Li Mingke turned around stiffly, clasped his hands in a fist and called out, "Master."
"What are you talking about? Beads? What beads?"
Li Mingke had just snatched the disguise bead back from Xiao Cai's mouth and was holding it tightly in his hand. Now his palm was sweaty, soaking the bead.
"Immortal Venerable, it was Xiao Cai who accidentally stole the Goddess Brother's jewelry, and I'm disciplining her!" Bai Tianshui answered quickly.
Since it was just a piece of jewelry, Immortal Venerable Jinyun didn't pay much attention to it. However, he quickly noticed a crucial piece of information: "Little Shui, the 'goddess' you just mentioned is...?"
Could she be referring to a partial meeting?
Li Mingke's heart jumped into her throat as she nervously watched Bai Tianshui.
“A very beautiful older sister fell from the sky, and I thought it was…”
A beautiful woman suddenly appeared out of nowhere! Immortal Venerable Jinyun immediately realized, "Which way did she go!"
Bai Tianshui was startled by Jinyun Immortal's anxious yet excited appearance. "Uh, actually I was mistaken. It's not a sister, it's a brother, the one next to me." She pointed at Li Mingke.
Li Mingke had just put the disguise back on her neck while they were talking when both of their eyes turned to her. Her heart skipped a beat, but she quickly composed herself and said, "I had a little argument with this junior sister's spirit pet just now, which alarmed Master. I hope you will forgive me."
She felt the blinding gaze above her, and her throat bobbed slightly.
Jinyun Immortal looked at her with calm eyes.
"It's so late, why aren't you staying at the narrow pass? What are you doing here?"
“As Master’s disciple, Mingke, I cannot just stand by and watch when the Immortal Sect is in trouble. Of course, I must also do my part,” she said respectfully.
"What can you do? Don't you know your own limitations? Now you're just causing trouble for me. Go back to Yixiantian!"
Jinyun Immortal was both anxious and angry, which led to his harsh tone and careless words.
Li Mingke was completely stunned; she never expected that Immortal Venerable Jinyun would say such a thing to her.
Panic and grievance instantly brought tears to her eyes.
"This disciple knows her mistake and will return now." She cupped her hands in greeting to Immortal Venerable Jinyun, then bowed and walked past him.
Bai Tianshui called out softly, "Immortal Venerable..."
She was also terrified by the Immortal Venerable Jinyun.
Bai Tianshui is the sect leader's granddaughter. She grew up listening to the legends of Immortal Venerable Jinyun, and her admiration and respect for him were overflowing. Immortal Venerable Jinyun usually treated her with great care. Now, seeing Immortal Venerable Jinyun lose his temper for the first time, she couldn't reconcile the person with the person in her memory.
"You should go back too, Xiao Shui," said Immortal Venerable Jinyun.
“Yes…” Bai Tianshui had no choice but to agree.
The current appearance of the Immortal Venerable Jinyun can only be described as "terrifying". His eyes seemed to contain a storm, his lips were tightly pursed, and his whole body was in a tense state.
Li Mingke ran back to Yixiantian, collapsed onto the bed, and couldn't help but shed tears.
She wept silently, clenching her teeth to keep herself from making a sound.
Because she couldn't cultivate, she had heard countless rumors and gossips since childhood. She thought she was strong enough to be immune to those unpleasant words, but hearing them from the mouth of Immortal Venerable Jinyun felt completely different.
The rumors and gossip of the past were nothing but snowflakes, harmless and melting away in no time. But the words of Immortal Venerable Jinyun were like a thousand sharp arrows, wounding her deeply.
Her mind was racing with thoughts, and with tears streaming down her face, she gradually drifted off to sleep, her head resting on a wet pillow.
The Immortal Venerable Jinyun is still searching for people.
He offered a generous reward: anyone who provided a clue could receive a treasure from him, and the person who found it could make a request to him directly.
After this news was released to the immortal sects again, everyone was in an uproar.
As the pinnacle of the immortal sect, Jinyun Immortal Venerable is someone many people can't even get close to normally. Now, as long as you provide clues, you can not only speak with the Immortal Venerable, but also directly ask for a treasure. It's an incredible bargain!
So everyone got excited and turned the entire immortal sect upside down.
The sect leader looked at the disciples running around and the increasingly chaotic situation, stroked his beard, and said, "Jinyun, perhaps you have misunderstood..." He knew Jinyun Immortal Venerable's stubbornness and could not directly stop him, so he could only persuade him with kind words.
"Impossible!" Immortal Venerable Jinyun declared firmly. "I saw her walk past me with my own eyes. I almost grabbed her. She even left behind a hair ribbon." He took the hair ribbon out of his robes. "This hair ribbon is really lying in my hand. How could all of this be an illusion?"
After observing it carefully for a while, the sect leader concluded, "This hairband is exquisitely made and the embroidery is superb. It's not something an ordinary person can afford, which also shows that the child is living a good life now."
Jinyun Immortal Venerable also knew this, which made him feel a little more at ease.
"Perhaps you can start with this hairband. The major embroidery workshops each have their own style. Ask the embroiderers there to carefully identify it and find the buyer. Maybe then you can find the person."
The sect leader could only offer such an opinion, and Immortal Venerable Jinyun, upon hearing it, felt that it indeed made sense.
"Sigh..." The sect leader sighed. Many years ago, a woman turned the world upside down, and now, just a phantom and a hair ribbon have caused Immortal Venerable Jinyun to lose control to this extent.
He shook his head.
"Does anyone have any clues?" the Immortal Venerable asked those around him.
"Yes, please take a look, Immortal Venerable." A person presented a piece of paper.
The more Jinyun Immortal Venerable looked, the more his brows furrowed, because the writing on it was a jumble of random things, and upon closer inspection, not a single one matched.
With a single forceful movement, the paper turned into a wisp of ash.
"Keep searching! Find him no matter what it takes!" he almost roared.
Seeing this, the sect leader quickly calmed him down, "Jinyun, the fact that we haven't found her after so long means she's a hidden master. If we continue to make such a big fuss, we might alert her. It would be better to restore everything to normal, close the gates tightly, and perhaps she'll reveal herself eventually."
It must be said that the sect leader truly lived up to his title; with just a few words, he managed to change the mind of Immortal Venerable Jinyun.
"Let's do it this way!" he said to those around him. "Suspend all outings for disciples within the Immortal Sect. If anyone absolutely needs to go out, they must first come to me to apply for permission!"
"Yes! Immortal Venerable!"
The sect leader sighed heavily again.
Jinyun was the hope of the immortal sect, and everyone believed he would surely ascend to immortality. Banjian was a necessary stepping stone for his ascension. Everyone thought the two were just exchanging benefits, but who could have imagined that Jinyun would actually fall in love with her?
He watched as the Immortal Venerable Jinyun caressed the hair ribbon in his hand, half dejected and half excited, his eyes filled with tenderness.
Li Mingke was completely unaware of the chaos and turmoil outside. Everyone was searching, but no one dared to be so audacious as to venture into Yixiantian.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com