Chapter 508 - 253: Requesting the Master’s Blessing for Marriage

Chapter 508: Chapter 253: Requesting the Master’s Blessing for Marriage

"Junior brother, do you see traces of my past self?" Dressed in a white gown, with a composed demeanor and bright eyes, Qin Mengyao looked at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan’s eyes were filled with nostalgia. "Nine points, even ten."

"I still remember the first time I saw you, senior sister. At that time, my cultivation was destroyed, and I struggled for half a month before finally joining the Daoist Palace, collapsing immediately afterward."

"When I woke up, the first person I saw was you, senior sister."

"You knocked and entered, walked towards me with concern on your face, introduced yourself, and took me to see the master..."

"Meeting you at that time left a deep impression, let alone now."

Qin Mengyao covered her mouth and chuckled softly, "Oh, Chu Xuan, have you been thinking about your senior sister since our first meeting?"

Chu Xuan dared not admit, "Deep impression, I said it left a deep impression. At that time, I was very downcast and had no time to think about these things, just that you, senior sister, made a strong impression, that’s all."

Qin Mengyao gently asked, "So do you like the past me or the present me?"

"I like both."

"You little trickster~" The senior sister laughed, extended a finger, and tapped his forehead.

Everything she said and did was just like her past self, making Chu Xuan’s heart skip a beat.

Ji Mingyu watched with hidden jealousy, but she hadn’t forgotten who was responsible for Chu Xuan’s destroyed cultivation, so she opened her mouth but said nothing, trying to minimize her presence...

Soon, the Daoist Palace’s gates came into view. Chu Xuan collected his thoughts and decided not to enter directly. Instead, he activated the sect’s token from a short distance and sent a private message to the master through the Jade Pendant.

Shortly after, a quite mystical white celestial crane silently flew out of the gates and landed in front of them, transforming into a young Daoist child in a crane robe.

Both Chu Xuan and his companion bowed, "Greetings, senior."

This was the mount of the Daoist Palace’s successive leaders, also a spirit beast of the seventh realm, with considerable seniority in the sect.

The Daoist child looked them up and down, then nodded, "Follow me."

Thus, they confidently entered the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace with the crane child, but at the moment of entering the formation, the child glanced at the quiet little snow, more accurately behind her, with a slightly surprised expression.

He looked at Chu Xuan with a questioning gaze.

Chu Xuan nodded, indicating it was fine, and the crane child continued to lead the way.

On the way to the main hall, all the Daoist Palace disciples ignored them, as if they didn’t exist in their eyes.

...

Floating Cloud Immortal was as gentle as ever, sitting in the hall making tea. However, his face appeared a bit older, seemingly more haggard.

This made the two arriving disciples feel quite pained. Qin Mengyao, in particular, stepped forward to pay respects with tears in her eyes, "Unfilial disciple Mengyao, pays respects to Master."

Chu Xuan remained silent, bowing beside his senior sister.

The crane child left them after bringing them over, while little snow stayed quietly near the hall’s door, refraining from disturbing their reunion.

Even though Ji Mingyu felt strange hearing Chu Xuan call someone else master, she felt awkward too.

Floating Cloud Immortal kindly looked at his two disciples, "Have you returned?"

Chu Xuan bowed again, "Master, I brought senior sister back to see you."

"Additionally, in dealing with matters of identity, I have acted on my own accord, which may differ from your expectations. I hope Master can forgive me."

Floating Cloud Immortal seemed to be in a good mood. He simply stood up to help them both up, "It is a blessing that we three master and disciples can reunite, no need to say such things."

Qin Mengyao raised her head, wiped her tears, and said, "Master, I..."

She had a thousand words to express but didn’t know where to begin. She wanted to say she hadn’t fallen into demonic ways, only recognized the true path she wished to follow.

Floating Cloud Immortal looked at his disciple kindly and nodded, "I understand. I raised you, after all, I know what you want to convey."

"Seeing your clear eyes now, without your mind distorted by killing intent, gives me some reassurance."

"However, I may have misunderstood before. Mengyao, your tribulation is not as I imagined."

"I thought you only needed to pass a ’killing tribulation’ or a ’love tribulation,’ but I didn’t expect it to involve the grand scheme of this mortal realm."

Chu Xuan’s expression was somewhat serious, "Master, do you know something?"

Floating Cloud Immortal shook his head, "Just speculations. With the accelerated progress of natural disasters in recent years, the fate’s trajectory became less obscure, slowly revealing signs. Your Senior Uncle Xuanji exhausted his heart in simulations, increasingly feeling our Daoist Palace may have been chosen from above."

"Your grandmaster, your senior sister, and even your junior brother may all be involved."

Chu Xuan frowned, but he wasn’t surprised. Back when Jiang Yiyi said Ye Xingming "seemed to have some destiny on him," he had speculated this possibility: Heaven focuses solely on our Daoist Palace.

The great figures of the Celestial Realm could not remain indifferent to the groundless natural disaster in the mortal realm. Perhaps they had long predicted something.

That’s why Jiang Yiyi descended; why Qin Mengyao commanded the Seven Killing Tablet; why Ye Xingming seemed overly dramatic but progressed at an absurd speed in cultivation.

These three are all Daoist Palace cultivators, and maybe, they were mandated to end this disaster, akin to a small rescue team.

However, being a hero is no easy task. To save the mortal realm, what kinds of sacrifices will they have to make?

It seemed that the master’s haggardness was due to his concerns, not only for these three but also for the entire sect’s future. After all, who knows if the entire Daoist Palace would need to be sacrificed at that time.