My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 459 - 139: [Second Update]

Rong Ye sat in the tree, the branches and leaves hiding him well, as he watched the spirit beasts fighting below with great interest, almost wishing for a bag of sunflower seeds. Though he didn’t have any sunflower seeds, he was quite satisfied nonetheless.

Just as the spirit beasts were locked in intense combat, a purple light appeared, and simultaneously, the Duo Luo Flower bloomed.

The spirit beasts didn’t even have time to react; all they saw was a red shadow flashing before them, and the Duo Luo Flower they had been fighting over for so long was gone!

"Roar!"

Roars of anger resounded one after another, and all the spirit beasts present stopped their actions. Pairs of eyes constantly scanned their surroundings, trying to find the one who stole the Duo Luo Flower.

Unfortunately, they were destined to be disappointed because Rong Ye had already run away with the Duo Luo Flower.

Rong Ye had been closely monitoring the progress of the Duo Luo Flower. When he realized it might bloom, he quietly descended to the ground from the tree. Thanks to the Concealing Breath Talisman and Invisibility Talisman he was wearing, the spirit beasts were completely unaware of him. When the flower bloomed, he snatched it up in the blink of an eye and dashed away. To increase his speed, he even stuck several newly developed Godspeed Talismans on himself.

The main purpose of the Godspeed Talismans is to increase speed. He found them in an ancient book back when he was in the Star Sect and succeeded in drawing them after several attempts. He had stored them in his Qiankun Ring only to forget about them until now. Unexpectedly, they turned out to be quite useful, more than doubling his speed, which is why the spirit beasts failed to catch any trace of him.

After running a couple of miles, Rong Ye finally relaxed, stopped to drink some water, but he didn’t take the Duo Luo Flower out, as the scent was still strong. Taking it out would easily expose his location. After a short rest, he summoned the Tracking Talisman and continued to search for Gu Qingqing’s location using the talisman.

...

Gu Qingqing and Su Xi slept overnight in a tree hollow. In the morning, they bathed in sunlight, packed up the Array Plate placed outside, and went to a nearby stream to wash up. Gu Qingqing then took out two pieces of pastry from her Qiankun Ring, handed one to Su Xi, and ate the other herself.

Su Xi was initially dazzled by the appearance of the pastries and became even more surprised upon tasting them.

"Geng Geng, did you make these pastries yourself? They taste amazing!" Su Xi, as an undercover foodie, asked Gu Qingqing curiously.

"No, these are pastries from a dessert shop in Yuwan City. Their pastries are quite famous. I bought a lot before entering the Secret Realm, and they taste really good." Gu Qingqing shook her head. She indeed had some pastries that Jun Wu had specially made for her, but she was reluctant to eat them. So, she had been eating the store-bought pastries since coming in, which were decent in flavor.

"Really? How come I haven’t heard of it? Once we’re out, I want to go to that shop and buy a lot of pastries too." Recollecting the taste of the pastries, Su Xi quickly said.

"Sure, let’s go together then." Gu Qingqing smiled, inviting Su Xi along.

"Yes!" Su Xi certainly wouldn’t refuse. Though she had only spent a day with Gu Qingqing, in Su Xi’s heart, Gu Qingqing was already a good friend, and good friends certainly share good things, like shopping together— that’s perfectly normal, right?

After tidying up, the two set off again.

This time, much like the day before, their luck was exceptional. They didn’t encounter many spirit beasts, but they found quite a number of fresh flowers and immortal herbs. Even though she had witnessed Gu Qingqing’s good fortune yesterday, Su Xi still felt a bit envious.

"Geng Geng, do you think you might be the Heavenly Dao’s own daughter or something? How else could your luck be so good?" she remarked to Gu Qingqing while picking flowers.

Gu Qingqing’s mouth twitched; she really wanted to tell Su Xi that she wasn’t any daughter of the Heavenly Dao, but she did have a Heavenly Dao Avatar. In some sense, could she be considered the Heavenly Dao itself?

Such matters obviously couldn’t be disclosed, so Gu Qingqing could only smile shyly.

But she was also somewhat surprised herself. Though she’d always had pretty good luck, she was never this fortunate in the Secret Realm. The past couple of days had been so overwhelmingly lucky that she even started to wonder if she had some connection to the Secret Realm?

Fortunately, Su Xi was just expressing her thoughts, without any other notions, and after picking the flowers, they continued on their way.

After about an hour’s walk, while resting, they heard footsteps, exchanged a glance, and silently found a hiding spot to avoid encountering others.

To Gu Qingqing’s surprise, she ran into Song Xinrong and Mu Xingqi!

Though they had only been in the Secret Realm for a single day, both Mu Xingqi and Song Xinrong were feeling exhausted.

All these years, Song Xinrong had always been protected, resulting in her battle experiences being few and far between. Her fighting skills were severely lacking, which her master at the Langya Immortal Sect had noticed and tried to train her. However, she refused and made excuses to avoid it. Consequently, she never improved her combat techniques.

This led to situations in the Secret Realm where, upon encountering spirit beasts, Mu Xingqi would end up fighting alone. Despite having cultivation close to the Golden Immortal Realm, Song Xinrong couldn’t utilize it and had to hide behind Mu Xingqi, something he never anticipated.

If it had been any other girl, Mu Xingqi might have left her to her own devices long ago. But with Song Xinrong, every time he saw her looking at him with teary eyes, admiration, and guilt, his heart was filled with pride and agony at the same time, unable to bear letting her fight.

But their luck was not good; the spirit beasts they encountered were at the Peak of Taiyi True Immortal Realm or low-level Golden Immortal Realm. Facing them was challenging with Song Xinrong being a burden, making it even more difficult. Thus, although only a day had passed since entering the Secret Realm, he already had several wounds on his body and looked quite disheveled.

In contrast, though Song Xinrong also looked a bit disheveled, at least she had no wounds, and her complexion was quite good.

"Senior Brother Mu, it’s all my fault for being so useless, causing you to get hurt. Next time we encounter spirit beasts, just go on without me. I don’t want to drag you down anymore." Song Xinrong helped Mu Xingqi to sit down, speaking in self-reproach.

Her eyes were red, tears welling up, and as she looked at Mu Xingqi, she was filled with guilt but also had a cautious hint of hope, which nearly broke Mu Xingqi’s heart.

He grasped Song Xinrong’s hand firmly, looking at her with deep affection, "Junior Sister Song, don’t be like this. It’s not your fault. I will protect you!"