Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Yun Shu had almost forgotten about them. He cast a glance in their direction and said, “I don’t need your loyalty. Also, I have no idea if she has decided to forgive you all!”

The slender man was the fastest to react. He hurriedly crawled over to Su Lingwen and kept hitting his head against the ground. “Senior Sister Su, please forgive us! I was totally blind for being so rude to you! Please forgive me! Please! If you’re still angry, beat me as hard as you can!”

The rest of the men followed his lead, and they also started to kowtow to apologize. Su Lingwen didn’t even want to look at them, however.

“Fu*k off!” she said simply.

Seeing her disregard, those men didn’t know what to do.

“Didn’t you hear what she said? Fu*k off. Right now!” Yun Shu walked to their front and said coldly.

After exchanging some looks with each other, they had no choice but to leave in great pain. Besides, they could only crawl their way back. If they had not been cultivators, they would have all passed out due to the torment.

After they left, Yun Shu walked to Su Lingwen and asked gently, “Are you hurt?”

Su Lingwen shook her head in response. Yun Shu felt more relaxed as he continued, “They called you Senior Sister?”

She looked at him and retorted, “You have a problem with that?”

Yun Shu scratched his head. “Senior, how old are you, may I ask?”

He was cautious, fearing that he might make her angry.

“Seventeen,” answered Su Lingwen succinctly.

“What?!” Yun Shu almost jumped up in fright.

He had thought Su Lingwen was a senior in the sect, even believing that she was over a hundred years old!

However, it turned out that she was only seventeen!

“But I kept calling you Senior…”

“I didn’t ask you to,” said Su Lingwen.

“Couldn’t you just correct me?” Yun Shu was quite speechless.

“I don’t like talking to people. Also, it doesn’t really matter.” Su Lingwen shook her head.

Yun Shu opened his eyes wide. “But that’s important to me! I became your junior for no reason!”

Su Lingwen curled her lips and said, “Is it that important to you? I can call you Senior Yun, Uncle Yun, or Elder brother Yun if you want.”

Yun Shu hurriedly waved his hands, “Forget about it. Just call me Yun Shu.”

Su Lingwen snorted and looked away. After a while, she said, “Thanks.”

“That’s nothing.” Yun Shu grinned.

Su Lingwen continued to appreciate his efforts. “You’re the first person who has treated me so well these years. I should say thank you at the very least.”

Feeling sorry for her, Yun Shu’s heart softened. “Senior Sister Su—”

“You can just call me by name,” interrupted Su Lingwen.

Yun Shu murmured her name under his breath and said, “Calling your full name feels a bit awkward, though.”

“Then skip the surname.”

“Lingwen… Right!” It took Yun Shu a while to get used to the name as he repeated it a few times.

“You want to ask me something?” asked Su Lingwen in a low voice.

Yun Shu weighed his words carefully and finally opened his mouth. “I can tell that you know how to fight, and you can even do it better than me. Why didn’t you fight back?”

Su Lingwen remained silent for a while and then finally answered, “I can’t move my legs. They were some distance away from me. I could do nothing.”

“Your legs couldn’t move? Why?” Yun Shu was slightly shocked.

“You have golden pupils. Take a look on your own,” said Su Lingwen as if it was not a big deal.

Yun Shu nodded, used his ability as instructed, and looked at Su Lingwen’s legs.

The meridians in her calves were extremely thin as though they had suffered from meridian necrosis.