When Yun Tai returns, he flies directly to the meditation cave. He tosses everything he received from the Old Master to the side and sets up an array around the perimeter of the cave.
Yun Tai can not be disturbed when he is cultivating because interrupting the process could be devastating. He is feeling unsettled to his very core, all the confusion when he came back home delayed his closed door cultivation for too long.
Before he assumes the lotus position on the jade mat he reflects for a minute on how odd Yun Pei Shan was acting when he visited him.
His Master was never a sentimental man in all the years Yun Tai spent with him. Yun Tai feels the old man was not as hard on him as he usually would be this evening.
Most times when he went to visit, the old man would make him jump through hoops to get any of his special elixers This time he literally loaded Yun Tai up without his usual tactics. Some of those elixirs and potions looked very rare. He glances over at the two swords and the daggers he insisted he take, they look priceless.
Well, I will repay him for his kindness when I get back.
When Yun Tai closes his eyes ready to enter his mental space, in the bamboo house Zhang Yu is waking up.
He wonders how he got into this house and bed, and where is XiXi. He stretches his arms and feels very well rested, not sure why he feels so relaxed as if he had slept for days.
Well, first things first... where is XiXi.
Feng Tian is still drunk and stumbling to his room when he passes Zhang Yu's bedroom.
He is lost in his thoughts, earlier after Yun Tai left he sat there dreaming in the courtyard with his head on the table. In his drunken stupor he pictured XiXi and him together on a cloud looking down laughing. She had flowers in her hair they had picked on the mountain when they went to tell The Old Master they were getting married. XiXi wrapped her arms around him and looked up at him with a huge smile , didn't say anything just curled up next to his chest. The sensation of her in his arms was so warm and she smelled like red lotuses.
Yes, I will marry XiXi. I will marry XiXi. I will marry XiXi...
Dammit! If that damn bird hadn't started pecking at my head I would still be lost in that dream.
Zhang Yu calls out to him. "Hey! Feng Tian! Where is XiXi" He doesn't care at this point how he got here or where this house is ,only where his daughter is.
Feng Tian scratches his chin, who is that old fart? Oh, right...Zhang XiXi's father, I almost forgot about him haha... I can't believe he was asleep for two and a half days that is a record for me.
When he heard Zhang Yu calling him suddenly realized he needed to snap out of it. What the hell kind of wine was that Yun Tai a few glasses and I can't see two steps in front of me!
Feng Tian pull yourself together, you don't want this old man to have a bad impression of you. He is your future father in law. Yes, my future father in law.
"Zhang Yu how was your rest?" In his mind can't stop laughing thinking how when he hit the old man's acupoint he stopped talking mid sentence and fell like a sack of potatoes.
"Fine, fine where is XiXi?" I don't really know this man I think he is honorable but we barely know him.I need to find my a XiXi and make sure she is safe. Why was I so sound asleep without even knowing where she is.
I am going to kill those elders that sent me here. I can't believe they sent me to this island and XiXi is caught up in this.
Zhang Yu appears mild mannered but he has quite a temper, that is where XiXi gets her hot headedness. He uses a suppression spell so he can deal with people on a daily basis without exploding.
Feng Tian points to LingLing's room. "She is fine, she is asleep in that room over there", I really hope you think you just went to sleep earlier, I can't think of a plausible lie right now, FengTian enters his room and immediately collapses on the luxurious bed.
Zhang Yu hurries down the hall to the room and opens the door. XiXi, thank God you are all right! He breathes a sigh of relief seeing her sleeping peacefully. The effect of the tea dissipated awhile ago and she is in a deep natural sleep.
In order to reassure himself his precious daughter is alright, Zhang Yu decides to sit in her room and watch her sleep. He affectionately tucks the quilt around XiXi and brushes the tendrils of hair off her her face When the little girl awakens in the morning, I will bring out the magic and alchemy books and let her start preparing for our journey.