A cat that lingers beside a saint

On the beach, Bixiao was already prepared, standing not far away, waiting for Su Bai to turn around.

Su Bai remained with his back to Bi Xiao, occasionally wiggling his tail, but no one knew what he was doing.

On the island.

Inside a grand hall.

Qiongxiao and Yunxiao stared quietly at the Xuan Guang Mirror in front of them. After a while, Yunxiao suddenly chuckled and said, "This little cat senior brother is quite clever. Knowing that his cultivation is inferior to Bixiao's, he plans to suppress Bixiao in a way that takes him by surprise."

"Senior Brother Kitten?"

Qiongxiao turned to look at Yunxiao, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.

"Sister, have you perhaps noticed something?"

Yunxiao smiled faintly and nodded, saying, "Many years have passed, and the Jie Sect has long since fallen apart. Even the name Jie Sect has been forgotten."

"The three of us have not seen our teacher since the Investiture of the Gods. I imagine that our teacher has been suffering all these years."

"And this cat actually has the master's Qingping Sword on its body, so it must be the master's disciple."

"Although we do not know where our teacher is, we estimate that he is not too far away."

Yunxiao slowly rose and paced back and forth in the hall. After a moment of thought, he said softly, "Perhaps my teacher is hiding in some corner of the Heavenly Court, or perhaps outside the Thirty-Three Heavens."

Listening to Yunxiao's analysis, Qiongxiao couldn't help but say, "But this Little Cat Senior Brother's cultivation is too poor. Since he is a disciple of my Jie Sect, how can our teacher just let him be like this and not even care about his cultivation?"

Yunxiao didn't speak, but just quietly looked at the Xuan Guang Mirror.

Although this was their first meeting, the refined and elegant aura emanating from Su Bai made them feel nostalgic.

However, upon closer reflection, they realized that they had never seen Su Bai before the Investiture of the Gods war.

After the Investiture of the Gods war, almost all the disciples of the Jie Sect either died, a large number were taken away by the West, and the rest were basically all deified.

Therefore, it is clear that the teacher accepted the cat later.

This means that the teacher has now left Zixiao Palace.

Yunxiao knew that Bixiao must have thought of this long ago, and the reason she was acting this way was actually just a way of expressing her longing.

Countless years have passed since the Investiture of the Gods. For the mortal world, it may be thousands of years, but for these disciples of the Intercepting Sect back then, each day felt like a year.

The Jie Sect completely disappeared from the world, and they, as disciples of the Jie Sect, failed to prevent its demise. This is one of the reasons why they are still unwilling to mention the Jie Sect.

In fact, they also harbored a hint of resentment.

They complained that their teacher hadn't acted sooner, because if he had, the Jie Sect might not have suffered such heavy losses, to the point that the Jie Sect hadn't even left a trace.

But in the end, all of that is in the past.

……

On the beach, Su Bai was already ready.

Facing Bixiao, he showed no hesitation and immediately unleashed his lightning magic the moment he turned around.

My master once said, "If you can fight, don't talk. Once you start talking, you'll be at a disadvantage."

When fighting, there aren't many rules. Things like bowing first, one punch from you, one palm from me—those are only for dealing with honest people.

Su Bai couldn't remember the rest clearly, but these were deeply etched in his mind.

As the thunder magic was released, thunderclouds instantly filled the sky, but the falling lightning was chaotic and disorderly, and there were even a few times when it almost struck Su Bai himself.

This scene left Bixiao speechless.

Regardless of whether the power of the heavenly lightning could harm her, the sheer control over lightning magic was enough to leave her speechless.

If her cultivation level were the same as Su Bai's, she might have shown a hint of panic when faced with such chaotic heavenly lightning.

However, this kind of lightning magic, which couldn't even penetrate her protective spell formed from her magical power, could not possibly harm her in any way.

Watching the kitten dart around amidst the lightning magic he himself had unleashed, Bixiao was at a loss for words.

For a fleeting moment, a strange thought even crossed her mind.

Is this cat a pet or a free-roaming animal?

Is this how the teacher usually fools him?

But in the instant that Bixiao was distracted, Su Bai suddenly stopped fleeing, opened his mouth, and a streak of green light flashed past, quickly flying towards Bixiao.

Bixiao was no ordinary person. During the Investiture of the Gods, she was able to handle the siege of several disciples of the Chan Sect with ease. Now, facing Su Bai's sudden attack, she regained her senses and simply smiled faintly. She waved her hand at the blue light, and a wave of energy formed by a huge amount of magical power instantly sent the Six Pure Bamboos flying.

What she didn't expect was that the moment the Six Pure Bamboos flew out, an extremely faint sword cry flew toward her neck at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

Upon hearing the sword's cry, Bi Xiao's heart leaped into her throat. She had intended to repeat her previous trick and once again use the energy wave condensed from her magic power to send the small sword flying.

However, Xiao Jian was extremely fast. The moment she raised her hand, before her magic power could be fully condensed, the tip of the sword was already pressed against her throat.

"Senior Brother Cat, hold your hand!"

As the sword tip reached Bixiao's throat, two voices simultaneously rang in Su Bai's ears from within the island.

Noticing that Su Bai had stopped, Bi Xiao realized that it must have been her two older sisters who had spoken up.

"Sister, I can still fight!"

"Shut up! Although your cultivation is higher than your senior brother's, a saint's magic weapon is not so easy to avoid."

Upon hearing this, Bixiao couldn't help but purse her lips.

……

As dusk fell, the East China Sea gradually returned to its original calm.

The Three Immortals sat on the beach, watching the setting sun on the horizon.

Bixiao sat in the middle of the three, holding Su Bai in her arms. After an unknown amount of time, Bixiao suddenly asked, "Is Teacher alright?"

Su Bai thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's not bad, it's just that the clothes are a bit torn."

Upon hearing this, the three of them fell silent.

The Jie Sect was incredibly powerful back then, even more so than the Heavenly Court today.

But those were those years, and the past is the past.

Although they still cared about their teacher, they felt saddened when they heard Su Bai's dejected appearance.

"Where did you come from, Brother Kitten? Are you from the Heavenly Court?"

Su Bai raised his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over the three refined faces, and couldn't help but ask, "You didn't know?"

The three immortals looked blank. What did they know?

Although the three of them were also listed on the Investiture of the Gods, they rarely stayed in the Heavenly Court.

As celestial maidens who sense and move with the world, they need to handle all sorts of trivial matters in the human realm at any time and in any place.

If they went to the Heavenly Court, they would have to return to the mortal world in no time, so they simply stayed on the Three Immortal Islands.

Moreover, this place is not too far from Jin'ao Island, the site of the Jie Sect back then. Although Jin'ao Island has long been sealed off, they still feel more at ease.

"My master is in Heaven. The God of Wealth came here last time, but he was scolded away by my master."