Hua Xiangyun was now in a void. She could vaguely hear her grandmother calling her. Judging from her location, they should be under the locust tree.
"That's quite courageous," said the old woman, holding Hua Xiangyun tightly in her hand, taking the opportunity to check her pulse.
"Grandma Wu, I want to go back to find my grandmother." Hua Xiangyun looked around nervously.
"Don't pretend in front of me," the witch said coldly. "We are fellow practitioners, but I don't know why your skills are so shallow."
She had just checked and found that there was some spiritual energy in the body, but it hadn't even broken through to the first level.
As for the girl's appearance, it has already undergone a complete transformation.
At first glance, she could make a very accurate judgment, but now the more she looks at it, the more blurred it becomes, as if something is covering it up.
Hua Xiangyun, “…” I don’t know what you’re talking about, I don’t understand…
Suddenly, the witch laughed and said, "You acted quite convincingly. Is this how you fooled Tian Guihua?"
Hua Xiangyun continued to play dumb, "Mother-in-law, what are you talking about?"
"When your grandmother brought you here more than ten years ago, you didn't look like this."
"Let me guess what has changed you so much?" The old woman gripped her cane tightly. "It's your destiny, visitor from another world, to arrive here. This old woman won't interfere."
Hua Xiangyun: "Can my mother-in-law let me out? My grandma is getting worried."
The old woman said, "It's alright, I just need to talk to you about something, it won't take long."
At this moment, Hua Xiangyun no longer cared about finding out where the cinnabar came from Wu Shenpo; she just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"What do you think of my formation?" Suddenly, Wu Shenpo grabbed her hand and took a step forward. The scene immediately changed, and now they were standing in a sea of flowers, smelling the fragrance in the air. Hua Xiangyun instantly relaxed.
But then he felt a chill run down his spine and looked at the witch doctor warily.
The witch doctor was even more pleased to see how quickly she had reacted.
Hua Xiangyun stopped pretending. If she didn't make things clear today, she wouldn't be able to leave here.
Even if we disregard her current cultivation level, even at her peak, she still couldn't break this formation.
"Senior, I have absolutely no foundation in formations."
"Wouldn't it have been better if you had done this earlier?" Granny Wu breathed a sigh of relief. If this girl had continued to pester her, she didn't know how long her patience would have lasted.
"Since you don't have any foundation, are you interested in learning?"
Hua Xiangyun: "Senior, I am from a sect."
Hua Xiangyun dared not easily believe in such a windfall, because those who cultivate the Tao are always bound by cause and effect.
The old woman waved her hand dismissively, "Since you are a visitor from another world, you must not have a master or sect in this world. If I hadn't seen that you didn't have any karmic threads on you, you wouldn't be here."
Besides, you haven't even mastered this technique yet; you can choose to do both simultaneously.
Hua Xiangyun was ultimately unwilling. Although her sect was not in this world, her master had raised her to adulthood and taught her skills. This kindness could not simply disappear just because cause and effect did not exist.
In her heart, neither her sect nor her master were irreplaceable.
"You blockhead," the old witch cursed. "There's always a chance you might go back one day. Our Taoist practices always emphasize following fate. Your presence here today is your own destiny."
Having finally found her destined apprentice, Wu Shenpo didn't want to have no successor, and besides, she didn't have much time left.
Hua Xiangyun's eyes suddenly brightened. "Does Mother-in-law mean I still have a chance to go back?"
The old woman said profoundly, "That depends on you. If you don't seize the opportunity when it comes, how can you expect results if you don't sow the seeds?"
She was simply born at the wrong time, and has been suppressed in every way over the years. The Xuanmen sects have been hiding, and many traditions have gradually declined because of this catastrophe.
Hua Xiangyun was the variable her grandfather had predicted, and also her destined disciple. Now that she had been sent to her, she was told that she should make a final effort for the Xuanmen sect.
Hua Xiangyun immediately made a decision and knelt down on both knees, saying, "Disciple Hua Xiangyun will obey Master's teachings."
“Alright,” Wu Shenpo said, grasping her hand. Hua Xiangyun involuntarily straightened up. “In these extraordinary times, we can’t stand up for formalities, but I still want to tell you about our sect.”
As your teacher, I don't ask for anything else; I only ask that you pass on this knowledge and skills.
From Wu Shenpo's words, Hua Xiangyun finally gained some understanding of her sect.
They are all Taoist sects, quite different from her original sect.
Her original teacher mainly taught her talismans, but the Wu Shenpo Society only taught her those two types of talismans; they were more proficient in divination and array formations.
There's a reason why Wu Shenpo has only been able to read babies' cries all these years: those two talismans were learned from her fellow disciples when she was young.
Unexpectedly, it became the means by which she made a living for the past twenty years.
"After your grandmaster divined, our Tianzhen Sect knew that a great calamity was coming. As early as thirty years ago, all the disciples moved overseas, waiting for the right time to return."
At that time, I did not travel with them due to personal reasons. In order to avoid some disputes, your grandmaster wrote a letter of severance with me back then.
But these are all superficial. Once the sect returns, what if there's a new sect leader...?
The old woman sighed again, "Fine, you haven't received any favors from the sect yet, whether you join the sect or not is up to you."
Thinking of yesterday's divination, Wu Shenpo didn't want to harm her hard-won apprentice in the future, so she simply kept quiet.
Hua Xiangyun breathed a sigh of relief. She wanted to find a master to give her skills a source, but she didn't want to get into trouble.
"Two years ago, I foresaw that your grandmaster's time was coming to an end, and my connection with the sect was also coming to an end. These are my insights and experiences over the years. When you go back, read and learn more."
Come to me every weekend from now on, and I'll give you a proper lesson.
Hua Xiangyun still had many questions in her mind, but seeing that Wu Shenpo looked tired, she reached out to support her. "Master, if we don't mention our sect, how can I still cultivate your techniques?"
There must be a reason why this sect's cultivation method doesn't require the Heaven-Returning Formation.
She didn't want to work so hard to practice until the very end, only to have someone come knocking on her door and cause trouble.
Wu Shenpo knew her concerns. "Speaking of which, this Tianzhen Sect was founded by my grandfather. Back then, my parents were murdered, and my grandfather handed me over to his disciple, which is why we have this master-disciple relationship."
To be honest, I am the true successor of the Tianzheng Sect.
The reason I didn't go overseas back then was not only because I didn't want to leave my homeland, but also because I didn't want my fellow disciples to be afraid of me.
Years ago, when we were still in the same sect, they subtly ostracized me, and after my grandfather passed away, they became even more brazen.
The old woman knew that if she didn't make things clear, Hua Xiangyun wouldn't take the cultivation seriously, even if she followed along.
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