Chapter 149 Yingying 1 Water Room

Shi Potian was completely stunned. He never expected that he would know this girl.

"Old woman?" Shi Potian blurted out.

Shi Potian suddenly realized why he thought the old woman's voice was strange back in Yuanzhou Prefecture, and why she sometimes laughed like a young girl. It turned out she was a girl after all.

She's so young, I don't know why she's pretending to be an old woman.

Why was the old woman placed inside the statue by the Ming Cult's Starry Sky Immortal King? All of this is too strange.

The girl in white remained motionless, her eyes tightly closed, unresponsive to his calls.

Shi Potian squatted down, checked her pulse, and then opened her eyelids to look at her. He found that she was only unconscious due to poisoning.

Without thinking twice, Shi Potian lifted the girl out of the statue and placed her on a futon on the ground.

The two pressed their palms together, and Shi Potian used the "Silver Saddle Shining on a White Horse" technique to slowly draw out the toxins from her body. The toxins, upon entering her body, carried a chilling aura, completely different from the hot toxins he had absorbed before. Shi Potian circulated his inner energy, and in a short while, he had completely purified the toxins.

The girl's face gradually regained its color, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she finally opened her eyes.

She suddenly saw Shi Potian appear before her and thought she was dreaming.

Having been betrayed by a villain and deprived of his freedom, he thought he was doomed and would never see the person in front of him again. But when he opened his eyes, the boy appeared before him.

Perhaps it was Heaven's pity on us that allowed us to meet in our dreams.

The girl in white's eyes reddened, and she couldn't help but lunge forward, tightly embracing the boy before her, as if afraid he would disappear.

"Young Master Lin..." This cry was filled with both sorrow and longing, a complex mix of emotions that even she herself did not know.

The girl in white pressed her face tightly against Shi Potian's chest, her tears soaking his clothes.

When Shi Potian was embraced by the girl in white, he was at a loss for what to do. Feeling the girl's soft embrace, he couldn't help but blush. When he realized that the girl had cried and soaked his clothes, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

He gently placed his outstretched hands on the girl's shoulders and comforted her, "Grandma, it's alright now. I've driven away the Star King. You're safe."

"Grandma?" The girl in white was startled and, feeling the burning heat of the person in her arms, suddenly screamed "Ah!"

The girl in white shoved Shi Potian away, her eyes filled with panic. She took a deep breath, quickly regained her composure, and said in a strange yet polite tone, "Young master, did you save me?"

Shi Potian was taken aback: "Grandma, don't you recognize me? I'm Lin Pingzhi."

The girl blinked, feigning confusion: "Lin Pingzhi? Never heard of him. Young master, you must have mistaken me for someone else."

She then feigned anger and said, "Besides, am I that old? Don't call me an old lady."

Shi Potian scrutinized her carefully. The Tai Xuan Scripture wouldn't lie to him; this young woman's aura was exactly the same as that of the old woman.

She was the old woman from the Sun Moon Cult who gave him the jade pendant.

"Grandma, you're not old at all, and you're actually very beautiful. Why did you pretend to be an old lady to fool me? And now you're pretending not to know me. You called me just now, did I hear you clearly?" Shi Potian laughed.

The girl in white asked in surprise, "You really recognized me? How did you recognize me when you didn't even see my face?"

Shi Potian said, "Besides recognizing people by their appearance, I can also sense their aura, so even if you really turn into an old woman, I can still recognize you."

The girl in white was secretly amazed; such miraculous methods truly existed in the world.

She said, "You recognized me, why didn't you say so earlier? You've ruined my life, ruined my life..." She felt incredibly ashamed when she thought about how she had impulsively hugged him just now.

Shi Potian, however, did not understand, "What harm have I done to you?"

The girl blushed, enjoying the novel so much. She said angrily, "You still say I pretended to be an old woman to deceive you? When did I ever say I was an old woman? You're the one who calls yourself that. You keep calling me 'old woman,' and I'm angry with you. I told you not to call me that on the boat, but you insisted, didn't you?"

