Hearing Liu Sumei's words, Little Bell was shocked. She whispered, "Senior Sister … but cultivators don't interfere with government affairs. That's the rule!"
Liu Sumei stared at Little Bell. "Little Bell, we are cultivators, but we are also humans!
We are humans first, and then we are cultivators! "
Little Bell was stunned, "But people will grow old and die. Didn't we put in so much effort to become cultivators to transcend this kind of life and death, to transcend the mortal world?"
Liu Sumei looked at Little Bell with a complicated expression. "Little Bell, you've been in the sect for 48 years … that's not a long time. But have you forgotten where you came from? What is your background?"
Little Bell's face turned red. She was embarrassed and angry. When she was in the Phoenix Hibiscus Court, her background was the biggest taboo!
Liu Sumei sighed. "Little Bell, there's nothing wrong with your low background.
In the cultivation world, there are many people with low backgrounds!
But just because we were born low, we can ignore those who used to be like us? "
Little Bell's eyes were red. She turned her head and whispered, "You've never been teased by them. You're the Sect Leader's most valued disciple. You're a genius. How would you know what it's like for girls from the mountains like us to be bullied and ostracized?"
Liu Sumei sighed. She put away the letter and said to Little Bell, "Let's go. I'll get someone to take care of Master Chu's funeral … it's a shame that he died without a full body."
Little Bell nodded, and the two of them disappeared from the room in a flash. Not long after, the waiter, who was listening outside, mustered up his courage to take a look outside. What he saw scared him so much that he fell to the ground and shouted at the top of his voice, "Help! Murder! Murder!"
The Four Seas Inn was bustling with activity. Little Bell and Liu Sumei had already disappeared into the night.
Liu Sumei and Little Bell did not return to the Falling Plum House immediately. They stood nearby and watched as the lights in the houses of the people near the Four Seas Inn lit up one by one.
She looked at the lights and the lively scene and sighed with a complicated expression, "Little Bell, do you know where I come from?"
Little Bell's eyes widened. In the Phoenix Hibiscus Pavilion, Liu Sumei's background was a mystery. When she arrived, no one knew where she came from or what her background was. No one from her family had ever visited her, and she had never left the mountain to visit her family. The Pavilion Leader, Qu Wanru, was also very secretive about it. It was only when the Pavilion Leader accidentally called Liu Sumei by the wrong name that everyone knew that the name Liu Sumei was given to her later on.
Just like that, she cultivated alone in the Phoenix Hibiscus Pavilion. She cultivated madly, desperately trying to become stronger. However, she was also very aloof from worldly affairs. Even though she had a peerlessly beautiful face and an earth-shattering cultivation base, she was never ostentatious. She never participated in any battles or competitions. Her name had never appeared in the various ranking lists in the world.
She was like a solitary beauty of the Phoenix Hibiscus Court. She was on one side of the water, and on the other side, she was the only one there.
But it wasn't that she didn't interact with others, nor was she like the Grand Senior Sister of the Spiritual Mountain Sect who kept people at arm's length.
On the contrary, she treated everyone like a spring breeze. No matter who it was, she treated them with respect. She never looked up to them because of their high status, nor did she treat them coldly because of their low status.
This was also the reason why Little Bell was so obedient towards Liu Sumei. It was Liu Sumei's charisma that made Little Bell submit to her, not her cultivation.
But Little Bell knew that no matter how friendly Liu Sumei was, she would never let anyone into her heart. It was as if there was a wall in her heart, separating everyone from her. She carefully protected the secrets deep within her heart.
But now, she was going to reveal her secret?
Little Bell said in disbelief, "Senior Sister, you … you … you … you're going to reveal your secret?
We … we … our sisters in the Phoenix Hibiscus Court are all wondering if you'll keep this secret for the rest of your life! "
Liu Sumei smiled faintly and said, "I was … born into a wealthy family, and there were many high-ranking officials in my family …"
Little Bell was instantly hit a hundred thousand times. She snorted and pouted, "Tsk, I knew it!"
Liu Sumei glanced at Little Bell, and Little Bell said, "Of course!
We all guessed that you were born into a wealthy family. You have such a good temperament, your poetry is unparalleled, and you're well-versed in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. How could you be from a small family? And how could you be someone like me who doesn't know anything, who doesn't know anything, who has nothing but the air of a country bumpkin? "
Liu Sumei said faintly, "There are benefits to being born into a country bumpkin, but there are hardships to being born into a wealthy family.
Everyone has their own fate, you can't force it. "
Little Bell said indignantly, "Come on, if I had to choose, I'd rather be born into a wealthy family!"
Liu Sumei said, "Oh?
Then what about this wealthy family, when you were fifteen, the men were sent to prison and the women were sent to work as prostitutes?
Do you still want to be born into a wealthy family? "
Little Bell was so shocked that she could not close her mouth, and said, "Senior Sister … you …"
Liu Sumei smiled and said, "I was lucky, I wasn't sent to work as a prostitute."
Little Bell heaved a sigh of relief, and patted her chest, and said, "Being a prostitute is really the lowest and most miserable woman in the world!
That's good, that's good! "
Liu Sumei smiled faintly, and said, "I was born pretty, so I was sent to the Musical House, and became an official prostitute."
Little Bell was instantly speechless. Being a prostitute in a military camp was naturally the most miserable and lowly job in the world, but how noble could an official prostitute be?
The only difference was that one was a tool for soldiers to vent their frustrations, while the other was a plaything for officials to enjoy.
Liu Sumei said, "But I was even luckier … on the day I was captured … I met him …"
Little Bell's desire for gossip was suddenly ignited, and she said, "Him?
Which him?
Who is he? "
Liu Sumei was silent for a while, her gaze distant and deep, as if she was recalling a distant memory. She said softly, "He … is the most handsome, bravest, most loyal, most gentle, kindest, most righteous, and most powerful man in the world …"
Little Bell had goosebumps when she heard this. She said, "How can there be such a man in the world?!"
Liu Sumei smiled, and said, "There is … you just haven't met him."
As she spoke, a blissful smile appeared on her face, and her gaze was gentle. Little Bell saw this, and thought to herself, 'I've never seen such a smile on Liu Sumei's face before. Although there were many male cultivators who wanted to pursue her, although Liu Sumei smiled politely, her eyes did not reveal any emotions.'
She had only seen Liu Sumei look at one man like this: Li Chengfeng!
What … was the relationship between these two?
Liu Sumei had stayed in the Phoenix Hibiscus Pavilion for more than a hundred years, never leaving the mountain. It was only two years ago that she suddenly announced that she was leaving the mountain, and headed straight for Cheng 'an City …
At that time, Little Bell did not know why, but now … Little Bell finally understood that her senior sister was here for Li Chengfeng!
Unless … he was the reincarnation of Liu Sumei's lover from her previous life?
It couldn't be that old-fashioned, right?
She'd seen it too many times in dramas!
But if he wasn't … then what was their relationship?