NCCnovel Chapter 314 Wandering the World, Old Friends Reunited
Chapter 314 Wandering the World, Old Friends Reunited
Yin Shishi's gloomy expression only lasted for a moment, so brief that Wu Yijun thought it was his imagination.
But she knew it was impossible.
Noticing Wu Yijun's probing gaze, Yin Shishi turned and glanced at her.
The two exchanged a knowing glance. The female cultivator in green took the bowl from Xue Lan's hand, her tone teasing: "Now that you've finished your medicine, why don't you go find Senior Sister Min and tell her about your tragic experiences?"
Xue Lan couldn't wait to get as far away from Yin Shishi as possible. She jumped up from the stool and said very quickly, "Junior sister is right. I'm leaving now."
After saying that, he pulled Xue Tong and walked outside, pinching Wu Yijun's arm halfway through.
After Xue Lan left, Wu Yijun rubbed his forearm and asked, "What was she doing?"
Yin Shishi placed the empty medicine bowl on the table: "Because you're taking your anger out on me. It's your fault for not saving her just now."
Wu Yijun laughed in exasperation: "Blame me? How am I supposed to save her? If I were to save her, I'd have to drink a bowl of medicine myself..."
When the two started talking about medicine, Wu Yijun remembered what had just happened. The woman deliberately lowered her voice:
"What happened to Xue Lan?"
While controlling the fire beneath the alchemy furnace, Yin Shishi was also organizing the medicinal herbs she was to take to Siyaochuan.
The woman did not hide anything, and slowly raised her calm eyebrows to look at Wu Yijun: "I don't know when she contracted this disease, but she can't feel her own pain."
"It flared up once ten years ago, and it got much better under the care of my master. But it's only been ten years, and it's come back again."
Wu Yijun pondered for a moment, then spoke softly, "Xue Lan... I always feel..."
"I always feel like she picked up this body from somewhere, or maybe she rented it. It's a waste if she doesn't lose out completely." Yin Shishi continued Wu Yijun's words, her voice unusually strained with gritted teeth.
"Sometimes I wonder, when did she become so reckless with her life?"
“A person who is so reckless should come back to Chonggu Village with me to test the Gu.”
Wu Yijun's expression changed slightly, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Are you going back to Chonggu Village?"
Yin Shishi nodded slowly: "I always feel that Xue Lan's current physical condition is inseparable from the poison of Yinhe back then."
If the two-headed snake from Chonggu Village, who was hoping for Yin Shishi's return, knew what this person was thinking, the tears it shed would probably flood the Siyao River.
The fact that Xue Lan couldn't feel pain was entirely her own doing!
"For now, let's not tell Xue Lan about your return to Chonggu Village," Wu Yijun suggested after a moment's thought.
“That’s natural,” Yin Shishi replied briefly, and the alchemy room fell silent once more.
Min Chang dared not show the sacrificial robe from which Xue Lan had extracted the Moon Silkworm Silk directly to Daoist Shunhua. Instead, she found some Moon Silkworm Silk in her own cave and planned to mend the sacrificial robe for Xue Lan first.
When she was halfway through mending the silk, Xue Lan's cheerful voice came from the entrance of the cave: "Senior Sister Min, are you there? Xiao Xiao is coming in."
Min Chang looked at the sacrificial robe in her hand. She didn't want to see Xue Lan for the past few days, so she said to He Xusheng, who was standing to the side, "Xiao Sheng, go and send your Uncle Xue away."
He Xusheng had never done this before, so the girl asked softly, "Master, what excuse should I use?"
Min Chang pondered for a moment, then smiled and spoke:
"Just tell her that your Grandmaster Shunhua is inside, and let her lay low for a while."
Xue Lan stood outside Min Chang's cave for a while before she saw a figure in light blue emerge from inside.
It wasn't Min Chang, it was He Xusheng.
Xue Lan waved to her obedient junior nephew: "Sheng Sheng, where is your master?"
He Xusheng, looking very cautious, leaned close to Xue Lan's ear and whispered, "Grandmaster is here, Uncle Xue, you'd better run!"
