“Who did this?” Ying Wenhe couldn’t contain his emotions, his voice filled with anger.
Su Wenjing immediately turned her head to glance at him.
She recalled what the other party had said at the start of the call just now.
Why does this guy always spout nonsense every time he opens his mouth?
They had just come back from Dengxiantai—did he really need to ask who did it?
Then Su Wenjing heard Li Yunxian’s reply.
“I did it myself.” Li Yunxian answered simply.
Su Wenjing:
In a way, Li Yunxian’s answer was so honest there was really nothing wrong with it.
Seeing that Li Yunxian seemed about to continue talking, Su Wenjing spoke up, “Alright, you’ve seen her now. She needs to rest. You all should go back.”
The people who came looked at Li Yunxian, seeing how she even struggled to speak, and had to admit that Su Wenjing was right.
But they didn’t listen to Su Wenjing, and instead turned their gaze to Li Yunxian.
Earlier, Li Yunxian had allowed them to come up, perhaps because there was something they could do.
There was something Li Yunxian wanted to say to them.
Seeing they weren’t listening to Su Wenjing, Li Yunxian let out a small laugh, “We’re just staying in Qingxing for a while. We can leave at any time. Most of you are locals—the less you know about this matter, the better. Don’t get involved.”
“If someone asks, just tell the truth. There’s no need to hide anything.”
After hearing this, they had to admit she made a lot of sense.
This time, those who went to the Screening Hall were mainly from the Chamber of Commerce. They all needed to put down roots and do business in Qingxing.
No one here was a child. There was no need for Li Yunxian to say more—they all understood.
Li Yunxian let them come up just so they could see her and set their minds at ease.
But…
Sheng Yu’s eyes turned red with anger, and the spirit sword hidden on her forearm buzzed restlessly.
“These people, their cultivation improves, but why do they turn out like this!!”
“Not a shred of right and wrong left in their hearts. Can they even call themselves righteous cultivators?”
“If I reach a higher cultivation, I’ll make them understand what true righteousness is!!”
She had recently taken over some family affairs, and compared to the beginning, she now understood much more about human relationships.
So even without Li Yunxian’s people explaining, she knew exactly where right and wrong lay in the conflict with Dengxiantai.
If Dengxiantai had truly been in the right, then everything Li Yunxian’s side did would’ve been announced long ago, and everyone would have been called upon to apprehend Li Yunxian and the others.
Li Yunxian opened her eyes slightly and looked at Sheng Yu, whose eyes were blazing with anger, a hint of surprise in her own gaze.
She could sense that Sheng Yu’s aura had subtly changed after those words.
Sheng Yu had found clarity in her heart and purpose in her mind.
“Good, I’ll be waiting for you.” Li Yunxian smiled faintly and replied.
Sheng Yu and her companions walked out of the hotel, most of them looking quite upset.
No one spoke.
At this moment, they truly didn’t know what they could do.
Affairs above the Nascent Soul stage were not things they could intervene in.
But should they really just obey Li Yunxian and do nothing at all?
“Let’s first go find out what exactly happened at Dengxiantai. I have some channels,” Chu Qianqian spoke up.
She was the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and with her Golden Core cultivation, she had no shortage of contacts in the Qingxing region.
But Sheng Yu didn’t answer. Instead, she said, “But what difference would it make even if we knew all the details?”
“I want to do something more meaningful.”
Her words stunned everyone for a moment, and they turned to look at Sheng Yu.
“What do you want to do?” Ying Wenhe asked directly.
His tone, for once, wasn’t argumentative.
“I don’t know.” Sheng Yu didn’t have an answer. “I’m not smart—I can’t think of anything.”
“But there must be someone who can.”
As she spoke, Sheng Yu pointed seriously at the system on her wrist.
“Across the whole interstellar world, there are so many of us.”
“I want to ask what is righteous.”
“I want to ask what is just.”
Everyone looked at Sheng Yu in astonishment.
“Do you know what you’re saying?” Chu Qianqian couldn’t help but ask.
