Henghai Provincial City.

Ye Family.

Luo Xiu struggled to sit up in bed, but each movement sent a piercing pain throughout his body, both inside and out.

Seeing this, Su Shenyun hurriedly pressed him down. "Don't move," she said sternly. "Lie back down!"

Helpless, Luo Xiu could only obey, letting out a long sigh. He had only woken up this time thanks to Ye Ningxue's Blood Essence Vitality and Chi Sha's help.

"Where's Xiao Xue?" Luo Xiu asked.

Su Shenyun's expression dimmed. After a moment's hesitation, she said, "To save you, Xiao Xue has lost all her cultivation. And... an Elder of the Ye Family also... passed away."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xiu's gaze sharpened, and he bolted upright.

Startled, Su Shenyun quickly grabbed his shoulders. "Didn't I tell you to lie down and not move?"

Luo Xiu trembled from the pain, clenching his fists. His voice quivered. "How could this happen?"

Su Shenyun gently pushed him back down. "I spoke with Elder Ye earlier. Actually, this is a form of liberation for Xiao Xue."

"Besides, that disciple of yours... she would truly do anything for you."

Hearing this, Luo Xiu's heart filled with even more guilt.

Su Shenyun continued, "The Ye Family Soldiers chosen throughout the generations are all taught the Blood Essence Sacrifice Technique from a young age. While it boosts their strength in a very short time, the price is a limited lifespan. They don't live past thirty."

At this, a pang of pain shot through Su Shenyun's heart as she gave Luo Xiu a deep look.

"That is the side effect of the Blood Essence Sacrifice Technique."

"Now that Xiao Xue's cultivation is gone, the side effects have disappeared. She no longer has to bear the fate of a Soldier."

Luo Xiu was puzzled. "What exactly do the Ye Family Soldiers do?"

"The Soldiers exist to prepare for war," Su Shenyun explained. "Once a war breaks out, they enter the battlefield and fight until either all the enemies have fallen, or they have."

"It is precisely because of this contribution to Hua Country that the Ye Family has been able to prosper for so long."

After a long silence, Luo Xiu asked, "What's the situation at the laboratory?"

"I sent people to search the entire underground floor," Su Shenyun replied. "Beyond some abandoned experimental equipment, we didn't find any useful data or records."

"Therefore, we can't find any evidence to prove Chen Xuanbao's connection to that lab, so we can't convict him."

"It seems they knew we would take action and evacuated in advance." She let out a self-deprecating laugh. "They left us nothing but a bare bone, without a shred of meat on it."

Luo Xiu asked, "So, you plan to keep going after them?"

"Of course." Su Shenyun nodded gently. "Eliminating the Holy Boi Religion to avenge my mother and fulfill her last wish is the one thing I want to accomplish most in my life."

Then, she smiled, pushing the sad thoughts away. Her hand suddenly grew mischievous, sliding across Luo Xiu's abdomen and slowly slipping into the waistband of his pants.

"However, I'll be taking a break for a while."

"A break for what?" Luo Xiu turned his head away, feigning composure.

"To keep you company, of course."

"I don't need your company."

"No, you do."

"HISS... Your nail scratched me, be gentle!"

"..."

「That afternoon.」

Luo Xiu, in a wheelchair, was pushed by Su Shenyun to the funeral of the Ye Family Elder.

Ye Ningxue was a weeping mess. The Elder had sacrificed himself so that she wouldn't have to die young.

After the funeral ended, Elder Ye approached Luo Xiu's wheelchair. "You must be aware of your own condition by now," he said slowly. "Last time I asked you to marry Xiao Xue, you said you had a terminal illness and didn't have long to live. It seems that was true."

"At the time, I thought you were just making up an excuse."

Hearing this, Su Shenyun shot a sharp look at Elder Ye, urgently trying to signal him with her eyes to stop. She didn't want Luo Xiu to know that she knew about his terminal illness.

Luo Xiu nodded slightly. "It's likely due to an excess of Yang Energy."

"You have the Nine Yang Constitution," Elder Ye stated. "And your only hope of survival now is to find someone with the Nine Yin Constitution."

"Our Ye Family has already lost its Soldiers for your sake, and Xiao Xue is now just an ordinary girl. On top of that, we have also lost an Elder." He stared at Luo Xiu, his voice earnest and serious. "Therefore, you must survive!"

"And don't blame an old man like me for being so blunt. As the head of the family, I must consider the interests and future of the entire clan. I speak directly, so I hope you'll forgive me."

Luo Xiu naturally understood the old man's meaning.

Just like Liu Dexuan of the Wind Blade Sect, the Ye Family also wants to attach itself to Ghost Valley. Now that they've lost their Soldiers and an Elder, they have no path of retreat and can only follow this one to the very end.

"I will do my best."

Elder Ye's tone grew heavy. "Not 'do your best.' You *must*."

After a moment's thought, Luo Xiu said earnestly, "Since Xiao Xue is my disciple, she is, by extension, my heir. Is that enough?"

At these words, Elder Ye's eyes widened in disbelief. He instantly understood.

It meant that Ye Ningxue was also a Ghost Valley Disciple and could even become a Descendant of Ghost Valley one day.

If the Ye Family could produce a Descendant of Ghost Valley, what could be more secure than that?

Full of gratitude, Elder Ye looked at Luo Xiu, bowed deeply, then turned and left.

If it weren't for the sacrifice of an Elder, the old man would probably be grinning from ear to ear, practically walking on air. Ye Ningxue not only escaped the fate of a Soldier but also became a Ghost Valley Disciple—a true double blessing! As for Luo Xiu marrying Ye Ningxue, the old man had long since tossed that thought to the wind. Now that Luo Xiu had acknowledged her as his disciple in the truest sense, marriage was irrelevant.

...

After leaving the Ye Family, Luo Xiu returned to Yue Tianyang's Feiyun Villa, taking Ye Ningxue with him.

As she was his disciple, she naturally had to learn from her master before her training was complete.

Luo Xiu decided to recuperate at Feiyun Villa for a few days, live a shameless life with Su Shenyun, and wait for Li Chaoqun to deliver the Scorching Sun Profound Purity Fruit before returning to Sea City.

Time flowed like a river.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Li Chaoqun still hadn't delivered the Scorching Sun Profound Purity Fruit.

Luo Xiu wasn't concerned. He spent his days in a wheelchair, attended to by a goddess, living a life of utter comfort and contentment.

His only dissatisfaction was his inability to truly live that shameless life with Su Shenyun. This was because Sun Li and Ye Ningxue were always around. Furthermore, the mayor's daughter, Zhang Yi, visited every day and had even moved in, becoming best friends with the other two.

That day, Luo Xiu woke up early and started shouting.

"Su Shenyun, come attend to Us as We bathe and dress! Then take Us fishing!"

His words earned him an eye-roll from Su Shenyun.

However, outside of their playful moments, Su Shenyun was truly dignified and gentle, and took very good care of him.

「At the same time.」

Ye Ningxue was also up early, sitting cross-legged in the courtyard, sensing the aura of the world around her.

Despite having lost her cultivation, she trained hard every day.

This time, she wanted to become powerful on her own terms, no longer relying on the Ye Family's Blood Essence Sacrifice Technique.

「On the other hand.」

Sun Li and Zhang Yi drove away from Feiyun Villa, heading to the market. They planned to buy all of Luo Xiu's favorite foods, and a massive amount at that, because his appetite was terrifyingly large.

However, the two women had not returned by that evening, and they were unreachable.

Su Shenyun went out to search, only to find a crashed car with bloodstains inside.

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