Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Xiao Jing said: "?"

Why did he feel that the Nascent Soul cultivator was looking at him strangely? Like he was looking at an idiot?

Just as Xiao Jingshu was about to ask a question, he saw the Nascent Soul withdraw its gaze, turn around, and find a place to meditate.

Xiao Jing said: "..."

Is it really that obvious that you don't want to talk to him?

Jing Shu's good mood lasted until he returned to his room, sat on the bed, and took out the communication jade slip.

Jing Shu slightly suppressed his smile and contacted Shi Chuan directly.

[Senior Brother, I'm currently in Huacheng, and Master is here too. Something's happened. If you see this message, please contact me directly.]

Jing Shu didn't choose to call Shi Chuan; it was already past midnight, and he should have been resting long ago.

Just as he was about to put away the communication jade slip, it lit up. Jing Shu raised an eyebrow slightly. Senior Brother, he's still awake? Jing Shu thought to himself, and casually opened the communication jade slip.

"Senior brother is such a big idiot! He didn't even return to Cold Peak after coming out of the Secret Realm! He didn't reply to my messages either! I tried to contact the eldest senior brother, but he didn't contact me! Meng'er hates senior brother the most!"

Jing Shu was completely bewildered by this outburst and stood frozen in place. Why was his senior brother's communication jade slip in Meng'er's hands?!

"Meng'er, listen to your senior brother's explanation..." Before Jing Shu could finish speaking, the communication jade slip went dark. Clearly, Gu Meng had cut off the communication.

"Pfft, hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha—" The Nascent Soul couldn't help but burst out laughing. The scene he had been waiting for had finally arrived. Jing Shu's first contact was still Shi Chuan; that little girl Meng'er must be furious, right?

Jing Shu sighed slightly. Well, he still had to go and coax Meng'er first.

On the other end of the communication jade slip, a little girl in pink angrily cut off the communication, put the jade slip on the table, and complained to her senior brother who was bandaging her wounds.

"Senior Brother! Do you think he's acting like this?! He's been gone for five years, two months, and three days! I send him messages every day, hoping that he'll contact me first after he leaves the Secret Realm! But he actually contacts you instead of me! Does he think I'm annoying him?!"

As she spoke, Gu Meng's eyes filled with tears, and she was about to cry.

Gu Meng was injured while on a mission. She had a large wound on her left arm, but she didn't cry. However, she noticed that the communication jade slip that her senior brother had placed on the table had lit up, so she took a look out of curiosity.

It turned out that the message was from her senior brother, who had been away training for five years without any news!

Gu Meng's wound was still hurting, but now it didn't hurt at all. Gu Meng took Shi Chuan's communication jade slip and contacted Jing Shu, giving him a good scolding before cutting off the communication.

But she was really sad... That stinky senior brother, that bad senior brother! Gu Meng's cheeks puffed up with anger.

Shi Chuan carefully bandaged Gu Meng's wounds. Neither of them had healing spiritual roots, so they couldn't heal the wounds quickly.

"Junior Sister, don't be angry. Is something important? Otherwise, why would your junior brother contact me first?"

Shi Chuan comforted his junior sister, then picked up the jade slip on the table. After reading the contents, his expression gradually became serious.

Gu Meng noticed Shi Chuan's expression and realized something was wrong. She had only glanced at it and hadn't seen the contents clearly. "Senior Brother, what's wrong?"

"Junior sister, something might really have happened."

Before Shi Chuan could contact Jing Shu again, Gu Meng's communication jade slip lit up.

Gu Meng took it out and saw it was from her senior brother. Since her eldest senior brother had just said that something might have happened, Gu Meng didn't throw a tantrum and opened it directly.

"Meng'er, your senior brother was wrong." Seeing that Gu Meng was still willing to answer messages, Jing Shu thought that Meng'er was waiting for him to coax her, so he quickly explained.

“I saw the messages Meng’er sent me, 1,888 messages, and I read them all. The reason I didn’t reply to Meng’er’s messages is because Meng’er said in the messages that when she wanted to go back to Hanfeng, she saw that I had prepared a meal and your favorite candied hawthorns, so she wanted to give you a surprise, which is why she didn’t reply to your messages.”

"We haven't returned to Hanfeng yet because there's danger in Huacheng, and my senior brother is staying here to protect the people. Also, I contacted my senior brother because it's really important. Meng'er, please don't hate your senior brother, okay?"

Jing Shu's gentle voice came from the jade slip, responding to Gu Meng's angry words one by one, and finally using a pleading tone.

Gu Meng's anger, which had just ignited, was instantly extinguished. She realized that she had been somewhat unreasonable. How could she hate her senior brother? She clearly missed him the most...

"Hmm... I don't dislike my senior brother..." Gu Meng said in a muffled voice.

"Thank you, Meng'er. Once everything is settled, whatever you want to eat, I'll make it for you!" Jing Shu said with a smile on the other end of the communication jade slip.

Seeing that Gu Meng had been appeased, Shi Chuan asked, "Huacheng is under the jurisdiction of the Lingxi Sect, so how could something have happened? We couldn't contact Master before, so how did he end up in Huacheng? What exactly happened?"

Upon hearing Shi Chuan's voice, Jing Shu regained his composure. "The problem in Huacheng has been resolved. It's a long story, I'll tell you when we meet again. The person who encountered the accident now is Master."

"Master?" Shi Chuan and the other person both showed puzzled expressions.

"Master is so strong, how could anything happen to him?" Gu Meng asked, puzzled.

Although the two had not been able to contact their master for two years, they were not worried at all that anything might have happened to him.

Moreover, before leaving, Master told Shi Chuan that he would be traveling for a while and his return date was uncertain. He asked Shi Chuan to take good care of Gu Meng. How could an accident suddenly happen now?

"Most of Master's divine consciousness has disappeared, with only a small portion sealed within his body. He also changed his appearance and lost his memories. Currently, only the spirit of the Snow Condensation Sword knows the truth, but it is injured and in a deep sleep. Does Senior Brother have any methods or items to repair the spirit?"

"What?!" the two exclaimed simultaneously.

Shi Chuan was shocked, but quickly recovered, "Sword spirits are extremely rare, and I don't know any way to repair them. However, Senior Brother Sect Master should know!"

Jing Shu thought for a moment and continued, "Senior Brother, how long will it take you to get back?"

"No more than two days at the fastest," Shi Chuan replied truthfully.

"After you go back, first ask your sect leader if there is a way to repair the sword spirit. Don't say anything else, and don't tell anyone about your master's matter."

"Yes, we know." Very few people could push their master to this point, but it's not impossible. To avoid alerting them, they couldn't let anyone else know about their master's situation.