Chapter 2401: Really Strong Taste

The people from Jueqing Valley left the Teleportation Array and immediately headed towards Holy Dragon Empire, the venue for this Genius Demon Battle.

As a Great Ascension Peak expert, Jue Ran flew with five people, yet her speed was still astonishingly fast.

After a while, she turned her head to look at the Disciple with the red mask beside her, "Wangchen, what's wrong? Why are you so distracted?"

"No… no… nothing."

She was clearly not good at lying, stuttering nervously.

Jue Ran saw at a glance that something was wrong: "Still saying nothing? Tell me exactly what's going on. Are you thinking about that scoundrel from just now?"

The red-masked Disciple hesitated, then whispered, "Elder, I just feel like that person looks a bit familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere before."

"Don't think about those things. Whether you've seen that person before or not, whether you know him or not, he has nothing to do with you anymore.

Once you become a Disciple of my Jueqing Valley, you must completely cut off all worldly ties. Don't forget the name the Sect Leader gave you, Wangchen, to forget all worldly matters!"

At this point, Jue Ran's tone suddenly became stern: "You are now the most outstanding young Disciple of my Jueqing Valley, and also the future Sect Leader of the Sect. You must not let a man ruin yourself!"

"I understand, Elder, I definitely won't. I just found him a bit familiar."

"Good that you know! This time we are here to participate in the Genius Demon Battle, but we cannot have any involvement with other men."

After Jue Ran finished speaking, she felt a slight regret in her heart. If she had known, she should have killed that boy just now.

She would never allow anyone to ruin the Sect's Genius Disciple, not even with the slightest possibility.

"Forget it, I'll find another opportunity later!"

Thinking of this, she had already made up her mind. As long as there was an opportunity in the future, she would directly eliminate that man.

The Disciple wearing the red mask stopped speaking. She composed herself, trying her best not to think about that man anymore.

But for some reason, the more she tried, the clearer that handsome face became in her mind, impossible to erase.

At the Teleportation Array, Lu Xueman noticed something was off and asked, "Xiaofan, what's wrong? Do you know that person?"

Ye Bufan withdrew his gaze and sighed, "I feel like she is one of the people I'm looking for, Yi Luoxiang, my woman."

"What, that's impossible, right?" Jiang Fangzhou said in surprise, "If that's really the case, she should have recognized Ye Dage.

But she clearly saw him just now and had no reaction, so she obviously doesn't know you."

Hu Yaoyao also said, "Xiao Age, you're just sick from longing.

She's wearing such a mask, covering her face completely, how could you possibly recognize her? If you ask me, you've just mistaken her for someone else!"

Nalan Yujia followed up, "That's very possible. There are many people who look alike. For example, back then, many people mistook Sister Chu for Situ Dianmo, whom you were looking for."

"This…"

Ye Bufan also knew that what these people said made sense. He thought back again, and that intuition was still there: that person was Yi Luoxiang.

But upon closer analysis, that woman's cultivation was already at Void Tempering Peak.

Logically speaking, even if Yi Luoxiang came to Kunlun Continent, it would be impossible for her to improve so quickly.

In addition, her Qi was different, completely unlike what he remembered.

But why did he still feel like she was Yi Luoxiang? It seemed he might really be sick with longing and having hallucinations.

"Forget it, I must have mistaken her for someone else."

Ye Bufan shook his head, driving the recent thought out of his mind.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Jiang Fangzhou turned his head and saw Zhongli Mei standing nearby, gazing blankly in the direction where those people had left, still lost in thought.

"Old Man Zhong, what are you still looking at?"

Jiang Fangzhou stepped forward and patted his shoulder, snapping him out of his daze, and playfully said, "You didn't fall for that old hag, did you?"

"Uh! Why call her an old hag? Don't you think she's very charming?"

"Ah?"

Jiang Fangzhou had originally intended to joke with him, but now he was so shocked that his mouth hung open.

He looked at Zhongli Mei's serious expression and asked in disbelief, "Old Man Zhong, you didn't really fall for that old hag, did you?"

At his shout, the others also looked over, immediately showing expressions of great interest.

Hu Yaoyao laughed, "Old Zhong, are you envious because Zhang He found a Dual Cultivation Dao Companion?

But you can't be so desperate as to choose just anyone. What kind of person can you fall for?"

Ye Bufan was also amused, and his mood lightened a bit.

"Yes, you didn't fall for her just because she's at Great Ascension Peak, did you? It's fine to be eager to improve your cultivation, but you can't lower your standards to this extent!"

Nalan Yujia followed up, "Exactly, exactly. Look at Sect Master Ximen, although she's a bit older, she's still a great beauty.

Now look at this old hag, she's simply unbelievably ugly."

"No, no, it's really not what you think…"

Zhongli Mei, as the Grand Elder of Shenjian Villa, had painstakingly Cultivated for most of his life. He had never sought a Dao Companion before, nor had he ever been moved by any woman.

Precisely because of this, he was extremely embarrassed by everyone's teasing and ridicule, his old face turning the color of a pig's liver.

"I just think she's very beautiful, very domineering, and very charming!"

Seeing him like this, Ye Bufan was stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure you're serious?"

Zhongli Mei was a little embarrassed and said sheepishly, "Although she was very disrespectful to Young Master just now, she is indeed very beautiful!"

"My goodness!"

Confirming he wasn't joking, Ye Bufan reached out and patted his shoulder, "I can only say, you have very unique taste!"

Everyone burst into laughter. As the saying goes, 'to each their own,' and this old man had thoroughly proven this saying with his aesthetic taste.

Qin Biyao and Shui Yueli stood by, and though they hadn't spoken, they were also laughing heartily.

"I…"

Zhongli Mei's face was full of embarrassment, yet he didn't know how to explain. At that moment, he had indeed been captivated by Jue Ran.

Ye Bufan didn't want to make the old man too uncomfortable, so he turned his head and said, "Grand Elder, what did you just say about Jueqing Valley? Are you very familiar with them?"

Qin Biyao said, "I wouldn't say familiar, but Jueqing Valley is a Nine Star Sect in Tianmang Prefecture. Their strength is absolutely formidable; I've heard of them before."

Ye Bufan asked, "What does this Jueqing Valley mean? Why do all their people look so strange? Why do they all wear masks?"

Hearing his question, the others also looked over.

Although people like Jiang Fangzhou and Lu Xueman were also Cultivators, they had never been to Tiansheng State, and didn't know much about the other prefectures, far less experienced than Qin Biyao.

Qin Biyao said, "Jueqing Valley is very famous, not just because they are a Nine Star Sect.

It's also because all their Disciples are female, and they have a very special rule: Disciples within the Sect are absolutely forbidden to have any involvement with any man.

To prevent young female Disciples from violating the Sect rules, they are required to wear masks when going out. It has always been this way."

After hearing her, Jiang Fangzhou immediately cursed angrily, "What kind of damn Sect rule is that? Isn't that against human nature?"

The others also showed confused expressions. Previously, Nine Heavens Immortal Palace was somewhat similar to Jueqing Valley.

But they were focused on Cultivating wholeheartedly, and they didn't have such explicit rules, nor did they act so decisively.