Chapter 39.1: Silent Confession
There wasn"t much to pack for going back to the mortal world.
The spirit wood for the pill furnace wasn"t going to be useable since there was no spiritual energy in the mortal world and she couldn"t make pills without spiritual energy. Even if she brought back things like spirit stones, they wouldn"t last for long. Bringing some pills would be good though. Although these pills were low ranked, a single pill could be sold for an extremely high price in the mortal realm.
There was no need to worry much about money. From the start, she was the nation"s most high ranked madame and now that it turned out she had a relationship with celestials, so there was no way the emperor would dare to touch her Su family. So if she went back, she could just enjoy the luxury without worrying much about anything.
Su Tingyun told Xiao Mei about the fact that she was heading back. She had already managed to persuade Xiao Mei during these years so when Xiao Mei heard this news, she was also happy.
She still needed to say goodbye to her master and some friends, so Su Tingyun had her go while she headed to the pond. As she stroked the orchid tongue gra.s.s"s leaves, she felt extremely conflicted.
"We"re heading back to the mortal world now." As Su Tingyun stroked those chubby leaves, she muttered, "All the other orchid tongue gra.s.s are only the size of a palm, how did you end up growing so big?"
Orchid tongue gra.s.s: Clap clap clap!
"There"s no spiritual energy in the mortal world, I"m worried that you"ll be unused to it if you go there. What if you don"t like the air and the soil there?"
Orchid tongue gra.s.s: Clap clap clap!
If she left it here, Liu Feizhou might cut it open to study it. He had always been very curious about this abnormal orchid tongue gra.s.s. Su Tingyun couldn"t help but worry since this orchid tongue gra.s.s was already an important companion of hers.
As Su Tingyun was talking to the orchid tongue gra.s.s, Li Xinmei had already said goodbye to her master, Ning Xuzi.
For the last few years, she had been staying at Heaven Firmament Peak so she didn"t have many chances to interact with Ning Xuzi and their relationship had faded off a lot. However, Li Xinmei still felt very grateful about what he did for her back then, so this time, she bowed three times and kowtowed nine times formally in thanks.
Ning Xuzi felt that she was a very good sapling and it was a pity that she couldn"t cultivate.
He couldn"t help but sigh at that fact. After exhorting her a little, he had her leave. Originally, it was very difficult for cultivators that have joined the Wuliang Sect to leave again. Sometimes they would even have their cultivations destroyed. However, Li Xinmei"s cultivation was so low that she wasn"t a threat and she also had Spiritual Master Lingwu protecting her, so the Array Hall didn"t try to make things hard for her either.
After saying goodby to Ning Xuzi, Li Xinmei went to the array in the outer hall of the Array Sect and stood there for a while. This was the array diagram that the Array Master E Changguang had left. She really wanted to inherit this legacy, but, there was no hope left.
She gently stroked the slightly protruding patterns on the diagram, but then furrowed her brows. She moved her fingers back where she had just pa.s.sed and traced the path again. Her heart filled with faint regret and she finally moved her hand away, turned, and headed back to Heaven Firmament Peak.
Fang Dingyuan stood in the corner. He wasn"t sure if Li Xinmei noticed him. He had clearly hidden himself, but he still had this bit of hope that she would turn around and see him.
As of now, Fang Dingyuan had already succeeded in establishing his foundation, but the person he had always took to be his rival, Li Xinmei, was still at the third level of Spirit Condensation. In the past, he had found her existence irritating, but now he just felt pity and regret. He heard that she was about to go to the mortal world. As she was turning away, a breeze swept by and lifted the hems of her skirt slightly. She seemed like a blooming flower, bright and beautiful. His heart started pounding hard. He really wanted to say, why don"t you stay, I"ll protect you.
But before he could, there was a voice. "Senior Brother Fang, are you studying the array diagram?"
Fang Dingyuan turned around. When he saw his junior sister, he forced a smile. At this moment, the girl suddenly cried, "Ah, the diagram…"
There was a thin line on the diagram. It was like a thin thread of condensed spiritual energy. It trickled through the diagram from the center and as this energy moved past, the characters engraved on the diagram seemed to come to life. However, that spiritual energy became increasingly faint until it disappeared.
Fang Dingyuan stared in amazement at the diagram for a long time.
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Credits: Translated by Chiyomira
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