Chapter 204 Thank you, Sister Yuanyuan
Mu Jianjian was puzzled. "Xue'er is definitely very important to me, and so is my beautiful sister. You are all very important to me."
Are they actually the same?
“I will send someone to find Xue’er,” Yun Rong said, her eyes sweeping across the dark room, a dark glint in them. “It’s getting late. You’ve come to the Sunflower Water, so you should get some rest.”
Xue'er had left because of the mission he had assigned her, and she never expected to run into him and be so worried.
Yun Rong couldn't quite explain his feelings, so he turned and left.
As Mu Jianjian watched the other person's departing figure, her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down. She breathed a long sigh of relief and looked down at her left hand.
There was a horizontal wound on it, cut open with a hairpin, and blood was still oozing out.
She plucked some pine leaves from her system space, swallowed them, walked to the top of the wooden door, and looked up. "They're gone. Come out."
As soon as she finished speaking, the woman in black robes landed on the ground with a thud. Whether from excitement or exhaustion, she was trembling and unsteady. "Really? You... why did you help me? In any case, I'm so grateful to you..."
Mu Jianjian suddenly interrupted her, raised the oil lamp with her right hand to shine the light on her face, and said softly, "Look who I am, Wan Xing."
The woman's voice suddenly stopped, and she stared in disbelief at the girl's face in front of her.
This is the girl that the Wood Spirit Clan once kidnapped in the secret realm!
Wan Xing's expression twisted, a mix of emotions welling up inside him, and the two fell silent.
Mu Jianjian spoke first, "Why did you come out of the secret realm? And why are you being auctioned off in the Red Chamber of Duyunfang?"
If it were Wan Xing, she would understand what others meant by "half-demon".
The Wood Spirits are originally tree spirits, protected by them. Their entire bodies are made of precious and rare medicinal herbs. If someone with ulterior motives discovers this, they will naturally be called "half-demons".
"I..." Seeing the girl bring up the past, Wan Xing couldn't help but tear up. "Didn't you say before that I had no experience? I wanted to become stronger to share the burden with my people, so I went out of the secret realm to train alone."
Mu Jianjian raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"What's with that expression?" Wan Xing pointed at her. "Do you still look down on me? Do you think I'm useless, incapable of doing anything right, and that I've ended up in this situation, locked up..."
Tears mixed with snot streamed down her face, and Mu Jianjian quickly waved her hand, "I've never felt that way, please don't cry."
"I've been deceived..." Upon hearing the other person's comforting words, Wan Xing's fear and anxiety of the past few days vanished. She could only vent her grievances and resentment, "I clearly liked him so much, yet he handed me over to the merchant guild to be used as medicinal herbs. They locked me in a cage and treated me like a monster..."
Mu Jianjian, at a loss, hugged the other person and began patting her back to comfort her.
The other person's intermittent narration, mixed with the chaotic sound of rain, finally made her understand what kind of story it was.
It turns out that after Mu Jianjian and Chi Wenqing left the Wood Spirit Clan, Wan Xing secretly slipped out of the secret realm under the guise of traveling and training. He first competed with others for medicinal herbs in the Hehuan Palace area, and his cultivation level did improve a lot. He also learned how to conduct himself in society.
In the northern part of the Hehuan Palace territory, there is a bounty place where you can complete tasks to earn spirit stones. Cultivators often form teams there to complete tasks and obtain magic artifacts and spirit stones, so Wanxing went there.
Because of her good looks and high cultivation level, Wan Xing became famous in just a few days, joined a merchant guild team, and repeatedly completed missions successfully.
During a dangerous mission, Wan Xing was rescued by the young master of the merchant guild. She had already developed feelings for him during their many days together, and this heroic rescue made her even more enamored. In order to save her seriously injured beloved, she revealed the secret that her body could be used as medicine. As a result, the young master turned her over to the merchant guild, which led her to the Red Mansion.
Mu Jianjian: ...
miserable.
That's terrible.
"Waaah, I trusted him so much that I told him," Wan Xing cried uncontrollably. "I have to confront him and ask him directly. What if... what if he was forced by his father?"
Mu Jianjian: ?
Did he secretly try to help you after he found out you were bidding?
Wan Xing hesitated, then slowly shook his head. "It seems... no, his father must have locked him up!"
Mu Jianjian was exasperated. "Can you stop being so love-struck? Have you ever thought about how people will treat you once the auction is successful and you're sold to them?"
"They will separate your skin, your blood, your bones, bit by bit, to make medicine, and then feed you pills to make these things grow back, over and over again, without stopping."
Wan Xing's face turned pale, and her gentle gaze fell on the girl. "Sister Yuanyuan, you're so kind, you'll definitely help me, right?"
When there's nothing to do, I'm just an ant in the mortal realm; when something happens, it's Sister Yuanyuan.
Mu Jianjian stretched out her left hand, "Help you? I cut my own hand trying to help you, and now I can barely take care of myself."
"By the way, why is Sister Yuanyuan here too?" Wan Xing lifted Mu Jianjian's injured hand with both hands. "Why has Sister Yuanyuan lost her true qi cultivation?"
"My cultivation was sealed by people from the upper realm, but I escaped on my own and ended up in the Red Mansion." Mu Jianjian coughed lightly and withdrew her hand, her words concise and to the point.
"Where is Young Master? Why isn't he by your side?" Wan Xing asked tentatively.
"He's probably busy with something," Mu Jianjian replied expressionlessly. "Besides, news from the Red Mansion is kept secret, so it's probably difficult for outsiders to find out about this place."
“Oh,” Wan Xing nodded, then frowned. “Sister Yuanyuan, I knew Shaojun was unreliable back then. Now that you’re in the Red Mansion, he’s out there. Honestly, it’s obvious he doesn’t care at all…”
"I remember you're older than me, right?" Mu Jianjian interrupted the other person's teasing tone. "Why do you keep calling me 'older sister'?"
“You’re better than me, so it must be Xing’er who calls you ‘sister’,” Wan Xing said, her pale face full of trust. “Sister won’t look down on Xing’er, will she?”
Mu Jianjian stared speechlessly at the other person's slightly affected actions and tone of voice, finally understanding why some people would like a green tea b*tch.
She pursed her lips, pulled her hand out, and took out a human skin mask from her spatial storage. "I'll bring you a set of maid's clothes later. Wear this after you've washed up. Are you alright?"
Wan Xing blinked and took the human skin mask. "Thank you, Sister Yuanyuan. I knew you were the best to me."
Her spatial pouch and other belongings had long been looted by the merchant guild, leaving her penniless and pursued by others. The fact that she was able to encounter the other party was a stroke of good luck amidst misfortune.
Wan Xing watched the girl leave with her umbrella, then slowly lowered his head, a bitter smile appearing on his lips.
Originally, she wanted to amaze him when she met him again after her training, but she didn't expect to meet him again at this time, and she was even saved by him, so she owed him a favor again.
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