"I don't constantly monitor her, but I remember a Cultivator entered your Qixia Town several years ago. That person probably discovered Lin Aoxue's extraordinary physique and taught her a Cultivation Method," Lin Qingyou said after thinking for a moment.
At the time, Lin Qingyou didn't think much of it. After all, it wasn't unusual for a Cultivator to enter a Mortal World town.
"Ah! Miscalculation. It looks like I Can't Escape This Calamity. What do you think her reaction will be if she finds out I've turned into a woman?" Ye Liuyun was caught between laughter and tears.
Lin Qingyou shook her head.
"That's between you and her. Hiding won't help; sooner or later, you'll have to explain. I can only say, kid, you have bad luck to run into such an accident. Of course, I have to admire you. You are the first Alchemist in the world who managed to refine himself into a woman through alchemy, haha." Lin Qingyou couldn't help but laugh whenever she thought about this.
This was indeed a shocking and unconventional matter.
"What's so funny? I will eventually formulate a Medicinal Pill that turns me back into a man. Just wait," Ye Liuyun said firmly.
Over the years, she had never stopped researching the Antidote, but she hadn't made any progress. She always felt that something was wrong, and she suspected Lin Qingyou had secretly manipulated something.
"Hey! Ye Liuyun, why does your voice sound a bit strange? And your figure, you've disguised it quite well, haven't you? Slim Waist and Plump Hips, without a single flaw." Lin Aoxue, who was close behind Ye Liuyun, stared intently at Ye Liuyun's back.
She felt that Ye Liuyun's back didn't look like a man's at all, but rather like a graceful woman. Her voice, too, and she felt that Ye Liuyun's figure was even better than hers. She didn't know how Ye Liuyun managed it.
Ye Liuyun's heart tightened upon hearing this.
Just as the two were bickering, the sky gradually turned to afternoon. The afternoon sun was scorching hot, and the two were less than five hundred meters from the Yunxia Sect's mountain gate.
Now, all they could see around them was a Sea of Clouds; nothing else was visible.
The speed of the two was now barely faster than a crawling turtle.
"Ye Liuyun, let's take a break. Stop running, I promise I won't chase you anymore." Lin Aoxue truly couldn't walk another step.
Ye Liuyun didn't believe Lin Aoxue's words and had no intention of stopping.
But just then, Lin Aoxue suddenly let out a cry of surprise. Her foot slipped, and she tumbled backward.
"Eh? Ao Xue." Upon hearing Lin Aoxue's startled cry, Ye Liuyun instinctively turned around and immediately reached out to grab Lin Aoxue.
Because the two were very close, Ye Liuyun grabbed Lin Aoxue's wrist with one stretch of her arm, pulling her back.
"Kid, you fell for the trick," Lin Qingyou immediately warned when she saw Ye Liuyun turning around to pull Lin Aoxue.
Ye Liuyun heard the voice, then saw Lin Aoxue's cunning and smug look, and knew she had been tricked.
Lin Aoxue gave a triumphant smile, easily stabilized her body, and simultaneously grabbed Ye Liuyun's wrist with her free hand.
"Heh heh, didn't I still succeed? Ye Liuyun, you said you had no feelings for me, yet when you saw me in danger, didn't you rush to save me?" Lin Aoxue said smugly.
"You? Shameless, despicable, let go!" Ye Liuyun secretly cursed herself for failing to control her instincts again.
But in reality, it was habit. Although she found Lin Aoxue overly clingy, the feelings from two lifetimes could not be severed.
"No, I won't let go. Come back with me," Lin Aoxue said with determined eyes.
The two began using their remaining strength to engage in a tug-of-war here.
Ye Liuyun's mouth twitched, and then she plopped down onto the ground. Lin Aoxue did the same.
The two just stopped like that, completely out of strength.
"That's strange. Why do you look infinitely more beautiful today than usual? Why is this face different from the one I usually see?" Lin Aoxue stared at Ye Liuyun and questioned her.
Ye Liuyun's face was clearly a woman's face, quite different from what Lin Aoxue usually saw.
Ye Liuyun didn't want to keep hiding it. She decided to let Lin Aoxue Know She Is Female and Retreat. She felt she couldn't keep the secret any longer.
