When Tinglan sat down, she tucked the loose hair by her ear back into place.
"My uncle was injured this time because of my mother. My father was badly hurt as well, but Uncle protected him.
So Father's injuries were much lighter. He recovered several years ago."
As Tinglan spoke of this, her eyes reddened slightly. By the time she reached this point, her voice had become very subdued.
"For Tinglan's mother? But hadn't she already died? And both of them were injured together..."
Li Yan did not interrupt, but he was thinking of something. He remembered Chongyangzi mentioning that Tinglan's mother had died young, though he had only touched on it in passing.
That was why Tinglan had been spoiled by her father. Although she had been given excellent resources, her cultivation had never improved. In the end, after charging about recklessly, she had fallen into the Dizhen Domain.
"...Uncle found the enemies responsible for Mother's death back then. After discussing it with Father, they went together to besiege and kill them.
But they fell into the other side's scheme and were instead trapped in their ambush. After a fierce battle, they had nearly perished before finally managing to escape.
After Uncle returned, he immediately entered seclusion to heal. But it was not closed-door seclusion. More than ten years ago, after I returned and brought news of Father, he finally focused wholeheartedly on recovering.
However, it would still take time for him to recover completely. He also had me tell his disciples not to come here again before he emerged from seclusion.
After that, he completely sealed the restrictions around his cultivation chamber, intending to devote all his strength to recovering as quickly as possible."
Tinglan quickly explained the whole chain of events. Only then did Li Yan learn