It was thanks to Shi Hao that she could successfully avenge herself. Who would have thought, with the Heavenly Mandate in such chaos, he could make such accurate deductions.
Perhaps it was also fate that brought her together with Bi Yun's brother, Shi Hao. Only then could she finally settle the karma, avenging Shi Hao's sister and her own disciple, Bi Yun!
Leaving Taiyi Zhenren's mansion, Shi Ji returned to the Three Immortal Islands to return the Mixed Yuan Golden Dou.
"Junior sister, has the karma been resolved? Do you need our help?" Seeing Shi Ji returning so quickly, Bi Xiao was somewhat surprised.
"Thank you, senior sister, for your kind offer. It has been settled. Thanks to your treasures, otherwise I would have been on the list of deities. If you need any help in the future, just ask." Shi Ji expressed her gratitude.
"We are fellow disciples, sisters in all but blood, what need for courtesy?" Yun Xiao said with a smile.
Shi Ji shook her head slightly. The relationship between the Intercepting Sect and the Chan Sect has always been bad. Now that she had killed a third generation disciple, the Chan Sect would likely not let it go.
But Shi Ji was no longer afraid of them. If they came, she would fight them. If they attacked, she would defend.
After bidding farewell to the Three Sovereigns, Shi Ji returned to the White Bone Cave, intending to set up some powerful mountain guarding formations. If the enemy attacked again in the future, they could at least hold them off for a while.
"Sister, come back quickly."
Three days later, a familiar wisp of green smoke, as if drawn by an invisible thread, appeared at the White Bone Cave. It ignored all the arrays and prohibitions, drifting straight to Shi Ji.
"Master?" Cai Yun saw Shi Ji suddenly leave the cave and was somewhat confused.
Shi Ji's mind had been captivated by the green smoke, and she did not even glance at her disciple.
"Hey, Master, where are you going?" Seeing Shi Ji ignoring her and flying straight out of the White Bone Cave, Cai Yun also anxiously followed.
Along the way, Cai Yun kept muttering, but she still received no response from Shi Ji.
It wasn't until Shi Ji regained some clarity that she looked at the familiar yet strange gate in front of her with a dumbfounded expression.
What the heck? How did she end up back at her younger brother Shi Hao's place out of nowhere?
No, how did her disciple follow her?
"Master, where is this place?" Feeling only a trace of her spiritual power and consciousness, Cai Yun was also shocked and confused.
"No matter what you see or hear, don't act rashly!"
After giving her disciple instructions, Shi Ji pushed open the door. Then, Shi Ji searched around and sure enough, she saw her younger brother offering incense before a spirit tablet.
"Brother, what's with that incense? Why, despite being thousands of miles away, I was inexplicably drawn back?" Shi Ji couldn't help but ask.
"Haha, it's spirit-calling incense. I thought it was just a coincidence the first time, but I didn't expect it to actually help me call you back again. Seems like it's quite effective."
"It's too effective. Please don't use it next time. I can't handle it." Not only because her mind would lose control, but also because the feeling of being summoned at any time made Shi Ji feel speechless.
"Yes, yes, I promise I won't use it again, unless there is an urgent matter and I can't contact you." Shi Hao chuckled.
Hidden behind Shi Ji, Cai Yun heard their conversation and was also bewildered. She didn't remember her master having a younger brother.
"Hey, Shi Ji actually brought a friend back. Is she your junior sister? She's pretty cute." Seeing Cai Yun, Shi Hao's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but give a silent thumbs up.
It has to be said, female cultivators are indeed beautiful. Their aura alone could outshine all the female celebrities in his previous life.
"Don't talk nonsense. She's my disciple, Cai Yun." Shi Ji introduced.
"No way, with your decades of cultivation, you're actually taking a disciple?" Shi Hao scoffed. In his opinion, his sister had only cultivated for a few decades.
"Uncle, Master is very powerful." Cai Yun quickly spoke up for her Master.
At the same time, Cai Yun was surprised because her Master was a Great Luo Jinxian, yet she was being ridiculed for her low cultivation. How powerful must this Uncle in front of her be?
"Cai Yun, don't explain to him, he doesn't understand anything." Shi Ji snorted in her heart. If the other party knew her true identity, she wondered how surprised they would be.
Shi Hao smiled and didn't say anything more, leading the two into the living room. "Have a seat for a while, I'll make you some tea."
"Tea?"
"It's a kind of beverage."
Shi Hao wasn't sure if it existed in the current Primordial World, but if he used the buds of the Xiantian Bodhi Tree, Five Needle Pine, and other spiritual roots, then dried them into tea leaves, it would definitely be amazing.
The tea leaves he had were not made by picking the tender leaves of spiritual herbs or medicinal plants from the Primordial World and drying them. They were a product of the system's check-in.
It had no name because after tasting it, one could experience the bittersweetness, joy, anger, sorrow, and fear of a lifetime, so Shi Hao gave it a pretentious name: Mortalization Tea.
Because it tasted good and had a strong aroma, Shi Hao would occasionally brew a pot.
It's just that after drinking too much, he felt that if he could remove the tea's experience, it would be better, because it was completely unnecessary for Shi Hao, a mere mortal.
Shi Hao took out a pot of fragrant, steaming hot tea and poured a cup for each of them.
Shi Ji picked up the teacup and took a sip. The faint tea flavor spread in her mouth.
When the joy, anger, sorrow, and fear came upon her, Shi Ji completely lost herself and immersed herself in them.
She clearly felt the joy of a mortal marrying and having children, the sorrow of the death of a blood relative, the bitterness of a loved one's betrayal…
If it was said that the sealing of her spiritual power and consciousness made Shi Ji's body like a mortal, then now, the experience of the Mortalization Tea had also turned Shi Ji's mind into that of a mortal.
"Sister, does the tea I brewed taste good?"
Seeing the two close their eyes and enjoy, Shi Hao found it somewhat amusing. Perhaps the tea he got from the system could help cultivators improve their mental state.
"Hmph, Mortalization Tea, truly marvelous."
The next moment, a figure identical to Shi Ji split off from her, like a clone technique.
As for Cai Yun, she was still experiencing the flavor of the Mortalization Tea.
"Whoa, you actually split off a clone? Sister, did you break through?"
"That's right. Thanks to your tea, I have gained some insights in the external incarnation technique."
Shi Ji could never have imagined that simply by taking a sip of the so-called Mortalization Tea, she had easily broken through a realm.
She was filled with disbelief. What kind of existence was this young man in front of her? A cup of tea allowed her to cut off her self and actually break through to the level of a Quasi-Saint who had severed the Three Corpses.
"Your external incarnation is very real. It looks so lifelike, almost as good as the severed-corpse clone." As he looked at the two almost identical Shi Jis in front of him, Shi Hao marveled.
There are several common types of clones in the cultivation world. There are puppet clones, and there is also the external incarnation technique similar to the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, but the severed-corpse clone is considered one of the top techniques.
After all, a Quasi-Saint level severed-corpse clone requires a Xiantian spiritual treasure to anchor itself.
"Brother, you are joking. How can my clone compare to the severed-corpse clone of a Quasi-Saint? But you actually understand the Severed Corpses Realm. You really surprise me." Shi Ji said, noncommittally.
"Severed Corpses to become a Saint. It's one of the three methods of becoming a Saint taught by Hongjun in the Primordial World. Naturally, I understand something about it. Haha, but the so-called severing of the three corpses to become a Saint isn't that great." Shi Hao shook his head.