Elder Su quickly looked around him.
Mo Hua then said, "Elder, rest assured, there's no one around, even Shuisheng isn't here..."
Only then did Elder Su breathe a sigh of relief. He looked at Mo Hua, wanting to say sothing but hesitating. He couldn't understand how Mo Hua knew about Shuixian's affair.
Mo Hua didn't ntion Qinglan but vaguely said:
"I heard it by chance at the Hundred Flower Tower."
Elder Su was startled and then nodded helplessly. Afterward, he seed sowhat lost in thought.
The na Shuixian, like a thorn piercing Elder Su's heart, rid him of his usual easygoing deanor. He stared blankly, as if imrsed in the past, overwheld with emotion, unable to extricate himself.
"Elder Su?"
Mo Hua called out to him.
Elder Su didn't respond.
"Elder Su!"
Mo Hua raised his voice a notch, and Elder Su finally ca back to his senses, his face showing apologetic, "Sorry, I was lost in the past just now, sowhat entranced."
Mo Hua hesitated for a mont, then asked tentatively:
"Could you tell about those past events?"
Elder Su looked at Mo Hua with puzzlent, "Why do you... want to hear about this?"
Mo Hua replied, "I'm curious."
Elder Su imdiately shook his head.
How could he share his love life, especially one that is so painful to look back on, with a child...
Mo Hua then said, "It has a use for ."
"What use?"
"I can't say just yet."
Elder Su also gave a perfunctory response, "They are all trivial matters of the past, it's not convenient for to speak of them."
Mo Hua thought for a while, then said:
"How about this, if you tell , consider it a favor owed to you."
Elder Su chuckled, "What use is a child's promise of a favor for ... it couldn't be..."
Elder Su stopped mid-sentence, suddenly freezing.
This favor could be of great use!
A favor personally promised by a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old First Grade Formation Master!
Moreover, Mo Hua was serious, there was no sign of jest.
Although everyone was a First Grade Formation Master and Mo Hua was still in the Qi Refinent stage, while he himself had already achieved Foundation Establishnt.
But precisely because he was in the Qi Refinent stage, this favor was even more precious.
Qi Refinent First Grade, after a decade or two, who's to say he wouldn't be Second Grade?
Second Rank Formation Masters are rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns in a Second-Grade Prefecture Border.
Even in a Third-Grade State Boundary, they wouldn't be considered insignificant.
Elder Su pondered for a mont, sowhat hesitant.
Mo Hua then said, "It really is a favor, I an what I say!"
Elder Su was tempted and, after feigning indifference for a while, finally nodded and said:
"Alright."
Although it was a regrettable part of his past, and perhaps even a tale of amorous exploits, it wasn't an unspeakable secret.
Elder Su took a sip of tea, then began to speak slowly, telling Mo Hua everything about Shuixian. Stay updated via empire
He included how he t Shuixian, how they fell in love, how he wanted to redeem her from the brothel, and how Shuixian eventually died, leaving behind a child whom he took by his side and nad "Shuisheng"...
Of course, he omitted so content not suitable for children.
After finishing his story, Elder Su felt thirsty and took another sip of tea.
Mo Hua, upon hearing this, said in surprise:
"Were you and the Lu Family Head visiting brothels together?"
"Shush!" Elder Su looked around again before whispering:
"Yes, but that's an old story. Now he's the Family Head, and you mustn't talk recklessly about this matter, lest it ruins his reputation."
"Oh," Mo Hua nodded, thinking to himself:
No wonder Elder Su and the Lu Family Head have such a good relationship.
It turns out they used to visit the Brothel together when they were young.
After a pause, Mo Hua then asked with so sympathy:
"How did Sister Shuixian die?"
Elder Su's expression turned lancholic, and he shook his head:
"Beauty is often ill-fated, I suppose. Her health was never good, and after suffering at the Hundred Flower Tower, she developed a chronic illness. Later, when she was with , I had a Pill Master treat her, but it was rely symptomatic treatnt..."
"During that ti, it was also because of ..."
"I would say that I wanted to redeem her, but I was also hesitant."
"I... after all, am an Elder of the South Yue Sect and a Formation Master. Although not boasting of a lofty status, I am indeed a person of so influence in South Yue City."
"In South Yue City, even clans and sects from other state boundaries have proposed marriage alliances."
"Those who sought my hand for their daughters were all talented and well-bred, with respectable origins and excellent Spiritual Roots, ensuring that our offspring would be gifted."
"Compared to them, Shuixian was just..."
Elder Su bittered a smile, "Perhaps Shuixian guessed what was on my mind and purposefully distanced herself from , seemingly reluctant to trouble ."
"But in her heart, she must have resented . Whether she hated , I do not know..."
Elder Su sighed deeply.
"Under the weight of her grievances, her old ailnts resurfaced, and then she was gone..."
"Back then, I was angry, convinced that Shuixian had been victimized, so I investigated for a long ti but ended up finding nothing."
After a pause, he added, "Later I realized that Shuixian... actually died at my own hands."
"I was afraid of my own guilt, of regretting and feeling remorseful, so I shifted the bla."
"I hoped soone had killed Shuixian; then I could hate soone else, avenge her, and alleviate so of my guilt..."
"But no one had..."
"Her life was like a duckweed, hoping for solace from ."
"But I broke faith, and so, she drifted away with the wind..."
Elder Su's face bore a thick bitterness.
Mo Hua felt saddened as well and asked:
"Throughout these years, haven't you taken a Dao companion?"
Every ti he visited this cave dwelling, aside from one or two maids boiling water and making tea, he hadn't seen any other female cultivators.
Elder Su shook his head, saying with resignation:
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