noffsinger Chapter 154 The Cold and Aloof Immortal's Darkened Daoist Partner 3
Chapter 154 The Cold and Aloof Immortal's Darkened Daoist Partner 3
[System, the original owner was in a dormant state and couldn't perceive the outside world. Do I have to be like her?]
The system gave a perfectly valid reason: "I'm just worried you might make a mistake. What if you accidentally get wiped out by the Heavenly Dao? Better safe than sorry. We need to stay as close to the original owner's character as possible."
Yun Qing: Fine, you're right.
[So I'm currently in a soul state, and my soul looks different from the original owner's, right?]
Don't worry, they look the same now.
Yun Qing didn't ask any more questions. After all, a system naturally needs to have some special abilities.
She sighed for a while, then solemnly said, "System, I really need to go into a deep sleep."
The system was startled. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Yun Qing said indignantly, "I'm hungry! I'm hungry! I'm so hungry!"
After calling her name, she said pitifully, "I won't be hungry if I fall asleep."
System: ...That's just your imagination! You're just craving something, not hungry!
I'm going to sleep now. Wake me up in two hundred years.
Okay, go to sleep.
Not long after Yun Qing fell asleep, Zong Yunze appeared.
The system got excited for a moment, but failed to wake Yun Qing.
Anyway, she has no awareness of the outside world when she's awake, so let her sleep. Otherwise, her ears will suffer.
*
Chu Yunqing's soul was placed in Zong Yunze's secluded cultivation area, which was protected by a barrier personally set up by Zong Yunze. No one but him could approach it, making it a forbidden area of the sect.
Although Chu Yunqing's soul is no longer in a state where it could dissipate at any moment, it is still incomplete. The transparent soul lies quietly on the spirit jade bed that has the function of stabilizing the soul, sleeping day after day.
Zong Yunze stepped into the inner room where the spirit jade bed was placed, and finally stopped by the bed, standing quietly and looking down at the unconscious remnant soul on the bed.
My previously calm state of mind was suddenly stirred by a slight ripple, like a pebble falling into a still lake. There were no turbulent waves, but the ripples that were not to be ignored.
He frowned, carefully examining the remnant soul before him, trying to find the reason for the fluctuation in his state of mind.
However, after looking for a long time, I still didn't get anything out of it.
He had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being, and took out the soul-nourishing artifact to help Chu Yunqing nurture her soul.
Zong Yunze had been in seclusion for less than two months, and the soul-nourishing spiritual items he brought back were all used up. However, Chu Yunqing's soul was still incomplete.
The wounds of the soul are inherently more difficult to heal than physical injuries, especially since Chu Yunqing's soul was reduced to a wisp and had been corrupted by demonic energy, making recovery extremely slow.
While ordinary soul-nourishing items can play a role, their effects are minimal.
After finishing what he needed to do, Zong Yunze did not rush to leave. Instead, he stood by the Lingyu bed and quietly looked at the remnant soul lying on it.
The system couldn't figure out what he was thinking either. From beginning to end, his expression didn't change, and he didn't say a word.
After a long time, he finally made a move.
He took off the jade pendant hanging from his waist and sucked Yun Qing's soul into it with a "whoosh".
After exiting the seclusion, he sent a telepathic message to Qi Yu and his two disciples before leaving the sect again.
When Wen Li received the telepathic message, she was stunned for a moment, "Master is gone just like that, what about Junior Sister...?"
He stopped halfway through his sentence.
At this moment, he finally realized that Lin Yao'er was different from them.
Lin Yao'er had previously said that she was a newly accepted disciple of their master, and he assumed that she was a direct disciple of their master, just like him and his senior brother, so he felt a natural affinity for Lin Yao'er.
Even though he had discovered that Lin Yao'er was a bit slow-witted these days, he didn't look down on her. After all, she was his junior sister, and it was only right for a senior brother to take care of her.
Who knew Lin Yao'er was only a nominal disciple?!
No wonder he thought his junior sister was dull-witted; her aptitude and talent simply didn't meet the master's standards for accepting disciples!
Wen Li did not look down on the disciples who were registered under his name, but rather treated them differently based on their relationship with him.
To give an analogy, he and his senior brother, as direct disciples, were like their master's own children. They were like brothers, so their relationship was naturally very close.
The disciples who are registered under the master's name are not even considered adopted children; they are merely children whom the master has kindly sponsored.
If it were his own junior sister, he would naturally not mind taking extra care of her.
However, if he had known from the beginning that Lin Yao'er was only a nominal disciple, he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble for her. After all, he was also busy with his cultivation, and they weren't familiar with each other.
Seeing Wen Li's surprised expression, Xiao He couldn't help but rub his forehead. It turned out that Wen Li hadn't understood his previous hints at all.
Did he act like he understood at the time?
I've never seen him act this stupid before!
In fact, Wen Li was just prejudiced from the start. When Lin Yao'er first said that she was a new disciple of the master, he mistakenly thought she was a direct disciple. Later, Lin Yao'er even told him that the master personally selected her.
How could someone worthy of being personally selected by the master be a mere nominal disciple?
Xiao He's hints were not very clear, and he mistakenly thought that his senior brother was just worried that taking care of his junior sister would delay his own cultivation.
Wen Li was ashamed of her own stupidity.
So he turned around and angrily went into seclusion.
Xiao He appears to be gentle, but his attitude towards Lin Yao'er is not much different from his attitude towards the menial disciples on Luoxue Peak—gentle but not affectionate.
Even though Xiao He didn't skimp on any of the resources that a disciple should have, Lin Yao'er still felt that he was difficult to get along with.
Therefore, after Wen Li went into seclusion, she felt a sense of loneliness and helplessness. In addition, the cold and desolate nature of Luoxue Peak made her feel even more desolate.
However, she quickly cheered herself up and encouraged herself. She would work hard to cultivate and make her master look at her with new eyes when she saw him again!
*
"Tick...tick..."
Yun Qing was awakened by the sound of dripping water. She was a little dazed when she woke up, and it took her a while to come to her senses. She exclaimed in surprise, "System, I can hear the sounds of the outside world again! Have I been asleep for two hundred years?"
No, you only slept for six months.
Yun Qing was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "How could I hear a sound after only half a year? Wasn't it said that Chu Yun Qing wouldn't wake up for another two hundred years?"
She quickly realized something was wrong. "Why can't I wake up?"
She discovered that apart from being able to hear external sounds, she was no different from her state before falling asleep; in other words, she had only regained her hearing.
Don't worry, you should wake up soon.
As soon as the system finished speaking, Yun Qing heard a beast's roar, which made her want to cover her ears, but she couldn't move.
Soon, in addition to the roars of beasts, there were also sounds of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting open.
Yun Qing was completely bewildered. [System, is the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect under siege?]
The system had no choice but to deliver the unfortunate news: "You are no longer with the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect; you are in the Immortal's Tomb."
Yun Qing asked in shock: "[Is that the perilous place that supposedly buries true immortals? The one where anyone who enters after ascending to immortality will die?]"
[How did I get here? Are you trying to kill me here so the male and female leads can make way?]
Otherwise, it's hard to explain why she would suddenly appear here!
system:……
[Zong Yunze brought you here!]
Oh, he brought me here to die?
The system twitched its lips, speechless, and said: [Don't worry, you won't die. Zong Yunze has protected you very well.]