Chapter 20: Invitation
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"No. How can mere mortals stay in our Cold Fire Sect? The other Yu family members shall be escorted by these hired cultivators to the Xi Nation to hide temporarily." Gu Yunyue shook her head and firmly rejected her.
Xi Nation was another secular state towards the north-eastern side of Feng Nation, and was currently part of Cold Fire Sect's territory.
The few hired cultivators immediately showed their disappointment even though they did not dare to reject Gu Yunyue's orders.
The Yu family members were all shocked as well, as they hurriedly turned towards Yu Menghan and sent her begging gazes.
"If people from the Sky Ghost Sect finds us again, wouldn't we all end up dead? Seventh Sister, now that you've stepped foot into the immortal world, you cannot just forget about us…" In his panic, Second Young Master started to shout loudly.
"Shut up!" Yu Menghan's expression darkened as she chided sternly.
Second Young Master trembled and immediately swallowed back all that he was going to say.
"Master, will it really be fine to send them to the Xi Nation? Sky Ghost Sect would probably be able to find them very easily." Although Yu Menghan chided her brother, she was equally worried about the safety of her family members.
"Rest assured, Disciple. According to the Spirit Imperial World's rules, as long as you become an inner sect disciple of the Cold Fire Sect, Sky Ghost Sect would not be able to touch any of your family members. If not, they would have violated a very important rule of our world. If they dare to chase after and murder your family, once you've mastered your skills, you will have the excuse to attack the family members of the Sky Ghost Sect's disciples as well. They can only attack the Yu family before because they didn't know that you have our Sect's receiving token. Now that I've shown myself officially, the situation is naturally different. The important point now is whether you can arrive at the Cold Fire Sect safely," Gu Yunyue said with a serious expression.
Hearing this, Yu Menghan immediately relaxed.
The other Yu family members also relaxed in relief, as they stopped saying anything.
"Perfected White Stone, Cultivators Wang, Sha and Lin, please take care of my family members. Once I manage to gain some expertise with my cultivation, I will reward you handsomely." Yu Menghan bowed sincerely towards Perfected White Stone and the other three hired cultivators.
"Seventh Miss is being too serious. As the Yu family's hired cultivators, Prime Minister Yu and Your Ladyship have treated us well. Now that the Yu family has met with a crisis, it's part of our job to escort your family members to safety." The cultivators naturally agreed to the request and promised to look after the Yu family members properly.
Although they could not go to the Cold Fire Sect, with Yu Menghan becoming an inner sect disciple of the Cold Fire Sect, they just needed to have some relation to her and they would gain significantly in the future.
However, Perfected White Stone's expression was a little stiff as he instinctively glanced at Han Li secretly.
"Daoist White Stone, since you've stayed at the Yu manor for so long, it's only right for you to go with them." Han Li, who was playing with the storage pouchs said as he finally looked up at Perfected White Stone with an indifferent smirk.
It was only then that Perfected White Stone finally squeezed out a smile and agreed to the request.
"Then, I shall be immensely grateful to the four of you." Yu Menghan acted like she did not see all of this, as she bowed towards them again.
After settling everything, the remaining Yu family members immediately started to pack. They took out all of the money, treasures, and precious items they could carry from the manor.
Han Li quietly kept the storage pouch he was playing with, before he walked towards the devilish-looking teenager's corpse and found another storage pouch on him.
As for the items on those men dressed in black, he couldn't be bothered looking through them.
Seeing this, Perfected White Stone and the rest naturally went to pick up all of the things those men dressed in black had left behind.
"May I ask what Daoist Han plans to do from now on?" Gu Yunyue asked slowly as she walked over.
"I came to Mingyuan City purely by accident. Now that I've offended the Sky Ghost Sect, I naturally have to stay far away." Han Li replied calmly.
"With you stepping into this incident and killing Qi Minghao, I'm afraid it won't be easy for you to extricate yourself from this now. With Sky Ghost Sect's power, they would be able to find you very quickly," Gu Yunyue said with a chuckle.
"What does Daoist Gu mean by this?" Han Li's expression remained unchanged.
"If Daoist Han doesn't mind, how about you join our Cold Fire Sect? Our Cold Fire Sect always welcomes the strongest of the unaffiliated cultivators to join us. With your ability and Nascent Soul stage cultivation, I think it's completely possible for you to become one of our Sect's guest elders. I am willing to be your referee." Gu Yunyue said as she stared at Han Li.
