Senior Sister Bai Yueguang is incredibly strong.

Chapter 17 May You Be Safe and Sound

As everything drew to a close, Luo Zai Shui was taken back to Xianyun Peak ahead of schedule. As for Wen Lian, with the elders of various sects and families keeping him in check, he couldn't do anything but reluctantly let them leave.

Each family truthfully reported what they had seen and heard to their elders. As for what happened next, that was beyond the control of the younger generation.

This battle was truly spectacular. These teenagers, only seventeen or eighteen years old, joined forces to eliminate the evil spirit, and their reputation spread throughout the cultivation world. More and more disciples joined various sects and families, and the era of one dominant force was over. However, these are all stories for later.

Luo Zai Shui, one of the parties involved, was unaware of all this. She fell into a deep sleep after Lu Da arrived, and it has been seven days since then.

Xie Yu, who had rushed back from the Wen family, barely managed to calm himself: "How is she?"

Lu Da shook his head: "Whether he can wake up or not is entirely up to fate."

Xie Jing slammed his hand on the stone table: "I told you long ago not to let her go, and now look what's happened! Who's going to compensate my disciple?!"

“Uncle-Master…” Shi Ming, his face haggard, knelt down in front of Xie Jing with a thud. “It was my fault for not taking good care of my junior sister. I should have noticed earlier. I even channeled spiritual energy into her. I…”

Lu Da tried to pull Shi Ming up: "Alright, this isn't your fault. Get up first, she'll be fine in the water..."

"Nothing to my ass! She's still lying inside, her life hanging in the balance!" Xie Jing's eyes were bloodshot and red-rimmed. "If I hadn't protected her heart meridian with a wisp of divine consciousness, she would have already..."

Xie Jing flicked his sleeves: "I'll go ask Yang Wei to come; she'll definitely have a solution."

Lu Da sighed softly. Even if Yang Wei came, there was probably nothing they could do now. He could only rely on himself.

Su Wusi and the others who came to visit Luo Zaishui saw Shi Ming kneeling on the ground and knew something was wrong.

"Uncle-Master Lu, Senior Sister..." Jian Muyi was somewhat incredulous.

Lu Da shook his head, indicating that he was powerless to help.

"Senior sister!" Jian Muyi cried out, "Why did you leave like that, senior sister... good people don't get rewarded, waaaaah..."

He made a move to kneel down with Shi Ming, but Shi Ming stood up and grabbed Jian Muyi, who was about to kneel down, and covered his mouth.

"She's not dead yet, don't rush to mourn her."

"Uuuuuuu..."

Jian Muyi, whose mouth was covered, almost couldn't breathe.

"Uncle-Master Lu, how is my senior sister?" Ji Tinghan asked with a hint of expectation in his eyes, hoping that Lu Da could bring good news.

"Your senior uncle has already gone to invite Sect Master Yang of the Huayu Sect. You should be prepared."

A thunderclap reached the ears of the four.

Xue Xin disregarded etiquette and grabbed his sleeve: "Master, you're joking, right? You're the Jade-Faced Yama, how could you not save Senior Sister? Is it because we don't have enough herbs? We'll go to the secret realm and dig them up, we'll dig up as many as you need."

Lu Da patted him on the shoulder: "Xue Xin, you should know that many people in this world cannot defy the will of Heaven."

“The will of Heaven is hard to defy… But Master, didn’t you say that human will can overcome Heaven? Why…”

"Just accept it naturally; this is something you have to go through."

After saying that, Lu Da went to the pharmacy to get the medicine.

Su Wusi clutched the hem of her clothes, her mind racing. Impossible! Senior Sister couldn't possibly be alright. In her previous life, she only secluded herself for a year. How could anything have happened? She'll wake up, she definitely will…

Anxiety and sorrow lingered throughout Xianyun Peak until the arrival of Yang Wei, the sect leader of Huayu Sect.

On the third day of Yang Wei and Lu Da's joint treatment, Luo woke up briefly in the water.

A huge weight was lifted off everyone's shoulders.

"How are you feeling in the water?" Xie Jing looked at Luo Zai Shui's vacant eyes, his heart clenching painfully. "Yang Wei, why isn't she saying anything?"

Yang Wei, the sect leader of the Huayu Sect, is a young and promising woman. Although she is not yet a hundred years old, she is already half a step into the Divine Transformation Realm and uses the Huayu Needle Technique with unparalleled skill.

"It's already a good thing that she woke up. Go, put her in a place with spiritual energy for a period of seclusion and recuperation. She should wake up soon."

