Someone is missing
Upon entering the alley, Yu Zhu and her companion were confronted by four male cultivators. The man in the lead was carrying a woman in yellow on his shoulder, who appeared to be unconscious.
"You've got some nerve, daring to act like this right under the noses of the Yingtian Sect," Yuzhu rebuked.
The group glanced at Yu Zhu and Jing Xu's clothes and laughed, "So you're fellow Daoists from Ying Tian Sect. You've misunderstood, fellow Daoist. This is my young lady. We're here on the orders of our patriarch to bring her home."
"May I ask who you gentlemen are? And which family are you headed by?"
Yu Zhu's words made the group stop in their tracks. "Fangcaozhou, the Jia family." With that, they lifted their feet to leave.
"Since you came to Yingtian Town looking for someone, why didn't you inform the disciples of Yingtian Sect so they could help?" Yu Zhu continued to press, the cries for help she had just heard didn't seem like what they had said.
"No need for anything at home..."
With a "smack," Jing Xu shattered a communication jade tablet, indicating that someone was attempting to secretly pass on a message.
Before anyone could react, Yu Zhu kicked the leading man in the groin. The man cried out in pain and instinctively let go, allowing Yu Zhu to catch the woman in yellow.
"Jingxu, let's go!"
"No, they must have other accomplices. We have to subdue them all," Jing Xu said while fighting the others.
The leader of the group had already raised his knife to slash at Yuzhu, but Yuzhu spun behind him and kicked him again, hurriedly putting down the woman in yellow. The man attacked him again, but Yuzhu dodged and weaved, kicking or slapping him when he wasn't paying attention. The man became increasingly furious, convinced that Yuzhu was toying with him.
That's not the case. Although Yu Zhu had memories of the original owner's previous battles, she had never actually fought one. She had done the same thing with Baili Qu before, mainly dodging and launching sneak attacks.
Jing Xu was gradually losing his strength. His arms were already bleeding. His cultivation level was the lowest among those present, and he was able to hold on for a while only because of his pure spiritual energy.
Seeing this, Yu Zhu knew she had no choice but to finish the fight quickly. She unleashed a series of spiritual blades, which pierced the man's body, causing blood to flow. Unable to bear the sight, Yu Zhu transformed her spiritual power into a noose to bind the man. Yu Zhu then went to help Jing Xu, who had already been weakened by Jing Xu's attack. Yu Zhu used the same method, binding them with spiritual ropes.
"I'll go inform the disciples on duty. Jingxu, you keep an eye on them." As soon as she finished speaking, Yuzhu hurriedly ran off.
Smelling the metallic scent in the air, Jingxu seemed lost in thought.
A short while later, Yuzhu led the people back to the alley.
The men and the unconscious woman were taken to the Yingtian Sect's outpost in the town. The woman remained unconscious, and disciples went to find a healer for her. Due to the unexpected incident, the small outpost was bustling with activity.
Yu Zhu and Jing Xu were placed in a small room with only a small couch and a set of tables and chairs. Apart from the initial delivery of medicine and clean clothes, no one paid them any attention.
"Jingxu, they brought medicine and clothes. Do you want to take care of it?" Yuzhu asked Jingxu, who was sitting opposite her. She carefully looked at Jingxu's face and saw that he seemed to be fine, except for a few cuts on one of his arms.
"Hmm." Jing Xu nodded, his fingers touching his belt, then he paused, lifting his eyes to meet Yu Zhu's gaze.
"Huh?" Yu Zhu suddenly realized, and nervously clenched her fist. "I'll wait for you outside the door."
Yu Zhu half-closed the door, crossed her arms, and leaned against the railing. Perhaps because her five senses were enhanced, Yu Zhu could hear the disciples in the opposite room discussing the matter of escorting people up the mountain the next day, and she could also hear the rustling sound of Jing Xu fiddling with his clothes inside the room.
Yu Zhu felt a little hot in the ears. Actually, Jing Xu should have a good figure. He was tall and had long legs, and it was obvious that he had practiced swordsmanship...
No, what are you thinking about? Yu Zhu snapped out of her reverie. Although Jing Xu had practiced swordsmanship, he was still not proficient in combining it with spiritual power. Hmm, when we get back, he should find more people to spar with. He is the hope of the new generation of the sect, so he needs to practice more.
"Senior sister."
"What's wrong?"
"I also have a wound on my back, could you please treat it for me?"
Yu Zhu pushed open the door and entered. Jing Xu had changed into clean clothes. His shirt was piled up at his waist, revealing his broad shoulders and back. There was indeed a bloodstain about three inches long under his right shoulder blade.
