"Is Junior Sister Ying using the Tracking Bird to observe someone?" Shangguan Wenqi, who had been watching Zhu Qianying all night, finally couldn't help but ask her.
Zhu Qianying nodded, answering him with her usual gentle smile: "I'm worried about Sister Yi. She has been weak since childhood and possesses five spiritual roots, making cultivation even more difficult for her."
"I was worried that something might happen to her when she participated in the sect trial, so I asked the little sparrows to follow her. If she encounters any difficulties, I can help her in time."
Shangguan Wenqi smiled indulgently, his eyes filled with her kindness and compassion as her elder sister. With such a woman as his future Daoist partner, they would be very happy, wouldn't they?
"Having a sister like you is her blessing..."
Zhu Qianying pursed her lips and lowered her head, her face showing an indescribable shyness, but in her heart she was sneering: If it weren't for the clan elder's divination that Zhu Yi would encounter a great opportunity on this trip, she wouldn't have bothered so much with a concubine's daughter!
They are all of the Zhu family bloodline, so why can't the opportunity fall to her, the legitimate daughter?
Since it concerns Zhu Yi, she naturally cares! If Zhu Yi doesn't get this opportunity, the Zhu family elders will probably give up the idea of letting Zhu Yi return to the family!
Ignoring Zhu Qianying's inner expectations, Zhu Yi took a light nap and the soreness in her body dissipated considerably. In her hazy state, she felt a clear and gentle spiritual energy slowly entering her limbs and bones, flowing into her dantian.
Water and wood elemental energies are the first to be sensed. After being replenished, the water elemental energy is the first to circulate throughout the body, followed by wood, fire, earth, metal, and other elemental energies in turn...
Her consciousness was hazy, and in her daze she seemed to be in the deep seabed. She saw a half-human, half-snake demon cultivator fighting a dragon exuding black energy in the distance.
Not far behind the demon cultivator was the home of the merfolk.
Zhu Yi didn't know why, but she suddenly felt a pang of heartache. The demon cultivator was already covered in wounds and blood, yet he still gritted his teeth and fought against the evil dragon.
Blood stained half of the sea red, and in the distance, sharks seemed to be lurking and waiting.
The dragon had claws, which fiercely restrained the snake demon's vital point, causing the snake demon to sweat profusely in pain.
Zhu Yi saw the fierce expression on the evil dragon's face and couldn't help but draw her Morning Dew Sword to help. However, after swimming to their side, she found that her sword barely touched the dragon and passed by without causing any damage.
Zhu Yi was somewhat dejected. She looked around at the merfolk under the blue glazed tile house. The weak ones huddled under the house, each with a solemn expression and tears of sorrow in their eyes. There were also some strong merfolk treating those who were seriously injured and half-dead.
The merfolk leader then re-selected the remaining merfolk to prepare for a renewed battle.
Unable to bear the sight of the mermaids weeping in sorrow, she turned to watch the battle between the snake demon and the evil dragon. The snake demon, unarmed, struck the evil dragon's chin fiercely, its tail tightly coiled around the dragon's body, causing the dragon immense pain.
Zhu Yi opened her eyes wide, trying to see the snake demon's face clearly, but no matter how close she got, she couldn't make out his features.
With a powerful slash of its forepaw, the evil dragon left a long and gruesome wound on the snake demon's strong, muscular chest, making Zhu Yi's heart pound with fear.
No matter how the evil dragon attacked the snake demon, the snake demon clung to it tightly and refused to loosen its tail.
At this moment, several strong and powerful merfolk emerged from the merfolk tribe. They did not appear as strong as the injured merfolk. They held harpoons and had serious expressions. At the signal of their leader, they launched another attack on the evil dragon.
With the help of the mermaids, the snake demon broke free from the evil dragon's restraints in no time. It then transformed into a giant snake, flicking its tongue and biting the evil dragon's neck. The evil dragon was no match for it and eventually fled in disarray.