"How long has she been in seclusion? And I told you in the letter about her spiritual power..."

Yang Wei raised a mocking smile: "You really care about your precious disciple. I don't know how long she's been in seclusion, but she's solved the problem of spiritual power on her own."

"What?" Xie Jing was somewhat incredulous.

Yang Wei pointed to Luo Zai Shui lying on the bed: "This can be considered a desperate situation. She forcibly broke through the blockage of spiritual energy, which damaged her meridians. But as long as she survives, the flow of spiritual energy will not be a big problem in the short term."

"How long is 'short term'?" Xie Jing pressed for an answer.

Yang Wei scratched her head impatiently: "How can I say? It all depends on her. If it really doesn't work out, I'll take this little girl back to Huayu Sect. I can study her physique."

"No!" Xie Jing refused outright and asked her to leave the house.

"What?" Yang Wei's eyes held a hint of mockery. "Afraid I'll lay a hand on her? Don't worry, I won't lay a hand on an innocent junior."

"Yang Wei, thank you so much this time."

Xie Jing's rare seriousness made Yang Wei feel embarrassed.

"No need to thank me, between us... never mind, just consider it a favor that you, Xie Yu, owe our Huayu Sect. Come and help us repair the sect's protective formation. You haven't repaired it since the last time, you should check it out."

"Okay," Xie Jing readily agreed.

"I'll be going now."

"I'll see you off."

The two walked side by side in silence along the mountain path.

"I didn't realize that the carefree Immortal Venerable Xie Jing cared so much about this disciple that he actually lowered himself to ask me for help."

Yang Wei was the first to break the silence.

“I watched them grow up, so of course I care.”

"You gave birth to him?"

Yang Wei's words were clearly a provocation, but Xie Jing wasn't annoyed.

"I gave birth to him, I raised him, okay?"

"you!"

Yang Wei knew perfectly well that Xie Jing was lying to her, and she was furious: "You're more likely to fool a ghost with that kind of talk. If she really is your biological daughter, then what about her mother?"

Xie Jing blinked: "Dead."

Where is her father?

"Also dead."

"So why did you take her in?" And why did you cut off all contact with me...?

"I took them because they looked pitiful."

"Xie Jing, I have another reason for coming today."

"Wei," Xie Jing interrupted her, "Let bygones be bygones. I'm not the same person I was yesterday, why cling to the past?"

Yang Wei smiled mockingly: "It's not obsession I'm fixated on, it's resentment. I, Yang Wei, have countless suitors, but only you don't even notice me."

"I didn't..." Xie Jing tried to explain, but Yang Wei interrupted him.

"Alright, that's enough for now. Go back and take good care of your seriously ill disciple. I'm heading back now; there are still many matters in the sect that I need to attend to. Until we meet again."

"it is good……"

Luo Zai Shui was placed on a warm spring on the back mountain, which is the place with the most abundant spiritual energy on Xianyun Peak, making it the best place to nourish Luo Zai Shui's meridians.

After settling Luo Zai Shui in, Shi Ming also went into seclusion. Xie Jing watched his departing figure and suddenly felt a sense of absurdity, as if things had changed. People always change.

Summer has gone and autumn has come again, and a cold wind has brought with it fluttering snowflakes.

As Su Wusi gazed at the swirling snowflakes, her thoughts drifted to Luo Zaishui by the warm spring.

"It's snowing! Senior sister is most afraid of the cold. Should we send her some warm clothes?"

Ji Tinghan's gaze fell on the back mountain: "That warm spring has the same temperature all year round, so it shouldn't be needed. Besides, Master has set up a magic array there, so we can't get close at all."

Jian Muyi stretched and yawned: "Senior Brother has been in seclusion for a long time too. I need to practice my sword for a while. Why is it so cold this year?"

Xue Xin, with a packet of herbs tucked into his arms and his fingers red from the cold, walked to the eaves and placed the dry herbs on the ground. He breathed on his hands to warm them and asked, "Why is the snow falling so early this year?"

"Let's go, let's practice our swordsmanship. We won't feel cold if we keep moving."

"I also need to categorize these herbs."

"I'm going to draw a talisman." Ji Tinghan withdrew his gaze and turned to walk into the room.

"That junior sister..."

Su Wusi chuckled awkwardly twice: "I'll go learn how to draw talismans from my fourth senior brother. Good luck practicing, fifth senior brother!"

"Hey, you guys..."

Xie Jing poured a cup of warm tea and handed it to Lu Da: "It's from the spiritual power of water."

"But she showed no signs of waking up."

