Chapter 88

Chapter 088: What Should You Call Me

She didn’t need me to save her.

If I saved her, she would just harm me.

If I didn’t save her, then nothing would happen, right?

This is what they call letting go of the urge to help and respecting others’ fates!

Goodness!

“Should I just watch her sink deeper into trouble?”

Lu Ye didn’t answer the question, merely staring calmly at Sun Ruowei.

At this moment, not answering was the best answer.

“Really can’t help?”

“Cannot!”

Those two words were as firm as a nail, leaving no room for negotiation.

Sun Ruowei took two steps back.

“Fine, I understand. I won’t disturb you then.”

“Uncle Master, take care. I won’t see you off.”

Sun Ruowei left under Lu Ye’s smiling gaze, and only when her figure vanished into the distance did Lu Ye shut the door again.

“So polite and so gentle, but why…”

Uh-oh, I’m used to being a bystander, but this doesn’t seem like the time to be nosy.

What should I do next?

“Ding! Fellow traveler! Fellow traveler! I’m curious to see what this fellow traveler will do.”

Lu Ye?

A light screen hovered in front of Lu Ye without his permission.

Lu Ye…

Damn it, this system understands me more and more!

If the system were to ask Lu Ye if he wanted to watch, he’d definitely be too lazy to care. However, since it started playing on its own, what could Lu Ye do? He couldn’t just beat up the system, could he?

Cough, in any case, tidying up treasures isn’t too complicated.

Looking at it wouldn’t affect anything.

Lu Ye felt as if he had returned to his childhood back on Earth, when he was placed in an orphanage. The orphanage somehow got a truckload of cotton that hadn’t even been picked out of the shells.

The headmaster called all the kids over, telling them to start peeling the cotton. As a kind of reward, he set up an outdoor movie for them.

While peeling cotton, they watched the movie.

That was, surprisingly, one of the rare beautiful memories in Lu Ye’s life.

Now, it felt oddly similar.

Sun Ruowei returned to Bai Qiulan’s residence, where Bai Qiulan still looked pale.

“How is it?”

Seeing that Lu Ye wasn’t following Sun Ruowei, Yue Hongling’s expression turned disappointed.

“He said that Qiulan has made it clear that she doesn’t need his help.”

Just as expected.

At this moment, Bai Qiulan trembled slightly.

She felt as if she were dreaming, falling into a deep hole filled with icy water. Not only was it bone-chillingly cold, but there was also a paralyzing fear of drowning.

She wanted to break free from the pit.

But the more she struggled, the deeper she sank.

In the past, at times like this, a pair of warm, strong hands would grasp hers, with a hot breath making her hold on tightly.

Those strong arms would pull her straight up, leaving all the coldness and fear of drowning far behind.

But this time, no matter how she sank or how deep she fell, that warmth didn’t appear again.

“Husband, husband, save me…”

Yue Hongling and Sun Ruowei both looked at Bai Qiulan, who was calling out as if in a dream, leaving them both silent.

Her subconscious wished for Lu Ye to save her.

No one wants to die.

“I don’t believe it! It can’t be that only Lu Ye can save Qiulan! I’ll go find the Sect Master! There are so many talented people in the Grand Dao Sect; surely someone can save her!” Sun Ruowei couldn’t take it anymore; she was determined.

Yue Hongling’s eyes were filled with sadness.

“It’s useless, it’s useless. In the vast Nine Heavens, with countless gods and buddhas, only Senior Brother can save Master. Only he can.”

“Then I’ll have the Sect Master order Lu Ye to go save her!”

Angrily, Sun Ruowei left, heading straight for the Dao Peak.

Soon, she saw Liu Changfeng.

“Sect Master, Bai Qiulan is seriously injured and unconscious, apparently poisoned. According to her disciple Yue Hongling, only Lu Ye can save her. I’m here to request a decree from the Sect Master to command Lu Ye to save his Master.”

Liu Changfeng’s heart tightened at those words, his “simp” instincts kicking in.

“How could Sister Bai be poisoned? I must go see her!”

“Changming, immediately send the Elder of the Medical Peak and the Pill Peak to Qiulan Peak!”

Sun Ruowei emphasized, “Sect Master, it’s useless for you to go see her, and the Medical and Pill Peaks won’t help either—only Lu Ye has the method to save her. I’m skilled at saving people, but even I can’t do anything. You just need to order Lu Ye to save her.”

Liu Changfeng finally remembered that Sun Ruowei was also an extremely skilled practitioner in healing.

But when it came to Lu Ye, his love-struck mind took over, while the rationality of the Sect Master held the higher ground.

He calmed down.

“Since Bai Qiulan is Lu Ye’s Master, why doesn’t he save her?” Liu Changfeng asked.

Sun Ruowei paused.

How to answer that?

If she said Lu Ye would not help, wouldn’t that mean he was disloyal to his Master and disrespectful to his teacher?

Even if they saved Bai Qiulan, would she even have face left to live on?

Sun Ruowei was quite familiar with Bai Qiulan and knew that she was very traditional and strictly adhered to etiquette.

She would never allow herself to have any other issues with her disciple.

“Lu Ye does have some difficulties; however, this matter is definitely not detrimental to him. As long as the Sect Master issues the order, everything will go smoothly!”

In Sun Ruowei’s view, it was clear that Bai Qiulan had feelings for Lu Ye, but due to their respective identities, they could not take that step.

However, orders from the Sect Master could not be ignored.

That would force a third party to intervene, pushing their relationship forward.

Liu Changfeng understood.

Although he didn’t know what prevented Lu Ye from saving her, since Lu Ye wouldn’t act, even as Sect Master, he couldn’t force someone to help.

If he were to issue a command, Lu Ye would likely help out of respect for the Grand Dao Sect, but after saving her, he might just leave, clearing any debts between him and the sect.

But that was Sister Bai…

On one side was the future powerhouse that the whole sect was betting on, and on the other was the woman he admired.

Liu Changfeng’s expression turned serious.

He sat on the Sect Master’s seat.

Looking at Sun Ruowei, he finally opened his mouth.

“If Bai Qiulan is poisoned, it should be treated by the elders from the Medical and Pill Peaks. Lu Ye is merely a practitioner who’s not skilled in many arts. How could he know how to detoxify?”

“Changming, why aren’t you quickly going to summon the Elders of the Pill and Medical Peaks?!”

Vice Sect Master Ji Changming immediately complied, hurriedly acknowledging, and then quickly left.

“Liu Changfeng, you!”

Sun Ruowei looked at him in disbelief, which quickly morphed into profound disappointment.

She couldn’t believe that someone who admired Bai Qiulan so much would decisively give her up like this.

Liu Changfeng’s expression was equally serious.

He looked at Sun Ruowei, his tone grave and cold.

“Junior Sister, outside of Dao Peak, you can call me Liu Changfeng or Senior Brother Liu, I won’t mind. But in the Hall of Inquisition on this Dao Peak, what should you call me?”

Sun Ruowei looked at Liu Changfeng on the high seat of the Sect Master.

In that moment, Liu Changfeng appeared enormous, his face serious and cold, like a god with no emotions.

Sun Ruowei’s heart trembled as she looked at Liu Changfeng.

Her voice shook slightly as she finally replied.

“Sect… Sect Master…”

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