Meng Qi stared at Xiao Qi. The little white tiger was lying in her arms with his small fluffy paw on her shoulder. His little head tilted slightly to one side. Meng Qi could see his small semi-circular ears clearly, and they shook slightly upon her gaze.

Uh...

Meng Qi has never seen Xiao Qi like this, and her heart softened instantly. She rubbed his cute little head, trying to calm herself. Xiao Qi was still injured, it was too dangerous to take him with her.

"No." Meng Qi shook her head, "It's too dangerous, I can't take you."

"Aoo~" Xiao Qi made a low, soft voice. His little fluffy head rubbed Meng Qi's shoulder, and this time he was... really acting cute!

Meng Qi: "..."

Who can say no to this, ah?!

"Just take him." Chu Tianfeng said. He quickly exchanged glances with Qin Xiumo before continued: "You'll only feel unease if you left him here. I received news from Elder Xun, it isn't that dangerous there. It is just that the demon cultivators' sudden attack caught them by surprise. Now they have many injured people. Because they also have to be on guard in case of another attack, they lack people to take care of the injured. So even if you take him..." His eyes stayed on Xiao Qi's face for a moment: "It won't be a problem."

Meng Qi pondered for a moment. Chu Tianfeng indeed made sense, leaving Xiao Qi behind would only make her uneasy. But how to bring him?

Meng Qi hesitated.

"I have a beast house here." Chu Tianfeng took out a palm-sized object from his storage space and handed it to Meng Qi. It was small, shaped like a cave, and looked heavy. "You can let him stay in this beast house, and then put it in storage space." He said again: "Like this, he will be alright even if you bring him along."

"Alright." Meng Qi put Xiao Qi on the bamboo bed, then took the beast house into her palm. She had heard of this item. There were many cultivators in Three Thousand Worlds who raises spirit beasts. However, it was impossible to put a spirit beast inside a storage space.

Thousands of years ago, a powerful cultivator raised a spirit cat, because he loved the spirit cat too much, he wanted to take it wherever he went but was reluctant to make it tired. So he took a great effort to refine a beast house. After putting the spirit beast into the beast house, he could store it in the storage space. In this way, even when a spirit beast was still in its infancy and wasn't strong enough, its owner can take it wherever they wanted.

A beast house was not cheap, because only cultivators of Spirit Severing and above could refine it. Moreover, they also had to understand tool refinery. So the most common beast house cost about one hundred seventh-grade spirit stones. Meng Qi also intended to wait until she earned enough spirit stones to buy the medicinal ingredients she needed. Then, right before she left Qingfeng Valley, she would still grit her teeth and went to Beyond The Heaven to buy a beast house, so she could bring Xiao Qi easily with her.

Meng Qi carefully examined the beast house Chu Tianfeng had given, it should be the most common one. "How much does it cost?" She raised her gaze.

"No need." Chu Tiangfeng waved his hand. "It's for you." It was just a little thing, he wouldn't ask for payment. He looked at Meng Qi happily, waiting for her reaction.

"Then, no need." Meng Qi handed back the beast house to Chu Tianfeng. She picked up Xiao Qi again, preparing to hold him all the way for the time being. When she had a chance to rest, she would go to Beyond The Heaven and just buy one. "We should set off now." She said, walking towards the door with the little white tiger in her arms.

"Huh?" Chu Tianfeng stared blankly. First, at Meng Qi's back figure, who was walking away, then at the beast house in his hand.

"Hahahaha." Qin Xiumo laughed in amusement, "You still not find out? Meng Qi only wants to talk about money with you!"

Chu Tianfeng: "..."

Of course he knew! But how dare Qin Xiumo laugh at him?!

"What are you laughing for? Meng Qi charge you even more money!" Chu Tianfeng sneered, "When she detoxified my poison, she only charge me several sixth-grade spirit stones. Isn't that simply perfunctory? But you..." He looked at Qin Xiumo up and down, the smile on the other party's face had completely faded: "So expensive! Obviously, Meng Qi only wants to talk about money with you."

Qin Xiumo: "You?!"

Chu Tianfeng snorted coldly. He walked towards the direction where Meng Qi had left. He wouldn't tell Qin Xiumo how he was angry for a long time because Meng Qi actually charged him less. Now that he could use this fact to attack this guy, he felt much more comfortable.

"Meng Qi." Chu Tianfeng took a stride forward and stuffed the beast house into her hand again. "This thing costs one hundred seventh-grade spirit stones, but you can pay it slowly la-" Before he finished his words, Meng Qi had already taken out one hundred seventh-grade spirit stones and neatly stacked them on his palm.

She took the beast house and carefully took out a bamboo slip from its bottom. It recorded the method of using the beast house and some cautionary points. Although the beast house made it easier and safer to bring spirit beast outside, the most common, low-level beast house like this could only keep a spirit beast inside for seven days at most. If they wasn't released after more than seven days, the spirit beast might die of suffocation and lack of aura. A higher level house allowed the spirit beast to stay longer, but the price was obviously more expensive.

Meng Qi held the slip on her palm and slowly injected her spiritual aura. After a while, she sensed that the beast house had been bound to her, and now she could see the situation inside.

