"No wonder I cultivated at such a terrifying speed back then, yet could never surpass Gu Chen."
"So he deliberately kept things from me and refused to let me learn more, which was why I could never exceed him all these years!"
"So now that I'm cultivating the normal way, my body can't bear it!"
"Mm, that's right. It must be so!"
Wei Qingyu's little face had gone deathly pale by then. She truly could not hold it in any longer.
But she was unwilling to solve the problem out here in the wilderness.
It was not a matter of elegance or propriety.
The main thing was, she had not brought any paper!
Just as Wei Qingyu was still agonizing over it,
the voices of several maids and servants suddenly drifted over from not far away.
"Miss, it's about to rain. Please come back quickly!"
Wei Qingyu was instantly dumbfounded.
The weather was perfectly fine. How was it suddenly going to rain?
But she could not let the servants see her in such a sorry state.
Otherwise, she would never be able to hold her head up in the Wei family again!
"I know. You all go back first!"
"No one is allowed to come over, or I'll beat you!"
Hearing Wei Qingyu say that, how could they dare move any closer?
They could only hurry back to the Wei family residence one after another.
Meanwhile, Wei Qingyu dragged her body, aching until she was nearly collapsing, step by step down the mountain.
Who knew how much time passed? Wei Qingyu only felt as though her stomach were about to explode.
By the time she reached the entrance to her home, she did not even say a word to the servants.
She rushed straight for the latrine!
Afterward, Wei Qingyu felt completely drained.
First, Gu Chen had inexplicably beaten her up.
Then, she had drunk a bowl of medicine so foul it was beyond description.
And now, her stomach hurt so badly that it churned like a river overturning the sea, leaving her with violent diarrhea.
One thing after another had driven Wei Qingyu's emotions to the brink of fury.
Because she felt that her miserable luck
was entirely Gu Chen's fault!
If Gu Chen had not beaten her up and bought all the Spiritual Medicine, she would never have had to drink something so disgusting.
If Gu Chen had not deliberately guided her to cultivate the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture the wrong way in her previous life,
she would not be suffering so terribly now!
Consumed by rage, Wei Qingyu had just wanted to yell a few times to vent her anger.
But then her vision suddenly went black, and she lost consciousness.
In her hazy daze, Wei Qingyu only heard countless servants shouting beside her ears.
"Heavens! Miss has fainted!"
"Quick, someone come! Help!"
When Wei Qingyu opened her eyes again, she was already lying on her bed.
Her parents stood beside her, looking at her with faces full of worry.
"Daughter, you're awake. That's wonderful!"
The moment Liu Yucui saw her daughter open her eyes, she became so overwhelmed that tears streamed down her face.
Wei Qingshan tightly held his daughter's hand and said, "Good child, when did you learn the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture? Why didn't you tell your mother and me?"
Hearing her father's words, Wei Qingyu's heart skipped a beat.
The Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture was a cultivation technique she had happened upon by chance after an accident in her previous life.
But she certainly could not explain it to her parents like that.
Otherwise, they would definitely think she was insane!
"I... uh... an old gentleman taught it to me."
The moment he heard this, Wei Qingshan shot to his feet in excitement.
"Heavens, daughter, why are you only telling us now!"
"The Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture is one of the rarest cultivation techniques between heaven and earth!"
"Since that old gentleman was willing to teach you such a technique, it means you must possess an immortal affinity!"
After hearing that, Wei Qingyu could not help saying inwardly, Hmph, immortal affinity? It's far more than that.
I'll become the Empress in the future, all right?
But Wei Qingshan's expression soon filled with worry again.
"When your mother and I saw you faint just now, we were terrified and hurriedly summoned a physician."
"The physician said you cultivated too aggressively, and the cold energy backlash was too severe, which caused your current condition."
Wei Qingyu nodded thoughtfully, but she quickly realized something was wrong.
"Wait, Father, what did you say?"
"Cold energy?"
Liu Yucui immediately added from the side, "That's right. The physician found that the cold energy within your body is very unusual, and it closely resembles the symptoms described in ancient records of cultivating the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture."
"At first, your father and I thought it was an ancient cultivation technique. It seemed impossible that you could have learned it."
"But when we asked you just now, we never expected it to be true."
Wei Qingyu was utterly puzzled and could not help furrowing her brow.
"Does cultivating the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture produce cold energy?"
Hearing such an idiotic question from their daughter, Wei Qingshan and Liu Yucui exchanged a meaningful glance.
They immediately felt that their eldest daughter was truly beyond saving.
It was time to put making another child on the agenda.
Wei Qingshan said with a loving expression, "Of course. Ancient records state that the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture is an extremely yin and extremely cold cultivation technique."
"Not only must it be cultivated in a place where spiritual energy is purely yin, it also produces powerful cold energy during cultivation."
"If one lacks a corresponding method to avoid it, the cold energy will gradually take over the body and may even directly threaten one's life!"
At that moment, Wei Qingyu's eyes widened.
Because in her previous life, she had always cultivated the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture.
In the end, she had even relied on this technique to raise her Cultivation Level directly to the level of the Empress.
Yet throughout that entire process, she had never noticed any cold energy being produced.
If her parents had not explained it to her, she still would not have known even now!
Wei Qingyu knitted her brows tightly and began to ponder inwardly...
East Desolation Commandery, the Cangshan Sword Sect.
After making Gu Youwei inhale a large amount of Aphrodisiac Powder, He Changsong left the room with a lecherous grin.
Outside the room, a black-clothed cultivator had been waiting for a long time.
Upon seeing He Changsong, he immediately dropped to one knee before him.
"Disciple greets Master!"
He Changsong's expression was exceedingly grim.
It was not merely because he worried that something might have happened at Xuanjian Pond.
More importantly, this had ruined his good thing. Otherwise, he would already have been tangled up with Gu Youwei in a topsy-turvy tryst.
"Hasn't Xuanjian Pond always been perfectly fine? Why has it suddenly shown abnormal movement?"
He Changsong questioned him from on high, looking as though he were interrogating a criminal.
"Reporting to Master, we do not know why either."
"Before this, Xuanjian Pond's seal had always been extremely secure."
"But today, Xuanjian Pond suddenly produced a great number of strange energy fluctuations, causing the seal to loosen slightly."
At this, a trace of puzzlement suddenly flashed through He Changsong's eyes.
But he said nothing further and headed directly toward Xuanjian Pond.
The reason He Changsong had established the Cangshan Sword Sect in the far northern reaches of East Desolation Commandery back then
was not merely because the spiritual energy here was relatively rich.
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