Chapter 6 A Night Visit to My Home: My Son Has Grown Up
Seeing that the person next to them was choking, the two little girls asked in confusion, "Are you alright?"
Something's wrong!
How could nothing be wrong!
Bai Yuheng was coughing so hard her lungs felt like they were going to burst, her face was flushed, and she was trying her best to catch her breath.
The two girls breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that she was alright, and asked her, "Do you also like Master Pei?"
"Cough! Cough cough cough..."
Just when I had finally caught my breath, I was startled by their innocent and uninhibited remarks.
She hasn't stooped so low as to corrupt her disciples!
Bai Yuheng hurriedly waved her hands repeatedly to prove her innocence.
“How could Master Pei possibly like his own master?” Bai Yuheng explained through gritted teeth, “They are just innocent master and disciple.”
The little girl asked in confusion, "Then how do you know he doesn't like her? It's all in the stories that Master Pei lived a lonely life on Wangxian Mountain for a hundred years, weeping day and night, and erected an empty grave on the mountain with an epitaph inscribed with his love..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Bai Yuheng couldn't listen anymore and urgently called for a halt. "It's all just wild speculation from the common people. He's not Master Pei, how can you take it seriously?"
"But you're not Master Pei, so how do you know it's not true?" the little girl questioned her.
"..." Bai Yuheng pinched her brow bone and said, "I am the new disciple he accepted into his tutelage today."
"..."
"Huh?" they both exclaimed in unison.
Bai Yuheng clarified: "I didn't see any graves on the back mountain, they're all fake."
"...Oh." A blush crept onto their cheeks, and both of them, embarrassed, apologized repeatedly, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, just pretend we were talking nonsense..."
"It's alright, it's alright..."
After apologizing, the two girls ran away in a flash.
Only Bai Yuheng remained, disheveled and alone in the wind.
Before the event was over, she went back to Wangxian Mountain by herself.
I hesitated several times before the former palace gate.
She hesitated whether or not to sneak into her own bedroom at night.
Lost in thought, she walked inside the next second.
The empty and desolate palace was even more chilling under the bright moonlight, exuding a coldness that sent shivers down one's spine.
She walked in quietly, looking around in the moonlight. Everything inside was arranged exactly as it had been when she left, but it was free of dust.
She wiped the weapon rack where the swords and knives were placed, and it was spotless.
This shows how much someone cherished this house after she left.
As she was walking, she suddenly heard a soft sound from behind a screen.
Using her breath-holding technique, she nimbly walked behind the screen, then was startled and was about to turn around and leave.
"who?"
—It's been discovered.
Bai Yuheng cupped her hands in greeting to the approaching person and said, "I am your disciple."
She explained, “I was just passing by when I saw that the door to the sleeping quarters was not properly closed. I was afraid that some mischievous beast might sneak in, so I entered Master’s sleeping quarters without permission. I hope Master will forgive me!”
"..." Pei Yuan listened to her explanation with a cold face, without saying a word.
"Since Master is resting, then there's nothing else. This disciple will take his leave now..."
"Stop." Pei Yuan said coldly.
"Does Master have any further instructions?"
"...Never come back here again. This is the last time. Get out!"
"yes."
Bai Yuheng cursed inwardly, "Is this bedchamber hers or yours? So domineering!"
"Bang!"
She had just stepped out of the bedroom when the door behind her was slammed shut with magic.
"..."
What is this boy doing in her bedchamber in the middle of the night? Bai Yuheng suddenly thought of this question. She also remembered him from the past. Except when he first came to Wangxian Mountain, he was quite clingy to her, and when he couldn't sleep, he needed to lie on her soft couch and stay by her side to fall asleep.
Can't sleep again?
Bai Yuheng's resentment was overshadowed by heartache. She sighed. She had been gone for a hundred years. She wondered how he had gotten through it all, considering how much he had relied on her back then...
She recalled what she had just heard him say. Was he waiting for her on Wangxian Mountain because of what she had said?
"Yuan'er, wait for me at Wangxian Mountain."
If he hadn't been made to wait, would he...?
"Oh well! I don't want to think about it anymore!" Bai Yuheng never liked to make things difficult for herself by thinking about things that couldn't be undone. There's a folk saying that goes, "What's done is done," so she simply stopped dwelling on it and went straight back to her current residence.
I slept well all night.
The next day.
This year's new disciples have officially begun learning how to cultivate. While the most talented disciples will be directly accepted as introductory disciples by the elders, others also have a chance, provided they perform well in their studies. The rest will be assigned to immortal masters under the elders, passing down their skills and playing unique roles within the Heavenly Evolution Sect.
But whether they are elders’ close disciples or other disciples, they are all treated equally and need to attend the training courses.
Compared to the other disciples who had not received formal training but listened with great interest, Bai Yuheng had not heard such a boring lesson for hundreds of years, and she was drowsy with her head propped up.
Glancing at Cen Ying and Cui Mingcan, who were writing furiously, Bai Yuheng couldn't help but sigh at how good it was to have a new brain that she had never heard of before, one that hadn't yet been ravaged by knowledge.
Finally, get out of class ended, and Bai Yuheng ran away. Her speed was so fast that even Cen Ying, who came to find her, was stunned.
"What's wrong with her? Is she running away so fast to escape?" Cui Mingcan, who happened to be walking over, was completely baffled as he watched her retreating figure.
