Chapter 3022

Yun Niang sighed. "I am a demon cultivator. I do no evil, but many cultivators look down on us. Mu Tou is a sword cultivator with great talent. I always worried I would drag him down."

"But now, even though you didn't mean to, you did. You meant well but caused trouble," Yan Xiwan said. She turned to Pan Hongmei. "Sister Hongmei, please help her take off her outer clothes. Keep only her inner wear."

"Okay." Pan Hongmei helped Yun Niang undress.

Yun Niang let her do it. "I didn't know before, but now I understand."

Yan Xiwan looked at Yun Niang and sighed. "Matters between husband and wife are private. Trust is key. Why tell others? If it were me, I wouldn't care what others say. My husband is mine. Even if he isn't human, as long as he doesn't reject me, we stay together forever."

"I didn't know before. Now I understand," Yun Niang sighed. "I came here mainly to find the Piaomiao Palace. I wanted to remove this demon aura. At least then, people wouldn't look down on Mu Tou."

"Demons are good. That is what you are. Don't worry that the Heavenly Dao will hate you. If humans are bad, the Heavenly Dao punishes them too. So, don't worry about your origin."

Yan Xiwan gave some advice, then took out gold needles. She prepared them and began acupuncture.

"When I start, you will feel warm. Then, as this warmth repairs your demon core, it will hurt. You must endure it," Yan Xiwan warned.

"Mn." Yun Niang was ready. She knew repairing her demon core was like being reborn.

Yan Xiwan took out a small jade bottle and poured out a pill. "Take this. Then I will start."

Yun Niang didn't ask what it was. Since Yan Xiwan gave it, and because her Mu Tou trusted them, she swallowed it whole.

After Yun Niang swallowed the pill, Yan Xiwan started the acupuncture.

At first, Yun Niang only felt warm. But soon, the warm energy grew stronger. It seemed to want to burst through her whole body. Only then did she realize there was such a thing as indescribable pain.

She didn't dare scream. Mu Tou was outside. If she screamed, she would worry.

She bit her lip and endured it silently.

Yan Xiwan saw this and said, "It’s okay if you scream."

"No, I can't. Mu Tou is very timid. If I scream, she will be sad." Although she was panting heavily, she still didn't voice her pain.

Hearing this, Yan Xiwan looked at Yun Niang deeply for a while, then nodded. "Now I understand why your Mu Tou is so devoted to you."

Yun Niang felt sweet inside, despite the pain. "Since I met Mu Tou, I knew such sweet love existed."

"So get well soon. Then you can reunite with your husband," Pan Hongmei said from the side.

"Mn, I will try hard." Although it still hurt, Yun Niang felt full of strength.

Because she had hope, Yun Niang was very strong.

The acupuncture took an hour and a half. Yun Niang endured the pain without a single sound.

Yan Xiwan admired Yun Niang's perseverance. After removing the last gold needle, she announced, "Done. Now take a bath, change clothes, and rest."

"Okay." Yun Niang nodded.

With help from Yan Xiwan and Pan Hongmei, Yun Niang bathed, changed, and sat cross-legged to meditate.

When Yan Xiwan thought it was enough, she went to the door and called out, "You can come in now."

Jian Ying rushed in directly. Seeing Yun Niang meditating, he didn't disturb her. He only looked at Yan Xiwan.

Yan Xiwan smiled. "She is fine now. But to recover her cultivation, she needs to rest. Rest well for a few days. In half a month, she will be basically healed."

"Thank you." Jian Ying’s eyes were full of gratitude.

Yan Xiwan waved her hand. "I didn't do it for you. I did it for Yun Niang. She is very strong. If you betray Yun Niang in the future, I will definitely poison you to death."

Jian Ying hurriedly said, "I would never betray Yun Niang."

"Whether you betray her or not isn't decided now. It depends on your performance," Yan Xiwan said directly.

Then Yan Xiwan said to Ouyang Tianyun, "Let's go out. Let's leave this room to the couple."

Ouyang Tianyun nodded slightly and pulled Yan Xiwan out.

Once the couple left, Lu Fang and Pan Hongmei, also a couple, naturally left too.

Only Jian Ying and Yun Niang, the couple, remained in the room.

When Yun Niang finished meditating and woke up, she saw Jian Ying staring at her without blinking. She smiled beautifully. "Why are you looking at me like that? Don't you recognize me?"

"No, I just think my wife is really beautiful," Jian Ying said foolishly. "Ouyang Tianyun praises his wife every day. Lu Fang praises his wife every day. But I think my wife is the most beautiful."

Hearing this, Yun Niang felt sweet inside. "It’s only been a few years. When did you learn sweet talk?"

"No, no." Jian Ying waved his hands quickly. "I mean it sincerely." Then he remembered something. He took out a wooden hairpin from his storage bag. "I know you like Magnolia flowers most. So I specially carved this Magnolia hairpin by hand. For you."

"Mu Tou, put it on for me." Joy showed in Yun Niang's eyes. She didn't expect her Mu Tou to become so thoughtful.

After all, they became husband and wife mainly because Yun Niang had chased Jian Ying.

Jian Ying hurried forward. He carefully put the hairpin on Yun Niang's head, then nodded with satisfaction. "Really beautiful."

"Do I look better, or does the hairpin look better?" Yun Niang asked deliberately.

"Both are beautiful," Jian Ying said seriously. "The hairpin is beautiful. You are beautiful. But you with the hairpin are even more beautiful."

"You can say things like that now. Honestly, who taught you?" Yun Niang knew her Mu Tou's character very well.

Jian Ying said, "Lu Fang and Ouyang Tianyun taught me. They said, you must cherish your own wife. You can't think your wife's sacrifice is natural. We husbands must also cherish our wives."

Jian Ying seriously betrayed the two people who taught him, completely and cleanly.