"I saw that Senior Sister was sleeping very soundly and couldn't be woken up. Was she having an erotic dream? Was I in her dream?"

"..."

"Big sister, you are so shy, have you never had a boyfriend? There are so many people chasing after you, but haven't you found a boyfriend or something?"

"..."

After listening to Chen Yin talking for a long time, Shen Shuanglian only managed to squeeze out a sentence slowly: "Say something you can say back."

Chen Yin coughed dryly and said slowly: "Then. Why did Senior Sister save me?"

"I, didn't I tell you? You are my junior fellow apprentice. I can't just watch my fellow apprentice fall off a cliff and die—"

"Is there any other reason?" Chen Yin stared into Shen Shuanglian's eyes with clear eyes.

Shen Shuanglian lowered her eyebrows and after a long time she turned her head away gently, avoiding Chen Yin's sight.

“Isn’t this reason enough?”

"At least for me, it's not enough."

Chen Yin said lazily, "I don't know what kind of environment Senior Sister has lived in since she was a child."

"But I have been wandering in this world since I can remember."

"There is nothing to eat. There is nothing to wear. In order to survive, you have to fight with wild dogs for the dirty cakes and discarded rotten meat on the ground."

"Just thinking about how to survive is exhausting. Dignity or something, I don't even know what that is."

"For people like us, even accepting kindness is a luxury."

Chen Yin recalled and said, "If someone gave me a piece of cake with a kind face, I would not eat it."

"I would worry if they had put me in there with anesthetics, and if they were going to knock me out and sell me as a pedophile."

"If I find medicine for the cold, I will pour it into the wild dog's food first, and only dare to swallow it after the wild dog eats it without dying."

Shen Shuanglian was speechless after hearing this. After a long pause, she asked hesitantly, "Do we need to be so careful?"

"Children who aren't so careful won't survive even half a year. I've seen a lot of them."

He turned his head and looked at Shen Shuanglian, his eyes were so bright that no one could hide:

“So, I don’t believe in kindness without reason.”

"I don't believe that anyone would sacrifice their life for someone who has nothing to do with them."

...Maybe there was in the world I used to live in.

But in this world.

Impossible.

"So, Senior Sister, why did you jump down with me?"

He looked at Shen Shuanglian with burning eyes.

Shen Shuanglian pursed her lips slightly, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

"Of course." Chen Yin's expression changed and he returned to a relaxed and smiling tone. "If you are attracted by my suave appearance and fall in love with me at first sight and want to marry me in this life, then I can still reluctantly believe it."

"Ah, who made me so charming?"

Shen Shuanglian lowered her head.

Her beautiful eyes flickered several times, but in the end she just said softly:

"Maybe, it's just because I'm different from you."

"For me, some things don't need reasons."

For example, what you said about love at first sight.

For example, I saved you.

Thirty-six, the big one is coming

Chen Yin was slightly disappointed.

In the end, he didn't hear what he wanted to hear from Shen Shuanglian.

But he didn't take it to heart, and turned his head and said, "It's almost time. Are you hungry? I'll find you something to eat."

"No." Shen Shuanglian struggled to get up, "You are injured, let me do it--"

Chen Yin pushed her back and asked:

"Can you cook?"

Shen Shuanglian shook her head blankly.

"Do you know which fruits are edible and which are not?"

Shake his head.

"Can you catch anything besides hares?"

Still shaking his head.

"Just lie down. Your physical condition is not much better than mine right now."

Chen Yin stood up and looked at the cave entrance: "It won't be long. If I haven't come back in an hour, don't look for me, run away immediately."

Just as Shen Shuanglian was about to retort, Chen Yin had already left the cave without saying anything.

All of a sudden, the entire cave returned to its darkness and silence, with a hint of eerie desolation.

Shen Shuanglian wrapped herself tightly in the coat left by Chen Yin, curled up on the ground, and looked at the candlelight silently.

The candlelight flickered, and she couldn't help but move closer to the clothes and sniff them gently.

"You lied to him." The system's voice suddenly sounded, "You don't have any elixirs with you. You don't have any points to redeem elixirs in the mall."

Shen Shuanglian just stared at the fire in disappointment without saying a word.

"At this rate, his injury will heal soon, but your injury will become more dangerous the longer you delay."

"I don't care." Shen Shuanglian shook her head. "He probably won't die."

"If your foundation is damaged, it will be difficult for you to make any progress in the future. How are you going to fight that girl in five years?"

"Injuries can be healed, and cultivation can be restored. If it really doesn't work, I can die together with that girl."

Seeing that it couldn't persuade her, the system could only sigh helplessly.

Shen Shuanglian hesitated for a moment and whispered, "...I'm sorry."

"Is it possible that my willfulness will cause you trouble?"

