Chapter 328 Return
After Li Xiu left, Tao Zi took off the white veil, touched her face which had almost recovered, and put on a human skin mask.
After doing this series of things, the woman asked to see him, and Tao Zi let her in.
The woman saluted and said, "Miss, I am ready to return to my master."
She smiled and said, "Well, you've worked hard during this period. By the way, have you prepared compensation for those who have had accidents in the valley?"
"We are ready. We will not let their deaths be in vain."
Tao Zi took a breath and leaned against the headboard to think about what to do next. The woman continued, "According to the master's intention, now is the time to leverage the prestige of the Minglan Sect's main peak, but it still depends on the girl's intention."
She rubbed her forehead and whispered, "Don't make any big moves yet. Keep a low profile and don't attract the attention of the main peak. And don't have frequent contact with Bamboo Peak. After all, they both come from the same sect."
The woman immediately agreed.
Tao Zi stayed leisurely in the village here for five days. During these five days, the plague was basically under control and was just waiting to recover slowly.
The day before she was about to leave, Yue Qingya came to her and asked, "Tao Zi, do you want to go out with me?"
Tao Zi looked up at him and nodded.
When I walked outside, I saw an old man holding Li Xiu's hand and thanking her repeatedly.
Li Xiu was extremely embarrassed and tried to pull her hand away several times.
Yue Qingya asked, "Li Xiu, what's wrong?"
They all turned around to look at him. The old man then let go of Li Xiu's hand and came over to thank Yue Qingya: "Immortal, I remember you. You and your friends came here to see us unfortunate people. Fortunately, you are here. Fortunately, you are here."
He sighed secretly and said gently: "This is what we should do."
When the old man heard this, his eyes turned red and he wiped away his tears and said, "At that time, I thought our family of four was going to be finished. I didn't expect that we would still be alive today."
As he spoke, he kept talking about his family. Yue Qingya didn't get annoyed and listened patiently.
After the old man finally left, he looked at Tao Zi and said, "Come walk around with me."
Yue Qingya brought her with her, and many mortals thanked them like old people when they saw them, and some even knelt down and kowtowed to them.
Tao Zi watched silently. Just as they reached the village entrance, a child about two years old stumbled over, holding a fruit in each hand. He stuffed it into their hands and said in a childish voice, "Thank you, Immortal. Mother asked Anu to bring it to you."
After he finished speaking, he bent down in a very formal manner, but was still unable to stand steadily. Fortunately, Tao Zi helped him up.
He stumbled back to his mother. The woman lowered her head and said something to him. The little boy ran over again, mumbling, "Thank you, sister, for helping Anu..."
I repeated it several times while running, as if I was afraid of forgetting.
As soon as he arrived in front of Tao Zi, he immediately said this sentence loudly and clearly, and Tao Zi touched his head.
After watching the mother and son leave, Yue Qingya said, "Shall we go for a walk outside?"
She hummed, then asked, "Who was sent here by the Minglan Sect?"
"After curing the last patient in the village yesterday, they withdrew."
Tao Zi nodded and followed Yue Qingya.
When they reached the top of a small hill, he stopped and said, "You haven't changed your habit yet."
"What?"
He turned to look at her and said, "Once you feel you are in the wrong, you like to walk behind me."
Tao Zi looked back at the small village and said frankly, "I did feel a little guilty when facing that little boy."
Yue Qingya asked: "How many minutes?"
"It doesn't matter, Qingya. Guilt and regret are the most useless emotions." She found a place to sit. "If it happened again, I would still do the same thing."
Yue Qingya sat next to her: "But Tao Zi, not every time you can be safe and sound."
"What do you want to say?"
He turned and looked at her seriously: "I know you hate it, but out of friendship, I don't want you to get lost in hatred. As cultivators, we always have more important things to do. Tao Zi, I don't want you to become another person."
Tao Zi sat there silently without answering.
"You once said that you never took the initiative to harm mortals. So, how do you feel now?"
She finally answered, "The consequences of taking the initiative and standing by and watching are probably similar, but the feelings are definitely different."
Yue Qingya's expression relaxed a little, no longer looking so serious. "Tao Zi, every action of us cultivators is like a torrent of water to mortals. You once told me that you should govern your position."
Tao Zi looked up at the sky and did not answer.
"Tao Zi, don't become like them."
"them?"
He softened his tone: "The people you hate."
Tao Zi was silent.
"I'm vaguely aware of your previous conversation with Fellow Daoist Cheng," Yue Qingya said in a gentle voice. "As you said, kindness can't combat brutality, but that doesn't mean we have to be brutal. If that's the case, what's the point of revenge?"
She continued to remain silent, but he didn't care. His tone and expression were very serious and gentle: "Azi, regret is useless, so you must not do anything that you might regret."
Tao Zi finally responded after a long while: "I promise, this won't happen again."
She knew that these people were doing this for her own good, and karma was no joke.
Yue Qingya relaxed: "Azi, I hope you can really think it through. After all, some roads cannot be trodden on. We are really afraid that you will take the wrong path."
Tao Zi said seriously, "I understand. From now on, I will be more cautious when it comes to matters that affect innocent people."
During this period of time, Yue Qingya and Qiu Xuanhuan were probably more distressed than anyone else. If this happened to someone else, they would have killed her without saying a word. But it was her who did it. Killing her was not an option, and letting her go was even worse. After all, they could not give up their own path for the sake of friendship.
When the sun set, she stood up and said, "Let's go back. It's time for us to go back."
Yue Qingya agreed.
Except for Li Xiu and Qianzhen Yishou who still had to guard the mortals, everyone else set out on their return journey, including Qiu Huanhuan who was forcibly taken back and put into solitary confinement by the Chunqiu Sect.
Before leaving, he came to find Tao Zi under the pretext of looking for Yue Qingya.
"Qingya said that you have come to terms with it."
"Well, I've come to terms with it."
Qiu Xuanhuan's expression relaxed. "That's good. If you continue to act so recklessly, I will stand against you sooner or later."
Tao Zi smiled faintly and watched him leave.
Afterwards, the group boarded Yue Qingya's spirit ship and headed towards the sect.
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