Qian Ying asked Qin Si to wait for a moment.
However, after waiting for a long time, the female cultivator still did not wake up.
“This female cultivator looks a lot like junior sister. What’s her relationship with junior sister? Could she be her sister?” Qian Ying asked curiously.
Qin Si frowned slightly. “I don’t know.”
He had also seen people similar to Bai Shengyi, but those people had ill intentions. If this female cultivator had not been protected by the Qing Meng Vine where she was, he wouldn’t have saved her.
As they spoke, the two walked out of the True Eye Talisman. Before leaving, they found the Qing Meng Vine dancing with its vines in the corner and took it with them.
At this moment, outside the True Eye Talisman, Bai Shengyi was about to leave when someone stopped her.
“Who are you? How dare you trespass into the core of Talisman Peak! What are your intentions!”
Wei Ying had been holding in a lot of anger lately.
He had entered Talisman Peak before Zhu Wu, but he had been accepted as a disciple by Venerable Tong along with Zhu Wu. This alone made him feel uncomfortable. Moreover, Venerable Tong always praised Zhu Wu, making him feel even more disgraced.
He knew that Zhu Wu was good friends with the proud sons of heaven from Qian Xiao Peak and Ying Wu Peak. Although those people were not in the academy now, he dared not do anything to Zhu Wu.
So he could only admonish himself to work harder and strive to capture Venerable Tong’s attention!
That was why, even though the Peak Master had declared a holiday today, he still ran up the mountaintop to make contact.
It was fortunate that he had come, as he had actually caught a female cultivator trespassing on Talisman Peak!
Wei Ying unconsciously vented his recent frustrations onto the other person, scolding her with dissatisfaction, “Are you a student of the academy or from outside? Don’t you know that the summit of Talisman Peak cannot be trespassed upon? You—”
Before he could finish speaking, he saw the female cultivator’s gaze turn coldly towards him.
It was chilling, and the light and shadow flickered.
He couldn’t see clearly, but it made his breathing falter.
“You…”
Then, he saw the female cultivator disappear directly, and in the next moment, she reappeared behind him.
It turned out she hadn’t been looking at him at all, but at the space behind him!
Bai Shengyi sensed a familiar aura.
“A’si!” she extended her left hand.
A ripple appeared within the Nine True Talisman, and a hand reached out.
Immediately after, a person walked out and pulled her into his embrace.
“A’yi!”
Qin Si closed his eyes, suppressing the surging emotions of loss and recovery. When he opened them again, his phoenix eyes held only gentleness.
However, his hand was tightly gripping Bai Shengyi, as if afraid she might slip away again at any moment.
“You’ve recovered your memory?”
Bai Shengyi couldn’t help but smile. The coldness on her body dissipated, making her already radiant face even more captivating.
Wei Ying couldn’t help but cast an astonished gaze, but as soon as he looked, he felt as if he were being pricked by thorns. Then, his eyes flashed with white light, and he could see nothing!
Panicked, he was about to scream, but in the blink of an eye, he found that he could see again.
He swallowed the scream with difficulty, a cold sweat breaking out on his back.
His heart was still pounding when he caught sight of a figure rushing towards him out of the corner of his eye. His eyes widened, and he exclaimed, “Venerable Qian Ying!”
“Senior Sister Qian Ying!”
Bai Shengyi and Wei Ying spoke at the same time.
She looked up from Qin Si’s embrace and met Qian Ying’s teasing gaze.
Bai Shengyi, uncharacteristically, felt a blush creep onto her face. “Senior Sister, why are you here too?”
“Some people only have eyes for their senior brother when they come out, so they don’t notice me. How can I compare to how important a man is,” Qian Ying huffed.
She wasn’t truly angry with Bai Shengyi, but having found this opportunity, she wanted to playfully tease her.
Bai Shengyi smiled and walked over to hug Qian Ying. “Not at all, Senior Sister is also very important. You’ve become even more beautiful since we last met. Today, your outfit is exceptionally dazzling.”
Qian Ying felt pleased by the compliment.
Before, when her junior sister and Chui Ming were not around, none of the old fogeys on the main peak had appreciated her new clothes.
“Junior Sister, your contracted spiritual plant, and this person, take a look, do you recognize them?” Qian Ying waved her hand, and the Qing Meng Vine and the female cultivator appeared in mid-air.
The Qing Meng Vine hurriedly pounced towards Bai Shengyi and rubbed its vines against her arm, looking wronged.
