After breaking off the engagement with Long Aotian

After hearing this, Elder Jin felt dizzy and wanted to slap her: "There are so many male and female cultivators who admire Master Qiu Shuang! You better save your breath!"

Is it her turn, a brat who is still wet behind the ears?
Shao Yin tilted her head to look at him, and suddenly pointed at his face: "Brother, your mask is crooked."

Elder Jin panicked and hurriedly touched his face. As expected, the mask was slightly crooked, so he quickly straightened it.

Being interrupted by her, I lost all my mood: "Believe it or not."

No matter how many times you advise her, if she insists on hitting her head against the wall, then just let her do as she pleases!
After saying this, he closed his eyes and meditated, not uttering another word.

Having just escaped death, he needs to calm down.

Shao Yin wasn't feeling well either.

"My cultivation is still too low." She thought to herself.

If she was a Jindan cultivator, even if she couldn't defeat the giant spider, she would be able to run away.

Thinking of this, she closed her eyes, sensed the heaven and earth, and communicated with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The spiritual energy around her body surged, becoming more and more, faster and faster, gradually turning into a spiritual cocoon that wrapped her up.

Elder Jin, who was meditating nearby, suddenly realized something was wrong. The good spiritual energy just passed by him and refused to be used by him.

He opened his eyes in surprise, and when his gaze fell on the person beside him, he was suddenly speechless.

"Little brat!" he cursed inwardly.

Can't he wait a little longer to break through? Can't he calm down his inner energy first?

Under the mask, the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. He took out a few spiritual stones, held them in his hands, and called on the spiritual energy.

Spiritual stones are useful, but they are a waste of money. However, although he is poor, he has saved some spiritual stones as a guest of the Liu family over the years.

He spread out his spiritual awareness, covering the surroundings, while his gaze fell into the distance, slightly absent-minded.

He thought again of the sword of Master Qiu Shuang and the sword she swung many years ago, and the two sword lights overlapped.

He didn't tell the little girl that he was greatly influenced by Master Qiu Shuang.

He envied her talent and even imitated her sword intent in private. When he first entered the Forbidden Sun Forest, a lizard demon ran out from the heart of the forest. He cut off the lizard's head with one sword, imitating her sword intent.

But, it's too far away.

The sky had become dark at some point, with only a bright moon overhead, illuminating the dark blue sky, and wisps of thin clouds passing silently.

If that incident had not happened, would he be like Taoist Qiu Shuang today, facing the numerous difficulties and dangers in the world of cultivation, but indulging in his passion and coming and going as he pleases?
"Hmm." As the morning light dawned, a lazy voice came from beside me, "It's so comfortable."

Elder Jin was roasting a wild rabbit - he had caught it in the wild, but he had never found a chance to roast it for her.

She wanted to break through at this moment, if she succeeded, it would be a gift. If she missed the chance, it would also comfort her.

"Awake? Don't be discouraged if you haven't made a breakthrough—" Elder Jin raised his eyes and instinctively wanted to comfort.

How long had she just built her foundation? How could she break through so quickly? Even if she had experienced a life-and-death crisis, she would not have risen to heaven like this.

However, he stopped abruptly in the middle of his words.

Shao Yin stretched lazily and said in surprise: "Failure? Not really. Senior Brother, you think too highly of me. I have only been building my foundation for a short time. How could I want to form a pill?"

She just made a small breakthrough and reached a small level.

Elder Jin: “…”

"How did you advance two levels in a row?" All the complaints in his mind could not compare to the surprise at this moment.

Elder Jin looked her up and down, thinking he had seen a ghost.

Failure is common. But she not only succeeded in breaking through, but also rose to two small realms in a row?

She was already in the late stage of foundation building! How long had it been since she reached the great perfection of Qi Refining to the late stage of foundation building?

"You..." After taking another look and seeing that, Elder Jin's mouth became stiff and he didn't know what to say.

Shao Yin smiled modestly: "I am not as talented as Master Qiu Shuang."

Her talent is not as good as Master Qiu Shuang's.

No matter in the past or now, she is not a truly gifted person. In the past, if it weren't for her unwillingness and deep hatred, she would never have made it to the end.

"Don't underestimate yourself." Elder Jin scolded, "You are already very remarkable."

Shao Yin smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

After eating the roasted rabbit, it was already dawn.

After the two men had rested for a while, they put out the fire and were ready to set off.

Shao Yin was about to say, "Brother, let's go into the city." Before she could finish her words, she suddenly tilted her ear and said, "Brother, why do I hear crying?"

Elder Jin listened attentively, but heard nothing.

"Where is that crying sound coming from!" he said unhappily.

If there was a cry in this desolate wilderness, it would be a sign of bad luck. Having just escaped death, he was like a frightened bird, throwing away his flying sword and ready to go.

"There was really crying." Shao Yin held him back and said.

Only a few cries were heard, thin and small, mixed with the sound of the wind, floating in and out intermittently.

Elder Jin also heard it and shouted, "Who is this person, pretending to be a ghost?"

With a flick of his fingertips, a bit of spiritual power flew into the weeds, creating a path.

At the end of the road, there sat a thin child wearing tattered clothes, with a dirty face and weed-like hair. At this moment, he opened his eyes wide with tears in them and looked over in horror.

Sure enough, there is someone!

Elder Jin was filled with rage. He couldn't defeat the giant spider, but how could he be afraid of these evil cultivators and monsters?

"Kid, who are you?" Shao Yin stepped forward and got ahead of Elder Jin. "Why are you here alone?"

"Wow--" The child had already seen Elder Jin and was immediately frightened and started to cry. He supported himself on the ground with his hands and kicked his legs hard to shrink back. He almost used both his hands and feet to run away, "Ghost, there is a ghost!"

Shao Yin let out a “puff” sound.

