My wife and Shao Zi were gazing at the azure lake. They both seemed to like the calm water, and the way they took turns asking and answering questions was truly pleasing to the eye. After all, both of them were beautiful, as lovely as lake spirits.
"Master!" Shao Zi ran over, grabbed my hand, and led me to the lakeshore. The water was incredibly clear; looking down, one could see the lakebed in the shallows. There was even a cave abode beneath it—the place Ni Shi had once cultivated. However, I didn't feel right going in. After all, she had been my grandfather's lover back then, and she couldn't be desecrated.
"Wife, do you like this lake?" I asked with a smile.
My wife raised her head and thought for a moment before saying, "I like everything. Don't you?"
"I... suppose it's all right. I picked this place just now because I thought the scenery was nice." I found a stone and sat down, watching the two of them walk barefoot across the sand.
My wife's current condition was exceedingly mysterious. She could both transform into human form and vanish like smoke, yet Shao Zi could easily hold her hand. What sort of constitution was this? Even after leaping into the Nine-Yang Realm, I still couldn't figure it out.
"Grandfather left back then for the sake of the greater good. What kind of crisis had this realm gone through to make him leave immediately without even saying goodbye to Grandmother and Auntie Ni?" I wondered aloud. My wife and Shao Zi had seen the notes, so perhaps there was an explanation for it.
"Senior Ren's notes were only read for several pages by me and my mistress, so we don't know much. Most of them were about trivial family