"Luocheng Li! What are you doing!"
A cold, feminine voice echoed from afar. Luocheng Li's hand trembled, and the crescent cat was thrown out.
"Luocheng Li!"
Luo Feihua roared in anger and quickly urged her contracted beast, the Ironclad Lizard, to advance rapidly, narrowly catching the crescent cat.
However, the crescent cat was lying limply, unconscious and its fate unknown.
Luo Feihua hadn't expected that after only leaving for a short while, the kitten entrusted to Sheng Yi would end up like this. She was filled with both worry and anger.
She quickly fed the crescent cat a spirit pill and then said to the young Daoist boy outside, "Please hurry and see if my sister is here. If she is, ask her to come over."
Her sister was much more proficient in treating spirit beasts than she was, and she would only feel at ease if her sister came to take a look.
The young Daoist boy hurried off.
"It's just a small beast, a pet someone else didn't want. Luo Feihua, why are you so nervous?"
Luocheng Li had been a bit nervous initially, but seeing that Luo Feihua completely ignored him, acting high and mighty, his nervousness turned into dissatisfaction and malice.
He had always felt that he was no inferior to Luo Feihua.
But just because Luo Feihua was from the direct lineage of the Luo family, she had more family resources. Not only did she learn the family's beast-taming techniques, but after failing the first assessment at the academy, she obtained a recommendation token for the second assessment with the family's help, thus entering the academy!
This made Luocheng Li extremely jealous!
He recalled how he had begged the family elder to teach him beast-taming techniques but was refused. He had to fight tooth and nail to cultivate and learn, to enter the academy, and finally, by ingratiating himself with Jinling Fengyun Youyue, he managed to become a disciple of the Artifact Refining Peak!
But what about Luo Feihua? As soon as she entered the academy, she had the backing of Luo Feiying, who was from the direct lineage. She smoothly joined the Beast Taming Peak and made friends with Feng Wuya and Bai Shengyi.
Why?
Luocheng Li said venomously, "You're fawning over Bai Shengyi's dirty feet, but she merely treats you as a servant to take care of animals. Luo Feihua, how have you regressed? You've completely disgraced our Luo family!"
"Shut up!" Luo Feihua's face turned red with anger.
Luocheng Li: "Don't be angry. It's fine if this pet dies. Since you and Bai Shengyi are good friends, she definitely won't blame you. You can even use this opportunity to show loyalty to Fairy Youyue..."
"I told you to shut up!"
Luo Feihua, already worried about Er Gou, became enraged when Luocheng Li insulted her friendship with Bai Shengyi. She disregarded the academy's rules and struck Luocheng Li fiercely with her palm!
The two immediately began to fight.
"There's a fight happening over there, quickly notify an elder!"
...
Bai Shengyi and Qin Si had just returned to the academy when Qin Si was called away by Wen Jiuyin and Mu Xing.
"The Alchemist Association proposed by the Feng family has been established. As per your instructions, the academy is not participating in this matter. However, Vice Principal Xia had all the alchemists from Zhen Dan Peak apply to join the association. The Feng family doesn't know what to do, so they sent someone to ask the academy's stance on this matter."
"Furthermore, Vice Principal, Elder Yingse, who was previously dealt with by Jian Feng, has been released by Vice Principal Xia. And some elders from the Main Peak Elder Council have begun proposing to remove you from your Vice Principal position..."
After the exchange meeting, Qi Fei, Li Yihui, and Yuan Bingxin had left, but Rong Bugui and Dao Ming remained.
Xia Xilou was on good terms with Rong Bugui. He felt that dealing with Elder Yingse had slapped Rong Bugui in the face, so he took it upon himself to release him.
Not only that, but during Qin Si's absence, Xia Xilou had not only changed some of the rules in the Discipline Hall and Main Peak, attempting to increase the tuition fees collected by the academy, but he also wanted to interfere in the affairs of the aristocratic families through the academy, making his presence extremely prominent.
The academy itself was not a tightly knit entity. With Xia Xilou's actions, some people in the Main Peak Elder Council also began to stir.
