Chapter 564

Chapter 564

I Can See Through Everything

“So that’s how it is. It was this Fellow Daoist Chen who saved us.”

After the other two disciples of the Qiankun Sect regained consciousness, and the girl gave them a detailed explanation, the young man in purple finally understood the whole story.

During this process, they also learned that Lu Qing was currently using the alias “Chen Qing.”

Immediately, the young man in purple and the other two disciples solemnly bowed to Lu Qing in gratitude.

“Many thanks for your life-saving grace, Fellow Daoist. If not for your intervention, we likely would have perished at Li Motian’s hands and joined the dead in the underworld.”

“There’s no need to be so courteous. My master has always taught me that a cultivator should remain true to their heart, do good, and accumulate virtue.

I only happened to be passing by and lent a hand. That’s all.”

Lu Qing smiled gently.

“Your master’s teachings are truly noble. May I ask which senior expert he is?”

“Apologies. When I set out on this journey, my master gave strict instructions not to reveal his name lightly.”

Hearing this, the young man in purple and the others weren’t surprised.

It was common for disciples of major sects or clans to conceal their identities while traveling.

Just like how they seldom revealed their status as disciples of the Qiankun Sect during their own journeys.

Even so, they couldn’t help but speculate silently about which powerful sect in the Tianyuan Great World Lu Qing might belong to, and which peerless genius he could be.

“Now that your injuries have fully healed, it’s time for me to take my leave.”

Before they could finish their guessing, Lu Qing suddenly spoke up.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, you’re leaving already?”

The young man in purple was startled, and the girl was clearly stunned.

“Yes, I travel from place to place with no fixed abode. Meeting you all was merely by chance.

Now that your wounds have healed, I can leave without worry. Let us part ways here.”

“How can we let it end like this? Fellow Daoist Chen, you saved our lives! Such a tremendous debt of gratitude—how could we not repay it in the slightest?”

The girl surnamed Ye hurriedly spoke up.

“To cross paths at all is already a stroke of fate. It was just a small act of aid. There’s no need for such concern,” Lu Qing said with a smile.

“But to be ungrateful is not our way. A life-saving debt is weightier than the heavens. If we let you go without repaying even a token of thanks, our master will surely reprimand us upon our return.”

The young man in purple insisted.

Seeing how serious they looked, Lu Qing paused for a moment before saying, “If that’s the case, why not give me some spirit stones?”

…?

The young man in purple and the others were momentarily dumbfounded by the sudden turn of words.

“It’s like this,” Lu Qing explained upon seeing their confusion, “my master is a healer.

He often taught me to have the heart of a physician.

When I treated your injuries just now, I used up a superior-grade spirit fruit.

If you truly feel indebted, just give me some spirit stones as compensation for the treatment.”

In the end, under their bewildered and somewhat amused gazes, Lu Qing accepted a few spirit stones from them.

With a carefree smile, he said, “Friends, we are bound to meet again someday. I shall take my leave.”

With that, he turned into a stream of light, soared into the sky, and drifted away.

The young man in purple and the others remained where they were, gazing absentmindedly in the direction he had gone.

It wasn’t until long after the light had disappeared that they came back to their senses.

“This Fellow Daoist Chen truly comes and goes like the wind. Such carefree elegance—this is how we cultivators should be.”

The young man in purple looked wistful.

The others also nodded in heartfelt agreement.

Though they had only spent a short while with Lu Qing, he had already left a deep impression on them.

“Why did Big Brother Chen leave so soon...”

The girl looked visibly disappointed, her heart full of sorrow.

Seeing her like that, the young man in purple chuckled. “Looks like our beloved Junior Sister Jing has fallen for someone.”

The girl’s face instantly turned bright red. “Zi—Senior Brother Zixiao! Don’t say nonsense!”

“But it’s understandable. Though Fellow Daoist Chen’s looks are rather average,

his cultivation is profound, and his personality is carefree. He’s more outstanding than many of our inner sect’s core disciples.

Add to that how he just saved you like a hero—it’s no wonder you’re smitten, Junior Sister.”

The young man in purple continued to tease her.

“Senior Brother Zixiao! Stop talking!”

