Chapter 50 White Pine
Chapter 50 White Pine
After leaving the inn, Zhao Bin took Shen Yao to meet their revenge group.
When they arrived at their lodgings, Shen Yao gasped.
One has to admire their audacity; they actually found their lodging right behind the guesthouse.
This is the house that Baisong rented. Just across an alley from the courtyard wall of this house is the Xiangyuan Garden of the guesthouse.
This means they plan to successfully poison the target and then immediately make an escape.
Zhao Bin knocked on the door, but there was no response. He knocked three more times, and then a voice came from inside asking, "Who is it?"
Zhao Bin said, "I'm back from work."
The door opened a crack from the inside, and a beautiful female cultivator stood behind it. Seeing that Zhao Bin was accompanied by two unfamiliar female cultivators, she asked, "Who are these two fairies?"
Zhao Bin: "My work contract was bought by Fairy Shen, so I came back to get some supplies."
The beautiful female cultivator looked Shen Yao and Xianyu up and down, then opened the door and welcomed them inside.
Zhao Bin then entered, and the beautiful female cultivator casually closed and locked the door. Only then did Shen Yao see that there was another male cultivator wearing a blue cloth short shirt standing against the side of the door.
Although she had spent a few days inside Bai Luo's body and seen Bai Luo's memories, Shen Yao did not specifically go through the process of recognizing each of her relatives.
However, she recognized Bai Song, and she figured that these two must be her senior brother and sister, who had changed their names to Lan Ying and Wan Li.
Zhao Bin led them into the house. The room was simply furnished with a square tea table and four long benches.
After everyone was seated, before Lan Ying could ask any questions, Shen Yao performed a kinship greeting: "Senior Sister Lan Ying, Senior Brother Wan Li."
Lan Ying and Wan Li exchanged bewildered glances. Lan Ying looked at Zhao Bin and asked, "What's this?"
Zhao Bin said in a low voice, "She is Junior Sister Bai Luo."
"Junior Sister Bai Luo?!" Lan Ying and Wan Li were shocked. They immediately realized what was happening, and Wan Li asked in a low voice, "You've used illusion magic?"
Shen Yao shook her head: "Senior sister, senior brother, my original body is gone, so Master used a secret method to make a clay body for me."
Lan Ying and Wan Li felt a pang of heartache and asked in unison, "Where is Master?"
Zhao Bin remained silent, while Shen Yao whispered, "Master's spiritual root was destroyed by Jiang Ming, and he was seriously injured. He passed away eight years ago."
All the cultivators fell silent.
Zhao Bin's tears fell onto the table again, and Lan Ying and Wan Li were also teary-eyed, covering their faces and wiping away their tears. As they wiped, they successively lay on the table, suppressing their sobs.
This is the scene that Bai Song saw when he came out of the inner room.
Zhao Bin, Lan Ying, and Wan Li were sobbing quietly on the table. Two unfamiliar female cultivators were sitting at the head of the table; one was in tears, and the other had tears welling up in her eyes as she pouted.
Bai Song asked, "What's wrong?"
The three people slumped over the table were crying so hard they couldn't speak. Shen Yao wiped away her tears and said to Xianyu, "Sit here and wait for me for a while."
Xianyu nodded, Shen Yao stood up, grabbed Baisong's sleeve, and walked into the inner room.
Bai Song was bewildered. He looked back at the three people on the table, then at the female cultivator who was pulling him, and followed her into the inner room, still confused.
Once inside, Bai Song rolled up his sleeves and asked her, "Who are you? What happened to them?"
Looking at this face, so familiar to Bai Luo in his memory, Shen Yao was filled with a myriad of emotions.
Neither her master nor she wanted to involve Bai Luo's brother, but they did anyway.
With such a deep bond between siblings and their parents being innocent victims, how could Bai Song not investigate?
Now that things have come to this, even though she is not Bai Song's sister, she has to acknowledge him as her brother.
“Brother,” Shen Yao said, “I am Bai Luo.”
Bai Song looked shocked. Shen Yao then told Bai Song again about how her master made a body for her.
Bai Song's eyes were filled with heartache.
Bai Songzai looked closely at Shen Yao's face, and couldn't believe that his pure and lovely younger sister had changed into a cold and calm exterior.
Bai Song's eyes reddened as he gazed at his sister for a long time before embracing her tightly and sobbing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my fault for not protecting you."
