The Sect Leader Has Taken in a New Female Disciple

Chapter 1292: Chapter 384: Lu Yaoyao’s Fingers Turned Transparent! (6k)_2

May the destined person meet again on the starry battlefield.

Later, beneath Spirit Skull Mountain, Zhou Qing encountered the residual soul of the senior Master Xuanqing.

The other claimed to be a ninth-level array master under Grand General Zhongli Bo, who fell due to an ambush on the starry battlefield, leaving only a trace of residual soul that escaped here with all its might.

Originally intending to leave behind the full legacy, but due to killing the late-stage Spirit Severing Realm Suanni, the residual soul was severely depleted, ultimately only able to leave the relevant legacy of a level 5 array.

Before Master Xuanqing’s residual soul dissipated, he entrusted Zhou Qing to convey a message to Grand General Zhongli Bo, if he ever reaches the starry battlefield.

He wasn’t absent from the appointed spot nor was he a deserter; it was truly a matter of necessity.

Hence, upon seeing the appraisal result, Zhou Qing was even more shocked—never did he expect this ancient tree to also originate from the starry battlefield.

What kind of place is it really?

Since the ancestors of the Taiqing Sect first discovered this location, designating it as a forbidden zone to guard, countless ages have passed.

Even beings above the Spirit Severing Realm would likely find their lifespan challenging to match up to such a long period.

Thinking of this, deep awe unwittingly rose in Zhou Qing’s heart.

What shocked him even more was that the black heart on the tree was left by the dear friend of this innate spirit.

Was it male or female?

So, what was it doing on the old hen?

Could it be attempting a takeover?

"It shouldn’t be..." Zhou Qing shook his head inwardly.

How could a being fallen from the starry battlefield be so idle as to attempt to take over a chicken?

Unless their brain had been kicked by a donkey.

Seeing the ancient tree still unresponsive, Zhou Qing had no choice but to exit the forbidden zone.

Opening his eyes, he pushed open the courtyard gate.

As expected, the old hen appeared again on the bluestone slab outside the gate, its familiar stench especially pungent.

Zhou Qing stared at it in a daze, sighed softly, and quietly began washing it with a wooden basin.

After drying the feathers, Zhou Qing placed it on the bed, and he himself sat quietly at the table gazing at it.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind—

This old hen was sold by a loose cultivator vendor dedicated to selling strange-looking curiosities at the Five Sects Treasure Exchange Gathering that year.

Its bulging eyes and fluffy body attracted him at the time; originally planning to buy it for a meal, only to find it was just bloated.

Unexpectedly, the next day it laid a spirit egg, and after identification, it turned out to be an over-mutated Egg Treasure Chicken.

It could devour anything for purification, and then lay eggs to expel them.

Since then, this old hen has always been by his side.

From the beginning when it was fed spirit stone powder to later entire spirit stones, day after day, year after year, it has become Zhou Qing’s longest-standing spirit pet.

Yet now, it always somehow ends up in the forbidden zone, causing Zhou Qing to inevitably link it to the Four Flowers Gathering at the Crown he had cultivated.

Back then, the similarly mutated yin-yang qi was precisely brought out by the second uncle from the third coffin.

To be more accurate, it was during those years that Zhongli Bo discovered this trace of yin-yang qi still in infancy.

He carefully concealed it, left behind the , and then departed.

Over time, the originally deeply hidden ancient tree and coffins gradually revealed through the era changes, and by coincidence included that region.

Later, the first Sect Leader of the Taiqing Sect, Guo Guiqi, the puppet guardian in the Gravity Zone.

Discovered this Secret Realm, and founded the sect here, laying the foundation of the Taiqing Sect.

"Could it be... the old hen originally came from the forbidden zone?" Zhou Qing murmured to himself.

Perhaps it always roamed outside until he adopted it.

After three consecutive mutations from being fed numerous spirit stones, from laying spirit eggs to ignoring restrictions, now it can freely enter and exit the forbidden zone...

Even those three fierce Corpse Wax Crows ignored it.

Zhou Qing furrowed his brows slightly, as if a flash of spiritual light appeared in his mind but remained elusive like flowers seen through mist.

And more puzzling was his master Canglong Taoist.

Clearly, his lifespan was exhausted, and his master and senior uncle personally interred him.

Yet now he appeared in the first coffin, becoming a Spirit Severing Realm existence like an artifact spirit.

Does this count as another kind of mutation?

With a mind full of doubts, Zhou Qing quietly waited until midnight.

When the [Daily Reflection] refreshed again, he immediately appraised the old hen.

[Egg Treasure Chicken: This is a hen undergoing its third mutation, currently able to ignore most three-color restrictions.]

Looking at the feedback information, Zhou Qing’s mouth twitched.

Still in the third state of mutation, yet likes to peek at me, what’s that about?

With this thought, Zhou Qing suddenly got up, retreated several steps, and cautiously watched the sleeping old hen on the bed.

Its feathers glimmered with a strange glow under the moonlight, and its chest rose and fell slowly with its breathing.

"Could it be... it is gradually waking up?" Zhou Qing murmured to himself, a chill running down his spine.

What if one day he wakes up to find it standing at his bedside flapping its wings and saying, "Hello, handsome young man!"?

He used to only think it had a mental issue, and never guarded his many secrets against it, including liking to sleep naked sometimes.

"Perhaps... abandon it?" This thought arose only to be immediately vetoed.

But this is unrealistic, unless he kills it, otherwise he can appear in the forbidden zone or outside the gate anytime.

If he truly starts a hand—putting aside the reasonless action, merely the covert observation by the innate spirit of the ancient tree would be daunting.

Furthermore, the spirit eggs it laid earlier greatly aided his cultivation, he couldn’t bring himself to hurt it.

Wouldn’t that be ungrateful?