CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44, THE THREE PURE ONES LEAVE THE MOUNTAIN

Senior Brother Duobao said with his hands behind his back, "Junior Brother, you can’t make it through."

"A crisp voice said, "I think he can make it!"

Duobao’s pupils shrank, and he exclaimed, "Junior Sister!"

Bai Jin also suddenly looked up, joyfully shouting, "Senior Sister!"

A piece of auspicious cloud slowly descended, with Wudang Saint standing on it.

Duobao subconsciously asked, "Junior Sister, why are you here?"

Then, turning his head towards Bai Jin, he said, "You actually invited Wudang Junior Sister here."

Bai Jin rolled his eyes, it’s not me, I didn’t, whatever, I’m too tired to explain, talking to my senior brother is exhausting.

Wudang Saint said, "Junior Brother is right, the Saint Dao is no trivial matter, Senior Brother, you were reckless."

Bai Jin immediately said gratefully, "Thank you, Senior Sister!"

Wudang Saint nodded at Bai Jin and said, "Go ahead!"

"Okay!" Bai Jin responded and flew straight towards Upper Pure Peak.

Duobao’s face changed, but he still did not stop him; now that Wudang was here, he really couldn’t stop him.

Bai Jin rode the auspicious cloud, landed in front of Shangqing Palace, and hurriedly walked to Shangqing Palace, bowing and calling out, "Disciple pays respect to Master!"

There was no response.

From the distant grove near the palace, a naive voice was heard, "Senior Brother, the master has gone out."

Bai Jin immediately turned his head to look, only to see a grey Kui Niu walking out from the grove.

Bai Jin quickly asked, "Kui Niu, where has my master gone?"

Kui Niu shook his head gloomily and said, "I don’t know, the master went out without riding me, Senior Brother, do you think the master dislikes me?"

Bai Jin immediately rode the cloud towards Taiching Peak.

Kui Niu looked up hurriedly and called out, "Senior Brother, haven’t you prepared a new mount for the master? I am the best mount in the Primordial World."

Bai Jin didn’t care about the matter of mounts at that moment and went to both Taiching Peak and Upper Pure Peak, but both masters were not there.

Finally, Bai Jin returned to Upper Pure Peak where Wudang Saint, Shi Ji, Bai He Child, and others came forward to greet him.

Wudang Saint asked, "How is it?"

Bai Jin shook his head and said, "Master and both Master Uncles have already left." He couldn’t help adding, "Senior Sister, what kind of nonsense idea did Senior Brother come up with? If something goes wrong with Master and Master Uncle’s Saint Dao, and their Dao Foundation gets damaged, he won’t be able to detach himself."

Wudang Saint reassured, "Don’t worry! Master and Master Uncles have their own plans in mind."

Bai Jin responded, "Usually, I would be quite reassured, but now that Nuwa has just ascended to sainthood, Master and Master Uncles are the most restless, and Senior Brother gave a reckless idea, how could they possibly stabilize?"

Wudang Saint thought for a moment, as it really seemed so, and asked, "Do you think that the method of attaining Dao proposed by Senior Brother Duobao will definitely fail?"

Bai Jin nodded firmly and said, "It will definitely fail; he proposed to refine an unprecedented Holy Artifact for Master Uncle, and surely unprecedented Saint Pills for Master, and Master is definitely working on an unprecedented Holy Array."

Wudang Saint said doubtfully, "It seems reasonable to me!"

If I didn’t know the future, maybe I would think it makes sense too, but in fact, the method of Master and Master Uncle is not this, Bai Jin sighed and said, "Senior Sister, these are all side door methods, Master and Master Uncle are direct disciples of the Taoist Master, how could they possibly take a side door to attain enlightenment?"

Ugh~Junior Brother does seem to have a point.

Bai Jin waved his hand and said, "Forget it, we have tried our best. Hopefully, Master and Master’s seniors won’t be too upset!" He couldn’t help but express his emotion, "They are already so grown up yet still so impulsive, when can they let us disciples rest assured!"

Wudang Saint had a strange expression, while Shi Ji was holding back a smile.

"Cough cough~" Bai Jin covered his mouth and coughed twice, the backlash from the force of heaven and earth just now was indeed unpleasant.

Wudang Saint advised, "Junior brother, you’re seriously injured, you should go back and heal first! I will go back and try to persuade Senior Brother Duobao."

"Thank you, Senior Sister!" Bai Jin looked at Shi Ji and said, "Junior Sister, take Bai He for a stroll around our Upper Pure Peak."

Shi Ji nodded and said, "Alright, senior brother."

Bai He hastily said, "Senior brother, you don’t need to worry about me, I can take care of myself."

Bai Jin drifted towards his own palace.

...

Soon, the news of Bai Jin’s return without success spread quickly, and Duobao felt instantly relieved; in fact, he was really worried about Bai Jin meeting the Master because with Bai Jin’s ability, persuading Master and the seniors to give up that path to enlightenment wasn’t entirely impossible, which was why Duobao had intercepted him halfway up the mountain.

At the mountainside, Long-Eared Ding Guangxian gave a respectful bow and excitedly said, "Thank you, Senior Brother, for enlightening our Master and his seniors on their Taoist path."

Ling Ya Immortal also laughed heartily, "What’s Bai Jin compared to our eldest brother who thought of three ways to achieve saintliness in one go? With such comprehension, who in the Three Realms can compare?"

Duobao’s face carried a slight smile, suppressing his hand he said, "Keep a low profile, alleviating the worries of Master and his seniors is what a disciple should do."

Long-Eared Ding Guangxian said with a strange tone, "Senior Brother Bai Jin only thought of Nuwa Uncle, but didn’t consider that he is also a Master and has two senior brothers."

An Outer Disciple with protruding fangs excitedly exclaimed, "Eldest brother has enlightened the Master and his seniors on the Saint Dao; from now on protected by three Saints, we can traverse the Primordial World unchallenged. Who dares provoke us?"

Duobao expressed his displeasure, "As cultivators, how can we rely on power to bully others?"

The disciple with protruding fangs quickly said, "Senior Brother, don’t blame me, I misspoke."

Qiu Shouxian, seeing an opportunity, suggested, "Great powers always have titles, Senior Brother you should also have one, how about Dian Sheng Daojun?"

Duobao shook his head, "No, that’s too high-profile. How can cultivators act so ostentatiously? Besides, I only made a suggestion, whether it will succeed is still unknown."

Long-Eared Ding Guangxian laughed, "Eldest brother is too modest, the method you proposed was already accepted by Master and his seniors, how can it not succeed?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

...

Other disciples also chimed in agreement.

...

The next day, while Bai Jin was still healing, there came a knocking at the door.

Bai Jin opened his eyes, retracted the Upper Pure Immortal Energy, got up, and walked to the door, creaking it open to find a pretty little girl standing outside.

Bai Jin smiled and said, "Gu Liang, why are you here?"

Gu Liang walked into the palace on her own, pouting, "Senior Brother, they are so annoying!"

Bai Jin followed her inside, laughing, "Who has offended Gu Liang, little Junior Sister?"

Gu Liang walked to the table, sat down, with one arm propped on the table, pouted, and said, "It’s those brothers following Senior Brother Duobao!"

Bai Jin sat down opposite Gu Liang, smiling, "How did they offend you? Did they mess around at Jingzi Lake again?"