Shen Yao was stunned by Bai Song's hug.
In both her past and present lives, she had never been so close to anyone, nor had she ever experienced such intense family affection.
This hug made Shen Yao determined that even if Bai Song never knew who she was, she would still treat Bai Song as her own brother.
"I'm fine, brother." Shen Yao gently patted Bai Song's back: "I like this body, I like it very much."
Shen Yao pushed Bai Song away and spun around in front of him: "And look, I'm now a seventh-grade superior four-spiritual-root."
Bai Song then used his spiritual power to look at his younger sister, and she truly was a seventh-grade, four-elemental-root.
The secret method of body shaping was beyond his comprehension, and the awakening of new spiritual roots below the fifth level was unheard of.
Knowing Bai Song would be puzzled, Shen Yao explained, "Brother, I have a wonderful encounter. Come with me to a place."
With that, Shen Yao led Bai Song into the Originium Space.
When Little Stone Treasure saw that new cultivators had arrived, he threw his toys into the pile of stones and ran over to them.
Shen Yao picked up Xiao Shibao and introduced him to Bai Song: "Brother, this is the All-Spirit Source Stone, and his name is Shibao."
Then he said to Xiao Shibao, "Xiao Shibao, he is my older brother, Bai Song, my own brother."
Fearing that Xiao Shibao wouldn't understand, he asked again, "Brother, do you know? We were born to the same parents."
Little Stone Treasure nodded: "Stone Treasure understands."
Yao Yao's brother, that's her uncle. Little Shi Bao opened his arms to Bai Song: "Uncle, hug me."
Bai Song, who had become an uncle without pain, hadn't even realized it yet, and instinctively took the little stone baby and hugged him.
Shen Yao smiled faintly: "Brother, Little Stone Treasure treats me like a mother."
Little Shi Bao blushed and buried his head in Bai Song's arms: "So Yao Yao knew I considered her my mother! Oh dear, my secret's been discovered! Shi Bao is so shy!"
Bai Song looked around and his pupils contracted: "This... so many Perfect Spirit Stones!"
Little Stone Treasure raised his head, patted his chest and said, "Mine! Mine!" He then glanced at Shen Yao and said, "It's Yao Yao's too."
Bai Song was shocked. He was calculating whether he could earn so many Perfect Spirit Stones in ten lifetimes. His sister had become rich... and extremely rich!
Shen Yao patted Xiao Shibao's head: "It's yours, it's yours, you're the best."
Little Stone Treasure was overjoyed. He broke free, spread his arms, and said, "They're all mine! There are many more outside, and they're all mine too!"
Shen Yao asked in confusion, "Outside? Where is that?"
Little Stone Treasure: "Outside this stone pit."
After saying that, she took off running, shouting, "Yaoyao, follow me!"
Shen Yao and Bai Song followed, and Xiao Shibao ran to the edge of the pit and began to climb up.
The pit was very large, and the stone walls along its edge were very high, but Little Stone Treasure climbed very quickly and soon reached the top of the stone wall.
Shen Yao and Bai Song ascended using their spiritual powers and looked around...
The brother and sister were both so shocked they gasped...
Outside the stone pit where they were, as far as the eye could see, were countless other stone pits of all sizes...
Little Stone climbed onto Shen Yao, hugged her arm, and pointed northeast: "Yao Yao, do you see that long stone pit over there?"
Shen Yao looked in the direction the little stone treasure pointed. Not far from this stone pit, after jumping over a few round stone pits, there was indeed a long stone pit that was different from the others.
Shen Yao nodded in affirmation: "I saw it."
Little Stone Treasure: "That's the stone pit we encountered. Remember it, okay? Don't waste the perfect stone from that stone pit!"
"Okay," Shen Yao agreed, "I won't spend it."
Xiao Shibao arrogantly said, "Then you must remember this well: you can use any other flower except this one."
Shen Yao nodded hurriedly.
Little Stone Treasure excitedly slid down and tugged at Shen Yao's skirt: "Yao Yao, come run a lap with me and see!"
Shen Yao's mind was completely blank; she instinctively followed Xiao Shibao for a lap...
After running this lap, Shen Yao had only one thought in her mind: "I can't spend it all... I simply can't spend it all..."
The area surrounding the Shiquan Stone Pit where they were located was entirely composed of Shiquan Stone Pit sites...
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