Beside the bottomless abyss, a half-grown little girl slowly opened her eyes, welcoming the first ray of dawn as she transformed into human form.
In the dawn light, a middle-aged man dressed in a plain white robe stood with a smile in his eyes, handing a stone with strange and colorful light to the little girl.
The girl raised her chubby head, sniffed with her small nose, then snatched the stone from her arms and began to chew on it.
Upon seeing this, the man shook his head and laughed, "The Dark Abyss Vine is truly extraordinary, being able to devour top-grade spirit stones so soon after taking human form... However, even I cannot linger in this Dark Abyss. Little fellow, our meeting is fate, would you like to come with me?"
The girl glanced at him, ignored him completely, and continued chewing on the stone.
Seeing this, the man was not in a hurry, but simply took out two more top-grade spirit stones from his pocket.
"..."
The girl blinked, then decisively stood up, took short steps forward, and hugged the man's calf.
Pretending to be aloof is no substitute for having real substance...
The man chuckled softly, raised his hand and patted the girl's head: "Little one, from now on I will be your master. I see you don't seem to talk much, so how about this, your name will be... Yan Mo!"
The girl pouted.
She wanted to say that it wasn't that she didn't like to talk, it's just that... she had barely transformed into human form and couldn't speak at all.
But since her master gave her this name, it wouldn't be a bad thing for her to speak less in the future.
...
Time flies.
Yan Mo followed his master back to a place called Medicine King Valley.
Here, she learned that his master was a highly respected elder of Medicine King Valley, whose Dharma name was... Ling Huanzi.
She also has several senior brothers and sisters, most of whom are spiritual plants of heaven and earth enlightened by their master.
What impressed her most was that she had a senior brother who was a locust tree spirit, many years older than her. His master named him Shu Wuxin, and he stayed in his master's cave for many years. Few people outside knew of his existence.
Although her name is Yan Mo, compared to her senior brother, she seems rather talkative.
However, her master never mentioned her background to anyone.
In other words, before what happened later, no one knew that she was actually a demonic vine growing in the Dark Abyss.
On this day, she left the valley with her master for the first time to rescue people in a small mountain village ravaged by an epidemic.
The Master has always been like this; in his eyes, a patient is simply a patient, with no distinction between immortals and mortals.
It is worth mentioning, however, that there are methods for healing immortals and methods for healing mortals, and Master has always been very clear about the distinction.
That day, she saw a skinny little boy in a small mountain village, his face pale and weak, lying in a pile of grass, while her master was giving him acupuncture and feeding him medicine.
She stared at him for a long time, then couldn't help but remind him, "Master... he's dying, there's no way to save him like this..."
The master didn't speak, but when they were alone together that night, he told her, "If we don't do our best to save the living, who can say for sure that they are destined to die..."
She nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
The next day, the little boy miraculously recovered.
However, the girl unexpectedly fell seriously ill.
The master wiped her pale face and placed a shimmering blue spirit stone in her palm.
She had been eyeing this spirit stone for a long time, but her master had never granted her permission...
"Saving others is easy, saving yourself is difficult... This is a one-time opportunity, and there will be no next time..."
Her master's expression was serious and somber, but she could clearly see that there was relief in his eyes.
...
Yan Mo followed his master in cultivation for a very long time, which amounted to several hundred years.
Her cultivation level has also risen to the Void Soul Realm, just one step away from the Spirit Void Realm.
Most of the other senior brothers and sisters, due to their limited talents, had their cultivation levels stuck at the Soul Control Realm or barely reached the Void Soul Realm, and began to travel around to heal the sick and save lives.
Only she and her senior brother remained in the valley to cultivate.
That senior disciple was the only disciple under their master who, like her, had the potential to break through to the Void Refinement stage.
But she knew that her senior brother's talent was not as good as hers.
Because, if it weren't for her master suppressing her, her cultivation would have reached the true Spirit Void Realm a hundred years ago.
On this day, a guest arrived at the cave dwelling. He was said to be from the Tai Xuan Dao Sect and was known as Daoist Qianhe.
This Daoist Qianhe was quite close to Medicine King Valley because he was obsessed with alchemy and frequently visited Medicine King Valley to obtain top-quality medicinal materials.
But for some reason, this time, she could feel that when the Thousand Crane Daoist looked at her, his eyes were filled with a thick... a desire that made her feel extremely disgusted.
Later, the master and that Taoist priest had a falling out and parted on bad terms.
She probably knew the reason: that Taoist priest wanted to use her demonic body and demonic vines to refine medicine, but her master didn't allow it.
But it is actually possible; there have been instances before where Daoist Qianhe took her senior brothers and sisters to refine medicine.
They are all spiritual plants of heaven and earth, with tenacious vitality. Taking a part of their bodies to "cure diseases and save lives" will not have much impact, especially for her Dark Abyss Demon Vine. Even if she cuts off most of it, she can recover quickly.
After all, doctors have a benevolent heart, and this is also a good opportunity to reap blessings.
Even in her youth and ignorance, influenced by her master, she once used her own power to save mortals...
That night, Daoist Qianhe came to see her alone and said something like, "You don't want the world to know that your master adopted the Demon Vine."
She didn't care much, but in order not to cause trouble for her master, she cut off one-tenth of her demon body and gave it to him.
Later, her true identity as the Dark Abyss Vine was exposed.
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