"Isn't there any oral medication that can heal the wound?"
“Yes, there are.” Jing Xu turned slightly to the side, “but the cost is quite high, so there probably isn’t one for this location.”
"Turn around." Yu Zhu casually pulled over a stool, sat behind Jing Xu, scooped out some ointment with a bamboo stick, and applied it to the wound.
Perhaps it was the coolness of the ointment, but when it touched the wound, Jingxu bent over and trembled slightly, his muscles tensing up a little, and his back bones undulating slightly.
"Does it hurt?" Yu Zhu blinked, but didn't ask.
"Alright." Yu Zhu put down the ointment and stood up.
Just as she closed the door, a disciple came to report, "Senior Sister Yu, that woman has woken up."
"Take me to see her." Yu Zhu immediately followed him to the room where the woman was.
“When our people asked her, she didn’t answer anything, she just said she wanted to see the sect leader.”
"To see the sect leader?" Yu Zhu knocked on the door and entered the room. The woman sat on the couch, still somewhat weak from being drugged, but her eyes were full of vigilance.
Yu Zhu did not approach the bed. "Miss, my junior brother and I found you unconscious, so we brought you here. Those men said you were their young lady. Is that true? Could it be that my junior brother and I have misunderstood?"
"Pah! I'm not with them!" the little girl said indignantly.
“My name is Yuzhu, and I am from the Yingtian Sect. If you encounter any difficulties, please speak frankly, and the Yingtian Sect will never stand idly by.”
Upon hearing this, the young girl looked Yu Zhu up and down. "Yu Zhu? You are Immortal Venerable Qiong Fang's disciple?"
"Yes." Yu Zhu hadn't expected the original owner of this body to be so famous.
The wariness in the young girl's eyes lessened somewhat. "My name is Bai Wei, and I'm from Baicao Village. I came to Yingtian Sect seeking help..."
Through Bai Wei's explanation, Yu Zhu roughly understood. Baicao Village was rich in spiritual herbs and medicines. About half a year ago, nearly twenty people from Baicao Village went missing one after another. At first, the villagers thought they had gone out to sell herbs or go into the mountains to find medicine, but after a long time without seeing them return or finding them, they finally realized that they had disappeared.
Baicao Village sought help from the largest sect nearby, Guiyi Sect, but the investigation yielded no results. They were told that the missing person had either gone on a long journey or gone into seclusion to cultivate. The villagers had no choice but to accept this conclusion, as their lives were indeed safe. However, a month ago, children began to go missing from the village, and even children's bodies were found in the mountains. Guiyi Sect was asked to investigate again, but they still found nothing, only saying it was an accident.
So, Baicao Village sent a message to Yingtian Sect for help, but the reply they received was that Yingtian Sect was busy repairing the Bixi Gorge formation and that the investigation would have to be postponed. The village chief sensed something was amiss and sent Bai Wei to Yingtian Sect in person. Unexpectedly, Bai Wei was ambushed as soon as she left the village and barely made it to Yingtian Town.
After listening, Yu Zhu frowned, sensing that there was more to this than met the eye. After promising Bai Wei that she would take her to see the sect leader the next day, Yu Zhu left her room.
As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Jingxu standing not far away.
Dressed in a wide-sleeved robe, he appeared even more elegant and refined under the bright moonlight. Yu Zhu had always seen Jing Xu in narrow-sleeved, fitted clothes, so she rarely saw him dressed like this, and she couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.
"I'm going to check on those people. You go and rest first."
"I'll go with my senior sister," Jing Xu said softly with a smile.
Yu Zhu nodded, "Alright, I'll also learn how to seal other people's spiritual power."
Although they had already been bound by the Spirit Rope, Yu Zhu was afraid they might have other tricks up their sleeves, such as secretly sending messages or committing suicide, so she placed another seal on them to put her mind at ease.
After placing the seal, the two returned to their previous room. Yu Zhu's ears were itchy, and Jing Xu, who had been following behind her, could always hear the soft rustling sound of his clothes rubbing together.
Yu Zhu wondered to herself what material the clothes were made of.
Upon arriving at the room, Jing Xu's gentle voice came from behind, "I just asked my senior brother to open another room next door. I'll stay in that room tonight. Senior sister, get some rest."
Yu Zhu turned around, "You too."
The next day, Yu Zhu and the others returned to the sect early in the morning. After handing Bai Wei and the men over to Chang You, they hurriedly took Jing Xu to the lecture hall.
