Chapter 24: The lonely crane crying silently

Chapter 24: The lonely crane crying silently

Chapter 24: The lonely crane crying silently

Before meeting Wen Rui, He Lingyun had always felt very happy. Although he was born a demon, he was fortunate enough to enter the Lishan Immortal Sect to practice the Xuanmen Dao. Compared with the countless demons who were still struggling to survive in the vast Ten Thousand Mountains, it was like living in heaven.

Master Caiyunxian has a gentle personality and loves every disciple sincerely. She is never harsh or partial. The sisters and brothers all get along harmoniously and are friendly to each other. Caiyun Peak is a very loving big family.

The Lishan Immortal Sect would not issue mission targets to force disciples to go out for training and improvement, or to snatch resources. Nor would it encourage disciples to compete with geniuses from other sects for the sake of face and fame.

After all, the Lishan Immortal Sect is already the remnant of the Jiejiao sect that everyone wants to kill, and fighting or not fighting will not change the world's opinion.

As for collecting resources, Lishan Laomu is not a fool. Of course, she also knows that the righteous demon disciples under her sect are resources in themselves. If they are released, they will be fought over by other sects. Often, it is like throwing meat buns at a dog and never coming back. It is a pure loss-making business.

The task of collecting resources will only be assigned to disciples at the celestial immortal level or above. After all, these disciples are already immortals, and even if they are born as demon cultivators, they will not be regarded as demons.

If anyone dares to attack the immortal disciples, Holy Mother Lishan can legitimately take action to seek justice without worrying about violating the ban on internal fighting issued by Taoist Ancestor Hongjun.

The internal management of the Lishan Immortal Sect was actually not too bad, it was just that the external environment and the sect's situation were too embarrassing. The middle and senior leaders of the sect tried their best to improve and develop, but with little success.

However, everything changed when He Lingyun met Wen Rui.

Just like this time, when he won the competition and was praised by Caiyunxian, He Lingyun would have been happy for a long time in the past, but now he felt nothing in his heart and even wanted to cry.

After defeating Luan Qingyu, who was once his equal and even slightly superior to him, He Lingyun felt like he was looking in the mirror and learning from others. Only then did he realize how incompetent and playful he was in the past.

The internal competition that she once regarded as the biggest challenge was just a game between rookies. There was no need to use a powerful weapon like Sword 20. She could sweep the whole field with just the sect's standard flying sword.

"Senior Sister He! You are bullying me."

A coquettish sound interrupted He Lingyun's thoughts.

Although the Luan girl was also slender and well-proportioned, she was still half a head shorter than He Lingyun. The girl, who also had a sad face, looked up at the He girl and said unwillingly, "Why did you become so powerful all of a sudden? You were obviously studying in the library before the competition and did not participate in the actual combat training. Could it be that you found a secret book in the library to improve your actual combat experience?"

"This...I...am not..."

He Lingyun didn't know how to answer for a moment, while Luan Qingyu stared at her with her clear blue eyes wide open. In her eyes, there was a hint of expectation as well as disappointment.

The second girl is the biggest competitor, and can even be called a nemesis.

But their relationship is not too strained in private. After all, they are both academic masters and have somewhat conceited and arrogant personalities, which makes it easy for them to develop a sense of mutual appreciation.

On the path of cultivation, the two women often communicate with each other while competing, sharing their knowledge and using each other as a goal to motivate themselves to make progress.

In terms of arrogance, Luan Qingyu is stronger. Qingluan is a legendary divine bird, a branch of the descendants of the phoenix. It is slightly beyond the category of demons and can be called the royal family among birds.

Except for He Lingyun who could rival her in the competition, she usually even disdains to speak politely to other bird clan sisters and brothers from Caiyun Peak.

This resulted in Luan Qingyu having no friends, and the only person he could talk to in Caiyun Peak was He Lingyun.

Crane Lingyun is much better. Crane can only be regarded as the aristocracy among birds. Although it usually behaves very dignified, it does not always put on an aloof attitude that keeps people away.