Looking at the side, although Elder Jin's expression could not be seen clearly, the mask pattern on his face seemed to be speechless. "Ouch!" The child ran in panic and was tripped by a stone in the grass, causing his nose to bleed.

Shao Yin originally didn't plan to go forward, but he was frightened by the two of them and his mouth and nose were broken, so he couldn't just ignore it.

She tiptoed and flew to him.

She landed lightly on the ground, her skirt fluttering, her jewelry jingling, and she was so beautiful that the child was stunned.

"Are you a fairy?" he whispered.

The child has never seen the world. He thinks those dressed scary are ghosts, and those who look pretty are fairies.

Shao Yin smiled, leaned over, and gently stroked his face with her palm. The child only felt the fragrant breeze blowing across the tip of his nose, which was a little cool. He didn't feel that his nosebleed had stopped yet, and he just stared blankly at the beautiful sister in front of him.

"Kid, why are you here alone?" Shao Yin asked casually.

The child replied, "Looking for sheep."

"I lost my sheep." He felt wronged and was about to cry again, "Fairy sister, can you help me find my sheep?"

Not far behind him, Elder Jin snorted harshly.

This trick is obviously a trick played by an evil cultivator.

He was too lazy to pay attention. But Shao Yin looked at the dirty child in front of him, who was not sure whether it was a boy or a girl, and asked patiently: "Where did you lose them? How many sheep did you lose? What do your sheep look like?"

When the child heard her question, his eyes suddenly lit up and he gestured: "I went out to herd sheep this morning and one sheep was missing. Mom said I didn't bring all the sheep back last night, but I counted them and I bring all the sheep back every day."

There are four sheep in his family. He goes out to herd the sheep every day, driving them out in the morning and driving them back in the evening. He has never lost a sheep.

He said, tears streaming down his face: "Fairy sister, can you help me find the sheep?"

The child was so sad that he sobbed. Although his nosebleed stopped, his nose started to run again. He was totally unaware and kept wiping it with his sleeve.

"Where do you graze your sheep? I'll take you to find them." Shao Yin said.

The life span of cultivators is long. A cultivator who has established his foundation can live for two hundred years, and when he reaches the stage of forming a pill, he can live for five hundred years.

It only takes an hour or so to help the kid find the sheep. It doesn't waste any time.

The child gestured repeatedly: "It's nearby, it's nearby."

Shao Yin nodded, took out her sword, and stepped on it: "Come up. I'll show you around."

The child stared in amazement when he saw her standing on a sword, suspended in mid-air with her skirt fluttering in the wind.

"Brother, let me take him for a spin." Shao Yin said, pulling the child onto the sword and activating his spiritual power.

Since she established her foundation, she has been able to fly with a sword, but she doesn't use it normally - Elder Jin flies faster than her, so of course she is just riding on him.

"Wow." The child was suddenly curious and nervous when he sat on the flying sword. He forgot to cry for a moment. He knelt on the sword, looking left and right carefully but couldn't help but look curiously.

Shao Yin slowly pulled the flying sword up until it was just a little higher than the weeds, and asked, "Is it this way?"

The child then remembered that he was looking for sheep, so he stood up quickly, stood on tiptoe, and tried to look far away.

Shao Yin then raised the hut a little higher, until it was about the same height as an ordinary thatched hut, and now the entire surrounding area was within sight.

The child pointed to the right and said, "That way, I went there to herd sheep yesterday."

Shao Yin then controlled the flying sword and flew towards the place he pointed.

Elder Jin, who stayed where he was, sighed and followed.

The child was looking for sheep, while Shao Yin was looking for the village. Finally, they found a small village six or seven miles away from where they found the child.

The kid ran so far to find the sheep that the soles of his shoes were worn out. He tied his feet with tough grass and tied a long knot.

"No." After flying around, the child was extremely disappointed and said empty-handed.

As the morning light curled up, he looked towards the direction where the smoke rose. Tears welled up in his eyes again and he kept wiping them with his sleeves.

"How could there be none?" he cried, wiping his face, "Where did the sheep go?"

Isn't it just a sheep? Elder Jin, if he knew the magic of turning stone into gold, would immediately conjure one for him.

"Send him back as soon as possible." His hoarse voice was full of impatience.

Unexpectedly, the child heard what he said, looked at him, and immediately waved his hands in fear: "No, no. I don't have a home, I don't have a home."

"Don't worry, your parents won't beat you." Elder Jin was patient and coaxed.

But the child shook his head like a rattle: "I won't go back, I won't go back, I have no home."

He even jumped off Shao Yin's sword, buried his head in the grass, and slithered away like a little wild rabbit.

"What an irresponsible thing!" Elder Jin immediately cursed in displeasure.

He summoned the flying sword and was about to leave.

But Shao Yin shook her head, suppressed her laughter and said, "Let's send him back. Meeting each other is fate, and it doesn't matter if we hurry up for one more night."

As he spoke, he steered the flying sword forward and pulled the child out of the weeds.

"No! No!" The child struggled using his hands and feet.

Shao Yin said with a smile: "We are not bad people. The one wearing a jet-black robe and a ghost mask is not bad either."

The child's struggling stopped.

"We are monks passing by." Shao Yin explained, "Also, don't you want to know where your sheep are?"

The last sentence made the child waver. He raised his head, looked at Shao Yin, and then looked at the man in black robe behind her.

Then I looked at the beautiful and gentle lady who smiled like a fairy, and the man in black robe who looked like a ghost in the legend.

After hesitating for a long time, he lowered his head and said, "Okay. I'll take you there."

Then, he clenched his fists and raised his head with courage: "You are not allowed to hurt the villagers, or I will fight you!"

The look in his eyes was like that of a wild rabbit, extremely fierce.

(End of this chapter)