Watching Jun Shuxue wield her treasured sword, shouting that she would rescue Ji Shiyou.
She charged forward like a mad bull, leaving Ji Shiyou and Mingyue stunned.
"Has this woman lost her mind? She's a demoness, no doubt.
But where did she see that I was forcing Ji Shiyou?
Just a moment ago, Ji Shiyou threatened to kill her.
She was the one being forced, honestly, such foolish humans."
Mingyue thought to herself, while Ji Shiyou was too embarrassed to show his face.
His current posture with Mingyue was truly hard to explain.
His reputation was completely ruined.
He had left the inn precisely to avoid being seen.
Who knew that Jun Shuxue, this persistent shadow, would find him here.
Now he couldn't explain himself, utterly at a loss for words.
After a few seconds of silence, the two reluctantly rolled up from the ground.
Seeing Jun Shuxue's state, she was like a madwoman.
Her treasured sword pulsed with sword energy, ready to fight to the death.
They couldn't worry about anything else; their priority was to stop her.
The most important thing was to calm her down.
However, just as they prepared themselves, Jun Shuxue, who was running, experienced a sudden mishap.
She tripped and fell face-first, her sword flying out of her hand.
It hurtled towards Mingyue. This wasn't Jun Shuxue's fault.
She had been kidnapped by Mingyue, and her storage bag and outer clothes had been looted by Mingyue.
She was only left with the inner garment she wore. After waking up, she found her fellow disciples.
Tian Jian gave her one of his uniforms.
He also took out an unused sword from his storage bag for her to defend herself.
That uniform was a men's size, rather large.
As Jun Shuxue ran, she stepped on the hem of the garment and fell face-first.
Mingyue saw a sword energy flying towards him and felt a pang of fear.
In a panic, out of self-preservation, he directly threw the jade token in his hand towards the sword energy.
A loud bang was heard as the jade token, fully charged with Mingyue's cultivation, exploded.
Flames flickered in the valley, and a powerful gust of wind, like a tidal wave, instantly filled the entire valley.
Ji Shiyou cast a spell, protecting Mingyue and himself within its embrace.
"Senior Brother, why?
I thought you were bewitched by the demoness and came specifically to save you.
I never expected you to try and kill me.
You would kill a fellow disciple for a demoness.
I hate you! May you two scoundrels die a terrible death!"
From within the smoke of the explosion, a shrill roar echoed.
It was Jun Shuxue's voice. She had just seen her sword fly towards Ji Shiyou.
She had worried about accidentally injuring Ji Shiyou, but who knew her Senior Brother would try to kill her.
This made Jun Shuxue feel disheartened and deeply hurt.
She had been sincere towards Ji Shiyou. Even if Ji Shiyou had done that with the demoness,
she hadn't disliked Ji Shiyou for being impure. She had still wholeheartedly wanted to save him.
But her Senior Brother wanted to kill her for a demoness.
This was unbearable for her, so she screamed hysterically.
"Is she alright?"
Seeing a disheveled, ragged, dust-covered figure in the smoke, looking neither human nor ghost, roaring.
Then running out of the valley, Mingyue felt a sense of schadenfreude.
But on the surface, he feigned concern and said, Jun Shuxue's appearance was too tragic.
However, it was so satisfying!
"She's fine. That jade token was too severely damaged, and the cultivation it carried was limited.
Didn't you see she was just covered in dust from the explosion, her skin wasn't even broken?
Don't mind her. Take out the jade token I gave you and try again!"
Ji Shiyou said with an unchanged expression. He knew what was happening.
Jun Shuxue looked disheveled, but she wasn't injured at all.
It was just her spoiled temper acting up, and it was good that she ran off.
It was also fortunate that he didn't know how to explain what had just happened, so he didn't have to worry about it.
Mingyue's explosion just now was perfectly timed, a stroke of genius.
"Again? How about we try another day?"
Mingyue wasn't reluctant to have her soul return to its rightful place; she was reluctant to part with the jade token Ji Shiyou had just given her.