When He Lingyun heard Junior Sister Luan mention "actual combat training", she got goosebumps due to post-traumatic stress. Who said she didn't do actual combat training before the competition? She knew too well what real combat training was like.

Fleeing for life, fighting selflessly, scheming, step by step, desperate, fighting to the death...

The whole process was like a nightmare. If she were to go through it again now, there is no guarantee that the final result would be different. She doesn't know if she would be the one to die in the end.

"Junior Sister Luan, there is no such secret book in the library. Only by experiencing life and death battles in person can you understand that feeling...words and writing cannot express it."

He Lingyun smiled bitterly and said, "My breakthrough was also a coincidence. With Junior Sister's talent, she will surely be able to comprehend it in the future."

"Humph!"

Luan Qingyu's eager eyes turned cold, and he said angrily: "If you don't want to tell me, forget it, just pretend I never asked!"

After saying that, she left He Lingyun, who had a helpless look on his face, without any hesitation and turned around and walked away quickly.

He Lingyun opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but no words came out. He could only watch as the girl in green turned into a ball of green bird-shaped flame and flew farther and farther away.

He Lingyun didn't mean to hide her feelings. Although Luan Qingyu was her opponent, after so many years of love and hatred, their feelings had already become different from those of other sisters, and even deeper. She couldn't explain to Sister Luan what she had gained from the real "actual combat training", nor could she arrange a "actual combat training" of the same standard for Sister Luan to let her experience it personally.

Luan Qingyu wanted to seek Buddhist scriptures, so He Lingyun could only introduce Wen Rui to her. In such a vast Lishan Mountain Range, perhaps only Senior Brother Wen had the ability to arrange that kind of "actual combat training".

He Lingyun is not the kind of person who would think of dragging more people into the mud to accompany him when he gets stuck in the mud. He has already been caught by Senior Brother Wen, and his life is destined to be unimaginably filthy in the future. It is better for him to bear this kind of evil alone.

Even if she had to sacrifice herself and please Brother Wen without any dignity and satisfy all his evil desires, she must protect the innocence of other sisters and not let them make the same mistakes.

Because he had been caught in the rain, he chose to hold an umbrella for others. Even if he was misunderstood by his friends or even lost a close friend, He Lingyun had no regrets.

The crane girl, who was in mixed emotions, hadn't recovered yet when she heard several of her fellow school sisters gathered together, chattering about their holiday plans.

"Hey, hey, did you hear that?"

The person who spoke was a petite girl in a black dress. Compared with He Lingyun, she looked very "seductive". She was two or three heads shorter than He Lingyun, but her body proportions did not seem out of balance.

The girl's name was Ya Yan Ge, and her voice was lazy and slightly hoarse: "The Jinling Sect next door released news that a new high-end leisure club has opened and is holding a grand opening promotion. They have even increased the discount for our Lishan Immortal Sect. Lishan disciples can experience all entertainment projects for free within three days!"

"Really? Really? No wonder so many sisters flew away in a hurry as soon as they were dismissed. They must have rushed to the Jinling Sect's leisure club to play."

Another girl who was similar in stature to Ya Yan Ge but dressed in a white dress said, "The Jinling Sect has so many delicious and fun things, but they insist that we exchange them for feathers, blood, fallen claws, etc. This time it's free, we can't miss it."

The girl in white is named "Ge Shiyu". She is the half-sister of Ya Yan Ge. It is said that she is a disciple accepted by Master Caiyun who lives in the same bird's nest. No one knows why crows and pigeons live in the same nest.

This black and white duo often travel together, stick together all day long, and seem to have a very good relationship.

He Lingyun's attention was immediately drawn to the matter, and he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Who spread this news? How many junior sisters were deceived by this news? Didn't our master forbid us to leave the Lishan Immortal Sect?"

The two girls looked at He Lingyun in surprise. Ya Yange rolled his eyes and said, "Senior Sister He, you usually focus on practicing in seclusion and never hear any news about the Jinling Sect. What happened today? Is it because you won the competition and don't have the pressure of practicing anymore, and you want to relax completely?"

