It was perfectly normal for cultivators, at the brink of death, to recall the most dangerous memories of their "former lives."
After Ruan Shui'er had been taken from Deer Mountain Daoist Grounds by Clan Chief Liu and then encountered a "death tribulation," it was only natural that she would feel immense terror toward Clan Chief Liu at this moment...
It was merely that Wei Tu had not expected this woman's nature to be so kind. She even bore a measure of goodwill toward him, her "nominal senior brother," and subconsciously warned him in her dream.
Of course, this was only one sentence among her many sleep-mutterings.
Even so, it was exceedingly rare and precious.
At the very least, Wei Tu knew that if he were Ruan Shui'er, he would not pay much heed to a "nominal senior brother" with whom he had shared little interaction, much less remember him in a moment of peril.
"Still, sparing her life was not in vain." Wei Tu's gaze flickered as he glanced at the serpent-scale old crone currently "possessing" Ruan Shui'er's body, thinking to himself.
Though the serpent-scale old crone was now left with only a "remnant body" and her soul was incomplete, the foundation of an Integrated Body Great Talent's soul was not something a mere Golden Core cultivator like Ruan Shui'er could resist.
Had it not been for his earlier verbal warning, as well as the spiritual power restriction he had left upon the serpent-scale old crone's soul to threaten her life... Ruan Shui'er would likely have perished long ago during the old crone's second possession.
At the very least, she would not still have the "strength" to mutter painfully in her dreams and speak these lines now.
Naturally, this was also cruel. He was using Ruan Shui'er's "body" as a