Master and Disciple Meet

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Qin Yi could no longer care about it being the middle of the night and rushed into Ju Yunxiu's house in a hurry.

As long as Ju Yunxiu comes back, it would be worth it even if I broke in at night to disturb her sleep and got beaten to death by her.

However, Ju Yunxiu was indeed not there; Qing Cha was still fast asleep on the bed, and Qin Yi's heart sank to the bottom.

Qing Cha woke up with a start, rubbing her sleepy eyes. Before she could even scream, Qin Yi grabbed her and dragged her out of the room. "Take me to your Grandmaster's tomb."

Qing Cha was completely startled awake. Following Qin Yi in the sky, she pointed out the direction and asked, "Does Uncle also think it's wrong that Master hasn't returned for so long? I've tried to find Uncle several times, but he's in seclusion... I went to ask Martial Grand-Uncle Chess Maniac, but he shook his head and didn't say anything."

Qin Yi bit his lip, feeling anxious.

Ye Bieqing is Ju Yunxiu's master, so there shouldn't be any problems. If there's a trap in the Sun and Moon Painting, it's for someone else's benefit, but Ju Yunxiu hasn't returned!

It should only take half a day to travel. Even if solving the maze in the tomb takes some time, it shouldn't take thirty-three days to go without returning. There must be something wrong!

Regardless of who they tricked before, now they've tricked Ju Yunxiu.

The chess fanatic remained silent because he didn't know whose side to take.

To be fair, Ye Bieqing never had a good heart for his disciple An. Otherwise, if he wanted to cheat someone, he would have explained the whole story to his disciple. Why hide it? Besides, one of the pictures was a portrait of Ju Yunxiu. Ju Yunxiu himself didn't even know that his master had given this one to the Zheng family. This concealment was a bit much.

No one had considered any conspiracy theories before, after all, that was their master! Ju Yunxiu often showed signs of missing her master, which showed that she treated her very well... Qin Yi also felt that this master still cared about the common people of Daqian, so he must be a good person.

Everyone felt that even if there was a problem, it was the danger in the secret place that the scrolls pointed to after they were all collected, and that the scrolls themselves shouldn't be dangerous. Their thinking was all led into a blind spot.

Thirty-three days have passed, is it still not too late?

Liusu comforted him telepathically, "There should still be some room for maneuver. If something really happened, it wouldn't be that he didn't come back. Either he came back but with a different soul, or Ye Bieqing used some kind of arrangement to prove his Dao. Right now, there's no reaction at all, so it's more likely that things are still at a stalemate."

Qin Yi: "..."

It seems so... the fact that they haven't come back might actually indicate a stalemate.

Liusu continued, "If my judgment is correct, Ye Bieqing's physical body is already decayed and unusable. Even if he were alive, his soul would be residing in the painting. But his current abilities are far from achieving immortality of the soul. Without a physical body to rely on, he will only grow weaker and weaker, and will eventually dissipate. Ju Yunxiu is at least a fourth-level Huiyang cultivator; she can't be without resistance. In fact, she should be stronger than Ye Bieqing in the current state... I estimate that she is most likely trapped by her home turf."

"I hope so..."

Qin Yi, carrying the Qing Cha that served as a guide, vanished into the horizon at lightning speed.

Thirty-three days ago, Ju Yunxiu arrived at her master's grave.

The tomb had very clever concealment and very powerful restrictions, but for Ju Yunxiu, who had fully inherited his master's methods, breaking through them was very easy.

"Please forgive me for disturbing Master's rest." Ju Yunxiu bowed to the open tomb and quietly entered.

She had previously deduced that the reason her master dispersed the scroll instead of destroying it was to leave an opportunity for people to gather together. Therefore, this "disturbance" was not a disturbance, but something that her master had anticipated or even expected.

She just didn't know why she wasn't told. Ju Yunxiu kindly believed that this was because the painting pointed to a dangerous secret place, and her master was afraid that she would easily go into danger.

After all, she had not yet joined Huiyang when her master passed away.

Based on her master's prediction that someone else would take the painting, she had long ago told Qin Yi that the painting would not be in the Main Tomb Chamber, but would be placed in the outer chamber.

She glanced at the intricate layout of the tomb chamber, like a spider web, and without bothering with any mazes or mechanisms, she directly took out the scroll that Qin Yi had assembled. With a slight sense, she discovered where the last scroll was.

