"Wow! Mother, you and Father have discovered heretical cultivators!"

Compared to Mingyi, Meishi stayed with Mingmei and Meijiu as soon as she returned. Incidentally, she also learned about Meijiu's "great achievements" over the past two months because she discovered that Mingmei and Meijiu were not together during the day.

Before he could even react, Mei Jiu charmed him and distracted him.

"Not an evil cultivator, did you misunderstand what your father and the sect leader said again? It's a demonic beast that has gone astray." Saying this, Mei Shi poked Mei Jiu's little head, then looked at Mingmei, who seemed to be lost in thought again. (M.cascoo.net)

What is Meimei thinking about?

Although Mei Jiu clung to her, Mei Shi still hadn't forgotten her daughter, who, since birth, hadn't been very emotional and mostly just stood quietly to the side in a daze.

"I... I'm curious about what demonic beasts that have gone astray are like. Don't they usually become obedient demon cultivators after they gain sentience?"

"I know this place! Demon cultivators are just like human cultivators. Some follow the righteous path, some cultivate Buddhism, some cultivate immortality, and some cultivate demonic ways. Of course! There are also evil cultivators who don't cultivate anything and just do bad things!"

Mei Jiu answered quickly, saying that she had gained some knowledge from staying by Qi Tianqing's side recently.

"Yes, they are some monsters. Although they have become smarter, they want to use their intelligence to do bad things and harm others for their own benefit." Considering the age of her two daughters, Mei Shi's explanation was blunt and simple.

"Oh~~" Mei Jiu stared at Mei Shi with bright eyes, hoping the other would say more, while Mei Shi looked at Mingmei, hoping she would ask more questions.

So, just backstage, while I was analyzing with Gui Gui whether this talk of demonic beasts and evil cultivators might involve insectoids, I suddenly met Mei Shi's worried gaze.

Mingmei: "..."

Why did her mother look at her with such worry and pity, as if she were a fool?

...

"Huh? I'm a dignified Qi Refining Level 10 expert, and this is the task I get?!"

Outside the main hall, when Lu Xiaoyao came to receive her disciple mission, she was surprised to find that she was to go to the city at the foot of the mountain to run an errand and have the Tianyi Pavilion in the city make new clothes for the disciples.

Can't this kind of communication be solved with a transmission talisman?

The manager answered Lu Xiaoyao's question very concisely.

"Tianyi Pavilion is located in a city a hundred miles away from Jingyun Mountain. Sending a message there requires a mid-level message transmission talisman. It's quite expensive."

These words almost made Lu Xiaoyao furious!

Does that mean she's cheap?!

She wouldn't even be willing to pay a mere sound transmission talisman for her two legs!

"Isn't going down the mountain good? I want to go down the mountain every day!"

Lu Xiaoyao told Zhen Po about this, and Zhen Po, who had finally been able to breathe a sigh of relief after being watched over by his master during his cultivation, was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred!

"If you're going down the mountain, you can ask your fellow disciples if they need anything to take with them. If you can't go down, you can pass on a message, right?" Zhen Po seemed to know a lot about the ins and outs, and suggested to Lu Xiaoyao, "After you pass on the message, you can wander around down the mountain for a while, buy some things, and earn some pocket money, right?"

How do you know so much?

"Ah, one of my senior brothers did that before. Before going down the mountain to do a mission, he would ask us if we had anything to bring, and then we would pay him first."

After saying that, Zhen Po remembered the time he couldn't resist giving his senior brother half a month's worth of cultivation spirit stones. Then, for a bunch of useless snack gift packs that were good for nothing but delicious food, he was almost laughed to death by his fellow disciples.

Just for a little food, what a pathetic thing to do!

"Oh! That works too!" Having had a whole new world opened up to her, Lu Xiaoyao, who hadn't even noticed the person's darkened face, immediately perked up!

then--

"Wow! Bro, you've been here for the past few months!"

Lu Xiaoyao never expected to meet her brother here.

No matter how disheartened he is, he shouldn't have to become a shop assistant at Tianyi Pavilion, right?

"What? You have a problem with that?"

Seeing that Lu Xiaoyao was dressed in similar attire to the disciples of Jingyun Mountain that he had seen at the foot of Jingyun Mountain that day, Lu Gui felt a little envious.

However, his current state does indeed give people the impression that he has given up on himself.

"No, no, I'm here today to deliver a message to your manager."

Lu Xiaoyao was startled by her brother's gaze, and then asked to find the shopkeeper. Another shop assistant, who had been silent until now, said, "The shopkeeper is out on business today. You can talk to our second shopkeeper about this immortal master." Then he looked at Lu Gui.

Lu Xiaoyao: "..."

"How many years have you been here?" Lu Xiaoyao asked the waiter beside her in a low voice, and the waiter replied, "Four years."

"You're still a junior employee after four years?" After saying that, Lu Xiaoyao's gossipy gaze fell on Lu Gui's face again, with an expression that said, "What's wrong with you, kid?" This made Lu Gui's fists harden instantly!

...

Coincidentally, after Lu Xiaoyao left Jingyun Mountain, Mei Jiu pestered Mei Shi to take her and Mingmei down the mountain as well. So, on the same day, the family of four disguised themselves and went down the mountain.

They then explored the nearby towns.

However, as soon as she entered the city, Mingmei noticed a slight change in Mingyi's expression. She then whispered a few words to Meishi and left.

"Father, what is this...?" Mei Jiu didn't notice the change in Ming Yi's expression, but she couldn't help but ask more questions about Ming Yi's sudden departure.

"Daddy has something to do, let's go shopping first~" Mei Shi's tone was excited, as if everything was fine and nothing had happened.

Mingmei and Meijiu were led into the city by their mother, who took one of them by each hand. They didn't have time to think about what had just happened. The prosperity and liveliness in front of them gave Mingmei an instant sense of belonging and groundedness.

Despite the cacophony of noise around her, the annoying sounds gradually calmed her down.

She doesn't belong to the ethereal Jingyun Mountain, nor to the group of immortal cultivators in this world.

Listening to the vendors' calls on the street and seeing Mei Jiu's excited expression, Mingmei's mood also lifted, and she grinned foolishly at the surroundings just like Mei Jiu.

Just as she was looking around, the hand that Mei Shi was holding suddenly felt the strength of her own mother.

Immediately afterward, Mingmei felt her body being suddenly pulled up by Mei Shi. Before she could react, she realized that she and Mei Jiu had been picked up by their mother.

Holding two children in one arm is definitely not comfortable.

Before she could fully process what was happening, her bright eyes were fixed on Mei Shi's back. She didn't know what was happening in front of her, but suddenly she felt dizzy and saw several puddles of flesh on the ground...