Red Shadow!
My entire body felt numb as though I had been electrocuted. Those three words popped up in my head. I endured the soreness in my body and struggled to get up from the ground. Then, I looked again.
A bright red robe, a bright phoenix coronet, and a gentle figure. Who else could it be if not Red Shadow?
I was instantly overjoyed. I stood there and wrung my hands. After a long while, I finally said in a trembling voice, "Sis … Sister, is that you?"
Red Shadow stood up and pressed her hands on her abdomen. She lowered her head and bent her knees. "Husband, may you be blessed."
It had been so many years. When I heard Red Shadow's voice again, I first felt my heart throb and fear. But then, all the throbs and fear disappeared. There was only a sense of contentment in my heart. Looking at the fiery red figure in front of me, I couldn't help but smile. My heart was filled with peace and joy.
"The Black Dragon and the Qilin Knot. Parting gracefully. The bright star suddenly disappeared. When we meet again, we will hold each other's company."
The red shadow suddenly opened her mouth and recited the poem. After she finished reciting, she quietly walked forward. Her head, which was still covered with a veil, gently leaned on my shoulder. She softly said, "The bright star suddenly disappeared. The two of us, husband and I, have finally met again. Husband, if you sever your ties with the mortal world, you can live with me in this paradise for a long time."
I was stunned. Then, I understood what Red Shadow meant. The so-called 'when we meet again, we will hold each other' meant that we could stay with each other in this paradise that Red Shadow mentioned?
For some reason, the peace and happiness from before had disappeared in an instant.
Meeting and holding each other's company had always been my hope. Otherwise, I wouldn't have worked so hard for such a long time. However, we could only stay together if we stayed here. What about other matters?
What about Ye Pianpian?
What about the Lu family's revenge?
I hesitated for a while and raised my hand to hold Red Shadow's shoulder. I whispered, "If we stay here, does that mean we can't go out in the future?"
Red Shadow didn't know what I was thinking. Her voice was as calm as usual. She said softly, "It doesn't matter. If you have something to do, you can go out. I will always be here."
"Then, can I come back after I'm done?"
Red Shadow nodded. "Of course."
I exhaled in relief. My worries were gone. It turned out that Red Shadow had meant this. From now on, this place would be our home. As long as I brought this place with me, I would be able to stay with her for a long time. If I had something to do, I could go out and take care of it.
I thought for a bit, then asked with some dissatisfaction, "Then, can you go out with me?"
This time, the red shadow shook its head, "I have a prohibition order on me, I can't leave this place.
Back then, when I went out to accompany you for a year, I had already used up many years of my cultivation. Now, I no longer have the strength to go out … However, if my husband needs me, I can go out with you for a day within a year. "
Prohibition?
I didn't understand. "Who gave you the ban?"
The red shadow shook its head again. "This is the rule of the Heavenly Dao. I am originally a Yin Soul, so the Heavenly Dao has its own restrictions. I cannot easily overstep them."
I nodded as I understood what she meant. However, I couldn't help but ask about her cultivation realm.
There was no doubt that the red shadow's cultivation was very high. It could be seen from many things that happened in the past. However, I had not yet stepped onto the path of cultivation, so I could not see everything clearly.
At this moment, the red shadow said that it was the Heavenly Dao's restriction. However, no matter what it was, it only restricted the weak. After reaching a certain realm, one could break these restrictions.
The red shadow told me that she was at the Yin Soul Ghost Immortal Realm, which was equivalent to the Heavenly Master Realm.
This result wasn't beyond my expectation. Li Ying's Yin Soul had a cultivation base close to the Ghost King's, so the cultivation base of the living corpse that year should be even higher. The red shadow only needed to lift the veil to make him kneel. It was enough to prove that the red shadow's cultivation base was much higher than hers.
When I thought about Li Ying, many things emerged in my head, including the fatty's father, Liang Tianxin of the Ghost Raising Sect, the Twenty-Eight Fiendish Yellow Springs Formation, and that underground palace.
I couldn't help but ask all my questions. This time, the red shadow didn't keep silent. She told me everything.
I thought that the red shadow had resurrected the fatty's father, but she denied it. She said that she didn't have the power to interfere with the Heavenly Dao. The reason why the fatty's father had been resurrected was because of a strange item in the underground palace. However, the red shadow didn't tell me what that item was. She only told me that if there was a chance, she would take me there to see it.
