Tao Lan calmly recounted her experience. At this moment, she didn’t seem like a ten-year-old girl; instead, she acted very mature.
“I hid in the rattan basket, not daring to make a sound, watching that person swing a knife and hack my mother to death. Even my youngest sister was dragged out from under the bed and wasn’t spared.”
“Only I survived. It was because before my mother died, she deliberately collapsed onto the rattan basket where I was, blocking the murderer’s line of sight for me.”
Yun Lingyue gazed at her.
“Sister Yun, later I wandered outside for several days, eating wild vegetables and grass.”
“My loved ones died, but I also had to keep living. Only by staying alive could I meet you, only then could I make that murderer die and atone for my family’s lives.”
Tao Lan twisted her handkerchief. Her words were sincere, and she couldn’t help but step forward. “Sister Yun, you absolutely must live well. Only by living well can you have everything that comes later, just like me.”
Yun Lingyue realized that this child had said all this to comfort her.
She raised her hand and rubbed her head, giving a slight smile.
“Thank you.”
“I will live, live until I kill all the demon cultivators in the world and avenge Xiaobei.”
Indeed, she could no longer continue being so dispirited.
Yue Jin was still messing around with Fu Lingyi. The two had fed a small portion of the food on the table to each other, and the sun was high, with no sign of them stopping.
Yun Lingyue, dressed properly, stood at the door of the room and coughed twice to remind the two inside.
“Senior Sister, someone has come from down the mountain, and they specifically asked for you.”
“Lingyue?” Fu Lingyi put down her chopsticks and walked over, very confused by her appearance. “Are you feeling better?”
Yue Jin also turned her head. “Yun Lingyue, weren’t you staying in?”
“Well, I couldn’t help it. Blame it on me for hearing something very funny.” Tao Lan ran out from behind Yun Lingyue and ran towards Yue Jin.
Yun Lingyue looked at her gently, smiled, then turned to Yue Jin and said, “How old are you? Don’t you have hands yourself? And you still need Senior Sister to feed you?”
“I told you it wasn’t like that! Fu Lingyi insisted!” Yue Jin was exasperated. She pinched Tao Lan’s face and tugged it outwards slightly. “You’re going to ruin my reputation out here, aren’t you!”
Fu Lingyi respected her and didn’t press for the reason, just looked full of worry. “Lingyue, don’t force yourself.”
“I’m not forcing myself, Senior Sister,” Yun Lingyue shrugged. She now had a calm expression, completely different from how she looked a few days ago. “I’m really fine now.”
“Who is it who came down the mountain? From Medicine King Valley?” Yue Jin asked while laughing and playing with Tao Lan.
“I don’t know. Only one person came. I asked her to wait inside the hall first.”
Fu Lingyi nodded. She turned around, walked in front of Yue Jin, and extended her hand.
Tao Lan seized the opportunity to run away and hid behind Yun Lingyue.
Yue Jin raised her eyes, looking at that hand. That hand had long, slender fingers and had been quietly waiting.
She wanted to ask, “What are you doing?”, but somehow couldn’t bring herself to ask.
The midday sun was just right, bright and radiant. Fu Lingyi faced the light and, as always, smiled gently.
“Let’s go together.”
Yue Jin’s heart skipped a beat.
She finally truly dared to look directly at Fu Lingyi, and look directly at why she always reacted to everything Fu Lingyi did.
If it were someone else, if it were Wu Bei or Yun Lingyue…
Yue Jin thought about it and felt her hairs stand on end, feeling uncomfortable all over.
Only with Fu Lingyi.
She could distinguish this feeling clearly.
Yue Jin lowered her head, unwilling to expose her blushing cheeks, only daring to hide in the shadows as she hesitantly extended one hand.
As soon as she reached out, it was firmly grasped by the other person.
Her heart was beating very, very fast, as if it would burst out of her chest.
Tao Lan looked towards Sister Yun beside her. “The atmosphere between Sister Blockhead and Sister Fu is really strange.”
Yun Lingyue rubbed the child’s head, smiled, and pointed at the two of them, saying, “This is probably what they call affection between a couple.”
She wasn’t too bothered now and could freely joke around. The deep admiration she once had for her Senior Sister was no longer there; only ordinary feelings remained.
Perhaps it was changed by something.
In front of the side peak hall of the Chongxiang Sword Sect , a woman stood with her hands behind her back, her light purple robe swaying slightly. Upon seeing the arrivals, she bowed respectfully.
“This humble one is Shui Yiqiu from Medicine King Valley. Under orders from my master, I have come to Chongxiang Sword Sect to treat someone’s illness. May I ask for the names of the two of you?”
Her words were impeccable and very polite. Her appearance was also dignified and graceful, and her apricot eyes held a sense of integrity.
Shui Yiqiu’s every move, including that smoky purple and white outfit, gave Yue Jin a favorable impression.
At this moment, she was a little like the former A-Ling.
Fu Lingyi smiled at her, not loosening her grip on Yue Jin’s hand, and invited her into the hall to sit and talk.
After pleasantries for a while, Yue Jin was already getting sleepy listening. She tilted her body, leaned on the armrest of the chair, and yawned.
“Sleepy?” Fu Lingyi asked her in a low voice.
“Oh, you… Don’t worry about me.”
“This must be Fellow Daoist Fu’s Dao Companion, A pleasure to meet you.” Shui Yiqiu nodded towards Yue Jin. She quickly sat up and also nodded.
‘A pleasure to meet you’, heard from cultivation tabloids, right?