He Lingyun was anxious and ignored her question, urging her: "Junior Sister Ya, Jinling Sect is not a good place to go. Don't be deceived and fall into the trap. You can't go! Tell me quickly, how did so many junior sisters get deceived?"

Ya Yange looked at her suspiciously, pouted his lips, and turned his head away, unwilling to answer.

Ge Shiyu said, "Senior sister, you are the champion of this competition, and you are the first among the second generation disciples of Caiyun Peak. We respect you very much, but you can't be so controlling. Master said that we are not allowed to leave the sect, but the Jinling Sect is within the sect."

Ya Yan Ge said bluntly, "You are not going to tell Master Caiyun, are you? It's not just the disciples of our Caiyun Peak who want to go. Many of the disciples from Xianshui Pond, Xixiu Ridge, Jinghua Lake, and Zixuan Cave also want to go. Can you manage them all?"

This is like a good student advising a bad student not to go to the game hall or Internet cafe and waste their studies. He Lingyun's harsh but honest advice immediately aroused the disgust of the junior sisters. In addition to the Crow and Pigeon duo, many other junior sisters nearby heard this conversation and cast dissatisfied glances at He Lingyun.

A junior sister in green who had transformed into a parrot said, "Senior Sister He's status is different now. I thought she was different from Luan Qingyu, that guy who always looked down on others, but now that she's become the chief, her true nature has been exposed. She's started to discipline the disciples for Master."

"no!"

He Lingyun explained to the sisters who gathered around him seriously, "Don't you think it's weird? Asking everyone to exchange feathers, blood, claws and fangs must be a mystery. I'm afraid that everyone has fallen into a trap and was sold without knowing it, and will suffer a great loss in the future."

"It's easy to talk when you're not doing it. The monthly allowance of spirit stones for you, the chief and second-in-command disciples, is so abundant that you can practice peacefully without worrying about the backlash of your spirit roots. But we can't do that."

Another big-mouthed junior sister who had transformed into a pelican said, "Those of us who are average or the last in the class only get a few spirit stones a month. At the end of the month, when our pockets are empty, if we don't go to the Golden Spirit Sect to exchange some spirit stones to get by, we won't be able to support the consumption of our spirit roots. Anyway, the feathers will grow again, so it's not a loss to exchange them for life-saving spirit stones. As for the loss in the future... I don't know how I'm going to get through the next month!"

A girl in a red bellyband who had transformed into a golden pheasant said angrily, "Humph, your feathers are precious, and you value them so much that you disdain to associate with us. Don't pretend to be good for us, but instead harm us. Without the Golden Spirit Sect's spiritual stone exchange channel, when we can't afford it at the end of the month, can you give us spiritual stones to nourish our spiritual roots?"

"Can I...can't I..."

He Lingyun, who still had more than 40,000 spirit stones hidden in her bag, really wanted to agree to her request, but she did not dare to use this huge amount of spirit stones. She was also afraid that the fact that she had distributed spirit stones to her fellow sisters would be exposed, and she could not explain the origin of the spirit stones.

The 40,000 spirit stones that Senior Brother Wen forced upon her as a hush money or token of allegiance was really a hot potato. It was irrefutable evidence that she had been bribed by Wen Rui. If she could return the full amount, He Lingyun would be more than happy to do so.

Faced with the anger of his fellow junior sisters, He Lingyun was speechless. He racked his brains but could not figure out how to convince them not to fall into the trap carefully designed by Wen Rui and become puppets manipulated by Senior Brother Ren Wen.

When the birds saw He Lingyun fell silent, they ignored her, gave her strange looks, turned around and flew away. Only a lonely crane was left on the huge Caiyun Peak.

This is exactly what it means "We all pity the purity of its nature, which remains unyielding even in the mud and dust." It's a pity that "What is it thinking about when it cries in the wind, and it gazes at the distant clouds and water in the green fields." The lonely He Lingyun stood on the top of Caiyun Peak in the cold wind and could not help but shed two lines of tears silently.

(End of this chapter)