After successfully completing her teaching duties for the day, Senior Sister Yu, who had dedicated herself to education for eighteen years, received a message from Changyou and led Jingxu to Yingtian Hall. At the hall's entrance, Yu Zhu wiped away imaginary sweat from her forehead, feeling that leisurely days were slipping further and further away from her.
Upon entering the hall, Yu Zhu did not see Bai Wei; only the sect leader, Chang You, and Jing Shu were present.
After exchanging greetings, Yuzhu looked at Changyou with a questioning gaze: Where is Baiwei?
Changyou said, "Miss Baiwei has been traveling a long way, and I have already sent someone to take her down to rest. Also, Baiwei is the daughter of the chief of Baicao Village."
Yu Zhu wasn't too surprised. What she was more curious about was what the matter of Baicao Village had to do with her, and why they had called her over, along with Jing Xu.
"Bai Cao Zhai has a secret technique that can suppress bloodline power." The sect leader spoke, but Yu Zhu would rather he not say it. "Yu Zhu, you and Jing Xu go with Jing Shu to investigate Bai Cao Zhai."
"Ah?" Yu Zhu exclaimed in surprise, "My cultivation is sealed, so I won't be of any help even if I go, and I might even be a hindrance!"
The sect leader snapped his fingers, and two jade pendants floated in front of Yu Zhu and Jing Xu.
"There are three strands of my sword intent in the jade pendant, which can withstand three attacks from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator."
Yu Zhu: "And after that three times?"
"After three times, that's fate." The sect leader said sternly, "Yuzhu, you are your senior brother's disciple and a member of the Yingtian Sect. You have to go out and face this world. You can't run away anymore."
She wasn't originally from this world, so how could she talk about escaping? Yu Zhu was indignant, but since she was now in the body of the original owner, she didn't say anything more.
"As for Jingxu, real combat is always the best way to train a person. Yuzhu is here too, so she should teach Jingxu well."
"Yes," Jing Xu replied without hesitation.
Yu Zhu snorted and glanced at Jing Xu. So she was the young master's private tutor, working two jobs at the same time. Doesn't the cultivation world have labor laws?
The group walked out of Yingtian Hall.
Jing Shu: "Alright, Azhu, don't be angry. Master is right. The cultivation world is not peaceful right now, and you will have to face these things sooner or later."
"Yes," Yu Zhu said listlessly. She wasn't angry; she just felt somewhat powerless.
Changyou: "Alright, we're leaving tomorrow, so you should all go back and get ready."
Yu Zhu ignored Jing Xu and used magic to instantly return to Qingyao Garden. Back in her room, she threw herself onto the brocade quilt, silently howling, "Is there any way to go back? This world is too dangerous!"
After tossing and turning in bed for a while, Yuzhu resignedly got up to pack her things.
Knock knock!
Someone is knocking on the door.
Yu Zhu was busy tidying up when she waved her hand, and the door opened automatically. "Come in."
Yu Zhu looked over and saw Jing Xu, who was carrying a food box in his hand.
Yu Zhu chuckled and said, "What? Are you going to treat me to dinner again?"
Jing Xu's lips curled slightly. "No, this is a bribe."
"bribe?"
"My senior sister wants to give me private lessons. I'm trying to bribe her so she won't be too strict with me."
Huh? Would the Queen of Rolls really want to be easygoing? She'll definitely train him hard.
Jing Xu took out a spiritual energy bag, "This is something my senior sister bought last night."
Yu Zhu had forgotten all about it. She took the spiritual energy bag, put the contents on the table, picked up a jade-green glass wind chime, and shook it. The wind chime made a clear tinkling sound.
"Senior sister, do you want it hung under the eaves? I'll hang it for you."
"Thank you," Yu Zhu said, "but you need to use spiritual energy to practice controlling it."
Strict requirements, starting now.
Jingxu smiled helplessly, tossed the wind chime to the ground, and it hung steadily under the eaves. The wind chime swayed gently, making a tinkling sound.
"Does Senior Sister like bells? I saw that Senior Sister also has a golden bell on her waist."
"It's alright." Yu Zhu touched the golden bell at her waist. "This is just something I use to tell the time. As for the wind chime, it's just that I remembered my home... um, Luo Bai Ju also has a green wind chime."
In fact, she also had a wind chime of the same color in her home before she traveled through time.
Jingxu understood; recent events inevitably reminded Yuzhu of Immortal Venerable Qiongfang and Luobai Residence.
There was no wind at the moment. Yu Zhu flicked her finger and released a burst of spiritual energy, gently striking the wind chime. The chime rang out in a flurry of sounds. Yu Zhu heard Jing Xu say, "Shall I set off with my senior sister tomorrow?"
"OK."
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