Junior Brother Pays Respect to You: Chapter 36 - To Get Carried Away with Success
Chapter 36: To Get Carried Away with Success
People with cultivation can easily travel to and from Mount Yujing in no time.
In just a short while, the two senior and junior brothers brought the woman to the front gate of the Tianque Sect.
This time, all the disciples had already gone down the mountain, so Tianque Sect was much quieter than usual.
Suddenly, a burst of hurried footsteps caught Qin Zheng and the others' attention.
They saw a junior brother, who didn’t look too familiar, running out of a side hall. While running, he shouted back, “Senior brother, hurry up! All the other disciples have left already — we’re the last group to set off!”
At the same time, another man with a large bundle on his back ran out of the side hall, stuffing things into the bundle as he went.
“No choice — if we’re going to fight demons, we have to prepare more stuff.”
“Qin Shuang?”
Qin Zheng looked at the junior brother with distaste. “Going down the mountain and back only takes a short while. Why are you packing like you’ve been expelled from the sect?”
Though, when he himself had been expelled back then, he hadn’t taken anything either.
Hearing Qin Zheng’s shout, Qin Shuang finally looked up and, a bit surprised, asked, “Eh? Senior and junior brothers, you haven’t left yet either? I thought our group was the last.”
Qin Zheng smugly leaned closer to Qin Su and said, “How could we be the same as you?”
“We already went down and came back!”
At that moment, the woman who had been standing behind Qin Zheng, blocked from view, stepped forward from his side with a cold expression and said, “Since you’ve brought me here, I won’t interrupt your reunion.”
“Just tell me where your sect leader is. I’ll go find him myself.”
Her sudden approach made Qin Shuang pause, and he looked a bit dazed as if lost in thought.
Hearing the woman wanted to go find the sect leader on her own, Qin Zheng quickly shook his head and said, “I’ll take you! I have nothing to talk about with him anyway.”
Bringing an outsider into the sect was already a breach of protocol — letting her roam around unsupervised would be an even bigger offense.
With that, Qin Zheng left Qin Shuang behind and led the woman toward where their master was.
As he passed Qin Shuang, the latter quietly asked, “Senior brother, why is she looking for Master?”
Qin Zheng just grinned at him and walked on without answering.
When the woman passed in front of Qin Shuang, she gave him a puzzled look.
For some reason, he seemed a bit familiar.
The three of them were still on their way when they ran into the sect leader walking toward them.
Qing Yuan had originally been cultivating when he suddenly sensed an outsider entering the sect and came out to investigate.
He discovered that Qin Zheng and Qin Su had brought a stranger.
However, there was no demonic aura on the woman.
Upon seeing their master, Qin Zheng and Qin Su immediately bowed.
“Master.”
The woman, realizing this was the sect leader, stepped forward even before being introduced and bowed respectfully. “I am Ling Fei, daughter of the demon clan. I had a pact with the mountain god Yu Jingchen, and I have come to your sect to fulfill that agreement.”
After she stated her name, Qing Yuan finally understood who she was.
At the same time, Qin Zheng quickly added, “Master, this woman came out of a seal.”
Qing Yuan nodded and said, “I know.”
Seeing that the sect leader already knew of her, Ling Fei confidently said, “Then I assume Yu Jingchen told you about me.”
Qing Yuan nodded again. “Yu Jingchen did discuss this matter with me, and I agreed.”
“I see that your demonic aura is now gone, so you’re ready for the 'Return to Mortality' technique.”
“However, the process is extremely painful. Are you sure you can endure it?”
Ling Fei replied with some disdain, “The decades I spent sealed away were also painful, and I endured that too.”
Seeing that she was resolute, Qing Yuan had no choice but to nod and say, “Then come with me.”
Not knowing how long the ritual would take, Qin Zheng quickly stopped his master.
“Master, during our trip down the mountain, Junior Brother Qin Su and I encountered the person who’s been breaking the seals. He’s extremely powerful — we’re no match for him.”
This was a serious matter and needed to be reported immediately.
After that, Qin Zheng glanced at Ling Fei and added, “He’s a rogue cultivator.”
Ling Fei continued, “His name is Wei Feiluan. He seems to be looking for something that Yu Jingchen sealed away.”
“Wei Feiluan?” Hearing the name, Qing Yuan paused and finally sighed, “If it’s him, then let him be. Don’t provoke him. Just make sure the seals he breaks don’t endanger ordinary people.”
With that, the master led Ling Fei away.
As they walked, Ling Fei suddenly remembered something. “Yu Jingchen... what happened to him?”
Qing Yuan answered slowly, “He was reincarnated.”
As the two of them walked farther away, Qin Zheng thought he vaguely heard something about reincarnation.
He looked at Qin Su and asked, “Should we continue down the mountain?”
Qin Su nodded. “We should still follow Master’s instructions.”
Since they had decided to head down again, the two of them walked toward the main gate.
Suddenly, four words flashed through Qin Zheng’s mind, and he shivered.
Return to Mortality... Return to Mortality? RETURN TO MORTALITY!
A technique that can make someone human again — capable of aging, sickness, and death!
Isn’t that exactly what he had always wanted?
Every Tianque Sect leader knows the Return to Mortality technique — why was he only finding out now?
Qin Su was now the sect leader, which meant he knew the technique too.
If he just went back and asked for help, wouldn’t that solve everything?
Qin Zheng turned and looked at the calm Qin Su, his face full of excitement. He hadn’t expected things to become so simple in the end!
That money Qin Su gave him should be enough to live on.
And when he’s old and can’t walk anymore, he’ll have Xiao Bai send him off.
Just as Qin Zheng was enjoying his happy thoughts, they arrived at the gate.
“Senior brother!”
Qin Shuang ran up as soon as he saw them.
Qin Zheng looked at him in confusion. “Why are you still here?”
Then he glanced at Qin Su and added, “I’m not teaming up with you and leaving Qin Su behind!”
Qin Shuang shook his head, then glanced behind Qin Zheng and asked, “Where’s that woman from earlier?”
“Master took her.”
Qin Shuang asked nervously, “Why was she looking for Master anyway?”
Qin Zheng shrugged. “She wants to become mortal and asked Master for help.”
“Why are you so interested in a random woman?”
Qin Shuang scratched his head sheepishly. “Just curious. I mean, we’ve been stuck in the sect for so long, it’s the first time I’ve seen an outsider.”
Qin Zheng hadn’t paid much attention and didn’t really listen to his explanation either.
***
Later… Qin Zheng lay dazed on the bed, staring at a rock protruding from the cave ceiling. He still hadn’t recovered!
Just earlier, when he and Qin Su were starting a fire in Mount Yujing, Qin Su suddenly said, “You’ve been here for a month now.”
Qin Zheng blinked, not understanding what he meant.
A moment later, he looked at Qin Su in surprise and counted the days on his fingers.
Ever since learning about the Return to Mortality technique, he’d been in high spirits. Qin Su was easy to get along with — life felt great.
Wei Feiluan had been quiet for a few days, then resumed breaking seals in the mountains.
With Qin Su’s help, Qin Zheng got to truly experience the thrill of punishing evil.
Twenty-nine... thirty...
Just as he counted to thirty, everything went black.
When he opened his eyes again, he was back in this cave.
Once again, he had vanished — without a word.
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