After saying goodbye to Hong Jiuquan, Su Nian took advantage of the darkness and when no one was paying attention to carry Si Qiushan all the way back to her thatched hut.

He placed her in the wooden tub for bathing, boiled the water, quickly stripped Si Qiushan naked, threw her in, and began to wipe her body.

Si Qiushan has a great figure, delicate skin, and a pretty, adorable face. It's hard not to be attracted to such a stunning beauty.

But Su Nian's gaze remained calm.

His heart was as still as water; it wasn't as if he were wiping a woman's body, but rather as if he were polishing a beautiful piece of jade, his heart completely undisturbed.

Qian Weiwei's voice still echoed in his heart.

"How many of those Reincarnation Talismans do you have left? Do you have any for me?"

Su Nian ignored him and continued to wipe Si Qiushan's body.

"Su Nian! Don't pretend you can't hear me! I've already lent you my Blood-Dripping Treasure, I wouldn't harm you, there's no need for you to keep such a small thing from me, is there?"

After careful wiping, Si Qiushan's body was finally clean.

He pulled Si Qiushan out of the water, put her on his bed, and changed her into his own clothes.

Only now did he answer Qian Weiwei's question.

"That's all. The Reincarnation Talisman has a heaven-defying power. It was made from the essence of my past life's power. It is extremely difficult for such a treasure to transcend reincarnation and return to the past with me."

Qian Weiwei believed him to a large extent after hearing this.

"You just gave her such a precious treasure like that?"

"The Seven Stars Sect is stronger than Quanxiu as a whole. It is one of the top three sects among the famous sects. She is the third elder of the Seven Stars Sect. She has a noble status and her strength in the mid-stage of the Void Refinement Realm is extremely rare in the entire cultivation world. If she helps us, our safety will be guaranteed for a long time to come."

Su Nian lowered her eyes and looked at Si Qiushan with a complicated expression. She sighed softly, "Besides... Si Qiushan, she once pursued me."

Qian Weiwei seemed to see through everything. She crossed her arms and smiled knowingly, "I'm afraid it's a case of the lady being willing, but the gentleman being indifferent?"

You wouldn't understand.

Qian Weiwei was speechless.

"Alright." After tidying up Si Qiushan's appearance, Su Nian said, "That's about it. She'll be fine after she wakes up from this nap."

Qian Weiwei shook her head. Although she coveted Su Nian's Reincarnation Talisman, he didn't trust her now and wouldn't give it to her even if she wanted it. She could only sigh helplessly.

The next day, as dawn broke, Si Qiushan opened her eyes.

She saw an unfamiliar ceiling and a delicate, smiling face.

"woke up?"

Si Qiushan gave a faint "hmm".

She remembered this man.

Not only that, she remembers everything she experienced after becoming a green-haired ghost.

The puppetry skills of the man in black can corrupt a person's body and seal their soul. Si Qiushan's consciousness was imprisoned in the body of the green-haired ghost. She wanted to fight back desperately, but she could do nothing.

She could only watch helplessly as she shifted between a lump of rotting flesh and a monster that was neither human nor inhuman, unable to live or die.

During her time as a green-haired ghost, her greatest wish was for someone to kill her.

In this way, 'oneself' won't have to do those heinous things.

Si Qiushan stood up and knelt in front of Su Nian.

"Thank you so much for saving me, senior! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have been a stinking, rotting monster for the rest of my life, wreaking havoc on the world. I can never repay this kindness. From now on, I am willing to serve you at your beck and call to repay your life-saving grace!"

Su Nian quickly helped Si Qiushan up. "Get up. In terms of seniority and strength, the Third Elder should be the senior."

Si Qiushan stood up and shook her head. "I remember your heroic demeanor that night. Although we are both at the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm, I know that your strength far surpasses mine. Perhaps you deliberately suppressed your realm, or perhaps your secret techniques are more advanced. I am definitely not as good as you."

Su Nian smiled.

He spread his arms and asked again, "Third Elder, please take a good look. Do I look like I'm stronger than you?"

Si Qiushan looked Su Nian up and down.

She then realized that Su Nian not only lacked the strength of the mid-stage Void Refinement Realm, but also had a shattered Nascent Soul.

this……

Si Qiushan was a little confused.

She asked cautiously, "Why is your Nascent Soul so powerful, Senior...?"

"It's broken. I broke it myself," Su Nian said calmly.

Si Qiushan fell silent.

The Reincarnation Talisman was still inside her body, and she could feel the connection between herself and Su Nian through this talisman.

He must be that Dark Knight! Si Qiushan was absolutely certain of that!

But why did his nascent soul shatter?

Could it be because of me?

With an apologetic look between her brows, Si Qiushan asked, "Could it be... that you used some kind of secret technique to save me, which caused you to become like this?"

Su Nian shook her head, "It has nothing to do with you. I destroyed my Nascent Soul before I met you."

"But...why?" Si Qiushan asked curiously.

"because……"

Su Nian walked to the chair by the window, sat down, and looked at the large expanse of shade outside the window. Her eyes held a myriad of complex emotions. "I have decided to give up cultivating immortality and become a mortal, living in seclusion in the mortal world."

Si Qiushan was stunned.

Give up the pursuit of immortality and enlightenment?

She had never seen anything like it before, let alone heard of it!

In today's world, the strong are respected. From disciples of immortal sects to ordinary villagers, who doesn't want to seek immortality? Who doesn't want to become stronger?

If someone had told Si Qiushan in the past that he didn't want to cultivate immortality anymore and wanted to go home to farm, she would have thought that the other person was talking nonsense!

But in Su Nian's eyes, she saw the vicissitudes of time.

He was so young, yet the weariness in his eyes was the kind that only a thousand-year-old immortal could show.

She had a vague feeling.

There must have been many stories in his life that led him to give up the idea of ​​cultivating immortality.

"you……"

Just as Si Qiushan was about to speak, a series of anxious footsteps sounded outside the door.