"You are working for me now, so you are with me on all asions. Qing is mostly in charge of the mansion, but Sword One is too busy to handle everything alone. If you can stay by my side, that would be great."


    "…"


    "Also, you are working for me, but you are not a puppet. You can do whatever you want, as long as you don''t betray me."


    "…"


    "If you need my help, I can help you within my abilities. I asked you to work for me for five years, so I will treat you as my sister during these five years," Gu Chaoyan said to Lingyun.


    There were many reasons why she treated Lingyun in this way.


    For one thing, she appreciated her abilities. For another, she felt concerned about her. She felt as if she had seen an old version of herself.


    Since she asked her to work for herself, then she should not be treated differently from Sword One, Qing and Xiu Jie.


    Lingyun was startled as she looked at Gu Chaoyan.


    She was not a person without a history. Wuxing did not kill her, but she hated him most. That was why she burst out with the unreasonable request, but she had not expected that Gu Chaoyan would treat her so trustingly.


    She felt like sharing the secret hidden in her heart.


    Lingyun sat down on her chair and smiled bitterly.


    Gu Chaoyan was next to her.


    Sword One took Li Qing away from this ce.


    Only Gu Chaoyan and Lingyun were in the empty yard, and the herbs in the sunshine were giving off a light smell.


    "The older Brother from Piaomiao Pavilion Wuxing used to be my partner. Human races outside the enchantment are different from people from the Saint Divine Land. We have no strict rules and etiquette. We are more like free people and when we are able to cultivate, we can make decisions for our partners and marriage."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "…"


    "Me and Wuxing were partners because we decided to be together, but we did not get married, so I should not have been considered as his wife."


    "…"


    "He is one of the few cultivating disciples who have fire and water energy inside him. That is why he is the Senior Brother of Piaomiao Pavilion, but I am an ordinary woman without any qualification for cultivation."


    "…"


    "When he found out that I could not cultivate, he treated me coldly. At that time, I felt so little of myself, because I knew that I would never be able to stand by his side like this. Therefore, I started to work on drugs."


    "…"


    "I could not cultivate, but I was very skillful with drug making. After knowing about that, he started to treat me nicely again."


    "…"


    "Years passed, and I gave him the drugs I made and the herbs I had. He said that it was very useful for him."


    "…"


    "Later, he told me that he needed a veryplicated drug and asked me to make it. I made it within half a year. Unexpectedly, I was drugged by someone. I could not find the antidote so the poison traveled inside my body, starting from the inside then moving to the face. Soon, I was disfigured."


    "…"


    "At that time…"