Beili sighed and said to her, “Have your Eldest Senior Brother take good care of you. Master has to go out for a trip. Wait for me to bring back a sacred healing medicine for you.”
After saying this, the young male cultivator left her behind and flew off on his sword.
Yun Xiange stared at Beili’s departing back, her heart filled with immense resentment.
Why! On what basis! Was it just because Wen Jingshu was the female protagonist? Just because she herself was the villainous female supporting character?
She had only targeted her slightly, yet she had ended up in such a miserable state.
Even Fu Sinian, who had stood up for her, had been targeted.
Yun Xiange was unwilling to accept this. She had not transmigrated here just to be a stepping stone for the female protagonist!
What she was even more unwilling to accept was Beili's attitude.
In the original novel, when Beili favored Wen Jingshu, others would always comfort Yun Xiange, saying it was because Wen Jingshu had entered the sect first, so it was only natural for Beili to be biased toward her.
After transmigrating into the book, she had come to apprentice herself at the very first opportunity.
Clearly, she was the one who had entered the sect first this time, so why did Beili still value Wen Jingshu so highly?
She was so severely injured, yet Beili was not willing to punish Wen Jingshu at all!
At this thought, Yun Xiange’s blood boiled, and she couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.
Once her injuries healed, she would definitely surpass the chosen female protagonist! She would definitely trample her underfoot!
As for Beili, he left the sect and headed straight for the Pill Sect.
He went to Misty Peak to beg for a pill for Yun Xiange.
Wen Shuyi seemed to have long known he would come. The androgynous female cultivator was lying lazily on a rocking chair in the shade, not even raising her head as she spoke: “Is Daoist Lord Beili here to plead guilty?”
Hearing her words, Beili’s expression instantly turned unsightly.
When he had taken Wen Jingshu away back then, he had solemnly promised that he would never let her get hurt, let alone suffer any grievances.
Yet, in the end, Wen Jingshu had still left the mountain in anger.
“Shushu indeed had some unpleasantness with her senior sister, but today... I have come to beg for medicine on behalf of my third disciple. That poison has already corroded her spiritual root. If she doesn't take the Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill soon, I'm afraid she will never be able to establish her foundation in this lifetime.”
No matter what, Yun Xiange was still a genius of their generation. After she was injured, Xu Haoguang had also ordered Kong Zhengping to spare no effort in treating her.
Unfortunately, the poison was indeed peculiar. Kong Zhengping could only neutralize the poison but could not repair the damaged spiritual root.
Or rather, pills that could repair a spiritual root were extremely precious, and their ingredients were incredibly hard to find, not to mention that a single batch of such pills would take half a year to refine.
And Yun Xiange’s body could not afford to wait any longer.
Beili had also inquired everywhere about where to find a Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill, and all the answers pointed to one place: the Pill Sect.
He had also privately approached the Sect Master of the Pill Sect, but Zhao Ming had directly replied to him: “If you want to beg for it, go beg our Grand Elder. After all, I watched that little girl Shushu grow up. You just covered for your second disciple, and the very next moment you come to me looking for a pill to save your third disciple. If I really gave you this pill and our Grand Elder found out, wouldn't that be sowing discord between us? Daoist Lord Beili, please don't make things difficult for me!”
Who didn't know that Wen Shuyi was the absolute darling of their Pill Sect? He would never do something so foolish as to offend their darling over a single Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill.
Besides, Beili also needed to give Wen Shuyi an explanation.
That Beili would come here to beg for a pill for Yun Xiange was also within Wen Shuyi’s expectations.
She sat down on a nearby stone bench and poured herself a cup of tea, drinking it leisurely: “And so? Daoist Lord Beili has aggrieved my sister, yet I am supposed to personally hand over a pill to cure your third disciple?”
Beili quickly explained, “Of course not. I will purchase the Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill at three times the market price. In addition, there will be three Eighth-Grade spiritual plants, along with Ten-Thousand-Year Pi-Frost Sand, Fucuo Rock, White Dragon Dark Iron, and Night-Crossing Ghost Stone.”
Wen Shuyi sneered upon hearing the rare treasures Beili offered. The more generous the things he offered, the more Wen Shuyi’s heart ached for her younger sister. “I can give you the pill. I don't care for those extra things of yours either.”
Beili was overjoyed upon hearing this.
Seeing his happy look, Wen Shuyi continued, “Once the pill is given to you, there will be no more master-disciple sentiment between you and my sister from now on. I am not asking you to formally sever your master-disciple relationship, but rather, I am afraid you will use the title of Master to oppress my sister again in the future.”
Wen Shuyi was using this Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill to buy out the master-disciple bond between him and Wen Jingshu!
From then on, between Beili and Wen Jingshu, there would only be a relationship of instructing techniques! Other than that, there would be no personal ties!
Beili clenched both fists, instantly recalling the day on Hidden Star Peak when he had asked Wen Jingshu to minimize the matter.
But what else could he have done! Fu Sinian was so severely injured; if he had to undergo punishment on top of that, he would surely die on the execution platform!
He knew Wen Jingshu had been wronged, but the injuries on Fu Sinian and Yun Xiange were far more severe!
With the slightest mishap, the immortal paths of both would end right there. They were still so young, with such bright futures...
Beili felt somewhat mentally and physically exhausted, even wanting to give up on this pill for a split second.
In the grand scheme of things, he felt a vague sense that Wen Jingshu was extremely important to him, and their relationship should not be just a superficial one of master and disciple.
Yet, he could not just ignore Yun Xiange either.
No matter what, she was still a disciple he had watched grow up. He could not bring himself to watch his disciple die in misery.
If there had been any other choice, he would never have come to Wen Shuyi to beg for the medicine.
“Is there really absolutely no room for leeway?”
“None.”
This was only because her sister didn't like to complain. If Wen Jingshu had contacted her first after the incident occurred, she would have long since flipped the tables at Hidden Star Peak.
Didn't her sister just want to apprentice herself to learn the sword path? With her status and means, could she not find a second suitable master?
If Beili was unwilling to be a good master to Wen Jingshu, there were plenty of others who would be.
“I... I need to think it over carefully.”
Beili left, looking somewhat distracted and lost.
Wen Shuyi immediately opened a projection transmission to Wen Jingshu.
Long before Beili came knocking, the two sisters had already discussed their strategy.
Wen Shuyi had originally wanted Wen Jingshu to withdraw from the sect. Afterward, she could either go to the Heavenly Sword Sect, or remain in the Pill Sect where Wen Shuyi could find a master to come to her instead.
Whichever option she chose, it would be better than seeing those unlucky, vexing people at Hidden Star Peak again.
However, Wen Jingshu felt that the general atmosphere of the Qingyun Sect was quite good. Besides, this matter was entirely Yun Xiange’s fault; why should she be the one to withdraw from the sect?
If anyone was to leave, it should be Yun Xiange and Fu Sinian.
The sisters had always agreed that she didn't have to leave the sect, but she could choose a different master.
In the cultivation world, apprenticing oneself was taken extremely seriously. Once a master-disciple relationship was established, it was equivalent to taking on a moral shackle.
A master was practically a second parent to a disciple.
For example, regarding Fu Sinian's sneak attack on Wen Jingshu, precisely because Beili was her master, Wen Jingshu had to show him some respect no matter what.
Even Xu Haoguang could not easily interfere in the matters between a master and their disciple in a grand and public manner.
Therefore, if a single Nine-Transformation Spirit-Restoring Pill could buy out her master-disciple bond with Beili...
Both sisters felt that this was a highly profitable bargain.
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