In the end, Li Muge was the first to arrive in Suzhou.
But her legs felt like they didn't even belong to her anymore.
Yun Qi stepped down from the carriage, holding a folding fan and looking quite respectable. He cleared his throat and said, "Li Muge, after all, is a woman. It's not good for her to have her hair down."
Then, without any haste, he walked past Li Muge.
"Yun Qi." Li Muge said sternly, brushing her hair aside, "Don't blame me for not warning you, the place is full of patients infected with a deadly disease."
"If you can walk, then hurry up and go."
Yun Qi lowered his eyes, his expression unreadable.
"If that's the case, why don't you leave? Why are you courting death?"
Li Muge pondered for a moment: "Master said that with great power comes great responsibility. We cultivators are here to protect the world."
"This is my duty."
Yun Qi responded with an "Oh".
"Is Suzhou yours, Li Muge?"
"Of course not." Li Muge replied irritably. Wasn't what Yun Qi said just stating the obvious? If the whole of Suzhou were hers, she would just lie there and relax. Why would she bother to work hard?
"Since this isn't your territory, what business is it of yours?" Yun Qi suddenly moved closer to Li Muge, raising his handsome eyebrows slightly.
Just as Li Muge was about to explode with rage, the culprit leisurely walked away.
"Regent, Yun Qi, come back here! Let's fight one-on-one!" Li Muge was about to take a step when she immediately felt her heels and legs go numb. She bent over and pressed her legs with her hands, her expression contorted.
The feeling of numbness in your feet is truly unpleasant.
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Suzhou was the place with the most severe outbreak of the disease, second only to the capital.
The new emperor has died of illness.
There is turmoil in the government and the public right now, and people are dying every day.
Human life is especially fragile at this time, as if it were just a number.
Suzhou urgently needs medicinal herbs.
This is also why Xuan Chen sought out Li Muge.
"Master." Li Muge, wearing a mask, followed the spirit crane and successfully found her master who was brewing medicine.
However, it was Li Wanqing who appeared next to Master.
Master was brewing medicine, and Li Wanqing was responsible for serving it. Sometimes, seeing that Master's head was covered in sweat, she would thoughtfully wipe his sweat.
Li Muge's smile gradually disappeared.
Seeing his master so intimate with Li Wanqing, Li Muge felt a void in his heart, as if a piece of his heart was missing.
After calming herself down, Li Muge walked to her master's side, and only then did Xuan Chen notice her.
"Mu Ge, you're here. Why is your hair so messy?" Xuan Chen quickly put down the medicine pot.
"It's alright, Master. I was just in a bit of a rush when I came." Li Muge breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that her master still cared about her.
"Elder sister," Li Wanqing's eyes reddened, "Qing'er is so glad to see you again."
Li Muge felt a chill and pulled her master back: "Master, don't pay attention to this liar. It was this woman who framed me and got me expelled from Ziyang Palace."
"Elder sister, this is all a misunderstanding." Li Wanqing was secretly delighted. How could Li Muge be so foolish as to make such a wrong move?
She was sent down by the Ziyang Palace to treat these sick people, and one by one, the disciples who came died in front of her.
She was scared.
But the moment she saw Xuan Chen, her gaze couldn't help but linger on his eyes.
Even though her master asked her to go back, she refused and wanted to stay here.
Stay by Xuan Chen's side.
He was destined to be hers.
After getting to know him over this period of time, Li Wanqing realized that Sect Leader Xuan Chen was an upright, mature, and steady person.
Given the current predicament in Suzhou, how can we allow Li Muge to act so recklessly without any evidence?
Xuan Chen frowned: "Okay, I understand. Mu Mu, let's find an open space to take stock of the medicinal herbs."
Li Wanqing was already preparing to cry when Xuan Chen neither reprimanded Li Muge nor questioned her about the reason.
"Yes, Master." Li Muge smiled broadly, and turned back to give Li Wanqing a warning glare.
Li Wanqing was furious, digging her nails into her flesh.
It was evening.
Li Wanqing finally found an opportunity to ask Xuan Chen for an explanation; she couldn't let Li Muge ruin her good impression on Xuan Chen.
only…
Xuan Chen acted as if he didn't see her, pushed open the door, and was about to go inside.
Li Wanqing bit her lip, her eyes reddening: "Sect Leader Xuan Chen, you know that Li Muge is my elder sister, and because we don't share the same mother, she has some misunderstandings about me."
"And what she said about being framed is completely fabricated." Li Wanqing's eyes reddened, her gentle demeanor making her appear pitiful.
Xuan Chen was somewhat confused. He turned around with his hands behind his back and said, "Miss Wanqing, you don't really need to explain so much to me."
"Mu Mu is my disciple. As her master, I know her character better than anyone else."
"But...it was all a misunderstanding!" Tears fell from Li Wanqing's cheeks at just the right moment.
Xuan Chen was even more confused: "Miss Wanqing, did you not hear me clearly? Mu Ge is my disciple. As for what you said, is it a misunderstanding?"
"I don't want to know anything about it; the result and the process are not important."
"There is also the rule that men and women should not touch each other. It is extremely impolite for a young woman to stand in front of a man's door in the middle of the night and cry. I hope this situation will not happen again."
After Xuan Chen finished speaking, he stepped onto the stairs and closed the door without even glancing at Su Qing.
Yun Qi was monitoring Li Muge's every move. When she saw that Li Muge's master was affectionately calling Li Muge "Mu Mu", she was very surprised.
Enraged, he crushed the wine glass in his hand into powder.
Mu Mu was also what he called her; this Xuan Chen probably doesn't want his tongue anymore.
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