[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 78

Chapter 78: The Truth About the Knee Injury

Xue Mu, Dugu Yuan’an, and Diwu Miaofu arrived at the small pine forest courtyard where Sect Leader Qi Qing was staying. Dugu Yuan’an sat on the soft couch in the small house. Some porcelain bottles were placed on the stool beside the couch. Sect Leader Qi Qing said, “Child, take these pills first and mobilize your internal breath. Let me examine your knees.”

Xue Mu helped Dugu Yuan’an roll up her trouser legs, revealing the dark bruises on her knees. Diwu Miaofu exclaimed upon seeing them, “Sister Xue, the bruises on Sister-in-law Dugu’s knees are so strange. The colors vary in depth, just like ink spreading in water on an inkstone!”

Sect Leader Qi Qing naturally saw them too, but her gaze instantly sharpened. She hurried to the other side of the soft couch. Diwu Miaofu cleverly stepped back, still poking her head out curiously to watch.

Sect Leader Qi Qing extended her palm to cover Dugu Yuan’an’s left knee. Profound internal energy flowed directly in along the knee eye. Dugu Yuan’an closed her eyes and calmly regulated her breath, feeling the internal energy sent by Sect Leader Qi Qing was extremely soothing. Seeing that Sect Leader Qi Qing’s expression wasn’t very good, Xue Mu was burning with anxiety, thinking: Is it really difficult for Yuan’er’s knees to recover?

After a moment, Sect Leader Qi Qing opened her eyes and said in a deep voice, “Maiden Dugu’s kneecaps were pierced by some object controlled by internal energy, is that right?”

Dugu Yuan’an also opened her eyes and said, “Yes, Senior. Back then, that person controlled stones from a distance to pierce from the back of my knees through the front. The internal force contained in the stones destroyed the major acupoints around my knees.”

“I know. The surface injuries on your knees have healed very well, but the internal meridians are damaged, causing obstruction when internal energy circulates. Child, your internal energy has been blocked here for a long time, accumulating a large amount of Cold Poison. Did this blue-purple bruise only appear on the surface of your knees after the Cold Poison accumulated?” Sect Leader Qi Qing narrowed her eyes slightly.

Dugu Yuan’an was surprised. “Yes. When I was young, the surface of my knees healed, and new flesh and skin grew. Originally, there was no bruise. Later, after practicing… practicing my family’s martial arts, a little bruise slowly appeared on the knees, and then expanded a lot, just like now.”

Xue Mu hurriedly said, “Sect Leader Junior Martial Aunt, can Yuan’er’s knees still recover?”

Sect Leader Qi Qing was silent, her face gradually becoming heavy. Seeing this, Xue Mu’s heart also sank, filled with worry and fear.

“Look at this bruise; the color difference is very strange. I was also hit by this palm technique once. At the part hit, there was a slight feeling of stagnation when blood and qi circulated, which is hard for ordinary people to detect. Later, the same bruise appeared, but very light and could be dissolved. Fifteen years ago, Maiden Dugu was still young, and the palm force wasn’t strong. After controlling the object to pierce the knees, it shouldn’t have left such a bruise. It’s just that she tried to practice kung fu later to break through the destroyed meridians, making the stagnation heavier and heavier, forming this kind of bruise.”

After Sect Leader Qi Qing finished speaking, Dugu Yuan’an was stunned for a good while before muttering to herself, “So that’s how it is?”

Xue Mu still didn’t understand and said anxiously, “What does that mean? Sect Leader Junior Martial Aunt, do you recognize this palm technique?”

Sect Leader Qi Qing glanced at her, her eyes seemingly filled with compassion and helplessness. Xue Mu seemed to realize something, but still stubbornly asked, “Sect Leader Junior Martial Aunt, what palm technique is it? Who did it?”

Dugu Yuan’an looked down at the bruises on her knees, her face very calm. Looking up at the panting Xue Mu, she said gently, “It’s okay.”

