Sorry, master, my junior sister has surrendered to the enemy!

After Li Heng got the mahogany dagger, he couldn't let it go and would play with it for several hours every day.

Once, he sneaked out of the mansion without telling anyone, making it difficult for everyone in the mansion to find him, and several of his personal servants were not spared from punishment.

The older ones were beaten with sticks, and their wailing sounds echoed in the yard.

The younger ones, such as Chu Yu and several other servants, were punished by being forced to kneel in the yard under the scorching sun while holding basins full of water.

Some of them couldn't hold on and fainted. After an unknown amount of time, some of the children collapsed from exhaustion, some fainted from heatstroke, and only Chu Yu persisted.

It was not until the evening that Li Heng was sent back by a big man with a beard.

The identity of that big man was not simple. He came and talked a lot with the head and wife of the Li family.

What was said was probably that Li Heng secretly ran to Fengyuan Martial Arts Hall, showed great martial arts talent in front of the instructor, and defeated many children who had been practicing since childhood with a short wooden sword.

The most important sentence is: He has a very high talent in swordsmanship, extraordinary physique, and the potential to become an immortal.

Just this one sentence changed Li Heng's daily life.

His daily routine changed from practicing calligraphy to various kinds of training.

"Xiaoyu! Dad said that I can practice sword now, and I don't have to write on white paper anymore..." Li Heng rushed into the yard with a happy face, but his joy came to an abrupt end when he saw the scene in the yard.

Several servants were lying on the ground with pale faces. Xiaoyu's thin body was staggering, and his hands, which were holding the basin of water, were so tense that they turned purple. He had long lost consciousness.

"Really? Congratulations." Chu Yu congratulated calmly, endured the pain in his body, and put down the basin tremblingly.

Li Heng got what he wanted, but he was not happy.

He knew that his decision to sneak out secretly had caused the people around him to be punished.

After that day, Chu Yu felt that Li Heng's personality had changed. He was no longer the arrogant young master he used to be. When there were only a few people around him, he was more like a friend.

Chu Yu didn't care. All these changes were just a change of job content for her.

However, compared to practicing calligraphy, Li Heng originally liked practicing martial arts, which made her job easier.

……

Li Heng felt that Xiaoyu was his best friend and they could talk about anything. No matter what he said, Xiaoyu could always connect with him.

But strangely, his friend doesn't like to laugh.

Even if they encountered something extremely funny, Xiaoyu would only respond perfunctorily and then return to his calm expression.

Li Heng didn't understand. He just felt that Xiaoyu was unhappy and might be hungry.

He started bringing food to Xiaoyu every day.

Xiaoyu continued to eat as usual, and gradually she started to gain weight after being malnourished.

But she still doesn't like to laugh.

A few years passed like this, and both of them grew up a lot, becoming boys and girls of twelve or thirteen years old.

Li Heng was used to Xiaoyu's dislike of smiling, until one day, he saw Xiaoyu picking up a hammer and walking towards the housekeeper who was half a head taller than her in order to collect the overdue monthly wages for a friend. He was stunned.

Xiaoyu's face still had that familiar and calm expression, but at this moment she showed a kind of crazy feeling of indifference to life and death.

Yes, it’s that feeling of not caring about life or death, fighting if you don’t agree, and not wanting to live anymore.

Could it be that she has always been like this?

It was also from that day that he found out that his subordinates were embezzling the monthly wages of other servants.

This was a big shock to Li Heng, who had been concentrating on practicing martial arts and paying no attention to what was happening outside.

He severely punished the butler and even fired him on the spot, but his mother called the butler back in the evening and made him a doorman.

It seemed like he was saying something like, this housekeeper is a distant relative who came here for refuge, so it's not a good idea to just kick him out.

Li Heng just felt that it was outrageous.

He is a little panicked now.

He was afraid that his friend would not want to live anymore one day and would find a place to die without anyone noticing.

So when he brought Shi Xuanyi home that day, he was nervous.

No matter which sect I join in the future, no matter whether Xiaoyu has the talent for cultivation or not, I must bring her out of the Li family.

She obviously didn't like it here.

If you can't bring her into the sect, just place her where she wants to go.

