Yu Yan was the first to react as she turned around to see an old man standing there smiling at them. "You! Who are you!?"
"Haha, excuse me. My name is Bao Chen. I am Ah Chun's current master from the universe she was sent to. She had asked me to help find her sister's whereabouts since she had already found your mother." Bao Chen introduced himself and also explained the situation.
"Chun'er!?" Zhi Rou heard Ah Chun's name and began to tear up.
"Rou'er, don't be tricked! We do not know if what he is saying is true or not." Yu Yan yelled out. She did not trust anyone. This entire time they have had to live in hiding only sneaking out to try to find information on Mei Liling.
"It's okay not to trust me. I will bring Chun'er here tomorrow at this time. Can you not pack up and leave until then? Otherwise, she might get mad at me if you do. I originally did not want to show myself but I could not let you two continue your search when there was no need to. For now, I will seal this area with an array. It will keep the two of you here and also not allow anyone in except for me and Chun'er. I promise, no one will hurt you." Boa Chen left these words and disappeared. At the same time, a blue transparent dome surrounded and completely blocked off the area.
"Big Sister Yan, what do we do now?" Zhi Rou now felt worried. She never thought the man just now would lock them in.
Letting out a sigh Yu Yan felt helpless and could only say: "For now we wait. Let's hope what he says is true, if not, we can just kill ourselves."
"Mmm… I would rather die by my own hand than by those disgusting people." Zhi Rou quickly agreed.
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Back in the mortal realm, Ah Chun sat in Ning Shen's lap leaning up against his chest as she cultivated. This had always been her spot when they were alone when cultivating. But her session was interrupted when a knock came at the door. "Chun'er!"
"Master!?" Ah Chun got up and walked to the door to let Boa Chen in. "Did something happen?"
Boa Chen walked into the room and nodded to Ning Shen before turning his attention back to Ah Chun and smiling, saying: "I found your sisters. Right now they are trapped in my array since they might have fled otherwise. But this will also protect them since I did sense a few other cultivators in the area as well. I told them I would bring you there with me tomorrow."
"Screw tomorrow, let's go now!" Ah Chun said, her eyes showing excitement. All she had to do was pick up her sisters and everything will be back to normal! Her entire family will be one again.
"If that is what you want. We can go now." Boa Chen said before saying to Ning Shen. "I will be stealing my disciple for a bit."
"It's fine." Ning Shen said with a smile. He walked over to Ah Chun and gave her a hug and kiss. "Go quickly, so your sisters can come home."
"Mmm! I will be back." Ah Chun replied with a nod.
Boa Chen and Ah Chun both left for the Immortal Realm. With their cultivation, they could just rip apart the boundary to enter the Immortal Realm so it was not hard to get there unlike before. When they arrived it was still partially light out. Ah Chun looked down at her sisters busying themselves and smiled warmly.
"Rou'er, get the skins and place them on the drying rack." Yu Yan said as she busied herself with a bundle of herbs.
"Big Sister Yan, do you think that old man was lying to us?" Zhi Rouasked.
"I do not..." Yu Yan's voice got caught in her throat when she saw the young woman in front of her. The features were the same only older looking but there was no way she could be mistaken. "Chunchun!" Yu Yan's eyes filled with tears as she rushed forward and hugged Ah Chun tightly.
"Chunchun?" Zhi Rou who heard Yu Yan cry out turned around and felt as if she was seeing things. Her eyes glazed over with tears as she rushed over to Ah Chun as well. "Chunchun!"
"Mmm… It is good that you two are safe. Mother is also safe and well. Come tell me what has happened since I disappeared." Ah Chun said while hugging her sisters.
"You have no idea! We have gone through so much! When those people came to take Mother away, we were forced to run away. In order to keep us alive, she had given in to those who came to capture her. After that, we raised our cultivation and then found our way to the Immortal Realm. But it's been many thousands of years and we could not find any sign of her. But we did get word of your disappearance as well. Is it true what you just said just now, Mother is okay?" Yu Yan asked, tears dripping down her cheeks.
"Mhm! Mother is safe and sound, so no worries. I will let her explain things to you. For now, let's get you two packed up so you can go home." Ah Chun replied. She was having a hard time keeping her tears back. She found it funny the demon of the battlefield who would lose herself in bloodl.u.s.t was cherishing her family ties like a normal mortal.
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