Chapter 59: Being Played by the Unspoken Rules???? That evening, Qian Xiaodou came to Muyong Xue's side with a gloomy face and said:

  "Xiaoxue, taking advantage of Master's trip to Zhongyang Peak to rebuild the Zhongyang Grand Hall with the high-ranking officials, I'll send you out today!"

  Murong Xuejiao's body trembled slightly as she raised her elegant face, which was as bright as moonlight. Her big eyes gazed at him and asked: ?

  "Xiao Dou, will you go with me? I...I have so much fun playing with you, I don't want to be apart from you, hate it, don't you understand?"

  Qian Xiaodou chuckled twice and said: "Xiao Xue, this is an unrealistic thing. I would betray Jiuhua Mountain, not to mention my master wanting to kill me, even I myself wouldn't forgive myself. Besides, if we really have a fate, flying up to the heavenly realm together, can't we see each other then?

  "Alas, ascending to immortality is not that simple," Murong Xue sighed. "Even my father, Tian Zong, who possessed exceptional talent, failed in his later years after entering the cycle of reincarnation and had no choice but to disperse his troops and seize a new body before starting anew from scratch."

  Qian Xiaodou's big eyes flashed as she said, "Xiao Xue, let me tell you, the path of cultivating immortality is not just about accumulating the essence of the sun and moon. Everything else is secondary. Diligent cultivation is the top priority. You mustn't be greedy for quick success with demonic techniques. Even when using expedited methods, it's only suitable for critical moments like when we orthodox cultivators use elixirs to break through bottlenecks! Otherwise, your future cultivation path will be severely restricted!"

  "Got it~" Murong Xue covered her small mouth and giggled: "You silly little bean, really, don't you ever think about who has such excellent cultivation conditions as you? Hmm~ are you really not going to follow me?"

  Qian Xiaodou shook her head and said, "Xiao Xue, I have a lot of fun playing with you too, even more than that... she is happy, but I can't leave, and you shouldn't be so childish either. Control your heart and let's just stay as friends."

  "Hmm~" Murong Xue's eyes suddenly turned into purple pupils, her pretty face covered with a frosty aura said: "The closest meaning of 'heart to heart' is that I've long seen you wearing a small necklace with a girl's clothes button. Tell me, who is she? Or else I'll go blow her to death!"

  "Women ah~ when they get angry, it's really scary!" Qian Xiaodou bent down and suddenly held her small hand, smiling warmly and saying: "If I follow you, whether it's my cultivation progress or the power of the world, or even facing my own heart, I will all die, Xiao Xue, let go!"

  "Murong Xue's eyes were red as she quarreled, saying: 'You despicable guy, if we can't be together, why are you still so good to me? I hate you, I hate you...'"

  He quietly sent her away, without any promise, without any hope. When they parted ways, she cried and made a scene like a child. It was the first time Xiaodou had faced such an ardent pursuer, especially one he had seen naked. He couldn't help but admit that it took him a long time to calm his heart before continuing with his cultivation.

  With nothing better to do, he went to the Zhongyuan Peak, where tens of thousands of cultivators were busily repairing the grand hall that little girl had destroyed. It was truly a lively scene!

  He took a glance at the mountain gate outside, and oh my, this guy is fighting with others of his level, those upright and hot-blooded young cultivators mostly raised their flying swords to shoot and kill the group of demonic beasts rushing towards them. These demonic beasts are so ugly, what kind of wild beast are they? The moment the flying sword's empty slot appeared, they immediately used a spirit symbol or a puppet beast to block it, then killed again, it was really interesting.

  Kan Deqian's heart was like a cat scratching, rubbing his hands together, with a mischievous face, just about to go forward and fight them, when suddenly a cold voice sounded from behind him:

  "Aren't you just all talk and no action? What's this, are words not counted?"

  Qian Xiaodou was extremely surprised and turned around, jumping up and down with laughter: "Good Feier, I thought you were dead! How did you know I was sneaking a peek here?"

