Chapter 70 Leaving
That night
Inside the cave, the master placed a package next to the sleeping Tao Zi and quietly walked out.
She was always alert, but she didn't notice it.
Outside the cave, there was a flickering woman standing under a tree, her body looking like it would disappear at any moment.
The master whispered, "Your condition is getting worse."
The woman leaned against the tree weakly. "I can't help it. But are you really leaving this time?"
"Of course, I believe Ah Zi."
She looked at Dongxue and commented, "This disciple you accepted is indeed good, but he can be confused sometimes."
The master waved his hand, looking quite disapproving, but didn't say anything.
The woman continued, "Wouldn't it be a bad idea to leave Xijing and the others to her?"
"What's wrong with it? I think it's excellent."
"But your disciple is too experienced in raising children. This way, Xi Jing and the others' tribulation might arrive a little later, and at the same time, the difficulty of that tribulation will increase."
The master smiled and shook his head, saying, "The greater the calamity, the stronger the strength, no problem."
The woman frowned and retorted, "We don't have much time. If they fail to overcome the tribulation, the consequences will be severe. You should know how serious it is."
"Don't forget, they've been through more than one disaster. They got through the first one by taking advantage of the situation, but what about the second one?"
"But there will be no problem the second time."
The master sighed, "What if your strength isn't good enough? If you can't make it the first time, you still have another chance. If you make it twice but your strength isn't up to par, then there's no going back."
The woman was speechless.
After a long while, she said, "Well, I'll leave it to you."
The master wanted to say something, but his face changed and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The woman's expression grew serious. "Can this body still hold up? Do you want to change it?"
He shook his head, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, "It's okay. I can hold on until I get back."
"I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you put so much energy into your apprentice and ended up hurting yourself like this. Your body, which could have lasted for decades before, can't anymore."
The master smiled in denial: "It's not certain who harmed whom. Besides, as a master, I owe her a lot."
The woman stopped talking and the two disappeared into the woods.
Neither of them noticed that not far from the tree, a figure was standing there, listening to their conversation.
Suddenly, lightning and thunder flashed in the sky, illuminating the face of the figure - Tao Zi, no, to be more precise, it was Tao Zi's inner demon.
It had a rather strange expression on its face, muttering to itself, "It turned out to be her. What a pity I can't share this interesting story with little A Zi."
It looked up at the sky and saw that a heavy rain was about to come.
"Tian Dao, tell me, if I tell Ah Zi about this..."
boom!
A bolt of lightning struck, knocking down a swathe of trees. The inner demon loomed, its expression paling under the lightning. It cursed back in dissatisfaction, "What big deal will that say? Is it really that extreme? Aren't you afraid of actually destroying me?"
A bolt of lightning approached again, and it quickly rushed back to the cave. You could faintly hear its submissive voice: "Yes, yes, I understand. As an inner demon, I can't come out while Tao Zi is asleep, nor can I directly tell her something she doesn't know."
Not long after, the two people who had left returned and looked at the fallen trees in confusion. The woman asked, "What's going on?"
The master went into the cave first, then came out and shook his head, saying, "I don't know, but Ah Zi and the others are fine."
The woman pondered in the rain, then looked up at the sky and made a decision: "Perhaps my appearance has displeased the heavens. This may be a warning to us."
"No, although you shouldn't be here, your real body hasn't come here, so Heaven shouldn't hold you accountable."
"Could it be that something went wrong there?"
The master's face turned serious. "Then hurry back. If there's nothing wrong, just think of it as Tiandao going crazy. Don't pay any attention to it. We can't figure out Tiandao's thoughts anyway."
The two disappeared again.
The next morning, when Tao Zi got up, she found a package beside her and was stunned.
She looked around and found that Xijing and the others were still asleep, but... her master was gone.
Before Tao Zi could get up and go out to look for someone, Han Yueshan and the others woke up. Naturally, they also discovered that their master was not there, and they looked at each other in confusion.
Han Yueshan was more experienced and reacted quickly, saying, "Master... I guess he passed away while we were asleep."
"Without even a greeting?"
Facing the eldest sister's doubts, he shrugged: "For him, telling us is considered a greeting, so there is no need to say it again when leaving."
Tao Zi could only accept it in silence.
Zhao Xue asked curiously, "What's in that bag?"
Several people gathered there and looked at the senior sister with sharp eyes, and she opened it in front of them.
A human skin mask, a bracelet, dozens of talismans, and four passes.
Zhao Xue murmured, "Master packed such a big package, but there are only these few things in it?"
"It's good to have it." Xi Jing paused, "Don't forget, we gave all the gold and silver to grandma and the others before."
Tao Zi took out the human skin mask. To her surprise, its texture was of excellent quality and did not look like a cheap item.
Han Yueshan stared at the bracelet and said, "Master, could this bracelet be something you got from an old lover? It looks quite simple."
Zhao Xue said solemnly: "Second Brother, the Master is not you!"
"I'm just saying it casually, don't take it seriously."
While they were playing around, the eldest sister picked up the bracelet, but after turning it around, she had an idea in her mind: "Yueshan, come here and put your spiritual energy into it and see."
Although Han Yueshan didn't know why, he stopped talking to Zhao Xue and came over to input spiritual energy.
“Wow!”
As soon as he injected spiritual energy, his eyes became particularly bright: "Senior Sister, there is a space inside, it's empty! It's so big! It can hold many peaches!"
Xi Jing and the others became excited: "Is this the legendary storage device? Second Brother, please move aside and let me try!"
"Come too! Let me touch it!"
The senior sister was silent for a moment. Although she had already felt it, she was still a little shocked when she found out it was true.
Whether it is a human skin mask or a storage device, it seems that they are not things that a small sect can possess. The master must have prepared them for a long time, and I don’t know how long he saved up to save them. As for the purpose, it must be for Xi Jing and the others to overcome the tribulation.
I have to say that although the master sometimes seems to be out of touch and even makes people want to touch him occasionally, he is still a very good master.
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