Mu Yijie closed his eyes. Just as he thought he was surely doomed this time, the attack didn't come for a long time. He opened his eyes and saw a man tightly gripping the tree demon's vines.
"Master?" Mu Yijie blurted out. But the next second, he came to his senses. This wasn't his master but Ling'er's.
Zhou Chengzi didn't respond to him. He just suddenly sent the tree demon flying with a powerful blow. Then he grabbed with both hands, and the tree demon's demon core flew out of its body. Eventually, its whole body turned into a huge dead branch.
He grabbed the demon core in his hand and then turned around to look at Mu Yijie.
"Are you Mu Yijie? My disciple's boyfriend?" Zhou Chengzi stared at Mu Yijie expressionlessly. Although there was no expression on his face, Mu Yijie could see the disdain in his eyes.
Mu Yijie tightened his hand and dug it hard into the soil. After a while, he wiped the blood from his lips and got up clumsily. He straightened his back and looked directly into Zhou Chengzi's eyes. "Yes, I'm her lover. Thank you for saving me."
After Mu Yijie finished speaking, a red light flashed in Zhou Chengzi's eyes, and a look of comfort appeared on his face. But the next second, his expression changed.
"Lover? You're not qualified to be my disciple's lover. With your mere Nascent Soul stage cultivation, how can you be worthy of my disciple who has already reached the Out-of-Body stage? You should know that once a cultivator breaks through to the Out-of-Body stage, they've stepped into the level of high - level cultivators, while you're still lingering at the low level." Zhou Chengzi's mouth was like a venomous snake, spraying venom without any courtesy.
He looked at Mu Yijie sharply, as if trying to see into his heart. "Moreover, she has unparalleled talent and is very likely to become a transcender. She will see a much broader world. And you - you're just an ordinary person with average talent who can't keep up with her pace. What right do you have to be with her?"
Zhou Chengzi's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting hard on Mu Yijie's heart and shattering his original confidence.
Yes, what right did he have to be with her? The higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the more difficult it was to break through. Ling'er had just broken through not long ago. After coming back from that dungeon this time, she had broken through again and become an Out-of-Body stage cultivator.
Such talent couldn't be simply described as being a genius. It was even appropriate to call her a monster.
Looking at himself, he had only advanced from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul to the late stage. How could he keep up with her pace?
It turned out that they were so unmatched!
Mu Yijie couldn't help taking a few steps back. His body swayed unsteadily, as if he had lost all his strength.
"I... I will work hard. I will definitely transcend with her." His words were so pale that even he couldn't believe them.
"My disciple has a simple and straightforward personality, while you have a heavy - hearted and as sly as a fox. Your personalities don't match either. You must have had problems in your relationship after you got together, right?" Zhou Chengzi said affirmatively, hitting the nail on the head about their current crisis.
Mu Yijie's face became even paler. Already having lost a lot of blood, his face was so pale that it seemed transparent, not like a human's.
His hands trembled, and he wanted to open his mouth several times to refute. But weren't they just arguing and even breaking up? He couldn't refute at all.
After a long time, he gradually lowered his head and said in a voice barely audible, "We've already broken up. We're really not suitable."
Finally hearing what he wanted to hear, Zhou Chengzi curled his lips into a kind smile. "It's good that you understand. But I still want to thank you for taking care of my disciple during this period. These will be my thank - you gifts."
Zhou Chengzi waved his big hand, and a storage bag appeared on the ground. Then he continued, "There are 500 top - grade spirit stones in it, which are enough for you to cultivate to the Out - of - Body stage. There are also some pills, talismans, and a jade pendant that can completely cover your aura."
Mu Yijie stared intently at the storage bag on the ground. He gritted his teeth tightly and said with a trembling lip, "I was with her because of love. I don't need compensation."
Zhou Chengzi squinted his eyes slightly and said with a smile, "Don't you want to become stronger?"
His words hit Mu Yijie right in the heart. How could he not want to? He dreamed of it!
Seeing his wavering, Zhou Chengzi directly made the storage bag float into his arms.
"Practice hard!"
Leaving this sentence behind, he disappeared.
Mu Yijie didn't say a word. He just tightly grabbed the storage bag, with a complicated look on his face.
However, after returning to the Mu family, the storage bag was put into the formation and never opened again.
On the other side, at Li Zhuo's house.
After thinking things through, Yong Shanling said to Hou Hua worriedly, "I'm not at home. I wonder how Yijie is? Will he encounter any demons?"
Hou Hua rolled her eyes. Knowing that this girl missed her man, she said amusingly, "Come on, don't I know you! Hurry back and have a good talk with your man to make up! As for me, you don't need to accompany me. I have my A Zhuo."
Yong Shanling giggled, put her arm around Hou Hua's waist, and said coquettishly, "Sister Hou Hua, I knew you were the best! Thank you, great one, for your enlightenment. I'm extremely grateful."
Hou Hua looked at Yong Shanling's departing figure helplessly and said, "Silly girl, you're so glib in front of me. Why are you so tongue - tied in front of your man?"
Yong Shanling channeled her spiritual power under her feet and rushed back home impatiently. She quickly shuttled through the woods on both sides of the road. Fortunately, she remembered to use an invisibility talisman. Otherwise, the passers - by would probably be scared to death if they saw her.
She quickly ran back home. When she got to the door, she hesitated instead. She stood there, straightened her clothes, and then nervously pushed the door open, carefully poking her head in.
I wonder if Shu Shu is still angry?
Huh? Shu Shu isn't here!!!
Yong Shanling heaved a sigh of relief but also felt a bit disappointed. She pushed the door open and walked in. She found that the house was extremely quiet today, and she didn't see a single person.
She didn't think much about it and directly walked to Mu Yijie's room. She knocked on the door and said, "Yijie, are you in? I... I have something to tell you."
The room was completely silent. No one answered after a long time. Yong Shanling bit her lips unhappily. Her fingers kept pinching her palm, and she couldn't stop having wild thoughts in her mind.
Is Shu Shu still angry? That's why he's ignoring me.
Is he really going to break up with me? Is he not even willing to talk to me now?
When someone knocks on the door, they should at least respond. This is the simplest courtesy.
...
Yong Shanling waited for a long time. Her initial nervousness turned into anger. Is Shu Shu going to give her the silent treatment?
In a fit of anger, Yong Shanling covered her hand with spiritual power and gave the door a hard push. The door fell backward with a crash.