Her face turned even redder.

As he watched her shy reaction and was about to tease her more, Senior Sister Ye shot him a cold glare.

“Zixiao, if you don’t learn to hold your tongue, you’ll bring trouble on yourself one day. Is someone like Fellow Daoist Chen someone you can casually mock?”

“Senior Sister…” Zixiao was stunned by her sudden seriousness.

But Senior Sister Ye ignored him and turned to the girl. “Jing, where’s Li Motian’s body?”

“Not far ahead, Senior Sister. I’ll lead the way.”

With most of the redness fading from her face, the girl flew off toward the place where Lu Qing had fought Li Motian.

Senior Sister Ye glanced once at Zixiao. “Once you see Li Motian’s body, you’ll understand just how foolish your earlier words were.”

With that, she followed after.

Only Zixiao and the other two disciples were left, all looking a bit confused.

“Senior Brother Zixiao, why did Senior Sister Ye get mad all of a sudden?” one of them asked.

“I’m not sure.” Zixiao scratched his head. “But it must have something to do with Li Motian’s body.”

“Senior Sister Ye, Senior Brother Zixiao—Li Motian’s body is down there.”

Hovering in mid-air, the girl pointed to the place where Lu Qing had saved them earlier.

Senior Sister Ye and the others looked down and saw a corpse lying facedown on a shattered boulder, completely lifeless.

Judging by the clothing and figure, it was none other than Li Motian.

Their eyes narrowed, and they flew down at once, flipping the corpse over and confirming it was indeed him.

Their hearts trembled slightly—and at the same time, they breathed a strange sigh of relief.

Though the girl and Lu Qing had both said that Li Motian was dead, without seeing the body with their own eyes,

they had harbored some doubts deep down.

That demonic cultivator, so powerful after his descent into darkness,

had truly been slain in an obscure forest?

They had even considered whether he had faked his death to escape detection and was now lying in wait.

After all, demonic cultivators were infamous for their bizarre techniques and abundant life-saving methods—they were notoriously hard to kill.

But because Lu Qing had saved their lives, they hadn’t dared to question it openly.

Now, seeing Li Motian’s body, they could finally relax.

Once her mind was at ease, Senior Sister Ye began to inspect the corpse—

Only to discover that aside from a few bruises likely sustained from falling from the sky, there were no other visible injuries.

The only fatal wound was a single sword mark at the center of Li Motian’s brow.

It was clear that his death had been caused by this sword wound.

When her fingertip brushed over the mark and sensed the terrifying trace of Sword Intent still lingering within, Senior Sister Ye was inwardly shocked.

“XiaoJing, tell me again, in full detail—what happened after you escaped the valley? What exactly transpired in the battle between Fellow Daoist Chen and Li Motian?” Senior Sister Ye asked sternly.

By now, the young man in purple had also realized something was amiss and turned to the girl expectantly.

“It was like this. After I fled the valley, Li Motian quickly caught up to me…”

The girl did not hesitate and immediately recounted everything—from being chased by Li Motian to being rescued by Lu Qing—in vivid detail.

Especially the scene of Lu Qing slaying Li Motian, which had long been etched deeply into her memory.

She became increasingly animated as she described it.

“...At the time, we were trapped inside a formation set by Li Motian.

I thought I was going to die for sure.

But then, that terrifying black flame formation of his was shattered in an instant by Big Brother Chen’s counterattack.

After that, Big Brother Chen closed the distance between them in a blink.

With just one finger, he tapped Li Motian right between the brows—and then Li Motian died.

From beginning to end, Li Motian tried everything he had, but he couldn’t even injure Big Brother Chen in the slightest.

In contrast, Big Brother Chen needed only one move to end it completely.”

“He really killed Li Motian with just one move...”

Senior Sister Ye murmured in awe after hearing the story.

From XiaoJing’s account, it was clear that after obtaining the treasure from the cave dwelling, Li Motian’s strength had risen again—significantly more than when she had last fought him.

Otherwise, Zixiao and the others wouldn’t have been beaten so badly.

She knew that even with the three of them working together, they would be difficult for her to defeat.

