The walk towards Shui was filled with Jun constantly regaling him of what had happened. Every single detail Jun could recall. From the shifting of branches to the way Shao Yating quirked his eyebrow. Even the way some of the undead jade things blinked and others didn't.

Setting the scene in a nightmarish battle that sounded out of a novel. Some grim dark fantasy. A lone young lady faced with insurmountable odds with no hope or good happening to her. All while he was busy munching on the most disgusting, foul treats and cakes imaginable. Washing his mouth with tasty, sugar filled tea he had to brew for himself.

It didn't seem so delicious currently. A bad taste filled his mouth ever since he'd seen Jun and the amount of blood that covered the clearing.

Based on her story, it was all hers except one small puddle she was quite proud of.

"—I cut his throat! So close to winning at the very beginning of the fight! Everything you've taught us so far has been perfect—"

Yin Hu did not respond at all to that statement. He had been bullshitting for the most part when he was teaching them to box and fight. Anything he did train them in was mostly made up. Yes he had cultivation manuals. Yes, he had been throwing punches and practicing kung fu moves for longer than he could imagine on the island, but he had never been taught how to do it.

Never had someone guide him.

The intricacies of teaching people had to be completely different than learning by yourself. Everyone's struggle was different. Yin Hu was tasked to somehow figure that out. All of which he had no clue about. Not in the slightest.

"—and the defense! Oh, the defense. Shao Yating tried to overwhelm me with over a hundred of his undead and the occasional Qi attack. Never could I have imagined I would never take any serious damage. Simple movements you taught us. Made us repeat a thousand times. Especially the L-Step. That had been the best one—"

Yin Hu looked at her bright eyes, massive smile, and excited body. Almost skipping instead of walking. Her face was clean of any dripping blood, but the cuts were still there. Covered with bandages. He refused to let her continue to walk without at least putting some on so it wouldn't get infected.

Jun tried to reject it, but a quick glare had solved her hard headedness.

He kept a few steps back. Letting her guide him to Shui's position. Which he had thought was the blip on his new perception ability. But it wasn't. The blip had begun to move from Jun's area and quite literally disappeared after he had found Jun.

Moving faster than he thought possible.

While he didn't have exact details for how far the perception extended to, it wasn't anything small. Rather enormous if he was asked.

Yin Hu had been locking onto Shao Yating supposedly. Or maybe the Jade that Jun kept talking about as an ultra powerful tool that surprised her with how amazing it was. Not that it could have been as good as what Yin Hu had. Right? Did others have overpowered weapons and tools like he had been using?

That did not bode well for his plans and timeline. He couldn't use his allotted time slots for resting and exploring the world as he had hoped. Maybe he could turn some of it into some type of training? He wasn't sure. It looked like a better idea to him with every moment he thought about it. No rest for the weary. No rest for potential nukes he needed to prepare before everything came to a head.

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"—and the spirit! The sword spirit was beyond anything I could have imagined. The sheer power. The bond we have now. Unbreakable bond. I was worried I would never connect with it, but its loyalty to you outweighed—"

Then there was the question of spirits that bothered him. Whether YagWan had been lying. Shui was just seeing hallucinations or having her phase of invisible friends. But now Jun too had seen one. A weapon spirit from the sword he had given her. The same one he could clearly remember playing around with on the island for some time.

Yin Hu could no longer ignore that fact. No more could he assume or attempt to rationalize what others were saying. These spirits actually existed. Shui sees them for some odd reason. Yin Hu assumed it had to do with her Spiritual Roots element.

That made everything more dangerous for the little girl.

He would not trust something he couldn't see with a ten foot pole. Not when he had no clue if they were good, bad, neutral, bloodthirsty, holy, or anything else under the sun. He needed to have a talk with Shui.

"—just a single swing of the sword and I could have turned Shao Yating into dust!" Jun said as she spun around and started walking backwards. "Isn't that awesome?"

"Of course it is! I saw the thick superheated glass at the end of your attack."

Jun nodded. "I'm not sure what that means exactly, but it's where the Dark Gate Palace elder blocked the attack. He came out of nowhere! I guess he was with you for some time? Like the Yag man and his disciples last time. D-Did he try to serve you tea this time?"

"No." Yin Hu said as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. The thought of those treats still hurt his head. "No. He tried to offer me sweets."

"That bad?"

Yin Hu nodded and let out a deep sigh.

"We'll figure it out somehow! I promise!" Jun said. She stopped for Yin Hu to catch up. She hesitated for a second almost like she wanted to hug Yin Hu but decided against it. Running away and into the shadows.

Yin Hu followed in a light jog. He assumed Shui was on the other side.

Maybe he would have to resolve himself to never eat anything but rice and tea for the rest of his life. It was a better prospect than attempting to eat trash and garbage. He couldn't handle trying to consume anything like those two situations a third time. It would hurt him beyond anything so far.

"I don't want to!" Shui shouted.

Yin Hu hurried his pace to make it to the two girls. Breaking out of the fog into a clearing. Only a single stump of a tree surrounded by nothing else covered the entire area. Just dirt and the stumps dead roots. Shui was standing next to the stump with her hands crossed, lips pursed and clearly upset at something. Jun was attempting to talk sense into her.

"What's going on?" Yin Hu said as he approached the pair.

Jun gave Shui a light elbow to the shoulder.

"Ancestor!" Shui turned to him with tears in her eyes. "Why? Why did you do that?"

Yin Hu blinked at her. Confused and unwilling to respond. He had supposedly done something intentionally but he had no clue what that was. Did him yelling at Cai Xuefang about the sweets and cakes make a larger problem of some kind?

Or maybe him allowing the spar? Yin Hu couldn't figure out what the hell was going on and why he was being blamed for it.

He kneeled down to Shui's level. "What happened?"

Shui wiped the tears in her eyes. She started to hiccup. Giving a weak effort to escape Yin Hu's grip before falling into his arms. Crying at her situation. She tried to speak but it was all unintelligible. Hard to understand and full of hiccups that cut off sentences and thought trails.

It took a few moments for her to calm down. Taking large deep breaths. Yin Hu patted her head the entire time.

"What's wrong?" Yin Hu asked.

Hu Shui looked up at him, eyes red and puffy. "You scared all the spirits when you got angry!"

"Spirits?"

More spirits? How many are there and why do they keep finding shui?!

"Yeah." Shui reached into her pocket, taking out a lipstick. Her little hands trembling with every hiccup she had.

Yin Hu took the offered red lipstick, looking utterly bewildered. He stared at it and back towards Shui, unable to figure out where she got it or how it had to do anything with spirits bothering her. Or her bothering them. That wasn't out of the realm of possibility considering what he knew of Shui so far. The little girl could be a menace when she wanted to be.

"Y-You scared away all of the Buxom Spirit Women!"

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