Before she could embellish her words, the two people in front of her turned into smoke and disappeared.
The girl froze on the spot: "Is Grandmaster really that terrifying?"
Xue Lan was afraid that she would be beaten by Daoist Shunhua at Jiangyun Sect.
After all, she knew that in Shunhua Daojun's eyes, she was just a kitten that Min Chang had picked up from outside.
So for the next two days, this person did not dare to return to Jiangyun Sect and wandered among the surrounding mountains.
On the third day, Xue Lan arrived at a familiar mountain peak.
This place is none other than Yingwu Mountain.
The small mountain god temple that once stood atop the mountain has now moved to the mountainside and is much larger than the previous temple.
When Xue Lan pushed open the door, she happened to see a hunter inside burning incense.
The hunter felt the wooden door behind him open, and a breeze came in.
But when he turned around, he saw no one.
"Oh, it was just the wind!"
The hunter lit an incense stick inside, placed all the fruits from his basket on the offering table, prayed sincerely for a while, and then took his tools and went down the mountain.
Watching the hunter's figure disappear on the mountain road, Xue Tong looked at the mountain god statue in front of the two of them.
It was a man with a calm expression, wearing a long red robe, with some swirling flowers and plants growing at his feet.
"When I first saw it, it was just a deserted temple," the girl said softly.
"This mountain temple, having accumulated merit through years of good deeds, should finally reap the rewards," Xue Lan replied, then slowly stepped forward and bowed to the mountain god statue before her.
"An old friend has come seeking me out; I invite the Mountain God of Chen to meet him!"
The woman's voice wasn't very loud, but it carried throughout the mountains and fields, lingering endlessly.
On a cliff fifty miles from the mountain god temple, the originally flat rocks kept changing and eventually transformed into a human face.
Judging from its appearance, it was exactly the same as the statue in the mountain god temple.
"It's Miss Xue!" The giant face's voice was filled with joy. In an instant, they arrived at the mountain god's temple.
A cloud of yellowish-brown smoke rose in front of Xue Lan, and a tall man appeared before the two of them.
"Chen An, the mountain god of Yingwu Mountain, greets Miss Xue."
"No need for such formalities, Mountain God Chen. Xue Lan congratulates you on attaining your divine status and becoming a mountain god." Xue Lan said with a smile.
Chen An looked at the woman before him. Ten years had passed, and Miss Xue's appearance hadn't changed much, except for her eyes...
"It's nothing. He was just blinded by a demon during the Battle of Fuyang City back then."
Upon hearing this, Chen An was deeply moved and felt extremely grateful to Xue Lan.
Back when demons wreaked havoc on Mount Luoxia, this immortal personally delivered the opportunity to attain enlightenment to me.
After the victory in the great battle, the Emperor of Da Shun personally issued an edict praising Chen An, the mountain god of Yingwu Mountain, for assisting the immortals in rescuing Fuyang City from peril. A temple was built in his honor, and he was granted a title.
The people of Fuyang City and the surrounding areas worshipped him and were extremely grateful to him. This is how he, a mere earth spirit who had a slight connection to the mountain's terrain and veins, became a respected deity within ten years.
He himself had attained enlightenment, but Xue Lan's eyes were...
The thought of this filled Chen An with bitterness.
Sensing the emotions of the person in front of her, Xue Lan smiled slightly:
"Chen Shanshen, do you still remember when I first met you, you said that you had only saved a few people?"
"Xue Lan has been traveling in the Yuanming Lower Realm and the human kingdoms over the years, and has seen the people you saved."
"The common people, soldiers, and children in Fuyang City are all people you saved. Now they live in peace and prosperity, and humanity is flourishing."
"If you feel sorry for me, then please ask the mountain god to protect the human race and help it continue to move forward."
"Wait patiently for the day to dawn!"
Chen An bowed solemnly to Xue Lan: "Chen An will certainly live up to the immortal's expectations!"
An immortal and a mountain god met again in this mountain god temple after many years.
Appearances may change, but our original intentions remain the same!