That year, after the fatty's father came back to life with that strange item, he stayed in the underground palace for a while. After practicing some spells, he left the underground palace. Before he left, he asked me to give him the red handkerchief.
Speaking of the red handkerchief, I recalled that poem. Even though I was a member of the Metaphysics world, I still found that prophetic poem inconceivable. I couldn't help but ask, "Did you write that poem?"
The red shadow hesitated for a while then answered, "Yes … and no."
I was confused. However, before I could ask further, the red shadow said, "Husband, I can't tell you about this for the time being."
She was straightforward, so I didn't want to ask further. I nodded and skipped this topic. I continued to listen to her question.
The red shadow had never seen Liang Tianxin, the elder of the Ghost Raising Faction. I guessed she had never entered the underground palace. As for Li Ying's soul, the red shadow told me that after the underground palace was sealed, she had expelled the old principal's skeleton and left Li Ying's living corpse to guard the entrance. Several years later, she found that Li Ying's living corpse had disappeared. The red shadow didn't know if she had run away on her own or if she had been detained. However, since she hadn't found anything, I guessed that Li Ying had run away on her own.
The red shadow only remembered that a person who raised ghosts had set up the Twenty-Eight Fiend Yellow Springs Formation dozens of years ago. His purpose seemed to be to lure the underground palace out. The red shadow had never stopped him, so she didn't have a deep memory of it.
In the end, she told me that I was in the underground palace that year. However, I wasn't in her residence. I was in another place in the underground palace … The red shadow said that the underground palace was mystical and huge. Even she hadn't been to all of the places. She had come here today because she had followed the instructions in the poem. She had come here to wait for me.
I was a little surprised. In that poem … there was a hint about why I would be here today?
I didn't understand, but the red shadow didn't have any reason to lie to me. Perhaps there was something that I couldn't see.
Since we had met, I kept asking questions. I didn't have time to care about the pain in my body. At this moment, my doubts were slightly relieved, but the pain in my body exploded again. I couldn't help but sit on the ground.
Previously, after the appearance of the Luohou Star and the dark green energy Star Plucking Glory of Knowledge, those ten Celestial Masters besieged me. Although they did not manage to hit me in the end, the Qi of Dao that was like a wild wind still caused me to be severely injured. Moreover, in the process of leaving that place and appearing in this place, I felt my body being torn and pulled several times. My injuries worsened significantly. Just now, because of the joy of meeting again after a long time, I did not care about my injuries.
The red shadow gently supported me to the side of a stone bed and had me lie down. Then, she brought me a bowl of cold medicine that seemed to have been prepared beforehand. She made me drink it. Then, just like when we had first met, she gently massaged my body.
Neither of us spoke, but the indescribable silence made me feel very comfortable.
I closed my eyes and thought back to the life and death battle with Bai Qiwen, to the time when I was surrounded by the ten Heavenly Masters.
The first people I thought of were Ye Pianpian and Ye Maolan. Before I lost consciousness, I clearly saw the two of them transform into a red-and-white bird amidst the gale of Daoist energy from the ten Heavenly Masters and pounce on me. But I've already searched my body and didn't find anything out of the ordinary.
That's why I'm very worried. At the same time, I find it hard to believe. How could two living people turn into birds?
Where are they now?
Did the terrifying gale of Taoist Qi hurt them?
After all, I had been with Ye Pianpian for a long time. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that she was my friend. Moreover, she had saved me in the end. It was inevitable that I would worry.
Besides worrying about Ye Pianpian, there was another thought that I couldn't let go of, and that was the solar eclipse.
Although the solar eclipse was the appearance of the Luohou Star, it was a periodic astronomical phenomenon. Many astronomers could predict it. The metaphysical world was different from ordinary people. Although every Fengshui master could be called an astronomer, there was a taboo when it came to killing one's master. Ordinary Fengshui masters couldn't predict the time of the rising star. However, there was an exception.
That person was a fortune-teller.
I wasn't surprised that the Lu family could find a fortune-teller to accurately predict the date of the Luohou Star's appearance. However, I couldn't understand why Fatty had been by my side for the past few days. He was also a fortune-teller.