Chapter 182 Little Song Yin opened her eyes and couldn't see the future of Danque Peak...
What would you say if you met your younger self?
All Song Yin wanted to say was: Ah, I'm so cute!
Qin Muyan was behind her at that moment, "Which one is you?"
Song Yin: "The youngest one."
There were only two children here, a boy and a girl. The little girl was very thin and dark-skinned, but her eyes were unusually bright.
Qin Muyan looked at six-year-old Song Yin, and then at Song Yin now. It was hard to imagine that Song Yin looked like that when she was a child.
"You don't look like a six-year-old. Did you never have enough to eat when you were little?"
“Yes.” Song Yin couldn’t wait for a fateful reunion. Now she was just waiting for her younger self and Shi Heming to walk into the most crowded place, and then she would pretend to bump into them.
Qin Muyan didn't know Song Yin very well. Before they recognized each other, they wouldn't talk about personal matters, and even after they did, they never discussed it. They both tacitly maintained their distance. If it weren't for their relationship as founder and successor, and if their interests weren't aligned, they would be nothing more than strangers.
A child who never gets enough to eat; it seems Song Yin didn't have a happy childhood.
Qin Muyan: "Are you close to the other child next to you? He seems very clingy."
Song Yin, holding a memory stone to record their childhood, replied upon hearing this, "He is my Daoist partner."
Qin Muyan: "Being too clingy isn't good either."
Song Yin: "Please be understanding. At that time, he had just witnessed his entire family being killed, and he was the only one who survived. I can understand why he clung to me, who had a similar experience to him."
Qin Muyan choked up: ……
I'm so damn stupid.
"No, what do you mean by 'similar to your experience'?" Qin Muyan pressed for details.
“We all come from the mortal realm. The two villages are not too far apart. When the bandits came down the mountain to rob and massacre the villages, we were all survivors,” Song Yin explained simply.
Xiao Songyin and the others had already entered the most crowded area. Songyin immediately rushed out and sent a telepathic message to Qin Muyan: "Master, you can wander around by yourself first, just remember not to reveal your identity."
Two children weaved through the crowd. After hearing their story, Qin Muyan sighed, "They're two poor little ones. I feel sorry for them."
Song Yin squeezed into the crowd, and because she was wearing a veil, many people looked at her. After pushing and shoving, she finally got close to the two people from her childhood.
Xiao Songyin and Xiao Shi Heming were still holding small gifts given to them by others, and they had received a lot.
Song Yin seized the opportunity, stopped walking, and waited for Xiao Song Yin to bump into her leg.
With a thud, Song Yin felt a bump on her leg, and her hands clenched instinctively, her eyes trembling slightly.
This collision sets the gears of fate in motion once more. Many years later, she too will become interested in the fragments, and she too will venture into the ancient battlefield, return to the distant past, and then return to this present moment, completing another collision of fates.
Behind me came the sound of Xiao Songyin immediately apologizing.
"I'm sorry, senior sister, are you alright?"
[Song Yin immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, Senior Sister, are you alright?"]
Song Yin turned around and saw her childhood self and Shi Heming, lost in thought. Memories of the past began to surface, seemingly as if they had happened just yesterday, even though hundreds of years had passed.
Hearing Xiao Songyin apologize, Songyin squatted down and patted Xiao Songyin's head, her voice gentle: "It's okay, are you alright?"
"It's okay, are you alright?"
Xiao Songyin shook her head, "I'm fine."
[Song Yin slowed her breathing and shook her head, "I'm fine."]
Song Yin moved her hand away from Xiao Song Yin's head, her fingertips hidden in her sleeve rubbing against her. "It's good that you're alright. Be careful when you walk." After saying that, she stood up.
"It's good that you're alright. Be careful when you walk." After saying that, the senior sister got up and left.
Song Yin walked away, but my attention remained on Xiao Song Yin and Xiao Shi Heming. The sound of their voices carried on the wind of my memory.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"I'm not going to shop anymore, I need to go back to cultivate."
"So sudden?"
"Not at all sudden, nothing can stop my cultivation!"
...
Qin Muyan had just taken a casual stroll around and then picked a secluded corner to wait for Song Yin.
Song Yin walked back to Qin Muyan, still thinking about what had just happened.
Qin Muyan: "Is everything done?"
“No, we may have to stay for a while longer.” Song Yin took a deep breath. At this moment, the only person she could share this with was Qin Muyan. This time, she could not hide her excitement, and her voice trembled slightly. “Grandmaster, do you know? It turns out that the person I met when I was a child was myself, and the person who taught me how to guide qi into the body was also myself.”
"No wonder I never saw her again, no wonder she said we would meet again, because she is me, and I am her!"
Qin Muyan listened attentively, and after understanding the meaning, he opened his eyes wide.
Song Yin: "We'll set off again once I've successfully guided my Qi into my body."
