Bi Xiu had lost himself in the Wen of the four women as they tugged at one another and competed for his favor. After a long while, a sudden warning stirred in his heart, jolting him awake. When he looked up, a golden streak of Sword Light was shooting across the sky.
Recognizing that familiar Sword Light, Bi Xiu hurriedly used a Mystic Sect sealing art to immobilize all four women. Each froze in her pose, sitting sideways or leaning back, holding wine or pinching a cake between her fingers, as though they had become four statues. They could not move so much as a finger, let alone speak.
Terrified, Bi Xiu gazed up at the Sword Light, cold sweat covering his forehead.
The Jin-colored Sword Light passed overhead and was about to fly away when it suddenly stopped and doubled back.
The Sword Light dispersed, revealing a handsome youth with long arms and a slender waist. He glanced down from the air, then rubbed his hands together, sending a streak of Golden Light down into the Yaksha Formation. Clouds of black smoke surged out of thin air. The Formation's concealment was broken, revealing the true scene below.
The youth first glanced at the white mist rippling with multicolored light, then fixed her gaze on Bi Xiu. "Junior brother, come back with me and beg forgiveness from Master and his wife!"
This was Yue Wen, the eldest disciple of Cloud-Chasing Elder Bai Guyi. Though she looked young, she had followed Bai Guyi in cultivating the Dao since the Northern Song, passing through several reincarnations along the way. Now that her mastery of the Dao was complete, Bi Xiu knew he was no match for her. That was why he was so afraid.
He replied, trembling, "If I go back now,