As soon as we appeared, we brought back such earth-shattering news.
The Black Demon Palace was annihilated.
Annihilated by the five of us from the Seventh Squad.
The news spread like wildfire…
And we didn't rest.
After all, I didn't have much time, and my uncle still needed to hurry to get ghost longevity for me.
So, after leaving the news, we found a Taoist from Blackwater Temple to lead us towards Blackwater Town.
We didn't even plan to visit Blackwater Temple itself.
My uncle didn't give a damn about those so-called reputations.
All he cared about was taking us back first.
Striving to return to the shop by tomorrow morning.
The sect leader of Longhu Mountain and three seniors from Maoshan tried their best to keep my uncle.
They spoke of celebratory banquets and such.
My uncle ignored them completely, taking me, Old Mo, and Xiao Mei, and heading back.
As for the details of the Black Demon Palace situation, my uncle left it for Aunt Yunxia to handle.
Aunt Yunxia was from a major sect, so this was not a problem.
Therefore, after briefly bidding farewell to a few acquaintances, Old Mo and I also rushed back to Blackwater Town…
This night was destined to be sleepless.
This night, the entire Taoist sect was shaken.
In the Taoist community forum, a post about a Taoist senior reappearing in the martial world and single-handedly annihilating the Black Demon Palace, had directly topped the trending list and was exceptionally popular.
Comments surged, and even in the middle of the night, the comment section was incredibly active.
“Senior Hu Xiao is that formidable?”
“Another great expert has emerged among the rogue cultivators.”
“What great expert? Just got lucky. My master said Tang Lin was an idiot when he was young.”
“I heard that Senior Yunxia is a good friend of Daoist Hu Xiao. Doesn’t this mean the Qingcheng Sect is indirectly allied with the three major powers?”
“The upstairs guy is right. With Senior Hu Xiao’s backing, they gain the support of the three major powers. The Qingcheng Sect has a chance to become the next alliance leader.”
“Nonsense, the next alliance leader must be my Wudang.”
“…”
As expected, all the attention was entirely focused on my uncle.
There were both positive and negative comments, and some were even quite radical.
My own attention was practically negligible.
My uncle truly bore all the scrutiny.
And this was exactly the result my uncle wanted.
Not for the sake of false glory and attention, but only so that I could have better growth…
At this moment, under the guidance of the Taoist from Blackwater Temple, we had arrived in Blackwater Town.
My uncle clasped his fists towards the young Taoist:
“Little friend, this humble Taoist thanks you here.”
We also clasped our fists in gratitude.
The young Taoist looked at us with burning enthusiasm and returned the bow.
We didn't delay, turning and heading into town.
Blackwater Town was just a small town.
In the middle of the night, it was truly difficult to hail a taxi to go back.
We couldn't even get one through a ride-hailing app.
Just as we were considering whether to rest for the night and set off in the morning,
Someone actually arrived in town driving a taxi from the city.
This luck was truly unparalleled.
For us, for me, it was no different from timely rain after a long drought, it was too opportune.
I desperately needed time; time was my life.
We got into the car and headed directly for the city.
The driver was startled at first when he saw that we were all bleeding.
We made up an excuse, saying we were backpackers.
We had been trapped in the mountains and had just emerged.
We just asked him to drive faster to take us back.
The driver didn't ask any further questions. He had originally planned to return empty,
but being able to pick up passengers made him happy.
Looking at the time, it was now three-thirty in the morning.
If nothing unexpected happened, we would be home by around six in the morning.
After two days of fighting and traveling, coupled with these injuries, everyone was extremely exhausted.
Except for Xiao Mei, the rest of us fell asleep shortly after getting into the car.
But who knew, after I had just fallen asleep for a while,
in a daze, I found myself in a stretch of darkness.
I opened my eyes, looking at the unfamiliar darkness around me, and then at my own body.
I discovered that my injuries were all healed.
There was no more pain, and my body felt light and airy.
I looked around, observing my condition:
“Eh! Is this… a dream?”
I muttered to myself.
As soon as the words left my lips, a black vortex suddenly appeared in the darkness directly in front of me.
As the vortex appeared, a figure walked out from within it.
Although I couldn’t yet see the person’s appearance clearly,
I suddenly felt overjoyed and shouted towards the figure:
“Master, is that you, Master?”
The dark dreamscape, the black vortex, the familiar silhouette of the person.
Wasn’t this the same scene as when Master gave me a dream message last time?
After I shouted twice, my Master’s appearance became clear:
“Xiao Qin!”
My Master’s familiar voice rang out.
I eagerly ran towards my Master.
“Master, Master…”
I saw my Master emerge dressed in ancient official robes, with a long saber slung at his side.
As soon as I got close, I dropped to my knees with a “plop”:
“Master!”
My Master smiled playfully and lifted me up:
“Xiao Qin, the life curse has been lifted, hasn’t it?”
“Yes, Master, it’s been lifted.”
I nodded in response.
Upon hearing this, my Master burst out laughing:
“Good, good!
With the restraint of the life curse gone, this vast world is yours to fly in at will.
For the past two days, I’ve been constantly using the Reflected Mirror to send you dream messages, but all of them showed that you hadn’t fallen asleep.
I was quite worried.
Seeing that it was successful just now, I knew it must have worked.”
My Master was very pleased.
Looking at my Master in the dream, however, I revealed a wry smile:
“Master, although the life curse has been lifted,
your advice not to lose the Ghost Longevity Bracelet,
I have instead scattered it and dropped it everywhere.
All the oil from the Yin Longevity Lamps gathered on it is gone…”