Taoist Lingyun waited for several hours before Liu Jingyu came back to report.
When Taoist Lingyun heard what Liu Jingyu said about Xie Hanmei: "In view of the fact that the entire Xie family has devoted their lives to the sect, please leave a way out for me, Master," his face was distorted with anger.
Hehehe... He left a way out for Xie Hanmei, but who can leave a way out for himself?
Taoist Lingyun thought viciously.
After so many years of cultivation, he longed for immortality and the attainment of enlightenment, but the path to immortality was too difficult. In another fifty years, his lifespan at the Golden Core stage would be exhausted. Even if Taoist Lingyun reached the late Golden Core stage, he would still face death. Spare Xie Hanmei's life? Then who could spare Lingyun's life?
Liu Jingyu lowered his head, not daring to utter a single sound. He had been with Taoist Lingyun for over sixty years, and no one knew his temper better than him. He knew that Taoist Lingyun was furious to the point of exasperation, and the slightest spark would likely send him mad.
"Jingyu, how many years have you been with me?" Taoist Lingyun's voice was a little eerie, making Liu Jingyu shudder. He quickly replied, "Master, Jingyu has been your disciple for exactly sixty years and one month."
"Hehehe... Sixty years have passed, time flies like an arrow! In another sixty years, I don't know if my master will still be alive!" Taoist Lingyun changed his tone, which contained pain and loss.
Liu Jingyu didn't know what Taoist Lingyun wanted to say, so he could only remain silent. When he returned to the mountaintop hall to report, he made a special trip to Wu Xiuyun's "Chuyun Courtyard" to ask Wu Xiuyun to come and save him. He thought Wu Xiuyun should be here soon.
"Master, are you free? I have something to report to you." Sure enough, Wu Xiuyun's voice sounded outside the door at the right time.
When Taoist Lingyun heard Wu Xiuyun's voice, his expression softened. He waved his hand, signaling Liu Jingyu to leave. After a moment's thought, he ordered, "Go ahead! If you don't bring Xie Hanmei back, you don't have to come back."
"Yes, Master." Liu Jingyu bowed respectfully before leaving the hall, but he was worried. Xie Hanmei was at the seventh level of Qi training. Liu Jingyu was only at the sixth level, with no elixirs or magical tools. His master really thought highly of him. With such strength, it would be strange if he could "convince" Xie Hanmei.
"Brother Liu, please come to my Chuyun Courtyard later. I have something to talk to you about." Wu Xiuyun's eyes lit up when she saw Liu Jingyu. As she walked past Liu Jingyu, she sent him a message.
Liu Jingyu didn't dare to answer, but just nodded slightly and walked quickly down the stairs.
"Yun'er, how come you have time to come to Master today? Are you here to see your Second Senior Brother? Or are you here to see me?" Wu Xiuyun's little gesture didn't escape Master Lingyun's attention. Seeing Wu Xiuyun smiling so warmly at Liu Jingyu, Master Lingyun suddenly felt irritated. As the third disciple, he had always considered his Second Senior Brother more important than Master.
"Master, of course Yun'er is here to see you! I just got a jar of pear blossom white spirit wine from the market, which is your favorite. So I asked the cook to stew spirit beast meat with pine mushrooms, and fried a few dishes that you like. I came here specially to ask you to do me a favor and sit in my courtyard for a while and have a few drinks?" Wu Xiuyun didn't seem to understand the meaning of Taoist Lingyun's words. Her expression didn't change at all, and she smiled and invited Taoist Lingyun.
"Not today, let's wait a few days!" Taoist Lingyun's expression finally brightened. Lihuabai, a spiritual wine? That's not easy to find. I heard that Xiaoyaozi of the Qingyun Sect only brews ten jars of Lihuabai a year. Xiuyun is quite thoughtful.
Last month, Taoist Lingyun heard that Wu Xiuyun was often chasing Liu Jingyu, and he realized that Wu Xiuyun was already quite grown up. Unfortunately, their Yushan Sect's inherited cultivation method was too poor. Wu Xiuyun, with her only water spiritual root, had taken over forty years to reach the middle stage of Qi training. Taoist Lingyun had spent so much elixir and spirit stones cultivating the "furnace cauldron", and he couldn't let that kid Liu Jingyu get there first.
Thinking of this, Taoist Lingyun became a little anxious. Although Wu Xiuyun's cultivation had not yet reached the level he expected, he still had a lot of preparations to make! Where would he find the time to go to Wu Xiuyun's place for a drink?
"Then... I'll bury Master's favorite Lihuabai under the plum tree in the courtyard! We can drink it later when Master feels like it." Seeing that Taoist Lingyun had no interest, Wu Xiuyun tactfully stopped talking about it. In fact, Wu Xiuyun's purpose in coming here today wasn't to invite Taoist Lingyun to her courtyard for a drink, but to help Liu Jingyu out.
Since the goal has been achieved, Wu Xiuyun did not stay any longer. She said goodbye to Taoist Lingyun and returned to her own "Izumo Courtyard".
"Aunt is back!" He Jingjing saw Wu Xiuyun and hurried over. Although Wu Xiuyun didn't look much older than He Jingjing, He Jingjing had always called her "Aunt" when they were in Kyoto City. After returning to Yushan Sect, Wu Xiuyun didn't ask He Jingjing to change her name.
"Where have you been? You're covered in mud." Wu Xiuyun gave He Jingjing a look of disdain. He Jingjing looked nothing like the beautiful girl she'd dressed up to go out that morning. Her hair was disheveled, and her pink dress was stained with clumps of yellow mud. At first glance, Wu Xiuyun thought the clumps were from the rice fields, and she frowned.
Ruined! He Jingjing's impression is completely ruined!
Wu Xiuyun had her own agenda when she brought He Jingjing to the Yushan Sect. If she had just spread the word that she was looking for an outer disciple to be her maid, there would have been plenty of people rushing to join. Why would she choose He Jingjing, whose spiritual roots were so poor?
Although Wu Xiuyun didn't know the details of Taoist Lingyun's plans for her, she felt, with a woman's intuition, that there was something fishy about the way Taoist Lingyun looked at her. Therefore, Wu Xiuyun asked He Jingjing to stay by her side, partly to give her courage and partly to protect her from disaster. Wu Xiuyun wasn't particularly beautiful, and He Jingjing was far more beautiful than her.
Fortunately, Taoist Lingyun said he couldn't come, otherwise, looking at He Jingjing like this, he would definitely feel disgusted. Thinking of this, Wu Xiuyun's face darkened.
"Auntie, I don't know what I've been doing." He Jingjing was a little distressed. She had just woken up in the pine forest and found herself lying on the ground with her own dagger beside her. As for what she was doing in the pine forest and what she saw, He Jingjing couldn't remember anything.
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