Sure enough, it was in an outer room not far from the entrance. If I'm not mistaken, there was nothing inside except a painting. You just need to take it and leave.

Ju Yunxiu entered the stone chamber, and it was indeed so.

A picture of the sun, moon, and stars hangs on the front wall, and there is nothing else there.

All of this clearly indicated that they didn't want outsiders to disturb the Main Tomb Chamber and wanted you to take the painting and leave quickly. Ju Yunxiu felt that she was completely in sync with her master's thinking, so she didn't think much of it and reached out to peel off the scroll.

The scroll was taken down, and seemingly drawn by other scrolls, it automatically merged with them. Ju Yunxiu, of course, did not stop it, and quietly waited for the scrolls to merge.

She herself was also very curious about what would happen after the fusion.

The scroll slowly unfurled its soft light, filling the stone chamber and enveloping Ju Yunxiu. At first, Ju Yunxiu didn't sense anything amiss, but when a warning suddenly arose in her mind, it was too late.

This is also a shortcoming of her lack of practical experience. If it were someone with more experience, their first choice upon realizing something was wrong would definitely be to destroy the painting in their hand, whether it would be useful or not is another matter. That would be the proper reaction... But Ju Yunxiu, who lacked experience, subconsciously deployed a Protective Barrier.

In that instant, Ju Yunxiu found herself inside the painting.

This is a very familiar area, the red rocks and mountains where Qin Yi often practiced his skills. At this moment, the mountain demon is nowhere to be seen. The biggest difference is that there are now sun, moon and stars in the sky.

It was a scene at dusk; the sun had already set in the west, the pale moon had just risen, and there were faint stars, indistinct in the distance.

The earth took on the colors of the sunset, the clouds were faintly visible, and everything seemed closer to the real world.

Ju Yunxiu had no interest in observing the world. Being passively entered into the painting made her realize that something was wrong. Her first reaction was to try to escape, but she found that there was no way out.

He could have escaped the world of painting with a single thought, but he couldn't!

"You can't get out. When the sun and moon close, this painting becomes a closed world. Unless you surpass my cultivation, you can't get out."

Ju Yunxiu looked up at the sky and whispered, "Master, is that you?"

A moment of silence followed before someone sighed softly, "Yunxiu, you are more outstanding than I imagined. In just Six Jiazi, you have already reached the fourth level of the Radiant Sun Realm..."

He really is my master.

If her master hadn't died, Ju Yunxiu might have cried tears of joy in a different setting, but in the current situation and with these words, Ju Yunxiu felt not only no joy, but also a chill in her heart.

There's no such thing as being unable to leave. She herself is Painting Dao the Radiant Sun, and she knows very well that the so-called closure of the sun and moon in this world is controlled by her master. As long as he releases people, they can leave.

It is not necessary to collect them all. As long as there is one of the landscape paintings and the Red Rock paintings as the foundation, along with the sun and moon, a realm is formed.

The master said he couldn't go, but that was just because he didn't want to let go.

What are they trying to do?!

Suppressing her shock and anger, Ju Yunxiu calmly asked, "Master, what exactly are you plotting? Why have you faked your death for so many years?"

Ye Bieqing didn't answer, but instead asked with great interest, "Why do you have that Sword Pavilion Maiden Painting in the hands of the Gu Song Layman? I originally thought that one was something that couldn't be found normally. Even I didn't know where the Gu Song Layman would be buried. You had to collect the others before you could sense the location of the last one. You obtained it ahead of time... So, are his other burial items also with you?"

Ju Yunxiu said, "Master painted that picture for Gu Song Layman, hoping to use it as a way to find Gu Song Layman's tomb? Was it to steal one of his burial items?"

"Hmm... that's one of the purposes. If I leave some kind of mark or backdoor, it won't be hidden from Gu Song. But he doesn't understand the Painting Dao, so he won't see the implications of my disassembling and reassembling these sets of paintings."

Ju Yunxiu bowed his head.

In her heart, her master really shouldn't be someone who covets treasures. What's wrong with her...?

She sighed deeply, "What could possibly be so capable of making Master like this?"

"Hmm?" Ye Bieqing was quite surprised. "You didn't? Having taken the painting of the Gu Song, you shouldn't have overlooked the burial items... Who gave you this painting?"

"..." Ju Yunxiu changed the subject. "Master, please tell me about your other purposes first. Your disciple is all ears to hear your plans."