Sikong Yang’s bitterness, Su Qinghan’s horrific life experience?

In the end, Lin Mo still accepted that pile of valuable gifts, and went back in a daze.

After he left, the Alchemy chamber returned to quiet.

Su Qinghan led Sikong Yang into her private Alchemy room.

"Revered Master, look what this is?"

Su Qinghan carefully opened the exquisite jade box, displaying the moon cold flower inside to Sikong Yang.

"Haha, I know, isn't it a moon cold flower?"

Sikong Yang had a gentle smile on his face.

"Actually, I knew about your conversation in the Mission Hall earlier."

"I was secretly watching you from a distance at that time."

Seeing the moon cold flower in the box, he showed no surprise and continued, "Very good. Once Haner refines the boundary breaking pill, it will provide an extra layer of assurance for your Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm in the future."

Sikong Yang felt that, with Su Qinghan's Aptitude, breaking through to the Golden Core Realm was already a foregone conclusion, and she might not even need the boundary breaking pill.

But it's better to be safe than sorry; having this item to protect her Dao made him feel more at ease.

"Ah?"

Su Qinghan was stunned by the words.

"No, Revered Master, I am only at Spirit Sea Fourth Stage, still far from Golden Core."

"I want to refine the boundary breaking pill for you to use."

"This way, Revered Master, you will be able to Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm!"

"For me to use?"

Hearing this, the smile on Sikong Yang's face froze.

"You've been collecting Materials for the boundary breaking pill all this time, was it all for me?"

"Yes, Revered Master, you've been stuck at the Peak of Spirit Sea for many years, unable to Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, so ever since I learned Alchemy, I've always had this thought."

Su Qinghan nodded vigorously, her face full of anticipation.

"Unfortunately, in our small place, rare treasures like the moon cold flower are too scarce; I haven't encountered one for several years."

"I never thought Junior Brother's luck would be so good this time, to actually find a moon cold flower that had just matured not long ago."

She explained excitedly, but did not notice that Sikong Yang's expression had become very complex, without a trace of joy.

"I didn't expect... Haner collected these Materials for me..."

"Unfortunately... even with the boundary breaking pill, it's impossible for me to Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm..."

Thinking of his own situation, Sikong Yang's face grew darker, and he lowered his eyelids to hide the bitterness within.

"Revered Master, what's wrong?"

"Did I make you unhappy by doing this?"

Seeing Sikong Yang's reaction, the joy in Su Qinghan's heart instantly cooled, and she became a little flustered, thinking she had done something wrong.

She just wanted to help her Revered Master Breakthrough; why was her Revered Master unhappy instead?

"No... Haner."

Sikong Yang raised his hand and gently stroked her head.

"You did very well, I'm very touched."

"It's just..."

"It's just that even with the boundary breaking pill, this Revered Master cannot Breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm..."

He sighed deeply, the desolation and powerlessness contained within making Su Qinghan's heart clench.

"How can this be?!"

Su Qinghan could not accept this answer.

"Revered Master, why is this?"

"Ever since I can remember, Revered Master, you have been a Cultivator at the Peak of Spirit Sea, with an incredibly stable Foundation. With the help of the boundary breaking pill, you will definitely be able to become a Golden Core Realm Cultivator!"

In her understanding, her Revered Master was an experienced Peak Spirit Sea expert with profound reserves. With the boundary breaking pill, the possibility of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm was at least seventy or eighty percent, if not a hundred.

"Alas, Haner... in a blink of an eye, you've grown so big, your Cultivation is almost catching up to mine."

Sikong Yang pulled Su Qinghan to sit on a nearby stone stool, his voice carrying a hint of vicissitude.

"Some things, it's time I told you..."

"Tell... things?"

Su Qinghan was stunned; she felt that her Revered Master was very different today, but she still sat obediently, waiting for him to continue.

However, Sikong Yang's very first sentence struck her like a bolt of lightning.

"Actually, this Revered Master's Realm is not the Peak of Spirit Sea; I fell from the Spirit Transformation Realm."