  It was indeed Bai Xiaofei with a stunningly beautiful face, her white clothes fluttering down, stained with fresh blood, as she glared with her big, beautiful eyes and said:

  "It's not like you gave me the Lingyin jade pendant, which allows us to sense each other even at a close distance. You despicable guy, stop being so mushy and calling me Fei'er! Let me tell you, if it weren't for your thousand-year-old spiritual grass saving my master, and forcing me to wear this thing, I wouldn't have anything to do with you!"

  Qian Xiaodou laughed loudly with her hands on her belly: "So, what have you been busy with lately? Oh! I'll tell you, I'm not going to go all out, but recently my equipment refinement technique finally succeeded! Those bad people actually bombed our Zhongyang Hall, I was so angry that I immediately refined some shocking bombs. Will you accompany me to the front and blow them up?"

  Bai Xiaofei's face twisted into a strange expression as she stared at him, and after a long time, she suddenly burst out loudly:

  "You good-for-nothing, the refining of the artifact was successful, why didn't you say so earlier? Don't you see that some of the disciples down there don't even have a low-grade flying sword, and are fighting with mortal iron swords? Get out of my sight and refine 10,000 artifact flying swords!"

  Qian Xiaodou's eyes lit up with joy, "Ah~ I didn't want to let the sect know that I've successfully refined the treasure, it's always such a hassle to complete tasks and all that. But looking at this, we can earn quite a few spirit stones, eh? However, I need to finish using up this bag of Exploding Sky Bombs first, then we'll go make them cry! Come on, Fei'er, let's go!"

  Bai Xiaofei's stunning face was also distorted by his anger, unable to do anything else, she could only follow this live treasure, looking at him with a thief-like excited expression standing on the mountain cliff and shouting:

  "Hmph! You little demons, see that Lord Xiaodou is here, yet you don't come forth to accept your deaths? Wah! Yah! Yah! Look at my move! Look at my move! Look at my move!"

  "Boom! Boom! Boom!" A bunch of explosive pellets the size of fingernails were fired out, immediately blowing up a large group of monsters into smithereens. However, this thing was nothing special except for being loud, but Qian Xiaodou just happened to find the largest and thickest-skinned, over 10 meters tall, giant rhinoceros-like beast to blow up. The beast only got dizzy for a moment before charging over to kill him. Luckily, our heroine Fei'er was there with her sword and took down thirteen or fourteen of these giant beasts.

  With a disheartened face, Qian Xiaodou walked back and forth, muttering to herself:

  "When others take action, the main hall shakes three times. When I, Xiaodou, take action, it's completely useless. How can the gap be so big? It's infuriating!"

  Bai Xiaofei led him while teasing him, saying: "You're always so muddle-headed, but it's not like you're completely useless. You can at least buy some time, which is a big help in both large-scale battles and one-on-one fights. Ah, I've told you before, but you don't understand. Is there anything else? Give it to me, it's no use in your hands, at most it's just a firework for the New Year!"

  Qian Xiaodou handed over a small bag with a smile and said: "Fei'er, don't worry, when I'm promoted to a higher level in the future, I'll make some powerful Thunder Bombs and blow them up so that they're scared out of their wits. You won't have to work so hard then."

  Bai Xiaofei's expression slightly softened, and she said in a gentle tone: "Mm~ you just stay behind and focus on crafting the flying sword. This is also a great help to our sect. I don't want to see any more of my fellow disciples charging forward with iron swords and armor to fight against the demons. You must work hard!"

  "Hmm, that's it!" Qian Xiaodou patted his chest and grinned foolishly: "For you, I'll definitely work hard to make more flying swords and armor. Well, Fei'er, just watch me!"

  With a defeated expression, he led the living treasure to the war preparation hall of the sect. When Bai Xiaofei said that he would refine equipment and treasures, many elderly figures and big shots from the sect surrounded him, turning around him with great enthusiasm.

