After an hour, Ying Yue opened her eyes and found herself in an old tiny room with dim yellow light. She turned her eyes and saw Shui Jin, who was looking at her. She recalled the entire destructive event which happened in the Taiyi academy and immediately sat up on the bed. "Where am I?" the first thing she asked Shui Jin.
"Miss Yue, we are in the valley of Mt. Lunebase. How do you feel?" Shui Jin asked.
"I am not feeling good. I am feeling weak," answered Ying Yue in a low voice. Shui Jin hummed and told her to lie down.
"No, I do not want to. What is happening, Fufu? Who was that giant beast?" Ying Yue questioned when they heard a roar which frightened Ying Yue. She looked at Shui Jin with lines of worries that could be seen on her forehead.
"Miss Yue, a water demon has attacked the academy. I have to go there but I cannot leave you alone either. But if I will not go then I think many lives will be lost," Shui Jin stated. His face was neutral even after saying those words which indicated that he lacked the emotions.
"Demon? What are you talking about? Demon- devil, there are no such things," muttered Ying Yue. She was scared by all of this. Shui Jin did not pay heed to her and then put his palm over her forehead. "Your inner energy has stabilized," declared Shui Jin and put back his palm. "Miss Yue, I have to return to Taiyi academy. Do not step outside this hut until I come back," stated Shui Jin.
"What? But I cannot stay alone. Take me with you. What if that beast thing comes here?" Ying Yue expressed her concern.
"Miss Yue, I cannot take you there. I will put a protection spell around this hut. Promise me, you will not step outside this place," stated Shui Jin. Ying Yue looked at him and slowly nodded at him. Before he could use the protection spell, a loud thud sound was heard by them as if someone landed on the ground nearby. They both looked at each other when Shui Jin grabbed his sword from the small table there that right next to them.
Shui Jin felt the immense Qi level of the being, who was outside the hut. Shui Jin with quiet steps walked ahead when Ying Yue whispered his name. He turned to her and put his index finger on his lips. The candle was already blown out by him so that whoever was outside would not think that someone was inside the hut.
Shui Jin with his slow steps reached the small window and peeked through it but to his surprise, there was no one. He roamed his eyes throughout the region that was visible from the window. Immediately he turned back and pulled out the sword. Ying Yue was confused seeing why Shui Jin pulled out his sword when there was no one there. But her confusion soon vanished away when she heard the clanking sound of two swords as if a sword was hit against it.
She got up from the bed when Shui Jin spoke, "Miss Yue, do not move from your place." Ying Yue gulped and nodded. Suimu, the water demon, made himself visible and gave an evil smirk to Shui Jin.
"Yue," he called Ying Yue's name and tilted his head to look at her. "Shui Jin, you do not look good when you run away," stated Suimu. "I guess after you lost your godhood, you are afraid that you might lose against me once again," Suimu further added. Ying Yue looked at Shui Jin who was not speaking anything, neither was he doing anything. Ying Yue got surprised as Suimu with a blink of an eye, hugged Shui Jin such that his sword was behind Shui Jin's neck.
"You have found a good thing to uplift your scar but let me tell you something, you are going to lose her today," whispered in Shui Jin's ear. A fierce fight started between the two. Shui Jin pushed Suimu with such a great force that he was thrown outside the hut, many meters away. The force was so immense that the roof of the hut was also blown away. To protect Ying Yue, he formed a shield around her and then flew in the air to see where Suimu was.
"What happened in the academy? Did Lord Rui lose the battle?" wondered Shui Jin when Suimu hit Shui Jin from behind but he easily dodged the attack and the two started the sword fighting. They landed on the ground. "I will not repeat the same mistake as I did 800 years ago," said Shui Jin to Suimu.
They both were defending each other's attacks. Suimu was using demonic cultivation and summoned several demon beasts there.
Ying Yue was getting confused seeing all those things. "What is this world?" she wondered when she saw something black figure was marching towards her but because there was a shield around her, the figure could not approach her. Not only that black figure was burnt down as soon as it touched the shield. She turned around and saw many beasts were attacking the shield which scared her. She looked for Shui Jin and found he was fighting the demon in the high sky again.
A bright dazzling, powerful energy formed at the blade of Shui Jin's sword named Yongheng which is also called Jianguang or Sword- light. He directed his Yongheng towards Suimu, but at the right time, Suimu too used the Sword- light to defend against the fierce attack of Shui Jin. In the entire cultivation world, everyone knew the swordsmanship of Shui Jin. The sword- light is not easy to use and needed deep mastery in swordsmanship. As the two blades strike each other a loud clanking sound was produced. Ying Yue covered her ears as it was unbearable for the ears.
"I have to hit at his golden core at any cost but it seems Suimu has learned a lot in all these years. He is easily defending my attacks," thought Shui Jin when Suimu used the hand seal and directed it towards the shield. The magical spell which was cast by Suimu was not only going to destroy the shield but could harm Ying Yue.
Shui Jin formed the hand seal and again defended Suimu's attack. "Do not involve her in our fight," Shui Jin declared to Suimu.
"Shui Jin, let me tell you something interesting. I have destroyed the entire Taiyi sect in your presence. Do you think you will be able to protect Yue? You ran away from there but you see I killed them because of you. Again you became the reason for the death of those mortals," muttered Suimu. Suimu attacked those wounds of Shui Jin which were never healed for 800 years.
"Did you forget that last time you stood against me you lost the most precious person to you?" Suimu stated further. The flashes of that day appeared in front of Shui Jin's eyes when his mother came forward and sacrificed herself to save Shui Jin. He was numbed at his place when
Suimu took the advantage of the situation and thought to hit at the golden core of Shui Jin which could be fatal for him.
A smirk formed on his lips as he directed his sword towards Shui Jin. But at the right time, Ying Yue shouted Shui Jin's name. Hearing his name, Shui Jin looked down and then towards Suimu whose sword was an inch away from him when he shifted a bit. He succeeded to protect himself from the attack but Suimu pressed his hand against Shui Jin's chest. "Ahh," Shui Jin passed a scream and fell to the ground.
Suimu then threw his sword at Shui Jin. Shui Jin was not in the condition of defending the attack when Ying Yue stepped out of the shield which was made to protect her. She ran towards Shui Jin when a beast marched towards her. At that moment Fai Zhen appeared before her and destroyed the beast. "Fufu," she murmured as she was worried about him when she saw Mencius had saved Shui Jin from the attack. She stepped ahead when Fai Zhen stopped her.