From the moment Su Nian opened her eyes from her swaddling clothes, Su Liuli's face appeared before her.

She smiled as she looked at him, a faint smile playing on her stunningly beautiful face.

She extended her index finger, trying to tease the adorable baby, who then grabbed her finger.

Su Liuli was slightly taken aback, then smiled faintly.

Holding the baby, she stood atop Liuli Peak, gazing at the vast, layered landscape, and murmured softly.

"The land is in peril, and the Nine Provinces need truly loyal and courageous individuals to protect its vast territory. The demons are cunning and have invaded our land for countless years. If no one wields their sword to protect the Nine Provinces, then all the people of the Nine Provinces will eventually become the demons' prey. Quanxiu is a sect of women, and I should not keep you here, but out of consideration for our shared destiny, I will make an exception and take you in. From now on, you will take my surname and be called... 'Nian', shall you? The path of cultivation is so difficult. I hope that when you encounter obstacles on your journey, you will look back on the past and never forget your original intentions."

This was the day Su Nian joined the sect.

He looked at Su Liuli, who was smiling at him. Such treatment must have made many others envious.

As the sun set and fell upon the summit of Liuli Peak, her once black hair instantly turned white.

This moment was too brief; almost no one saw it.

Su Nian, sitting at the center of the formation, was taken aback.

Just now...did the hair of my master turn white for a moment in my memory?

Her eyes suddenly turned weary, the tenderness vanished, replaced by sorrow. "The world is unjust, the path to immortality is fraught with hardship. Hatred or anger may suffice, but I only ask that you persevere until the day everything reaches a beautiful ending..."

Su Nian, who was in the center of the formation, was startled again.

So Master actually said that? Could it be that Master had been thinking from the very beginning...?

However, it was clear that Su Nian was overthinking things.

In just a moment, the sadness in Su Liuli's eyes vanished completely, replaced by even more tenderness.

The days that followed were filled with daily cultivation within the sect.

As Su Nian was the only male disciple of the Quanxiu Sect, he naturally received a lot of attention. Some people disliked him, while others liked him, making his life complicated and eventful.

During this period of peaceful life, he learned a lesson on his own.

That is, even if he does nothing, just by being male, he will attract a lot of gossip to Liuli Peak.

Therefore, when he was ten years old, fearing that his existence would attract gossip, he moved down the mountain by himself.

Throughout his twenty years in Quanxiu, he cultivated diligently and always kept his distance from female disciples. Even during his upright and masculine youth, he never overstepped his bounds.

Su Nian's character is admired by the countless beings watching his memories. To be fair, in a sect full of alluring flowers, there are probably very few people who can remain calm and composed like Su Nian.

In the blink of an eye, the day Ye Hua joined the sect arrived.

With his extraordinary talent, he became the first place winner of the Quanxiu Immortal Recruitment Ceremony and the second male disciple in the history of Quanxiu.

After joining the sect, he won the hearts of many female disciples, including the eldest sister, with his eloquent tongue, creating a stark contrast to Su Nian, who had been honest and dutiful for twenty years.

Not long after, Su Nian was accused of murdering her fellow disciples and colluding with the demons.

Countless eyes watched this scene, and many people knew in their hearts that this matter would eventually end with Su Nian's exoneration.

However, the reality exceeded their expectations.

In this case, Su Nian was not exonerated! Instead, she was unjustly imprisoned and confined to the foot of the Cliff of Repentance for ten years!

Everyone who knew about Su Nian's rumors was stunned.

Why did history unfold differently from what they knew? What about the Third Elder of the Seven Star Sect? What about the Fifth Elder of the Moon Pavilion?

Why didn't any of the people who were supposed to appear on the show show show up?

"What's going on? After Su Nian was wrongly accused here, shouldn't he have stabbed himself in the dantian? Why is he imprisoned at the foot of the Cliff of Repentance?"

"How strange, this is different from the stories we've heard. What exactly is this memory?"

"Being confined to one's home for ten years during the most important golden years of one's life must be a huge blow, right?"

Just as many people predicted, after being confined for ten years, when Su Nian emerged from seclusion, she was already far behind her peers.

And cultivators like Ye Hua, who should have been a year younger than him, have all reached the same level as him.

When Su Nian emerged from seclusion, many people thought he would receive an apology from his master and the others.

And things did develop as they had hoped, but... the process of acceptance was not something many people could accept.

Apart from Xu Xinrou, the others were only reluctant to accept Su Nian back.

Many people began to curse.

"What the hell! What's going on?! It's one thing to wrong someone, but they didn't even offer an apology after they came out of quarantine?"

"Quan Xiu is really not good enough for Su Nian! I feel so bad for Su Nian!"

However, many people also think rationally.

"Although these things are infuriating from Su Nian's perspective, from Su Liuli's perspective, she didn't know that Ye Hua was the culprit in that case. She also felt sorry for Su Nian's experience. However, the facts were right in front of her, and she had to believe many things. The demons are cunning. Fairy Su had gone to the border many times to participate in the war against the demons. She had experienced the cunning of the Illusion Demons, so it is understandable that she only believed what she saw."

However, many people disagreed.

"Come on! Stop trying to convince me! We don't believe our own disciple whom we've known for twenty years, but we believe an outsider who's been with the sect for less than a year. Su Liuli must be out of her mind!"

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