Wuwuwu, if it knew this was its master’s senior sister, it would have fought back! This demonic cultivator was too terrifying, actually eating vines and leaves!
The Qing Meng Vine drooped its leaves, trembling.
Bai Shengyi, however, did not notice its distress. Instead, she carefully took the female cultivator, Yue Shuxin, into her arms.
“I recognize her.” Bai Shengyi placed her fingers on Yue Shuxin’s pulse. “This is my mother. Thank you, Senior Sister.”
“Ah?” Qian Ying was extremely surprised.
She did not intend to pry into others’ private affairs, so she had never asked Bai Shengyi about her family. However, because of Bai Murong and Bai Sicheng, she had heard whispers and knew that Bai Shengyi’s relationship with the Bai family was not good.
But seeing Bai Shengyi treat Yue Shuxin so carefully, she closed her mouth.
In fact, she had also checked Yue Shuxin’s pulse earlier and found no issues, only some malnutrition. She just didn’t know why she hadn’t woken up.
Qin Si was also very surprised.
He knew that Bai Shengyi and Bai Qingjiang were both looking for Yue Shuxin, but he hadn’t expected to find her so unexpectedly.
Moreover, Yue Shuxin was so young.
Not in appearance, but in her bone age.
In the cultivation world, it was not uncommon for cultivators to retain their youthful appearance. As long as they entered the Foundation Establishment stage in their youth, they could maintain their appearance. Yue Shuxin’s youth was in her bone age.
Yue Shuxin was only around thirty years old.
This did not even match Bai Shengyi’s age.
It was precisely because of this that Qin Si had not initially linked Yue Shuxin to Bai Shengyi’s mother.
“A’si, could I trouble you with something?” Bai Shengyi retracted her hand, her expression heavy.
Qin Si hooked his lips. “Do I need to say ‘trouble’ to you?”
“I misspoke,” Bai Shengyi smiled, her heart feeling a little lighter.
“When you were not here before, I met my father inside. He found traces of my mother inside and has been waiting for her. I’m afraid he will wait there forever. Could you help me bring him out?”
“Alright.”
Qin Si did not delay, tearing space and leaving directly.
Bai Shengyi then turned to Qian Ying. “Senior Sister, I’ll have to trouble you to help me send my mother back to Qian Xiao Peak.”
“No problem,” Qian Ying said heartily. “Junior Sister, if you need any help, just say the word.”
As she spoke, she noticed the young cultivator still standing there dumbfounded and frowned. “Which elder’s disciple are you?”
“Ah? Ah!” Wei Ying hurriedly bowed. “Reporting to Venerable Qian Ying, this junior is Wei Ying, the fifth disciple under Venerable Tong. This junior was rude, I shall leave immediately.”
Wei Ying hurried down the mountaintop. He didn’t dare to respond to acquaintances who greeted him halfway. It wasn’t until he returned to his residence that he let out a long sigh of relief.
It was actually Fairy Shengyi! He had dared to scold Fairy Shengyi!
Whenever Wei Ying thought of what he had done earlier, he felt extremely fortunate that Fairy Shengyi had not pursued the matter. However, who was that male cultivator beside Fairy Shengyi? He looked somewhat familiar.
Never mind, he shouldn’t think about it.
If he wanted to live long, he had to curb his curiosity.
As Wei Ying was convincing himself of this, a knocking sound came from outside.
“Who is it?”
“Senior Brother Wei Ying, it’s me.” A man in black stood outside the door, smiling. “Senior Brother, I saw you coming down from the peak in a hurry. Did something happen?”
Wei Ying opened the door and saw Zhu Wu. He felt a sense of complexity.
Thinking of Zhu Wu’s relationship with Fairy Shengyi, he decided not to hide anything.
“It’s nothing, I just met Uncle-Master Bai…”
…
Bai Shengyi returned to her residence in Qian Xiao Peak with Yue Shuxin. She also remembered to send a message to Elder Yun, the leading elder of the Divine Enlightenment Grand Assembly, informing him that she and Qin Si would be temporarily unable to return to the Outer Continent and to contact her if anything happened.
However, the communication talisman could not connect between the Divine Enlightenment Continent and the Outer Continent. It would take several days for this message to reach Nügui City.
But Bai Shengyi couldn’t worry about that now.
Yue Shuxin’s health was more important.
She lowered her gaze, declined Qian Ying’s offer of help, and, taking Yue Shuxin with her, plunged into her alchemy room.