The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 303 : Lingqing Sect... Gone

"Where's your home? I'll take you back."

The little girl lowered her head, not speaking, tears seeming to glisten in her eyes.

Seeing her like this, Chu Sang couldn't help but have an unpleasant thought, her voice faltering. Inwardly sighing at her misspoken words, she cleared her throat and asked in a low voice, "Do you have any other relatives? Or is there anywhere you can stay? Leaving you alone in this wilderness is dangerous. Little girl, I need to take you somewhere safe, don't I?"

The little girl hesitated for a moment before uneasily mumbling, "...Li City, Zhang family residence."

Chu Sang knew of the Zhang family in Li City, a renowned family in a nearby small city. She hadn't expected this little girl to have such a background. Having gotten an answer, she didn't question further and immediately took the little girl to Li City, finding the Zhang family residence she had mentioned.

Unity stage cultivators didn't carry much weight in the cultivation world of ten thousand years ago, but they still had some standing. The servants at the gate showed some disdain when they saw a strange woman leading a little girl, but seeing her cultivation level, they didn't dare to be negligent. After asking a few questions, they went in to report. Soon after, a middle-aged couple hurriedly came out to welcome them. Judging by their attire, they should be the masters of the residence.

The couple clearly recognized the little girl. Chu Sang, as an outsider, didn't feel it appropriate to interfere. She patted the girl's shoulder,

"Go on, I've kept my promise and brought you home."

The little girl still hesitated, not daring to go forward, whether from shyness or something else. In contrast, the couple was very enthusiastic. The wife came forward and took the little girl's hand. Perhaps guessing what the girl had been through, she patted her hand, her words full of sympathy and concern. She asked servants to prepare a room, saying they would raise her as their own daughter.

The harmonious scene seemed to have no problems.

Chu Sang felt reassured. "Alright, I've brought you home. It's time for me to leave."

The little girl turned her head to look at her, opening her mouth as if wanting to say something, but the Zhang family mistress pulled her into the courtyard. The master walked up to Chu Sang, cupping his hands in salute, "To be frank, this child's fate has been turbulent. Thank you for taking care of her along the way. Zhang is deeply grateful. This small token of appreciation is meager, but please accept it as a gesture of my gratitude."

Some pills and spirit stones. Chu Sang wasn't one to stand on ceremony, so she accepted them frankly.

"Will the child's temporary stay in your residence cause any inconvenience?"

"Don't worry, we'll take good care of the child," the master hurriedly said. "By the way, I've had the servants prepare some wine and food. If you don't mind, why not stay the night in our residence?"

"That won't be necessary. I have my own matters to attend to. Now that the child is safely delivered, I should take my leave."

Chu Sang shook her head, showing no intention of accepting the hospitality. She waved her hand and left gracefully.

No one noticed a flash of light in her palm.

She didn't go far, finding an inn in the city to stay. At night, she tossed and turned, unable to sleep, inexplicably worried about the little girl she had encountered today. Why would those formidable cultivators chase and try to kill such a helpless little girl?

She increasingly felt that the girl might be hiding something coveted by others.

If so, had she been too rash in sending the little girl to her so-called relatives?

Relatives aren't necessarily absolutely trustworthy family members.

Judging by the little girl's expression before leaving, she didn't seem very familiar with these relatives. On the contrary, the couple was very enthusiastic towards the little girl, seeming to already know about the situation with the girl's family...

She sat up with a start, scratching her head, and casually drew a sound-recording talisman.

Still uneasy before leaving, Chu Sang had taken an extra precaution, sticking an eavesdropping talisman on the Zhang couple to ensure the child could truly live safely in the Zhang family without being mistreated. She hoped... it was just her overthinking.

"That lord guessed correctly. After this girl's parents died, she indeed came to seek refuge with our family... Fortunately, we were prepared early. Quickly subdue this girl and send her over, to avoid any accidents from prolonged delay."

"Shh, lower your voice. That girl is clever. Don't wake her up. It would be troublesome if she ran away."

