What happened in the small town alarmed many people.
The authorities merely sent a few constables to put on a token show of busyness before leaving. Only a few of the town's wealthy gentry worked to help the children find their families. It was terribly quiet, as though no one cared at all that the children had been taken.
The sun blazed fiercely, and Bai Yujun felt her body temperature rising too high, forcing her to hide in the shade.
She could not be bothered to use divine powers to regulate her temperature. It was better to be natural. Only this way could she constantly remind herself that she was not human, that she would never truly fit into human circles. She had to know her place.
The scorching sun made the air stifling. Big Yellow Dog panted with his tongue out, unwilling to move, while the cat sprawled in the shade and slept soundly.
The four senior disciples remained in town, waiting for a message.
The Purple Void junior sister came over and sat beside Bai Yujun, carefully studying this Senior Sister Bai, who was practically legendary on Mount Hua. She had joined later and was not as highly cultivated as Bai Yujun, so she could only be the junior sister.
"Junior Sister Qin Shuang greets Senior Sister Bai."
Purple Void's Qin Shuang offered her salute with almost no expression. It was not her fault; most Purple Void Sword Cultivators were like this. Unless they encountered a Sword Dao master or something beneficial to swordsmanship, they could maintain that expression for a lifetime.
"Junior Sister Qin, come sit."
Qin Shuang looked at the little stool Bai Yujun had pulled from her storage pouch, then finally managed to sit down.
"Senior Sister Bai, we will be returning to Mount Hua