Her cultivation was obviously so low, yet this cheap master of hers praised her as exceptional. Could it be a new form of veiled insult? Yao Ranran lowered her head. In the eyes of cultivators from the upper realms, she was still so weak and insignificant.
"Good disciple, do you know what vision appeared in the heavens at the moment of your breakthrough?" An Xiaolin gazed at her with concern.
Yao Ranran shook her head. "Master, I didn't see anything. Was there truly some heavenly vision?"
"There was." An Xiaolin nodded firmly. "Good disciple, the vision you caused, in all the years of being your teacher, is something I have never seen before."
Yao Ranran grew curious. "What sort of vision did I draw forth?"
An Xiaolin stared into her clear and bright eyes. Suddenly, his cheeks reddened and he turned his gaze aside. "Good disciple, you… are not of this world."
Yao Ranran's whole body shook, as though struck by lightning.
So the vision she brought forth was not something belonging to this realm?
Could it be that snacks, hotpot, and computers from Earth had leaked out instead?
Her lashes trembled. If her cheap master discovered her secret, would she need to seal Shu Xi Palace away forever, since the dead do not speak?
Bah! Was that something a disciple could even think of doing?
She quickly denied the ruthless thought in her heart and looked out the window. Heavenly visions appeared in the skies. That meant everyone around must have seen it too. A wave of panic rose within her. As an outsider, would everyone now reject her?
"Good disciple." An Xiaolin's solemn voice pulled her back from her wandering thoughts.
"Ah?" Yao Ranran swallowed nervously, waiting for what he would say.
Looking deeply into her eyes, An Xiaolin suddenly clasped her hand. "Good disciple, you are not of this world. You must be the reincarnation of the Twelfth Grade Pure World White Lotus!"
"Ah… ha?"
Yao Ranran froze in place.
An Xiaolin gazed at her with tenderness. "Good disciple, am I not your master for this lifetime?"
"Ah… mm…"
"As your master, I am deeply moved! Your identity is so noble. Before, I thought you were merely chosen by the heavens, but I never expected… with your ability, not even the heavens can control you!"
An Xiaolin gripped her hand tightly. "Good disciple, do not forget your master. I now live only because of you… and to ask you to fulfill my last wish."
Yao Ranran had not yet digested his words. "Master, what is your wish?"
"That the next Palace Master will be able to rescue all the departed souls of Shu Xi Palace!"
Yao Ranran: "..." The next Palace Master was clearly her!
Should she perhaps pick a good time to toss Shu Xi Palace away, master included?
"Good disciple, it is extremely difficult for me, but even for you, it will not be easy!"
His playful tone faded into gravity.
Yao Ranran: Listening to your words is like… listening to sutra.
"Good disciple, when you watched those colored seeds sprout, surely you had some doubts. Such a vast palace as Shu Xi Palace, yet what I risked my life to leave for you… was a pile of seemingly worthless spirit seeds.
This is my failing. It was selfishness on my part… and also," he paused, "also because my good disciple is simply too strong!"
There were so few times when she actually needed his help. Sometimes he even worried that his intervention would hinder her cultivation.
Yao Ranran remained silent.
Although this master had not provided much direct aid, with his companionship she had indeed learned many things in this foreign world.
"I truly have no choice. I cannot even say more than this…" An Xiaolin looked at her with warmth. His gentle eyes glistened faintly.
"Master…" Yao Ranran pursed her lips. "Is Shu Xi Palace wealthy?"
An Xiaolin: "..."
"Good disciple, Shu Xi Palace suffered great calamity, it… it… it is!"
The words lodged in his throat, his eyes suddenly shrank, and the once-clear sky turned dark. Thunder boomed across the heavens.
Yao Ranran stared at the horizon in shock.
"I have spoken too much today. Good disciple, in truth, that wish was a lie. As long as Shu Xi Palace is in your hands, it can live on forever."
With a faint smile on his lips, warm as jade, An Xiaolin's form dispersed into nothingness.
Yao Ranran watched, stunned, as he returned into Shu Xi Palace and was gone. She picked up the palace in her hands.
The dark clouds rolled back, thunder fading away.
She gazed at Shu Xi Palace in her hands for a long while.
"If it can be saved, then I will save it."
She murmured softly, unaware that within Shu Xi Palace, the departed souls smiled through their pain.
"My good disciple cannot bear to abandon us… how could I bear to let her step into peril?"
Creak—
Yao Ranran pushed open the door.
The violet dragon tried to dash out toward the sky, but she stopped it.
"Later, I will arrange a proper dwelling for you."
The dragon obediently turned back to her side.
One after another, lights flared. Zhou Lili advanced into Foundation Establishment. Xiao Rong stepped into half-step Golden Core. Tang Xiangyin's Golden Core was complete. Meng Xiangxiang's severe injuries were healed.
Even the strongest among them, Nie Rong, had his spiritual power condensed and stabilized, boosting his combat strength.
Yao Ranran stood at the doorway in astonishment. Seeing the lingering violet qi, she instantly understood why everyone had broken through at the same time.
"Boss, are you a Divine Transformation Zūnzhě now? When you ascend, can you take me along too?" Xiao Rong, upon opening his eyes, immediately rushed to her side, acting like a spoiled child.
Yao Ranran: "..."
Her realm was still far from Divine Transformation.
"Fairy Ranran, we broke through too!"
Tang Xiangyin and Zhou Lili exclaimed in unison, their faces glowing with excitement.
"Cluck cluck cluck!" The phoenix darted to Yao Ranran's feet, competing for attention, declaring it too had advanced.
Zhou Shengqian's face shone with joy.
"Many thanks, Fairy Ranran. Without you leading Li Li, who knows how many more years it would have taken her to reach Foundation Establishment!"
"Yes, Fairy Ranran is so formidable. If I do not work hard at cultivation, I will not even be able to keep up with her!"
Zhou Lili recalled how utterly invisible she had felt at Duanya Mountain, her heart aching. She truly had been too weak. Father had been right all along—following Fairy Ranran, she had indeed brushed against fairy fortune and successfully reached Foundation Establishment.
Used to Zhou Shengqian's flattery, Yao Ranran swept her gaze over everyone present. "Where is Ye Nantian?"
"Ye Nantian? Which Ye Nantian?" Zhou Shengqian, still lost in thoughts of the supreme spiritual vein, instinctively repeated the question when he heard the familiar name.
Zhou Lili's face turned pale. "Ye Nantian has been locked in the little dark room beside the kitchen."
"Oh, so this Ye Nantian is a disobedient boy?" Zhou Shengqian tugged at his small beard, voice stern. "To dare oppose the Fairy, he must be executed!"
Zhou Lili's eyes widened in shock. Her cautious, timid father, actually speaking of executing Ye Nantian…
"Father, do not doubt it. This Ye Nantian… is that Ye Nantian, the Ye family's young master, Ye Nantian!"
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