149: Chapter 149 Grand Master

After saying goodbye to Ling Shu and the others, Lin Qing retraced his steps. After waiting in line on the first floor for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, he returned to the square once again.

"Senior Brother Lin Qing."

"Senior Brother Lin Qing..."

All around, Disciples were still greeting Lin Qing respectfully; none of them questioned his strength just because he had come out so quickly.

Lin Qing checked the corpses of the Demon Court Disciples and the various miscellaneous Materials inside his Storage Ring, intending to deal with these items first.

Just as he was preparing to fly toward the Mission Hall, the communication token from Jue Chenzi inside his Storage Ring began to vibrate again.

"Lin Qing, your Grand-Masters Aunt is looking for you. If you have nothing else to do, return to Juechen Island."

Grand-Masters Aunt, that woman in green? Lin Qing had only met her briefly last time before passing out, but her powerful image was already etched into his mind.

"I have nothing to do right now; I will head over immediately."

A moment later, Lin Qing returned to Juechen Island and saw a woman standing on the square in front of the palace from afar.

The woman wore a long green dress, neatly tailored with no superfluous decorations. Her raven-black hair was casually tied up, bound only by a piece of green cloth. Her brows and eyes were beautiful, her skin like congealed fat, and her simple dress made her look elegant and refined.

Lin Qing quickly landed in front of Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao and bowed, saying: "Lin Qing greets Grand-Masters Aunt. Thank you for traveling thousands of miles to the border to save me."

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao raised her slender hand, summoning the Storage Ring that had belonged to Old Ghost from Lin Qing's possession into her hand. While using her Divine Thought to break the lock, she said: "It is no matter. Since you are Jue Chenzi's Disciple, you are my grand-Disciple. It was only right that I save you."

After she finished speaking, she had already opened the ring, then took out another ring and handed both to Lin Qing. "This ring contains the one hundred million Spirit Stones as compensation from the Demon Court. I am giving it to you as well."

Lin Qing did not take them immediately but asked instead: "Grand-Masters Aunt, this time the Sect..."

Fundamentally, this incident had been caused by Lin Qing. Although he had killed many Demon Court Disciples and the Sect had reacted quickly enough so that the Demon Seeds had not caused any harm to the ordinary Disciples of the Chuyun Immortal Sect...

but it had still forced the Yunyin Sequence and those in the God Realm to make a trip, and those in the God Realm had even exchanged blows with the enemy; he did not know if anyone had been injured. However, before he could finish, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao interrupted him: "You do not need to worry about the Sect's affairs. In fact, for the Chuyun Immortal Sect this time, aside from you getting beaten up, we have actually come out ahead in other respects."

Getting beaten up... Why did that sound so unpleasant?

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao pushed the two rings forward again. Since the conversation had reached this point, Lin Qing could only respectfully accept the two rings.

He had naturally noticed the ring in his possession long ago and had even tried to break it, but the difficulty was quite high, so he had set it aside for the time being. Now that Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao had acted, she had saved him several days of work.

"Chen-er has already told me about the arrangements to send you to the Central Continent. Do not wander about during this time; I will take you to the Central Continent in half a year."

Chen-er...

Although Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao looked youthful and beautiful, it was basic practice for experts in the God Realm to maintain their appearance at their Peak. Only those whose lifespans were truly coming to an end would appear aged.

Since Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao was Jue Chenzi's Revered Master, and she must have accepted Jue Chenzi as her Disciple when she was in the God Realm and he had not yet attained divinity. Now that Jue Chenzi had been a god for several hundred years, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao was likely approaching a thousand years old.

In the eyes of those who had lived for hundreds or thousands of years, half a year was truly the blink of an eye. Therefore, Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao's previous words were as if she were saying to Lin Qing: Do not go to sleep yet, we are about to leave soon.

But in reality, half a year was already a very long time for Lin Qing; it was at least enough for him to reach a Breakthrough to the eighth rank.

Lin Qing bowed and cupped his hands in response. "Yes."

"Alright, there is no need to be so reserved in front of me. Raise your right hand."

Although he did not know why, Lin Qing still raised his right hand as instructed.

Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao formed a seal with both hands, then pointed a finger, and a beam of green light drilled into the Storage Ring Lin Qing was wearing on his right hand.

"This is my Divine Thought mark. Although you should not encounter any danger within the Chuyun Immortal Sect, it is better to be prepared. Also, this is my communication token. I will not be going into seclusion for the time being; if you encounter any issues, let me know."

After Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao imprinted her Divine Thought, she placed a communication token into Lin Qing's palm. Then, without waiting for Lin Qing to say anything, her figure vanished.

Jue Chenzi had only one Disciple, Lin Qing, and Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao also had only one Disciple, Jue Chenzi. To a certain extent, they could be considered a single lineage, so it was no wonder Grand Aunt-Master Qing Yao was so attentive to Lin Qing.

Lin Qing pushed open the doors of the Juechen Hall and sat on the meditation cushion he used for cultivation. He first opened the ring containing the one hundred million Spirit Stones and transferred all the Spirit Stones inside into his own Storage Ring.

Afterward, he opened Old Ghost's Storage Ring. Clearly, Old Ghost was also a Formation Master. The ring did not contain many Spirit Stones, but it was densely packed with various Materials used for setting up Formations, as well as many seventh and eighth-rank Formation diagrams. Unfortunately, these diagrams were no longer useful to Lin Qing.

Besides that, the Materials for that random teleportation Formation had returned to Lin Qing's hands once more, and Lin Qing also found another ninth-rank Formation diagram in the corner.

This was a diagram for an illusion Formation, generally used to be set up around an Immortal Cave. For Lin Qing, it was of little use for the time being, but fortunately, the Materials for setting up the Formation were complete, so it could be used to grind for proficiency.

After spending some time organizing the various Materials in the ring into their respective categories, Lin Qing stood up and flew toward the Mission Hall.