Rearrange the wording and try to explain the cause and effect of the matter in a way that both parties can accept and understand.

Without adding any personal emotions, without making excuses for his behavior, Gu Xingyun would add an apology after every few words.

On the way, he ran into a few low-level demon cultivators bullying the people. Gu Xingyun dealt with them and then determined his next destination based on their threatening words.

He went alone, using fighting to relieve the anxiety in his heart.

He dodged the attacking beast by moving sideways, and tried to keep his voice as calm as possible.

During the whole process, Yan Huailiu just listened quietly without interrupting him.

Several ferocious beasts fell to the ground. Gu Xingyun wiped Zhuiyue clean and took out the teleportation talisman.

When he landed outside the yard, he let out a long sigh, but still couldn't help but tell what happened next.

At the end, I was filled with guilt.

"If Master had administered the drug half an hour later that day... No, if I hadn't been so greedy about our last moments together and had taken action earlier, Master wouldn't have had to suffer so much."

He used his spiritual power to clean off the filth on his body, and then walked into Yan Huailiu's yard.

A sigh sounded in his mind, and Yan Huailiu's voice was gentle: "Fortunately, I was the first to act, and I didn't let you do anything stupid."

Gu Xingyun stopped in his tracks, unable to believe that after hearing so much, this was the first sentence his master said.

Suddenly, he thought of the time when his mischief was discovered. His master was clearly furious, but after he survived the thunder tribulation, he immediately helped him heal his wounds. The first thing he said to him was: "Do you still want your eyes?"

Gu Xingyun reached out and rubbed his throat twice to relieve the discomfort, but the words he spoke still had a distorted tone.

"Master, don't you blame me?"

Yan Huailiu said softly, "That's not necessary."

What is there to blame? The apprentice was even determined to save him at the risk of his life.

From Gu Xingyun's perspective, those scenes in his memory made it seem like he, as his master, deserved to be hated to death, but Gu Xingyun chose love in the end.

"It's not your fault."

Yan Huailiu comforted softly.

Gu Xingyun suddenly felt a little aggrieved, and the fear that had been suppressed in his heart completely surged up at this moment.

He pushed the door open, lay down beside Yan Huailiu, and habitually held the cold hand.

The freezing temperature made him much more awake. After a day of fighting outside, belated fatigue swept over his body.

He practically stuck to Yan Huailiu's body: "But, Little Lightning said that it was me who harmed Master, who imprisoned Master and tortured him in every way..."

"Master, is what he said true?"

Probably because of too much loss, the link is disconnected at this time.

Gu Xingyun closed his eyes: "Since Master is unwilling to answer, it must be true."

He poured a few bottles of strength-restoring medicine into his mouth, then slowly stood up and walked out.

…

In the days that followed, for some unknown reason, Gu Xingyun never heard his master speak again.

No matter what he said, there was no response.

After a period of anxiety, Gu Xingyun was sure that his master's soul was still in his body, so he devoted all his energy to cultivation.

He still followed his own schedule every day, leaving early and returning late, while maintaining good relations with major sects in the name of Yan Huailiu, and working hard to improve his cultivation.

Many times I returned home in the early morning, without even having time to take off my clothes, and fell asleep immediately.

He used up all the teleportation talismans in the box.

Baili Changhuan managed to catch him while he was drawing the talisman.

Baili Changhuan felt a little distressed when he saw this nephew whom he hadn't seen for almost half a year.

"I've received more letters recently than in the past few years. There are even letters from Wu Nian City expressing goodwill and gratitude. You..."

He glanced at the scar on Gu Xingyun's hand that was left at some unknown time, sighed, and handed the medicine over.

Gu Xingyun looked up at him, thanked him and said nothing more.

Baili Changhuan leaned on the table and sighed.

"No one will curse the Yuxu Sect anymore. Now, whenever I go out, I hear people praising Sect Master Yan for his understanding of justice and for letting bygones be bygones. Even in ordinary people's teahouses, people are singing his praises every now and then. You are truly amazing."

He didn't know what to say. His senior brother had been messing around for so many years, and the reputation he had ruined was restored bit by bit by Gu Xingyun, and it was even better than when his master was around.

True Man Yuqing is kind-hearted. When he was around, although those people were friendly, their attitude was inevitably mixed with exploitation and calculation.

These two masters and apprentices are really good. They use both kindness and force. They first suppress people in a high-profile manner to make them afraid, and then they lower their posture to lend a helping hand to make them grateful.

Get a complete grasp of the person.

"That old man from Xuanyue Palace insisted that he had the best relationship with us, saying that your master and you were special to them. He would show off to a bunch of people at banquets every now and then, driving those other sects crazy and insisting on coming to be his guests."

Baili Changhuan was extremely worried: "Who has the mood to entertain them and treat them as guests? There's something wrong with them. Xinghua has to deal with this every day and is so fed up that he's ready to write a threatening letter."

"They and Little Lightning are always arguing or fighting. They line up here during the day and complain to your master through the door. They are like possessed and won't stop."

Baili Changhuan rubbed his brows and said, "I've already told him to complain, but he won't listen. He still has to come over and tell him that whoever gets beaten the worst should go hide in my Wuya Peak. My peaceful place has become an inn!"

He has been unable to hold it in any longer recently and has to complain to everyone he meets.

The disciples in the sect had to avoid him when they saw him. Even Fei Miao, who he corresponded with frequently, started refusing to receive his letters full of nonsense half a month ago.

After finally seeing Gu Xingyun come back, Baili Changhuan talked non-stop as if he had found his organization.

He didn't even notice that Gu Xingyun didn't reply to him at all.

"Your cultivation level is advancing quite fast, almost catching up with me. Tsk, he really knows how to accept disciples. How come he accepts all the good seedlings?"

Gu Xingyun finally put down his pen and quietly removed the spiritual power that blocked his hearing: "Junior Master, is this teleportation talisman correct?"

Baili Changhuan leaned over to take a look and said, "Yes, it's quite good. I didn't expect you to have such talent. I have quite a few books here. If you're interested, I can bring them to you."

"Thank you, Junior Master." Gu Xingyun put away the teleportation talismans.

Baili Changhuan looked him up and down, then stood up straighter. "Extend your hand."

Gu Xingyun did as he was told and let him check.

"Uncle Junior Master, is there any problem?"

"A little bit, don't you notice that your spiritual power is fluctuating greatly?"

Baili Changhuan took out the Qiankun Yin-Yang Mirror he carried with him and said uncertainly, "I think... it's almost time. Do you want to go into seclusion?"

"Lead his soul into the Lingxu Mirror and nurture it for a while, and he should be able to wake up."