Yun Ge sighed. She knew deep down that after Huan Mo fell into madness, there were emotional issues at play. She couldn’t entirely blame Huan Mo. If it weren’t for her, Huan Mo wouldn’t have destroyed her own Buddha body. If it weren’t for the absence of the Buddha body, Huan Mo wouldn’t have been so easily consumed by madness.
She knew it, but accepting it, understanding it, accepting that the person she had always seen as her daughter had grown stronger on her own, would still require a lot of time and space.
“…” In the end, Yun Ge just glanced at Huan Mo, still not saying anything.
Huan Mo remained motionless, standing in place, gazing at Yun Ge as if she were the sole existence in the world.
“Aren’t you cold?” Finally, Yun Ge spoke first, sighing as she said so. That was the child she had raised for so long!
No matter whose fault it was, Yun Ge felt like she wanted to just kill someone, then pretend she’d been bitten by a dog, but unfortunately, that someone was Huan Mo.
Yun Ge had pondered for days but hadn’t come up with a suitable solution.
She knew Huan Mo had knelt outside her cave for several days, and she understood that a large part of it was due to her madness, but she just couldn’t get past it emotionally.
When Yun Ge spoke, not only did the person opposite her freeze, but she also paused for a moment, surprised that she had said it like that.
Then she saw Huan Mo, who had looked like a drowning dog, stare at her, eyes filled with joy. But when she noticed Yun Ge’s remorseful expression, it turned into a look of wanting to cry but holding back. Seeing Huan Mo like that, Yun Ge didn’t know why, but that red-eyed, resentful Huan Mo who had forced herself to hold back faded away in her eyes.
Perhaps seeing a hint of pity in Yun Ge’s eyes, Huan Mo approached cautiously.
“Master, don’t reject me…” Huan Mo sniffled, her face a disaster for the country and the people, yet Yun Ge somehow turned her into a pitiful figure. Huan Mo bit her lip, cheeks taut with tension from the statement, then continued with a sobbing tone, “Master, don’t reject me…”
With the sentence, Yun Ge felt like she was back in the past, back when Huan Mo was still a child.
Huan Mo had never had much sense of security. When her physique couldn’t withstand the demonic possession, she cried and fought with the ice spirit beast. At that time, little Huan Mo threw herself into Yun Ge’s arms, sobbing and clutching at her robes, saying, “Master… don’t… don’t reject me…”
Later, when she wanted to go to the extremely cold place to find the heart of the earth for Huan Mo, afraid of leaving her alone, it was the same, crying and saying, “Master… don’t reject me…”
Yun Ge felt uncomfortable. She remembered the despair and desperate gamble in the eyes of the person when they saw her icy body in the small secret realm of Guiyi Sect…
Yun Ge sighed. Would she never care about this person again in her life?
“I’ve undone your dantian.” Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo, who was trembling from the cold, sighed, and then spoke.
Tears streamed down Huan Mo’s cheeks, but she didn’t bother to wipe them away, just like that.
Looking at Yun Ge, “Master… I can’t explain, this is the border between the demon realm and the cultivation world… If we use spiritual power here, it will be detected by the demon realm…” She hesitated, wanting to continue speaking.
Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo like that, her heart moved. So, was it because of that that her dantian was sealed?
“What about the cloak of the flame beast I gave you?” Yun Ge didn’t know what to say to her.
Huan Mo’s eyes widened, seeming unwilling to believe that Yun Ge was showing concern for her. With a slight expression of confusion, she seemed foolish.
Yun Ge didn’t know what else to say. “Forget it.” Yun Ge threw an extra blanket from her bed to Huan Mo and said, “Go out.”
Holding onto the long fur of the flame beast, Huan Mo was absent-minded and then walked out.
The following days became smoother, Yun Ge’s body was fine, and Lin Yuan still reported daily. Moreover, every time, she would be with Huan Mo at the same time, as if the person who used to be terrified of Huan Mo was not her. And every time, she would be whisked away by the Ice Spirit Beast before Huan Mo could get angry.