"Spirit Transformation Realm?!"

Su Qinghan shot up instantly, her face filled with incredulous shock.

What was Revered Master saying?

Spirit Transformation Realm... that was a legendary existence even in the entire Canglin Domain, a super expert capable of shaking an entire region!

Her Revered Master, was once such a great figure?

Then why did he fall to such a state? And why did he reside in a small Sect like Qingxuan Sect?

"Don't be surprised, listen to me slowly."

Sikong Yang gently pulled Su Qinghan's arm, making her sit down again, and then slowly began to recount a past event that had been sealed for over twenty years.

A story most directly related to her, yet utterly unfamiliar to her.

A long time later.

"So... I was actually entrusted to Revered Master by my parents before their death?"

After listening to her Revered Master's narration, Su Qinghan felt completely dazed, her mind a blank.

According to Sikong Yang, she was still an infant in swaddling clothes when her biological parents fled with her.

The force pursuing their Family was astonishingly powerful.

Her parents were both experts far beyond Sikong Yang's imagination, but in that pursuit, they fought with all their might, ultimately ending up perishing with their enemies.

And before their demise, they entrusted their child to Sikong Yang, who was then only at the Peak of Nascent Soul, and who had once received their favor.

Sikong Yang kept his promise and accepted this heavy responsibility.

However, not long after, whether the news leaked or the other party was already prepared, he also suffered an ambush.

Initially, those pursuing him were only at the Nascent Soul Realm, and he could still handle them.

But later, a Spirit Transformation Realm expert appeared!

Finally, cornered, Sikong Yang could only use a secret technique that would lead to mutual destruction, forcibly burning his life and Dao Foundation, temporarily raising his Realm to the Spirit Transformation Realm, severely injuring his opponent. Then, he used his last shred of strength to flee all the way to this barren and remote Canglin Domain, where he hid.

This hiding lasted for over twenty years.

And he himself, due to that forced use of the secret technique, overdrawn all his potential, his Foundation suffered irreparable damage, his Realm plummeted all the way to the Peak of Spirit Sea, and he could no longer advance even an inch.

"So, Revered Master... you fell to this state because of me?"

Su Qinghan looked at the weathered man before her. He was not her father, yet he was more than a father, raising her from a young age, teaching her Cultivation Technique, and guiding her in life.

She had always thought her Revered Master was just an old Cultivator stuck in a Bottleneck, but she never imagined that beneath this ordinary exterior lay such a heavy past and sacrifice.

Tears, no longer suppressible, streamed down her cheeks.

"Silly child, don't cry."

Sikong Yang reached out and gently wiped away her tears with his rough fingers.

"This Revered Master received great kindness from your parents back then, saving me from danger, so accepting their dying wish was simply my duty."

"Moreover, after so many years of living together, this Revered Master has long regarded you as my own flesh and blood."

"I only regret that this Revered Master lacks the ability to completely resolve the hidden dangers on you."

Deep guilt and self-reproach surfaced in Sikong Yang's eyes.

He recently felt his condition worsening again; the internal hidden injuries were becoming increasingly difficult to suppress. Perhaps in the near future, he would even lose the ability to protect Su Qinghan.

And that terrifying force pursuing Su Qinghan was definitely still looking for them!

"Revered Master, who exactly killed my parents, and who forced us into such a predicament?"

Sikong Yang's haggard appearance pained Su Qinghan. She wanted to know what kind of existence could force them into such a desperate situation!

"Actually, this Revered Master is not clear either. Your parents fell too suddenly back then and didn't have time to tell me much."

Sikong Yang shook his head.

"But... based on the Family crest on the jade pendant your mother left you, combined with all the clues I've secretly investigated over these past twenty years..."

"I've largely deduced your origin."

He paused, every word he spoke incredibly heavy.

"That is an ancient Family standing at the Peak of the Cangxuan Great Realm, an supreme Holy Land yearned for by Alchemists worldwide, an absolute Dominator that independently controls an entire great state."

"Danzhou, Su Family!"