Qin Muyan: "I understand. Waiting another year or two is no problem." Whether Xiao Songyin can successfully guide Qi into her body is related to Songyin's development, and also to whether he can wait for Songyin.
Qin Muyan then asked, "What should we do next?"
Song Yin recalled everything related to Sister Yuan: "First, I'll go to Xianxiao City and find an inn to stay in. I'll go to the school to see her again after some time."
"Can."
The two left the Immortal Cloud Sect and stayed at an inn. When it came time to pay with spirit stones, Qin Muyan beat them to it.
Song Yin: "How can we let the patriarch pay with spirit stones? I'll pay for it myself."
Qin Muyan: "No need, who told me I owe you a million top-grade spirit stones?"
The people at the inn were shocked to hear this!
Song Yin closed her eyes and smiled, appearing normal, but in reality, she had been gone for a while. She had thought about this issue after they recognized each other, but the patriarch had never brought it up. She thought the matter was over, but she didn't expect that the patriarch, with his petty mind, had kept it in mind all along.
The two went upstairs, and Song Yin said, "Just take it as a joke."
Qin Muyan: "It's alright, the patriarch will give you Danque Peak, one Danque Peak is enough to pay off the debt."
Song Yin: "Hahaha, that's great." Great, the patriarch means to stop dwelling on the matter of one million top-grade spirit stones.
Next, Song Yin played the role from her memory, while Qin Muyan was very curious about the little one and followed behind Song Yin the whole time.
Then witness Xiao Songyin encountering a troublemaker in the school who bursts into tears, cleverly resolving the crisis with the help of the monks who are teaching.
Qin Muyan complained, "Kids these days cry so easily, they're really something else."
Song Yin felt honored: "You flatter me, you flatter me. I am just that excellent."
Not long after, Qin Muyan witnessed Song Yin faking an accident to implicate Xiao Song Yin again. Xiao Song Yin thought it was another case of her carelessness causing her to bump into someone. Song Yin quickly coaxed Xiao Song Yin into opening up about her troubles, and then offered to teach her. Afterward, Song Yin swaggered over to Xiao Song Yin's place.
Song Yin: "Back when I was still an outer disciple, the courtyard I lived in was also numbered 6666. We really are destined to meet."
Xiao Songyin believed her.
Xiao Songyin isn't stupid; she usually understands things very quickly. She just makes things difficult for herself.
The two of them took turns teaching and learning. Song Yin casually mentioned a few things about how she felt back then, which prompted the younger Song Yin to hold her hand and say, "You understand me!"
Song Yin maintained a composed and smiling demeanor, but inwardly she was overjoyed.
Haha! Of course I know myself!
Before leaving, Song Yin gave Little Song Yin's head a pat. As she walked to the teleportation array, she saw an old acquaintance.
A bearded man appeared, and his eyes narrowed when he saw the unfamiliar female cultivator.
Oh ho ho! It's Master!
My master's cultivation level is much lower than mine now. If I don't have a good time to play around with him, when will I ever get another chance? Hehehe!
Staring for too long, Song Yin and Qi Zibo locked eyes. Song Yin's behavior caught Qi Zibo's attention. Not only was she not afraid, but she also arrogantly raised her eyebrows and teleported away under her master's watchful gaze.
"You know that person too?" Qin Muyan, who was secretly observing everything, asked Song Yin.
“He’s my master, and also your successor.” Song Yin couldn’t hide her mischievous glint in her eyes.
Qin Muyan: "What are you planning to do now?"
Now, Qin Muyan also uses the word "again" when referring to Song Yin.
Song Yin said passionately, "Of course, it's about moving my most respected master with my filial piety."
For some reason, a strange thought popped into Qin Muyan's mind: I don't believe you for a second!
That night, Qi Zibo rested in his room.
Knock knock knock.
There was a knock at the door.
The knocking at the door late at night was strange, so Qi Zibo went to check it out himself, but there was nothing there when he opened the door.
Qi Zibo: ?
There was nothing outside the door, so he closed it and went inside.
Knock knock knock.
Qi Zibo frowned, his divine sense instantly covering the entire house, including the street in front of it.
A paper crane appeared outside the door.
Qi Zibo reached out, and a paper crane flew into the room through the window, landing in his hand. Inside, a ghost face was drawn, with the caption: "Hehe, elder pretending to be disciple, aren't you going to take advantage?"
Qi Zibo's brow twitched, and he gripped the paper tightly. Who would be so bored as to make this thing? The words are all wrong.
Knock knock knock.
There was another knock on the door, and another paper crane.
Qi Zibo put the new paper crane into his hand, and saw that it read: "First in Lingdan Peak".
Qi Zibo: "You, Xin Huailiang!"
Knock knock knock.
thump thump thump...
