Chapter 11 (Eleven) Blood "I know my crime and will accept the punishment from you, Master. I have no complaints." Yin Ruchen said as he knelt in front of his master. "Starting from the day after tomorrow, you are no longer a disciple of Jiulanmen, and I am no longer your master. From the beginning of Hai today to the beginning of Hai tomorrow, you will kneel in front of Jiulanbi and repent. Before the beginning of Mao on the 19th, you must leave Jiulanmen, and you will have nothing to do with Jiulanmen from now on." Rong Yu said solemnly, with a trace of reluctance in his eyes again. "Master, I have failed to live up to your kindness in teaching me for so many years..." Yin Ruchen could not continue. She did not dare to look up or down. If she looked down, the tears that she had been holding back would fall from her eyes. If she looked up, her master would see that her eyes were wet. She remembered that from childhood to adulthood, her master had taught her that crying was a sign of failure. To achieve great things, one must be perseverant and must not be emotionally fragile. Crying was the worst thing to do! So for so many years, she had never cried in front of her master. If it was really unbearable, she would bite her lips and take a deep breath secretly. If she still could not control it, she would use her inner strength to suppress the tears from flowing out. In fact, the reason why she wanted to cry at this time was not because she was afraid of punishment, because she always believed that it was natural to be punished for doing something wrong. What made her sad was that she had to leave Jiulanmen and leave her master. In front of her, she recalled every bit of her life in Jiulanmen over the years, and the scenes of living with her fellow sisters and master. She recalled not because those memories were beautiful, but simply because she was about to leave and say goodbye to the life she had lived for many years. Those days would forever become memories that could not be replicated or copied. At this time, even the junior sister Kunyu, who had always been against her, seemed to have become one of the symbols of memories in her heart. She suddenly thought, is her youth over? In fact, in all these years, she had never thought about her youth. Her youth belonged to Jiulanmen and to those who were blessed because of her. Chapter 6 After Shi Yepeng and his three disciples came out of the cave, they ran for a distance. The road was covered with stones. Fei Wu suddenly said, "Master, there are bloodstains on this stone!" Fei Wu used a torch to show Shi Yepeng. Since there was no snow on Yehao Mountain, the blood dripping on the stone could be seen clearly under the torch. "It should be that the wound on that evil creature's body has opened again! Not many people would come to a remote place like Yehao Mountain!" Shi Yepeng speculated. "Master, you are right. That must be the case!" Zhukong said. Since Yin Ruchen was very good at Qinggong and moved very fast, Shi Yepeng and his three disciples had to walk a long way to see a drop of blood, so it was not easy for them to follow him at first. After entering the snowy area, they did not find any human footprints. This was because Yin Ruchen was very good at Qinggong, and could leave no trace even when touching the snow. Even with Gao Cai on his back, he could still do it. It just required more strength and was more tiring. However, they found animal footprints on the ground, and next to the animal footprints, there happened to be a small pit formed by blood dripping on the snow.
"A blood-sniffing fox?" Shi Yepeng was delighted. "It must be a blood-sniffing fox! This kind of fox loves to smell the scent of blood, and will often follow wherever there is the smell of blood. So we just need to follow the footprints of the blood-sniffing fox, and we don't have to bother looking for bloodstains!" (End of this chapter)