“I do.”
Sheng Yu replied, “But I’ve been thinking about a question.”
“Why is it that our boss dares to do something so universally condemned?”
She thought back to seeing Li Yunxian wielding her sword—so decisive and fearless, her swordsmanship utterly captivating.
She remembered when she’d discussed authorization with Li Yunxian—Li Yunxian made a proposal, she thought about it, decided, never showed a hint of hesitation.
No matter what she faced, Li Yunxian always thought about how to resolve it, never once wavering from her original intention.
That was the kind of person Sheng Yu had always revered and longed to become.
“Why don’t I dare?”
Sheng Yu recalled the images she’d seen earlier in the Screening Hall.
Those scenes of exotic beasts besieging the city, threatening to tear people apart at any moment.
During Qingxing’s beast tide, as a professional cultivator, she’d come to help.
And as for other disasters brought by different races, Sheng Yu had often stood at the front lines.
“If we’re not even afraid of death, why should we be afraid of these things?”
The others gazed at Sheng Yu, somewhat lost.
“I want an answer.”
As she spoke, Sheng Yu stepped forward, and the sunlight outside the hotel suddenly shone down on her.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Sheng Yu’s cultivation visibly soared.
Foundation Establishment mid-stage, late-stage, perfection!
Though she hadn’t broken through to the next great realm, Sheng Yu didn’t look disappointed.
Inside the hotel, both she and Li Yunxian had sensed her own transformation of mind.
She recalled the way Li Yunxian had looked at her just now, and Sheng Yu’s insight grew clearer and clearer.
“All along, everyone has just been fighting against the other races, just struggling to survive.”
“Maybe it’s become so normal that we’ve all forgotten something very basic.”
“We cultivate the righteous path.”
“And we walk the righteous path.”
She liked Li Yunxian so much, precisely because the path Li Yunxian walked was more upright, more blameless, than anything she had ever dreamed of.
Sheng Yu’s gaze sparkled as she looked at everyone. “I have faith that I’ll get my answer.”
Because they were cultivators of the righteous path.
Surely she wasn’t the only one with this belief—there must be countless others.
That’s why, above, there was Wà nwu, providing everyone with a platform to live better lives.
That’s why, below, there were so, so many who called Li Yunxian “Boss” or “Little Teacher Li.”
Su Wenjing lowered her gaze, looking down at Sheng Yu from upstairs, then said to Li Yunxian, “You’ve really taught her a lot of good things.”
Li Yunxian could sense Sheng Yu’s words from below as well, and chuckled. “I haven’t taught her anything. All those insights are her own.”
After Sheng Yu and the others left, Su Wenjing and the rest of the Shenzhou group went back to their rooms to rest.
However, after returning to her room, Su Wenjing quietly slipped back out.
Now there were only Su Wenjing and Li Yunxian left in the whole suite.
And Su Wenjing had come back for serious business.
“I’m going into the space to talk to that Wà n fellow. Help me keep an eye on things.”
“If someone from Dengxiantai comes, call me.” Su Wenjing tossed out this line and disappeared before Li Yunxian.
Li Yunxian, who was now acting as a living alarm:
She vaguely remembered—wasn’t she still a patient?
Though she thought that, Li Yunxian still did her duty and played the role of alarm bell.
Sensing that a certain Integration stage cultivator had appeared in the hotel, Li Yunxian raised her hand slightly and gave a wave.
A streak of sword qi jabbed at the void where Su Wenjing had disappeared.
Su Wenjing, who came back out from the space:
Who in their right mind called people by stabbing them with a sword?
Su Wenjing rolled her eyes, then looked at Li Yunxian—her face once again pale, putting on a pitifully weak look.
***
In the end, Su Wenjing said nothing and instead looked up at the suite door.
That Integration cultivator from Dengxiantai was already outside.
Knock, knock.
A crisp knocking sounded at the door.
Clearly, after being beaten, the other side had learned some manners.
Su Wenjing raised her hand and opened the suite door.