This Life's Song: The Genius Rune Master

Exhausted and cold after a long day, she fell asleep as soon as she lay down after returning home. In her dream, she had a master who loved her very much and taught her many things.

My master's favorite saying was, "Remember, even in darkness, keep your heart turned toward the light."

The master smiled gently, dressed in a blue robe, but after saying those words, he disappeared and walked into the distance.

She called out to her master desperately, but he didn't turn around. She chased after him, even falling down in the process. Suddenly, she woke up with a start. Before her was still the cold, dilapidated house, but the expectation and longing for warmth in her dream was something she couldn't forget.

These seem to be things I've truly experienced, so real, so blissful.

Tears still glistened in the corners of her eyes. She wiped them away with her fingers and looked around; the silence was eerily profound.

As dawn broke, the sparse light inside the room illuminated the tables and chairs.

Outside, all was quiet, with the chirping of insects and birds, a gentle breeze rustling the willow leaves, and swallows feeding their young with insects, which chirped softly.

Everything was the same to the silly girl; without freedom, what comfort could there be?

She got up from the bed, opened the door, went outside, went to the well, scooped up a ladle of water, and drank it.

Here, she was not even as good as the lowest servant; she was already grateful to have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Although she was in a difficult situation at the moment, she couldn't help but feel a little warm when she thought of the words from that person in her dream. For some reason, those words seemed to be deeply imprinted in her mind.

She has to get up at this time every day to clean. Yesterday, she was late because she had a fever and was tortured and scolded by them. But even if she got up early, she would still be humiliated.

She walked to the toilets that had been washed the day before. After a night, they had dried. She painstakingly placed them one by one on the wooden cart. Once the cart was full, she pushed the cart and placed the toilets at each doorway, waiting for the maids to come out and change them.

Some were politely put down, while others were humiliated.

For example, the maid of the thirteenth concubine, "Then, wash her properly, or you'll be sorry." After saying that, she was thrown out with a thud.

The silly girl looked at the filth on the ground without saying a word. She had experienced many things like this before. When there are too many lice, they don't bite, so she doesn't care about these things.

After she finished collecting the cartloads, she pushed it away.

I went back to the toilet cleaning area, took down two toilets, fetched some water, and started my day's work.

Because these were for the masters, she went to fetch them. There were also some for the young ladies and gentlemen, who got up late, and their maids and servants brought them over.

No matter what happens here, no one will know, because this is just an illusion, like a dream. When Lianxue wakes up, she will basically not remember what happened.

There was a patrolman at the sect's stone tablet, leaning lazily against a tree in the distance.

Suddenly a blue light flashed, and a person in tattered clothes walked out.

What kind of person was that? Dressed in pale pink clothes, streaked with red, the torn strips of fabric swayed in the wind, looking disheveled. Those delicate eyes looked around before finally settling on the person in front of them.

Blood was still dripping from the woman's fingers. It was noon, and the bright sunlight shone on the stone tablet, while the woman's blood dripped onto the stones on the ground.

A splash of blood appeared, and after taking a few shaky steps, he collapsed to the ground. This person was none other than Jingwei.

Upon seeing the woman fall to the ground, the man shouted in a panic. Soon after, several people arrived and hurriedly took the woman away.

The next day, the Grand Elder came to where Jingwei was resting. Jingwei had already woken up. "Little girl, come here and tell me, why did you come out from there, and who else was inside?"

Jingwei looked at the kind-faced old man in front of her, dressed in a scholar's robe with a few strands of white hair. He was clearly someone who had long held a high position. She pondered for a while.

Upon seeing this, someone said, "This is our sect's Grand Elder. You came from the back mountain of our sect." They succinctly explained the situation.

Jingwei's eyes widened. She hadn't expected to wake up here, and in a sect no less. Had they entered a sect formation?

She had her doubts but didn't ask. She prepared to get up, but due to her injured legs, she fell back onto the bed.

The elder smiled and said, "You don't need to get up. Just tell me, and I won't blame you if there's nothing wrong."

Jingwei stopped hiding it and began to explain how the two of them entered the sect's formation.

The elder did not urge her, but sat down and waited for Jingwei to finish her work before listening.

Jingwei, of course, omitted the part about getting her clothes dirty. She said, "I was walking back outside my resting place when someone knocked me unconscious. When I woke up, the first person I saw was Ye Lianxue..." and so on.

At this moment, three more elders entered the room. Shiwei wanted to greet them, but they stopped him with a gesture.

Shi Wei, stand to the side.

The people who came were the Third Elder, the Fifth Elder, and the Sixth Elder.

They sat down quietly and listened to Jingwei recount what had happened.

Jingwei frowned. "Later, we escaped from the territory of the Crimson Flame Boar, and then we separated. Later, after a fierce battle, I returned to the territory of the Crimson Flame Boar, and then by chance, I left the formation."

After listening to Jingwei's account, the Grand Elder roughly understood what had happened. If the little girl wasn't lying, then things were getting complicated.

The Fifth Elder was also somewhat puzzled after hearing this. She said, "Since Ye Lianxue is looking for Bai Qingshu, then let's ask Qingshu to see if she has made any breakthroughs."

The Fifth Elder was a woman with a graceful figure and long, black hair that cascaded over her shoulders, held up only by a hairpin. She gave off an air of otherworldly elegance, truly as beautiful as a tree or as elegant as jade, with unparalleled beauty.

The others nodded in agreement.

The Grand Elder nodded, "Then go and bring Bai Qingshu here to ask her, and also tell her that Ye Lianxue is still inside the formation."

Shiwei accepted the order and left. Of course, he had to say goodbye to the management staff before he could leave with Qingshu.

The Fifth Elder was the only woman at this moment. She walked to the bedside, sat down, took out a pill, and handed it to Jingwei, saying, "Take this; it will help you recover."

The gentle tone made Jingwei lower her guard, and she took the pill and swallowed it.

The Fifth Elder patted Jingwei's back to comfort her, "Tell me in detail what that girl asked you, and roughly what her level is."

The Fifth Elder's words seemed to have a magical power. Jingwei had no worries at all and gently asked Hongchen what Lianxue had said after they met, what method they had used to escape the checkpoint, and so on.

Soon after, Shiwei arrived with Qingshu, accompanied by Yunzhi. After all, Lianxue disappeared in the place they were guarding, so she needed to know the details.

Ignoring the other elders, Qing Shu rushed into the room and went straight to the bedside. She grabbed Jing Wei's shoulders and shook her, demanding, "Tell me where Lian Xue is! Where is she? Did you harm her?"

The Fifth Elder looked at the girl before him, his eagerness seemingly genuine, and his gaze softened slightly. He gently patted Qing Shu, "Girl, don't get excited, answer our questions first."

Qing Shu then noticed that there were many people around her, and she was somewhat taken aback and flustered.

The Fifth Elder took Qing Shu's hand and comforted her, saying, "These are all sect elders. It's alright. Tell me what happened. I heard that Lian Xue disappeared because she was looking for you. Where were you at the time?"

Qing Shu understood the elder's intention. In order to find Lian Xue, she recalled for a moment and said, "After the test that day, someone came to me and said that he was from our city and that someone from my family was looking for me. It seemed that he had a letter for me, so I left with him."

The Fifth Elder asked, "Did you see the letter from home?"

Qingshu recalled the events of that time, "I didn't see the letter from home, but it brought me a message that told me everything was alright at home."