Published: March 2, 2025
CHAPTER 29: Aunt Hongyu (Great Cultivator)
With a "bang," the campfire crackled, and half an hour quickly passed.
Liu Yu watched as Yan Qun'er regained her magical power and approached the campfire.
She gathered her red dress, hugged her knees, and squatted beside the fire, staring blankly at the flames, lost in thought.
Liu Yu certainly understood how easily the hero-saving-the-beauty trope could capture a girl's heart.
However, at this moment, he was just a qi refinement junior cultivator, at the very bottom of the cultivating immortality world, with no extra thoughts.
His decision to help was mostly driven by self-interest.
Having come to this world, where power belonged to oneself, and great cultivators could turn rivers and seas with a wave of their hands, Liu Yu was determined not to be reduced to a pile of dust a hundred years later!
He sought to reach a higher realm, unravel the mysteries of the Immortal Abode, pursue longevity, and even immortality, to control his own fate!
He wanted to see this beautiful world clearly!
Various thoughts caused ripples in his heart lake, but eventually, they settled into calm.
Seeing that Yan Qun'er had regained her magical power, Liu Yu took out two spiritual stones to absorb and refine the spiritual energy within, replenishing his depleted magical power.
By the campfire, a man and a woman sat in silence, but gradually, an ambiguous atmosphere began to spread.
Yan Qun'er stole glances at her shidi from the corner of her eye.
His pupils were as dark as ink; though his appearance was ordinary, he possessed a calm and composed aura that made others feel good about him.
As she thought about it, Yan Qun'er felt a bit shy and hurriedly ran her hand through her hair to conceal her emotions.
However, a different feeling began to rise in her heart.
But this brief ambiguity didn’t last long, as it was shattered by a streak of light in the sky.
It was a long red carpet, two to three meters long, streaking across the night sky like a dazzling red ribbon.
“Whoosh~”
The red carpet swept through at lightning speed, landing on the ground in the blink of an eye, stirring up a flurry of fallen leaves.
On it stood a female cultivator resembling a female taoist practitioner, appearing to be around thirty-four years old.
Wearing a loose dao robe, she had a round face and a mature charm in her eyebrows and eyes.
The middle-aged female taoist frowned slightly, looking a bit anxious.
Upon seeing that Yan Qun'er was unharmed, she let out a sigh of relief, her expression softening significantly.
“Auntie~!”
Yan Qun'er exclaimed with delight and ran over.
“Waaah~ Auntie, you finally made it! Do you know, Qun'er almost didn’t get to see you!”
Yan Qun'er, with teary eyes, hugged the female taoist and cried, looking extremely aggrieved.
The middle-aged female taoist’s eyes flashed with love and concern as she reached out to pat Yan Quner's little head, softly comforting her, “Alright, alright, it's all over now. Don’t cry.”
“Qun'er, don’t cry.”
“Next time, don’t sneak out again, understood?”
“Quickly tell Auntie how you got away from danger. What about those rogues?”
This precious niece was the most talented among her lineage.
Generally obedient and understanding, she was very likable and had followed her to Qingxiu Peak to cultivate since she was little.
This time, when she sneaked out, nearly getting into trouble, it left her greatly alarmed. She hurriedly ended her cultivation and rushed over with her magical artifact.
If anything happened to this treasure of a niece, she wouldn’t know how to explain it to her younger brother.
Yan Qun'er, looking very aggrieved, gently shook the middle-aged female taoist’s arm as she began to recount the events.
When she spoke of being chased by four people, her face turned fearful.
When recounting how Liu Yu had acted heroically and his righteous words, her little face flushed slightly, and she secretly turned her head to take a glance.
As the middle-aged female taoist landed, Liu Yu had already stood up. Knowing the identity of the newcomer, he remained calm.