The knocking continued, and each time a new paper crane appeared. Qi Zibo got annoyed and, after confirming that it wasn't Xin Huailiang disturbing his rest tonight, he simply stood at the door and grabbed the person.
Qi Zibo expanded his divine sense to search the area, but found no suspicious persons.
Song Yin is currently at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and if all else fails, there is still a patriarch at the peak of the Mahayana stage who can help her.
Qi Zibo searched all night but couldn't find the person. It seemed the other party was just playing a trick on him, preventing him from resting. He was beyond furious. What kind of bastard would play such a stupid game in the middle of the night? Ironically, he was genuinely angered by this petty trick!
As dawn broke, Qi Zibo still hadn't found the person. Helpless, he had no choice but to return to the inner sect first. If he still couldn't find the person, he would go to Elder Su for a divination.
As a result, Elder Su could not divinate a result.
Qi Zibo: Hehe :)
Unable to get any results, Qi Zibo returned to his bamboo hut, where another paper crane appeared at the door. "Alright, alright, you're here again, aren't you?"
Qi Zibo checked the contents again, but his anger was instantly calmed down.
The paper read: "Danque Peak is the best in the world, and Qi Zibo is the best master in the world."
A warm smiley face followed the paper. Qi Zibo stared at the contents in silence for a long time before finally folding the paper and storing it in his spatial storage.
After daybreak, Song Yin no longer insisted on being filial to her master. She went to find Xiao Song Yin and taught her how to earn spirit stones.
Xiao Song asked what method was available.
Song Yin said confidently, "If I find a master, I can legally use his spirit stones."
Qin Muyan, who was observing from the shadows, sighed and rubbed his forehead. He couldn't see the future of Danque Peak, whether it was Qi Zibo or Song Yin.
Qin Muyan felt that since arriving at this point in time, the existence of the two Song Yins had allowed him to see many facets of Song Yin: narcissistic (crossed out) confident, resilient, with top-notch acting skills, a quirky sense of humor, eager to learn, and so on. Song Yin had too many facets, making her unpredictable.
During their conversation, Qin Muyan asked Song Yin, "Aren't you afraid that your master will find out the truth today and punish you?"
Song Yin munched on the fruit she had stolen from Qi Zibo's courtyard. "No way! He's always called me a rebellious disciple since I was little, but that doesn't stop me from being a gifted disciple. He's beaten me before, but that was when I said I wanted to learn swordsmanship. In the end, he still agreed to let me practice both alchemy and swordsmanship, and even asked his master's wife to help guide me."
This was a little different from the master-disciple relationship he had imagined. Qin Muyan didn't press further; he wanted to observe it for himself.
Song Yin: "Soon we will have to say goodbye to Xiao Song Yin and the others. Is there anything else the Ancestor wants to know or do in this time and space?"
"No, let all curiosity be satisfied in the right time and space."
Time quickly came for Sister Yuan to say goodbye. Song Yin left small gifts for the two of them and then departed.
From then on, Xiao Songyin will reunite with Sister Yuan several hundred years later, at which time she herself will be Sister Yuan.
Outside Xianxiao City, Song Yin unleashed her power once more, this time with caution, her mind solely focused on returning to the ancient battlefield.
After Song Yin left, Shi Heming stayed where he was to cultivate and recover his spiritual energy, and Qi Zibo and the others had no intention of leaving either.
"How long do you think Yinyin will be gone?" Qi Zibo asked the group.
Wen Zhiling: "I don't know, we'll just wait and see."
Lou Shuhe: "Maybe I'll be back today."
Qi Zibo: "Today? Master, are you sure?" Only three days have passed since Song Yin left.
Shi Heming sat cross-legged on the ground cultivating. Hearing this, he did not reply, but prayed that Song Yin could return today. With the help of the pills given by Qi Zibo and the others, his spiritual energy had been mostly restored after a few days of cultivation.
Perhaps the prayers worked, for a commotion came from the passage where Song Yin had left. Shi Heming, who was cultivating, looked over immediately, as did the three people chatting on the other side.
Song Yin steadied herself, then looked around. Seeing familiar scenes and people, she smiled brightly from the bottom of her heart, "Grandmaster, welcome back."
Qin Muyan looked down and saw that the four people on the ground were staring straight at Song Yin, and none of them were looking at him.
"Yinyin." Shi Heming appeared in front of Song Yin. He looked her up and down and saw that she was not injured and the talisman between her eyebrows had not been used, which meant that she had not encountered any danger on this trip to the ancient time and space. His heart, which had been hanging in suspense for three days, finally settled down.
Is this kid the grown-up Shi Heming? It seems his clingy personality hasn't changed even after growing up. Qin Muyan shook her head slightly.
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Author's Note: Qin Muyan once again asked Qi Zibo: "He seemed to want to say something but then stopped."
Qi Zibo: Why does the Patriarch view me this way? [question mark]
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[Empty bowl]
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