Soon, Su Li noticed the fluctuations that appeared in the air, and Zhou Ziyou’s figure instantly tensed up across from him.
"How about you open it up and see what your master has to say?"
Zhou Ziyou was terrified to find that even without moving, the Great Power opposite him had secret methods to detect the movements around him.
Under the somewhat amused gaze of the other party, Zhou Ziyou could only tremble as he opened the token sent by the Sect Leader.
A piece of talisman paper, shining with Spirit Light, appeared between Zhou Ziyou’s fingers, and as soon as he read it, it immediately turned into a burst of flame, dissipating in the air.
Zhou Ziyou’s already pale face turned even whiter than paper after reading the Transmission Talisman.
Su Li, seeing the drowsy appearance of the little Xu Qingchuan in his arms, no longer wanted to dawdle with these boring people and quickly said, "Since you have communicated with your master, it’s time to return what belongs to others, right?"
Before Zhou Ziyou, Su Li also knew that Bai Ziruo and others had communicated with the Master, and she could have intercepted the messages with a wave of her hand if she wanted, but she chose not to.
"Master, my master says... he doesn’t have the item that the predecessor is looking for."
"Nonsense, everyone present knows the Blood Lotus belongs to my father." Yan Lingxi was even more indignant than Su Li, her eyes ablaze with fierce fire.
"If that is the case, I will take it myself."
Su Li had no interest in showing mercy to someone else’s disciple. If his own master wasn’t worried about him, why should she play the good person?
Su Li spread her five claws and grabbed the Blood Lotus that Zhou Ziyou had temporarily stored in his Dantian. It spun in the air above Zhou Ziyou’s head.
It was then that everyone truly saw the Blood Lotus.
To call it a Blood Lotus was less accurate than to say it was a mist of blood. The blood-like streams within it, accompanied by a clear fragrance, were refreshing to smell and even quickened the surrounding absorption of Spiritual Energy.
It was indeed a treasure.
The Blood Lotus, treated so roughly by Su Li, caused threads of blood from Zhou Ziyou’s top of the skull to be forcefully and violently pulled until they broke.
Instantly, Zhou Ziyou convulsed, his features twisted in extreme pain.
"Bai Ziruo was in utter fear. "Immortal Su, please show mercy!"
If this continued, Zhou Ziyou’s excellent potential was surely going to be destroyed.
"Look, isn’t this the Blood Lotus... has the Blood Lotus become a common commodity on the continent, commonly found everywhere?"
Bai Ziruo was full of regret. Had he known, he would have emphasized the strong methods the other party possessed in the message to the Sect Leader.
Perhaps the Sect Leader’s impression of Immortal Su was still based on what it was years ago.
Listening to the painful laments of the elders in the Immortal Sword Sect, Su Li not only didn’t stop, but her movements quickened.
With a long howl to the sky from Zhou Ziyou, the Blood Lotus completely separated from him and was grabbed by Su Li’s bare hand, turning into a palm-sized lump.
"Look at that, nothing special at all, just this." Su Li had already gathered plenty of such items when she exited the Secret Realm, and had lost interest in them.
To her, they were just a curiosity.
Su Li raised her hand and, looking left and right at the Blood Lotus floating in her palm, disdainfully curled her lip and toss it like trash onto the stunned Yan Lingxi behind her.
The surprise that fell from the sky dizzied her.
Yan Lingxi stammered in disbelief, "Daoist Lord... are you giving this to me?"
"But, my father said it was for you, I can’t accept it."
Su Li chuckled, "You sure are principled."
As she spoke, Su Li’s palm pushed forward, and before Yan Lingxi had time to react, she had already pushed the Blood Lotus directly into Yan Lingxi’s body.
"I said it’s for you, just accept it. If you dissolve it, maybe you’ll break through to the Late-stage Foundation Establishment."
It wasn’t a maybe, it was a certainty.
Bai Ziruo and others were green with envy, their eyes nearly red with jealousy. This treasure was not just something that would slightly benefit a minuscule Foundation Establishment Stage, even for them at the Nascent Soul Stage, it would be useful.
Yan Lingxi stood there dumbfounded, but when she saw Zhou Ziyou with red eyes, kneeling on one knee, and looking at her with a venomous and devouring gaze, Yan Lingxi felt a wave of satisfaction from head to toe, as if a bucket of ice water had been poured over her in the dog days of summer.
"Alright, our business here is done, time to go."
After walking a few steps, Su Li noticed Yan Lingxi quietly following her and directly asked, "Do you want to come with me?"
Bai Ziruo couldn’t hold back any longer, "Immortal Su, it’s against heaven’s will to poach the foundation of another."
Su Li raised her eyebrows and pointed to the ragged Yan Lingxi, "Is this how your sect treats its foundation?"
Having said that, she swept up Yan Lingxi and flew away in a style resembling a bandit kidnapping a victim.
From today onwards, after the gossip about Lord Changli and his former and current Daoist couples, a new story emerged: Immortal Su’s drastic change in temperament, her open provocation against Immortal Sword Sect, and her direct disposal of the Sect Leader’s favorite Disciple at Kunlun Mountain.
It was said that when the Master of Immortal Sword Sect on Kunlun Mountain heard this, he became so furious he smashed a Luminous Cup and declared that the entire Immortal Sword Sect would be the enemy of Joy Sect, vowing that upon meeting Su Li, he would execute her.
Su Li, carrying Yan Lingxi and the young Xu Qingchuan, did not linger and headed straight for Joy Sect.
As soon as they reached the territory of Joy Sect, Yan Lingxi could no longer suppress the eruption of her Spiritual Power.
Having received the Blood Lotus, she was about to advance in her cultivation.
Su Li threw Yan Lingxi into her cave dwelling, then set up an Array that even those at the Nascent Soul Stage couldn’t break through, and then leisurely went on her way to find her senior brother Su Xun.
As soon as she had entered the territory of Joy Sect, she didn’t hide her aura, so it was patient of Su Xun to wait until she arrived at the mountaintop of Joy Sect to send her a message.
Especially since she had caused quite a commotion.
On the way, the young Xu Qingchuan had already taken a nap in Su Li’s arms and was now feeling refreshed.
"Mommy, where is this?"
"This is Joy Sect, from now on we will stay here."
The young boy had a few strands of hair sticking up on his forehead, looking adorable and innocent as he tenderly asked, "Joy Sect? Why is it called Joy Sect?"
Su Li answered, "It’s because everyone who stays here will be joyful and happy..."
"Then I want to be joyful and happy with Mommy too."
Anxiously waiting in the palace, Su Xun occasionally glanced towards the entrance and just happened to overhear this mother and son’s conversation.
Joy Sect equals joyful and happy?
He almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.