“…” Yun Ge couldn’t feel the demonic energy surging from Huan Mo’s body, but she didn’t think Huan Mo had lost her demonic energy.
She had asked Lin Yuan about the issue, and Lin Yuan shook her head. She said she had never thought that even Buddhists could be possessed in the setting of this world. And so fanatical at that.
“Master…” Huan Mo stood not far from Yung Ge, looking at her eagerly.
Yun Ge sighed, “Where’s the demonic energy on you?”
“…” Huan Mo didn’t know how to answer, so she remained silent, lowered her head, and looked at the ground.
“When should we go back then?” Yun Ge asked, her tone carrying some meaning.
The person who had been bowing their head looked up, glanced at Yun Ge, and then, seeing Yun Ge’s expressionless face, lowered their head again, feeling wronged.
She wanted to say, Master, why do we have to go back? Isn’t it good with just the two of us?
She wanted to cry, Master, are we going back for Ming Xuan? Master, do you love him that much?
But she didn’t say anything. She had been with Yun Ge for so long, studying her almost every minute. She understood Yun Ge better than Yun Ge understood herself.
Yun Ge seemed indifferent, but in reality, she was incredibly soft-hearted. Yun Ge didn’t have many principles, and she wasn’t easily moved emotionally…
“Master…” In the end, she didn’t say anything, just reached out her hand unconsciously and lightly grabbed Yun Ge’s clothes corner, her eyes revealing struggle and confusion.
Yun Ge sighed. She felt like she had been sighing her whole life during this time. “Tell me, what do you want to do?”
That was the first time Yun Ge had referred to herself as “Master” after all this time.
Huan Mo stared blankly at Yun Ge. She wanted to say, Master, I love you… I want to be with you…
She wanted to say, Master, let’s not go back, let’s be Dao companions…
But she didn’t say anything. She also knew she couldn’t say anything.
Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo, who was unwilling to speak and could only sigh again…
Yun Ge sighed. She knew deep down that after Huan Mo fell into madness, there were emotional issues at play. She couldn’t entirely blame Huan Mo. If it weren’t for her, Huan Mo wouldn’t have destroyed her own Buddha body. If it weren’t for the absence of the Buddha body, Huan Mo wouldn’t have been so easily consumed by madness.
She knew it, but accepting it, understanding it, accepting that the person she had always seen as her daughter had grown stronger on her own, would still require a lot of time and space.
“…” In the end, Yun Ge just glanced at Huan Mo, still not saying anything.
Huan Mo remained motionless, standing in place, gazing at Yun Ge as if she were the sole existence in the world.
“Aren’t you cold?” Finally, Yun Ge spoke first, sighing as she said so. That was the child she had raised for so long!
No matter whose fault it was, Yun Ge felt like she wanted to just kill someone, then pretend she’d been bitten by a dog, but unfortunately, that someone was Huan Mo.
Yun Ge had pondered for days but hadn’t come up with a suitable solution.
She knew Huan Mo had knelt outside her cave for several days, and she understood that a large part of it was due to her madness, but she just couldn’t get past it emotionally.
When Yun Ge spoke, not only did the person opposite her freeze, but she also paused for a moment, surprised that she had said it like that.
Then she saw Huan Mo, who had looked like a drowning dog, stare at her, eyes filled with joy. But when she noticed Yun Ge’s remorseful expression, it turned into a look of wanting to cry but holding back. Seeing Huan Mo like that, Yun Ge didn’t know why, but that red-eyed, resentful Huan Mo who had forced herself to hold back faded away in her eyes.
Perhaps seeing a hint of pity in Yun Ge’s eyes, Huan Mo approached cautiously.
“Master, don’t reject me…” Huan Mo sniffled, her face a disaster for the country and the people, yet Yun Ge somehow turned her into a pitiful figure. Huan Mo bit her lip, cheeks taut with tension from the statement, then continued with a sobbing tone, “Master, don’t reject me…”
With the sentence, Yun Ge felt like she was back in the past, back when Huan Mo was still a child.
