Chapter 19 In my opinion, you are incredibly kind, Wu Jiangxue...
Wu Jiangxue continued speaking.
"Later... my senior sister came back."
"After learning the whole story, she agreed to the old woman's request for treatment of her whole family in order to stop the old woman from causing trouble."
Gu Xiaozhu's heart skipped a beat: "The whole family? Because of... an infectious disease?"
Wu Jiangxue nodded: "That old lady didn't take proper protective measures, which led to almost her whole family contracting that infectious disease."
Her fingers were intertwined, and she didn't even realize that they had turned white from the force.
"That day, my senior sister left me at the clinic, while she went with that old woman alone."
"And then... she never came back."
Gu Xiaozhu was stunned. At this moment, she even unconsciously slowed her breathing, as if afraid of disturbing the woman next to her.
"When I realized something was wrong and rushed there, my senior sister... was already dead."
Wu Jiangxue's eyes reddened slightly, and her voice trembled slightly with suppressed anger: "Later, I learned from my investigation that those people... those ignorant and ungrateful mortals!"
"They thought they were going to die and were fighting over who should be treated first by their senior sister. No matter how their senior sister tried to comfort them, they stubbornly insisted that they should be treated first, and even began to doubt whether their senior sister actually wanted to treat them at all!"
"But in fact, although that infectious disease is troublesome and the symptoms seem severe, it won't be life-threatening in the short term, and Senior Sister has the ability to cure them!"
"But human nature can never withstand the test, especially in the face of what they perceive as 'death'."
Wu Jiangxue clenched her hands tightly: "That old woman remembered the Rejuvenation Pill I had given her grandson, so she told the others that my senior sister had some miraculous medicine and told them to go and steal it."
"Ha... Senior sister is kind-hearted, but also foolishly kind."
She looked up at the girl beside her. Her bright eyes were filled with glistening tears.
The moment Gu Xiaozhu met her gaze, she felt an overwhelming sadness wash over her, making it hard to breathe.
“She didn’t fight back, not at all, and even tried to dissuade others.”
“But those foolish and ignorant people didn’t think that way. They took out sharp blades and stabbed their unsuspecting senior sister.”
Gu Xiaozhu: "But... isn't your senior sister in the Foundation Establishment stage? These people alone shouldn't be enough to cause her death."
Wu Jiangxue gave a wry smile: "That's right. Senior Sister is in the Foundation Establishment stage and is a medical cultivator. She couldn't possibly have died from the injuries caused by those people."
"But the truth is, she died. She died at the hands of those scumbags, and she died because of her own kindness."
"When I arrived, my senior sister was covered in wounds, and her storage bag was empty of medicinal herbs and pills."
Wu Jiangxue: "Only cultivators can open storage bags with their spiritual power; those mortals couldn't possibly open them. But at the time, apart from my senior sister, there wasn't a single cultivator present."
Gu Xiaozhu realized something and her eyes widened slightly: "So that means..."
Wu Jiangxue nodded: "It was my senior sister who took the initiative to open the storage bag and gave all the medicinal herbs and pills inside to those mortals."
The system spoke in my mind: [Tsk tsk tsk, good people never get rewarded.]
Gu Xiaozhu: "What happened to...that group of people?"
“I killed them all.”
Wu Jiangxue's voice gradually stabilized, and her expression turned cold.
"Logically, I should hand this matter over to the Spiritual Law Division. But... why should I?"
The woman in white placed her hand on the table, tapping her index finger repeatedly, creating a crisp echo in the already dark sky.
Her expression was calm, as if she had already recovered from her earlier sadness and returned to normal.
But Gu Xiaozhu felt something was off.
[Host, isn't Wu Jiangxue acting a little strange?]
Even the system noticed something.
The spiritual energy fluctuations around her are somewhat unstable, and there's a faint sense of...
[...A trend toward demonic possession?]
“Hand them over to the Spiritual Law Division. Those foolish mortals will be punished, but the Spiritual Law Division would never kill the entire family.”
"But if they don't die, how can my senior sister rest in peace?"
The woman in white stopped tapping and turned to look at the girl beside her, her eyes curving slightly: "So I found them and killed everyone in their family."
Do you think I did the right thing?
At this moment, the woman in white before me seemed to have shed her usual gentle facade, revealing a cold side that she had never shown to outsiders before.
[Holy crap, host! Wu Jiangxue really is showing signs of demonic possession! Holy crap, how did it turn out like this?!]
[In the original story, Wu Jiangxue was a beautiful, kind-hearted, and genius medical cultivator! Why did she become almost possessed by demons after the plot went wrong?!]
Gu Xiaozhu ignored the system's screams in her mind for the time being, and instead answered, "I think they deserved it."
