Chapter 163: Chapter 163 - 163 Li Qjngqing Comes Looking

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It wasn’t until almost half an hour had passed that Little Sparrow finally flew back.

Upon its return, Little Sparrow flew straight to Huang Qingling, released the paper from its mouth, and a note fell out.

Huang Qingling caught it, glanced at it, and then said to Lin Jing,

“They have received the message and are getting ready, they will be here shortly…”

Meanwhile, Little Sparrow flew directly to Lin Jing’s side.

“Chirp..

Little Sparrow chirped once, then circled Lin Jing twice, staring intently at his storage bag around his waist before looking up at Lin Jing.

The intent was unmistakable, Little Sparrow was asking Lin Jing for its reward.

Without any fuss, Lin Jing reached into his storage bag and took out that medium-grade Gathering Yuan Pill.

No sooner had the elixir reached Lin Jing’s hand than Little Sparrow transformed once again into a streak of black light, darting towards Lin Jing. Immediately after, the pill disappeared from Lin Jing’s hand and reappeared at Little Sparrow’s beak.

With a smug look at Lin Jing, Little Sparrow opened its beak and swallowed the pill.

Lin Jing and Huang Qingling both watched Little Sparrow and found, even though it swallowed the elixir whole, there was nothing unusual about it, and it continued to hop and skip about.

Nothing like human cultivators, who needed to meditate and refine the pill’s strength through practice.

At that moment, Huang Qingling spoke up,

“Since they say they will be here soon, let’s clean up the kitchen. After all, my kitchen has not been used for quite some time…”

“Alright, then let’s go,” Lin Jing said.

After saying that, he stood up and walked with Huang Qingling toward the kitchen…

Once they arrived at the kitchen, and after some bustling about, they finally got it cleaned up.

Just as the two sat down for a rest after finishing up, a knock at the door resounded from outside the courtyard.

Hearing the knock, Lin Jing and Huang Qingling exchanged glances.

“It must be them…” Huang Qingling said.

“Then I’ll go open the door.”

After saying this, Lin Jing got up and headed towards the entrance.

At the courtyard gate, Lin Jing reached out and opened the door. Standing there was a young girl with one hand on her hip and her chest heaving as she panted heavily.

This girl was none other than Li Qingqing.

Seeing Li Qingqing in this state, Lin Jing asked,

“Cultivator Qingqing, what happened to you? Why are you in such a hurry?”

Li Qingqing gasped for breath and said,

‘Where’s Little Sparrow, where’s Little Sparrow?”

“I’ve come to settle accounts with it…’

Judging by her appearance, it seemed that Li Qingqing had been quite frightened by Little Sparrow.

That’s why she came over in such a state.

“Little Sparrow is inside…”

“Cultivator Qingqing, why such great anger toward Little Sparrow?”

Grinding her teeth with fury, Li Qingqing said,

“When that Little Sparrow came, it deliberately scared me. I must settle this with it.”

Feeling somewhat embarrassed as the instigator, Lin Jing quickly tried to console her,

“Well…

“Cultivator Qingqing, there’s a reason for this, don’t be hasty.”

Upon hearing this, Li Qingqing looked at Lin Jing with confusion,

“There’s a reason for this?” “Yes…” Lin Jing said.

“By the way, where is your brother?”

Seeing only Li Qingqing had come and not seeing Li Tangyu, Lin Jing asked.

“Oh, he and Zhang Yuan are out buying ingredients,” Li Qingqing said.

“Brother Zhang is here too?”

Lin Jing was surprised and said to Li Qingqing,

“Wasn’t he practicing a new cultivation technique with the Zhang Family Patriarch?”

Not long after the last gathering, Zhang Yuan had gone into seclusion with the Zhang Family Patriarch, it seemed, to be taught a cultivation technique.

He was to finish learning it before he could come out.

It seems this Zhang Family Patriarch intends to groom Zhang Yuan as the next family head.

Li Qingqing said, “He has just completed his cultivation and emerged from seclusion not long ago. He came looking for my brother right away.”

“That’s perfect…”

“Since the last gathering, he has been in secluded cultivation, and I haven’t seen him for a while either. Now that he’s emerged, it’s perfect…”

After finishing, Lin Jing spoke again, asking:

“Did Zhang Yuan seek out your brother just after coming out of seclusion because he ran into some trouble?” “It’s nothing major…”

Li Qingqing began speaking:

“Some of our juniors from the Li Family and the Zhang Family were bullied by others outside, so he came to my brother to discuss a strategy.”

Lin Jing was immediately astonished and displayed an incredulous expression:

“Someone dares to bully people from your two families in Fang Market, could it be members of other families?”

Li Qingqing shook her head and said:

“Not in Fang Market, but in the Night Mist Mountain Range. The ones who made a move are very mysterious, and we still don’t know who did it…”

“Let’s not talk about that for now, let’s go in.”

“Alright…” Lin Jing replied.

Then…

Lin Jing led the way, with Li Qingqing following behind, and the two walked in.

Upon arriving in the courtyard, Li Qingqing immediately noticed Little Sparrow beside Huang Qingling.

“Well, well, Little Sparrow, you still dare to show your face in front of me.” As she spoke, Li Qingqing approached Little Sparrow.

Seeing Li Qingqing, Little Sparrow, whether feeling guilty or for some other reason, didn’t wait for Li Qingqing to get close.

With a “swoosh,” it transformed into a streak of black light and shot out, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Li Qingqing was left standing there as she watched Little Sparrow flee, unable to do anything about it.

At that moment, Huang Qingling also came over. “Qingqing, did Little Sparrow scare you?”

“Yes, it really gave me a fright…”

Li Qingqing subconsciously responded, but then sensed something was off, and quickly turned to look at Huang Qingling, asking in surprise:

“Hold on, how did you know that…”

A sly smile appeared on Huang Qingling’s face.

Lin Jing saw this and thought to himself, this isn’t good, but before he could speak, Huang Qingling had already spilled the beans.

“You can’t blame Little Sparrow for this; it was Lin Jing who asked Little Sparrow to scare you.”

After saying this, Huang Qingling quickly turned to Li Qingqing and asked:

“And your brother, I also had Little Sparrow scare him. So, did it work, was he scared?”

After hearing Huang Qingling’s words, Li Qingqing gazed at Lin Jing with a look of deep grievance.

“Lin Jing…”

“When did you become so naughty?” Lin Jing offered an embarrassed smile:

“Heh heh…”

“It’s just that I saw some changes in Little Sparrow, so I thought about testing it out…”

“Here’s the deal…”

“Tell me what you’d like to eat later, and I’ll cook it for you as a way of apologizing. ”

Hearing what Lin Jing said, Li Qingqing finally let go of her resentful gaze.

“You said it…” “I’ll leave it to you then when my brother and the others arrive.”

“No problem.”

Lin Jing stated openly.

Following that…

Li Qingqing then said to Huang Qingling:

“Little Sparrow appeared out of nowhere, pouncing in front of me before I could even react, startling me quite a bit before it flew away.”

“I wanted to settle the score with Little Sparrow afterwards, but when I found my brother, I learned that it was you two who invited us.”

“After getting the news from my brother, I came straight here without thinking too much about it.”

“Why don’t you ask him about it when he arrives later?”

“Alright then…” Huang Qingling said..