Chapter 98
Chapter 98: Let’s… Get to Know Each Other Again!
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“Sister?”
Lin Muyu didn’t place much importance on her own chastity.
After all, she had no plans to marry, nor did she intend to find a dao companion.
Although she had once secretly fantasized about finding a dao companion to walk alongside her through this long and lonely path of cultivation, how wonderful that would be.
But fantasies were just fantasies. Before she could truly grasp control of her own destiny, she dared not seek a dao companion.
After all, the cultivation world followed the law of the jungle. If she wasn’t strong enough herself, she couldn’t even guarantee her own safety, let alone think about romance.
At this moment, seeing Su Wanqing take out that thing that could repair physical bodies, Lin Muyu’s heart immediately tightened.
She was truly afraid that after her body was healed, Su Wanqing would lose control again like last time and do that again…
She didn’t want to experience that tearing pain ever again.
“I just… want to properly make up for my mistake.”
Su Wanqing looked at Lin Muyu, her clear eyes filled with sincerity.
“No!”
Lin Muyu immediately retreated three or four steps backward.
Her face was written with wariness, her eyes fixed tightly on Su Wanqing.
“Muyu, are you… still afraid that I’ll do that kind of thing to you again?”
Seeing this, Su Wanqing’s heart sank heavily, her voice carrying undisguised urgency and panic.
Lin Muyu tensed her small face, her lips pressed into a straight line, those clear eyes clearly written with the answer.
‘What do you think?’
“In that case, I can make an oath.”
Su Wanqing hurriedly said, her tone carrying the determination of putting everything on the line.
“An oath?”
Lin Muyu’s expression instantly became grave.
The oaths in this cultivation world were completely different from the casual promises in the mortal world of her previous life.
Here, cultivators only needed to voluntarily offer half of their own spiritual energy to make a vow to the heavens.
Once such a vow was made, it would be remembered by the rules of heaven and earth. If one dared to violate it, at best their cultivation would be completely destroyed, at worst they would die on the spot.
“Yes, I, Su Wanqing, swear to the heavens.”
Su Wanqing took a deep breath, her eyes incomparably solemn, speaking each word clearly:
“If I do such *** things to Lin Muyu again without her consent, let me be struck by lightning and have my soul scattered!”
As soon as the words fell, a burst of weak spiritual light suddenly erupted from within her body.
Immediately after, half of her spiritual energy seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, instantly drawn out and dissipating into the air.
Su Wanqing’s face immediately turned pale, her steps staggering, nearly unable to stand steady.
“Rumble—”
Almost at the same time, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly streaked across the originally calm heavens and earth. Purple-gold electric light tore through the clouds, illuminating half the sky.
The thunder seemed to be the response of the rules of heaven and earth, silently declaring the establishment of the oath, and also reminding the two people present that this oath was now in effect and not to be desecrated.
“You… why go to such lengths?”
Lin Muyu looked at Su Wanqing’s pale complexion, her expression extremely complex.
Who was Su Wanqing?
She was the undisputed female lead of this world, blessed with great fortune, favored by heaven and earth. At such a young age, she was already a Golden Core stage cultivator with limitless prospects.
And what about herself?
She was just a low-cultivation Qi Refining stage minor cultivator, merely someone who wanted to grasp her own destiny.
Yet this very Su Wanqing was willing to make such a vicious oath just to seek her forgiveness…
Actually, when she had just awakened from that intense pain, Lin Muyu hadn’t been without resentment toward Su Wanqing.
After all, that experience was brutal torture beyond what others could imagine.
Not only the tearing pain of the body, but also the humiliation and fear of the heart.
But in the end, she only proposed the condition that Su Wanqing stay away from her, without making further entanglements. The main reason was still…
She was too clear about the gap between them.
What qualification did she, a Qi Refining stage cannon fodder, have to challenge a Golden Core stage female lead?
She wouldn’t do something as foolish as an egg hitting a rock.
Keeping distance was already the most rational and safest approach she could think of.
But she never expected that Su Wanqing would go this far, willing to gamble her own cultivation and even her life just to appease her anger…
“Since it’s like this, I agree.”
Lin Muyu fell silent for a moment, but ultimately relented. Her tense body gradually relaxed, and the wariness on her face faded considerably.
“Give me the pill, the jade pendant, and that bead.”
This action from Su Wanqing undoubtedly gave Lin Muyu a big dose of reassurance.
Even if the two of them truly became strangers in the future, at least Lin Muyu no longer had to constantly worry that the other party would lose control and harm her again.
“Alright, Muyu.”
Hearing this, Su Wanqing’s pale face finally showed a trace of joy, and she quickly responded.
She carefully took out her storage pouch, spiritual light flashing at her fingertips as she retrieved the jade pendant and that bead radiating gentle luster, gently offering them to Lin Muyu.
“Master, are you okay? Wuu wuu wuu… we missed you so much…”
As soon as the items reached Lin Muyu’s hands, two childish voices immediately came from the bead, it was Xiaotao and Xiaomu.
Their voices were full of deep worry and longing, carrying uncontrollable sobs that made one’s heart soften.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I’m fine, aren’t I?”
Lin Muyu immediately softened her tone, bringing the bead close to her ear and gently comforting them.
“I made you worry. It’s my fault. I’ll tell you in detail what happened in a moment.”
Hearing Lin Muyu’s gentle voice, the crying sounds in the bead gradually subsided.
After comforting Xiaotao and Xiaomu, Lin Muyu immediately felt relieved, as if a thousand-pound burden had been lifted from her shoulders.
She carefully put away the bead, then took the jade pendant and the pill emanating a faint medicinal fragrance.
After storing the jade pendant, she swallowed the pill.
The pill dissolved upon entering her mouth, and a gentle but significant medicinal power instantly spread throughout her body, slowly flowing along her meridians. Wherever it passed, the original hidden injuries and pain seemed to be soaked in warm water, gradually easing.
Especially at that particular area, there was actually a tingling sensation that made her want to scratch.
“Since it’s like this, we’re even now. What happened before, let’s act as if it never occurred.”
Feeling her body renewing itself from within, Lin Muyu looked up at Su Wanqing, her tone calm and steady.
Lin Muyu paused briefly, then added another sentence.
“Let’s… be strangers.”
“Strangers?”
The joy on Su Wanqing’s face instantly froze, her originally brightened eyes immediately dimmed as she murmured.
Although she knew in her heart that this step was part of Qingyao’s plan, a temporary measure to make Lin Muyu lower her guard.
But when she personally heard these words spoken from Lin Muyu’s mouth, that unwillingness and loss still engulfed her like a tide.
This meant she had completely lost that initial advantage.
“Then…”
Just as Su Wanqing was feeling disheartened, Lin Muyu suddenly smiled gently.
She extended her hand, her eyes clear and sincere.
“Hey, my name is Lin Muyu. Let’s get to know each other again.”
Hearing these words, Su Wanqing, who had been hanging her head with slightly trembling shoulders, suddenly looked up. Her dim eyes instantly burst with the light of hope.
She stared blankly at Lin Muyu’s extended hand, stunned for a moment before reacting. She quickly extended her own hand to tightly grasp that slightly cool hand, her voice carrying a barely detectable tremor:
“Mm, my name is Su Wanqing. I’m your senior sister…”
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