Yue Jin felt a little embarrassed. She hadn’t expected Shui Yiqiu to be quite good at making conversation. Shui Yiqiu continued, “Fellow Daoist Fu is truly blessed to have such a wonderful Dao Companion. This humble one is incredibly envious. This treatment is for her, right? May I ask this one’s name?”
“Yue Jin.”
Yue Jin herself hadn’t even opened her mouth; instead, Fu Lingyi was one step ahead of her and said it.
The other person present was very surprised.
Shui Yiqiu reacted after a moment and smiled. “Ah, I heard earlier that this Fellow Daoist resembles the Demon Lord, but I didn’t know the name was quite similar too.”
Yue Jin was so surprised she didn’t dare to look up. She didn’t know what Fu Lingyi was planning.
She couldn’t be trying to make this person give up because it’s too hard, and not treat her illness, right?
“Lingyi…” Her tone was as light as could be, afraid that something was wrong. “My name is Qingshu, didn’t you forget?”
“I didn’t forget. It’s just that you don’t like it, if you don’t like it, we’ll change it.” Fu Lingyi pulled her hand to her heart and slowly rubbed it, generating warmth.
“…A name can still be changed…”
“Well, Fellow Daoist Yue,” Shui Yiqiu interrupted the two of them. People from Medicine King Valley generally don’t inquire much into outside affairs, and moreover, she had always been very polite. “Without delay, let me diagnose you first.”
Sacred Doctor Medicine King Valley.
The people in this sect are elusive and never show their faces outside. What they seek and desire is not to cultivate to immortality.
Therefore, seeking their medical treatment is extremely difficult.
However, as long as one can persuade one person and successfully obtain the chance, then basically all kinds of difficult and complicated illnesses can be treated.
They are professional.
The three of them went to Fu Lingyi’s separate courtyard. Shui Yiqiu sat opposite Yue Jin, pulled out a spiritual herb from her personal bag, rubbed it between her hands, and a wisp of green smoke floated out.
After that, she placed it in front of Yue Jin and let her sniff it slightly.
Fu Lingyi seemed very nervous, staring at the two of them.
As Yue Jin inhaled the green smoke, Shui Yiqiu performed hand seals, silently chanted an incantation, and in one breath, pointed at Yue Jin’s forehead.
After a short while, she held her breath and withdrew her spiritual energy.
Yue Jin’s forehead had been poked several times, and she felt a little annoyed. When Fu Lingyi saw her frowning, she immediately came over to coax her, then turned to ask, “How is it? Can it be healed?”
Shui Yiqiu pondered. “Spiritual energy is stagnant, cultivation is completely motionless… Did she cultivate some kind of magical art?”
Fu Lingyi quickly replied, “She has amnesia, she doesn’t remember. Does this affect it?”
“No problem, it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t remember. Her condition is simply that during cultivation, her spiritual energy clumped together, couldn’t be suppressed, and finally condensed into one spot. Is there any discomfort in her body?”
“My leg,” Yue Jin extended her left leg. “At first, I couldn’t move it at all.”
“That makes sense,” Shui Yiqiu lowered her head and looked. “With spiritual energy piled up, naturally you couldn’t move it. This is all a small matter, just need to make the spiritual energy circulate again. It’s not hard to treat.”
Yue Jin heard this and immediately became happy.
The matter that had troubled her for so long was finally going to be resolved.
Shui Yiqiu looked at the two of them, her apricot eyes curved slightly. “Actually, you just need to wait a little longer, wait until the two of you get married, and it can be healed.”
Fu Lingyi blushed, her face full of shyness. “Are you saying, dual cultivation?”
“Precisely. Dual cultivation can promote cultivation progress and can also make cultivation go a step further, benefitting you both.”
A bolt from the blue.
These words made Yue Jin completely stunned.
She deeply suspected whether Wu Bei had studied in Medicine King Valley back then.
Otherwise, how could this person say it so accurately?
It really does require dual cultivation, huh?
“Is there, is there any other solution?”
Yue Jin leaned forward, asking urgently, “Besides dual cultivation, is there anything else?”
“Uh…” Shui Yiqiu looked towards Fu Lingyi, her eyes full of confusion.
Only then did Yue Jin realize that she had said something wrong.
Fu Lingyi’s expression seemed disbelieving. She pursed her lips, her voice slightly trembling.
“What does this mean? Could it be that you don’t want to, don’t want to with me…”
“Yue Jin…”
This was her first time calling her name after she lost her memory.
It sounded, and felt a little desolate.
Yue Jin actually didn’t know her own thoughts; she was just instinctively avoiding it.
After all, she hadn’t completely thought through the relationship between the two of them.
Was it enemies, acquaintances, or friends?
Or perhaps…
Or perhaps lovers.
She hadn’t thought it through.
“Lingyi, I…” Yue Jin was a little nervous, explaining in a flustered manner, “I just feel that a month is too long. If there’s another way before then, it would be good to recover earlier, wouldn’t it?”
Fu Lingyi stared at her without saying a word.
It made Yue Jin break out in a cold sweat.
“Lingyi?” she called out tentatively.
Fu Lingyi’s long eyelashes trembled. A tear gathered, round and full, fell from the corner of her eye, and dropped onto the ground.
She cried.
This was the first time Yue Jin had seen her cry.
The tears couldn’t stop dripping, like the most precious pearls in the sea.
She leaned closer, wanting to wipe away her tears for her.
Fu Lingyi refused her approach, just shook her head, then shook it again, crying until her eyes were completely red.
“I understand, I understand. It was my one-sided wishful thinking, it was me deceiving myself…”
“You don’t love me, you’ve never loved me…”
Yue Jin felt heartache from watching her cry.
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Crying for love is not shameful!
Good chapter 😌