Senior Sister, You Won't Let Me In...

Su Ji continued to pretend to be asleep, deliberately slowing down his breathing. He was afraid that any slight fluctuation would catch the other person's attention.

In the current situation where spiritual power was exhausted and he was seriously injured, he couldn't use any of his trump cards.

It was never wrong to be cautious.

Just as that hand was about to reach for other places,

"Knock! Knock! Knock!"

A sudden knock on the door rang out.

The knock was very regular, neither too light nor too heavy.

The woman's hand retracted suddenly, moving very quickly.

Su Ji even felt a gentle breeze brush by, and the orchid - like fragrance also quickly faded away.

"Who is it?" There was a hint of impatience in the woman's voice, as well as a little annoyance at being disturbed.

She seemed to want to complain to the person outside, but the words got stuck in her throat and she swallowed them back.

"It's me, senior sister." A young man's voice came from outside the door. His tone was respectful, yet also tinged with a bit of helplessness. "I've brought you some pastries. They are the peach blossom pastries you like the most."

Peach blossom pastries?

An image emerged in Su Ji's mind: a cold and aloof fairy sitting cross - legged on a mountain peak, carefully holding a pink peach blossom pastry in her hand and savoring it bit by bit.

This picture was a bit out of place.

"Oh, pastries." The woman's voice softened. It seemed that she had no resistance to the temptation of the peach blossom pastries.

She quickly walked to the door and gently opened it a crack.

"Junior brother, next time you can just ask the servants to bring them. Don't go through so much trouble."

"No trouble, no trouble." The young man's voice sounded a bit simple and honest. He seemed to want to squeeze in through the crack in the door. "Senior sister, are you hiding some trouble again?"

"What trouble?!" The woman's voice suddenly rose. "I was on a mission and found someone unconscious at the foot of the mountain on my way back. I just saved him and brought him back for treatment. This is called doing good deeds. Do you understand?"

"Oh, doing good deeds. I understand." There was a bit of perfunctory in the man's voice. He obviously knew his senior sister's temper.

"Just..." The man's tone changed, and he spoke with a bit of caution. "Is it a man or a woman?"

"After all, this is a girl's boudoir. It's not very appropriate for you to do this, is it?"

"So what if it's a man? So what if it's a woman? Do we have to distinguish between men, women, the old and the young when saving people?" The woman said righteously. "The person was unconscious. I couldn't just leave him outside to freeze to death, could I? Besides, I'm saving a life, not... not..."

She stammered for a long time but couldn't come up with a proper explanation.

"Anyway, don't interfere in this matter."

"Senior sister, this..." The man's voice was a bit hesitant. "The patient is inside. Let me go in and have a look. I can confirm how serious his injuries are and see if there are any special needs for his care."

"No need for you to interfere!" The woman said firmly.

"But..."

"Stop with the 'buts'!" The woman seemed a bit anxious, and there was a hint of pleading in her voice. "Just leave the pastries at the door and go quickly. I'm not feeling well today and want to be alone."

The man's voice fell silent for a moment, as if he was weighing something.

Su Ji listened in bed, analyzing the conversation between the senior sister and junior brother back and forth in his mind.

This woman was straightforward and a bit spoiled, but she had a good heart. And she seemed to have an inexplicable sense of defense against this junior brother.

As for this junior brother, although he seemed simple and honest, he was actually very meticulous in his thinking, and there were hints of probing in his words.

"Okay, senior sister." Finally, there was a hint of helplessness in the man's voice. "I'll leave the pastries outside. Take a good rest. I'll leave now."

The sound of footsteps gradually faded away, getting farther and farther until it completely disappeared.

The woman seemed to let out a sigh of relief. She walked back to the bedside.

Su Ji could feel the orchid fragrance approaching again. She seemed to take another careful look at him before sitting back at the table.

"Humph, meddling in other people's business." The woman murmured in a low voice, with a bit of annoyance at having her secret exposed.

Su Ji couldn't help but smile to himself.

This woman didn't seem as harmless as she appeared.

She saved him but deliberately concealed it, and even quarreled with her junior brother.

There must be something strange going on.

He closed his eyes again and his mind started to work at full speed.

Where exactly was he?

Was it the Turbulent Star Sea?

Or somewhere else?

Judging from the conversation between the senior sister and junior brother, this woman had a high status in this sect.

But at the same time, she seemed to be a bit of a maverick. Saving someone privately and bringing them back to the sect was obviously against the sect's rules.

"The aura of the demon race..."

Su Ji recalled the woman's muttering just now.

Maybe the aura of Su Jiu had been detected by this woman.

This was both a danger and a possible turning point.

After all, this woman didn't have any hostility towards the demon race and was even a bit curious...

What he lacked the most now was information.

He needed to know where he was, what forces were here, and what the rules were.

Only in this way could he formulate the next plan.

...

Time passed little by little.

The woman sat at the table for a long time, as if she was thinking about something. She looked at Su Ji from time to time, with a complex look in her eyes.

"Alas..." She finally let out a sigh and got up to walk to the bedside.

Su Ji could feel her approaching again, and the fragrance became even stronger.

"Who on earth are you..." The woman murmured to herself, with a bit of curiosity in her tone. "You're clearly human, but you have the aura of the demon race. And you're so seriously injured, yet you still have a tenacious vitality..."

She stretched out her hand. This time, instead of poking Su Ji's face, she gently placed it on his wrist.

Su Ji's heart skipped a beat.

Was she going to examine his injuries?

He didn't move and let the cold fingertips rest on his pulse.

The woman's brows frowned slightly, as if she was a bit puzzled by his injuries.

"Strange..." She murmured to herself again. "When I first brought you back, your Golden Core was shattered, your meridians were broken, and your soul was weak... This was a fatal injury..."

"Why are you still hanging on?" She mumbled, gently rubbing her fingertips on his wrist, as if trying to find an answer from him.

"Now your injuries have even stabilized."

Su Ji's heart sank.

Could she examine his injuries so thoroughly?

It seemed that this woman had a high level of cultivation.

"Wrong! You're awake!"

The woman suddenly spoke, with a hint of surprise in her voice, and a little... excitement?

Su Ji didn't open his eyes.

Was she trying to trick him?

Seeing that Su Ji didn't respond,

the woman smiled slightly, with a bit of cunning in her smile.

"You don't have to be nervous." The woman withdrew her hand and took a few steps back, keeping a distance from Su Ji. "I saved you, so I won't harm you.

"At least there's no reason for me to harm you in the short term, right?"

"It's true that you should be vigilant after being so seriously injured.

"But there's no need to be overly vigilant."

Su Ji: "..."

This woman was too observant.

Su Ji had no choice but to open his eyes. What she said was indeed true: "Thank..."