As such, Wen Jiuyin and Mu Xing, seeing Qin Si's return, hurriedly asked him to go back and take charge.
With Qin Si gone, Bai Shengyi planned to first go to Luo Feihua's place to pick up the crescent cat and return it to Qian Xiao Peak, then go into seclusion to await the trial prepared by the academy for the seeds.
For someone who loved fluffy creatures, not seeing her cat for a period of time was an invisible torment.
Bai Shengyi found walking too slow, so she directly flew on her sword to the Beast Taming Peak.
Little did she know that because of her actions, the Qing Meng Vine had developed a serious sense of crisis.
The Reincarnation Brush had regained consciousness these past two days. The Qing Meng Vine whispered, "Boss, do you feel like Master is paying too much attention to Er Gou? Does Master want to contract Er Gou? With Er Gou, will Master not like Boss anymore?"
"Bah! Even if she doesn't like you, she won't not like Bibi!"
The Reincarnation Brush had been lazy, but upon hearing the last sentence, it immediately became agitated.
"Scheming vine, don't think I don't know you want to instigate me to stop Master. Bibi tells you, Bibi will never fall for it!"
The Qing Meng Vine said aggrievedly, "I'm not..."
"I think you took good care of Er Gou before. Even if Master contracts Er Gou in the future, won't you be able to play together then?"
The Reincarnation Brush magnanimously lectured, "Little vine leaf, as Bibi's little brother, you should be broad-minded."
The Reincarnation Brush thought to itself, hmph, you secretly contracted Master and made Bibi suffer. Now it's your turn to taste this kind of feeling.
Besides, the cat is so well-behaved and obedient, and its fur is so soft. If Master likes it, what's the harm in contracting it? If it wasn't for the fact that it couldn't transform right now, it would also want to pet the fluffy creature.
The Reincarnation Brush, which was sometimes irritable and sometimes childish, was essentially a fellow fluff enthusiast like its master.
Bai Shengyi was unaware of the conversation between the Reincarnation Brush and the Qing Meng Vine. She happily entered the Beast Taming Peak, only to see a round-faced female cultivator who looked somewhat familiar rushing towards her.
"Martial Aunt Bai, you're here to find Junior Sister Feihua, right? She's fighting with Senior Brother Luo from the Artifact Refining Peak right now. Please hurry and break up the fight. I saw someone has already gone to notify the elders."
Luo Feihua had always performed well among the new disciples of the Beast Taming Peak, so naturally, many disciples were watching her for mistakes. As soon as she broke the rules, someone immediately seized the opportunity to act.
"Thank you, Daoist Friend Li." Bai Shengyi smiled at the person and accelerated her speed on her sword again.
The round-faced female cultivator's eyes widened in surprise, and she muttered, "Wow, Martial Aunt Bai actually remembers my name..."
She knew that she had only met Martial Aunt Bai once before at Junior Sister Feihua's place!
"As expected of the person I admire, she's just that outstanding!"
The round-faced female cultivator clutched the illusion stone and clenched her fist, cheering herself on, "Li Xiaoxiao, for Martial Aunt Bai's sake, you must be brave today and not let those people bully Junior Sister Feihua!"
"Feihua, be careful!"
As soon as Bai Shengyi arrived, she saw Luocheng Li sneak attacking Luo Feihua from behind with flames. She immediately made a move to scatter the flames and landed with Luo Feihua in her arms.
Luo Feihua's cultivation was one level lower than Luocheng Li, and she had an earth spirit root primarily for defense. She had been completely suppressed by Luocheng Li and was only holding on with sheer anger. Her face and body were covered in wounds.
Clearly, this fight had not ended well for her.
"Shengyi! You're finally back!"
Luo Feihua trusted Bai Shengyi implicitly. She took the spirit pill handed to her by Bai Shengyi and swallowed it directly, her face filled with joy. Then, she said sadly, "But I failed your trust and couldn't take good care of Er Gou. Er Gou it..."
"What happened to it?" Bai Shengyi frowned.
Luocheng Li laughed heartily, gloating, "It's dead! That beast is naturally dead!"