Ye Linger muttered in a daze, tears that had gathered for so long sliding down her cheeks.
Drop after drop struck the cold floor, shattering into even smaller droplets.
Right at this moment—
The air in her courtyard suddenly rippled like water without the slightest warning!
Immediately afterward, a pitch-black spatial tear appeared out of thin air!
The abrupt change shocked Ye Linger into stopping her tears; she stared blankly into the yard, her mind a blank sheet.
What… is this?!
Before she could react in any way,
A figure of breathtaking elegance stepped out of the rift!
The woman wore a moon-white gown, her silvery hair like snow, only part of it pinned up with a jade hairpin while the rest cascaded like a waterfall.
Her beauty was other-worldly, as cold and clear as moonlight, her gaze calm yet seemingly holding supreme majesty.
She merely stood there quietly, yet it felt as though she had become the sole center of heaven and earth.
In her arms, a little girl in a pale-yellow dress with twin buns blinked her large eyes curiously at the surroundings.
Big and small, their temperaments totally different yet strangely harmonious.
After the two had fully emerged, the rift closed like an invisible hand smoothing it away, silently mending until it had never existed.
For a moment the scene was so quiet one could hear a pin drop.
Only the faint rustle of autumn wind through withered branches and… the almost stopped beat of Ye Linger's heart could be heard.
She stared blankly at these two uninvited guests, especially the silver-haired woman.
The other emitted no pressure at all; one couldn't even sense obvious Spiritual Qi fluctuations.
But that unfathomable aura, as though on equal footing with heaven and earth, made her Soul tremble faintly.
This was no ordinary Cultivator!
"You…"
Ye Linger's voice was hoarse, filled with incredulous horror.
"Who… are you?"
Gu Han's gaze swept calmly over the exceptionally beautiful yet deathly pale girl by the window.
The coordinates the System provided were indeed reliable, saving her the trouble of searching.
She inclined her head slightly, her voice clear and melodious.
"Ye Linger?"
Ye Linger's delicate frame shook—how did the other know her name?
"It's… me."
She nodded instinctively, her voice still quavering.
"Senior is…?"
"Gu Han."
Gu Han stated her name, her eyes settling on Ye Linger's clear pair that hid unwillingness.
"Master of the Southern Domain's Yaochi Immortal Palace."
Southern Domain, Yaochi Immortal Palace?
A trace of bewilderment flashed in Ye Linger's eyes; she had never heard the name before.
But someone who could tear space itself possessed a strength beyond her imagination.
Why would such a person suddenly appear here?
And accurately call out her name?
Countless questions churned within her.
A Yao, finding the atmosphere a little stifling, tugged Gu Han's hand and whispered:
"Mama-Master, is this big sister the one we're looking for? She looks unhappy."
Childish words jolted Ye Linger's heart.
Mama-Master?
This Senior was actually the little girl's Master?
And… they had come specifically to find her?
Gu Han lowered her head, gently rubbed A Yao's hair, then looked straight at Ye Linger and got to the point.
"You carry the Nine Yin Absolute Meridian and cannot Cultivate, correct?"
Ye Linger's eyes dimmed instantly; she nodded.
"Senior's Wisdom Eye is right—indeed, I'm a worthless person who can't Cultivate."
"Can't Cultivate?"
Hearing her, Gu Han shook her head lightly.
"Who told you the Nine Yin Absolute Meridian can't be Cultivated?"
Ye Linger jerked her head up, a spark of disbelief exploding in her gaze!
What had she just heard?
This Senior who appeared out of nowhere was questioning the common belief on the Canglan Continent that Nine Yin Absolute Meridian meant no Cultivation?
"Senior… what… what did you say?"
Her voice was parched, trembling with an emotion she hadn't even noticed.
"To most people, the Nine Yin Absolute Meridian is indeed a terminal illness that cuts off the road of Cultivation.
Spiritual Qi disperses the moment it enters the body; it can't be stored or refined—like trying to carry water in a bamboo basket—rendering one a good-for-nothing."
Gu Han paused, her tone gaining an indescribable depth.
"But in my eyes, your so-called 'Nine Yin Absolute Meridian' isn't a terminal illness at all—it's the embryonic form of a buried Physique: the Taiyin Divine Body!"
Taiyin Divine Body?!"
The four words exploded like thunder in Ye Linger's mind!
She had never heard of this Physique.
Yet terms like "supreme Physique" and "embryonic form" flashed like lightning splitting the darkness, cracking the ice that had long sealed her heart.
"Supreme… Yin Divine Body?"
Ye Linger echoed numbly, eyes full of bewilderment and yearning.
"Precisely."
Gu Han inclined her head and continued.
"The so-called Nine Yin Absolute Meridian simply means your Physique is special; it needs full Awakening before you can begin to Cultivate."
Each word rang clear and certain, pounding against Ye Linger's heart.
It wasn't that she couldn't Cultivate—
It was that her Physique hadn't Awakened!
This overturning of perception made her entire body tremble.
For sixteen years, how many contemptuous glances, how much ridicule and pity had she endured?
Even her closest family had gone from initial hope to helpless abandonment.
She herself had tried to Cultivate in despair countless nights, only to feel disheartened at dawn.
Everyone told her she was trash, unable to Cultivate.
Yet now this Senior who appeared from nowhere told her—
The Nine Yin Absolute Meridian that made her trash was actually the Taiyin Divine Body?
The huge contrast left Ye Linger unable to think.
She stared blankly at Gu Han, tears streaming uncontrollably again.
"Senior… is… is what you said true?"
"I… can I really Cultivate?"
Her voice choked with sobs.
"Naturally."
Gu Han looked at her, gaze clear and profound.
"Ye Linger, are you willing to take me as your Master and enter my Yaochi Immortal Palace?"
Take her as Master?
Enter Yaochi Immortal Palace?
Ye Linger's heart pounded wildly, as if about to leap from her chest!
This Senior who could tear space, see through her Physique at a glance, and dismiss the so-called "terminal illness" actually wanted to accept her as a disciple?!
"I… I…"
She opened her mouth, but overwhelming emotion left her momentarily speechless.
Beside her, A Yao blinked her large eyes at the pretty sister who was too moved to speak, and chirped:
"Big Sister, Mama-Master is super amazing!"
"Hurry and say yes!"
Childish words, yet they oddly calmed Ye Linger's overexcited heart.
Suppressing the surge of emotion that threatened to drown her, she quickly pushed open the door and stepped into the courtyard.
Without the slightest hesitation, she dropped to both knees and kowtowed deeply to Gu Han!
Her forehead touched the cold ground with a clear thud.
"Ye Linger is willing to take Senior as Master!"
"From this day forward I shall follow Master and enter Yaochi Immortal Palace; even ten thousand deaths will not make me regret!"
She had waited sixteen years for this kowtow!
She had dreamed countless nights of this very day!
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