5 - The Eldest Martial Sister Gave Up Treatment

Chapter 4: The Sorceress Queen, Bai Lian! He wanted to check if there was mud inside his head. “Fate will bring us together again.” The girl left him no time to respond and walked into the snowstorm. It was too sudden. You Gui vaguely remembered staggering as he got up. He wished to chase after the girl’s silhouette, but how could his broken body move quickly? He yearned to ask for her name, yet the girl afforded him no opportunity. Many years passed after that. Whether it was a hundred years or two hundred, he did not know. Returning from the icy wilderness, You Gui carved out a reputation for himself as a renowned Golden Core stage cultivator. He would no longer be trapped to death by a mere cold snap on the icy plains. One day. He heard a tale about the "Immortal." Legend has it. Beyond the mountains, across the seas, there was a girl whose true name no one knew, nor how long she had lived. She would "die" every so often, adopting a new identity before starting afresh elsewhere. This secret came to light when they caught and burned the girl alive, only for her to rise again. What do cultivators fear the most? Death! To fall before reaching the zenith of immortality. If one could have powers akin to that girl, even an ant could dream of the day they would become a god! Was this not exciting? Yet You Gui did not ignite with excitement. He thought of the girl who had saved him, recalling her peculiar words. The later memories were blurry. You Gui only remembered spending considerable effort to finally find the "Immortal." As he expected, the Immortal was the very girl who saved him on the icy plains. The youth of years past met the girl of years past! Was this fate? Heh heh (*^▽^*) Since then, You Gui followed the girl, but it didn’t take long for him to realize he had misunderstood. Love doesn’t always blossom upon reunion. “Do you have someone you like?” At the Jade Capital Tower, You Gui voiced his thoughts aloud. “No, or maybe, yes.” “?” The girl gazed afar toward the icy plains: “I like the wind here, the snow, the mountains, and the water here. You know, immortality’s loneliness is quite unbearable, but I’m not very afraid, because there’s always an invisible friend by my side.” “?” You Gui was even more confused. An invisible friend? A ghost? Something felt off; his cultivation was not low by then, yet he saw nothing. “It’s not a ghost, just an invisible friend. I can’t see Them, nor hear Their voice, but I can feel Their presence, always accompanying me wherever I go.” “For example?” “When I’m tired from walking, They’ll listen to the wind with me. When I eat, They watch quietly by my side. And when it gets chilly at night, They warm my bed for me…” “…” You Gui rubbed his head. Why did he feel like he’d been put on the sidelines? Then again, it didn’t quite fit. Since nothing had started, there was no blame in ending it. It’s just… Being outdone by an “invisible friend” was rather distressing! You Gui never thought the girl would deceive him. And so, he accompanied the girl in founding the earliest Hades Hall. Not even the infernal underworld dared accept the immortal.