The Eastern Sea of the primordial chaos, countless immortal mountains, among them Penglai Island, Three Immortals Island, and Golden Tortoise Island are especially famous.
West of the eastern seacoast, there is a pass called Chen Tang Pass.
A few hundred miles outside Chen Tang Pass, there is an immortal mountain called Skull Mountain.
Don't be fooled by the name, the White Bone Cave on the mountain is actually a proper and legitimate sect of renowned cultivators, descended from a Saint, the disciple of the Intercepting Sect, Shi Ji!
Since the Six Saints of the Purple Firmament Palace signed the list of gods a few hundred years ago, and the matter ended in a disagreement, the Master of the Intercepting Sect, Tong Tian, ordered his disciples to stay within their caves and recite the Yellow Court Scripture.
But today, Shi Ji left her cave.
Originally, she had been in seclusion for hundreds of years, obeying her Master's orders and never leaving White Bone Cave.
However, an arrow shattered the peace of White Bone Cave, killing her disciple Bi Yun Tong Zi. The arrow was from the Heaven-Shaking Bow, with the inscription “Li Jing, Defender of Chen Tang Pass” on its feathers!
The culprit is obvious, Li Jing, the defender of Chen Tang Pass!
Actually, she and Li Jing are old acquaintances.
When he was learning the Tao under Du Er Zhen Ren in Western Kunlun, he was always inept, and it was Shi Ji who interceded with Du Er Zhen Ren.
Riding her Azure Luan, she was about to head to Chen Tang Pass to settle accounts with Li Jing.
Suddenly, a plume of blue smoke rushed towards her from afar.
Without warning, Shi Ji, already a Da Luo Jin Xian cultivator, was instantly mesmerized.
“Sister, come back quickly, come back quickly, sister!” The blue smoke, like sacrificial incense, carried a strong force of will.
It seemed like an unknown voice, constantly murmuring in Shi Ji's ear.
Shi Ji froze, she left the Azure Luan. Unable to control herself, she followed the direction of the blue smoke, crossing over mountains and peaks.
In a small village about ten miles from Chen Tang Pass, the blue smoke continuously emanated from a courtyard spanning about two or three mu.
As if under control, Shi Ji pushed hard against the tightly closed door.
The door seemed to be unlocked, making a creaking sound as it slowly opened!
Behind the door, there was a spacious courtyard, filled with melons and vegetables, even a small pond with lushly growing lotus flowers vying for beauty.
Behind the vegetable garden, there were rows of houses arranged in a square shape, surrounding the garden.
At the same time, Shi Ji regained consciousness. Her face was full of shock, who had the power to lure her to this place?
And most importantly, Shi Ji wanted to leave immediately, but she found that her cultivation was completely sealed, her magical power and divine sense were almost unusable, like falling from a Da Luo Jin Xian to a Qi Refining Cultivator.
“Who's there?”
As if hearing the sound of the door opening, a man in green clothes came out from one of the rooms.
Seeing the man, Shi Ji was stunned, although she couldn't use her divine sense, with her eyesight, she could recognize that the man before her was clearly a human without cultivation.
One thing worth noting is that his facial features and temperament were somewhat similar to her disciple Bi Yun.
“Hey, you're Sister Shi Ji, aren't you? You finally came back, but why didn't you come back sooner, do you know that Mom and Dad were constantly talking about wanting to see you before they died!”
Sister? He's calling me?
Shi Ji felt that the mortal in front of her might be mistaken, she looked around and found no one else within tens of meters except herself.
“Are you calling me?”
“Of course, who else could it be? You wouldn't have gone off to cultivate for decades and forgotten your identity, would you? Ah, come to think of it, we haven't seen each other in many years. It's normal that you don't recognize me anymore. I'm your younger brother, Shi Hao! Forget it, it's good you came back, come with me to pay respects to Mom and Dad first.”
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Feeling his hand grabbing her arm, Shi Ji was about to flick her sleeve and throw him off, then explain the situation to him.
But Shi Ji was shocked to find that she had absolutely no ability to resist, she could only stare wide-eyed as he dragged her into the room.
“How is this possible?”
Shi Ji was stunned, she was at the late stage of Da Luo Jin Xian, her cultivation almost perfect, how could she be captured by a seemingly ordinary mortal?
Although her magical power and divine sense were almost unusable, the power of her physical body was not something an ordinary person could withstand.
“Sister, I don't blame you for going to cultivate, but you left for so many years, you didn't even get to see Mom and Dad one last time. Ah, luckily you came back a bit earlier, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to see me.”
Shi Ji was quickly dragged to two memorial tablets, she could guess that they belonged to the deceased parents.
In front of the memorial tablets, there were a few incense sticks burning. The blue smoke that had mesmerized her was released by the burning incense.
On the memorial tablets, besides the names of the deceased, there were also the words, Son, Shi Hao, Daughter, Shi Ji.
“So it's Shi Ji?”
She suddenly thought of Bi Yun, the disciple who was killed. Before becoming her disciple, her name was also Shi Ji, it was fifty years ago, after becoming her disciple, that she gave her the name Bi Yun.
And Bi Yun once talked about her family, she remembered that she had a younger brother, whether it was this person in front of her, Shi Ji wasn't sure.
Due to the chaotic Heavenly Mandate of the Calamity, even though she had the cultivation of a Da Luo Jin Xian, she could not deduce anything.
No way, could he be Bi Yun's younger brother?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed, otherwise why would he resemble Bi Yun in some ways.
But her disciple Bi Yun was dead, even though she wasn't the one who killed her, but she was killed in her cave, and she failed to protect her disciple, she had to bear most of the responsibility.
Looking at Shi Hao, who was alone at home, waiting for his sister for decades, Shi Ji's heart was filled with guilt: “Alright! I will take Bi Yun's place, I will take care of her younger brother.”
Shi Ji took three incense sticks and offered them to her parents.