks to eat." "
Yue Qingru laughed twice and said, "I'm not cooking, I'm making medicine for Master." After saying that, he ran back under the messy stove and grabbed a lot of "weeds": " There are a lot of herbs on the mountain in Kaiyang Palace, I went to steal some, you see, they are all excellent!”
Seeing Yue Qingru's naive yet clever look, He Qing couldn't help but touch her head, feeling in her heart: Ah...it's a good thing that I have accepted such a disciple. Let's talk when we are about to be bored to death by a lot of nonsense. Two sentences, it’s so healing.
He Qing said: "Go and call Lu Li. I will cook for you two and tell you something by the way."
When Lu Li was mentioned, Yue Qingru was not very happy. She held her tongue and said, "Master, please leave him alone. He disappeared during your calamity last night. He just came back this morning. As soon as he came back, he hid in the room. Come out, I want him to help me light a fire and boil some medicine for you, but I can’t even scream.”
He Qing was startled: "Really?"
"Yes." Yue Qingru said seriously: "Master, you have to believe me, I can feel that he is not a good person!" Lu Li is not an innocent boy, but he is also not a troubled boy who disappears inexplicably.
He Qing thought for a moment, then twitched the corners of his lips to coax her: "Okay, I'll criticize him."
"Okay, okay."
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On the way to Lu Li's room, He Qing had a vague feeling. This feeling lasted until she stood outside Lu Li's room door for a long time, and it still lingered.
After waiting for a long time, He Qing knocked on the door: "It's me."
He Qing responded with a long silence.
He Qing frowned slightly and said loudly, "Lu Li, I'm coming in."
Still, no response.
He Qing's heart sank, and he opened the door with a palm of his hand——
The doors and windows in the room were closed, making it feel a bit eerie and eerie in broad daylight.
He Qing hesitated for a moment, then walked straight in. But after looking around, there was no sign of Lu Li, and he could only feel his breath.
"Lu Li?"
As soon as he finished speaking, He Qing noticed spell fluctuations in the air behind him, and at the same time, the door was closed with a "dong" sound.
He Qing fired the Twisting Technique backwards without hesitation, but when he saw the person behind him clearly, his pupils suddenly froze slightly, and he subconsciously changed the seals to forcefully hold back the already executed technique, changing the trajectory of the attack. brushed against his ear.
He Qing looked at the person in front of him in shock and murmured in disbelief: "Lu... Li?"
Is it Lu Li?
He Qing was a little unsure.
The man in front of him, with long, slightly curly hair and a monster-like facial features, could still vaguely look like the young Lu Li, but the evil temperament around him and the gloomy look in his eyes were completely different from Lu Li.
Lu Li tilted his head and smiled: "Master can still recognize such a face. This is really a surprise to the disciple."
He Qing's eyes widened and he took a hard breath. He grabbed Lu Li's clothes and pulled him towards him. He tried his best to suppress his anger and said, "Who are you?"
Such a close distance made the breaths of the two people's noses intertwined, but there was no trace of excitement in the atmosphere.
Lu Li looked down at He Qing and teased with a voice as clear and handsome as jade: "Master, didn't you call me Lu Li just now?" After saying that, he stretched out his slender fingers and gently moved the broken hair on He Qing's temples: "I Of course, he is Master’s good disciple.”
He Qing gritted his back teeth, grabbed his hand and secretly exerted his strength, and said in a solemn voice: "The demonic energy that Master Xuanqing and the others sensed last night was yours."
Lu Li's wrist made a cracking sound as the joints rubbed together, as if He Qing was about to pinch it off, but he still smiled leisurely, as if the hand held by He Qing was not his own.
He closed his eyes and nodded slightly: "It's mine."
(End of chapter)