Shu Jianyue took out a jade charm, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "You all really want to know what happened?"
"Mmm..." Most people nodded.
"Then let's see." Shu Jianyue tossed the jade scroll up.
The jade scroll spun once in mid-air and then projected an image.
Shu Jianyue didn't care about losing the jade scroll anymore. Instead, she sent a telepathic message to Yu Chuan and the others, asking them to come back.
Before long, Yu Chuan flew back carrying a small, red bird about the size of a palm. "Mom, look what I found!"
Yu Chuan placed the little red bird in her arms.
When she saw Dou Dou in Chong Jiu's arms, she immediately smiled and took him in her arms, saying, "Dou Dou is out."
Yan Xi returned and immediately fell into Chong Jiu's arms, handing him something as well. "Father, this is what I found."
Chong Jiu stared intently at the little bird.
"Father?" Yan Xi thought he preferred the bird, and the smile on her face disappeared.
Chong Jiu snapped out of his daze and looked at the things in her hands. "Father likes them very much. Thank you, Xi Xi."
Shu Jianyue looked at the little bird in her hand, at its long wings, and felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
"Yu'er, where did you find this?"
Chongjiu pointed to a valley not far away and said, "In that valley over there."
"He seemed to be injured; his wings were covered in blood. I washed them with spiritual essence and he was fine."
If others found out, they would be kicking themselves.
A bottle of spirit elixir worth tens of thousands of spirit stones was actually used to bathe a little bird!
Shu Jianyue wanted to return the little bird to Yuchuan, but Chong Jiu reached out his hand and said, "Yu'er, can you give it to me?"
"Ah, but I already gave it to my mother." Yu Chuan looked at him with difficulty.
Shu Jianyue raised an eyebrow. Would he want an ordinary little bird?
He transmitted his voice and asked, "Tell me, why do you want him?"
Chong Jiu looked into her eyes. "He is my guardian beast, the Vermilion Bird."
Shu Jianyue stared blankly into his deep eyes.
It wasn't until a mocking "oh" rang out that she snapped out of her daze.
It turns out they had already finished watching it.
Shu Jianyue withdrew her jade incantation, trying her best to ignore the heavy moxibustion, and instead looked at Fang Cheng with a smile, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"
Fang Cheng shook his head. "After returning to the sect, I will definitely handle this matter according to the sect rules."
Bai Na, her face pale, asked, "What do you mean, Master? What do you mean by 'according to the sect rules'? What have I done wrong?"
Fang Cheng glanced at her and sighed, "No matter what you did before, just the fact that you disrespected your grandmaster uncle is enough to expel you from the sect."
"When has this disciple ever disrespected my grandmaster uncle?" Bai Na asked incredulously.
Lu Xiwei sneered, "Heh, your veiled remarks made everyone think that your grandmaster uncle had done something to you. Isn't that disrespectful?"
"And your grandmaster saved you, yet you stare at your grandmaster's husband. Have you no shame?"
Shu Jianyue blinked and looked at Lu Xiwei. When did she say that Chongjiu was her husband?
Who gave her the error message?
Bai Na murmured, "My grandmaster didn't say he was her husband, maybe he's just a friend."
A sneer suddenly rang out.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Yang Qingling smiled and waved her hand, saying, "I couldn't help it for a moment, you guys continue."
Lu Xiwei almost forgot what she was going to say, and only remembered after thinking for a moment.
"Unless you're blind, you wouldn't be able to tell that's your grandmaster uncle... uh!" This title doesn't sound very pleasant.
Lu Xiwei looked at Shu Jianyue and saw her glaring at her. She assumed that Shu Jianyue didn't like the title either, so she quickly smiled and said, "Grandmaster Uncle, I was wrong."
In their eyes, Chongjiu was the husband of their grandmaster uncle, after all, the two grandmaster uncles who had grown up a lot since they last saw each other called them father and mother.
Shu Jianyue assumed that she was apologizing because she knew she had made a mistake, so she stopped glaring at her.
Thus, a beautiful misunderstanding, a stroke of genius, was successfully created.
Bai Na felt that everyone on the spirit boat was targeting her, and she ran into the inner cabin crying.
Everyone sighed and then went off to chat in their own groups.
"Mom, are you really going to give this bird to Dad?" Yu Chuan asked, placing Dou Dou on his shoulder.
“If Yu’er doesn’t want his mother to give him up, then his mother will raise him herself.” Shu Jianyue said, raising an eyebrow and glancing at Chong Jiu.
It's not that I don't want to give it to you, it's that my son won't allow it.
Yu Chuan thought for a moment and said, "It's not that I don't want to, but if I give this little bird to Mother, then Mother has the final say."
"Wow, so clear and bright." Shu Jianyue rubbed his slightly messy little head.
“Then Mother will raise it herself. This is the first time Yu’er has given Mother something, how can I give it to someone else, right?”
"But Dad isn't just anyone." Yu Chuan looked at her, confused.
Shu Jianyue cracked.
Chong Jiu smiled.
"Yes, Dad is none other than Yu'er, you're such a good boy."
After a while, Chong Jiu transmitted his voice to Shu Jianyue again, saying: "[The Vermilion Bird's name is Hong Lang. He is currently seriously injured, and his soul has been damaged. I need to heal him.]"
"How do you heal a wounded soul?" Shu Jianyue asked, looking at him.
Injuries to the soul are difficult to heal, but she has cultivated the Soul Cultivation Technique and has now reached the third level, so repairing the Vermilion Bird's soul should not be a problem.
[I have a soul-nourishing artifact; I'll put him in it and let him slowly repair himself.] That artifact was given to him by his father before his demise, so he must have foreseen that he would need it.
Shu Jianyue scratched her chin, not revealing that she knew the Soul Cultivation Technique, but instead gave him the Vermilion Bird.
Since it's a magical artifact, it should be quite useful.
Chong Jiu accepted Zhu Que's gift, patted her head, and then got up and went into the inner cabin.
Shu Jianyue was stunned for a moment, then cursed inwardly.
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