Wandering Gods of Day and Night

The Little Yellow Skins were jubilant when they saw that Grandmother was alive again, but only Lady Lianhua wept, tears streaming down her face as she hugged them and cried, "Grandmother made a mistake, Grandmother made a big mistake."

"Lady Lianhua, the mistake wasn’t yours." Lord Jian naturally understood what mistake Lady Lianhua was referring to.

Zhou Xuan, on the other hand, advised, "Madam, regardless of right or wrong, what’s done is done, regret is futile. If you have the heart, join me in sorting through the events of today,

let’s see if we can find a way to rectify past mistakes, and also think of a way to rescue my Master Wu Ya."

Zhou Xuan’s calmness served as a shot in the arm for Lady Lianhua.

Frankly speaking, Lady Lianhua hadn’t experienced such upheaval before, so she was quite flustered when faced with a major event.

But Zhou Xuan was different—though his journey in the martial world seemed smooth sailing, it was full of perils that outsiders could scarcely imagine.

Therefore, he was incredibly stable when dealing with matters.

Lady Lianhua needed someone like Zhou Xuan, a stabilizing force, to support her.

She quickly wiped her tears and nodded repeatedly to Zhou Xuan: "Mr. is right, you’re right, now I must clear my mind and discuss things thoroughly with you."

Things in this world tend to come in waves — if everything is peaceful, life is like a calm pool of water; but when trouble arrives, it’s not just one problem but a series of troubles.

Zhou Xuan was just about to discuss important matters with Lady Lianhua when Yun Ziliang returned ahead of time,

he said to Zhou Xuan, "Xuanzi, bad news, those brains are escaping everywhere, and they’re quite fast, running in all directions."

"How fast can a brain run?"

As Zhou Xuan spoke, he saw in the distance an Silver Bodhisattva Flower streaking through the air just like the Blood Well Human Brain in his Secret Realm.

"Escaping quite fast, isn’t it?"

Those Silver Bodhisattva Flowers absolutely cannot escape; if they fly out of Lotus Mountain and into the bustling districts of Ping Shui Prefecture, it would be catastrophic.

"I’ll go shoot them down."

Lord Jian, still a bit of a brute, was stopped by Zhou Xuan’s firm grip: "Don’t... Do you know how many thousands of human brains there are? How many arrows would you need to shoot them all down?"

Even borrowing arrows a la Grass Boat Borrowing Arrows wouldn’t produce so many.

"Let me think of a plan."

As Zhou Xuan was pondering, Zhao Wuya returned as well.

"Brother Xuan, we have trouble."

"What’s wrong now?"

Zhou Xuan asked.

"Those three pigs are acting insane, relentlessly munching on the Silver Bodhisattva Flowers, devouring one after another. I’m afraid they’ll cause trouble from eating so much."

"Weren’t those three kids saying that the Silver Bodhisattva Flowers have a strong smell?"

Zhou Xuan said.

"Erwa is the one who complained about the smell, but have you ever heard Big Child say it smells bad?"

Zhao Wuya said, "Big Child really likes it, happily munching away, while Erwa has already fainted from the smell."

This was complete chaos, one problem after another, more tangled than a mess of yarn.

After sorting his thoughts for a moment, Zhou Xuan shouted towards the Secret Realm, "Miss Qiang, it’s your turn to step in."

"Me?"

Miss Qiang, transformed into a small figure, sat on Zhou Xuan’s shoulder, incredulously pointing at herself and asking.

"Turn yourself into a wall of flesh and blood and embed those so-called Silver Bodhisattva Flowers in it."

"That’s a solution, but what about the ones that have already escaped?"

"The God Traveling Department will chase down the escaped ones, you don’t need to worry about it."

"Alright." Miss Qiang called the Engineer, transforming into an intangible consciousness to build the once-famous "Sighing Mother Wall" in the large pit.

The escaped Silver Bodhisattva Flowers could be dealt with for now, Zhou Xuan instructed Yun Ziliang, "Lao Yun, I need you to capture those three pigs."

"What if they refuse to come back no matter what?"

Yun Ziliang asked.

Zhou Xuan said, "Then knock them out and bring them all back—after consuming so many Silver Bodhisattva Flowers, we don’t want them raising three traitorous rebels of the Buddha Country in my Secret Realm."

"Alright then."

Yun Ziliang along with Zhao Wuya headed into the pit.

...

At this point, the pit was extremely lively, with Silver Bodhisattva Flowers bouncing around, and the three pigs moving back and forth as if drugged, consuming relentlessly.

Luckily, Miss Qiang transformed into a massive wall of flesh and blood, like a lid, covering the pit to prevent the flowers from escaping.

Meanwhile, Yun Ziliang summoned the "Returning Ruins Ancestor Dragon" from his Daoist robe to bind the three pigs with raw force.

"Squeal, squeal..." The three pigs indeed let out slaughter-like cries.

In the midst of all this chaos, one person remained exceptionally calm, Zhou Lingyi.

Zhou Lingyi stood in the pit, eyes closed, as if sensing something,

until suddenly, she opened her eyes and gestured with her hand. A red umbrella flew vertically from the Luoying Hall of the Zhou Family’s Troupe, soared across the Heavenly Dome, pierced through the great flesh wall, and landed in Zhou Lingyi’s hand.

Zhou Xuan always knew Zhou Lingyi liked carrying a red umbrella but used to think it was simply to shield her from the sun—for the sake of her complexion.

"Boom!"

The red umbrella unfolded forcefully, and Zhou Lingyi, holding it, started to walk slowly through the pit...

...

"Madam, you said you saw that mirror today?"

Zhou Xuan asked Lady Lianhua.

Lady Lianhua nodded, saying, "After you set the mountains on fire and killed that Hundred-eyed Child, a mirror appeared in my room."

"As I walked towards the mirror, after only a few steps, I saw my senior brother—Master Wu Ya—appear in it."

"My senior brother waved toward me, signaling me to leave quickly... then, in a short moment, the mirror suddenly shattered."

"Following that, Huang Tianfeng took my soul away."

Lady Lianhua recounted her experience in detail.

She continued, "While my soul was being captured, I had a very long dream. In the dream, I saw many truths, about Yanfuti and about myself as well."

"Tell me more."

Zhou Xuan leaned on his cheek, listening with great interest...