Where could Shen Ke’er not hear the hidden meaning in Lin Mo’s words?
The tone and meaning of his words clearly indicated that he didn’t want to get involved with her.
Shen Ke’er felt a swirl of emotions in her heart, and she didn’t know where she found the strength, but she slowly raised her hand, wanting to grab Lin Mo’s sleeve.
“Ke’er, Senior Sister, I’m here!”
Thinking that Shen Ke’er needed her, Ye Kai tightly held Shen Ke’er’s small hand, his eyes soft and full of affection.
Shen Ke’er felt a rush of panic. She wanted to speak but was too weak to utter a sound.
This was the first time she found Ye Kai so annoying.
Her frustration almost made her faint again. She could only weakly make sounds like “ah, ah” and “ba, ba.”
Lin Mo saw that Shen Ke’er wanted to call him, but so what?
A sincere smile appeared on his face. “Well, with Ye Kai taking care of you, I can rest assured.”
“I won’t disturb Junior Sister Shen’s rest.”
With that, Lin Mo took his leave.
Realizing the relationship between Lin Mo and Shen Ke’er had grown distant, Master Yuehua also didn’t want to get involved. She didn’t have the face to ask Lin Mo for any spiritual herbs to save Shen Ke’er.
After all, she was closer to Lin Mo.
If Lin Mo wouldn’t care about Shen Ke’er, what could she do?
Sighing slightly, Master Yuehua said helplessly, “I’ll go rest now. Kai’er, take good care of your Senior Sister.”
Having saved Shen Ke’er’s life, she had used up quite a bit of her spiritual energy and was indeed tired.
Ye Kai responded faintly, also surprised—weren’t they just going to leave Shen Ke’er like this?
Considering Shen Ke’er’s current condition—unable to cultivate, with the ugly black veins on her body—he had other plans in mind.
“Um, Junior Sister Shen, I’ll be leaving as well. Rest well,” Yin Sushu said as she took her leave.
With Lin Mo and Master Yuehua gone, staying here would do no good.
She never doubted that her Senior Brother had done this on purpose.
After all, the spiritual herbs her Senior Brother had were all sold before Shen Ke’er was poisoned, and coincidentally, this year, Senior Brother successfully broke through to the Core Formation stage and needed spirit stones to buy pills to stabilize his realm.
In the end, it was Shen Ke’er’s own fault.
She had also heard that Shen Ke’er had gone to the Great Continent Mountain Range alone.
In the past, Senior Brother Lin had repeatedly warned her about the dangers of the Great Continent Mountain Range.
Shen Ke’er didn’t listen to Senior Brother Lin, and there was nothing she could do about it!
Thankfully, she had been obedient and had asked Lin Mo to accompany her to the Great Continent Mountain Range to train for a while after her Foundation Establishment. Otherwise, she might have ended up like Shen Ke’er.
Not long after leaving, Shen Ke’er, in her room, remembered her current miserable situation. Overcome with grief, her blood began to surge, and she coughed up a mouthful of black blood before fainting.
When the room was empty, Ye Kai’s tender, worried expression vanished instantly.
He furrowed his brow in disgust as he wiped the bloodstains off his sleeve and spat on the floor.
Looking at Shen Ke’er’s body, now full of black poison glands, he suppressed his disgust.
Since entering the sect, he had wasted so much time and effort trying to please this woman, only to find that she was so unappreciated here at Qingzhu Peak.
Even Yuehua, that woman, didn’t care much about her.
Originally, seeing that she was young and had established her foundation, he thought she had some talent. But who knew, she went to a hunting on the outskirts of the Great Continent Mountain Range and ended up like this—wasn’t she just a waste?
Now, the only thing she could rely on—her beauty—was gone. Why hadn’t she just died in that Great Continent Mountain Range?
Now, he still had to maintain his image and continue taking care of this disgusting thing.
It seemed it was time to change his plans.
Of course, before that, he had to eliminate Lin Mo, the biggest obstacle.
