The old man saw that this young man was not being polite with him at all, so he smiled faintly, took a bottle of Yao Wine from his pocket, handed it to Dao Lord Taichu, and instructed him:
"Last time, you saved me. This time, I will pass on everything I have learned in my life to you! The next time you come to the Yao Realm to train with me, come to the cliff where I saved you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old man and the house beside him vanished, leaving only Dao Lord Taichu atop the cliff. Yet the medicine the old man had given him remained in his hand.
Clutching the medicine bottle tightly, Dao Lord Taichu hurriedly flew back to the human realm to save the woman he loved most...
Dao Lord Taichu rushed back from the Yao Realm and returned to his dilapidated hut, where he checked the Bone-Mending Marrow-Restoring Soup he had prepared for Bai Ling'er.
Seeing that it had been brewed to perfection, he picked up the Medicinal Soup, spread his powerful golden wings, and flew toward Old Zhang's home.
Yet when he saw the village's crumbling walls and goods scattered chaotically across the ground, as though it had just been ransacked by bandits, Dao Lord Taichu—who had no idea what had happened during the days he had been gone—immediately flew toward the old clan leader's home.
When he saw that the old clan leader's gate was covered in damage, that the doors and windows inside were shattered, and that the servants at the entrance had long since disappeared, Dao Lord Taichu's heart suddenly clenched.
But when he saw the room where the princess was recuperating, Dao Lord Taichu finally relaxed. The entrance to her room was still clean, the