Su Nian chuckled and shook her head. "After taking this pill, my path to immortality will indeed be smooth sailing. If I can find rare and precious materials comparable to the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir to help me break through to the Nascent Soul and Divine Transformation stage, I might become the cultivator closest to immortality."

Si Qiushan asked softly, "If that's the case, then why..."

“Every word I said in the Hall of Law Enforcement that day came from the bottom of my heart. Cultivating immortality? I’m already tired of it. Let whoever wants to fight for the path to immortality fight for it.”

Su Nian spoke calmly, but her words silenced the two of them.

A thousand books, a butterfly's heart, feels as if cut by a knife.

She treats and saves lives, and what she can't bear to see most are those suffering people struggling in pain. Every time she sees someone injured and tormented, she feels distressed and sheds tears.

Su Nian glanced at Qian Shudie, who was about to cry.

Knowing her as he did, he knew she was probably going to cry again.

Qian Shudie is a physician. She has been kind and compassionate since childhood and has a well-developed tear duct. The reason she came to the human race is very simple: she just wants to practice medicine and help people.

Logically speaking, such a person would be easily deceived by others and go down a path of no return, but Qian Shudie is able to grow stronger in each of her lives and become a world-renowned... merciful demon.

Yes, although Qian Shudie studies medicine, she will actually practice swordsmanship in the future.

It's unclear what made her abandon medicine for martial arts, but after becoming a merciful demon, she would cry while hacking people down, with three pairs of wings growing from her back, half pure white and half black.

Sometimes, when pity welled up in her heart, she would heal people with her left hand while continuing to slash them with her sword in her right.

Su Nian had the privilege of witnessing a battle between the Merciful Demon and others. When he saw the cultivator, who was being hacked to pieces and was being regenerated while being hacked again, he couldn't help but feel the urge to distance himself from this Merciful Demon.

Qian Shudie lowered her head and, as expected, began to sob.

She wiped away her tears, sobbing, "It's all my fault...it's all my fault...it's all my fault that your nascent soul was destroyed. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have suffered damage to your Dao heart and wouldn't have had to give up the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir..."

Listening to a woman cry is a headache, Su Nian sighed helplessly and said, "Don't cry, this has nothing to do with you."

Qian Shudie continued, her voice trembling with grief, "Is it because of those who forced you that you became like this?"

Su Nian hesitated before saying, "I guess so..."

Although what they are doing to Su Nian now is not enough to ignite the flames of anger in Su Nian's heart.

"Then when I get back, I'll have my father lead an army to attack and wipe them out!" Qian Shudie sobbed as she looked up at Su Nian, hoping to see forgiveness in his eyes.

Si Qiushan was slightly startled.

Su Nian raised an eyebrow slightly, "There's absolutely no need for that!"

The demons' invasion must first pass through the Seven Stars Sect, then the Holy Radiance Sect, before finally reaching Quanxiu.

As this force sweeps across the land, countless innocent people will die.

Su Nian couldn't let innocent people be implicated because of her.

"Why not?" Qian Shudie gripped Su Nian's wrist tightly, staring intently at him. "You are my savior! If I can't cure your heart ailment, I will never be able to sleep at night for the rest of my life!"

Whether it was a misperception or not, Su Nian saw a morbid joy deep in Qian Shudie's eyes.

Is she... excited?

No, no, no, this is unreasonable.

He shook his head, rejecting the idea in his mind.

"You are a doctor, you should understand better than me the principle of not killing innocent people indiscriminately. If the demons invade, how many innocent people will be implicated?"

Qian Shudie said aggrievedly, "My teacher has taught me since I was a child that I must be grateful and repay kindness. Those I have saved will repay me, and I must also repay my teacher! As long as I can repay this life-saving grace, let alone this Nine-Turn Golden Elixir, no matter how much I do, it will not be enough!"

Su Nian was having a headache because of Qian Shudie's crazy ideas.

He snatched the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir from Qian Shudie's hand and said, "I think there's no need for you to help me get revenge. This Nine-Turn Golden Elixir is quite good, so I'll accept it. From now on, our debts of gratitude are paid off, and we owe each other nothing. You don't need to repay me anymore."

"oh……"

Qian Shudie responded weakly.

She seemed a little disappointed.

Si Qiushan raised her eyebrows slightly.

After glancing at Qian Shudie, Si Qiushan asked Su Nian, "When shall we set off?"

Su Nian put the Nine-Turn Golden Core into her storage ring and said, "Setting off immediately is the best option. The Grand Elder of the Holy Radiance Sect is about to celebrate his birthday, and cultivators from all the famous sects in the world are rushing to the central region. The eastern region is currently vacant, so we can go there without being discovered."

“Alright, in that case, let’s set off.” Si Qiushan nodded.

"Okay, be careful on the road," Su Nian instructed.

Si Qiushan smiled gently, "After we leave, you must take good care of yourself. After you leave the sect, I will take you to the Seven Star Sect to live a peaceful life."

"……good."

After a long silence, Su Nian nodded in agreement.

He accompanied the two to the sect gate, and after saying goodbye, he watched their figures gradually disappear into the distance.

At the foot of the sect's mountain, Su Nian stood alone. A gentle breeze stirred the young man's long, black hair. He stood with his hands behind his back, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Why don't you take that Nine-Turn Golden Elixir? It's a top-tier treasure! If you take it, and with my help, Ye Hua will definitely be no match for you or me!" Qian Weiwei's voice echoed in his mind.

Su Nian simply shook her head, her eyes filled with complex emotions, and sighed.

"What are you sighing about?"

"Do you know what the most despairing thing in the world is? It's not that one despairing thing after another comes one after another, but that when you are in the most despair, you are suddenly given hope, and when you stand up again full of hope for the future, you find that behind this hope... there is even greater despair."

After saying that, Su Nian turned and returned to her sect.