In a bustling city within Lu Hai Changling.
The fragrance of medicine drifted through a reasonably well-kept house.
A girl with short hair reaching her ears sat beside the bed, carefully tending to her ailing mother.
It was Lu Yun.
She had changed out of the blue robe she wore on her travels to conceal her identity.
In its place, she wore a simple, elegant green dress. The hint of valor in her features had softened, lending her more of the gentleness befitting a young woman.
"Mother, drink this while it's hot."
Lu Yun held a bowl of medicinal soup carefully brewed from Treasure Medicine to the old woman's lips, gently reassuring her:
"Just put your mind at ease and focus on recovering."
"I made quite a lot on this trip."
As she helped her mother drink the soup, she kept chatting:
"On my way here, I specifically asked Master Gu in the north of the city about the [Black Tortoise Blood-Melting Pellet] that can cure your chronic illness."
"He said he would refine one for us for thirty thousand True Origin Treasure Coins or four hundred thousand jin of Spirit Crystals."
"I'll be able to scrape that much together soon!"
Lu Yun's Mother obediently drank the warm medicinal soup.
Her weak, flagging vitality recovered somewhat.
Leaning against the headboard, she gazed at the daughter who had grown up without her quite realizing it, her eyes filled with pride and comfort.
"There's no rush about the pellet."
"We can take our time. I know my own body. I can still hold on."
As she spoke, she reached out and gently clasped Lu Yun's hand.
A wave of relief rose in her heart.
The choice she had made back then had indeed been right.
If Lu Yun had truly been forced