Episode 23

  Months later, Jinchanger's nourishing soul device was successful. Then, the Xuanbing Biyu ball was sealed in this array device, and the cave was re-sealed. He took Yao to Xiaolengshan. The two of them sometimes flew on the top of white clouds, or walked on the official roads and village paths of the mortal world, unhurried and leisurely, as if traveling. Bai Jinchanger's mood was great, saying:

  "Sister, it's been many years since we've traveled like this! If only you would play that divine melody again, and the objects would harmonize with your song, how beautiful it would be! Alas, I can only communicate with you through spiritual understanding, for I have no physical form to speak out loud!"

  "Do not grieve, sister. I will surely rebuild your physical body and reunite you with your zither, reliving the carefree days of our past!"

  Two people were in high spirits, traveling as they had before. Bai Jiao still liked to laugh and joke, whenever she saw something interesting, she would excitedly tell Jin Chan'er about it. And Jin Chan'er would quietly listen to Bai Jiao's joyful shouts and laughter. In this way, another half year passed before they arrived at the foot of Xiaoleng Mountain in Hujiayuan Village.

  Jin Chan'er and Bai Jiao'jiao spent their days hiding in the courtyard of the Shi family or in the village school, watching Shi Bu Xu and other children study and play, while they themselves practiced diligently every day. After five years, Jin Chan'er's mental state had improved greatly, and she successfully passed through the three stages of Tong, Da, and Ru Yi. At that time, she suddenly broke through the bottleneck of her cultivation and made rapid progress, achieving a high level of attainment in the mortal world. She was now only waiting for Bai Jiao'jiao to complete her physical transformation before they could transcend together.

  However, as a demon cultivator, Jin Chan'er did not dare to use her powerful magic, lest she attract heavenly tribulation and be forced to transcend immediately, either by flying ascension or by being destroyed body and soul. So she restrained herself and did not make any moves.

  At night, Shi Yi would explain ancient texts to Shi Bu Xu, who was surprisingly enthusiastic about learning despite his young age. He quickly picked up the characters and their meanings, which amazed Jin Chan'er and her sister.

  During these five years, Jin Chan'er also secretly used her magic to hide a mysterious ice crystal ball near the hairpin of the Three Realms Coffin, which resulted in a miraculous phenomenon: Bai Jiao'jiao's six senses had become stronger than before. This was a joyful event for the two sisters.

  Shi Yi spent his days either lecturing or going out to collect medicinal herbs, and when he returned home, he would work on refining elixirs. He also followed his grandfather to learn the art of refining elixirs, and roughly mastered many prescriptions for medicinal pellets, techniques for refining elixirs, pharmacology, and recognized many types of medicinal materials. All these things that would bore children of the same age, Shi Yi found extremely interesting, often neglecting sleep and forgetting to eat in pursuit of this path!

  But the event still came to pass! The robust man in the forest died mysteriously, and Shi Yitai followed to investigate, but obtained a wonderful sacred medicine - Assisting Soul Grass. The old man was overjoyed and picked it up. However, he didn't know that this was Jin Chang'er intentionally releasing a hint of light to lure him into picking it. Jiao Jiao's heart was unhappy and said:

  "Sister, this sacred medicine is almost gone in the mortal world! Since we have the fate to obtain it, why give it away!"

  "Jiao Jiao, this Three Realms Coffin is a sentient object and has already acknowledged the Historian as its master! You and I have obtained it, but we can't use it. We can only protect the Historian from harm, and that's the only way to bring out its true power! Besides, sister, your recognition of the gods has changed, shouldn't you be grateful to them?"

  "It's not like they actively lent us two to use!"

  Bai Jiao was still not convinced, but Jin Chan'er just smiled and didn't continue the conversation. However, she sensed something outside with her sixth sense, slightly furrowed her brow, and suddenly left to patrol a few hundred miles around before returning. Then, with a worried expression, she said:

  "It seems that Shen Zhuo and his gang have tracked us down! How can we give the Shi family trio a heads up without revealing our whereabouts?"

  "What did sister discover?"

  "Several hundred miles from here, there are several groups of mysterious cultivators. Among them is someone I know, the Lu family master who invaded Guigu Valley and killed Shi Yi's father and son."

