"Where is this? I remember being surrounded by men in black on the mountaintop, and then I don't know anything else."

When Li Xi woke up, she found herself lying in an unfamiliar bed. Her body felt extremely weak, as if a month of unconsciousness had drained all her strength. She tried to sit up, but her body wouldn't obey her commands.

“Miss Li, you’ve been unconscious for a month. This is Yinxi Village in the Northern Frontier. Chief Rong and Elder Sun saved you.” Chu Ran held a cup of water to her lips, gesturing for her to drink.

"Who are you?" Li Xi asked doubtfully.

"Her name is Chu Ran, and she is the head of the Hidden Sect. From now on, she will assist you in managing the Hidden Sect," Elder Sun introduced.

“What management? Grandpa Sun, you’re all better now, and you’re still quite young. I’m really not up to the task.”

Li Xi knew she lacked the ability and dared not take on this responsibility.

“Xiaoxi, there are some things you can’t avoid. There is a powerful true energy in your body. If you don’t fully refine it, you will suffer from qi deviation in the future.”

Old Sun paused for a moment, then said seriously:

"What I want to tell you is that this vital energy is a part of your body; it is the source of your power and the support of your life. But at the same time, it is also a threat to you."

If you don't refine it properly, it might control your behavior and make you lose yourself. Therefore, Xiaoxi, you must learn to control it and refine it. You must understand that you are its master, not its slave.

Master Sun was well aware of the consequences of going astray in cultivation. “You have great talent and potential, you can definitely do it. Now, what you need to do is calm down, find your inner balance, and let your mind and true energy reach harmony.”

"Grandpa Sun, I..." She wanted to go back to Kyoto to find Lan'er and the others, where her business was still in its infancy.

“I know you want to go back to Kyoto, but now is not the right time. You never know when you might lose control again.”

Elder Sun solemnly stated, "The Hidden Sect has obtained some information about your family of origin..."

The family of origin? Wasn't the original owner just an ordinary merchant family?

Li Xi was puzzled.

"Your deceased parents weren't your biological parents; they were just a family that managed your original clan." Old Master Sun couldn't bear to continue. He had previously sent his men to investigate her background, but he hadn't expected it to be so tragic.

"You were originally a young lady from the Xuanming Sect in Nanzhou, and your grandfather was the sect leader. Ten years ago, your entire family was massacred by mysterious figures who burned, killed, and robbed you. The one who rescued you was the steward, Li Da. He and his wife, along with their son, fled to the capital overnight..."

Li Xi was deeply shocked. Her body was trembling, and she was biting her lower lip until it bled.

Since falling into a coma, images of the fire from ten years ago have been constantly appearing in her dreams, haunting her.

The screams and cries for help from loved ones, and the burning flames—everything felt so real.

In her dream, the screams and raging flames of that night tormented her mind.

"Why don't I have this memory?" Li Xi couldn't find this part in the original owner's memory fragments.

"Perhaps you were too sad at the time, and your heart resisted that pain, so you forgot about it," Chu Ran replied.

The original owner had no memories before the age of six, only fragments of living with his parents and younger brother.

It's likely that she fell seriously ill after her family was destroyed, and upon waking up, she lost all her memories.

It should be what later generations called post-traumatic stress disorder.

She's such a pitiful person. Why does she feel such a suffocating, heart-wrenching pain?

She felt the original owner's pain as if it were her own experience.

"The deaths of the couple in charge are probably not simple either!" That's all Old Sun knows for now.

It seems that Zhao Bo is involved in all of these incidents.

"Ten years ago, the Hidden Sect also suffered this calamity, my old wife..."

Old Sun poured out his heartfelt grief, realizing that they were both fellow sufferers in this world.

Li Xi understood that this was no longer something she could simply avoid doing if she didn't want to.

"This mysterious force has been active in various places and has tried to steal the token several times in order to obtain information about the Hidden Sect."

Master Sun and Li Xi analyzed the situation of each school and sect.

"The most important thing right now is to solve this problem for you..." Old Sun pondered, trying to find the Yi Jin Jing and Xi Sui Jing.

He actually knew who had those two cultivation manuals, but...

"You should rest well. If you don't move around for a long time, your body won't function properly. Start taking good care of yourself from tomorrow." Old Sun went back to his room to rest.

The night was deep and still, and all things were quiet. Li Xi, who had been sleeping for a month, was now suffering from insomnia.

The brain received too much information and temporarily crashed.

Although I can't walk now, I can still turn over and over.

Grandpa Sun said he had already written to Lan'er to let her know she was safe and sound, and also explained why she couldn't return to Beijing right now.

Lan'er and Ling'er should be contacting Chairman Wang to discuss planting now. She had already taken the two of them to talk to Chairman Wang a few times before.

They should already know the process, and Ling'er has mastered all the different ways to cook chili peppers. Looking at it this way, there's nothing else she can do.

Qin Xiaolin did her and Old Master Sun a great favor this time, even though he seemed aloof.

But he is an excellent person, and he will definitely step up when needed.

She came to Jingyuan by chance and was fortunate enough to meet these friends.

The original owner of this body may have been closely related to her; after she appeared, the domineering true energy within the original owner's body was awakened.

The dreams she had while she was in a coma were perhaps not accidental; why did her presence here trigger these memories?

There's also Song Yi, who says he comes from ten years in the future. In those ten years, the Jingyuan Kingdom was devastated. The key question is how he got into her dream.

For the first twenty-nine years of her life, she was just an ordinary person! She might have been stabbed to death on the street one day.

Even if she's highly skilled in martial arts, there are always people more powerful than you in this world. Who can guarantee she's the strongest? (This is a useless thought.)

She's also afraid of pain and bleeding; she has no cheat codes, no system, no spiritual power, and no background.

She had only ever experienced the harsh realities of society, never the pain of being stabbed! Lost in her thoughts, she fell asleep.

This time, she didn't have nightmares; instead, she had some childhood memories. The dream included some amusing stories from the original owner's time at the Xuanming Sect, as well as memories of her childhood when she and her mother ran a stall.

Her weakened body made her willpower weaker than ever before; at this moment, she was just a cowardly weakling who clung to life.

She felt powerless, as if she were being suffocated by heavy dark clouds, unable to find a glimmer of light.

Meng Zhelan, far away in Kyoto, also did not sleep, busy with spring planting and workshop matters, and constantly worried about Li Xi.

Shen Xu is having a major headache lately. His mother has been arranging marriages for him, saying that he should get married by the end of the year.

At the Duke's mansion, Qin Xiaolin stared at the secret letter in his hand, lost in thought for a long time.

The Emperor summoned him to the northern frontier, and she was already there...