“What’s okay!” Xue Mu shouted, her eyes already red. “What’s okay! Whose palm technique did you get hit by? Whose palm technique was Sect Leader Junior Martial Aunt hit by? If you don’t say, how would I know!”

Although she shouted like this, the identity of that person was already clear in her heart, so she broke down even more. “It wasn’t my master who did it, it wasn’t my master who did it, right!”

“Your master spared my life,” Dugu Yuan’an said softly. “Mu’er, if she hadn’t shown mercy, I would have died, and you would have died too.”

Xue Mu still shouted, “I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! It wasn’t my master, she didn’t hurt you!” Towards the end, tears were streaming down her face, and she hugged Dugu Yuan’an tightly, crying bitterly!

When the truth came out, she had to admit that Xue Duanhun was the villain who harmed the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain. The person she respected and loved the most hurt her current beloved wife. How could she not cry out loud?

Sect Leader Qi Qing sighed softly. Diwu Miaofu stared blankly at this scene, holding her head in confusion, not understanding what the situation was.

“Mu’er, Mu’er…” Dugu Yuan’an patted Xue Mu’s back, comforting her. “Actually, I guessed it a long time ago. Mu’er, don’t be too sad, and don’t blame yourself. Since I already guessed this, I understand that your master shouldn’t be the one who made the decision to exterminate the clan. Mu’er, you have to take care of your own body.”

“I can’t take care of it, I won’t take care of it…” Xue Mu sobbed. “You are my wife, but my master harmed your family and harmed you. That was my master. I respected and loved her all these years. How could she hide everything from me, tell me nothing, stay by my side for more than ten years without saying a word…”

Dugu Yuan’an also had resentment in her heart, but Xue Duanhun was dead. To seek more truth, she could only continue investigating, rather than letting herself fall into the vortex of hatred over her knee injury. So she said, “Mu’er, I know you are uncomfortable, but the urgent matter is something else. Your Fire Poison hasn’t been completely dissolved, and my Cold Poison can’t be dealt with either. Shouldn’t we think of a way?”

Xue Mu’s nose was red. Dugu Yuan’an wiped away her tears distressedly and whispered, “Mu’er, don’t be too sad, understand? Your master is already dead. No matter what happens now, you have no way to question her. But we still have to continue living and investigating, right?”

Xue Mu sobbed, “Yes…”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Are you going to find a way to restore my knees for me?”

Xue Mu’s eyes were red. “Yes!”

Dugu Yuan’an cupped her face and persuaded gently, “I was supposed to die too, but your master destroyed my meridians and spared my life so I could see you today. I am very glad I didn’t die, Mu’er.”

Xue Mu said loudly, “You won’t die!”

Dugu Yuan’an said, “Yes, I won’t die, and you won’t die either, so we have to live well together. Don’t be too sad and heartbroken, don’t trigger the Fire Poison in your body, understand?”

Xue Mu wiped her tears herself, her vision blurred. Hearing Dugu Yuan’an constantly comforting her, her heart was filled with grief and pity. How could Yuan’er be so magnanimous, still having the mind to comfort her at this moment? She absolutely couldn’t let down Yuan’er’s painstaking efforts!

Xue Mu panted lightly, got off the soft couch, her voice already somewhat hoarse. “Please help my wife, Sect Leader Junior Martial Aunt.”

Sect Leader Qi Qing nodded slowly.

“It’s all karma,” she sighed like this, then said to Dugu Yuan’an, “Now I will try to use internal energy to help you clear your meridians.”

Dugu Yuan’an nodded. “Troubling Senior.”

Xue Mu swayed. Diwu Miaofu leaned close to her and asked worriedly, “Sister Xue, are you okay?”

Xue Mu waved her hand, intending to walk out of the house. She went down the steps into the courtyard. In a trance, before she had walked a few steps, a sharp pain suddenly came from her chest. Her vision went black, and she collapsed limply forward.