"Back then, I only wanted to live out this life safely and peacefully."
"But later, an accident happened. I met that old fellow, the Sword Venerable. Back then, that old fellow was just a beggar—a beggar begging for food by the roadside."
"It was a day of whirling snow. I saw the Sword Venerable by the street, nearly frozen to death. My heart softened, so I took him home."
"At my home, I had people look after him, make clothes for him, and give him food, making sure he was well-fed and warmly clothed."
"Later, a group of people came to our little town. They called themselves immortals and had come to take disciples. Because both he and I had great talent, we were brought into a sect."
"We came from the same place, so naturally we had to look out for each other. During our cultivation, that old fellow Sword Venerable was bewitched by a demoness and spent every day fooling around with her."
"There's a saying: women understand women best, and men understand men best. How could I not know what that demoness was plotting?"
"After seeing what that demoness was doing, I kept dropping subtle hints to the Sword Venerable. Unfortunately, that fellow simply wouldn't listen, as though his heart held no one but that demoness."
"Later, just as I expected, he was deceived by the demoness. Every treasure on him was taken by her. Even his cultivation was crippled, his dantian crushed beneath her foot. For the rest of his life, he could only be reduced to a useless cripple."
At this point, Aunt Xue's tone clearly carried a sense of exasperation at his failure to live up to expectations.
Meanwhile, Ye Lin simply stroked his chin and watched Aunt Xue in silence.
He had not