Yet there had always been someone wedged between Sheng Yuhong and Wei Yunqing—Wei Yunqing's younger sister, who was also Sheng Yuhong's junior sister. Relying on the Sect Master Master's affection, she continually created trouble and discord between them, trying to tear them apart, because she too was in love with Sheng Yuhong.
Sheng Yuhong could not remember whether he had ever explicitly rejected his junior sister. He only knew that she was always hovering around him, trying every possible way to please him.
She always kept in mind the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures he needed to improve his cultivation, as well as the rare ores needed to upgrade his Lifebound Sword. She could either find them for him or uncover relevant clues. Whenever he had no choice but to accept her help, it would inevitably draw Wei Yunqing's displeasure.
So, while searching for resources, in order to keep Yunqing from misunderstanding, whenever his junior sister joined the team, he would invite Yunqing along as well. After two or three times, Yunqing grew even more dissatisfied. She demanded that the two of them act alone and stop bringing her younger sister along.
After thinking it over again and again, Sheng Yuhong agreed to his lover's request. Yet when the two explored an Ancient Cultivator's Cave this time, not only did they gain nothing, they were seriously injured. His Lifebound Sword had nearly been destroyed as well. In the end, it was only the Sect Master Master's protective talisman that saved both their lives.
After returning to the sect, the two entered seclusion one after another. Only they themselves knew what they had encountered without their junior sister—younger sister—at their side. Only then did they realize that she was not a burden at all, but their help, sparing them countless troubles,