When she woke up, Mo Tiange was a bit confused.
She slowly recalled what happened before she fainted and jumped up in shock, looking around nervously.
This … seemed to be a room in an inn. The furniture was simple, the floor was gray, and the quilt had a slightly moldy smell.
"Junior Martial Brother Ye, you're awake?"
Mo Tiange turned her head and looked in the direction of the voice.
Qin Xi was sitting at the table in the outer room. He seemed to be drawing talismans with his back to her and didn't look back.
Seeing this scene, she felt a bit relieved.
Qin Xi looked so relaxed, which meant they should be fine.
However, she was a bit confused. "Senior Martial Brother Qin, were we discovered?"
Qin Xi put down the brush, burned the broken talisman paper, and answered, "No, I knocked you out."
"Huh?" She was even more confused.
He didn't explain. He put away the paper and brush on the table and said, "Since you're awake, let's go in a bit."
Mo Tiange nodded in bewilderment. She thought that since he was able to escape from two Core Formation cultivators, he probably used some kind of secret technique, so it wasn't convenient for him to tell her. However, she always felt that Qin Xi was very strange. He could always do things she thought were basically impossible, but his attitude was too calm. It made her want to doubt him, but she also felt that she was being too paranoid.
Maybe it's because he has a high-level cultivator elder, so he has too many treasures?
"Oh, right." Qin Xi took out several things from his Qiankun Bag and threw them to her. "I got these yesterday. Take them."
Mo Tiange took them. They were soft armor and a jade ruler. "These …"
"These are the Heaven and Earth Cloud-Silk Armor and the Land-Fleeing Ruler. The former is a defensive item. When worn, it can withstand several attacks from cultivators in the same realm. As for the Land-Fleeing Ruler, it's a good thing. If you use it to escape, you'll be hundreds of miles away."
Mo Tiange was shocked. She knew how precious these two things were. Although they weren't magic weapons, they weren't far off. "Why are you giving them to me?"
Qin Xi said, "I don't need them, but I thought it would be a waste not to take them, so of course I'm giving them to you."
"But …"
Before she could say anything, Qin Xi interrupted her. "No buts. You're usually very straightforward. Why are you acting like a little girl now?"
Wasn't it because he knew her gender and didn't want to owe her a favor?
However, she couldn't say this out loud. Otherwise, she would offend Qin Xi.
He had saved her when she was in danger, so it could be said that she owed him a favor. She still wanted to keep some distance, but if he knew, he would think that she didn't know what was good for her.
"Alright, I won't say anything unnecessary. Anyway, I owe you too much, one more won't make a difference …"
Qin Xi smiled. "This is how Junior Martial Brother Ye should be — Oh, I'll go out first. You can tidy up a bit and come out when you're done."
"Okay, got it."
A moment later, the two of them walked out of the inn. Mo Tiange discovered that they were still at the foot of Mount Yunwu.
She thought to herself that this Senior Martial Brother Qin really came from a prestigious family, and his courage was too big.
Before he left, he turned around to look at Mount Yunwu. The North and South Peaks towered into the clouds and were surrounded by lingering spiritual aura.
Once upon a time, this was the place she had strived to enter, but now, she was desperately trying to escape.
"Junior Brother Ye, is there anything you can't let go of?"
Mo Tiange was silent for a while then shook her head. "It's not that I can't let go. I just want to remember those people I know … Unfortunately, it's not convenient to see them right now."
Qin Xi said, "Don't worry. Although Senior Martial Brother Liu hasn't built his foundation yet, he's received the favor of a senior from the sect, so his future is bright.
I heard that Junior Martial Sister Murong's cultivation is also going very smoothly. She has the support of her clan, so presumably, she also has a high chance of building her foundation. "
"Is that so?" she murmured, but then she remembered Jiang Shanghang and wondered whether he had escaped or not.
Forget it, forget it. Right now, she couldn't even take care of herself, so let's just leave it to fate. If we're fated, we'll definitely meet again in the future.
"Senior Martial Brother Qin, let's go."
Several days later, two people landed in the small market square of Huanshan Dock. They were Mo Tiange and Qin Xi.
Huanshan Dock was located northeast of Mount Yunwu, so it wasn't on the way. However, Mo Tiange wanted to deal with some matters, so Qin Xi agreed, so the two of them took a detour to this place.
The two of them first went to the small shop Tianqiao opened. Sure enough, the door was closed.
Just as Mo Tiange was about to push the door open, a person walked out of the small shop next door and shouted, "Master Immortal, you can't enter!"
Mo Tiange turned around. It was a mortal dressed as a shop assistant.
She frowned and asked, "Why?"
The shop assistant hastily saluted them and said with a respectful expression, "Master Immortal, it's not that this lowly one doesn't want to let you in. It's that our market square's steward's hall has sealed this shop."
"Sealed?" What did that mean?
The shop assistant observed her expression and answered, "Yes.
Master Immortal, you're not from here, right?
Something happened to this shop, so it's been taken away by the steward's hall. It hasn't been rented out yet, so it's empty. "
"Oh?" Mo Tiange frowned and asked, "What about the original owner of this shop?"
Upon hearing her question, the shop assistant sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, the husband and wife who originally opened this shop are both dead."
Mo Tiange already knew about this, so she just asked, "What about their corpses?"
Her question was too direct, so the shop assistant was full of questions, but he didn't dare to say anything. He answered, "This lowly one doesn't know. I only know it was handled by the steward's hall."