"Come here." Meng Qi stretched out her hand towards the little white tiger, her other hand carefully held the beast house. The little guy seemed a bit unhappy. He fiddled with the beast house with his little paw, but didn't struggle. A faint light shone from the beast house, surrounding Xiao Qi, and after a slight 'shoo' sound, he disappeared.

Meng Qi held the bamboo slips and saw a small bed with a soft cushion inside the small cave-shaped beast house. Xiao Qi was standing in the middle of the cave. He looked around, then walked slowly to the small bed and lay down lazily.

Meng Qi was relieved now. She carefully put the beast house into her bracelet-shaped storage space. This bracelet has little space and was no longer enough for her usage. After this busy period, she should find a chance to buy a larger one. As for the medicines that Elder Lu asked to bring, Meng Qi already had them in her storage space, and there was no need to pack.

"Wait for me." Chu Tianfeng watched Meng Qi put away the little white tiger, then walked forward without turning her head or even spoke a word to himself. He quickly followed her.

Qin Xiumo also walked towards them. His expression was ugly. He still minded Chu Tianfeng's last words, about how that Meng Qi charged him more than Chu Tianfeng.

Two young men with their own thoughts walked side-by-side behind Meng Qi towards the Qingfeng Valley's main hall.

***

The disciples gathered by Elder Lu have all returned to the main hall. When Meng Qi entered, everyone looked at her subconsciously. They naturally also saw Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo following from behind. Their gazes towards the trio instantly became a little strange.

Lu Qingran was also one of them. She stared at Chu Tianfeng, but the other party seemed too lazy to give her even one glance. The other person...Lu Qingran's mouth opened in surprise.

That black-robed man, isn't he the one picked up by Junior Sister Meng from the cold pond?

He... didn't he fell into qi deviation, and his condition looked so severe?

He has recovered so soon?

Lu Qingran stared at Qin Xiumo, and couldn't help but take a look at Meng Qi. This junior sister was still in the Qi Condensation stage. Although her medical talent was outstanding, her medical cultivation level was still in the second rank, just like herself.

Why can't she do the things that Junior Sister Meng can?

Junior Sister Meng... who actually is she?!

"Young Palace Master Chu." Elder Lu greeted Chu Tianfeng, then turned his head to look at Qin Xiumo: "This is..."

"My friend." Chu Tianfeng raised his jaw. In front of others, he was still the proud Fentian Palace's young master. "He heard something happened here, so he came to help."

"Oh." Elder Lu glanced at Qin Xiumo suspiciously. This young man had a handsome face, but his atmosphere was somewhat vicious. And that gaze, at first glance, wasn't a good man. But since Chu Tianfeng vouched for his identity, the elder said nothing. In the future, the entire Qingfeng Valley, including himself, would be subordinate to Chu Tianfeng's sect. It was not his turn to question such things.

Now that everyone has arrived, Elder Lu raised his hand, and a small paper boat flew out of his sleeve. The paper boat faced the wind and grew longer, and finally transformed into a big boat that could carry thirty people. The disciples of Qingfeng Valley followed Elder Lu and boarded the boat one by one, and finally, it was Meng Qi's turn. Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo walked so naturally next to her.

Meng Qi didn't seem to be curious about Qin Xiumo's reason to join them. Right after she got on the boat, she quickly found a corner with less crowd, pulled out a bamboo slip from the storage space, and began to read.

Chu Tianfeng and Qin Xiumo exchanged glances and stood not far in front of Meng Qi. Both were taking their distance to avoid making her uncomfortable. They stood straight, like two bodyguards, keeping others from disturbing her.

Qingfeng Valley's flying magic tool that could carry multiple people was not fast. This paper boat was already pretty good, but it still took a full day and night to fly them to the area where the original personnel set their camp.

Before Elder Lu left, there had just been a battle here. There were not many demon cultivators who had sneaked into the Three Thousand Worlds this time, but all of them were strong and cunning. Some of their sneak attacks were successful. If Elder Xun Yan hadn't taken the precaution in time, more than half the disciples of Qingfeng Valley might have been injured.

Fortunately, after several attacks, Xun Yan gradually figured out the pattern of the enemy's strategy. Under his leadership, disciples of Qingfeng Valley and Fentian Palace managed to fight back in a defensive counterattack, and finally wounded several demon cultivators. However, several disciples from their side, including Qingfeng Valley's Elder Lu, were injured. The remaining people were also exhausted, so Xun Yan decided to put on a camp. Then he let Elder Lu go back and bring more disciples to take care of the wounded.

It took only half a day for Elder Lu to return, but it took another full day to bring twenty or so disciples here. Xun Yan, who had consumed too much aura, had recovered almost completely, and the injured disciples were already getting some treatment.

As soon as the paper boat landed, Xun Yan and Qingfeng Valley's sect leader came to see them. Meng Qi put away the bamboo slip and disembarked with other disciples. From beginning to end, she never spoke a word to Chu Tianfeng or Qin Xiumo.

The disciples of Qingfeng Valley who came together were looking over with a curious gaze. They still vividly remembered how that day, Chu Tianfeng was protecting Meng Qi and ruthlessly reprimanding Lu Qingran in public. These disciples used to gossip behind Meng Qi's back, but they became very polite after discovering that Chu Tianfeng was protecting her. What's more, there was another fierce Qin Xiumo by her side now. Along the way, no one dared to disturb Meng Qi.