"Don't worry, she won't wake up. I added something to her dinner. That girl won't wake up for three days and nights. You can set your mind at ease."

"......"

The eavesdropping talisman hung in mid-air, and in the silent room came the hushed voices of people. As Chu Sang listened, her expression changed, becoming very unpleasant.

She didn't blame herself for being extra cautious. That couple indeed had ulterior motives!

She hadn't expected the little girl's background to be so complicated, with even relatives secretly plotting against her. The "lord" the couple mentioned was most likely from the same place as the assassins encountered earlier. The group chasing her had guessed she might run here and had already arranged with the Zhang couple to sell her for a reward.

This wasn't something Chu Sang should normally interfere with, but she couldn't help it. Perhaps she was born a busybody. Moreover, she had personally saved this little girl and taken a liking to her. Having learned of this, she naturally couldn't ignore it.

The figure in the room disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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Zhang family residence.

The couple directed several servants to gag and bind the unconscious little girl, stuffing her into a sack, intending to transport her out of the city under the cover of night. A cold wind blew, and another figure appeared in the courtyard.

The couple's faces changed instantly when they saw Chu Sang, who had returned.

The master, thinking the matter hadn't been exposed, put on a fake smile, "Young hero, didn't you already leave? Why have you come back? Did something delay you? If you need lodging, I'll have the servants arrange a room for you right away. How about..."

"Release her."

She couldn't be bothered to beat around the bush with the couple and said directly.

The couple's expressions changed repeatedly. The wife stepped forward, speaking with a gentle smile, "Young hero, what are you talking about? Release who? We haven't done anything..."

Meanwhile, the master signaled to the servants with his eyes. Several Unity stage guards circled behind Chu Sang, intending to attack secretly. Chu Sang didn't even turn her head. A sharp blade broke through their necks, and those guards immediately fell, blood spraying.

"Ah!"

The couple had never seen such a scene and were instantly frightened, crouching on the ground, nearly scared out of their wits.

She quickly went to rescue the unconscious child, her voice calm and unperturbed, "Who instructed you to do this, to lay hands on a defenseless child?"

"Young hero, spare us, spare us! We're not targeting this child, there's someone behind this who wants her! If we didn't help that person, our entire family would face retaliation. We had no choice..."

Chu Sang couldn't be bothered to listen to his excuses. She had heard everything clearly through the sound-recording talisman. She didn't plan to kill these people outright, but she also didn't intend to let them off. She erased all of the couple's memories of tonight's events, then left with the child.

Back at the inn, she placed the child on the bed. The child's face was pale, her lips showing a light black color. Her eyes were tightly closed as if having a nightmare, her brows furrowed in distress, her small face covered in cold sweat.

This poison shouldn't be a simple knockout drug. Chu Sang wasn't a proper pill refiner, but having been around Sixth Senior Brother for so many years, she had learned some pill refining techniques. She had an idle pill furnace, not high-grade but more than adequate.

She refined a batch of detoxification pills and administered them to the child. After a while, the child slowly regained consciousness.

Chu Sang handed her a cup of water, pulled up a chair to sit by the bed, and meeting the little girl's confused gaze, briefly recounted what had just happened. Seeing the little girl's face, which had just regained some color, turn pale again, her hands clutching the corners of the blanket, her whole body emanating an aura of fear and unease.

"I don't know what relationship those people have with you, but it seems they won't easily let you go. Besides them, do you have any other relatives..."

Chu Sang paused as she spoke, realizing that finding another relative would probably be no different from this Zhang couple. So she rubbed her chin, thought seriously for a moment, snapped her fingers, and changed the subject, "Why don't I take you to a sect instead?"

Large sects all have sect formations that provide strong protection for disciples, absolutely not allowing outsiders to secretly infiltrate. Sending the child to a good sect would be much better than entrusting her to unreliable relatives.

The little girl looked up at her in surprise, blinked, and finally said a word,

"But... my talent isn't good..."

Entering a sect isn't a simple matter. Major sects select disciples periodically, and the most important criterion for selection is talent. But her talent isn't good, so large sects probably wouldn't accept her, while small sects aren't reliable.

