“Gulp…”
“If Master were still here, he’d surely praise this wine to no end.”
Jin Xue seemed to recall something, lowering her head to look at the peach blossom wine in her hand, her eyes filled with a hint of loss.
He Xiuyuan hesitated upon hearing this, “Your Master… how did he ascend?”
Jin Xue thought for a moment, “It’s been too long, I’ve forgotten a bit. I was still young then. I heard from Senior Sister…”
“It seems there was a natural disaster somewhere back then. Master exhausted his Origin Qi to mend that disaster, and not long after returning, he ascended.”
Jin Xue shook her head at this point, taking another sip of peach blossom wine to suppress her earlier sadness.
A surge of wine hit her, making her a bit muddled again.
Fortunately, Jin Xue was very familiar with the place. Leading He Xiuyuan through many twists and turns, they quickly arrived at the front of the mountainside.
In front of the mountainside, there was an extremely flat stone platform.
On the platform, the demons sat upright, kneeling. In front of them were various stone tables, laden with all sorts of fruits.
And in front of the stone tables, some women were dancing gracefully.
He Xiuyuan was stunned by this. Hadn’t he been told that there were only these three Fairies on the island?
Then who were these dancing women?
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan looked at these dancing women with surprise, taking a few more glances.
And with that look, He Xiuyuan finally noticed something amiss.
If he looked closely, these women all seemed like living people, but after He Xiuyuan blinked, he saw that these constantly dancing women were not living people at all.
They were clearly paper figures.
Paper-cutting into human form?
He Xiuyuan looked at this scene, his heart suddenly enlightened.
This Senior Sister truly had some skill! This paper-cutting into human form ability was quite formidable!
“Oh, there’s someone else?”
On the stone table in front, Zhi Sui sat at the head, just thinking about how to dismiss these demons when she suddenly saw Jin Xue bringing someone up, and was immediately surprised.
When she clearly saw He Xiuyuan’s appearance, her surprise grew even more.
This was… a Mortal?
No Mortal had ever been seen coming to Sanxian Island. This person was the first.
Seeing how intimate the other party was with her Junior Sister, it seemed he had pleased her Junior Sister.
Thinking this, she stood up and waved her sleeve.
“I hadn’t expected someone to come up. I’ve been somewhat neglectful of Your Excellency. Please, Your Excellency, have a seat as well.”
Fortunately, there was still a seat available. With a gentle wave of Zhi Sui’s sleeve, a paper maiden immediately stepped forward, offering fresh fruits to indicate He Xiuyuan should sit down.
He Xiuyuan quickly thanked her, then took his seat as well.
Once He Xiuyuan sat down, the paper maidens in front of him began to dance gracefully again.
He Xiuyuan sat on the stone chair, his eyes curiously observing the paper maidens in front of him.
He wondered if these paper maidens had combat power?
“If they have combat power, then it’s almost like scattering beans to form soldiers.”
“If they don’t have combat power…”
“Then directing these paper figures to do farm work, or feed chickens and ducks?”
He Xiuyuan suddenly thought of his dwelling in the Mount Shi Fang.
If these paper figures could do such work, it seemed cutting out some paper figures would be useful.
He Xiuyuan’s eyes flickered, wondering if he could ask the other party for guidance later and learn this paper-cutting Spell.
He Xiuyuan’s mind was set.
Meanwhile, the demons in front of him watched these paper maidens dancing gracefully, each sitting upright and kneeling.
The demons were all anxious, eager to get straight to the point, but they dared not appear too eager, fearing that doing so would displease the Fairy.
However, with this, time passed little by little, and the dances of the paper maidens in front of them also constantly changed.
“Is the Fairy… planning for us to watch this dance for an entire day?”
One demon finally couldn’t help but whisper at this moment.
The other demons exchanged glances upon hearing this, their bodies also a bit restless. After thinking for a moment, they shook their heads again.
“I don’t know. Do you dare to ask the Fairy directly?”
The demon monkey sat in front, eating a banana and saying this.
The fruits here were plentiful; as soon as his banana was finished, another was brought, and so on.
The other demons quickly shook their heads upon hearing this; they wouldn’t dare.
As their gazes met, their hearts were anxious, but they had no mind to watch the paper maidens dancing in front of them.
After observing for a moment, He Xiuyuan was about to say something to Jin Xue beside him, but Jin Xue was happily drinking peach blossom wine, thoroughly enjoying herself.
While drinking, she also told He Xiuyuan to watch the paper maidens dance more.
He Xiuyuan pondered for a moment upon hearing this, and his gaze involuntarily fell on the paper maidens in front of him.
Initially, He Xiuyuan didn’t feel anything special while watching the paper maidens dance, but after a moment, his expression suddenly froze.
He saw that as these paper maidens danced, if one looked closely, one could see that their footwork was quite unusual.
If these positions were applied to the human body, they would be Acupoints.
And looking closely at each paper maiden’s dance, once understood, it seemed that connecting these paper maidens together formed the circulation route of a Cultivation Technique.
As for the Cultivation Technique’s incantation…
It seemed to be the lyrics from the dancing maidens’ mouths.
“So, this is a basic Qi Refining method?”
He Xiuyuan looked at the paper maidens in front of him with some surprise. He hadn’t expected this Senior Sister to actually integrate a basic Qi Refining method into it.
Thinking this, He Xiuyuan couldn’t help but examine it carefully.
At this moment, Ting You, sitting on the stone chair above, looked at the paper maidens in front of her, and then at the demons below.
“Senior Sister, is this really okay?”
These paper maidens were left by Master. Back then, he said that if they couldn’t learn the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique, they should watch these paper maidens more.
The Qi Refining Cultivation Technique was already hidden within them.
If they had the talent, they would be able to see it.
However, after all these years, their three sisters hadn’t seen anything.
But fortunately, when Master taught them back then, they did learn it.
As for whether these demons could learn the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique from the paper maidens, that depended on their own fortune.
Master also said back then that if one had no affinity, or a pure heart, or was a Master of the Dao, they would not be able to learn the Qi Refining method within it.
Their Master believed that since he had brought them to this island from a young age, their minds would be much purer, and they would be able to understand the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique on these paper figures.
It was just a pity that they still hadn’t understood it.
As for these demons, if they couldn’t learn it or didn’t understand it, then it was their own lack of affinity, and it also counted as them having given the demons a chance.
“Don’t worry, it’s fine.”
Zhi Sui shook her head upon hearing this, unconcerned.
She had already prepared some sweet dew. Those sweet dews contained a bit of Spiritual Qi and could increase one’s Dao cultivation.
When the time came and these demons couldn’t learn the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique from the paper maidens, those sweet dews would be more than enough to send them away.