They were also lotus pickers, likely abandoned on the back mountain when they fell ill, dying here.
Their bodies were too heavily tainted with yin energy to enter the cycle of rebirth.
On Mist Ridge, Chen Shi raised his hand and the cloudlark flew back, landing on his palm and transforming into a small knife.
He glanced at the uneaten meals of Li Tianqing, feeling a stirring in his heart, warmed the food again, wrapped it in yellow paper, and summoned a paper crane. The crane turned into an immortal crane, took the food in its beak, and flew off towards the back mountain of Phoenix Ridge, where the Taiping Sect was located.
Xiao Dingxiang was worrying about the cloudlark's safety when she suddenly heard the sound of flapping wings. She saw an immortal crane, much taller than herself, descending and walking into the thatched cottage.
The immortal crane held a paper-wrapped package in its beak and placed it in front of her.
