Saving the White Moonlight Chapter 13

Chu Ningyan did not know what charm this dirty little servant had that could make Senior Sister so nervous for her.
She had only been struck by lightning once. They had already fed her a healing pill. Wasn’t the matter over? Why was Senior Sister still worried enough to take her away?
And do not say it was for this little servant’s heavenly spiritual root talent. Chu Ningyan had only suggested testing her spiritual roots afterward.
Chu Ningyan thought about it again and again but could not understand. She stared for a long time at the small person whose face was smeared with black ash and dirt, but she still could not see anything special.
In the end, Chu Ningyan could only blame it on her senior sister’s kindness flaring up.
What other explanation could there be? A grand Nascent Soul cultivator could not have been bewitched, could she?
Chu Ningyan shook her head. Senior Sister’s speed was growing faster and faster. Chu Ningyan was one whole major realm below Senior Sister and almost could not keep up.
She thought that if Senior Sister were not considering Chu Ningyan’s presence, and the fact that the child’s current body might not withstand spatial movement, Senior Sister would probably wish she could teleport directly.
Chu Ningyan could not keep watching. Fenghua Immortal Sect and Yimiao Sect were separated by nearly half a continent. Even with Nascent Soul strength, one could not hurry at full speed endlessly like this.
So she said, “Senior Sister, how do you plan to arrange her?”
Because Yun Mixue had seen Yan Zhuguang’s brows tightly furrowed and her whole body tense, her heart was very anxious. She only wanted to return to the immortal sect quickly and find a safe place to examine the little girl.
Only after hearing Chu Ningyan’s words did she clear her mind and realize that her reaction earlier had been too much.
Perhaps this was what people meant by losing order because of concern.
Yun Mixue examined the little girl again. In truth, the child was not in danger of dying. It was only that the power of the lightning tribulation was still damaging her body while the Dewlight Pill’s medicinal effect was slowly repairing her. The two forces pulling against each other made her feel pain and caused her body to tremble.
Yun Mixue did not need to be so anxious. Going too fast would instead hinder the girl’s recovery.
Understanding Chu Ningyan’s hidden reminder, Yun Mixue finally slowed a little. She said, “First, I will bring her to my cave residence and examine and treat her properly.”
Chu Ningyan closed the slight distance that had opened between them. She looked at the small bundle that had remained unconscious in Yun Mixue’s arms. “Does Senior Sister plan to take her as a disciple?”
A cultivator at Core Formation already had the right to accept disciples. Yun Mixue was a Nascent Soul cultivator, so of course she had that right.
However, as Fenghua Immortal Sect’s titled eldest senior sister, Yun Mixue had the duty of assisting the sect master in managing the sect. In the past, she had thought she was too busy and had no time to guide disciples properly, so she had never accepted one.
Seeing how much Yun Mixue valued this little girl, could it be that the child had caught her eye and she finally planned to accept a personal disciple?
This little thing had only been a servant disciple from a lower sect before, but her luck was good. After being struck by lightning, she had been transformed into a heavenly spiritual root after birth. That could barely be worthy of Senior Sister.
Although Chu Ningyan still could not bring herself to like this little girl, if Senior Sister wanted it, she would not oppose it.
But after thinking for a moment, Yun Mixue shook her head. “Our spiritual roots do not match. I cannot guide her much. After she recovers, I will introduce her to another fellow disciple or elder.”
Yun Mixue herself had a mutated ice spiritual root and cultivated the intent of ice and snow. It did not match wood at all. The little girl had a single wood spiritual root. If she became Yun Mixue’s disciple, she would have to rely on herself to feel out her path. That would truly delay her.
Chu Ningyan did not quite agree. “Among those in the sect who accept disciples, not every fellow disciple or elder accepts only disciples with matching spiritual roots. Senior Sister truly does not need to worry so much.”
“A master only plays the role of guiding. True cultivation, and what path to walk, still depends on the disciple. The sect’s library is more than enough for her to read. Besides, even if a master cannot guide cultivation, they can help with other things, like resources. How could a master be useless?”
Yun Mixue shook her head. Even after hearing this, she still did not want to take Yan Zhuguang as a disciple.
It was not that she felt this little girl was unworthy of being her disciple. Yun Mixue only felt, for some unknown reason, that she did not want the two of them to become master and disciple.
This feeling was strange, but Yun Mixue did not want to resist it.
Perhaps it was because she felt that the stubbornness in this little girl was somewhat similar to her own, so she treated the girl as someone of the same generation in her heart, not as a junior.
Seeing that Yun Mixue truly did not want to take Yan Zhuguang as a disciple, Chu Ningyan naturally would not force her. After thinking, she said, “In the sect, there do not seem to be many people who purely cultivate wood spells.”
Wood spells were relatively gentle and better at healing and plant cultivation. But in the cultivation world, the most important thing was still one’s own strength. Because of that, few cultivators purely cultivated wood spells.
Even those with heavenly wood spiritual roots often had side methods on hand.
Chu Ningyan said, “Elder Jiling of Xiaochun Mountain is a cultivator who purely cultivates wood spells.”
