The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

Chapter 1136 345: Wait, Mother Hen, Why Did You Suddenly Come Back?

The candlelight flickered in the elegant room.Sikong Yan slowly removed his mask, revealing a familiar face, then smiled broadly at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing quietly stared at him, trying to find traces of Lin Jin's existence on that face.

However, the smile was clean and pure, as if it had never changed.

Though Zhou Qing had never seen Lin Jin's real face, an inexplicable sadness surged in his heart.

"What?" Sikong Yan caught the fleeting sorrow in Zhou Qing's eyes, his mouth curling into a playful smirk.

He then turned away, his tone suddenly becoming indifferent, "Have you thought it over? That matter."

"Get out!" Zhou Qing said coldly.

Sikong Yan was unfazed, instead laughing heartily as he turned around, "You, everything about you is great, except you're too emotional."

He shook his head, pacing to the window, "Feelings are like the autumn leaves on the trees outside, seemingly beautiful yet destined to wither."

"Cultivators should transcend the mundane, yet you insist on entangling yourself."

"Let's not talk about anything far away," his eyes sharp as they locked onto Zhou Qing, "For the sake of your senior brother, Ghost Mastiff, you put yourself in a precarious position, now even daring not to show your true face, is it worth it?"

Zhou Qing met his gaze without backing down, "What about you? At my age, have you ever had feelings?"

Sikong Yan's smile instantly froze, a barely discernible pain flashing in his eyes, ultimately turning into a long sigh.

"You are still too young, if one day, all your dearest suddenly died..."

He paused, "You would absolutely become a machine of emotionless slaughter."

Zhou Qing didn't bother to argue further, directly walking to a seat away from him.

"I'm still considering the cooperation matter." Zhou Qing got straight to the point, "Meanwhile, I have something I want to ask you to guide me on."

According to the Friendship Sticker's suggestion, helping Sikong Yan would earn him fifty Top-Grade Wood Attribute Spirit Stones and a hundred ordinary Top-Grade Spirit Stones.

This vast quantity is far beyond what the Cangyan Daoist Palace can accumulate.

Even factoring in the gains from possession, such consumption would not be sustainable, don't forget, at that time a Nascent Soul Lin Jin needed to be supported.

So Zhou Qing had two guesses regarding this: one, these Spirit Stones might come from a forbidden zone exclusively shared by Sikong Yan.

However, he had been inside that forbidden zone too, those bulges on the wriggling flesh walls around took a long time to form.

Even if Sikong Yan simulated it repeatedly to ensure good items appeared inside, it would not be feasible for him to keep running back and forth to the Extreme North Land to collect Wood Attribute Spirit Stones.

"Then..." Zhou Qing's eyes gleamed, "He very likely discovered an untouched Wood Attribute Spirit vein!"

Wait—

Zhou Qing instantly realized.

Back when the Friendship Sticker showed rewards, Sikong Yan indeed possessed these Spirit Stones.

But now he had broken through the Spirit Severing Realm, could it be they were already exhausted?

If that were true, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?

"Why suddenly silent?" Sikong Yan broke the silence by sipping tea.

"As for cooperation, I believe you will agree eventually, after all... kindness and emotional depth are your weaknesses."

He put down the teacup, asking with interest, "Tell me, what assistance do you want before that?"

Zhou Qing stared into his eyes, "Do you still have Wood Attribute Spirit Stones on you?"

Sikong Yan clearly flinched, then chuckled, "What? Want to borrow money from me?"

"How much?" Zhou Qing ignored his taunt.

Sikong Yan smiled mysteriously, "Low profile with wealth, sorry, I can't disclose."

Zhou Qing: "..."

Alright, such straightforwardness is indeed a bit abrupt.

"You want Wood Attribute Spirit Stones?" Seeing Zhou Qing's head-ache gesture, Sikong Yan's eyes suddenly brightened as he inquired.

Zhou Qing nodded, "Yes."

"That's odd," Sikong Yan stroked his chin, "You've successively killed nine Jieyun Thieves, exterminated more than twenty Nangong Family members, combined with your ties to the Duobao Trading House, it shouldn't be the case that you don't even have a few..."

He suddenly paused, "Oh, I got it, you need a large amount of Wood Attribute Spirit Stones?"

Zhou Qing remained silent.

Conversing with such an old fox, a slight misstep would reveal too much information.

This was why he minimized conversations with them while at the Divine Ruins Celestial Palace.

"Then you found the wrong person," Sikong Yan spread his hands, "I don't have that many Spirit Stones. Even if I did, lending them to you might not ensure a timely repayment."

Zhou Qing: "..."

Do I look like someone who borrows and doesn't repay?

"However," Sikong Yan suddenly changed his tune, "I happen to be free recently, I can take you to a place, should find the Spirit Stones you need."

Zhou Qing's eyes lit up, "Where?"

"To someone else's home!" Sikong Yan laughed.

Zhou Qing: "..."

"What look is that? I'm serious." Sikong Yan said earnestly, "These days, want something, if you don't have it yourself, go find it at others' homes!"

"For instance?"

"For example... the treasury of the Nangong Family!" Sikong Yan lowered his voice.

Zhou Qing was taken aback.

Sikong Yan continued, "I believe from the storage bags of the Nangong Family's Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection elders, you must have obtained some Wood Attribute Spirit Stones."

"Yet, thinking it can't satisfy your requirements, their inner vault becomes the best choice for both of us."

"Both of us?" Zhou Qing keenly caught the key phrase.

Sikong Yan chuckled, "I do have some Wood Attribute Spirit Stones, but they're reserved for subsequent plans, strictly speaking, for you to use for setting arrays."

"Still lacking some materials, the Nangong Family's inner vault surely has them."

Zhou Qing sneered coldly, "Looks like asking for your help suits your intentions."

"Why else would I say we are destined," Sikong Yan laughed, "Besides, you can't resolve the vendetta with the Nangong Family."

"A Fourth-level Array Master's status is indeed noble, but in the eyes of Spirit Severing Realm, an undeveloped genius is nothing more than an ant that can be crushed with a slap."