People always said there were degrees of closeness in human relationships. Though Chu Mojin's Cultivation Level was far from low, he was still an ordinary person at heart, and ordinary people had their own selfish desires.
Su Jiu's Ice Skin and Jade Bones had undoubtedly been an enormous, welcome surprise to him.
Of the several ways to help heal A Hen, Ice Skin and Jade Bones was unquestionably the quickest and safest.
And so, back then, he had entertained thoughts he should never have had. Yes, his concern for Su Jiu had been genuine from the beginning, but so had his intention to use her to heal Chu Luohen.
In the end, if A Hen had not refused him repeatedly, things might truly have passed the point of no return.
He always gave Su Jiu heaps of spirit stones, pills, and magic treasures. It was a master's indulgence toward his disciple, but it was also his apology and compensation for all those ulterior motives he had once harbored.
Su Jiu had been precocious from childhood. He suspected the little girl had long since guessed his intentions, yet she had never said anything and had accepted all his pills and magic treasures. In truth, that had been her way of accepting his apology.
His little disciple might seem like another of those icy, aloof people, but her heart was softer than anyone else's.
Her care and affection seeped into people's lives quietly, almost imperceptibly.
Otherwise, A Hen would never have fallen so deeply without realizing it. Before reaching Spirit Transformation, he had even come close to cultivation deviation during several bouts of meditative absorption.
He wondered whether A Hen had already sensed something back then. Had he ultimately chosen this thorn-strewn road to avoid causing his little disciple any trouble?
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