"This is not the way to go."

Lu Da downed his tea in one gulp: "Shall we go take a look?"

"It's no use, let's wait a bit longer. Tell the disciples to keep warm these next few days."

……

Luo Zai Shui seemed to have woken up, but she didn't know where she was. A flurry of plum blossom petals danced around her, and she instinctively reached out to catch them.

"Child, you're awake?"

“You are…” Luo Zai Shui narrowed his eyes, and after seeing who it was, he suddenly realized, “You are Grandmaster. Disciple Luo Zai Shui pays respects to Grandmaster.”

She hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"No need for all that formality. How about you play a game of chess with this old man?"

"it is good."

Luo Zai Shui had met this patriarch a long time ago. At that time, demons of different sizes appeared, and almost everyone on Xianyun Peak was sent out to eliminate them. She, Shi Ming, and some disciples who were not capable enough stayed on Xianyun Peak.

As fate would have it, a large number of demons attacked Xianyun Peak while the master and his companions were exorcising demons. Although Xie Yu had the sect's protective formation, it couldn't hold out for long.

In the midst of the crisis, it was her grandmaster who summoned her in a dream and taught her formations, which enabled her master and the others to return. The peach blossom she had was a gift from her grandmaster.

I wonder what her master has summoned her for this time.

Luo Zai Shui's mind was not on the game of chess. In no time, her white pieces were completely wiped out.

"This disciple's skills are not proficient."

The old man chuckled and put away the flag: "Let's play again."

It seems that he called her over simply to find someone to play chess with.

As expected, Luo Zai Shui lost the game again.

"Again, again."

Luo Zai Shui was unusually serious, but looking at the unfinished game on the table and the few white pieces he had left, he was at a loss for what to do.

The old man chuckled as he tossed the black stone in his hand into the basket.

"Hey, what do you see in this game of chess, Water?"

Luo Zai Shui knew that the Grandmaster's educational class was about to begin: "This disciple is dull-witted and hopes that the Grandmaster will enlighten me."

"Little girl, look at this chessboard. Doesn't it resemble the various factions that exist today?"

Luo Zai Shui's gaze returned to the chessboard. A map slowly unfolded on the board, with a banner embroidered with the character "Wen" on a black piece. Smoke billowed, and cries echoed everywhere.

Luo Zai Shui came to her senses and realized it was an illusion created by the patriarch.

"May I ask, Grandmaster, what is the solution to this situation?"

The old man stroked his beard, raised his right index finger, and a white chess piece flew out of the water chess basket.

"Isn't there still a white piece? How can you concede? If you place this piece here, the game will come back to life!"

The white piece that fell into the game instantly came to life. In a crisscrossing pattern, it joined forces with other white pieces, and the black piece had no chance to fight back.

Luo Zai Shui instantly understood that her ancestor wanted her to unite with the disciples of other sects and families to overthrow the Wen family's tyranny.

"Little girl, I'd like you to be this flag bearer. What do you think?"

Luo Zai Shui pondered for a moment, then spoke the truth: "Grandmaster, what my senior sister couldn't do, can I do? Besides..."

She chuckled self-deprecatingly, "With my health, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out until then."

"Didn't you want revenge?"

Luo Zai Shui gave a helpless twitch of his lips: "Of course I want to, but this cannot involve the safety of Xianyun Peak. Ancestor, I dare not gamble. I'm afraid that if I lose, Xianyun Peak will also suffer the fate of being wiped out."

"You're not as brave as your senior sister."

"In terms of water, I can't compare to my senior sister."

The old man snorted coldly: "When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. Even if you do nothing, the Wen family will find a way to get rid of you."

Luo Zai Shui slowly picked up the chess pieces: "Grandmaster, we need an opportunity to unite. Which side do you think will be the one to seize this opportunity?"

Aren't they all the same?

Luo Zai Shui gently shook his head: "Now we lack an opportunity to break the deadlock, but Xianyun Peak cannot be that opportunity. Grandmaster, I wish everyone on Xianyun Peak peace and prosperity."

"So what do you want to do?"

Luo Zai Shui held a chess piece in his hand and said with a troubled expression, "I don't know, but I know that when soldiers come, we will block them; when water comes, we will dam it."

"Alright, alright, you can go back now. Remember what I said."

"I will follow the teachings of my master."

Luo respectfully bowed to Shui, and the surroundings began to become shrouded in mist, with white smoke engulfing her.

She suddenly opened her eyes. Steam was rising from the warm spring, and a plum tree beside the spring was in full bloom.