"Have you heard of Lingqing Sect?"

Chu Sang recalled from memory that at this time, Lingqing Sect should be at its peak.

Both Master and Elder Dong Liyan had said that Lingqing Sect ten thousand years ago was the foremost among all major sects, a great immortal sect with absolute status. Although she had no connection to the Lingqing Sect of ten thousand years ago, she felt she could trust her own sect.

She had also heard Master say before that although Lingqing Sect was the foremost among immortal sects back then, it didn't place as much emphasis on talent as other major sects, but rather focused more on the cultivator's character. The little girl might have a chance.

However, the little girl shook her head in confusion when she heard this, "Lingqing Sect? I've never heard of it."

It seemed this child really hadn't had much contact with the cultivation world, to have never even heard of Lingqing Sect? Chu Sang didn't think much of it, simply assuming the child might not have traveled far and had little knowledge of the outside world. For the sake of her safety, she decided to take her there personally. It would also be a good opportunity to see what the Lingqing Sect of ten thousand years ago was really like.

Times had changed, but the location shouldn't have changed much. Chu Sang had walked through Lingqing Sect's gates countless times. Even if there were some slight geographical changes, it wouldn't be difficult for her at all.

Chu Sang could say she was very familiar with finding the sect's location.

Strangely, she didn't find Lingqing Sect as she had expected. The place where the sect's main peak should have been was now just an undeveloped, desolate mountaintop. There was a decent spirit vein buried under the mountain, but the spiritual energy in the Spirit Abyss Continent ten thousand years ago was so abundant that there were countless higher-quality spirit veins, and no major sect had settled on this mountaintop.

She triple-checked to make sure she hadn't found the wrong place, then searched around the nearby area, still finding no trace of Lingqing Sect's existence. She only found a small sect that had been established recently at the foot of a neighboring mountain. Its name wasn't Lingqing Sect either, but an unfamiliar sect name.

...What was going on?

Chu Sang was rarely at a loss.

Could Master have been deceiving her? Or had she really found the wrong place?

Chu Sang wasn't willing to give up. She inquired about news in nearby towns. The cultivation world indeed had no sect called Lingqing Sect. Could it be that there was an error in the transmission, sending her to another place???

To prove whether there was an error in the transmission, she specifically found opportunities to visit other major sects in the current cultivation world. She found Tianqi Sect and even encountered its current Sect Leader, who was identical to Elder Dong Liyan in her memory. So it seemed the time and place were correct. Why had only Lingqing Sect disappeared?

Or... had she arrived too early, before Lingqing Sect was established?

But legend had it that Lingqing Sect was the foremost major sect ten thousand years ago. A sect with the strength to become the leader among immortal sects must have been an established major sect passed down from at least a thousand years ago. For a newly established sect to leap to becoming a top-tier major sect in just a few years or decades would be extremely difficult, almost an impossible miracle.

She would rather believe she had been transmitted to the wrong place than believe that Lingqing Sect hadn't been founded yet.

It was truly perplexing, but with a child by her side now, Chu Sang didn't have time to think about so much. She didn't have good habits for taking care of children, nor experience in caring for them, nor time to do so. Rather than having her take care of a child, it would be better for the child to come take care of her... She needed to find an opportunity to send this child somewhere!

After much consideration, Chu Sang still chose the obscure small sect at the foot of the mountain.

She had investigated this small sect in person over the past few days. The small sect had only been established for a few decades, but its development was quite good. It could now be considered one of the five minor sects, with three to five hundred disciples. The Sect Leader was a kind and benevolent person. Even if those people set their sights on the child again, the sect would have the ability to protect her.

As for Chu Sang, it was time for her to go into seclusion. The spiritual energy in the Spirit Abyss Continent ten thousand years ago was truly too abundant, more than ten times as abundant as ten thousand years later. She had previously estimated that she would need at least several decades to break through, but if she went into seclusion in this world, she could achieve the same effect in just a few years.

Of course, besides this, she had another guess, but it needed to be verified through practice.

If it were true, it would be a huge surprise.