Dao Companion Crippled, Coveters Move

"Little Yueqiu, do not be afraid."

"Come here."

A refined, aged, and kindly voice entered Qing Yueqiu's ears.

Recognizing the familiar timbre, Qing Yueqiu's crimson eyes widened. Her thin lips parted subconsciously as she murmured:

"This voice… How is this possible?"

CLICK—

The large gate before Qing Yueqiu opened. At the end of the small path beyond it, another gate opened. Looking through that gate, she could see a continuous line of open gates stretching into the distance.

At the very end of the gates was a simple, old residence.

But the place had left a deep impression on Qing Yueqiu.

The silver-haired girl swallowed, subconsciously taking out a Memory Stone. But the moment she grasped it in her palm, a strange, divine power twisted it into a blooming rose.

"Little Yueqiu, don't record this… I don't want your master to know that this old man is hiding here yet."

After being admonished by the kindly voice, Qing Yueqiu fell silent for a moment.

Then, she mustered her courage and strode across one threshold after another, finally reaching the end of the gates.

"Grandmaster, it really is you…"

Qing Yueqiu gazed at the old man before her. He was hale and hearty, with a refined air, like a retired teacher. Clear tears streamed from her crimson eyes.

The Yama Hall Master—or rather, the Nameless Daoist, Yuan Tianming—looked at the silver-haired girl standing before him, a reminiscent glint in his eyes.

"Little Yueqiu, it has been a difficult journey for you."

Hearing Grandmaster Yuan Tianming's comforting words, Qing Yueqiu shook her head. She looked up, directly at the old man, her voice laced with reproachful resentment.

"Grandmaster, why… why haven't you returned to the Dao Sect all these years?"

"After you left, Master… for the sake of his wife, his junior apprentice-sister, and for me, he suffered so much! He was bullied by so many wicked people…"

Qing Yueqiu clenched her small fists. Her heart ached as she thought of the responsibilities Pei Yuhang had silently shouldered and the terrible experiences of compromising with those wicked women.

If this Grandmaster, a man whom even the Taoist Lord of the Dao Sect treated with the utmost respect, had returned…

How could her master have been coerced by his own senior apprentice-sister for a few meager resources?! How could he have been threatened and toyed with by Shang Miaoyan of the Yin Yang Sacred Land?!

How could that villain Ji Xichan have succeeded with her wicked scheme?!

"Grandmaster, why didn't you come back!"

Unable to contain the emotions pent up in her heart, Qing Yueqiu vented loudly.

Yuan Tianming sensed the indignation in Qing Yueqiu's heart and became as silent as an old tree.

After a long while, he slowly began to speak. "Little Yueqiu, I had my reasons for not being able to return these past years… But forget it. No amount of words can make up for the grievances you and Yuhang have suffered.

"First, let me remove that woman from your body."

As he spoke, Yuan Tianming slowly raised a hand and pointed at Qing Yueqiu.

Qing Yueqiu couldn't even react. She only felt a fierce gust of astral wind blast toward her.

HUMMM—

With a ringing in her ears, Qing Yueqiu suddenly felt her body become much lighter.

She turned to look and saw a mass of black and gold energy suspended in mid-air.

Qing Yueqiu's eyes widened in disbelief!

Her Master had begged Elder Xiao, that old monster at the Mahayana Stage, but even he couldn't separate Ji Shenyun's Split Soul from her body.

Yet her Grandmaster, with just one finger, had precisely excised Ji Shenyun from her body as if with a scalpel!

"Yuan Tianming, to think you didn't die in the Abyssal Sea Palace! Damn you… Release me!"

"Weren't you the one looking for my help before? You gave up because you couldn't fully break my seal, didn't you? Now, I have successfully escaped with a wisp of my Split Soul. Just let your grand-disciple be possessed by me, and I can barely live for another lifetime!"

"When that time comes, I will help you go to the Abyssal Sea Palace and obtain that—"

BANG—!!

In an instant, the black and gold mass of energy was crushed by a great, ethereal hand. The terrifying spiritual pressure that erupted from it was as explosive as a blazing sun, but Yuan Tianming swiftly contained the released energy, preventing it from leaking out and destroying the Grotto Heaven Secret Realm.

"I no longer have need of you, Ji Shenyun."

Yuan Tianming said, retracting his hand with a blank expression.

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