However, he was a little overthinking. When the test instrument emitted a dazzling red light in Xiaoyu's hand, Li Heng was extremely excited.

Yes, Xiaoyu’s skills and reactions are more agile than those of ordinary people, and she can definitely catch the ink she spills.

She had more endurance than ordinary people. Even though she was so thin, she managed to hold on for a whole day while carrying a heavy basin of water.

Why doubt her talent?

At this moment, looking at Xiaoyu's still confused expression, Li Heng danced excitedly.

Xiaoyu, do you know that your Xuan Guang is brighter than other children in Fengyuan Wutang?

Xiaoyu, you are better than them all. Oh no, there’s me too. We are both awesome!

"Xiaoyu, you also have talent, let's worship the Immortal Sect together!"

That day, Xiaoyu laughed very happily, sincerely, and even laughed to the point of tears.

A mixture of sadness and joy, this was the first time she showed her truest emotions, and Li Heng could tell.

He also said something that he couldn't quite understand, but he still remembers it today:

"Thank you, Li Heng." She would not call herself Master when she was excited.

"So that's how it is. I thought... Never mind. If you hadn't told me this, I would have thought my life was a horror story. You gave me a vision for the future. I couldn't find a way to go back, and I wanted to die. I didn't expect..."

"Huh~" After saying those confusing words, she took a deep breath and finally responded: "Li Heng, let's worship the Immortal Sect together."

……

Li Heng started training with real weapons; that mahogany dagger was no longer good enough.

Li Heng spent more and more time in Fengyuan Martial Arts Hall. During this period, everyone in the Li family was busy with Li Heng's joining the sect, and they just thought it was a good thing that he was obsessed with martial arts.

The head of the Li family did not know that Chu Yu also had talent. Cultivation resources were expensive, and the Li family could not possibly support both a young master and a maid who was not related to the family at the same time.

Therefore, Li Heng only told his family that he needed someone to take care of him along the way, and chose Xiaoyu.

The Li family didn't take it seriously, and they also agreed that their son needed someone to take care of him.

One day, Azan, Li Heng’s personal servant, came back to chat with Chu Yu about gossip, saying that the young master had fallen in love with a female disciple from the Xiaoyao Sword Sect. He had seen her and said she was very pretty.

"So he wants to go to Xiaoyao Sword Sect?"

"Is this sect good?"

Hearing Chu Yu asking irrelevant questions, the book boy Azan tapped her head and said, "What are you asking? Are you listening to me?"

"Oh, I'm listening. Aren't we talking about the Free Sword Sect?"

Chu Yu helplessly touched his forehead which was a little painful from being hit.

"Have you never heard of Xiaoyao Sword Sect? We are number one in Zhongzhou, and we are more than qualified to compete for the top spot among the five major sects!"

After boasting for a while, Azan immediately changed the subject: "But I think it will be difficult for you to pursue her."

"Oh, then do you think there is a sect more powerful than Xiaoyao Sword Sect?"

"I surrender to you, Xiaoyu, you didn't even listen to me!"

"I'm listening, so is there any sect stronger than Xiaoyao Sword Sect!!!"

"How should I know this?"

"What about other sects similar to it? Are there any?"

"There are four more, but... they are too far away, not in Zhongzhou. I have never even left Fengyuan County in my life, let alone the other continents..."

"That's it..."

Azan listened to her interest in other sects, looked at her carefully, and said, "Actually, Xiaoyu, the head of the family can't see it, but we close friends can feel it from the details..."

At this time, Azan suddenly lowered his voice, and his head lowered as he spoke. When he spoke the last few words, his tone was unclear and Chu Yu could not hear clearly.

"What? What did you see?" Chu Yu was confused.

"You, do you also have talent? Are you going to take part in the Immortal Gate Assessment?" Azan asked in a low voice.

"Uh..." Chu Yu was silent for a moment, she didn't know how to respond.

"We are inseparable every day, how can I not see it? Do you know that if a normal girl was as thin as you were before, she would have been suffering from malnutrition and illness, but you are so lively..."

Chu Yu: "...I...was weak during that period. It wasn't my will. After all, I was only five years old at that time. I couldn't be beaten..."

