Because I was afraid Xijun might suddenly come back to life just like that, I almost stopped and started repeatedly on my way south. By the time I reached Heaven's Unity Sect, nearly a month had passed.
Everyone understood. I was filled with guilt, though. After giving away most of the immortal-qi stones, I stood inside Heaven's Unity Sect's inner gate and took out the paper talisman sealed in plastic. My eyes grew hot, and I nearly shed tears. Xijun still hadn't come back to life. On the third day, I had been full of anticipation, after all—there was a saying that misfortune never came three times...
Yet I hadn't expected that there would still be no news at all over the following month. I was utterly disappointed.
"Sect Master? The Sect Master is back!" Lu Huafeng shouted.
The disciple who first encountered me at the mountain gate hurried off to report the news. Having composed myself, I looked at the three flamboyant characters reading "Heaven's Unity Sect" above the gate. I was greatly heartened as well, and when I turned to look at Grandmother and the others, they wore the same expression.
"What an impressive Heaven's Unity Sect. Who would have thought its mountain gate would be this grand? It's a pity that we haven't detected any presence of immortal qi yet. What a shame." Hu Qingya, the demon immortal, had come along too. Her reason was that she couldn't return and explain herself, so she planned to follow me from then on.
"Immortal qi can be gathered." Grandmother had come along as well. When we passed through the Ten-Thousand Mountains, I thought she would stay there, but for some unknown reason, she had followed us anyway.
Naturally, I couldn't have been more pleased. Since Grandmother said immortal qi