Next, Xie Daoyun took out a healing talisman and stuck it on her ankle. The redness and swelling on her ankle disappeared at a visible speed, which amazed Zu An: "If one person had a lot of these talismans, wouldn't he be invincible?"
Xie Daoyun shook her head: "After a cultivator reaches a certain stage, he can recover on his own. This healing talisman only stimulates human potential and speeds up the recovery process. In the end, it still depends on the individual. Once a certain limit is exceeded, it cannot heal your injuries out of thin air."
Zuan roughly understood that this thing was like a catalyst; it could accelerate things, but it couldn't create something from nothing. Once you were exhausted and unable to heal yourself, it wouldn't be able to restore you either.
"I'm all better now, let's continue exploring other places." Xie Daoyun stood up and gently moved her ankle.
Zuan hummed in agreement and looked around again, but unfortunately, there were many people around and he couldn't see anything noteworthy.
And so the two of them wandered around the mountain. The disciples of the Zhengyang Sect along the way carefully helped them with directions. The two of them walked very fast and soon visited many places.
"Have you found anything?" Zu An asked. They certainly weren't here for sightseeing; their main purpose was to accompany Xie Daoyun to investigate whether any hidden formations had been set up here.
Xie Daoyun shook her head slightly: "Apart from the Zhengyang Sect's protective mountain formation, there is no trace of any other formations. But that's normal. With the Daoist Grand Competition underway, experts from all sects are coming and going, including many with exceptional eyesight. If the Grand Preceptor really wanted to do something, it wouldn't have been so easy for me to discover it."
"Then what place should we investigate next?" Zuan asked.
"That's enough for today. I'll observe carefully these next few days and think about where to start." Xie Daoyun said, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, much like a female academic genius facing a difficult problem.
“That’s fine.” Zu’an thought for a moment and took a mask from his pocket and gave it to her. Seeing her surprised look, he explained, “This mask can cover your face. It is quite dangerous for you to secretly investigate the formation on Purple Mountain. You are currently dressed as a man, but your skin is too fair and you are too handsome. It is easy for someone with ulterior motives to notice you, which is not conducive to your actions.”
"I got this mask by chance. It can make your face look ordinary, and you'll be forgotten by the second glance when you blend into a crowd."
Actually, she should have been given the gift earlier, but at the time, I felt that compared to an ordinary face, it was more pleasing to the eye to have a handsome and radiant bodyguard by her side.
However, having just sensed two murderous auras, he immediately became vigilant and naturally could not let Xie Daoyun take any risks.
"Thank you very much, Brother Zu." Xie Daoyun's face flushed with joy, her eyes filled with happiness, because the other party seemed to have just praised her for her beauty.
Next, Zu'an and Xie Daoyun returned to the villa. Soon, disciples of the Zhengyang Sect brought them dinner—because there were too many people from various sects at the moment, it was inconvenient for them to have a meal together.
Zu'an didn't mind, especially since the dinner sent by Zhengyang Sect was quite sumptuous. Because in places of cultivation, there wasn't much meat and fish, but there were many mountain delicacies, supplemented with medicinal dishes made from rare flowers and herbs, which were quite useful for cultivators.
Zhang Zijiang couldn't help but exclaim, "The Zhengyang Sect truly has a profound foundation; the standard of this dinner is enough for me for a month."
As a general of the imperial court, and in a vital department like the Imperial Guard, the cultivation resources provided by the court were naturally not low. However, the amount for a month was only roughly equivalent to this one meal. With so many people on this mountain, one can imagine how much they would consume in one meal. His shock was palpable.
"It's probably only a few important families that sent such a lavish gift, but even so, the Zhengyang Sect is quite extravagant." Zu An shook his head. Wang Wuxie looked like a sage, but he couldn't help but be pretentious.
Next, he discussed with Zhang Zijiang the renovation of the Zishan Temple in the coming days, and at the same time, he placed people at various checkpoints on the mountain to eliminate any potential safety hazards.
Zhang Zijiang left with a heavy heart, as all the disciples of the nine sects of Taoism were present, making this no easy task. Fortunately, Master Zu said he would handle matters involving the higher-ups of the nine sects, and he needed to go back and carefully study the specific plan.
After that, only Zu An and Xie Daoyun were left in the room, and the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat awkward.
Zu An: "It's getting late, little sister, you should go to sleep early."
"Ah? Okay~" Xie Daoyun thought to herself, why does this conversation sound so much like the conversation between my father and mother, a married couple?
Then Zuan said, "Come sleep in my bed."
"Oh, ah?" Xie Daoyun was genuinely shocked. Brother Zu was being far too direct.
Although I have a good impression of him, we have neither parental consent nor matchmaker's consent. Wouldn't our relationship be considered an illicit affair?
Coming from a scholarly family, she was always very strict in this regard.
Originally, it wouldn't be impossible if it were Brother Zu, but he seems to have lingering ties with Miss Chu. If I get involved, what will happen to my status...?
In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through her mind.
Zu An was taken aback, realizing she had misunderstood: "I just felt that the guards' room outside only had a simple tatami mat, which was too inconvenient for your sister Ling'er. I happen to be going out tonight and won't be back, so you can sleep in my room."
To prove his innocence, he left without waiting for a response after he finished speaking.
"Oh, how embarrassing!" Xie Daoyun jumped onto her bed, pulled the blanket over her head, rolled around on the bed, and kicked her legs awkwardly in the air.
After a long while, a head with a flushed face poked out from under the covers, looking in the direction Zu An had left, and muttered, "Brother Zu is truly a gentleman. He even deliberately found an excuse to stay in another room to avoid suspicion."
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