The two young monks were stunned for a long time until she opened the door and the creaking sound woke them from their bunker-like state.
The first person pointed at her retreating figure, staring in horror at the second person, who appeared to have lost his voice.
The second one asked in a daze, "Senior brother, did I see that right? The one who just went out... Master... Master... that..." He gestured with his hands from head to toe to describe his body, "Why does he look a little different from us?"
The first one finally found his voice and said helplessly, "That's a woman! It's a woman!"
"A woman...?" The second one suddenly realized, "The nun the Emei nuns are looking for?!"
The first one murmured in disbelief, "Yes, she really is on Mount Ling, and she's even on our... wait a minute, junior brother, she just seemed to have come down from... upstairs."
The second question: "Should we report this to our master immediately?"
When the two finally remembered to go find their master, Chu Nian had already arrived at the meditation room that the guest monk had assigned to several nuns of Emei.
This area is the designated guest room area of Lingshan, with several meditation rooms in a large courtyard. At this moment, several nuns were drinking tea and chatting in the courtyard, while the Venerable Mahayana Master Kongyuan was not among them, but was meditating with his eyes closed in his own meditation room.
Chu Nian entered the courtyard, where several nuns were talking about her.
Wu Si: "You know, this Wu Nian is already useless and still so troublesome, actually running off to Mount Ling."
Wu Qing: "She should have only reached the foot of the mountain, so why is Uncle-Master so sure that she is on Mount Ling?"
Wu Si: "Master has always favored Wu Nian. I guess there must be some special method to track Wu Si."
Wu Lin: "Isn't that the same as monitoring Wu Nian?"
Wu Si chuckled and said, "Master is probably afraid that she will go to Demon Mountain to find the demon again!"
Wu Ning: "Even so, she couldn't possibly enter Mount Ling. Even after my uncle arrived, he was blocked outside by this great formation of Mount Ling."
Although Wu Ning, Wu Lin, and Wu Qing are of the same generation as Wu Si and Wu Nian, they are not Kong Yuan's disciples, so they address Kong Yuan as their senior uncle.
As the nuns were talking, Chu Nian walked over while eating melon seeds and sat down among them.
At first, the nuns didn't react when they saw her. They only recognized her from her clothing as someone from the same sect and generation. Only Wu Si, who was from the same sect as the original owner and was more familiar with the original owner, was truly shocked when she saw her.
Chu Nian asked Wu Ning, "How do you know it's impossible for her to enter Mount Ling?"
Wu Ning: "Didn't I just say that even when Uncle Kong Yuan came, he was blocked outside by the Ling Mountain Grand Formation?"
Chu Nian spoke earnestly, saying, "There's a saying, 'The Yangtze River's back waves push the front waves forward,' and another, 'The student surpasses the teacher.'" As he spoke, he placed the melon seeds he was holding on the stone table, picked up the teapot, and poured himself a cup of tea.
Wu Si stared at her, her voice trembling, "How did you get in?"
Although this courtyard is located within Mount Ling, since he brought only female disciples while Mount Ling is entirely populated by monks, Kong Yuan set up a separate magic array around the courtyard as soon as they moved in, just to be on the safe side.
Even the monks from Lingshan needed Kong Yuan's permission to enter. The younger disciples from Emei who came with them were only able to freely enter and exit this magic array because they had tokens bestowed by Kong Yuan.
Chu Nian said calmly, "He walked in!" Then she smiled faintly and asked, "Where is Master?"
Wu Si felt a little speechless, and simply pointed to the main room on the east side of the courtyard.
Chu Nian stood up and said, "Oh, sunflower seeds, this is on you." She then poured a lot more sunflower seeds onto the stone table. "Have a good chat!"
She arrived at the door of Kongyuan's meditation room, respectfully performed an ancient bow, and called out loudly, "Master!"
Since Kong Yuan had set up a tracking spell on her, he had already detected her arrival the moment she entered the courtyard. However, Kong Yuan was very patient and stayed in the room without making a sound, just waiting to see what his precious disciple would do next!
Chu Nian had already guessed her thoughts, so she quickly said she wanted to see her master before they had even exchanged a few words.
Hearing her call, Kong Yuan ended what others perceived as meditation and calmly said, "Come in!"
Chu Nian pushed open the door and walked in, then closed it again.
The nuns, apart from Wusi, watched her figure disappear behind the door and finally came to their senses.
Wu Lin pointed blankly at the door and said, "Was that...was that...Wu Nian, Junior Sister?"
Yuan Kong only accepted two disciples: one was Wu Si, and the other was Wu Nian.
It took Wu Ning a while to find her voice, and she asked in a trembling voice, "How...how did she get in?"
Wu Si felt heartbroken. In the past, her master only cared about Wu Nian. Later, Wu Nian betrayed the sect and joined the demonic path. She thought she could finally get her master's attention, but she didn't expect her master to lead people to fight against the demonic sect and take back Wu Nian.
However, Wu Nian was crippled. She was overjoyed for days upon hearing this news. Her master only ever thought about Wu Nian, but what was the result? This disciple not only joined the demonic sect and disgraced her, but now that he was crippled, what future could he possibly have on the path of immortality?
But she couldn't understand why her master's eyes and heart were still only on Wu Nian. Why? Why did her master still only notice Wu Nian, even though she had always worked very hard, sometimes even harder than Wu Nian?
Her mind was in turmoil, but she said coolly, "I just asked the same question."
And how did they answer? "The student surpasses the master." Ah, Master, look at this! How does Wu Nian, whom you've been so devoted to, view you? She thinks you're inferior to her!
Wu Si stared at the closed door, his gaze shifting between light and shadow.
Chu Nian had already performed the junior's salute to Kong Yuan. Regardless of Kong Yuan's temperament or how much he had comprehended the Dao, he had a deep master-disciple relationship with the original owner of this body. Although this master-disciple relationship later forced the original owner to her death, this relationship was genuine.
Chu Nian did not want to become enemies with Kong Yuan.
Kong Yuan stared at her, puzzled, and asked, "How did you get into Mount Ling?" She knew Wu Nian's strength all too well, so she was really puzzled by this.
Chu Nian: "They... walked in."
Kong Yuan: "Didn't you encounter any obstacles from the Spirit Mountain Formation?"
Chu Nian thought for a moment and said, "Master, when I was traveling in the past, I obtained a token personally crafted by Buddha by chance, which allows me to freely enter and leave Mount Ling."
Kong Yuan frowned and said, "How could such a thing be obtained so easily?" Unless you kill an important disciple of Lingshan and take it from him.
Chu Nian knew what she was thinking, and she also knew that many people would think the same way after hearing her words. She simply smiled and said, "Perhaps, this is my destiny!"
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