186: Time passes silently

Above the sky, the scene continued to unfold.

The Yaochi Empress stood silently, not rushing to retrieve the heart-peeping mirror. She also wanted to take this opportunity to see the years Su Quan had experienced.

"Hoo-ah, hoo-ah, hoo-ah, hoo-ah!"

Little Su Quan, tiny in stature, ran through the snow, clutching a swaddling cloth tightly in his arms, shouting anxiously as he ran: "Mother, Mother, quickly look what I found at our doorstep!"

"Hmm? What treasure has Quan'er found again? Let Mother see!"

Empress Su walked out of the Dao Palace.

She wore a green Daoist robe, her demeanor warm and elegant, her words full of love and doting.

"Mother, your child found a little girl. Her aura is weak, and her face is frozen red. I'm afraid she won't survive the night. Please save her!"

Su Quan held the swaddling cloth high.

Inside, a baby girl was wrapped.

The baby girl's skin was pale, her Physique frail, and a dazzling trace of blood red stained her forehead.

"Could it be..."

Above and below, countless people were stirred.

Everyone had a guess in their hearts.

Perhaps this adopted baby girl was the later The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family, Su Qianqian.

"Impossible, impossible!"

Su Qianqian murmured, distraught.

She absolutely refused to believe it.

Because ever since she could remember, she had been a daughter of the Su Family, and her Mother-Father doted on her. Now, suddenly, she was told that she was actually picked up by Su Quan?

But she also knew that the heart-peeping mirror was an Emperor Weapon, directly showing memories from a person's Divine Soul, and could not be faked!

"This is..."

The moment she saw the baby girl's face, Empress Su was uncharacteristically flustered.

"Quan'er, quickly throw this girl out! Where did you find her? Put her back there!"

"Why?"

Su Quan was a little confused. He looked at the dying baby girl, who neither cried nor fussed, but instead kept staring at him with her clear, round eyes.

He couldn't help but hold her tighter.

"No, no! Mother, if you don't save her, she will definitely die. She's so small, she hasn't even experienced the beauty of the world. It would be such a pity for her to die like this!"

"Mother, don't you always say to help others more..."

"Enough!"

Empress Su's tone became stern.

Her attitude was firm; she snatched the baby girl and threw her directly into the biting wind and snow outside: "For her, death is the best outcome. This is not up to your temperament!"

The Immortal Emperor was angry, and it was directed at her most beloved child.

Seeing this scene, Su Qianqian's pretty face was filled with bewilderment.

Empress Su's behavior in the scene made her feel a strange fear, completely inconsistent with the doting mother in her memories.

"Why?"

She was a little puzzled, and also heartbroken.

Why was she thrown out by Empress Su like an evil star? Was she so disliked by Mother when she was young?

The scene shifted.

The wind and snow grew fiercer.

The Su Family's Daoist grounds were located in the extremely cold northern lands.

Such extreme and harsh weather could even cause Immortals to perish.

Under the night sky, Su Quan sat casually in the snow, bare-chested, his Divine Body like jade, emitting astonishing heat to ward off the cold and sustain the life of the baby girl he held tightly in his arms.

Perhaps the baby girl had never experienced such warmth.

She was very clingy.

With half-closed eyes, her small hands randomly patted Su Quan's chest, revealing an innocent and pure smile.

"Quan'er, it's bitter cold outside, come back quickly!"

Empress Su stood with her hands behind her back, her gaze profound.

"I won't come back. Either I come back with her, or we both freeze to death outside!"

Though young, his tone was stubborn.

Seeing this, Su Qianqian already clutched her fists in pain, her fingertips digging deep into her flesh.

"Brother!"

Memories she didn't want to face were slowly unfolding at this moment.

The Eternal Su Family's Immortal Island, an extremely precious blessed land even in the Immortal Domain, was bestowed upon the two little ones by Empress Su to be their growth treasure land.

"Brother, Brother!"

Time flew by.

The infant from the swaddling cloth had now grown into a child of five or six years old.

She wore cute pigtails pointing skyward, her lively eyes large and bright. The Su Family's unique golden Immortal silk wrapped her petite body as she ran, her feet flying, then plunged into the young man's embrace.

