Hopefully my luck isn’t that bad…
After all, I’ve made it through so many years like this…
A deep sense of helplessness welled up inside her.
Yun Xi rubbed her somewhat swollen temples, forcefully suppressing those mood-ruining thoughts.
“What’s the case? Tell me about it.”
Seeing her master relent, Yun Yao’s eyes lit up. She quickly leaned in and poured out everything about Su Ji’s condition like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
“It’s like this.”
“The man is a sturdy young fellow. He doesn’t look that old and has quite a handsome face, but his fate is a bit harsh.”
“I examined him twice. The first time I found him, he was unconscious, his pulse as faint as a candle flame in the wind, on the verge of extinguishing at any moment.”
“And the worst part—his golden core was completely shattered, not even a scrap left, and his spiritual meridians looked like they’d been violently snapped by some terrifying force.”
“The injuries were like those of a frail, elderly man whose bodily functions had completely withered away.”
“At the time, I thought he was just gravely wounded. I figured I’d do my best and leave the rest to fate. I casually fed him some pills, hoping to keep him alive.”
As Yun Xi listened, her face showed little change.
In the Chaotic Star Sea, cultivators fell every day. A shattered golden core, though tragic, was hardly rare.
“He woke up on his own?” Yun Xi asked casually.
“Yes! Master guessed it in one try!”
Yun Yao nodded vigorously, her eyes sparkling with wonder: “That’s the strangest part!”
“Three days ago, when I examined him the second time, I found he had woken up. He was still too weak to stand, but his mind was clear.”
“But…”
Yun Yao frowned, her expression puzzled: “His spiritual energy was still so faint it was barely detectable, and his heart pulse was just as weak. Logically, in such a state, unless you piled on an ocean of rare treasures without counting the cost or had a true immortal intervene, he most likely couldn’t be saved.”
“Yet he somehow survived. And that spark of life, though weak, had an incredible tenacity—like stubborn grass that refuses to die no matter how much you trample it.”
Yun Xi propped her cheek on her hand, narrowing her eyes slightly.
A shattered golden core without death was normal enough.
But add broken spiritual meridians and mortal wounds, and still manage to sustain life without much external help?
Now that was interesting.
“This world is vast and full of wonders. Everyone has their own encounters and life-saving trump cards. It’s not that unusual,” Yun Xi said calmly. “Perhaps he carries some protective treasure, or maybe his cultivation technique is special.”
“However…” Yun Xi’s tone shifted, growing slightly cold: “This man’s origins are unknown, and with injuries this severe, he must have provoked some formidable enemies.”
“Our Yin-Yang Sect is a small place, not fit to harbor such a powerful figure.”
“Once he can move a little, give him some spirit stones and send him down the mountain before it’s too late.”
“I don’t want a repeat of that last rogue who made me spill blood all over the sect myself.”
Yun Xi, someone hiding her identity to evade enemies, hated trouble the most.
Especially trouble from someone who seemed to have crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, burdened with heavy karmic debts.
She just wanted to guard this Empty Hanging Mountain and live quietly, no longer wanting to get caught up in any more conflicts.
“Oh…” Yun Yao responded, a little disappointed.
Though she knew her master was right, the thought of that miserable man’s pitiful state made her heart ache.
Seeing her disciple’s dazed and conflicted expression, Yun Xi felt both helpless and amused.
She reached out and gently pinched Yun Yao’s soft cheek.
“Alright, stop thinking about that outsider.”
Yun Xi withdrew her hand, her tone carrying a hint of probing: “Has your junior brother come looking for you these past couple days?”
“Junior brother?”
Yun Yao rolled her eyes, thinking: “I don’t think so.”
“Ever since he tried to come into my room that day and I scolded him, he hasn’t shown up much. He’s probably gone to the back mountain to practice his sword.”
Yun Xi sighed helplessly upon hearing this.
“This junior brother of yours…”
“With his talent and skill, he should have gone down the mountain long ago to seek his fortune and broaden his horizons.”
“The reason he’s stayed on this mountain all this time, not venturing out into the vast world, is all because of you.”
Yun Xi looked at her oblivious disciple and said earnestly: “He also…”
“Also what?”
Yun Yao stared back with wide, innocent eyes, completely clueless about her master’s implied meaning.
Yun Xi had always hoped to match these two.
Yun Yao was naive and inexperienced, needing a man like Yun Ying—upright in character and meticulous in thought—to protect her.
Besides, Yun Ying ranked among the best of the younger generation in both morals and cultivation. The two had grown up together and knew each other inside out.
They were a match made in heaven.
The only thing that gave Yun Xi, as their master, a headache was the pair of them.
One was a simpleton who never thought in that direction.
The other was a tight-lipped, shy man who buried his feelings so deep he’d rather die than confess.
Years had passed, and their relationship remained stuck at the stage of “senior sister scolding junior brother.” Watching them, even Yun Xi felt anxious.
“You two…” Yun Xi gazed at the lonely moon outside the window, her voice tinged with melancholy: “If the day ever comes when I’m no longer here…”
“How could that be?”
Yun Yao interrupted without thinking, speaking earnestly: “Master, even though you have old wounds and your realm has fallen, you’re still comparable to a perfected Nascent Soul great cultivator. Your lifespan is long! How could you possibly not be here?”
“Besides… even if that day ever comes, I’ll protect my junior brother! I’m the senior sister, after all!”
Yun Xi looked at her sworn confidence and smiled bitterly.
You?
Protect your junior brother?
“Alright, alright. You’re tired too. Go back and rest.” Yun Xi waved her hand, not wanting to dwell on the topic.
Some things could only be learned through personal insight.
“Then rest well, Master.”
Yun Yao bowed obediently, then withdrew, closing the door behind her.
As the door shut, the room fell silent again.
The smile on Yun Xi’s face slowly faded.
She pulled a slightly yellowed jade pendant from her chest, her fingers gently rubbing the blurred words etched on it.
Her gaze was complicated.
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