“It is indeed suspicious,” Feng Xianyun said.
Ye Qingyi sat down dejectedly, hugging her knees and curling into a ball.
“Master, is there something wrong with me?”
“It’s not a problem.”
Feng Xianyun shook his head, a faint smile even appearing at the corner of his mouth.
“It’s a talent.”
Ye Qingyi looked up.
“…Ah?”
‘Is this considered a talent?’
She didn’t understand.
“I have lived for over a thousand years, read many ancient texts, and seen many extraordinary people and events.”
Feng Xianyun stroked his beard, a tone of emotion in his voice.
“But someone like you, with extraordinary strength yet unable to hit anyone, is a first for me.”
His gaze fell on Ye Qingyi, his face full of satisfaction.
“Your body refinement talent is not low, and you must have cultivated a profound body refinement technique. Coupled with mastering the Pure Heart Freedom Art, that’s why you can unleash such monstrous strength.”
“As for the problem of not being able to hit…”
He raised one finger.
“There are two reasons. First, you still cannot control this power as you wish. Second…”
He deliberately drew out the sound.
“Your nature is like this.”
“Nature?”
Ye Qingyi blinked in confusion.
“Your Dao heart is too pure.”
Feng Xianyun’s tone carried a hint of emotion.
“So pure that your body instinctively rejects harming others.”
“You know you are very strong. If your attack hits, the person hit might die or be seriously injured.”
“So your body subconsciously deviates from the target automatically.”
Ye Qingyi was stunned.
She herself didn’t know she was so kind-hearted.
After all, back on Blue Star, she had plenty of full-on fights with boys.
Back then, when she beat those guys until they screamed, she didn’t see her body having any instinct to reject harming others.
But on second thought, it seemed different.
Fights on Blue Star at most resulted in black eyes and swollen faces, with pain lasting just a few days.
In this world, if her punch actually landed on someone, it would really kill.
She wasn’t kind.
She just… didn’t want to kill?
This realization made Ye Qingyi’s heart sink slightly.
She had always thought she could mercilessly strike an enemy without any psychological burden, but when the moment came, her body made a more honest choice than her mind?
Noticing Ye Qingyi’s inner turmoil, Ye Chu comforted her, “What Feng Xianyun said makes sense, and what you think also makes sense, but the truth may not necessarily be that way. Maybe it’s really some other reason.”
Ye Qingyi was slightly comforted by Ye Chu, but she still urgently asked Feng Xianyun, “Master, then what should I do? With this, I have no ability to protect myself at all!”
This was her most honest thought at the moment.
She didn’t care whether she was truly kind by nature; she only knew that if she couldn’t hit her enemy, she would die.
She didn’t transmigrate to this world to be some kind of saint.
She wanted to survive, to live with dignity, not to be trampled on.
More importantly, she wanted to go home!
But reality slapped her hard: her body didn’t obey her.
This feeling of helplessness made her feel ridiculous and wronged.
She trained hard, her body refinement talent wasn’t bad, she had mastered the technique, but the result was that she became a joke with great strength but unable to hit anyone.
What’s the point?
“Time and fate.”
Feng Xianyun stood up, dusting the dirt off his robe.
“This is your own Dao; you need to find the answer yourself.”
“I, an old man, cannot lead you astray.”
He walked toward the cave entrance, his steps very slow, as if giving Ye Qingyi time to digest these words.
When he reached the entrance, he stopped and looked back at Ye Qingyi: “Train well during your confinement. When you come out, I will introduce you to your two senior sisters.”
After that, he left without looking back.
The barrier closed again.
Ye Qingyi sat in the stone cave, watching the direction Feng Xianyun disappeared, somewhat dejected.
She had thought the master would give her a solution, telling her she just needed to do this and that to overcome it.
But Feng Xianyun didn’t.
He threw the problem back to her.
This made Ye Qingyi a bit frustrated and also confused.
How was she supposed to find the answer?
She couldn’t even figure out what the problem was.
“Master doesn’t have any good solution either?” she said.
“The ‘either’ you said,” Ye Chu’s voice sounded, clearly displeased, “does it include me?”
Ye Qingyi nodded, “Yes, what’s wrong with that?”
Ye Chu: “Isn’t the hug of love I taught you useful?”
“What if I encounter a man?”
Ye Qingyi frowned.
“I don’t want to have close contact with unfamiliar, hostile men! And getting that close, if the other party has some countermeasures, I would be in danger!”
She was telling the truth.
The hug of love worked against a weakling like Shen Qian, but what if the opponent was good at poison, hidden weapons, or close-range spells?
Getting close would be delivering herself to them.
Ye Chu gritted his teeth: “I will give you a chance to rephrase your words. Praise me, flatter me, worship me…”
“Then I will reluctantly show you another bright path.”
…..
On the second day of her confinement, while Ye Qingyi was cultivating, a slight noise came from the cave entrance.
She opened her eyes and saw a figure standing outside the barrier.
It was Wang Xiu, and he looked serious.
Ye Chu remarked, “What is this kid doing here?”
Ye Qingyi asked him through the barrier, “Junior Wang Xiu, is there something you need?”
“Senior Ye, I have something to tell you.”
Ye Qingyi was taken aback: “What is it?”
Wang Xiu sighed.
He was weighing his words, but finally decided to be direct.
“Regarding Senior Shen Qian… Master has already told her not to target you anymore, and she will naturally obey Master’s orders.”
“Not just her, the other disciples will also stop targeting you.”
“But there is one person who might be an exception. He might come to cause you trouble.”
“Who?”
“Senior Mo Ran.”
???
Who is this person?
Ye Qingyi said she hadn’t heard of him.
She asked Ye Chu, and Ye Chu said he didn’t know either.
Wang Xiu’s voice was helpless.
“Senior Mo Ran has admired Senior Shen Qian for many years, persistently pursuing her but never succeeding. But his feelings for Senior Shen Qian… are too deep. This time, Senior Shen Qian was severely injured by you, so Senior Mo Ran definitely will not let it go.”
Ye Qingyi frowned.
She couldn’t understand this logic.
“Is this guy a macho man? Doesn’t he listen to Master? And after pursuing for so long, Shen Qian hasn’t accepted, obviously she doesn’t like him.”
In her view, feelings should be mutual.
If someone doesn’t like you, you should gracefully back off, not sink deeper, and definitely not take your anger out on others.
Ye Chu laughed, “You don’t understand the world of a simp?”
Ye Qingyi was curious, “Do you understand?”
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