Since Yin Sushu’s return, Qingzhu Peak has become much livelier.
She has always been a kind-hearted girl who knows how to repay kindness. She also heard about the recent fire that burned the spirit fields on Qingzhu Peak.
So, she took the initiative to help Lin Mo relieve his burdens.
This actually gave Lin Mo more free time.
As for Master Yuehua, after distributing the stipends and purchasing spiritual rice, the disciples returned to their usual routine. The entire Qingzhu Peak no longer felt as lifeless as before.
Some disciples even spread rumors that when Senior Brother Lin Mo came out of seclusion, he was summoned by Master Yuehua. It was after that meeting that the disciples received their stipends and were able to eat the spiritual rice again.
The disciples weren’t foolish; they quickly realized that all of this was due to their Senior Brother.
They began to respect and admire him even more. Whenever they saw Lin Mo, they would proactively greet him, and they did their best to complete the tasks he assigned.
As for Ye Kai starting to transport spiritual soil, they had all heard about it. Even though they saw him working from dawn to dusk, so exhausted he could barely move, none of the disciples offered to help.
To them, Ye Kai was as guilty as Yuan Li, who had set fire to the fields. After all, it was because he had pleaded for Yuan Li back then that they had been left hungry for so long.
In the end, wasn’t it Senior Brother Lin who helped them eat their fill again and even gave them spirit stones?
However, the disciples of Qingzhu Peak still felt a bit dissatisfied. While they were happy to have spiritual rice again, they missed the meat from spirit beasts!
Master Yuehua also noticed this issue. She didn’t want to keep sending her disciple out to hunt in the Great Continent Mountains, so she thought she should take on the responsibility as the master of Qingzhu Peak. Therefore, she personally went to the Great Continent Mountains.
Lin Mo, meanwhile, was leisurely enjoying tea in his courtyard. When he heard Guzi’s report about this, he didn’t have much of a reaction.
What Master Yuehua was doing now was precisely what a normal master should do.
The original owner had already done enough. He was just the Senior Brother of Qingzhu Peak, not their father.
He would take care of his responsibilities, but anything beyond that depended on his mood.
If the disciples of Qingzhu Peak continued to respect him, listen to him, and honor him as they had been doing, then giving them a little treat once in a while wouldn’t be a problem.
Now, his life truly resembled that of a Senior Brother.
Meanwhile, Master Yuehua arrived at the Great Continent Mountains, flying on her sword.
She didn’t know as much about the Great Continent Mountains as Lin Mo did. Before, she only passed through here without paying much attention.
As soon as she entered the mountains, she quickly felt the oppressive atmosphere.
Looking at the environment, and recalling what a disciple had said about Lin Mo spending over half a month each time he went hunting here, she couldn’t help but feel a pang in her heart. “I didn’t realize that Mo’er often has to live alone in such an environment for over half a month…”
For a Nascent Soul cultivator like her, dealing with the low-level demon beasts at the outer edge was nothing—one sword strike could take care of them easily.
However, the quality of the meat from those outer-level beasts was far inferior to the one she ate.
Filled with doubt, Master Yuehua continued deeper into the mountains.
With each small step she took into the mountains, she encountered more demon beasts, and they became stronger.
After traveling about twenty miles in, she finally found the kind of high-quality spirit beast meat she normally ate.
But the demon beasts here were not only close to Golden Core level, but also extremely cunning. The higher-quality spirit herbs in the area were surrounded by all kinds of traps, which could easily take the life of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
“Mo’er actually goes this deep into such a dangerous place just to get me good-quality spirit beast meat…” Master Yuehua let out a heavy sigh, feeling even more guilty.
If it weren’t for the many life-and-death situations he’d faced, how could her disciple be so free and able to come and go from such places?
It seemed that in these years, while she was focused on her cultivation, she hadn’t paid enough attention to the things her disciple had done for her and for Qingzhu Peak.