Shi Potian thought to himself, "That makes sense." He said, "That old Green Bamboo Elder is so old, yet he calls you 'aunt.' Isn't it normal for me to call you 'old lady'? You're hiding behind the curtain and not showing your face. If I saw your face, I wouldn't call you 'old lady'."

The girl in white smiled and said, "The Green Bamboo Elder's master calls my father 'Uncle-Master,' so what should the Green Bamboo Elder call me?"

Shi Potian was taken aback, and asked hesitantly, "Are you really Green Bamboo Elder's aunt?"

The girl in white said, "Old Man Green Bamboo isn't anyone special. Why should I pretend to be his aunt? What's so good about being an aunt?"

Shi Potian laughed, "Alas! I should have known long ago." The girl in white asked with a smile, "Should have known what?"

Shi Potian said, "Your voice was quite pleasant to the touch back then. What eighty-year-old woman in the world has such a clear and delicate voice? But since neither Green Bamboo Elder nor Dragon Incense Master mentioned it, I didn't suspect that you were faking it."

The girl in white laughed and said, "My voice is rough and hoarse, just like a crow's. No wonder you think I'm an old woman."

Shi Potian laughed and said, "Are there really crows in the world with such beautiful voices? Their calls are even more melodious than those of orioles."

Shi Potian laughed and said, "I'm not angry. It's just that my in-laws sound like a couple."

The girl frowned and looked angry when she heard him rambling on. But when she met his clear eyes, her anger immediately dissipated. She couldn't stay angry at all and even blamed herself for having wild thoughts and distracting ideas.

The girl in white looked around and asked, "Where is this? I remember I wasn't ambushed by the Ming Cult here. How did you find me here?"

Shi Potian said, "This is a temple of the Starry Sky Immortal King of the Ming Cult." He then recounted how the Yellow River Ancestor had brought him here to find a fairy to cure his illness, and how they had encountered the Starry Sky Immortal King.

Upon hearing Shi Potian's words, the girl couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of fate. She had originally come to heal his illness and even spread the word, asking people in the underworld to help her find a solution. As a result, she was targeted by the Ming Cult and ambushed. But every action has its own destiny, and unexpectedly, Lin Pingzhi himself came to her door because of this, saving her life instead.

"That swordsman must be Zhuo Bufan, the Sword King of Tianshan from the Ming Cult," the girl in white said.

Shi Potian asked, "Why did the Ming Cult's Dharma King capture you, and why did he put you inside the statue?"

"The Starry Sky Immortal King has been plotting for years to obtain my father's unparalleled martial arts technique. My father has been missing for many years, and since they couldn't find him, they set their sights on me," the girl said.

Shi Potian said, "This Starry Sky Immortal King even tried to steal my sword manual. Why do the Ming Cult people want to steal everything?"

The girl laughed and said, "She thinks my father's martial arts technique belongs to her Xingxiu Sect and has always wanted to take it back. Her idea to take your sword manual was probably just a spur-of-the-moment thing. Who told you to deliver yourself to her doorstep? She just didn't expect that Young Hero Lin would not only be immune to all poisons, but also break her mind control technique, so she tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead."

She covered her mouth and chuckled, teasingly saying, "Young Master Lin, you truly live up to your reputation as the Invincible of the South. Even the two great Dharma Kings couldn't outwit you, and you were forced to flee in a sorry state, even abandoning your own stronghold."

When Shi Potian saw her smile, he was struck by how incredibly beautiful it was, as if a dark room had been brightened up. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Girl, your smile is absolutely gorgeous! I don't even know your name yet. What's your name?"

Hearing his praise, the girl was delighted and lowered her head to softly say, "My name is Yingying."

It's a pity Shi Potian didn't read, otherwise the line of poetry "Separated by a mere stream, yet unable to speak" would surely have come to mind.