Huan Mo had never had much sense of security. When her physique couldn’t withstand the demonic possession, she cried and fought with the ice spirit beast. At that time, little Huan Mo threw herself into Yun Ge’s arms, sobbing and clutching at her robes, saying, “Master… don’t… don’t reject me…”
Later, when she wanted to go to the extremely cold place to find the heart of the earth for Huan Mo, afraid of leaving her alone, it was the same, crying and saying, “Master… don’t reject me…”
Yun Ge felt uncomfortable. She remembered the despair and desperate gamble in the eyes of the person when they saw her icy body in the small secret realm of Guiyi Sect…
Yun Ge sighed. Would she never care about this person again in her life?
“I’ve undone your dantian.” Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo, who was trembling from the cold, sighed, and then spoke.
Tears streamed down Huan Mo’s cheeks, but she didn’t bother to wipe them away, just like that.
Looking at Yun Ge, “Master… I can’t explain, this is the border between the demon realm and the cultivation world… If we use spiritual power here, it will be detected by the demon realm…” She hesitated, wanting to continue speaking.
Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo like that, her heart moved. So, was it because of that that her dantian was sealed?
“What about the cloak of the flame beast I gave you?” Yun Ge didn’t know what to say to her.
Huan Mo’s eyes widened, seeming unwilling to believe that Yun Ge was showing concern for her. With a slight expression of confusion, she seemed foolish.
Yun Ge didn’t know what else to say. “Forget it.” Yun Ge threw an extra blanket from her bed to Huan Mo and said, “Go out.”
Holding onto the long fur of the flame beast, Huan Mo was absent-minded and then walked out.
The following days became smoother, Yun Ge’s body was fine, and Lin Yuan still reported daily. Moreover, every time, she would be with Huan Mo at the same time, as if the person who used to be terrified of Huan Mo was not her. And every time, she would be whisked away by the Ice Spirit Beast before Huan Mo could get angry.
“…” Yun Ge couldn’t feel the demonic energy surging from Huan Mo’s body, but she didn’t think Huan Mo had lost her demonic energy.
She had asked Lin Yuan about the issue, and Lin Yuan shook her head. She said she had never thought that even Buddhists could be possessed in the setting of this world. And so fanatical at that.
“Master…” Huan Mo stood not far from Yung Ge, looking at her eagerly.
Yun Ge sighed, “Where’s the demonic energy on you?”
“…” Huan Mo didn’t know how to answer, so she remained silent, lowered her head, and looked at the ground.
“When should we go back then?” Yun Ge asked, her tone carrying some meaning.
The person who had been bowing their head looked up, glanced at Yun Ge, and then, seeing Yun Ge’s expressionless face, lowered their head again, feeling wronged.
She wanted to say, Master, why do we have to go back? Isn’t it good with just the two of us?
She wanted to cry, Master, are we going back for Ming Xuan? Master, do you love him that much?
But she didn’t say anything. She had been with Yun Ge for so long, studying her almost every minute. She understood Yun Ge better than Yun Ge understood herself.
Yun Ge seemed indifferent, but in reality, she was incredibly soft-hearted. Yun Ge didn’t have many principles, and she wasn’t easily moved emotionally…
“Master…” In the end, she didn’t say anything, just reached out her hand unconsciously and lightly grabbed Yun Ge’s clothes corner, her eyes revealing struggle and confusion.
Yun Ge sighed. She felt like she had been sighing her whole life during this time. “Tell me, what do you want to do?”
That was the first time Yun Ge had referred to herself as “Master” after all this time.
Huan Mo stared blankly at Yun Ge. She wanted to say, Master, I love you… I want to be with you…
She wanted to say, Master, let’s not go back, let’s be Dao companions…
But she didn’t say anything. She also knew she couldn’t say anything.
Yun Ge looked at Huan Mo, who was unwilling to speak and could only sigh again…