  The silly and naive little guy returned to the small valley, then saw Xiao Ying's several panting backs carrying a mountain-high pile of refining materials. He sat in his small pavilion with eager eyes waiting for him to refine the equipment. The taste of being suspected by others was not pleasant either. Immediately took out the refining cauldron, picked a small pile of materials, and refined a water-attribute flying sword...

  From this moment on, the sect used him like a beast king, just a furnace equipment treasure, even the lazy Master Yifei protested to the sect, alas ~ this is the hundred-year furnace that no one asked for, and suddenly succeeded in shocking the world!

  When the Water Fairy and others knew that Qian Xiaodou had succeeded, they rushed back in a hurry, looking at those coveted treasures, and pounced on him to kiss him wildly!

  Oh ~ Xiao Dou ~ you're really too cute, the best is that Qian Xiao Dou from this moment on, although he's a novice at refining equipment and treasures, his success rate is extremely high, even comparable to ordinary Lingbao-level refiners!

  Under the efforts of Leng Qing and himself, in a short period of time, more than 200 fellow disciples had all their personal treasures fully equipped. The equipment configured by Shuixian and Xiaoxiao, two little girls, could be said to be unbeatable in the Golden Elixir stage, let alone Leng Dashi's!

  However... This time when the younger brothers and sisters returned, they lived together for a period of time as usual. Qian Xiaodou felt a bit strange, as if everyone's relationship was different from before!

  In the past, when walking, everyone would habitually surround him, forming a circle. Now, when walking, they either surround Leng Hansheng or Shuixian. On holidays, when eating together, Qian Xiaodou was shocked to discover that his seat had been arranged below Xiao Mei's, with Shuixian, Leng Hansheng, Xiaoxiao, Leng Hanye, Leng Hanli and others whose names he didn't know all seated above him. It seemed as if he had suddenly become a supporting character!

  Younger brothers and sisters didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all, and happily accepted this change!

  It doesn't matter to Qian Xiaodou whether he becomes the leader or not. If he can, it's great; if not, it's okay too. However, his close friends and siblings for hundreds of years suddenly became distant from him! This made Qian Xiaodou, who had never experienced familial love or romance, feel extremely uncomfortable in his heart!

  Having been alone for so many years, what I've been thinking about is all for the sake of these little guys. At first, I even went through a zombie-like state for them, and now suddenly my heart feels empty. Is it that I had too high expectations for others' feelings? Originally, there wasn't any of this?

  Qian Xiaodou was unwilling to give up, he decided from now on to follow everyone and be together forever!

  But when Xiao Dou proposed to follow them on a spaceship to travel the world, how could he get through the sect's pass? He was detained at that time!

  What Qian Xiaodou did was absolutely enough, as long as he argued reasonably and used the face of Master Yuan Fei, he could still get out, but what made him give up was that not only Shuixian, but also everyone else, were emotionally opposed to his joining!

  What is a Refiner? What are you? You were cultivated by everyone's collective hard work, you're not just yourself, you belong to everyone. In short - you don't have the right to be arrogant!

  Qian Xiaodou was helpless, looking back at the sect's side, it would be bad to tear his face off, after all, he still hadn't finished fighting. He endured, this was also a key point that he had to learn in order to succeed in the future. After all, he still had to take advantage of this opportunity to hone his skills. So he didn't explain anything and returned to Xiao Nei Gu with a disappointed face.

  Then he silently contributed to the sect all day, but after this small disturbance, there were also benefits, and the sect's generous rewards and recognition followed, binding him tightly in reputation. His path forward had only one way, at least for now, he only had this one way.

  Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. A person is always humble and self-effacing, but in the end, it's all just a matter of time. Qian Xiaodou understands this principle, but others don't understand him. A cultivator who has a brilliant refiner can avoid death on the path to immortality, and anyone would think that this is only natural!

  But Qian Xiaodou never forgot his original intention, never forgot his roots, what he forgot was them...