Yuki’s eyes watered up as she watched Sei disappear, her appearance now back in her human form. She wanted to reach out and hug her once last time but the world around her suddenly changed, and she found herself standing outside the building she had entered. She quickly restrained the aura that emitted from her before turning and looking at the wall that no longer had carvings in it and pressed her forehead against it. “I will be sure to reach the god realm so we can meet again.” 

To her, Sei had now become family and a mentor. In the past few days that they had been together during her trial, Sei had given her a path. A path that only she could walk. The path of an asura was the correct path for her. She felt it resonate with her own soul. Vengence was something she held deep in her heart, and she planned to destroy anyone and everyone that had taken part in her’s and Nana’s village’s destruction. But she now understood that destroying those who would come for revenge was also important. Her mind was filled with Sei’s past. The things she had been subjected to and the people who tried to kill her time and time again. Yuki felt it all deep within her.

As Yuki was saying her last goodbyes, Elder Nishikawa finally calmed down. She looked at her disciple, who was pressing her head against the wall, and let out a long, relieved sigh. “Old man, all is good.” 

“Good. But remember to call me sect master when we are in public.” The sect master rubbed his nose. He looked at the disciples who were looking at him and hoped he did not lose any face.

“Haha, sorry.” Elder Nishikawa smiled, but her brow wrinkled. There was a strange aura coming from Yuki when she first exited. It was only for a brief moment, but Elder Nishikawa was sure she saw it. She would need to ask Yuki about it later.

Back inside the mystic realm, Nana’s nose twitched. She had been heading in one direction and suddenly turned to go in another. “Yuki’s is this way….” 

Yuki finished her goodbyes before heading off in a random direction. She had no goal in mind. Right now, she was just lost in thought. She had not even realized it when someone had come to attack her, and her hand moved on its own, grabbing the young man by his neck and squeezing it to the point that his body instantly disappeared. She only stopped when she heard the sound of something dropping on the ground. She turned to see a pile of flags lying there. “Hmmm?”

- - -

“What kind of reaction speed is that!?” The young man who had just appeared on the platform yelled out as he rubbed his neck. He knew if he did not get teleported out, he would have surely died just now.

He did not even see the girl look at him before her hand grabbed his throat. He could have sworn he snuck up on her using his family’s silent steps movement technique. He never expected that before he could run her through, he would end up almost having his neck snapped in two. Cold sweat dripped down his back. He decided not to mess with that girl in the future if she was willing to kill without a second thought. Nothing was scarier for these young cultivators than dealing with people who showed no emotion in killing.

- - -

Yuki already stored away the flags she picked up and continued on her way. She wondered where they had all come from. It was as if they had dropped out of thin air. Sadly for her, her thoughts only lasted so long when another group suddenly appeared before her. “Hey…. We saw you pick up a bunch of flags just now. Give us half, and we will not send you out of the mystic realm.”

Yuki raised her head to see three young men ranging from her age to eighteen years of age standing before her. Each had a mocking smile on their faces as they held their swords out towards her. She looked them all up and down before saying…. “No….”

The three young men did not even get a chance to react. Yuki had already arrived in front of them as the sound of her words entered their ears. In a split second, all three young men were sent out of the mystic realm, each one now had wet robes. Yuki’s killing intent had been too strong and pierced the hearts of those young men to the point that they peed themselves in fear.

After a few hours of wandering around, Yuki felt a familiar presence rushing towards her top speed. She stopped her steps and opened her arms. “Yuuuuuuuuukkkkkkkkiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!”

Nana jumped towards Yuki and wrapped her arms around the fox girl she loved so much. Yuki, did her best to stay on her feet as Nana plowed into her. She could sense the insecurity Nana was radiating as she rubbed her face back and forth in her chest. “You found me quite quickly.”

“Mmm….. My Yuki senses were working on max.” Nana replied as she finally stood up straight and leaned down and kissed Yuki’s lips. As she pulled her head back, she placed a finger on her lips and asked: “Did you get stronger? I can sense your strength has grown quite a bit. Not cultivation wise but in general.”

“Mm! I will tell you about it later. For now, let’s go find a place to rest. I want to hear about what you have been up to the past few days.”