Chapter 494 - 354: Fifty Million Points
Miao Qinghong was incredibly excited as she raced toward the ancestral home of the Foundation Establishment Zhou Family.
Her Lifebound Flying Sword trembled in tune with her excitement.
’The Celestial Demon Sect’s Core Formation Demon has finally made its move!’
’And I’ll be the one to finally fight a Core Formation Demon and kill it!’
She raced onward at full speed, heedless of the drain on her Spiritual Power. If she were even a little late, the Core Formation Demon might annihilate the Foundation Establishment Zhou Family and escape.
Amid her excitement, Miao Qinghong suddenly froze.
She came to a halt.
She sensed a fluctuation of Spiritual Power—the power of an early-stage Core Formation cultivator.
The source of the fluctuation was approaching from the opposite direction. It was fast, but not as fast as her own top speed.
A moment later, she knew who was emitting the Spiritual Power.
"Elder Miao."
Fang Yun appeared before Miao Qinghong with a faint smile.
He was wearing his Light Silk Boots and traveling back at a rather ordinary pace.
He knew he would likely run into one of the sect’s Supreme Elders on his way back.
And that Supreme Elder would most likely be Miao Qinghong.
Things had turned out almost exactly as he’d expected.
"Elder Fang Taishang, are you coming from the direction of the Zhou Family?"
"I am." Fang Yun nodded, then gave a brief explanation. "The early-stage Core Formation Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect that attacked them has already been dealt with by me. I’m fairly proficient when it comes to speed."
’Fairly proficient?’
Miao Qinghong didn’t believe his humble words for a second. A quick mental calculation told her that at top speed, Fang Yun was much faster than she was.
But then, nothing about Fang Yun’s multifaceted strength surprised her anymore.
She had sensed there was something unusual about Fang Yun ever since she was the Management Elder of Battle Peak and he was just a disciple.
It started back when he deliberately lost to Bai Qinying.
Even then, she knew that once he matured, his strength would be no less than her own.
"Elder Miao, is something wrong?"
Fang Yun asked after watching her remain silent for a long moment.
"I’m trying to compose myself," Miao Qinghong said bluntly.
"Compose yourself?"
"You, Elder Fang Taishang, have completely ruined my good mood."
"Me?" Fang Yun pointed at himself, momentarily speechless.
Looking at the expression on her face, he honestly couldn’t tell if she was joking or being serious.
"But on second thought," she continued, "at least the Core Formation Demon was eliminated. Had I rushed over, I might not have even gotten the chance to fight it."
The whole reason she had been racing there, heedless of the cost, was her fear that she would arrive and not even see a trace of the Core Formation Demon.
With that, Fang Yun thought he finally understood what she meant.
She wasn’t angry at him for what he’d done.
"I never thought you were one for jokes, Elder Miao."
"What, you think I’m not human, Elder Fang Taishang?" Miao Qinghong shot back, her expression unchanged.
"That’s not what I meant at all. Please don’t put it like that, Elder Miao," Fang Yun said with a shake of his head and a wry smile.
Only then did the two begin their journey back to the Celestial Cloud Sect together.
They chatted on the way back.
Through their conversation, Fang Yun gained a much fuller understanding of Miao Qinghong.
He learned that, in her eyes, he was someone who harbored a deep-seated hatred for Demons.
That was why he was so proactive when it came to dealing with them.
’As long as her interpretation isn’t too far off the mark, I can live with it,’ he thought. ’Truth be told, it’s not entirely wrong. It could even be considered a secondary reason.’
The two returned to the sect.
Fang Yun went off to attend to his own affairs, while Miao Qinghong went to find Sect Leader Duan Qingyun.
Killing an early-stage Core Formation Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect would earn a massive amount of Sect Contribution Points. But Fang Yun was in no hurry. As a member of the sect’s upper echelon, he wasn’t short on Contribution Points.
He could just go through the formalities to claim them whenever he had time.
Sect Leader Duan Qingyun was very surprised to see Miao Qinghong.
He asked directly,
"Elder Miao, why are you back so soon?"
By his calculations, her round trip had been exceptionally fast. What he didn’t know was that if she and Fang Yun hadn’t been chatting on the way, they would have been back even sooner.
Miao Qinghong quickly recounted what had happened. "I was racing there at top speed when I encountered Elder Fang Taishang on his way back, still some distance from the Zhou Family. He had already dealt with the early-stage Core Formation Demon, so we returned together."
"I see."
Duan Qingyun was surprised—surprised by Fang Yun’s speed.
As a Sword Cultivator, Miao Qinghong could travel as a Transformed Sword, making speed one of her greatest strengths. That was precisely why he had sent her to provide support to the Foundation Establishment Zhou Family. He never imagined Fang Yun would also be so formidable when it came to speed.
Despite his surprise, Duan Qingyun was overjoyed.
Firstly, from his perspective, the more powerful Fang Yun proved to be, the better.
He didn’t care what secrets Fang Yun might be hiding; he only hoped that his strength would continue to grow.
Secondly, an early-stage Core Formation Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect was dead.
The death of a Core Formation Demon from the Celestial Demon Sect was an exceptionally rare event.
Historically, not many Core Formation Demons from the Celestial Demon Sect had ever fallen, and of those few instances, even fewer were directly or indirectly caused by the Celestial Cloud Sect.
"For support missions like this in the future, you can notify Elder Fang Taishang first and see if he’s available."
"He’ll get the news quickly, just like this time, even without your notification."