Su Yu's fingers trembled as he took out the communication talisman, and the infusion of spiritual power almost interrupted the process due to his unstable mind.
In the rising smoke from the burning talisman, he seemed to see again his fifth junior sister, who always loved to peek at him drawing talismans. She was so small then, always standing on tiptoe, blinking her bright eyes and asking, "Senior brother, why is this talisman drawn like this?"
Su Yu's eyes were bloodshot.
The first to arrive were the sixth junior brother Qin Zijin and the third senior brother Liu Qingyue.
As soon as Qin Zijing entered the room, he saw Yan Chiling standing in the shadows, and his eyes lit up immediately: "Fourth Senior Brother!" He rushed forward in three steps.
Qin Zijin hadn't seen her fourth senior brother for a long time. This time, her eldest senior brother called her over with several other senior brothers, especially her third senior brother, Liu Qingyue.
His three fellow disciples were in such poor health, yet he was summoned here... Could it be...?
Qin Zijing asked Su Yu, "Will Second Senior Brother come too?"
Su Yu nodded at him, and Qin Zijing became even more excited.
Even the second senior brother came over, and he said happily, "Are we fellow disciples going to have a get-together?"
Liu Qingyue was in very bad condition; his pale face was flushed with an unnatural redness. This once peerless cultivator now needed to hold onto a wall to stand.
But when he heard the word "reunion," a glimmer of light still flashed in his dim eyes.
"Senior Brother..." Liu Qingyue's voice was so weak it was almost inaudible, "Will Little Five... come too?"
Su Yu's heart clenched. He remembered the curse Liu Qingyue had cast on his heart—if he ever saw Bai Ying again in this life, he would suffer a backlash. But now... he would truly never see her again.
Without Bai Ying's spiritual energy to nourish her, Liu Qingyue has become a cripple. Su Yu once fantasized about waiting for Bai Ying to return so she could help Liu Qingyue... but that's impossible now.
Su Yu's voice was hoarse beyond recognition. "I guess so..."
Qin Zijing jumped up excitedly: "Great! That heartless girl just left like that!" He waved his fist, his face beaming with barely concealed joy. "When I see her, I'll definitely teach her a lesson! It's just a few words I said to her, is it really necessary to run away from home?"
He spoke with great enthusiasm, completely oblivious to the sudden pallor of Su Yu and Yan Chiling's faces.
In Qin Zijing's mind, this was just an ordinary reunion of the sect—Bai Ying had run away from home in a fit of temper, and it was time for her to come back.
He said excitedly, "Bai Ying promised to help me refine weapons, but she hasn't given them to me yet. I remember all of this, and when I see her later, I'm definitely going to ask her for them!"
"Sixth Junior Brother..." Su Yu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by his Second Senior Brother, Gu Qingzhou, who had arrived.
Gu Qingzhou was still dressed in his green robes, but a hint of weariness appeared between his brows. He keenly sensed the tense atmosphere and his gaze swept over Su Yu and Yan Chi's faces: "What happened?"
Su Yu's lips trembled, but in the end she simply turned away in silence: "Let's go... I'll take you... to see her..."
Qin Zijin was incredibly excited the whole way.
He desperately wanted Bai Ying to come back, even though it was Bai Ying who killed his master.
However, Qin Zijing saw her master very rarely.
Just as Su Yu raised Bai Ying, Qin Zijin was actually raised by Bai Ying.
"Senior Brother, do you remember? When I was little, I was afraid of the dark and always begged Bai Ying to sleep with me," Qin Zijing said, her eyes sparkling. "But she always refused, saying there was a difference between men and women. But she was also afraid I would be scared, so she would always sit by my bed and watch me sleep."
Su Yu stumbled. Yes, Bai Ying raised Qin Zijing from childhood, but later...
"And that time I broke my leg while playing, it was my fifth senior sister who carried me for thirty miles along the mountain path..." Qin Zijing's voice suddenly lowered, "But later... I treated her like that..."
When Bai Ying was around, he always complained that she was nagging.
After learning that Bai Ying was always bullying his junior sister, he hated Bai Ying even more and always spoke ill of her.
But after Bai Ying left, he realized how much he missed her...
After being nearly killed by his junior sister, he refused to even see her again.
It turned out that his junior sister wasn't as kind and pure as he thought; she was a complete liar.
Qin Zijing had wondered more than once if all the bad things her junior sister had said about Bai Ying were true...
He followed closely behind Su Yu, wishing he could immediately get to where Bai Ying was, take her back, and bring her back to the home that belonged to them, his fellow disciples.
In Qin Zijing's heart, that place was a home that belonged to all of them.
However, to Qin Zijing's and her fellow disciples' surprise, Yan Chiling took them to a canyon.
The place reeks of blood.
On the ground was a large array, and the area where the array was located was devastated. The pool of blood in the center of the array had dried up, and there were scattered limbs and even the corpses of several cultivators, making it look extremely horrific.
Qin Zijing looked around in confusion, his fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of his clothes. His eyes, filled with childlike bewilderment, looked at Su Yu and Yan Chiling: "Senior Brother, weren't we here to see Bai Ying? Why are we in a place like this?"
Gu Qingzhou's face had turned deathly pale. As a talisman cultivator, he keenly sensed the terrifying residual spiritual energy fluctuations in the air. His fingers trembled slightly; he wanted to make hand seals to investigate but dared not.
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