Su Miao did not waste a moment. She jogged all the way toward the Jade Bridge leading to Jade Purity Peak, her skirts lifted and dropped by the wind like the fluttering wings of a startled bird.
On Jade Purity Peak, Yuanshi was sorting through a stack of newly refined robes.
Sensing the disturbance, he set down the fabric in his hands and looked toward the cave entrance.
White Crane Boy was sweeping outside the hall. Seeing her like this, he nearly failed to hold on to his broom.
Su Miao ran straight toward the cave abode on Jade Purity Peak. As she ran, her body instinctively shrank, changing from a girl of seventeen or eighteen into a two-year-old child.
She did not want to pretend to be an adult in front of her Master.
Su Miao threw herself into Yuanshi's arms, wrapping both hands tightly around his neck and burying her face in the hollow of his shoulder.
Yuanshi instinctively held her. One hand supported the bend of her knees, while the other held her back.
The little Tuanzi in his arms was trembling, like someone frozen stiff desperately clutching a stove at the last moment.
"Master, I almost died!"
Little Tuanzi Su Miao complained to her Master through tears, like a string stretched to its breaking point.
She clung tightly to Yuanshi's waist and buried her face in his robes.
Inside the Chaos Bead, she had managed to hold on. She could still think calmly, analyze, and make decisions.
But the moment she saw her Master, all her strength shattered.
Yuanshi realized that his beloved disciple was asking him for help.
He carried her back to the cushion, sat down, and let her sit on his lap.
The Tuanzi in his arms curled into a ball, both feet