"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask if it's possible to meet again in three days after you become Daoist partners? I have urgent business to attend to, could you make an exception?" Fang Ruotang asked.
Song Yingying immediately rejected the idea, "No way! What if you're here to save him? What if he runs away with you? I don't know you, how can I trust you? It's already a huge favor that you're allowed to stay and watch the ceremony."
Fang Ruotang: ...
She's being superficial.
I even stood up for her.
What a waste of effort.
"Yingying, what are you doing here?"
A person walked out of the main hall and looked at Song Yingying with a kind face.
Song Yingying immediately ran up to him, tugging at his sleeve and shaking it with a spoiled expression.
"I heard that someone was looking for Jingtan, and that it was a young woman, so I came to check it out."
"You! Jingtan is a Buddhist disciple. How could she have any relationship with other women besides you?" The middle-aged man looked at her with doting eyes, as if she were looking at his own nephew.
Fang Ruotang was utterly speechless.
So you knew that Jingtan was a Buddhist and abstained from women!
They've already started cultivating immortality, instead of focusing on their careers, they're here fighting over men. Is there anything seriously wrong with them?
Fang Ruotang looked at Song Yingying as if she were an alien, and felt like she wanted to crack open her head to see if there was water inside, which was why she said such a thing.
she!
who is she!
Fang Ruotang, the dignified sect leader!
Would she chase after a man?
Even just this speculation felt like an insult to Fang Ruotang; it was utterly disrespectful!
The two people in front of them were talking intimately, like a father and daughter.
Fang Ruotang stood to the side, rolling her eyes repeatedly until they almost cramped up, before the two finally stopped talking.
Meanwhile, the middle-aged man's blindness was suddenly cured.
"Excuse me, this must be the sect leader of the Tianyi Sect?"
"Hehe! Yes."
Fang Ruotang wore a cold smile, forgiving her for no longer being polite and completely forgetting that she had come to ask for a favor.
The main issue is that this isn't someone she's asking for favors from, so she doesn't need to give them any special treatment.
There might even be a major battle three days from now.
If Jing Tan refuses to comply even at the cost of her life, and she wants to get the medicine from Jing Tan, she will definitely have to help Jing Tan get out of trouble; a fight would be the least of her worries.
Fang Ruotang didn't waste any words and explained her purpose again.
Before she could finish speaking, Song Yingying interrupted from the side.
Her willful behavior in front of two sects and so many elders shows that she is indeed favored within the sect.
"No, not now. If you'd like, you can stay in our sect and come back in three days, or three days later."
Fang Ruotang struggled slightly.
"Is there no room for negotiation? I'll just meet him once, take the herbs and leave. Or you could go and tell him that my Tianyi Sect is asking for medicine, and ask him to bring out the herbs for me."
Song Yingying said with a slightly guilty look in her eyes, "No, you should talk to him yourself! After all, you're the one asking for his help."
"hehe!"
Fang Ruotang suddenly realized that Song Yingying was trying to dodge.
This person has clearly offended Jing Tan badly; there's no way Jing Tan would give her the herbs.
Fang Ruotang turned her gaze toward the Illusionary Dharma Sect.
The elders present were in perfect unison; they either remained silent or stared at Song Yingying, as if the word "compassion" was etched on their foreheads.
"We'll listen to Yingying."
Song Yingying raised her chin and looked at Fang Ruotang haughtily.
Fang Ruotang twitched the corner of her mouth, not bothering to argue with them, and simply said, "Then we'll have to trouble you. We'll stay at your sect for three days."
"……All right!"
Song Yingying was clearly not very welcoming and agreed rather reluctantly.
Fang Ruotang's smile was also forced. If it weren't for the fact that staying at the Illusionary Sect would make things easier for her later actions, she would have left immediately.
Who isn't the darling of the group?
The people of the Illusionary Sect settled them in an extremely remote courtyard, but fortunately, the Illusionary Sect was wealthy, so the courtyard was not dilapidated.
The person who led the way even left a message before leaving.
"You shall wait here! Remember not to wander around our sect, lest you break a taboo."
"……good!"
It was just a normal admonition, but the other party's condescending attitude, like that of a poor relative looking down on her, made Fang Ruotang a little defensive.
As soon as everyone left, she would hold a small meeting.
However, since they were on someone else's turf, Fang Ruotang was afraid that their conversation would be overheard, so she discussed countermeasures with the other six people through a small mirror.
[We'll first find Jingtan and ascertain his thoughts before proceeding. If he doesn't want to enter the mortal world, we'll immediately notify Wuding Temple to rescue him.]
Fang Ruotang did not want to have a direct conflict with the Illusionary Dharma Sect unless absolutely necessary.
"Okay, Little Mirror, give me the Buddha's exact location, I'll go find him tonight." Gu Yanjin was the first to speak, wanting to take the job.
Fang Ruotang rejected his suggestion.
No need, I'll go there myself tonight.
I was able to evade the guards.
Gu Yanjin was confident about this.
I'll send my shadow; it's safer that way.
【……good!】
Gu Yanjin couldn't refute Fang Ruotang's words, and the other five didn't try to show off either.
Night fell.
Fang Ruotang's shadow jumped out of her body, stretched her limbs, waved happily to the other six people, and then left the courtyard.
"Something happened to your shadow. Are you hurt?" Cui Shixu asked worriedly.
Fang Ruotang thought for a moment and said honestly, "I'm not too sure. Anyway, Shadow hasn't been injured yet. She was sent to protect Fourth Sister last time and nothing happened, so it shouldn't have any impact."
"I'll give it a try when I get back."
"How do you want to test it? You want to kill my shadow?"
Fang Ruotang looked at Cui Shixu in surprise, as if to say, "How could you be this kind of person?"
Cui Shixu choked for a moment, then sighed speechlessly: "Is it possible that I just wanted to gently pinch your palm or pat your leg, and if you felt pain, it would prove that the shadow was injured, which would also affect your real body?"
Fang Ruotang said suspiciously, "Not necessarily! What reaction could the shadow have to such a small movement? Only killing the shadow can affect me!"
Cui Shixu: ...
The conversation couldn't continue.
Because he couldn't possibly kill Fang Ruotang's shadow.
Most importantly, he can't kill him at all, and there's even a chance he'll be killed by the shadow, which is quite awkward.
The shadow encountered several patrolling disciples along the way, but each time it hid in the shadows of people, so that others could not find it at all.
The closer you get to Jingtan's residence, the more heavily guarded it becomes.
However, none of this could stop Shadow. Using the shadow of the person, Shadow easily arrived in front of Jing Tan and then immediately hid in his shadow.
Compared to the slowness of others, Jingtan was noticeably more perceptive.
His gaze darted to the shadow at his feet, and the person who had been sitting cross-legged in meditation stood up.
"come out!"
The shadow behaved exactly like him, but he sensed something was different.
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