"...That's all."

The system's voice was kind: "We are different from you after all. The concepts of life and death are meaningless to us."

"If you really don't want to live this kind of life according to the plot, then just live happily."

"Let's just treat it as a chance encounter and have no connection with each other in five years."

Shen Shuanglian stared out of the cave in a trance for a long time.

After a moment, her eyes slowly became firm.

"...I will do as you say."

"Even if I give up, the other destiny ones may not give up."

"After all, I have to make sure he is safe before I can rest assured."

The system stopped talking. The entire cave returned to silence.

-

After leaving the cave, Chen Yin walked for a long distance.

Although Tiantu Dangerous Area is known as the most dangerous place, Chen Yin did not see any danger along the way. Instead, it was full of beautiful mountains and clear waters, no people, and beautiful natural scenery.

The lush vegetation, singing birds and fragrant flowers make it look like a paradise.

Not only that, Chen Yin also saw countless exotic flowers and plants recorded in ancient books, magical herbs, and many rare and exotic animals along the way, but most of them were gentle in temperament and would just run away when they saw people.

...This is not the Heavenly Path Dangerous Area, just call it the Heavenly Path Wonderland. Chen Yin couldn't help but complain in his heart.

To be honest, if many of the materials here could be taken to the outside world, they could make a lot of money, so much so that Chen Yin couldn't stop drooling when looking at those herbs, as if they were all white spirit stones.

Unfortunately, most of these magical herbs require special containers to retain their spiritual energy. Even if you pick them all, they will be useless if you can't transport them out.

Chen Yin recalled the time when he was a child, sneaking into his master's treasure house to read the ancient books and records, picking some herbs that could open up the meridians and some edible fruits along the way.

He vaguely remembered that the ancient book said that a combination of several herbs could repair meridians, but he was not sure about the specific combination method, so he had to pick a large bunch of them.

Finally, I just need to find some meat to nourish my body.

Chen Yin fixed his eyes on a deer that was leisurely strolling not far away.

…I’m sorry, he thought silently in his heart.

The light white Changming sword broke through the air in an instant, and the poor deer lost its life before it realized what was happening.

Chen Yin walked over, skillfully cut off the antlers, carried the whole deer on his shoulders, hummed a little tune and prepared to walk back.

But after taking only two steps, he suddenly stopped.

He heard an extremely ferocious tiger roar.

Turning his head, he saw a huge tiger with purple-gold markings all over its body and a ferocious aura, staring at him intently in the ravine not far away.

Chen Yin looked down at the deer he was carrying, and then at the tiger.

...I see. I must have stolen that guy's prey.

Although the tiger looked like an ordinary tiger, Chen Yin could feel that there was a heart-pounding aura hidden in its body, and it was obviously not an ordinary beast.

A spiritual beast? If it were a spiritual beast, this size would be that of a cub, and judging by its aura, it should be at the level of a Chengmen.

Chen Yin turned his head and looked around, but he didn't see the little fellow's parents, brothers, or sisters, so he put the deer down and smiled at it sinisterly:

"Hey, little tiger, are you angry that I stole your prey?"

The purple-haired tiger growled and its whiskers trembled slightly.

"Are you angry? Do you want to beat me up?"

After saying that, he turned his head and said, "Come and bite me~ If you bite me, I will return the prey to you~"

The purple tiger could no longer tolerate it. It roared, pounced on Chen Yin with its nimble body, and swung its tiger claws with great force.

But as soon as it jumped up, Chen Yin chopped down the tree next to him with a sword, and the trunk fell directly on the purple tiger in mid-air.

"Ouch..."

After a series of wails, the purple tiger was pinned under the tree trunk, unable to move, and could only let out low roars and gasps.

"Hey, you're still too young."

Chen Yin walked up to him with a swagger and said in a mean way, "Don't be so angry next time. Look carefully before you act, so you don't get tricked again, okay?"

"You're unlucky to meet me this time. I have a friend who is injured, so I'd like to lend you my magic pill."

"But it doesn't matter, it's just a demon pill. You can get it back after practicing for a few hundred years."

Zihu seemed to realize what he was about to do. A very human-like trace of fear flashed across his eyes, and he let out a hissing roar from his mouth.

Chen Yin pretended not to hear and walked towards him with a villain's grin on his face, sword in hand.

-

When we returned to the cave, the sun was already high in the sky.

As soon as she saw Chen Yin coming back, Shen Shuanglian's anxious expression finally eased, with a hint of low reproach and anger:

"Didn't we agree on an hour? I almost went to find you."

"Sorry, I saw something good at the last minute and it took me a little longer."

Chen Yin threw the deer to the ground and then skillfully started a fire.

Shen Shuanglian couldn't do anything and could only watch silently from the side.

"……thank you."

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