Meanwhile, inside the Ninghua Sect.

Shen Sanruo chuckled and gave all the spirit stones in her storage bag to Wuwei Daoist.

"This is the savings I've accumulated. I thank Sect Master Wuwei for saving my life."

The Daoist Wuwei's eyes lit up the moment he saw those spirit stones.

His mouth was practically stretched to his ears, but he still pretended to be serious.

"Ahem, those who cultivate should be most wary of desires. Money is just an external thing. I see that your cultivation is still shallow, so I will keep these things for you."

"Sect Master, you've taken all their spirit stones. How are they supposed to cultivate and make a living?" Su Xiyu frowned.

The Taoist Master Wuwei snorted, "Who said I was going to take it all? Am I that kind of person?"

Su Xiyu, Song Weiyan, and Bai Ruoan all remained silent, looking at him with an expression that said, "You are."

The Taoist Master Wuwei immediately bristled, "What do you little brats mean by this?"

"It's because your master isn't keeping an eye on you that you're so arrogant and disrespectful to your elders!"

"Once your master wakes up, I will definitely file a formal complaint!"

Shen Sanruo then asked why they hadn't seen their master yet, explaining that he was still asleep.

The Taoist Master Wuwei was so angry that he jumped up and down, rummaged through a pile of spirit stones, and divided them into two parts.

"I'll take half, are you satisfied now!"

The three nodded in satisfaction, and Wuwei Daoist then huffed and puffed as he put the spirit stones into his storage bag.

Su Xiyu pulled Shen Sangruo along and gathered the remaining spirit stones in front of her:

"Junior Sister Shen, please don't take it to heart. Don't let the Sect Master's age fool you; he's actually like a child."

Shen Sanruo smiled slightly, "I am quite envious of how harmoniously you get along with the Wuwei Sect Master."

Thinking of the experiences she had described, Su Xiyu looked at her with a touch of heartache.

He patted her back reassuringly.

"It's alright, Senior Sister Su. It's all thanks to Sect Master Wuwei for helping me detach myself from my feelings for them."

Now, when she mentions them again, there's no longer any emotion in her eyes.

In her heart, they were no different from strangers.

"By the way, Sang girl, how do you plan to deal with those detached emotions?" Wuwei Daoist took out something resembling a storage bag from his robes.

"What's stored here is your emotion, or rather, your obsession."

The way they treated her must have worn away even the deepest feelings.

The reason she can't let go is simply because she's unwilling to give up.

"Whether you want to put the feelings back or keep them in your heart, so that you can find those feelings again someday, is up to you."

The Taoist Master Wuwei narrowed his aged eyes.

Shen Sanruo is still young and may act impulsively in some ways, so he hopes she will consider things carefully.

Don't let yourself regret it in the future.

Shen Sangruo naturally understood the meaning behind Wuwei Daoren's words.

Thinking of that group of people, there was not a trace of lingering affection in her eyes.

regret?

Absolutely not.

She must be crazy to try to regain her emotions; has she not been tormented enough by them?

They don't even mind keeping their love-storing pouch close to their body.

The best thing she ever did was to detach herself from her feelings for them.

“Since it’s something I’ve already discarded, why bother taking it back?” She looked at the storage pouch, her voice calm. “Such a useless thing should be thrown into the trash heap.”

The Taoist Master Wuwei said in a low voice, "It's good that you can figure it out."

He opened the storage bag and swept his palm across it, causing the bag to immediately glow.

Immediately, six beams of light shot out from within, heading towards the door and disappearing without a trace.

"You will no longer have to worry about this."

Shen Sangruo bowed again and said, "Thank you, Sect Master Wuwei."

"What are your plans for the future?" Su Xiyu asked Shen Sangruo with concern.

Ninghua Sect hasn't seen any new faces for a long time.

She finally found a younger sister who suited her taste, and she genuinely liked her.

"Your master and senior brothers are all inhuman; it's best to stay away from them as soon as possible."

“But Junior Sister Shen’s relationship with them is too close. It might not be so easy to completely sever ties with them,” Song Weiyan said.

Although they were isolated from the world, they learned from Shen Sangruo's words that her sect was not an ordinary sect, and that her master was no ordinary person either.

Severing the master-disciple relationship alone is a difficult task.

Bai Ruoan also spoke up, "This matter needs to be considered carefully."

"Well, I already have a rough plan." Shen Sanruo explained her thoughts in general terms, "In short, I will find a way to leave the sect."

If Shen Sang hadn't been hiding anything from them, she could have seen the righteousness in them; none of them seemed like people who would harm her.

Anyway, they're much better than those guys from the Flying Cloud Sect.

Su Xiyu and the others thought that at most she would leave the sect, but they did not expect that she did not even want to stay in the sect anymore.

She always referred to Shen Daochen as her senior uncle, so they naturally didn't know about her relationship with him.

If they found out, they would definitely give Shen Daochen a good scolding as well.

"Leaving that sect is for the best," Su Xiyu nodded. "Would you like to join another sect later?"

Su Xiyu's eyes suddenly lit up, but she swallowed the words back and whispered, "No, no."

She originally intended to recruit Shen Sangruo to Ninghua Sect, but then she realized that Ninghua Sect was no longer what it used to be and was already in dire need of protection.

So he gave up the idea, deciding not to hold others back.

"I haven't thought about what will happen next. I'd rather leave the Flying Cloud Sect first, and then become a rogue cultivator," Shen Sangruo said earnestly.

Su Xiyu and the others asked her about the current situation in the cultivation world outside, and she answered them one by one.

Although she had many questions in her mind, such as what had happened to Ninghua Sect before, why she was trapped in the formation, and what kind of help Wuwei Daoist originally wanted her to provide, etc.

But since the Taoist Master of Non-Action did not bring it up, she should not ask any further questions.

Knowing less about her was perhaps the way the Taoist Master Wuwei protected her.

"Yu girl, you can take Sang girl and wander around Ninghua Sect for the rest of the time. The formation will be reopened in a while, and you can go out then."

The Taoist Master Wuwei then instructed, "I hope that Sang girl will not mention what happened today to anyone else."

"If we meet again in the future, I will invite you for tea."

He stroked his beard and smiled at her.

Shen Sanruo nodded, "This junior was simply lost in Youyue Valley all day and did not discover any unusual phenomena."

Just as she was about to follow Su Xiyu out, she stopped in her tracks. "By the way, Senior Sister Su."

Su Xiyu also stopped and looked back at her.

"I wonder if I may pay my respects to Senior Sister Su's master? If the senior is still resting, I will not go to disturb him."

She figured that besides them, there probably wasn't anyone else in Ninghua Sect.

Instead of wandering around the sect, it would be better to pay a visit to Su Xiyu and the others' master.

We should still observe proper etiquette.

Su Xiyu did not answer her directly, but looked at the Taoist Wuwei.

After pondering for a moment, Wuwei Daoren said, "It wouldn't hurt to go and pay her a visit. You can take her with you."