You're Still Too Kind

"Miss Fuyun, please try these pastries. They are made with spirit rice." The tall and handsome young man gently sat down, and opposite him was Su Fuyun, who had just Foundation Establishment and left the sect for training.

The young man had specially bought pastries for her, Su Fuyun was naturally happy to accept them. "Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Yunhe."

The young man, Zhao Yunhe, finally smiled when he saw that she was willing to accept it.

The two met by chance; they hadn't seen each other since their encounter in Yunzhou City.

Zhao Yunhe simply remembered the gentle and polite female cultivator who had spoken up for his junior sister. He thought he would never see her again, but unexpectedly, they met again during their training.

The two already had a good impression of each other, and when they met again, Zhao Yunhe took the initiative to invite Su Fuyun to travel with him. Su Fuyun was able to Foundation Establishment entirely thanks to a box of Spirit Crystal stolen by Zhou Heng'an, and Ice Lotus that Gu Huaiwei obtained by exchanging sect contribution points.

Her cultivation level was built up entirely with spiritual objects; she knew perfectly well how capable she truly was.

To avoid traveling alone and encountering danger before even finding Sang Ying, Su Fuyun naturally wouldn't refuse Zhao Yunhe's suggestion.

And so they continued on their way to Laizhou City.

"We should be near White Foothill City soon. Miss Fuyun, are you really sure your junior sister is there?" Su Fuyun had clearly stated that she was going to White Foothill City to find her junior sister who had run away from the sect. It just so happened that she had to go to White Foothill City on behalf of her sect, which is why they were able to travel together.

Su Fuyun frowned slightly. "Actually, I'm not quite sure either. My junior sister didn't leave a single word when she left. I only heard from others that there was a female sword cultivator in White Foothill City who looked very similar to my junior sister, so I wanted to go and see for myself."

As she spoke, she sighed, seemingly worried endlessly about her junior sister, which made Zhao Yunhe feel a pang of sympathy.

He immediately retorted with displeasure, "Not to be rude, but Miss Fuyun, your junior sister is really too unruly. Back in Yunzhou City, she had a dispute with Hongyi, and I knew then that she had a somewhat difficult temperament. And you, as her senior sister, are often in contact with her, so you must have suffered quite a bit of grievance, right?"

Su Fuyun forced a smile and said something ambiguous, "Actually, no. My junior sister has a cold personality, but her talent is higher than mine. Naturally, the elders in the sect prefer her and it's only right that they treat her well. I don't feel wronged at all."

Although there wasn't a single word of complaint in her words, Zhao Yunhe felt as if his beloved had suffered countless grievances unbeknownst to him, and his dislike for Sang Ying intensified.

Zhao Yunhe couldn't help but sigh, "You're still too kind-hearted; you don't know how awful your junior sister is!"

"What does it matter to you, Brother Yunhe, whether my junior sister is awful or not? You have time to care about that Su guy, but you don't want to pay attention to me?" The voice was heard before the person was seen.

Su Fuyun didn't even need to look up to know that it was Gu Hongyi who had come looking for her again.

Zhao Yunhe gave Su Fuyun an apologetic smile before turning to comfort his junior sister, "Hongyi, don't be willful. Miss Su is traveling with us, and she's traveling alone, so naturally I have to take extra care of her."

Zhao Yunhe's words seemed quite reasonable at first glance, but if Gu Hongyi were a reasonable person, she wouldn't be Gu Hongyi.

She flung Zhao Yunhe's hand away, pointed at Su Fuyun, and shouted, "Since her cultivation is low and she's all alone, what's the point of her coming out to train? Wouldn't it be better for her to stay obediently in her own sect? On the contrary, her junior sister is capable enough to go to White Foothill City alone; she's much more capable than her. Why would she need to go looking for someone?"

If Gu Hongyi used to dislike Sang Ying the most for competing with her, now, compared to Su Fuyun, Sang Ying would have to take a backseat.

Moreover, Gu Hongyi's dislike for Su Fuyun even made her willing to say a few words in Sang Ying's defense.

These are such simple truths, yet Zhao Yunhe couldn't understand a single word of them. In his eyes, Su Fuyun was utterly innocent and pitiful; how could she have done anything wrong?

He sighed, "Hongyi, if you keep acting up, I'll have to have someone send you back to your sect."

Gu Hongyi's eyes widened in horror; she simply couldn't believe her senior brother would say such a thing to her. He would actually want to send her away for the sake of an outsider?

"Fine, then send me back if you dare!" Gu Hongyi said, then ran away with red eyes.

Zhao Yunhe called her several times, but still couldn't stop her.

After watching the whole spectacle unfold, Su Fuyun pretended to offer some advice. "Fellow Yunhe, aren't you going to chase after your junior sister? What if she runs into danger like this?"

Zhao Yunhe shook his head. "What danger could she possibly be in? She's covered in talismans and Law Artifact given to her by Master and the elders; she'll be fine. I'll stay here with you!"

"I truly envy the girl in Hongyi for having such a good senior brother as Fellow Yunhe." Su Fuyun's eyes were practically overflowing with envy. "It's just a pity I don't have her good fortune, and I don't have any close fellow disciples in the sect."

Seeing the beautiful woman's forlorn expression, Zhao Yunhe completely forgot about his junior sister and was only focused on cheering her up. "You don't need to envy her. If you'd like, you can call me Brother Yunhe."

"Really?" Su Fuyun asked, overjoyed. "Is it really possible? Will the girl in Hongyi be angry when she finds out?"

Zhao Yunhe waved his hand dismissively. "You don't need to care about her. It's my freedom to befriend whomever I want."

Upon hearing this, Su Fuyun immediately laughed, "Then I shall respectfully accept your offer, Brother Yunhe."

At that moment, Zhao Yunhe felt that his name had never sounded so beautiful.

The two had just gotten closer, and their conversations became much more intimate.

As they walked down from the second floor of the inn, chatting and laughing, to have their meal on the first floor, they overheard the people below talking amongst themselves.

"Have you heard? White Foothill City has a new city lord!"

"How could we not know about something this big? Besides, White Foothill City hasn't just changed its city lord; it's clearly been brought under the jurisdiction of the Facing Heaven Sect!"

Some busybodies asked, "How did the former city lord die? Why wasn't there any word of it before?"

Someone quickly replied, "You're so ignorant! That hypocrite is kind on the surface, but secretly he kidnaps mortals to test medicines on the Demon Race! He even colludes with Demon Cultivator, trying to harm us human cultivators!"

These words caused an uproar among those around them.

"If it weren't for the chivalrous help of a Rogue Cultivator named Si Jing, and the intervention of two female cultivators, this matter would have remained hidden for who knows how many more years, and countless innocent lives would have been lost!"

"Sigh, who are those two female cultivators?"

Su Fuyun suddenly had a bad feeling.

"I don't know much either. I only know that one of the sword cultivators is named Sang Ying, and the other is named Nan Gurong."

Su Fuyun closed her eyes in dejection, her ears filled with the praise of everyone for Sang Ying and the others, just like the Flowing Light Sword Sect back then.

She clutched her chest abruptly, as if something that should have belonged to her had been suddenly taken away.