Yet someone that powerful had been completely overpowered by Lu Qing from start to finish—killed in a single blow.

And judging by the description, Lu Qing likely hadn’t even used his full strength.

“Just who is this Fellow Daoist Chen...” Senior Sister Ye couldn’t help but mutter.

As for the other three disciples, they were already staring in stunned silence.

When they first woke up, XiaoJing had only briefly mentioned that she was rescued by Lu Qing.

At the time, they assumed he had used some powerful artifact to save her.

They had no idea the battle between him and Li Motian had been so one-sided.

“Junior Sister Jing, are you saying that even after Li Motian activated that massive formation, he was still killed in a single move by Fellow Daoist Chen?”

Zixiao asked in disbelief.

“Mhm!” the girl nodded vigorously. “And Big Brother Chen didn’t even use any artifacts—just a single sword finger that cut off all of Li Motian’s vitality.”

Zixiao was once again left speechless.

“Now do you understand just how ridiculous your earlier remarks were?”

Senior Sister Ye’s cold voice rang out.

“You dared to compare Fellow Daoist Chen to the inner sect disciples? Someone of his caliber isn’t someone you can casually mock.

Not to mention, he saved our lives. Zixiao, you truly don’t know your place.

If he weren’t kindhearted, any other cultivator might have killed you outright for your insolence.”

Zixiao had nothing to say in return.

He finally understood why Senior Sister Ye had been so furious.

As she said, to so effortlessly slay a demonic cultivator like Li Motian, who possessed late-stage Golden Core strength...

Lu Qing’s cultivation must have reached a level beyond imagination.

Even if he wasn’t a Nascent Soul cultivator, he was at least an Eighth or even Ninth Transformation Golden Core powerhouse.

Someone like that was far beyond what a mere Fourth Transformation Golden Core like himself had any right to joke about.

“Senior Sister, I was wrong,” Zixiao lowered his head.

Seeing his sincere attitude, Senior Sister Ye’s expression softened slightly.

“It’s good that you understand. Remember, disaster often comes from the mouth. Just because nothing happened this time doesn’t mean others will be so tolerant in the future.”

“Yes.” Zixiao kept his head bowed.

The other two Qiankun Sect disciples silently rejoiced that they had kept their mouths shut earlier.

“All right, now that Li Motian is dead, we’ve eliminated a major threat.

We’ll rest here for another day or two to fully restore our spiritual power, then return to the sect.”

“Yes, Senior Sister.”

After storing away Li Motian’s corpse, Senior Sister Ye couldn’t help but feel a trace of unease.

Although Li Motian was dead, many questions remained unanswered.

How exactly had he fallen into the demonic path? How did he manage to stay hidden within the sect for so long without being discovered?

And the things he said to Zixiao and the others about the Senior Brother—were those true?

All these doubts churned in her heart.

Vaguely, Senior Sister Ye sensed a shadow lurking within the sect, filling her with an inexplicable sense of foreboding.

After forcing down that unease, her thoughts returned to Lu Qing.

This mysterious young man who had saved their lives was just as much an enigma.

Logically speaking, someone so powerful and skilled in healing arts should be well known in the Tianyuan Great World.

Yet when she tried to match him with the many famed young prodigies recorded in the sect’s archives...

There wasn’t a single match.

What did that imply?

Either Lu Qing had come into the Tianyuan Great World from the outside to train...

Or he was a monstrous genius cultivated in some hidden world.

Adding in the sudden appearance of a demonic cultivator like Li Motian—

Altogether, these events left her with the distinct feeling that storm clouds were gathering.

It wouldn’t be surprising if a great upheaval was about to erupt in the Tianyuan Great World.

Yet these thoughts were not something she could share with Zixiao and the others.

“Looks like I’ll need to report everything to Master as soon as we return.”

Senior Sister Ye made a quiet decision in her heart.

Two days later, after secluded meditation and recovery, the Qiankun Sect disciples had all more or less restored their condition.

Without delay, they summoned their artifacts and began their journey back to the sect.

And not long after they departed...

Deep beneath the mountain valley, within a hidden cave dwelling...

Ripples stirred in a blood pool.