Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 496 World 96

"I...I don't know why this happened."

Qi Tianyuan slightly avoided eye contact with Ruoshui, who was asking questions.

Although he claimed he didn't know, his demeanor made it obvious to anyone that he was lying.

Yinyin knew that as the male protagonist, he had an old man accompanying him in the jade pendant as a cheat code, but after looking at her master and two senior brothers, who didn't seem surprised by his concealment, she became a little curious.

Qi Tianyuan was left behind by his master to help investigate, while Yinyin went out with her two senior brothers.

Once they were a distance away, Yin Yin tentatively asked, "Senior brothers, you all realized it, didn't you? He was lying to Master."

“Of course,” Jingyue pinched Yinyin’s little face. “We live with him every day, how could we really not know anything?”

"Then..." Yin Yin's eyes darted around, "What exactly do you know?"

Xuan Guang said, "There's something wrong with his jade pendant."

Jingyue added, "My senior brother and I heard him talking to someone several times, but he was alone in the room. Who could he be talking to?"

"He threw away all the clothes he wore when he went up the mountain; the only thing left was that jade pendant."

"However, everyone has secrets. As long as it doesn't affect others, my senior brother and I didn't tell anyone."

"But this time it's really gone too far. There's no reason to use one's own cultivation to replenish a jade pendant."

"Whether it can be repaired or not is another matter. What if there are some evil things hidden in that jade pendant? Wouldn't he have nowhere to cry? So this time we told our master."

Yinyin nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite: "So you all knew, but only kept it from me?"

Seeing Yinyin's expression that said she was about to throw a tantrum if they didn't answer well, the two senior brothers quickly said, "The weather is nice today, we'll go to the mountains to find some food and make you a barbecue."

"How about one meal, no, two meals?"

Yinyin snorted softly: "And my flying rocking horse, Second Senior Brother, don't forget it."

"No problem, no problem," Jingyue poked her little face, "There's just one more formation missing. Once it's finished, I'll give it to you."

Yinyin was finally satisfied and started ordering: "I want to eat grilled bamboo shoots, grilled meat skewers, and grilled mushrooms."

"Okay, okay, we'll do it all."

The three siblings set out and soon found all the items.

As for marinating meat, it was also very simple. Laziness prompted Jingyue to develop many tools that could be powered by spiritual energy, and they were even fully automatic.

Some meats need to be marinated at low temperatures to make them more tender. In that case, let Xuan Guang do it, or let Yin Yin help out.

They both have ice spirit roots, so this is a good opportunity for them to practice their control.

When they had everything ready, and even added some things they had prepared before, Ruoshui arrived with Qi Tianyuan, who was even closer to her than before.

Now that Qi Tianyuan is here, the position of head chef is undoubtedly his.

While eating kebabs, Ruoshui announced to her three disciples, "Tianyuan's problem has been resolved. He should be able to reach Foundation Establishment in one or two months. I will take him away to another place before then. You all should focus on your cultivation within the sect."

After the three agreed, Ruoshui looked at Yinyin and said, "Yinyin, if you have any problems with your cultivation, just go to your senior brother."

Only after Yin Yin agreed did Ruoshui feel relieved and continue to let them roam freely.

A few days later, Ruoshui took Qi Tianyuan out. Although there were two fewer people inside, it seemed to have no impact on the lives of Yinyin and the other two; they continued with their daily routines as usual.

However, in order to avoid being caught by Xuan Guang, Jing Yue simply coaxed Yin Yin into studying the formation with him.

Jingyue originally thought that these things would be difficult for a child like Yinyin, but to his surprise, Yinyin learned formations faster than physical skills.

In fact, Yin Yin hadn't expected this either, but unfortunately, she had already learned a lot of these things, so no matter how hard she tried to hide her talents, she couldn't completely conceal them.

Faced with Jingyue's surprised gaze, Yinyin had no choice but to admit her talent in formations.

"Senior Brother Jingyue, you'd better work hard, or I'll overtake you and leave you far behind!"

“That’s impossible.” When Jingyue was being entangled by Xuan Guang and Qi Tianyuan in physical combat, he could lie flat without a care. But when Yin Yin entangled him in his most proficient area, the formation, he couldn’t lie flat even if he wanted to.

Formations and celestial phenomena are his specialties. He has studied them for so many years. If he were to be surpassed by his junior sister who has just started learning, that would be terrible.

Xuan Guang initially thought Jing Yue was just fooling around, but after seeing Yin Yin's abilities, he stopped caring.

As for Jingyue, who devoted himself to studying formations day and night, Xuanguang had already gone with him.

Anyway, Jingyue is already at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, so he won't be in any trouble if he doesn't eat or drink for a while. On the contrary, his current state of being engrossed in research is rare and absolutely cannot be interrupted. What if he's just one step away from advancing from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core?

With Xuan Guang's example set before her, Yin Yin followed suit and stopped bothering Jing Yue.

When Ruoshui returned with Qi Tianyuan, who had successfully established his foundation, before she could even inquire about Yinyin's condition, she discovered that a cloud of pills was spreading above the sect.

She quickly returned to the sect, handed Qi Tianyuan over to Xuan Guang, and then used magic to take Jing Yue and the room where he lived with her.

Qi Tianyuan stared blankly at the suddenly empty space, his eyes filled with confusion. When his master took him out, he didn't see the house being moved along with it.

Yin Yin said, "Second Senior Brother's Golden Core stage really caught us off guard. We were so close to being wiped out."

Xuan Guang replied, "It's unlikely that he was struck by lightning. The sect has many protective formations. At most, it just means your second senior brother is experiencing a negative Core Formation, and the tribulation lightning for the Nascent Soul stage will be even more severe in the future."

"That's all?" Before Yin Yin could speak, Qi Tianyuan's puzzled voice reached her ears.

Yinyin turned to look at him and comforted him, "Senior Brother is just joking. If it really comes to the time when you and Master don't come back, he'll take Second Senior Brother away."

Seeing that Qi Tianyuan was still somewhat skeptical, Yinyin explained, "The tribulation clouds have only just begun to gather, and it's uncertain whether we'll be able to cross them this time. Second Senior Brother has experienced this a few times before, but the tribulation clouds always dissipated in the end."

Qi Tianyuan was even more puzzled: could the tribulation clouds really dissipate?

This time, Yin Yin couldn't tell him.

Say what?

Because Jingyue was too lazy, she often missed opportunities, so the tribulation clouds gathered and dispersed.

After several visits, Yin Yin was worried that Jie Yun would get upset from being teased and, when it came time to actually strike him, she would teach him a lesson.

As Yin Yin said, the appearance of tribulation clouds should have indicated that Jing Yue would soon be able to overcome the tribulation. However, they have all been gone for half a month and have not returned, which clearly means that there have been setbacks in this tribulation.

As for failing the tribulation and dying, they hadn't thought about it yet. After all, Ruoshui went with them, and her abilities were not so great that she couldn't protect her disciple during the pill tribulation.

A month passed, then two months, and they still hadn't returned. Yinyin went to find Xuanguang first.

"Senior Brother, I think I'm about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage!"