After rebirth, the eldest sister voluntarily abdicated and gave way to the wise.

Chapter 490 Unparalleled Youthful Beauty

As he descended from the peak, he ran into his senior brother from Danfeng. The senior brother saw him from afar, immediately waved, and ran towards him.

"Qingya, thank goodness you remembered to water my herb garden, otherwise, with my pig brain, they would all have withered and died when I came back from a mission!"

The handsome young man in the gold-embroidered cloud robe unconsciously grasped the jade pendant at his waist and smiled shyly: "Senior brother, our two peaks are close by, and you have taken care of me, so of course I have to return the favor. No need for thanks."

Senior Brother Danfeng tossed him all the Qi-refining pills he had just made. The boy was flustered as he caught several jade bottles. When he was about to politely decline, Danfeng had already anticipated his reaction and had already disappeared.

Qingya lowered his head and smiled helplessly, then put all the jade bottles away.

There happened to be a group of widowed and orphaned women living at the foot of the mountain. They were all alone and struggling to make ends meet. Selling the Vitality Pills would give them a lot of spirit stones.

He continued walking down the mountain.

"Junior Brother Qingya, here you go. Thank you for helping me bathe Shiyuanzi. It has a terrible temper, and I can't handle it. It's really strange, though, that it seems to really like you and only listens to you!"

"Senior brother, Senior Brother Qingya, wait! I've already learned how to draw the runes you taught me yesterday, but I don't know how to do this one. Could you please teach me again when you have some free time? I'm sorry, my aptitude is too poor; I'm nowhere near as good as you..."

"Hey, Little Qingya, where are you headed? Hmm... let me guess, are you going to help the senior brothers and sisters of Taotie Peak by tending the fire and being their guinea pigs, or are you going to Weapon Peak to forge iron for someone? Why don't you take a break today? The few zithers you repaired for our peak have just found new owners, how about we go and take a look at them together? I really admire your taste!"

"Hey, don't ruin his good time. Look over there, the junior sister from Feixia Peak has been waiting for him for a long time, just waiting to have her say what's on her mind. If you just stand here like a wooden stake, be careful a bolt of lightning strikes you and burns you to a crisp."

Qingya blushed deeply from their constant thanks and teasing, and hurriedly rushed down the mountain, almost getting her shoes stuck in a crevice.

Sure enough, in the stone pavilion at the foot of the mountain, a junior sister stood gracefully, eagerly awaiting his arrival. Her beautiful eyes lit up immediately upon seeing him.

But the next second, she shyly took a step back, covered her face with her sleeve, and almost dared not look at him.

When the person approached, she softly and slowly called out, "Senior Brother Qingya."

Qingya paused, unsure of what to do with his hands.

He didn't dare look at his junior sister's beautiful face, struggling to find the right words, but she spoke first.

"Senior Brother Qingya, I know the path you hold dear, and I know that you have politely declined many senior and junior sisters. I am not here to bother you or anything. I only wanted to keep this feeling buried in my heart and not let you know."

“But my senior sister said that the most taboo thing in cultivation is having inner demons. Regardless of whether you will refuse me or not, I should tell you this to fulfill my inner obsession. So I came here to wait for you.”

At this point, she took a deep breath, mustered her courage, lowered her sleeves, looked directly into the young man's eyes, her cheeks flushed, and opened her mouth: "Senior Brother Qingya, I like you more than the sun, the moon, and the stars. You are so good, so very good. You are the best person I have ever met. I pray that you will have a broad path to immortality, attain the Great Dao, and realize your ambitions! I will always bless you!"

"I...I've finished speaking, Senior Brother Qingya, goodbye."

After taking one last serious look, the junior sister from Feixia Peak hurriedly lifted her skirt and ran away.

Qingya subconsciously took a step after him, then stopped, her eyebrows curving slightly.

His smile was subtle, and paired with the unique gold thread embroidery of Zhenfeng, it made him appear even more like a gentleman, upright and self-disciplined.

As he rode his sword to the Discipline Hall, he was immediately struck on the head by a scroll. While crying out in pain, he made sure to hold onto the scroll tightly to prevent it from falling to the ground and getting dirty or damaged.

When the people inside saw that it was him, they first fell silent, and then one by one they all jumped down from their seats and surrounded him.

Everyone's face was beaming with joy. One person spoke, another spoke, and the chattering instantly filled the once cold and silent discipline hall.

"Qingya, Qingya, you are amazing! You solved such a difficult case in Yecheng and even caught the culprit. I heard that the Ye family in Yecheng owes you a huge favor!"

"That's right, this case has been driving our discipline hall crazy for a long time. The Second Elder even issued an ultimatum: if we don't catch the person in seven more days, he'll take us all out! Waaah, you're our savior!"

"Hey, all of you, get out of the way! I was the one who first invited Qingya to help solve the case, so it's only right that I thank him, understand? Move aside and let me through!"

"Alright, alright, you bunch of brats, hurry up and go back to where you are, stop crowding around here and taking the opportunity to slack off!" A stern voice broke the noise. The Second Elder walked in from outside, his face stern, and he squinted as he scanned everyone's faces.

Immediately, everyone wilted like eggplants after a frost, lowered their heads, pouted, and moved back to their seats, resignedly continuing to deal with the mountain of official business.

Seeing them like this, Qingya couldn't help but secretly smile, showing no regard for their so-called camaraderie.

Unexpectedly, his smile was caught precisely by the Second Elder, and his sly grin instantly froze on his lips.

The second elder glanced at him sideways, gave a cold snort, and then a large stack of files fell from the sky, burying him completely.

Having stayed up countless nights, even a cultivator who doesn't need to sleep or eat, Qingya said he almost died in the Disciplinary Hall.

After finally finishing processing all the files, when he crawled out of the discipline hall, the moon was high in the sky, the red plum blossoms were just beginning to be covered in snow. The moon was round and big in the dark night, and its cold light pierced through the darkness, falling on the red plum blossoms by the roadside. The plum branches trembled and instantly shook off a cluster of snowflakes.

Snowflakes fell into the back of his collar, and a sudden chill ran through him.

Qingya suddenly had a whimsical idea and, under the cover of night, ran to Jianfeng to see the plum blossoms.

Of all the Tianqian Sect, only the red plum blossoms falling in the snow on Sword Peak are the most beautiful.

Qingya concealed all his aura, broke off a plum blossom, and lay it on the roof of Linglong Pavilion. Behind the eaves was a large plum grove, and the bright moon shone overhead, making it an excellent vantage point.

Just as he was wondering whether to take out a pot of tea to brew, a fierce argument suddenly broke out inside Linglong Pavilion.

Unfortunately, the person he was arguing with was none other than his most familiar and respected master.