Wu Jiangxue was taken aback: "...Don't you think I'm too cruel? I am a medical cultivator, and the duty of a medical cultivator should be to save people, not kill them."
Gu Xiaozhu: "Yes, you are a medical cultivator. But saving lives should be your ideal, something you want to do, not a shackle that binds you."
She smiled and handed a piece of osmanthus cake to Wu Jiangxue in front of her: "In this world, there are bad people and good people. Some people deserve to be saved, but others do not deserve to be saved."
"After experiencing something like this, you are still willing to continue on your path of medical cultivation, still walking on the path of healing the sick and saving lives, and even saving me, a mere mortal."
The apricot-haired girl had a smile on her face, and her clear eyes seemed to hold falling starlight, splashing ripples.
"So in my opinion, where are you cruel? You're incredibly kind."
Wu Jiangxue took the cake blankly, stared at it for a long time, then put it in her mouth. The faint fragrance of osmanthus and rice instantly exploded in her mouth.
After so much time, the osmanthus cake had long since cooled down, but she felt that it was still scalding hot as it slid down her throat and into her stomach, enveloping her whole body in warmth.
The restless spiritual energy within him began to calm down, and all the negative thoughts that had previously flooded his mind dissipated.
Only then did Wu Jiangxue realize that she had almost lost control and become possessed by a demon, which made her feel lingering fear.
She thought that incident had happened so long ago that it wouldn't have any impact on her anymore...
But in fact, the impact of this incident on her did not fade with time; instead, it was buried deep in her heart and became increasingly heavy.
That day, she dragged herself back to the Valley of Healing Immortals, covered in blood, and avoided her fellow disciples to find her senior sister's master—Lin Yuanzhou, the Valley Master of the Valley of Healing Immortals.
She told the whole story, including how she killed all those people.
After listening, the Valley Master simply sighed and said nothing.
It didn't say that what she did was right, nor did it say that what she did was wrong.
The Valley Master buried his senior sister's body in the garden behind the mountain, and he himself was accepted as the Valley Master's personal disciple.
Since then, she has never gone down the mountain to practice medicine again, nor has she ever treated ordinary people for free out of pity.
After all, what they can get without paying any price is what they are least likely to cherish.
Seeing that the person in front of her had finally relaxed, Gu Xiaozhu changed the subject and said, "By the way, Sister Wu, do you know where Jiang... Ahe went?"
To be honest, she was still a little uncomfortable with this title.
Upon hearing this, Wu Jiangxue's lips curled slightly, and she winked mischievously at her: "What? You miss him?"
Gu Xiaozhu was taken aback, then quickly waved her hands, "No, no, no, I was just... just curious..."
Wu Jiangxue raised an eyebrow slightly, then said, "Although I really want to satisfy your curiosity, I don't know what he did either."
At this point, she seemed to remember something: "But didn't he give you any magical artifacts for communication?"
Gu Xiaozhu shook her head: "No."
Wu Jiangxue: "Hiss—that shouldn't be the case. He's always trying to stick by your side, so why wouldn't he give you a communication tool?"
Gu Xiaozhu: "Maybe... you forgot?"
Wu Jiangxue spread her hands: "Perhaps."
She stood up and glanced at the night sky, where the moon was already high in the sky: "It's getting late, you should get some rest too."
Gu Xiaozhu also stood up and nodded: "Okay, then... be careful on the road."
Wu Jiangxue couldn't help but laugh and said, "I am a Golden Core cultivator, you don't need to worry about me."
"But... I will."
Gu Xiaozhu stood at the entrance of the courtyard, watching the slender white-clad figure gradually disappear into the night before she turned and walked towards the house.
[Host, you're amazing! You actually managed to stabilize Wu Jiangxue's condition!]
Is this the magic of language?
[However, next time you encounter this situation, it's best to stay far away, host. What if she accidentally becomes possessed and attacks you?]
Gu Xiaozhu chuckled softly and replied in her heart, "Sister Wu saved me and is also my friend. Even if she is about to fall into demonic possession, I cannot abandon her and run away alone when she is most vulnerable and in need of help."
"Besides..."
She looked up at the sky, where a bright moon hung high, its gentle light bathing the entire courtyard and casting a silvery glow on the girl's face.
She smiled and said, "I've always felt that although the plot may change their identities or experiences, their original core remains unchanged."
“Like Sister Wu, her core is kindness. So even though we have different experiences, I believe she won’t become a demon.”
"She will achieve what she initially hoped for, becoming a great healer who saves lives."
【Oh, okay, host.】
The system spoke, its electronic voice carrying an indescribable emotion:
Everything will turn out as you wish.
Gu Xiaozhu smiled and said, "Then thank you for your blessing."
"Clap"
The door closed, and soon after, the lights inside went out.
A red hem flashed by at the corner of the wall outside the courtyard.
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