Cen Ying shook her head in confusion.
Bai Yuheng ran back to Wangxian Mountain and decided to take a nap. The Tian Shu Pavilion, where the Four Directions Mirror is now located, is heavily guarded. She dared not venture in without her remaining strength of only 30-40% of what she had before her death, lest she alert the enemy. She would wait until she understood the current state of the sect's defenses before sneaking into the Tian Shu Pavilion at night.
Time flies, and one day Bai Yuheng actually found an opportunity.
During her shift cleaning, she approached the barrier of Tian Shu Pavilion. She discovered that the barrier was an advanced illusion technique. It could sense the approach of outsiders, identify them, and then issue an alarm to launch an attack. It could also change the scene inside when thieves tried to force their way in, thus creating confusion. After being transported by Dong Xuan, the Four Directions Mirror was safely hidden.
This illusion technique wasn't the kind she left behind, but rather an innovation based on her work. Bai Yuheng knew who was behind it.
Pei Yuan.
Bai Yuheng felt a sense of pride, like a child growing up.
She came up with two ways to enter the Tian Shu Pavilion.
One method was to follow Pei Yuan inside to repair and reinforce the illusion, but Bai Yuheng rejected this idea as soon as it was proposed. First, it was unsafe and would easily expose her identity. Pei Yuan was intelligent and quick-witted, and getting too close would easily arouse suspicion about her identity.
Secondly, gaining his trust is no easy task, and the timing of reinforcing the illusion is unpredictable; who knows when he will go or whether he will take her with him? Therefore, it will take even more time, and she doesn't have that much time to wait.
Another method is for her to go in on her own initiative.
This advanced illusion technique might be flawless to others, but for her, it was just like playing a slightly more difficult nine-linked ring puzzle, requiring no thought at all.
After coming into contact with the barrier, Bai Yuheng went back to sleep peacefully. The next day, she pondered how to break the barrier, but before entering the Tian Shu Pavilion, she still needed the help of an old friend.
That night.
The sky was clear and the moonlight was bright and flawless.
Bai Yuheng followed the route she remembered to her treasure vault.
The shadows of the trees swayed and danced on the ground, while birdsong echoed through the mountains from time to time.
Bai Yuheng quickened her pace, her heart filled with excitement. She wondered how her old friend had fared since her "death."
Thinking this to myself, I quickened my pace until I stood in front of the cave.
She made a hand seal and broke the barrier in front of the cave entrance.
"..."
Bai Yuheng was stunned for a moment. The cave was not only clean and spotless, but also contained her discarded and damaged items...
Touched, she touched the repaired kite.
She remembered the kite.
One year, when she took Pei Yuan down the mountain for training, they happened to see children flying kites. He only glanced at them a couple of times, but she guessed that he wanted to play with one. After the mission was over, she brought him a kite.
A colorful phoenix.
Although the boy, who was around ten years old, often tried to appear mature in front of her, he still had the innocent side of a child. When he saw her take out a kite, his dark eyes lit up.
"Master! Master!"
The boy's slender figure ran across the vast plains, waving at her while controlling the kite in his hand, unrestrained and flamboyant.
She stood on the slope, looking at him with a smile in her eyes. It was as if her vibrant and passionate life had ignited her empty and calm heart, and the still lake of her heart was now rippling with emotion.
Bai Yuheng examined the kite in her hand. There were signs of repair on its back. A long time had passed, and she couldn't remember when it broke. She only remembered that on the day it broke, Xiao Peiyuan was silent. Although he was usually quiet, she could tell his emotions at a glance.
"I'm sorry, Master."
He apologized to her for the first time, saying, "Your disciple has broken the kite you gave me."
She dismissed it: "So what if it's broken? If you like it, I'll give you another one."
"..." He stopped talking, only shook his head and then nodded.
He has always been so reassuring and understanding.
It wasn't until she learned that the kite had been broken because her fellow disciples had mocked her and then tricked her into it, that she discovered he had locked those people in the illusion for three days and three nights. It wasn't until her fellow disciples noticed something was wrong that they told her the truth...
Bai Yuheng's thoughts returned to her senses. She carefully put down the kite and looked at every item in the cave. Suddenly, she realized that all these objects, whether large or small, rare or ordinary, seemed to be related to another person.
There were the treasures she gave him when he first became her disciple; the weapon she rewarded him for his first successful mission; and all sorts of toys they brought back from their training trip down the mountain...
Of course, besides these, there were also her frequently used and infrequently used weapons. Each one lay quietly in its place as if it hadn't left, yet it also revealed itself as something treasured and cherished.
Bai Yuheng didn't know how to understand this feeling. She just felt a sour and bittersweet feeling in her heart and suddenly wanted to hug him, just like she used to hug him back to Wangxian Mountain.
"Ooh~"
A soft chime awakened her reason. She remembered that her purpose here was not to reminisce about the past, but to find help to successfully enter the Tian Shu Pavilion.
A sharp pain shot through her arm. She reached out, lifted her sleeve, and revealed a pale section of her arm, which was wrapped in intricate, burning golden patterns. The closer she got to her hand, the deeper the patterns became, shimmering with a golden-red light. The burning sensation became more pronounced, while the whistling sounds from the cave grew stronger.
"..."
Bai Yuheng instantly changed her mood and walked into the cave.
After she went inside, a dark shadow landed in front of the cave, enveloping the kite she had touched.
"..."
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