"Master is right. If Brother Han is willing to join Cold Fire Sect, it will be extremely beneficial to Sister Le'er too." Hearing this, Yu Menghan added on.
Han Li glanced at the teenage girl beside him, finally showing a contemplative expression.
On the other hand, Le'er blinked her well-defined large eyes and looked extremely confused.
"If I didn't see wrongly, Daoist Han's aura isn't too stable, it's like you have an injury. I happen to have a Rhyhope pill, which is the well-known healing medicine in our Spirit Imperial World," Gu Yunyue said once more slowly.
Gu Yunyue assumed that with two dead Core Formation cultivators from the Sky Ghost Sect and also the involvement of a Deity Transformation stage cultivator, they would probably meet assassins from the Sky Ghost Sect on their way back to the Cold Fire Sect. Although the teenager in front of her looked mysterious, he would definitely be a lot of help to her if they could travel together.
"Le'er, will you be willing to go to the Cold Fire Sect with me?" Han Li caressed his chin, before he suddenly asked Le'er.
With Gu Yunyue's cultivation base, Le'er's fox spirit identity would not be hidden.
However, when he did a soul-search on Perfected White Stone earlier, he found out that although it was clear that humans and demons should be separated in the Spirit Imperial World, in some large sects, it was normal for some cultivators with strong cultivation bases to bring demons around with them. It should be fine to bring Liu Le'er to the Cold Fire Sect.
"I'll listen to Brother," Liu Le'er said timidly after glancing at Gu Yunyue and Yu Menghan.
"Don't worry. With me around, no one would dare bully you." Hearing this, Han Li immediately smiled, patting the teenage girl's head softly.
"I know that Brother will protect me." The teenage girl nodded hard, her lips breaking into a smile as well.
"Then I'll trouble you for your recommendation. However, can you give me that Rhyhope pill first?" Han Li glanced at Gu Yunyue and said plainly.
"Of course." Gu Yunyue's heart surged with happiness as she took out a white jade bottle without any hesitation and passed it over.
Han Li took the jade bottle. He merely opened the cap and took a sniff, before he nodded.
Seeing this, a smile broke on Gu Yunyue's lips.
The remaining Yu family members had finished packing their things now. Apart from the large amount of treasures, they brought along several horse carriages with them as well.
Perfected White Stone and the rest had walked over as well.
"Senior Han, I…" Perfected White Stone stopped next to Han Li, wanting to say something but hesitated.
"Just protect the Yu family members. You can ignore everything else. Also, I have something else for you to do on my side…" Han Li reached out to stop the other from continuing his words. Then, his lips moved slightly as he transmitted his instructions over.
After hearing it, Perfected White Stone froze for a second before he hurriedly nodded.
At this moment, Yu Menghan arrived next to Gu Yunyue and said softly.
"Master, the city gates are shut tightly now. I will have to trouble you to send them out of the city."
Gu Yunyue nodded and waved her robes.
White fog suddenly appeared out of nowhere and formed a large white cloud under everyone before it carried the people up into the sky.
The majority of the Yu family had never experienced such a magical thing before, so they hurriedly grabbed the horse carriages next to them. Some of the more timid members even started to cry out of fear.
In the blink of an eye, the white cloud had flown out of the city and landed steadily on the road outside of the city.
"Mother, Aunt…" When the time for farewell came, even though Yu Menghan was prepared for it, she was still extremely sad as she hugged her family tightly.
Her mother and the rest of the family had tears in their eyes as well, as they told Yu Menghan warmly to take good care of herself.
It took a long while for them to finally part unwillingly.
Perfected White Stone and the three hired cultivators escorted the Yu family members towards the east and disappeared very quickly into the darkness.
Yu Menghan stared blankly as her family left, only looking away after a long time as she sighed softly.
"Let's quickly head off too." After waiting for a while, Gu Yunyue finally waved her hand to make a white spiritual boat appear.
The spiritual boat was about fifty feet long, its design extremely weird. The shape was like a cresecent and had a green spiritual emblem carved on it as it exuded a faint spiritual power. It was clear that it was not any normal object.
Han Li pulled Liu Le'er onto the spiritual boat while Yu Menghan took a deep breath and collected herself before she stepped onto the boat as well.
Gu Yunyue waved her hands and cast a spell as the boat immediately glowed with a white spiritual glow. It rose towards the sky and turned into a white light and shot off into the distance.
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