[ ]

I can only say that we'll take it one step at a time. She will eventually solve all the mysteries and bring her senior sister back to Zhong Lei Peak!

Lin Qi didn't linger on the spot. She ran forward as instructed by Yuan Xi, her senior sister. She hadn't forgotten that a gravely injured White-robed Senior Master was waiting for her not far away!

This space was larger than Lin Qi had imagined. She ran for almost half an hour before finally catching sight of signs of human activity.

She walked through a corridor, turned a corner and saw the White Robed Immortal lying in a heap of rubble, covered in blood.

A slender female cultivator wielded a short dagger, lunging at him.

Lin Qi's heart skipped a beat. She didn't even have time to recognize the figure before she shouted, "Stop!"

Lightning Art is unleashed, figure teleports, thunderclouds gather.

Hearing her footsteps, the two of them stopped at the same time. The white-clad immortal lazily lifted his eyelids, and the frail female cultivator turned around to look at her calmly.

"What's the rush?" said Bai Yi Zhenjun slowly.

Lin Qi was startled and quickly retracted her spell, "He Mei? How could you be here?!"

Mei's tone was as usual, languid and indifferent: "I can't be here?"

"I was just curious," Lin Qi turned to the white-clothed Immortal Monarch on the other side, "Master Uncle, how are you feeling?"

The White-Clothed True Monarch also frowned and looked at her, "How did you get in?!"

At this point in time, Lin Qi should be at Bei Lin facing off against the cultivators of evil.

The White-clothed True Monarch thought Lin Qi was disciplined and intelligent. After observing her for so long, he had thought she wouldn't make any mistakes.

Now she suddenly understood why Tian Yi Zong had so many disciples, yet she was the only one who had entered the sect for less than a year and sent herself to Lun Feng Cliff.

They appear docile and well-behaved on a daily basis, but underneath they are restless and capable of causing big trouble if given the chance.

Lin Qi was taken aback and immediately replied, "The disciple came with Master Qian."

Poor Qian ShiShu was unjustly blamed and fell victim to slander.

Lin Qi's only shred of conscience saved her. "The evildoers from Beilin have already been dealt with, everyone is resting. I'm not on guard duty, so I returned to the Yao Huang Hall ahead of Qian Shi Shu. As soon as I stepped into the hall, I was pulled in here."

Lin Qi asked the white-robed True Monarch, "Master, what exactly is going on here?!"

The Baiyi True Monarch gave Lin Qi a profound look, obviously not quite believing her words, but also with no intention of exposing them.

"Where are we now?" Lin Qi asked softly, with an innocent look on her face.

She was indeed innocent, she had just been suddenly pulled in.

Bai Yi Zhenjun didn't continue to play deep in front of Lin Qi again. He calmly explained, "This is the real tomb of the Demon Emperor, and the Demon Emperor's body is buried here."

Lin Qi immediately reacted: "Their goal is the corpse of Demon Emperor Zi Mo?! But isn't Demon Emperor Zi Mo that purple-robed cultivator?"

If the Demon Emperor is still alive, why is his body buried underground?

The White-Clothed Immortal nodded slightly, "This matter is complicated to explain."

Lin Qi suddenly remembered what Yuan Xi, her senior sister, had said.

Glancing at He Mei beside him, Lin Qi relayed Yuan Xi's words to the White-Clad Immortal.

The White-Clad True Monarch's profound gaze settled on Lin Qi. "Did she take the initiative to find you, or did you find her?"

Lin Qi felt a chill down her spine and hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully, "It was Senior Sister who approached me first. It was also she who pointed me in the right direction and asked me to come and save people."

The Bai Yi Zhenjun knew she wasn't lying and lowered his eyes, saying: "Since your senior sister isn't ready to come back for now, when you get out of the Yao Huang Tomb, return to Luan Feng Cliff."

"What?" Lin Qi was startled, "Master, did you already know why I came here?"

The White-Robed True Monarch's face remained calm: "If I couldn't even guess this, wouldn't that mean I wasted a hundred years of my life? Do you think Master Qian would be so easily persuaded?"

At first, Uncle Qian only wanted to send Lin Qi back to the sect and didn't want her to stay at the Demon Emperor's Tomb any longer.

After Ke Linqi lived in the Demon Emperor's Tomb for a while, Qian Shishu didn't mention it again.

Lin Qi still thought it was her persistence that made Qian Shi Shu give up the idea, but unexpectedly, it was because of the White-robed Master's relationship.

Lin Qi suddenly understood everything, "So Master, you also deliberately kept me by your side... for my convenience?"

The White-robed True Monarch remained silent, fixing his gaze upon her for a long moment.

Convenient for Lin Qi to act?

Lin Qi felt that the white-clothed senior brother was much harder to deal with than the money senior uncle. His heart was like a needle at the bottom of the sea, making people guess.

"I'm just afraid you might have gotten into trouble again, and your stay at Randeng Cliff would be extended. After all, if you were punished, it would go through my hands."

After all, she is a disciple of Qingyun. The Sect Leader values her greatly, and the White-clothed True Monarch doesn't want her to be held back any longer.

Lin Qi: "..."

She quickly changed the subject, "Master, are you alright?"

The Bai Yi Zhenjun knew her little thoughts, and he didn't have time to haggle with Lin Qi. His voice was faint, "What's the matter?"

Lin Qi: "..."

This master doesn't play by the rules.

She didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Master, what should we do next? Should we go see the Demon Emperor's corpse, or leave here first? Or..." Lin Qi's gaze was fixed on the blood-stained clothes of the white-robed True Monarch. "You... you should heal your wounds first?"

After being scolded several times, Lin Qi completely became obedient and started calling the White-Clothed True Monarch "You."

The White-robed True Lord breathed out, "I'll heal myself for half an hour. The two of you better not run around!"

Lin Qi nodded obediently and kept silent with Mei Mo.

Although Lin Qi had many doubts in her heart, Mei's attitude toward her was very strange. She simply endured the curiosity and chose not to seek out that lack of interest.

Her reaction made He and Mei feel uncomfortable.

After all, who did she risk her life to run to the Demon Emperor's Tomb for?

At last, she took the lead and said, “What did you think I was going to do just now?”

Lin Qi pursed her lips and said seriously, "From my angle, I thought you were going to raise your dagger and kill the white-clothed master."

The white-robed Zhenjun, who was meditating, raised an eyelid to glance at the two people, then lowered his eyes and continued his cultivation.

"Don't you trust me?"

And Mei let out a cold snort. Lin Qi's gaze finally shifted to her.

When Lin Qi was talking to the White-Clothed True Monarch, she noticed that Mei Shang's hand was already bandaged. Seeing her movements, Lin Qi finally realized that she was digging out the flesh to remove the poison.

Seeing this scene, Lin Qi's mind flashed. "This injury... was it left by the white-clothed master saving someone?"

"So what?" Mei snorted lightly.

"That... how did you end up here?" After all the twists and turns, Lin Qi asked the same question from the beginning.

But this time, she also reached into her storage ring to pull something out.

Mei was just about to retort Lin Qi, when a pile of medicine bottles suddenly appeared before him. "Look and see which medicine suits your injury."

The words that reached his lips were swallowed back down, and he instinctively glanced at the white-robed True Monarch beside him.

Lin Qi's reaction was also quick, "Master Uncle's injury needs a higher-level spiritual medicine, these... are not very effective."

Besides, the White-clothed True Monarch is a Yuan Ying cultivator after all; it's impossible for him to have no medicine on hand, and he wouldn't need a small Qi Refining disciple like her to deliver it.

This isn't showing filial piety, it's just being foolish!

(End of Chapter)