Although it was Ji Shiyou's, once it entered her storage bag, it was hers.
"Use this one."
Seeing Mingyue's conflicted and pained expression, Ji Shiyou was helpless.
He took out another jade token from his storage bag and handed it over.
"Don't think about exchanging it again; use this one.
If your soul can return to its rightful place, I'll give you all the jade tokens in my storage bag."
Seeing Mingyue about to take out her own storage bag, Ji Shiyou quickly stopped her.
The jade token Mingyue would take out must be broken and worn out.
It wouldn't be able to carry much cultivation and would affect the result.
"But, how many jade tokens do you have left in your storage bag?"
Mingyue didn't put her storage bag away and confirmed the number of jade tokens with Ji Shiyou.
She was worried that if Ji Shiyou's storage bag...
ran out of jade tokens, then she would have achieved nothing.
"Don't worry, there are still hundreds.
Hurry up, it's almost dawn."
Ji Shiyou said helplessly. If Mingyue continued like this, he would go crazy.
"Hahaha! I'm rich! You keep your word.
Right away, right away!
You rich tycoon, with hundreds of jade tokens, I'll do anything you say."
Knowing the number of jade tokens, Mingyue was full of motivation.
Ji Shiyou's icy face, which had been like a frozen lake, bloomed into a flower under her laughter.
However, even in the face of wealth, Mingyue was very cooperative.
They tried three times in total, but the misplaced souls still did not return to their positions.
Mingyue was exhausted and could no longer channel her cultivation into the jade token.
Due to physical limitations, Ji Shiyou's cultivation...
could only be utilized at an average level. After three explosions, he was also exhausted.
Seeing that dawn was approaching, the two, taking advantage of the pre-dawn darkness,
supported each other and quietly slipped back to the inn.
"Senior Brother, it's not good!
Senior Brother, are you awake?"
Inside the room, Ji Shiyou was meditating on the floor when Tian Jian's knocking came from the door.
His voice was urgent, as if something had happened. Ji Shiyou opened his eyes.
Having cultivated to his level, he no longer needed sleep to recover his energy.
After returning yesterday, Mingyue climbed into bed and fell asleep immediately.
Seeing Mingyue completely unguarded, he shook his head and didn't get into bed.
He got up, saw Mingyue sleeping like a log on the bed,
completely undisturbed by the knocking. Ji Shiyou couldn't bear to wake her.
He walked to the door and opened it.
"Sister-in-law, no, Fairy Mingyue, is Senior Brother awake?"
Tian Jian, standing outside the door, saw Mingyue open it and blurted out "Sister-in-law."
Seeing Mingyue's face darken, he quickly corrected himself.
"Not yet. What is it?"
Seeing Tian Jian's panicked expression, Ji Shiyou asked directly.
"Fairy Mingyue, Junior Sister Jun is missing.
This morning when I woke up, I saw her door was open.
I called out a couple of times at the door, but there was no response.
When I went in, I found no one there.
I searched the entire inn, but she was nowhere to be found.
The innkeeper and the waiter who was on duty downstairs last night also didn't see her."
Tian Jian had already considered Mingyue as one of their own, so he didn't hold back.
He recounted the disappearance of Jun Shuxue.
"Five li east of the town's east gate, there is a valley.
Divide the disciples into four groups, starting from the valley.
Use tracking techniques to search in all directions.
Whether you find her or not, report back in two hours."
Upon learning that Jun Shuxue had not returned to the inn and was missing, Ji Shiyou's brows furrowed.
He then instructed Tian Jian to lead the fellow disciples to search.
"Alright, I'll arrange it immediately."
Tian Jian agreed and turned to leave.
He only realized after leading the disciples out of the inn.
He had come to ask for instructions from Senior Brother, but he had been arranged by Mingyue.
If it weren't said that like attracts like, they were truly a family.
He saw the aura of Senior Brother in Mingyue.
It made him feel as if Senior Brother was assigning him a task, and he couldn't help but obey.
Two hours later, the disciples of Jinwu Palace returned to the inn.
They had not found Jun Shuxue, who was missing.