Senior Sister Bai Yueguang is incredibly strong.

Chapter 15: Eliminating Evil (9)

"Senior Brother..." Luo Zai Shui's face was pale, and his voice trembled slightly, "I want to sleep for a while..."

Shi Ming's hands trembled as he took her pulse: "Don't sleep yet, junior sister... junior sister!"

The fact that Luo Zai Shui had fainted alerted everyone.

"How could she be so weak? She even fainted."

"It was her. Her formation speed was so slow, otherwise we wouldn't have lost so many people."

"I heard she's Xie Jing's apprentice. Is that all the strength she has? I think Xianyun Peak will eventually be removed from the five major sects."

"I've heard of her. I heard she used to be quite formidable, able to rival Chu Yeli. But now, she seems to be nothing special."

"Shut up. If you're so capable, then come and set up this formation. Listen carefully, this formation is called the Northern Darkness Profound Fiend Formation. I think only Junior Sister Luo and I are capable of setting up this formation. If there are any other capable people, feel free to come out and let's have a contest."

Hearing the threat in Chu Yeli's tone, everyone scattered. No one dared to offend the chief of a major sect, nor did anyone dare to provoke the Chu family. This cultivation world had already begun to become corrupt.

Chu Yeli felt very uncomfortable listening to those people belittling Luo Zai Shui. He had regarded her as a rival for more than ten years, and now he found that she was gradually falling behind him due to some uncontrollable factors.

The path of cultivation is too lonely; so lonely that when you reach the end, you will find yourself all alone.

Chu Yeli looked at the unconscious Luo Zai Shui and a sense of bewilderment flashed through his heart. He had proven that he was stronger than her, and then what? They were both geniuses in the arts of array formation and talisman, yet fate was so unfair to them.

I imagine she'll lose to me at the sect tournament, or perhaps she simply won't have the strength to participate.

Chu Yeli sighed softly. In the end, he felt a mixture of sympathy and regret for this opponent.

"Senior Sister!"

In Chu Yeli's eyes, the relationship between the disciples of Xianyun Peak seemed to have always been very good, unlike those junior brothers and sisters who were always eyeing his position as chief disciple. He didn't need this position, but the Chu family no longer needed another future family head, so he had to make some achievements to stand in front of his father.

Noble families are far inferior to sects. They are rigid and pedantic, clinging to the legacy built by their ancestors thousands of years ago, which is gradually eroded and weathered away, eventually turning to ashes.

Chu Yeli harbored a bold idea: if he destroyed all these powerful families, would he truly be free?

Well, it's already good enough that he can stay in Linghai Sect. If the aristocratic families are really destroyed, where will he go then?

Home is always like this: suffocating, making you want to escape, yet you can't help but feel attached and crave even a little warmth.

Chu Yeli closed his eyes and steadied himself: "How is she? Why don't we take her back first and let Senior Sister Nie take a look at her? I'll take care of the follow-up work."

Shi Ming didn't hesitate: "Thank you for your trouble. Mu Yi, you guys stay and help out."

"it is good."

He leaped onto the flying sword. Luo Zai Shui in his arms didn't seem to be asleep. As Shi Ming got up, she opened her eyes blankly.

Sunlight pierced through the dark clouds and fell on the lake, gilding the shimmering water with a golden hue. Luo was so captivated by the sight that she forgot herself for a moment.

"Senior brother..."

"Hmm? You're awake?" Luo Zai Shui's gaze was fixed on the distance, her eyes somewhat unfocused, as if she hadn't fully woken up yet.

"Senior Brother..."

"I'm here."

It seemed that he was just trying to confirm if the other person was nearby; after responding, the person fell silent again.

Luo Zai Shui's eyelids drooped, and another wave of drowsiness swept over her.

"Go to sleep if you're tired. I'll take you back to town, and I'll have Senior Sister Nie take a look at you in a bit."

Luo Zai Shui gently shook her head in his arms, as if a docile snow fox was tickling his heart.

"I don't want to sleep, you're not in my dreams, I can't see you in my dreams every time."

Perhaps she was too sleepy, because my junior sister started talking nonsense.

Shi Ming, afraid his wildly beating heart would disturb the person in his arms, asked, "Without me, what's in the dream?"

Luo Zai Shui pondered for a long time, until Shi Ming thought she wouldn't answer, before slowly speaking: "Snow, snow falling all over the sky, it's so cold."

Shi Ming's heart clenched, and his throat trembled slightly: "It's alright, your senior brother is always here. He'll come to see you when you wake up."

"it is good."

Luo Zai Shui seemed to be smiling. Shi Ming didn't dare to look down at him, afraid that if he looked down, the tears in his eyes would fall onto her face.

If that were the case, his junior sister might gently wipe away the tears on his face, and then ask him with a smile, "Senior brother, why are you crying? I saw the dignified chief of Xianyun Peak crying. I must tell the sect leader when I get back. Don't move, I'll record it with the recording stone and show it to the sect leader when I get back. Come on, senior brother, three, two, one, smile. Look, how handsome you are when you smile."

Unbeknownst to Shi Ming, Luo Zai Shui's eyes were also red at this moment, whether from the wind or from thinking about something else, it was hard to tell.

"Senior Sister Nie!"

Nie Xushuang put down the pestle in her hand: "What happened? What's wrong with her? You didn't send out a distress signal. Quickly bring her inside, I'll take her pulse."

