When Guan Qingchen received the news, the topic had already been censored.
He knew this was the right thing to do; the disappearance of Jiang Si could only be concealed from the public eye in this way.
Ordinary people don't need to know that there may have been a catastrophe; those who do know are those who keep it in mind.
They will never forget that they survived because of Jiang Si.
Six months is enough time for them to finish up.
Guan Qian found Li Jianshan and Guan Qingchen.
"We are planning to go to the Northwest to perform a ritual for Master Jiang. Would you be interested in joining us?"
After Jiang Si disappeared, Li Jianshan's focus shifted in two: one half for work, and the other half for cultivation.
He actually harbored some resentment towards the people in the Special Affairs Department.
If they weren't so useless, why would Jiang Si have to make the sacrifice?
Fortunately, the light that Jiang Si brought out when she took him to the secret cave still stays by his side at all times.
What's even stranger is that only he can see this point of light.
Sometimes, he even suspected that the little light could understand his thoughts.
It must have belonged to an old friend, and it serves as a small consolation.
Perhaps it was a case of being hesitant to return home, but neither he nor Guan Qingchen had ever considered going to the Northwest.
There, yellow sand filled the sky, and their master disappeared in that place just like that; they dared not think about it.
Upon hearing Guan Qian's suggestion, Li Jianshan became unusually sarcastic: "Why did you wait so long to go? Where were you all before?"
Guan Qian had no objection to Li Jianshan's attitude.
"In the cultivation world, the rules are slightly different from those in the human world. The 188th day after death is the time when the soul returns, and a ceremony must be held."
Cultivation involves seizing the power of heaven and earth, and since the years of cultivation are long, the day of one's soul returning to the earth will be much later than that of an ordinary person.
Three days later will be the 188th day since Jiang Si passed away.
Li Jianshan, Guan Qingchen, Han Yunluo, Qi Yan, and the two little guys Yu Zhang all rushed to the Northwest.
They don't have Jiang Si's abilities; they can't reach places like she does by shrinking the distance.
After landing in their private jet, they drove to their destination.
Li Jianshan and his group arrived earlier than Guan Qian and his group.
Only Han Yunluo had ever been to that place before.
Han Yunluo led the way throughout the entire journey.
It was deep in the desert, beneath endless yellow sand, and it took them a whole day to get there.
That place was no different from before.
The collapsed hole has been buried by yellow sand and has disappeared without a trace.
Heaven is merciless, and nature is merciless; all traces are buried, as if they never happened.
Li Jianshan took off his sunglasses and gave a wry smile. "Master, I'm sorry it took you so long to come see me."
Jiang Si can be said to be the one who saved Li Jianshan from his suffering, and his feelings for Jiang Si are very complicated.
There was gratitude towards the benefactor, admiration for Jiang Si, and also some teacher-student affection.
Perhaps there was some romantic feeling between them, but that person was, after all, his master, and to think about it further would be a desecration, so the relationship ended hastily.
But in any case, Jiang Si occupies a very important place in his heart.
Guan Qingchen poured a glass of wine onto the ground. "You seem to like this wine. I brought it for you today. Drink more."
The desert is hot and dry in summer. When the wine is poured, it makes a "sizzling" sound and dries up in no time.
Guan Qingchen smiled and said, "Master, I'll take it as you drank it."
Even though they all knew that Jiang Si was no longer in this world.
Han Yunluo once said that Jiang Si had no breath left in this world. She didn't know if she existed in heaven, but she was definitely not in the human world or the underworld.
Han Yunluo didn't tell them an even crueler truth: after death, the souls of gods, humans, and spirits all return to the underworld.
No, it means annihilation.
Jiang Si is truly gone.
For a moment, Han Yunluo was also very sad.
Qi Yan and She Zhang, the two younger ones, kept their mouths pursed and didn't say a word.
Jiang Si is a liar. She promised to come back soon, but it's been half a year now and there's still no sign of her.
Since Guan Qian said that the day a cultivator's soul returns to its source is the 188th day, they simply stayed here and quietly waited for the time to come.
They brought two large SUVs this time, which were more than enough to accommodate all of them.
However, it's impossible for me to fall asleep.
The desert in summer is dotted with stars.
It was still a bit chilly at night, so Guan Qingchen and Li Jianshan put on a windbreaker and lay down on the roof of the car.
Guan Qingchen said, "When I was little, my grandma said that after people die, they will become a star in the sky."
Li Jianshan exposed his lie: "Now you know it's fake, right?"
"Yes, now I know." Guan Qingchen's tone was somewhat indifferent. "If it's true, that's not bad either."
Even if we don't know where our souls go, at least we have something to look forward to. Perhaps people really do become stars, living as long as the sun and moon, watching over them from above, keeping each other company, so that neither of us is lonely.
Han Yunlu sat down to meditate as usual.
She Zhang and Qi Yan dared not disturb him, so they quietly went to the cave that had collapsed.
"If they can't find it, do you think we can't find it either?"
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Qi Yan and She Zhang returned to their original forms. She Zhang even shrunk his size, becoming only slightly larger than an adult's thumb.
Qi Yan was born with the ability to dig. He dug a hole with his two paws and then the man and the rat crawled inside.
The cave collapsed very quickly, and soon it was filled with dust. I was covered in dust and had to retreat in a hurry. So I don’t remember if anything was left behind in the place.
Thanks to Qi Yan, a path was barely managed to be dug out.
It was dark inside, but fortunately, Qi Yan and She Zhang could control their own bodies to emit light, so they could still see some of it.
"Squeak..." Suddenly, Qi Yan spoke up, gesturing to She Zhang, "Look, isn't there something glowing over there?"
She Zhang looked over and saw something glowing in the distance, buried by yellow sand.
They cautiously approached, tossed a small pebble over, and only dared to proceed when there was no reaction. Gently wiping away the yellow sand, they discovered Jiang Si's natal sword, the Cold Light Sword.
The Cold Light Sword was forged by Jiang Si with her life essence; it can be said that as long as the person lives, the sword lives; when the person dies, the sword dies.
Of course, not many people know about this, at least not among this group at present.
Qi Yan and She Zhang recognized that this was Jiang Si's sword, and thinking of all the things that had happened, they couldn't help but feel a little teary-eyed.
Jiang Si's Cold Light Sword was left behind in this dilapidated place; how heartbroken she must be.
The two of them immediately began digging with all their might.
The Cold Light Sword was extremely heavy; they couldn't lift it with their own strength.
Moreover, the place was extremely narrow, and there was no space for them to revert to their original forms. Left with no other choice, they had to climb out and tell them that Jiang Si's sword was inside, asking them to retrieve it.
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