Fairy, Don't Be Afraid, I Am Blind

Third Elder was using a skill to shield two younger disciples from the cold as she piloted the green boat without pause, finally returning to Lotus Peak before nightfall.

Yet, upon ascending the mountain, she found even Ji Lingruo meditating to break through.

But last night when she sought out the girl, there was no sign of a breakthrough...

What is going on? Could it be so coincidental in this world?

Three siblings of the sect, all breaking through their realms simultaneously?

Third Elder was perplexed, unable to grasp the reason. Could their fates be such that they are bound together in honor and disgrace?

But she was very pleased to see the junior she admired advancing in cultivation, also feeling increasingly envious of Thirteen Elder.

To have so many disciples not only with exceptional talent but also diligently striving is surely fortunate.

She settled You Su and Wangshu, arranging a fragrance formation for each of the three that calms the mind, then rested easy.

However, observing the young man sitting in meditation left her a bit melancholic.

Honestly speaking, for the first time, she had a sense of crisis because of a man...

Previously, receiving You Su’s help, she found the boy decent, despite his great achievements, feeling she could offer him equal compensation.

Yet with Qianhua Venerable’s emergence, she realized the reason behind You Su’s help was highly unjustifiable.

Because she was the Third Elder of Profound Sky Sect? Or because of her good relations with Lotus Peak, with Lingruo and Wangshu’s involvement in Bihua Pavilion?

Yet none of these reasons had direct relevance to You Su, and only the appearance of Qianhua Venerable, who was willing to personally allure the young man, could make her aware of her arrogance, always taking the boy’s assistance for granted.

Alas... seems like to keep You Su around, extra incentives would need to be offered...

I see Si Han is interested in him, perhaps...

For several consecutive days, Lotus Peak remained calm and uneventful.

The first to awaken was Ji Lingruo, who had broken from Middle Spirit Platform Realm to Spirit Platform Upper Realm, the smallest improvement among the three.

The girl was somewhat incredulous; she transitioned from Meridian Passage Realm to Spirit Platform Upper Realm, a leap over an entire major realm in just two months.

Those unaware might think her a once-in-a-millennium genius, but seeing the increasingly sparkling Demon Pill, she was very sure—

This was the power brought to her by her senior brother, just like the feeling after their first dual cultivation in the black coffin.

Though unaware of how her senior brother did it, she knew this wasn’t something to disclose to Third Elder, so when she inquired, she used the excuse of receiving a baptism from the Snake Ancestor to evade.

The second to awaken was You Su.

You Su exhaled a long breath, feeling the clothes sticking to his skin.

This breakthrough of a major realm not only enhances cultivation but also purges the body of impurities, aligning the physical with the strength of the cultivation.

You Su looked inside his spirit platform, once full of vibrant Profound Qi now dissipated, replaced by a thin layer of water on the spirit platform. Yet he felt no sense of loss, rather joyous, as it was highly pure liquid Profound Qi.

It was a drastically different sensation, a true qualitative change. Experiencing this solid and robust power made You Su realize what a remarkable feat it was for him to kill a Condensed Water Realm cultivator previously.

In Ji Lingruo’s eyes, You Su seemed reborn, with a more restrained and unfathomable aura.

If before seeing You Su she would indignantly wonder if she could avoid being defeated by her senior brother in a real fight, now facing this You Su, she felt no desire to challenge.

Yet how did her senior brother break through in just three days in Brocade City? Surely not dual cultivation with Qianhua Venerable? Considering the vast gap in realms, the side effects would greatly outweigh the advantages.

"Senior brother, what exactly happened?" Ji Lingruo asked seriously, "Is my breakthrough related to you as well?"

You Su had no intention of hiding the truth, revealing Qianhua Venerable’s scheme to his junior sister.

"Did you see senior sister’s face?"

"Yes."

"Then you..."

"When I saw my junior sister in Chuyun City in my dream, I still believed it was my junior sister."

Ji Lingruo pressed her lips, her senior brother was blind, relying more on emotional connections than appearances for recognition. This greatly valued emotional seriousness allowed him to attract the attention of women around him.

"But senior sister is not even..."

"Senior sister is trying hard to become human, junior sister, do not dislike her, she would be heartbroken."

"Why would I dislike her? Shouldn’t it be you who..."

Ji Lingruo rolled her eyes; ever since senior sister fearlessly turned around to save her, she identified with that title. At that time, seeing senior sister’s mask break, the panic in her pupils, she empathized as an outlier in the human realm, feeling closer to Wangshu, wanting to comfort senior sister.

You Su was momentarily confused, "Why would I dislike it?"

Ji Lingruo coughed a few times, blushing, embarrassed for associating such a pure senior sister with such ideas.

"Guess yourself." Ji Lingruo pursed her lips, "That Qianhua Venerable is truly detestable! How did you turn defeat into victory?"

You Su smiled, introducing the relationship between True Lord and his dependents to her, yet did not introduce her and Miss Xueruo as dependents.

He felt ’dependents’ implied servitude, not wanting them as subordinates, dubbed those receiving Primordial Qi special dependents as—family.

"So what you’re saying is, you’ve made a Void Realm Venerable your unwavering servant?!"

"You could interpret it that way..."

Ji Lingruo suspiciously swept over You Su’s figure, "You wouldn’t have..."

"What are you thinking, junior sister? It’s that wicked woman, I merely returned the punishment she imposed on me. Your cultivation came from her."

You Su explained the reason for this bestowed blessing again to Ji Lingruo, the girl was taken aback, soon her beautiful eyes sparkled:

"So, we can drain her and henceforth never need to cultivate again?"

The girl wore an excited expression, unable to muster even a trace of sympathy for that malicious woman.

Recalling the pain felt during the gifting, You Su shook his head, "I’m afraid it’s not that simple."

The two chatted a while longer, Ji Lingruo unable to endure You Su’s grungy smell, commanded him to bathe and change while she went to guard senior sister’s room.

You Su, undressing in the bathroom, suddenly remembered something, retrieved the Xuanji Order from the Qiankun Bag.

He indeed found a mass of messages accumulated in the Order.

Most were from Mr. He, only one from Huijun.

Reading the latest message from Mr. He, You Su instantly tensed:

"Mr. You, hurry to my place, I might... not be able to see you again."