Shi Ming gently placed Luo Zai Shui on the bed before answering Nie Xu Shuang's series of questions: "The water demon has been basically resolved. She must have fainted after exhausting her spiritual power after setting up the formation. Could you take a look at her first? I might need to send a message to Uncle Lu."

"Don't rush, let me take your pulse first."

Nie Xushuang placed her hand on Luo Zaishui's wrist, closed her eyes, and her consciousness gradually spread throughout her body along with the flow of Luo Zaishui's spiritual power.

"Why is her spiritual energy flowing so slowly? Several meridians were blocked and were forcibly opened. It's amazing that she didn't vomit blood. Also, her heart meridian, although protected by spiritual energy, is still affected. You go out first, I'll administer acupuncture."

Nie Xushuang frowned. Shi Ming knew the seriousness of the problem and left the room without delay.

"Have your Senior Uncle Lu come over. We don't have enough pills left to help her get through this."

Shi Ming replied in a hoarse voice, "Okay."

"Senior Brother!" Upon hearing the news, Xue Xin rushed over. "How is Senior Sister?"

Knowing he couldn't hide it from them, Shi Ming could only tell the truth: "The situation is not good. I need Uncle-Master Lu to come over and bring some of the pills that my junior sister usually uses."

His hands trembled as he held the communication talisman: "Uncle-Master Lu, my junior sister is critically ill. Her meridians are damaged in many places. Please prepare some medicine to treat her."

He had experienced this scene far too many times: he was outside, his junior sister was inside, and a fragile door separated them by life and death. He longed for the door to open, bringing the good news of his junior sister's recovery, yet he was also afraid that the door would open and reveal a cold, lifeless corpse inside.

He thought that after experiencing this many times, he would get used to it, but the human heart never becomes numb; it only hurts more and more until it hurts so much that he can't breathe.

"Senior brother, senior sister will be alright..."

Xue Xin's voice pulled him back to reality. He closed his eyes in anguish, concealing the grief in them: "The floating corpses in the lake haven't been dealt with yet. I'm going to help. You stay here and keep watch until Uncle Lu arrives. If your senior sister wakes up, immediately send me a message, understand?"

After saying that, he picked up his sword and left.

"Senior Brother..."

Shi Ming had to do something; he needed to find something to do, otherwise the grief in his heart would drown him.

"Senior Brother, you're back. How is Senior Sister?" Jian Muyi felt a little lighter when he saw his senior brother return, thinking that his senior sister was alright.

When Su Wusi saw Shi Ming's expression, her face suddenly turned pale. She had forgotten that back then, her senior sister had rushed to Luoxia Town to bring her back, and after that, her senior sister had been in seclusion for nearly a year.

Shi Ming remained silent, each sword strike wielding a floating corpse, causing Ji Tinghan's hand, which was setting up the formation, to tremble.

Senior sister...

"There's a lot of filth down there!" Shen Xian jumped out of the water and gagged for a long time.

Jiang Qian, who was following behind, had a face so dark it looked like ink could drip from it.

What happened underwater?

Chu Yeli was half-forced to take on the role of team leader, since judging from Shi Ming's current expression, he wouldn't say a word.

“Black… silk…” Shen Xian gestured for a long time but couldn’t explain it.

Chu Yeli frowned: "Could it be a strand of hair from a floating corpse?"

"No...no...those things are sticky...ugh..." Shen Xian wanted to explain, but he really couldn't say what those things were.

"I've fished some out, take a look." Jiang Qian revealed his natal sword, on which hung some filamentous, viscous, unidentified black objects. Upon closer inspection, the objects appeared to be alive and could move.

"It's resentment that has been refined into substance..." Ye Ling's words stunned everyone.

“Refining resentment…that’s the work of evil cultivators. This Luoxia Town is just an ordinary small town, how could it have attracted such a calamity?”

Chu Yeli couldn't believe it. Refining resentment energy was usually the work of evil cultivators. Looking at the cultivation world today, evil cultivators had been almost completely wiped out, and the demon race had been kept outside the borders. Nowadays, the most common thing was friction between sects and families. How could someone refine resentment energy under the noses of the major sects and families?

Unless this person is completely unafraid of sects and powerful families...

An answer was about to emerge in Chu Yeli's mind, but he found it hard to accept. Although the Wen family was arrogant and domineering, they were still a prestigious and righteous family. How could they be enemies with the entire cultivation world?

"How should we clean up these things?" Ye Xiao looked at his older brother.

“There’s no other way. We have to set up an array to kill them first, and then perform a ritual to send them to the afterlife.” Ye Ling frowned. “But, is there anyone here who knows how to use this array?”

Chu Yeli didn't even know what that thing was, so naturally he didn't know how to set up an array to deal with it. He looked at Ji Tinghan, another talisman cultivator present, and asked him with his eyes if he knew.

Ji Tinghan tried hard to recall the lessons taught by his master and senior sister: "My senior sister knows it. I watched her set up an array once. I can give it a try."

"How could she know this formation?" Chu Yeli asked, somewhat incredulous.

Ji Tinghan silently took out a talisman: "She used this formation to save me back then, I remember it."

Perhaps that memory was too painful, because when he saw that black thing, he subconsciously avoided it. But how could he forget it? It was the thing he hated most in his life.