About a thousand years ago.
Inside Jade Void Palace.
"Big Sister, there's an Innate Gourd!"
Without even turning around, Xuan Ming lightly rapped Hou Tu on the head.
"Be professional. Call him Senior Brother!"
"Oh!"
Hou Tu rubbed her head.
Xuan Ming set down her shovel, picked up the Innate Gourd, and shook it. It clattered from within, as though it contained quite a few things.
She pondered inwardly.
This thing... should have been something Little Brother gave Taiqing before, right?
But now that they and the Three Pure Ones were mortal enemies, what was the point of leaving it behind?
Take it!
Xuan Ming casually tossed the gourd into the burlap sack on her back.
The sack was already bulging, though no one knew how much it contained.
She looked around, and after confirming that there was nothing else of value, she called out.
"Junior Brother, retreat!"
With that, she strode out of Jade Void Palace.
Hou Tu looked at the empty Jade Void Palace, feeling a little reluctant.
She secretly glanced up at the back of Xuan Ming's head and saw that Xuan Ming was not paying attention to her.
Then she carefully pulled a brick from her waist.
A large character for "wisdom" was carved into the brick.
She flipped the brick over.
The back was densely engraved with words that only she could understand.
They were all things she had heard Qin Xuan say over countless years.
Afraid that she might forget them, she had carved those words onto the brick.
It read:
"Since you are here, make the best of it."
"A short pain is better than a long one."
"If one hears the Dao in the morning, one may die in the evening without regret."
"To learn and review what one has learned from