Xiao Chen and his companions quickly followed, but when they reached the void ship, they couldn't help but turn back to look at Lin Zhou.
I wanted to hear another word of advice, but I saw Lin Zhou had already lay back down on the bamboo chair, squinting in the sun.
They didn't even lift their eyelids, as if their departure was a trivial matter.
"Why doesn't Master even glance at us..." Jiang Li muttered softly, her tone tinged with grievance and disappointment.
Su She patted her shoulder and said gently, "Junior sister, don't overthink it. Master trusts that we can take care of ourselves, which is why he's willing to let us go."
Xiao Chen nodded, suppressing his disappointment, and bowed deeply in Lin Zhou's direction: "Take care, Master. We will report back to you after our training!"
After saying that, he led the others onto the void ship.
The void ship slowly entered the spatial rift, which then closed, completely disappearing from the mortal realm.
Zhu Zi, who had been standing beside Lin Zhou, looked in the direction where the void ship had disappeared, her small face full of disappointment, and her eyes slightly red.
He got along very well with Xiao Chen and the others over the past two months. His senior brother taught him to read, Senior Sister Jiang Li gave him candy, and Senior Brother Su She told him interesting stories.
Stone, his senior brother, used to play with him, but now that they're all gone, he suddenly feels quite lonely.
"Master, when will our senior brothers and sisters return?" Zhu Zi tugged at Lin Zhou's sleeve, his voice trembling with emotion.
Lin Zhou looked down at him, reached out and patted his head, his tone softening: "They'll come back when they've had enough experience."
“You are still young and your cultivation is not strong enough. Wait until you are stronger before you go out to train with them.”
Zhu Zi nodded, seemingly understanding, though still somewhat saddened. He knew Lin Zhou meant well, so he could only obediently hum in agreement.
He walked back to the old locust tree, picked up the bamboo branch on the ground, but lost his previous interest in playing. He just stared blankly in the direction where the void ship had disappeared.
Looking at him, Lin Zhou sighed softly. This child seemed naive, but his mind was very simple, and he had a genuine dependence on the people around him.
He lay back down on the bamboo chair, closed his eyes, and thought to himself: When Zhu Zi grows up a bit more, perhaps it's time to let him go out and see the world. Staying in the mortal realm all the time isn't a solution.
The shimmering river reflected on the pebble beach. Xiao Chen lay on the cold stones, his body covered in wounds. His dark robes were tattered, blood still lingered at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were closed, and his breath was faint.
The last thing he remembered was Big Yellow's furry paw patting his back. The force seemed small, but it carried an irresistible spatial power.
The next second, the world spun around, and when she opened her eyes again, she was already lying on this desolate beach, without even seeing Su She's shadow.
"That damn dog... He said he was protecting us, but he just swatted people away and scattered them to different places. What kind of training is that!"
Xiao Chen muttered to himself in his hazy consciousness, trying to circulate his spiritual energy to heal his injuries, but found that his spiritual energy was in chaos due to the spatial impact just now, and even the slightest movement caused waves of sharp pain in his chest.
Just as he was drifting off to sleep, a series of hoofbeats approached from afar.
That was the sound of a white horned beast stepping on gravel, its hoofbeats steady and carrying a touch of nobility.
Soon, a carriage pulled by two snow-white unicorns stopped beside the pebble beach. The carriage was made entirely of light purple sandalwood.
The carriage was wrapped in a thin layer of silver gauze, which swayed slightly in the wind, making it clear that it was not an ordinary vehicle.
"Sir, there seems to be someone lying on the beach."
The carriage guard spotted Xiao Chen first. He dismounted, drew his long sword, and cautiously approached.
After carefully examining the unconscious Xiao Chen and seeing that he was covered in injuries but had no weapon, he respectfully reported to the people inside the carriage.
After a moment of silence in the carriage, a clear and elegant female voice came: "I understand. Help me out of the carriage to take a look."
The guard quickly sheathed his long sword and stepped forward to lift the curtain of the carriage.
A young woman dressed in a moon-white long dress emerged from within. Her long, black hair cascaded down her back and was tied up with a simple jade hairpin. Her face was delicate and beautiful.
With a gentle air about her, she held a round fan embroidered with orchids in her hand. Although she was not old, she exuded a composed and noble air.
The girl walked to Xiao Chen's side, squatted down, and gently placed her slender fingers on his wrist, slowly channeling a wisp of gentle spiritual energy into his body.
She was probing Xiao Chen's presence.
After a moment, the girl breathed a sigh of relief and said to the guard, "He still has a breath, but his spiritual energy is disordered and he has suffered some external injuries. He is not a bad person."
“Miss,” another guard stepped forward, his tone carrying a hint of dissuasion.
“We need to rush back to deal with urgent matters. This young man's identity is unknown, and his origins are unclear. Taking him along rashly might be risky. Perhaps…”
Before he finished speaking, he had already conveyed the meaning of "don't worry about it," after all, they were out and about.
It's better to avoid trouble, especially since their trip concerns important family matters, and it's really not advisable to cause any unnecessary complications.
The girl in white shook her head, gently holding her fan to her lips, her tone firm yet gentle:
"As long as he is still breathing, he is a human life. How can we just leave him to fend for himself because his identity is unknown?"
"If we stand by and do nothing to help today, we will inevitably feel uneasy when we look back on it in the future."
She paused, then looked at the guard: "First, lift him into the carriage and find a soft cushion to settle him in. Once we arrive at the city lord's mansion, we'll ask a physician to treat his injuries."
"As for his identity, he will know when he wakes up."
Seeing the girl's resolute attitude, the guard stopped trying to dissuade her. This young lady was always kind-hearted and would never stand idly by when someone needed help.
The two men stepped forward and carefully lifted Xiao Chen, afraid of aggravating his injuries. Then they lifted the curtain on the other side of the carriage.
They placed him on a soft cushion in the corner of the carriage, then took a clean strip of cloth and simply wiped the dust off his face and the blood from the corner of his mouth.
The girl in white sat back down in the carriage, her brows furrowing slightly as she looked at the unconscious Xiao Chen.
She could sense that although the spiritual energy within the young man's body was chaotic, it was exceptionally pure, far beyond that of an ordinary cultivator. She figured he must have encountered some kind of misfortune to have fallen to this state.
"Giddy up!" The guards remounted their horses, waved the reins, and the white horned beast let out a soft neigh. The carriage slowly drove away from the gravel beach and headed towards the distant city.
Inside the carriage, Xiao Chen remained unconscious, unaware that he was out of danger, and even less aware of the turmoil that the kind-hearted girl in white who had saved him would cause during his training.
If Lin Zhou, far away in the mortal realm, knew that Da Huang was "training" his disciple in such a way, he would probably be unable to resist dragging that lazy dog over and giving him a good scolding.
At this moment, he was still basking in the sun on the bamboo chair, completely unaware of what had happened to his disciples.
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