Chapter 19: Xiao Yao Wants to Cultivate Diligently!
It had failed.
All of this was doomed to fail from the very beginning.
Whether it was the Cloud Wanderer or the seemingly endless, calm waters around Mount Ziyang, it was all an illusion.
Beyond the true Mount Ziyang lay a hellish landscape.
Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would likely find it difficult to cross such a terrifying poisonous swamp alone, let alone ordinary people.
Su Yiyao, who hadn’t reached the Innate Realm, was no different from an ordinary person in a sense.
“Months of planning, ultimately ending in failure…”
Luo Xue took a deep breath and turned to look at Su Yiyao.
“You go back first, Xiao Yao.”
“We’re… not leaving?”
Su Yiyao tilted her head, asking with confusion.
“The time is not right.”
Luo Xue smiled gently and rubbed her hair.
The battle on Daoist Ziyang’s side had probably ended. Whether Zhang San and Li Si’s attack had succeeded or Daoist Ziyang had managed to kill them, they wouldn’t let Luo Xue go.
Because Luo Xue already knew the truth.
Keeping her alive would be a disaster.
Therefore, Luo Xue didn’t want to implicate Su Yiyao.
Without Luo Xue’s involvement, at least until she reached the Innate Realm, Su Yiyao would likely be safe.
“Let’s live for as long as we can.”
Thinking of this, Luo Xue pushed Su Yiyao away and sat alone on the raft.
“But, Ah Chou, you…”
Su Yiyao hesitated, vaguely feeling that Ah Chou was planning something.
Perhaps… she wouldn’t see Ah Chou again.
When this thought crossed her mind, Su Yiyao felt an inexplicable unease.
“Be obedient and go back.” Luo Xue had calmed down. She looked directly into Su Yiyao’s beautiful eyes and said seriously, “You promised, Xiao Yao, you would be obedient.”
“But…”
“Be obedient.”
Luo Xue repeated softly.
“Mmm…”
Su Yiyao reluctantly nodded, moving her feet towards the courtyard.
She looked back at her beloved Ah Chou with reluctance, only to see Ah Chou looking up at the sky, lost in thought.
…
In the quiet night, Su Yiyao walked back to the courtyard, feeling lost.
Looking up, she saw the other two little girls looking at her coldly.
“Oh, weren’t you running away with that ugly freak? How dare you come back?”
Huang Xinya was the first to speak, her face full of mockery.
“That ugly freak can’t even cultivate, she’s a complete waste. She angered Master, why would you follow her?”
Yu Yiling said hypocritically, but the ridicule in her eyes couldn’t be hidden.
Su Yiyao just glanced at them and walked past, returning to her room step by step.
“That girl… how dare she ignore us…”
Huang Xinya’s face flushed red with anger as she glared at Su Yiyao’s room.
Yu Yiling glanced at her and sneered,
“Let her be proud for a few days. From now on, she’ll be forever separated from the immortal path—with her aptitude, it will be difficult for her to even reach the Innate Realm.”
“Whose aptitude?”
Just then, a familiar yet somewhat strange voice rang out, startling Yu Yiling and Huang Xinya.
Turning around, they saw the thin figure they had been longing to see standing not far away, his snake-like pupils filling their vision.
“It’s… it’s Master! Master is back!” Huang Xinya and Yu Yiling hurriedly bowed respectfully. “Greetings, Master!”
Daoist Ziyang was silent for a moment, his snake-like pupils and oppressive aura instantly dissipating, his tone returning to its usual gentleness.
“Rise.”
“Yes, Master.”
The two girls stood up and saw that Daoist Ziyang’s face was pale, and a strong smell of blood lingered around him.
“Master, what’s wrong?”
Yu Yiling asked nervously.
Daoist Ziyang looked deeply at her, making her heart pound, before slowly speaking,
“I’ve been slightly injured.”
“It’s that ugly freak!” Huang Xinya suddenly exclaimed. “Master, could it be that ugly freak who injured you?”
“Hm?”
Daoist Ziyang was taken aback. How did this little girl come to that conclusion?
How could a dignified Foundation Establishment cultivator be injured by a mortal?
“We saw her sneaking back just now, then she packed her things and ran away. Look, in that direction.”
Yu Yiling hurriedly spoke first, even pointing the direction for Daoist Ziyang.
Huang Xinya, who hadn’t managed to speak, glared at Yu Yiling, as if saying, “How dare you steal my words.”
“…That way?”
Daoist Ziyang looked in the direction Yu Yiling pointed, his eyes narrowing.
“Did she say anything?”
Daoist Ziyang asked softly.
“She said… she seemed to say that you were going to kill her?” Huang Xinya finally managed to speak. “Yes, that’s right!”
“Nothing else?”
“No.”
The two girls shook their heads.
The weight in Daoist Ziyang’s heart lifted, and he looked at Yu Yiling and Huang Xinya approvingly.
He had thought that after Luo Xue escaped, she would definitely tell everyone everything, and then this batch of seeds would be ruined.
But unexpectedly, she hadn’t said anything…
“That little mouse is quite sensible, just wanting to escape from here… Heh, wishful thinking.” Daoist Ziyang smiled inwardly. “I suppose she has already seen the true scene outside Mount Ziyang?”
“You two go and rest. I’ll bring her back and punish her.” Daoist Ziyang looked gently at the two little girls, their faces beaming with the desire for praise. “Afterward, I will help you reach the Innate Realm as soon as possible.”
“Thank you, Master!”
Hearing this, Huang Xinya and Yu Yiling immediately beamed, bowing repeatedly before happily returning to their rooms to sleep.
Daoist Ziyang stood there for a while, then, as if realizing something, he smiled again.
“Interesting.”
He turned and left, not using any immortal techniques, but walking step by step in the direction Luo Xue had gone.
Su Yiyao, watching all of this from the window of her room, dejectedly walked back to her bed.
Her heart was in turmoil, feeling that something bad was about to happen to Ah Chou.
But Su Yiyao didn’t know what to do, what she could do to help Ah Chou.
She wasn’t stupid, nor was she someone who only followed Luo Xue around.
The fear she had felt when she woke up in the carriage and witnessed the truth, the long loneliness, hadn’t broken her spirit.
But if she acted rashly now, she might harm Ah Chou and implicate herself as well.
“No… I must save Ah Chou…”
Su Yiyao sat on the bed, slowly closing her eyes, recalling everything Luo Xue had told her over and over again.
Innate Realm… Xuanyin Gu Seed… Puppets… Natal Magical Treasure…
“I want to cultivate!”
Su Yiyao suddenly opened her eyes, her expression resolute.
Actually, Su Yiyao didn’t quite understand everything Luo Xue had said.
She didn’t understand, even after careful consideration, her mind was still a mess.
So Su Yiyao’s thought process was simple: to save Ah Chou, she had to defeat Daoist Ziyang.
If the Innate Realm wasn’t enough, then Spirit Condensation, Foundation Establishment…
Su Yiyao clenched her fists.
In any case, Xiao Yao had to cultivate diligently!
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