After finishing a bottle of Five-Element Ascension Soup, Liu Changxu felt somewhat better. Seeing his two Golden Core martial aunts arrive with his senior brothers and sisters, he struggled to rise and greet them:
"Disciple Liu Changxu pays his respects to Martial Aunt Wu, Martial Aunt Zhang, and all my senior brothers and sisters!"
By then, Qin Yulian had also realized how she had lost her composure. She steadied herself, once again bearing herself as a Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and greeted Wu Jiaxin, Zhang Yuyan, and the others:
"Disciple Qin Yulian pays her respects to Martial Aunt Wu, Martial Aunt Zhang, and all my senior brothers and sisters!"
Liu Changxu and Qin Yulian were a wretched sight. Both their cultivator robes were covered in bloodstains.
With her leg injured, Qin Yulian limped as she walked. The front of her robe was drenched in the blood Liu Changxu had spat out when he suffered that heavy blow.
Liu Changxu, whose injuries were far from light, looked even worse! His robe was torn, his wounds were gruesome, and his handsome face had little color left.
Seeing their miserable condition, Wu Jiaxin and Zhang Yuyan felt somewhat guilty for failing in their duty. Fortunately, the two were only injured, and their lives were not in danger!
"Changxu, Yulian! There's no need to stand on ceremony when you're injured! Hurry and tend to your wounds!"
Wu Jiaxin spoke with concern:
She had been profoundly shaken by Liu Changxu using his own body as a shield to protect his senior sister! In her hundreds of years of cultivation, this was the first time she had witnessed anything like it. Had she not seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.
In her view, most cultivators were cold-hearted! Even