Azan: "Forget it, let's not talk about sad things. You are leaving, and as friends we don't have anything valuable, so we can only gather some money for you."

"What?" Chu Yu was shocked, and his inner shock was beyond words.

She used to treat them as just colleagues, but after spending time together for a long time, she had to communicate more so that they could become friends.

did not expect……

Azan took out a bag of silver and stuffed it into Chu Yu's hand:

"I heard that cultivation is very expensive, but we all don't have much money. Young Master, don't worry, he has the support of his family, but what about you? So we scraped together enough to save this, don't think it's too little..."

"I can't take it." Chu Yu quickly refused. She understood that everyone has a hard time, and she couldn't just take away the money that others had worked so hard to earn.

Seeing her like this, Azan showed some anger on his face: "If you don't care about our friendship like this, I will be angry."

"Friendship is friendship, money is money. Being angry for two days will be over. Once the money is gone, it's gone." Chu Yu stuffed the purse back.

"If you hadn't stepped forward to ask the housekeeper to help us get the monthly salary, my mother would have died of illness long ago. The same goes for Amu's family. They all rely on his monthly salary to survive. Xiaoyu, you have helped us a lot, and this is what you deserve."

During the argument between Azan and her, Chu Yu didn't even notice that her eyes were red.

She felt that the days were becoming more and more hopeful.

Although her future is uncertain, it is better than being a servant in the Li family. She should be happy.

But looking at these former friends, she couldn't be happy.

"Just come back and see us often."

"I think it would be great if you became rich. If we could be your friend, no one would dare to bully us if we told others about it."

Chu Yu really cried after hearing this. She had spent twelve years half-dead in this new world and new body. She always looked indifferent to life and death, but at this moment her defenses broke down.

How can one not be moved by such sincere concern?

She agreed to Azan's request without hesitation.

"I will come back to see you often..." Chu Yu said while crying, taking out a handkerchief to wipe his nose continuously.

“Wuwuwu, I, I will definitely, definitely, come back, wuwuwu…”

She didn't know that she had only come back once since then. That was a month before the sect conference started. She came back to visit her relatives. Her friends had already gone their separate ways and left the Li family to live their own lives. They had agreed to get together once a year. After that, she became the furnace cauldron of Tianchen Xianmen and never came back.

But right now, Chu Yu was crying emotionally.

"Wow, why are you guys so nice to me..."

Azan felt uncomfortable seeing Chu Yu crying like a dam bursting, but he still secretly tied the purse around her waist when she wasn't paying attention.

"Hey, Xiaoyu, Sister Yu, auntie, stop crying, wipe your nose, snot, this is your handkerchief, don't touch my sleeve..." Azan returned to his previous appearance of a bad friend.

"Wow, wow, wow, I didn't cry when I was born, what's wrong with you asking me to cry now..."

"How can anyone be born without crying? How do you remember that you didn't cry?"

"I didn't cry. I remember it clearly. Wuwuwu..."

At this time, another servant boy, Amu, ran in in a panic: "Oh no, the young master is missing, you..."

When he saw Xiaoyu crying loudly beside him, he choked up for a moment on what he was about to say.

"Wow, why did this guy disappear again? I have to look for him again. I haven't been sentimental enough yet..." Chu Yu blew his nose, stood up hurriedly, and went out to look for him.

Amu frowned and asked Xiaoyu from behind, "Hey, I haven't even told you where the young master is, and you're going to look for him like this?"

“Just find it!” Chu Yu’s back quickly disappeared, and only his voice came through.

"The young master went to meet Miss Liu, but he hasn't come back for a long time. I couldn't find him anywhere, so I came back." Amu scratched his head and said.

Azan also stood up, looking a little flustered, but thinking that the young master had practiced martial arts for so long and should have some ability to protect himself, he felt a little relieved.

But it was only when he stood up that he felt something heavy around his waist. He raised his hand and touched it, and found that the purse that had just been hanging around Xiaoyu's waist had returned again without him noticing.

The money bag was actually returned by Xiao Yu Shen without anyone noticing? Is this the case for people with spiritual talent?