The young Su Quan was also not much older, but his bones and Physique were a size larger than Su Qianqian's.

Thunder seemed to rumble in his eyes, and his divine light was disdainful.

His vast and continuous Qi communicated with the heavens, as if he were a young God Emperor.

"Little Qian, awake?"

"En en, I slept so comfortably yesterday! My body feels warm all over, and it doesn't hurt at all!" The little girl naturally hooked her arms around her brother's neck, greedily sniffed the charming scent on the young man, and her beautiful eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Since you've slept well, let's continue Cultivating the Su Family's Evergreen Cultivation Technique!"

Su Quan dotingly rubbed her small head.

Over the past few years, the two of them had lived together on Immortal Island, being each other's only playmates, so their relationship was naturally very good.

"Ah~ do I have to Cultivate again? Can Big Brother play with me for a while first?" Su Qianqian whined.

"No!"

Su Quan's expression turned cold. He said in an unyielding tone: "You have internal cold injuries and stagnation, and the Evergreen Cultivation Technique is best for nurturing injuries, greatly benefiting your body. You must quickly master it!"

"But, the Evergreen Cultivation Technique is really difficult to Cultivate. Qianqian has studied it for three years and still hasn't managed to reach the 'Returning to Orifice' stage!" Su Qianqian's face fell, and she pouted, complaining: "Cultivating is the most boring thing, and Qianqian gets a headache every time she Cultivates. Brother, you know that!"

"It's alright, let Brother guide the Qi for you. Carefully feel the trajectory of the Qi flowing through your Meridians!"

Su Quan placed one hand on Su Qianqian's back.

Warm True Qi flowed into the girl's body, slowly moving along a mysterious path.

Su Qianqian closed her eyes, trying to mobilize Spiritual Qi to repeat the previous trajectory, but each time, before it could travel far, it dissipated uncontrollably.

"This..."

Outside the scene, countless gazes couldn't help but converge on Su Qianqian.

Everyone's hearts were filled with doubt.

That Evergreen Cultivation Technique was not a profound Cultivation Technique, but Su Qianqian's displayed Comprehension Ability was truly poor, even describing it as Trash would not be an exaggeration.

By no means could she be linked to the current Peerless Maiden of the Su Family, who possessed unparalleled combat power and peerless talent.

Not to mention outsiders, even Su Qianqian herself showed a bewildered expression.

How could she have so much difficulty Cultivating an Evergreen Cultivation Technique?

If it had happened to someone else, she would have long since sneered and mocked them as a good-for-nothing, but these scenes were happening to herself.

A strong sense of unreality surged in her heart.

The scene rapidly passed.

Another few years passed.

The two youngsters of the Su Family had grown older.

However, their conditions were completely different.

Su Quan was tall and robust, with mysterious runes flickering on his skin. His terrifying Dao Body was beginning to show its edge, and with every move, surging vital blood roared like thunder, a peerless posture unmatched through the ages.

In contrast, Su Qianqian was like a stunted winter melon, suffering from malnutrition.

Her face was pale, her aura weak, her delicate body so thin that her bones protruded, and her eyes had long lost their former liveliness.

In Empress Su's Daoist grounds.

Su Quan once again pleaded with his mother.

"Mother, what's wrong with my little sister's body? Don't you have a way to cure her?"

"If Mother had a way, she would have acted long ago!"

Empress Su sighed softly.

After such a long time together, Su Qianqian was well-behaved, intelligent, sensible, and astute, making Empress Su accept her as a daughter from the bottom of her heart.

"Qianqian's situation is very complex. Mother once invited the Medical Saint, but even he was helpless."

"Is there really no other way?" Su Quan murmured.

"There is one way!"

At this point, Empress Su looked at Su Quan.

Even someone as resolute as her felt intense hesitation and reluctance at this moment.

Su Quan seemed to understand his mother's meaning. He suddenly stepped forward, his tone sincere and his attitude decisive: "Mother, as long as it can save my little sister, I am willing to do anything!"

His words were powerful and resounding, echoing through the ages and exploding in Su Qianqian's ears.

The young girl's delicate body swayed slightly.

At the same time, Su Quan's ears heard a System prompt.

"regret value +1000!"

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