Nanzhi returned to Kunyu Palace and had only been sitting down for a short while when she heard a clear voice.

"Senior sister, you've finally emerged from seclusion. Are you feeling better?"

It was Qian Che, her junior brother.

Qian Che is about the same age as her now, but he still has a youthful appearance and is exceptionally handsome.

He stepped in, and the air around him was fresh.

Nan Zhi smiled slightly: "Thank you for your trouble, Junior Brother. I'm fine."

Qian Che walked over and sat opposite her. He picked up the teapot and poured her a cup of tea.

Nan Zhi picked up her teacup, took a small sip, and then heard Qian Che ask, "I heard that you went to Tianxiang Sect this time to find an antidote for your newly accepted disciple?"

Nanzhi honestly admitted, "Yes."

Qian Che was somewhat puzzled: "I heard he was very disrespectful to you, why did you do that?"

Nan Zhi said slowly, "Junior brother, you don't know. I just noticed that he looked a bit like my deceased brother, and I saw that he was in a bad mood. I was afraid that he might do something rash, so I felt sorry for him."

At this point, Qian Che said in a daze, "I remember now, your younger brother was about the same age as your disciple when he passed away. And you know what, their features do look somewhat similar."

"Yes, so many years have passed in the blink of an eye."

Nanzhi looked out the window, her expression somewhat sad.

She bears a striking resemblance to her deceased brother.

Fearing he might commit suicide, I felt pity for him.

So everything she did to him before was just to provoke him to live?

Shi Yuan, hidden in the shadows, heard every word and found it extremely grating.

He wanted to kill her, but she told him that it was all to provoke him to live.

That feeling of irritability intensified.

Especially when they saw Nanzhi and Qianche leaving Kunyu Palace, chatting and laughing, they reached the summit.

Shi Yuan saw Nan Zhi again one afternoon.

She handed him a book on runes: "I think your talent is suited to rune cultivation. Take a look at this book first and try to understand it yourself. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask Shi Lin, who is also a rune cultivator. If you still don't understand, then you can come and ask me."

After saying that, she turned to leave.

Shi Yuan called out to her, "Master, I don't want to practice."

Nan Zhi turned around and looked at Shi Yuan, who seemed unwilling to do anything. Her brows furrowed slightly. "Then what do you want to practice?"

"I don't want to think about anything." Shi Yuan slumped into a chair, holding a dagger and gesturing at his wrist. "Master, do you think I'll die if I cut you like this?"

"meeting."

Shi Yuan's face lit up with an excited smile again: "That's great."

As he spoke, he was about to slash his wrist with the dagger in his hand.

Nanzhi stepped forward and snatched the dagger from his hand.

"Shi Yuan, what are you doing?"

Seeing the worry in her eyes, Shi Yuan smiled slightly and said, "Suicide? Can't your master see that?"

Nan Zhi looked at him incredulously: "Shi Yuan, you can already see it, so why don't you just live a good life?"

"No, life is so meaningless."

Shi Yuan lowered his eyelashes, looking pitiful with his world-weary expression.

Nan Zhi softened her heart and said gently, "Shi Yuan, if you are unhappy and want to die because of how I treated you before, then I apologize to you today."

Shi Yuan was slightly stunned. He lifted his eyelids and slowly looked at her.

A faint trace of guilt appeared on that icy, snow-white face.

She said, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to treat you that way. I just saw that you didn't have a strong will to live, and I was so anxious that I used that prescription to try to motivate you to live."

"If you hate your master, then I will stand right here and let you stab me in the back."

Shi Yuan's expression gradually stiffened.

He stared intently at her, trying to discern even the slightest other emotion on her face.

No, there isn't.

Her face showed only guilt, without any other emotion whatsoever.

So in this game, he was the only loser.

But he refused to believe it.

"I don't want to stab my master."

"What do you want to do? As long as it's within my power, I'll grant your request."

Shi Yuan's narrow phoenix eyes tilted slightly upwards, a faint smile playing on his lips as he looked at her casually.

"I want to do back everything that Master did to me before. Will Master agree to that?"

Nanzhi was stunned.

She pursed her lips, looking at him with some difficulty: "Shi Yuan, I'm sorry, your teacher cannot agree to your request."

The smile on Shi Yuan's face vanished completely.

Nan Zhi explained, "Actually, those times I kissed you before weren't me. They were just illusions I created for you."

003: They're starting to make up lies and deceive people again.

Shi Yuan's pupils constricted, clearly shocked by her explanation.

He then asked, "What about that time at Tianxiang Gate?"

A barely perceptible blush rose on Nan Zhi's face: "...Apart from the time you took the initiative, all the others were illusions."

Even though she felt a little shy when he took the initiative that time, her eyes remained clear and pure, filled with a single-minded pursuit of the Tao.

Shi Yuan suddenly felt a sense of irony.

He had initially believed that she had indeed bullied him time and time again.

But little did they know it was all a scam from beginning to end.

He gripped the armrests of the chair tightly, his emotions subtly agitated.

003: Poor kid, she's got such deep schemes, you can't outsmart her.

Seeing that something was wrong with him, Nanzhi sighed and said, "It's also my fault. I shouldn't have lied to you."

“At first, you were unwilling to be my disciple, and I made things difficult for you. Now, if you don’t want to stay in the Wuji Sect, then leave on your own. I won’t stop you.”

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