"Sigh! Ao Xue, there's something I have to tell you today." Ye Liuyun took a deep breath, knowing she had to reveal the truth.
"What is it? Don't play any tricks," Lin Aoxue said, very confused.
"Just check my body with your own hands, and you'll know why I ran away," Ye Liuyun said, giving up completely.
Lin Aoxue was stunned when she heard this. She glanced around, confirmed they were alone, and reached out to pinch Ye Liuyun's face.
"Really? It's not fake? This?" Lin Aoxue had thought Ye Liuyun had used Facial Disguise, but after pinching Ye Liuyun's face, she realized it was real.
At that moment, a bad premonition wrapped around Lin Aoxue's heart.
Since the face was fine, she immediately placed her hand on Ye Liuyun's chest. But the moment she touched it, her hand sprang back as if she had received an electric shock.
She was all too familiar with that sensation.
"This? Impossible? You—" Lin Aoxue's expression grew increasingly stiff. She even directly pulled open Ye Liuyun's collar to look.
But what she saw should absolutely not have been on Ye Liuyun's body. Lin Aoxue was petrified.
"Did you see it?" Ye Liuyun asked.
"You, why are you like this? Ye Liuyun, how did your body become like this? It's impossible!" Lin Aoxue felt like the sky was falling.
Ye Liuyun no longer hid anything, so she told Lin Aoxue about the accident that happened during her alchemy.
Lin Aoxue naturally knew that Ye Liuyun liked tinkering with all sorts of strange things. When she heard that Ye Liuyun's gender had been changed because a medicinal substance entered her body during alchemy, her emotions became even more uncontrollable.
"I told you a long time ago not to stay cooped up in your room tinkering with those bottles and jars every day, but you wouldn't listen! Look at you now? You messed yourself up like this while doing alchemy. If I had known, I should have thrown all those bottles and jars away!" Lin Aoxue roared furiously.
Judging by her appearance, she seemed to believe what Ye Liuyun said.
Because, just as Ye Liuyun had said, Ye Liuyun's personality had become extremely eccentric since that year.
"What's the use of saying all this now? Sigh! So, Ao Xue, it's not that I don't want to marry you, but I can't. Would our family agree to two women getting married? Definitely not, right? So I could only Run Away from the Marriage." Ye Liuyun thought Lin Aoxue would understand now.
However, she had underestimated Lin Aoxue's resolve.
Just as Ye Liuyun prepared to get up and continue forward, she found that Lin Aoxue had not let go of her.
"What are you doing? Are you still trying to drag me back?" Ye Liuyun asked suspiciously.
Lin Aoxue took a deep breath, then replied very seriously.
"Even if we can't go back and get married, I still want to be with you. We can go to the Yunxia Sect together. That way, the Ethical Codes and Social Norms of the Mortal World won't be able to restrict us."
Lin Aoxue's words petrified Ye Liuyun.
"Heavens, my little ancestor, do you still want to marry me in the Cultivation World?" Ye Liuyun didn't know what to do.
She and Lin Aoxue seemed to always share a very special destiny.
"Human affection isn't solely based on the physical body," Lin Aoxue maintained her firm belief.
Seeing Lin Aoxue acting this way, Ye Liuyun had no choice. She definitely couldn't go back home.
If she went back and told her family, even if they accepted it, they would raise her as a daughter from now on. The consequences were terrifying just to think about.
"Fine then, let's go. If I can't even convince you like this, I have no choice. Just don't regret it," Ye Liuyun chose to surrender.
The two stopped wrestling. Lin Aoxue simply walked beside Ye Liuyun.
"Hmph! Don't worry, this lady won't regret it. You just make sure you don't Fall into Womanhood!" As they walked, Lin Aoxue dropped a harsh comment.
That single sentence nearly made Ye Liuyun spit out a mouthful of old blood.
"What are you talking about? Don't look at how my body has changed; mentally, I am a genuine, pure man. Fall into Womanhood? Do I look like someone who is mentally ill?" Ye Liuyun asked exasperatedly.
This statement landed in Lin Aoxue's ears, and she smiled knowingly.
"I know, I know. You'll always be a man," Lin Aoxue hugged Ye Liuyun's arm, her face full of smiles.