Strictly speaking, Shi Feiyang had a deep, deep grudge against Master You Tan.
Master You Tan’s four disciples, the first one taken was Yu Luocha Chen Yufeng, who sought to learn from unconventional paths and beca a nun, taking the dharma na Yuqing, and joined more than a hundred years ago.
In the battle at the Holy Mausoleum of Qiao Mountain, she died by Shi Feiyang’s Nine Heavenly Demon Slaying Immortal Swords.
Her senior disciple, Su Yin, joined later and was her true senior disciple, who completely inherited her legacy.
Also in the battle at the Holy Mausoleum, together with Dragon Slayer Master, Su Yin was blown to pieces by the explosion of the Qiankun One Qi Bag, even her divine soul was shattered.
Afterward, Master You Tan perford the Supre Buddhist thod, and gathered Su Yin’s residual soul from between heaven and earth, then nurtured it upon returning, before sending it to reincarnation, and now she has been guided back to the mountain. However, since her primordial spirit was once damaged, her innate sensitivity in this lifeti is sowhat lacking, and even though so mana has been restored, it is still far from her previous life.
She has another disciple, who is Master Can Xia from the Ei Sect, who turned to her after Master Chang i ascended, also joining with prior skills, practicing both Buddhism and Daoism. But her Buddhist law is not pure enough, unable to delve deeply into one door. Now she permanently resides in the Ei Sect, following the path of cultivating the "Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture."
Currently, the only one who is capable of inheriting her legacy and estate by You Tan’s side is the daughter of Master Miao Yi and True Master, Qi Xia’er.
Hearing that Shi Zhu visited, both master and disciple were surprised, and Qi Xia’er even suspected Shi Zhu’s motives to be impure with ulterior designs.
"Regardless of his intentions, since he’s here, he should be t." Master You Tan instructed Su Yin to invite Shi Zhu to the front cave to et.
Shi Zhu, after all, is Kuzhu Elder’s reincarnation, and Master You Tan must give so face, commanding tea and hospitality as usual respect.
Following the old nun, Shi Zhu had nothing worth saying; he was aware of the grudges between the old nun and his family, and even with Qi Xia’er, though reconciliations were made with the Ei Sect long ago, it was unclear like those with Qingcheng and Snow Mountain sects. The relationship was not as good as with Wudang and Kunlun; it was rely peaceful on the surface.
He felt Qi Xia’er’s harsh gaze towards him and spoke no unnecessary words, directly handing Shi Feiyang’s spirit talisman to Master Can Xia, then rose to bid farewell without even touching the tea on the table.
Master You Tan and the disciples did not know what plans he had within his gourd, and principal Su Yin sent him off. After he left, they thoughtfully examined the jade talisman in their hands.
"What did the Evil Dragon specially send disciples to deliver such a jade talisman to you, Master? Could there be Demon Path Technique cast on it, so that..." Qi Xia’er said worriedly.
"That will not happen." Master You Tan laughed: "He is recognized today as the leader of the Mysterious Sect globally; how could he commit such a lowly deed? He has no reason to harm now. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn’t use this thod."
Speaking, she sunk her spirit into the jade talisman, to read the contents of the jade talisman. Initially laughing, her expression suddenly changed.
Qi Xia’er thought her master had indeed fallen to a magical plot, hastily asked, "Master, you- you, what happened?"
Master You Tan waved, extracting nine strands of residual souls from the jade talisman, enfolding them in golden Buddha light, slightly forming faint humanoid light shadows.
"This is...This is Sister Yuqing!"
It turned out Shi Feiyang used the Nine Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword at Qiao Mountain to sever Yu Luocha Chen Yufeng, her primordial spirit and body shattered simultaneously by the nine swords, her residual soul absorbed into the sword.
Afterward, Deng Baggu pleaded with Shi Feiyang multiple tis to negotiate, after all, the two were once Female Calamity God and Yu Luocha, sisters of the sa sect, road the world together, sharing a deep bond. But later they chose different paths, now with Chen Yufeng falling into a miserable fate, Deng Baggu couldn’t let her soul scatter like that.
Shi Feiyang told her back then: "The bond between you two has been severed. At Heaven Mountain, she chose to compromise with Master You Tan, devoted to the Buddhist sect, whereas you with a strong nature chose death before submission. Since then, you went separate paths, and cannot be intertwined. Her future has other places to go, if you intervene, your ascent will be difficult, and it may strain our master-disciple relations."
Deng Baggu stopped because of this, now Shi Feiyang has extracted Chen Yufeng’s shattered divine soul from the nine swords and returned it to Master You Tan.
Firstly, to fulfill the promise to Deng Baggu then, secondly to ease relations between both sides, granting Master You Tan a favor.
This indeed surprised Master You Tan greatly; she collected Chen Yufeng’s primordial spirit into a bowl, handed it to Qi Xia’er, instructing her to take Chen Yufeng away first and properly nurture, later sending her to reincarnation.
Then Master You Tan read the information from the jade talisman, and upon seeing, her astonishnt surpassed even that upon seeing Chen Yufeng’s primordial spirit.
Shi Feiyang inford her that the Red Flower Princess of the Demon Cult had erged and was currently lurking beside Xie Shan, advising her to hurry and rescue, otherwise Xie Shan would soon completely fall into the Demon Path.
Master You Tan was greatly shocked, initially not believing upon seeing, her first reaction was that the Evil Dragon was cunning, using tricks again.