Yun Mixue thought for a moment. “Xiaochun Mountain seems quite far from Zhouxue Peak.”
Chu Ningyan nodded. “Senior Sister’s Zhouxue Peak is cold. Xiaochun Mountain is where the sect cultivates spiritual plants. Of course the two cannot be close.”
Yun Mixue thought for a while, sighed softly, and said no more.
Chu Ningyan heard that Yun Mixue did not want to continue this topic, so she stopped speaking. But the doubt in her heart never scattered. What exactly was wrong with Senior Sister?
Yun Mixue carefully adjusted the position of the person in her arms.
If asked why, she actually could not say either.
The rest of the journey was much quieter. Only when the sky was almost dark, after traveling for nearly a full day, did the two finally return from Yimiao Sect to Fenghua Immortal Sect.
Yun Mixue and Chu Ningyan flew through Fenghua Immortal Sect’s gate. When the disciples on duty saw them, they respectfully called out, “Senior Sister. Gentle Sword Senior Sister.”
Yun Mixue nodded to them and continued flying inside. Soon, her figure vanished.
The several disciples on duty looked at one another.
“Was Senior Sister holding something?”
“It seemed to be a person?”
“Should we report it to an elder?”
“The elder’s spiritual sense covers this area. Whatever Senior Sister is carrying, the elder must already know. Where would we need to report it?”
“True.”
“Senior Sister could never harm the sect. Don’t overthink it. Could that person be a new disciple Senior Sister brought back?”
“Then why was she carrying them?”
“Maybe something happened.”
With Yun Mixue’s character, even if she brought back a demon, people would only think that demon must be of great use to the sect. No one would suspect that she wanted to harm the sect.
And besides, she was only holding a person.
That person did not look large either, only a child in the early teens. She was probably a new seedling Senior Sister had found, although the way she brought the child back was a little strange.
Not only these disciples, even the elder guarding the sect gate did not think to stop her after seeing it.
Whatever it was, they would probably know tomorrow.
Yun Mixue entered the sect without obstruction. The explanation that had been on her lips never came out. Thinking of the reason, Yun Mixue also felt grateful for the trust these disciples and elders placed in her.
“Senior Sister,” Chu Ningyan said, “since we have returned to the sect, I will go back to my cave residence first.”
Yun Mixue stopped and nodded. “Thank you for accompanying me on this trip, Junior Sister.”
Chu Ningyan shook her head. “What hardship did I suffer? Senior Sister, take good care of her. Our sect has one more heavenly spiritual root. When she grows up in the future, there will be one more person to serve the sect.”
“Mm.”
Chu Ningyan and Yun Mixue separated halfway. Zhouxue Peak was deeper in the sect, and Yun Mixue still had to fly for some distance, so she sped up.
Zhouxue Peak was covered in snow year-round. From the peak to the middle of the mountain, everything was a vast white. Just looking at it made one feel cold to the bone. When Yun Mixue entered Zhouxue Peak’s territory, she gathered a spiritual energy shield around herself to block the cold.
She herself did not need spiritual energy to protect her body, but the little girl in her arms did.
After traveling all this way, the little girl had not woken once. Now, her fragile body could not suffer even the slightest harm.
Yun Mixue’s cave residence was at the very top of Zhouxue Peak. She had gone up and down from the peak countless times before, but today was the first time the trip felt a little long.
When she finally reached the courtyard carved from ice jade, Yun Mixue let out a breath.
The ice jade courtyard was not as cold as it looked at first glance. Inside, it was actually rather warm, close to the temperature below the peak.
A few green plants grew here and there in the courtyard. Not too many and not too few, they decorated the place just right.
Yun Mixue placed the girl on the bed in the side room. Seeing that even after lying down, the little girl was still curled into herself, Yun Mixue frowned again and raised a hand to touch her forehead.
Perhaps because of pain, the little girl’s forehead was covered in cold sweat. Mixed with the black ash on her face, it made her cheeks streaked gray and white where the sweat had washed them.
Yun Mixue wiped away her cold sweat. Only now did she have time to thoroughly examine Yan Zhuguang’s body from beginning to end.
Because the power of lightning tribulation was too domineering, Yan Zhuguang’s meridians, blood, and flesh had all suffered different degrees of damage. The Dewlight Pill had only ensured that her life was not in danger. It could not remove the lightning tribulation power inside her body.
She needed new pills to repair her body, or someone to help her drive out the lightning tribulation power.
Yun Mixue could drive the lightning tribulation power out of Yan Zhuguang’s body. But before that, she should help her wash clean first.
If the girl woke and saw herself like this, she would probably be embarrassed.
Yun Mixue found a cloth, dampened it with a spell, then warmed it. Carefully, she wiped Yan Zhuguang clean.
The cloth first passed over the girl’s face. When that small face was revealed, even Yun Mixue felt a trace of surprise.
The two times she had seen this little girl, she had been dirty. Yun Mixue had not known what she truly looked like.
This was the first time Yun Mixue saw her features without anything covering them.
This little girl was truly beautiful.