  "Yes, sister, just pretend to be that cultivator and let Shi Yi see from a distance. He's very cautious and will definitely make a judgment!"

  Bai Jiao jiao thought for a moment and said.

  "Jiao Jiao, your intelligence is high and your strategies are multifaceted, who can match you!"

  "Sister, otherwise how would ordinary people call me sly? Haha..."

  "This little girl is so vain! But it's also true!"

  Just then, Shi Yi was out searching for rare herbs and had not returned. Jin Chan'er followed the secret mark she had left on Shi Yi's body and tracked him down. In a remote area deep in the mountains, she transformed into a group of gods and intentionally revealed her presence to startle Shi Yi. Shi Yi was indeed greatly shocked and hastily flew away quietly. When he approached Hujiayuan Village in Xiaoliangshan, dozens of miles away, he saw a group of unfamiliar cultivators slowly surrounding the village. Shi Yi didn't have time to expose his true form and could only flee towards the mountain valley as quickly as possible. Later, he and Liu Shi flew up into the air and hastily escaped. However, the encirclement of the village had already been completed, so Shi Yi pretended to hold onto Liu Shi and charged towards the enemy cultivators. The person blocking their path was a cultivator who had been ambushed and lost his life. On the surface, it seemed like Shi Yi had risked his life to defeat his opponent with one blow, but in reality, Jin Chan'er had secretly attacked the enemy cultivator's divine consciousness, causing his reaction to slow down by half a beat, allowing Shi Yi to successfully land a hit. Shi Yi escaped from the encirclement, and Jin Chan'er followed him as he flew away. Bai Jiaojiao said:

  "Sister, if that child's life force is insufficient and he dies, this old man will not live alone! At that time, his magical tools will have no master and self-destruct, won't we be like pouring water into a bamboo basket, all in vain? It's better to save the mother and son!"

  "But Sanjie's coffin is on Shiyi's body!"

  "He has escaped and must be safe. When things have settled down, he will come looking for you little one."

  "What my sister said is absolutely right! It's just that I'm being too stubborn."

  Jin Chan'er returned and went towards Liu's mother and son.

  The Liu family is truly remarkable! In the face of danger, they are fearless and willing to sacrifice themselves for their children. Even Jin Tian'er was moved to tears by this sight. Jin Tian'er had no choice but to secretly follow Shi Yuzhu and first went to a small village before returning to the big tree. She couldn't help but admire the cleverness of this child. After Shi Yuzhu mistakenly ate the Sacred Spirit Dan, Jin Tian'er was shocked and didn't care about hiding her tracks, rushing out to save him. What kind of medicine is the Sacred Spirit Dan? How could Jin Tian'er not know! As a cultivator in the mortal world, one can only take one pill at a time, and it takes a year and a half to refine it before it can be consumed. Otherwise, the spiritual energy will explode and kill the person! But this child actually took seven or eight pills! Jin Tian'er could only use her powerful divine powers to force the medicine to dissolve. She infused it into Shi Yuzhu's entire body, including his flesh, bones, meridians, and six senses. The medicinal properties of the Dan were too potent, taking a full seven days and nights to stabilize. Even Jin Tian'er's unparalleled divine powers in this realm felt exhausted, as if she had overexerted herself! When Shi Yuzhu was about to wake up from his coma-like sleep, Jin Tian'er finally withdrew her technique and sat down to meditate. Suddenly, she heard the child's voice calling out, "Mommy, Mommy..." Jin Tian'er turned around and saw that Shi Yuzhu seemed to be waking up, so she quickly hid her presence again, only giggling and saying:

  "Sister, when did you become a mother too? I don't know who your husband is?"

  Jin Chan'er's face turned red as she said:

  "Little girl, stop talking nonsense!"

  Afterwards, Shi Yi indeed came. Looking at the old man crying and wailing, he first found Liu's physical body, carefully observed that three souls and seven spirits still had one left, hurriedly took out a treasure box to collect that one soul and spirit, and then carefully placed it in the law bag. Jin Chan'er was greatly suspicious, "What is this box! Could it be the Nine Spirits Divine Box?"

  After the old man buried Liu's body, he searched for something to offer sacrifices to Liu. Later, the grandfather and grandson went to the north of Gucheng City, Fanjia Town, settled there, and opened a private school to teach books.