In the distance, the sharks, who had hoped to reap the benefits of the evil dragon's defeat, scattered in all directions.
The mermaids looked on in disbelief. This snake demon had actually helped them defeat the evil dragon. This was the first time the mermaids had ever driven off an evil dragon. The snake demon had not lied to them!
The mermaids wept with joy, and bright, deep blue mermaid pearls appeared in time. The snake demon, exhausted, mustered its last breath and transformed into a half-human, half-snake form to make a deal with the mermaid leader.
The snake demon is willing to protect the merfolk from the evil dragons within the deep-sea merfolk community. In return, the merfolk need to give him many merfolk pearls, merfolk silk, and merfolk fat. He is also willing to teach the merfolk how to write on land, Buddhist scriptures, and some cultivation secrets of the demon race...
After much discussion, the mermaid leader and his people decided to agree to the exchange with the snake demon.
The kind-hearted mermaids offered the snake demon their most beautiful mermaid pearls, their most luxurious mermaid silks, and their rarest and most precious mermaid oils.
Many mermaid children happily circled around the snake demon. The snake demon collected these things in a glass lantern carried on a peach wood pole, dragged its heavy body, and guarded the entrance to the mermaid's home. It then transformed into its original form, coiled up, and closed its eyes to heal its wounds.
Seeing the snake demon weak and recovering from her injuries, Zhu Yi felt extremely distressed. And that lamp, the glass palace lamp looked exactly like her white jade lantern hairpin when enlarged!
However, the handle of her enlarged glass palace lantern was also made of the finest glass, not... peach wood...
The little black snake's weak appearance broke Zhu Yi's heart. She didn't know why she felt this way, but she couldn't stop herself from crying.
The sun had not yet risen on the horizon when Zhu Yi woke up crying from her sleep. She sat up abruptly and looked around. They were still in an unknown forest in Chifeng. Xue Shan was already fast asleep, but Wei Weiwei asked her with concern what was wrong.
Seeing that Zhu Yi and Xue Shan were asleep at night, Wei Weiwei was a little worried. She took a mid-level Qi-strengthening Pill and a Bigu Pill, and then silently kept watch over them.
"I had a nightmare, it was a bit scary." Zhu Yi was still immersed in the pain of her dream and didn't want to talk to Wei Weiwei much.
Wei Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief: "People in our cultivation world rarely dream. I was just worried about you, wondering if I should wake you up..."
“No need to call me. Next time Sister Weiwei finds out I’m having a nightmare, you don’t need to call me either. I…” Zhu Yi pursed her lips, “I can wake up on my own. If you wake me up, I’ll get a headache.”
Zhu Yi wasn't afraid of headaches; she really wanted to see more of those scenes in her dreams.
Last time, when she was seriously injured and secluded at the bottom of Lotus Lake for three months, she dreamed about the story of Xiao Zhuyi and Jiang Lin. This time, she dreamed about a half-human, half-snake. Is there any connection between them?
A snake…a little black snake? In the last scene before the dream faded, she saw the injured snake, transformed into a tiny creature coiled up…like the little black snake coiled on a purple lotus in Lotus Lake…
"Sister Weiwei, you should go and rest for a while. I'll take care of things from here. Once the sun comes out in the morning, we'll slaughter the Demon Blood Flowers trapped in the formation!"
"Well, that's good. I hope you're doing well too. Although I don't know what you dreamed about, you looked very sad." Wei Weiwei was a little worried.
"Yeah, it was just a dream. I'm fine now that I've cried!" Zhu Yi urged her to go and rest.
Zhu Yi stared blankly at the demonic blood flowers below the aircraft, which were launching attacks in an attempt to break the trap. Her eyes were filled with various red flowers, each baring its teeth, but her mind was constantly recalling what she had seen in her dream: half-human, half-snake, mermaid, evil dragon, and glass palace lanterns with peach blossom handles...
If there truly is a past life and a future life, what is the message she saw in her dream meant for her in the present?
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