Azure Tide Sect, Ice Veil Peak.
With so few people around, even the sense of life seemed a little thinner.
A man as cold as ice and as flawless as jade sat cross-legged, recuperating. Yet his brows were tightly furrowed, making it clear that his recovery was far from peaceful.
Beside him sat a slightly older man. Rather than meditate, he lounged crookedly to one side, shaking the wine gourd in his hand as though something weighed on his mind.
Suddenly, the first man's eyes flew open, their rims faintly red. A stream of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.
The small room immediately filled with the thick scent of blood.
The man holding the wine gourd immediately hung it back at his waist and looked over.
"Clinging to your pride and suffering for it. Is it really that hard to ask the little girl for help just once?"
Chu Luohen casually took out a jade bottle, tossed a pill into his mouth, then closed his eyes again and began regulating his breathing as he sat cross-legged on the floor.
Chu Mojin had thought he would receive no answer, but after a long silence, Chu Luohen spoke. "Do you still remember why we took her in?"
"Of course I do."
"If you remember, you shouldn't treat her as my humanoid pill. Besides, this internal injury wasn't caused by my cultivation method. There's no need."
Chu Mojin rubbed beneath his nose. "You make it sound so ugly. What do you mean, humanoid pill? She'd only be helping you recover from your injuries. Besides, you haven't even asked her. How do you know she wouldn't agree?"
Chu Luohen opened his eyes, his long lashes trembling twice despite himself. He pressed his lips together and said coldly, "I'm the one who