"Where's the steward's hall?"
"Oh, you can go straight from here. You'll find the biggest room."
Mo Tiange nodded then took out a piece of gold and threw it to the shop assistant.
The shop assistant only came out to answer a few questions, but he unexpectedly received such a big piece of gold. He immediately beamed with joy and repeatedly said, "Thank you, Master Immortal! Thank you, Master Immortal!"
The two of them turned around and walked for a short distance before they successfully found the steward's hall.
"Fellow Daoists, is there something you need?"
There was only a second layer Aura Refining cultivator guarding the steward's hall. He was drinking wine while asking them questions. His attitude was extremely impatient.
Mo Tiange frowned when she sensed the smell of alcohol coming from the man's body. "Is this the steward's hall?"
The cultivator burped and looked at them from the corner of his eyes. However, he didn't correct his attitude because of their cultivation levels. He pointed the wine bottle outside the door with his hand and said with his eyes closed, "If you don't know, then come back after you've seen clearly."
Mo Tiange was a bit annoyed, but she was still patient. Just as she was about to ask, Qin Xi took a step forward, threw a handful of spirit stones on the table and said coldly, "We have something to ask you."
Upon seeing the spirit stones on the table, the man's eyes immediately lit up. When he finished speaking, his attitude immediately changed. Not only did he put down the wine bottle, but he also stood up and politely saluted them. "What do you want to ask? I'll definitely tell you everything I know."
Mo Tiange was speechless upon seeing this man's completely different attitude.
This manager's market square's eyes were really opened only when he saw money. He clearly knew their cultivation levels were much higher than his, but he was indifferent to them. Now that he saw money, he immediately became polite.
Mo Tiange directly asked, "A few days ago, a husband and wife died in your market square. May I ask where their bodies are?"
Upon hearing her question, the man pondered for a moment then answered, "Fellow Daoist, you're talking about the one surnamed Meng, right?"
Mo Tiange nodded. "Yes. How did you deal with their funeral?"
"About that …" The man raised his eyes and carefully sized her up. "May I ask how Fellow Daoist is related to them?"
"Relatives."
Upon hearing Mo Tiange's answer, the man cast a somewhat guilty glance at her and said, "Fellow Daoist, we never heard that brat surnamed Meng had any relatives."
Mo Tiange frowned and said bluntly, "Sir, you only need to tell us where their bodies are!"
The cultivator looked at the spirit stones on the table then finally answered, "… Fellow Daoist, we really didn't know they had relatives, so we burned them according to our usual practice and buried their ashes in the back of the mountain …"
Mo Tiange's heart sank. "So you're saying the bodies are gone?"
"Not really …" Upon seeing her cold expression, the man answered honestly, "You can still find them if you want, but they're all buried in the ground, so you can't tell which part is the soil and which part is the ashes … Fellow Daoist?"
Mo Tiange took a deep breath then turned around and walked away. She didn't want to stay here any longer and think about killing this man with her sword!
Qin Xi caught up to her and called out, "Junior Martial Brother Ye!"
Mo Tiange paused for a moment to calm her anger.
She just wanted to deal with Tianqiao's funeral and bring her husband's ashes back to Mo Family's Village if she had a chance in the future.
"Junior Martial Brother Ye, who are you looking for in the end?"
Mo Tiange was silent for a while then answered, "My cousin. We grew up together when we were kids and she took care of me the most."
"Oh?
You seem to have known about them … "
Mo Tiange smiled bitterly. "Of course I knew. They were implicated by me."
"Implicated?"
Mo Tiange nodded and lowered her head with a gloomy expression.
If she hadn't taken the pill recipe for the Constitution-Enhancing Pill, Jiang Chengxian wouldn't have noticed her. If she hadn't been too careless and was discovered in Hu Clan, Jiang Chengxian wouldn't have recognized her and Tianqiao wouldn't have had her soul searched.
It was all because of her that Tianqiao lost her life …
Upon seeing her expression, Qin Xi didn't ask again. Instead, he sighed and said, "Do you feel very guilty?"
Upon hearing this question, Mo Tiange was at a loss for a while before she finally nodded and said softly, "Yes. If they hadn't run into me, they would be fine …"
"If you found their ashes, would you feel better?"
"I …"
"After people die, where their ashes are buried is the same, right?
Even if there's a tombstone, it'll only comfort the living.
Even if you brought their ashes back, what difference would it make to them? "
Mo Tiange was speechless.
Qin Xi looked at her and said faintly, "Don't forget, you're a cultivator."
Although his voice was flat and didn't contain the slightest hint of blame, Mo Tiange understood the warning in his words.
Cultivators shouldn't be restricted by external objects and shouldn't be obsessed with formality. If they couldn't even see through this, how could they talk about cultivating?
Cultivators cultivated their hearts. If they couldn't even get past external objects, how could they advance their cultivation level?
She understood all these principles, but …
"When we were in Yunwu Sect, I originally thought you were a free and easy person who was very firm on the path of cultivation. But now I know you can't even see through one's state of mind!
Junior Martial Brother Ye, you have to know that if you continue like this, you can only build your foundation at most. As for forming your Gold Core … you won't have any hope! "
Mo Tiange's heart trembled.
Right, Second Uncle just passed away. How could I make a mistake again?
Some things have already happened. Guilt and regret are useless.
She closed her eyes and said sincerely, "Senior Martial Brother Qin, thank you."