She hurriedly calculated the spell herself, employing Buddha light to reflect, using every technique, discovering slight indications yet remaining undefined.
She couldn’t determine the truth and had to et Xie Shan in person to uncover the reality.
However, there was a calculation that as soon as she left, unexpected guests would arrive, and Qi Xia’er would also leave this place.
She told Qi Xia’er to guard the house and not to go anywhere: "After I leave, no matter who cos to find you, you must not leave Chao Yin Cave even half a step, or our relationship as master and disciple will be severed!"
Qi Xia’er saw her speaking so seriously, hurriedly swore an oath, saying she would definitely stay ho and wait for her master to return.
Only then was Master You Tan reassured and departed from Baihua Mountain, rushing to Wuyi Mountain.
After many years, seeing Xie Shan again, Master You Tan was startled.
The current Cold Moon Zen Master looked withered, with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks, like an elderly man over a hundred years old, decayed and worn out, barely able to walk.
Master You Tan rembered that Xie Shan was following Zen Master Tian ng’s instructions to practice asceticism in the human world, but true Buddhist ascetics differed from outside practices; they had to beco more spirited with more cultivation. This, however, was like soone with an exhausted body, like a piece of decayed wood, on the verge of losing all life!
Seeing Master You Tan arrive, Xie Shan reluctantly ca out to et her, speaking weakly, struggling to raise his eyelids: "Sister You Tan is here, please sit down. What brings you here today?"
Master You Tan asked him, "Brother, you have accumulated cultivation over lifetis, with over a thousand years of Dao Level combined. Your Technique Divine Power is not inferior to mine. How did you end up in such a state?"
"Ah." Xie Shan’s reaction was noticeably slow, "Uh, I’m... just fine."
"Fine? What fine?" Master You Tan raised her hand, emitting a Buddha Light that shone on Xie Shan’s face. Indeed, she saw traces of Demonic Qi entangled with Xie Shan’s Primordial Spirit, astonishing her, "What’s going on? What kind of formidable Demon could enchant you like this?"
Given Xie Shan’s Buddhist and Daoist Dual Cultivation of Divine Power, no Demon in this world should be able to affect him this way. Master You Tan found it incredible!
Xie Shan hesitated and sighed but eventually revealed the truth.
As it turned out, all of this was due to his eldest daughter, Xie Ying!
That day, Xin Ru Nun brought two girls from Immortal City over and handed them back to Xie Shan.
What she said to Xie Shan was half true and half false; indeed, the two girls forcefully used the Conch Leaf Talisman, triggering the Illusion Realm and becoming lost within it.
But the one truly trapped in the Illusion Realm was the younger sister, Xie Lin. The elder sister, Xie Ying, was not.
Back then, Xie Shan entered only Xie Lin’s Illusion Realm. In Xie Lin’s Illusion Realm, there was Xie Ying, but that wasn’t actually Xie Ying’s Illusion Realm; it was rely the Xie Ying in Xie Lin’s subconscious.
The sisters each had their own Illusion Realm, with each containing the other.
This was a minor oversight initially, with Xie Shan not realizing it, assuming the Conch Leaf Talisman’s power was strong and unbelievable, entrapping the sisters in a shared Illusion Realm.
At that ti, Xie Lin’s condition was indeed more severe, with the deepest signs of demonization in her Illusion Realm, which monopolized Xie Shan’s attention.
Yet, in reality, Xin Ru Nun had long broken Xie Ying’s Illusion Realm and placed the Red Flower Princess into Xie Ying’s body.
The Red Flower Princess occupied Xie Ying’s body, lurking beside Xie Shan, and continuously absorbing his Essence Energy from a distance day and night.
Back then, Xie Shan experienced significant changes, with Brother Tian ng intending to Ascend, placing all his focus on figuring out how to save his daughters, primarily focused on Xie Lin, whose symptoms seed more severe.
The Red Flower Princess initially minimized her presence, pretending to awaken but claiming to be completely drained and in need of rest. Watching Xie Shan exhausting himself trying to pull Xie Lin from the Illusion Realm, she quietly absorbed Xie Shan’s spiritual energy and blood from the sidelines.
Initially, Xie Shan did not pay attention, but he soon noticed. The Red Flower Princess claid she had demonized through exposure in the Illusion Realm and learned this thod. Despite knowing it was wrong, seeing her father overexerting himself to save her sister, she wanted to recover quickly to help him save her sister...
With all her eloquent words, she eventually even shed tears, touching Xie Shan’s compassionate fatherly heart, so he didn’t pursue the matter, only admonishing her: "These Demon Skills are detrintal to others and selfishly beneficial; they are not the Righteous Path of Buddhism. Use them only on and not on others."
The Red Flower Princess continuously absorbed Essence Energy from Xie Shan, each day imperceptibly, taking in a little subtly, ceaselessly blaming herself, which instead made Xie Shan comfort her.
The Blood God Scripture within the Evil Book describes cultivating a Blood Shadow to seize a person’s body, a technique the Red Flower Princess was well acquainted with. Had it been normal tis, her actions could never have escaped Xie Shan’s eyes. However, when Xin Ru Nun struck her body into Xie Ying, she implanted a Buddha Light in her Mud Ball Palace, masking her Demonic Nature. To Xie Shan, it appeared his daughter’s Buddhist Law had advanced, condensing into such a profound and powerful Buddha Light, rely temporarily weakened by the Conch Leaf Talisman’s backlash. He noticed nothing else unusual.
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