Heart Protection (Back from the Brink)

CHAPTER 8

Yan Hui watched over Tian Yao the entire night and didn't sleep at all. In the end, she learned that he had been plotting against her from the first day. She felt like a stupid cow, being led by the nose the entire time. She seethed with anger.

She left the lake in the early morning with Tian Yao. After returning to the small courtyard, she climbed into bed and pulled the covers over her head, not caring about anything else.

Grandmother Xiao was very ill and could not rise from her bed. Tian Yao stayed by her side and waited on her. He didn't look after Yan Hui.

Although Yan Hui was snuggled under the blanket, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Her mind kept recalling Tian Yao's words. Ten years had passed since Liang Xiao accepted her as his disciple and brought her to Chen Xing Mountain to cultivate. In that period of time, she didn't kill many demons, but she did encounter many and heard of countless others. There were endless varieties.

But if you were to speak about dragon demons......

Dragon demons twenty years ago......

A bright light suddenly flashed in Yan Hui's mind. Before, at the lakeside, her thoughts were too jumbled, so she didn't remember. Now that her thoughts quieted and she could think, she suddenly remembered something she'd heard somewhere. Twenty years ago, the Master of the Guang Han Sect and her grandmaster, Zhenren Qing Guang killed a large demon together. As for the demon's true self, some said snake, others said fox. The story was muddled with uncertainty. In the end, no one could say for sure if it actually happened or not.

The two cultivators in the story had reached a high level, so naturally, no one dared to ask them. Thus, among the young disciples, the story morphed into a legend.

Some said Master of the Guang Han Sect, Su Ying, had been deceived by the demon and fell deeply in love with him. When she found out everything was a lie, she ruthlessly struck and eliminated the demon for the world's Great Dao. Some said that my sect's grandmaster, Zhenren Qing Guang, was looking at the astrological signs and discovered that a demon entered the city. Thus, he joined hands with the master of the Guang Han Sect, and they vanquished the demon together. They also had an indescribable love-hate relationship between them two Such melodrama quickly became a scandalous topic in the city's gossip.

Yes, Yan Hui's mind suddenly cleared. She remembered there was a day when a few of her fellow disciples huddled together to talk about this matter. It just so happened that Zhenren Qing Guang arrived at the disciples' room to visit kin. A few of the girls were talking excitedly and completely didn't realize he had arrived behind them.

At the time, Yan Hui was sitting off to the side. She looked in surprise at the man who had already been cultivating for 100 years yet still looked youthful, Zhenren Qing Guang. Like a kid, he squeezed his head in to listen to the story.

She heard her senior disciple say: "......but when Sect Master Su Ying saw that Grandmaster was hurt, she became angry. She waved her hand at that hateful demon. At the risk of her life, she saved Grandmaster."

The person in the story, Grandmaster, stroked his chin: "Hey......why did the Grandmaster need saving?"

The senior disciple didn't look over: "Grandmaster got hurt earlier trying to save Sect Master Su Ying!"

Grandmaster nodded: "I see."

Sitting off to the side, the corner of Yan Hui's mouth twitched. When this exchange finished, the pile of eagerly listening people finally turned their heads. They blankly stared at the beaming Zhenren Qing Guang who had been standing behind them. They all had a dumbstruck and speechless expression.