I’ve Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] 17

17. Seclusion

A few days after returning to the sect, Zuo Wuyi’s cultivation smoothly broke through to the late stage of Qi Refinement. Counting from the time Zuo Wuyi first guided qi into her body, she had only been cultivating for four months. Such a cultivation speed could no longer be described by the word “genius”; it was simply monstrous.

Upon learning this news, Xuan Shuang immediately summoned Zuo Wuyi and gave her a magical artifact that could conceal the aura of her cultivation.

“Your cultivation speed is a bit too fast. Before you have enough strength, do not reveal your cultivation speed in front of outsiders,” Xuan Shuang said in a very serious tone, her gaze fixed on Zuo Wuyi.

“Yes, this disciple obeys,” Zuo Wuyi obediently put on the artifact Xuan Shuang had given her.

As Zuo Wuyi put on the artifact, a small part of the jade pendant hanging around her neck was revealed. A trace of surprise flashed in Xuan Shuang’s eyes when she saw it clearly. Isn’t this the defensive artifact I gave to Yunmu? Why did Yunmu give even this to her little junior sister?

Xuan Shuang’s brow furrowed slightly, then quickly relaxed. This is also good. Since Yunmu values her little junior sister so much, she can be considered to have her own attachments, so she won’t always see herself as a mere passerby.

“Wuyi, from now on, come find me every day at… the Hour of the Snake. I will personally guide your cultivation,” Xuan Shuang said, a little worried that such a cultivation speed would leave hidden dangers for her little disciple.

“Yes, Master,” Zuo Wuyi did not reject Xuan Shuang’s guidance. After all, in her previous life, she had received a lot of care from Xuan Shuang.

More importantly, Xuan Shuang was the only person she knew who had successfully ascended. The Heavenly Dao seemed to favor her greatly, even the lightning tribulation for her ascension was just a token few strikes. Since Xuan Shuang was favored by the Heavenly Dao, she definitely couldn’t be a bad person.

“That’s perfect. You should follow Master properly during this time. I’m going into seclusion for a while,” Hearing that her master was going to personally guide Zuo Wuyi, the worry in Mo Xiao’s heart disappeared.

“Seclusion?” Zuo Wuyi’s eyes widened. “Mo Xiao, didn’t you just break through to the late Golden Core stage not long ago? Why are you going into seclusion again?”

Mo Xiao raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t you also just guide qi into your body? Besides, that was a year ago.”

Zuo Wuyi was at a loss for words, muttering under her breath, “How can the Qi Refinement stage be compared to the Golden Core stage…” As long as there was enough spiritual energy in the body, breaking through in the Qi Refinement stage was very easy. But after successfully forming a core, one not only had to cultivate, but also cultivate one’s own Dao.

“How long will you be in seclusion?” Zuo Wuyi asked dejectedly. She couldn’t stop Mo Xiao from going into seclusion.

Mo Xiao didn’t answer, but recalled how long it had taken her to break through to the Nascent Soul stage last time. “Three years at the fastest, five years at the slowest?” She had used five years in her previous life. With experience this time, it should be a little faster.

Zuo Wuyi didn’t speak. Breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage indeed took a long time, she knew this in her heart. “Then… you won’t go back on your word after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, will you?”

“Go back on what?” Mo Xiao asked.

“Naturally, go back on the matter of us starting over!” This time, Zuo Wuyi did not continue to stubbornly deny it, but asked with some urgency, “You said it before, we have both changed. Maybe we are suitable to be together now.”

Hearing Zuo Wuyi’s words, Mo Xiao sighed softly, unable to help but recall the time they broke up.

It was actually difficult to distinguish right from wrong in matters of love. If she put herself in Zuo Wuyi’s shoes, all Zuo Wuyi had wanted back then was for her to spend more time with her. That was why she had used money to interfere with the research progress, wanting to use other means to advance it.

Later, Zuo Wuyi was worried that she would find out about those things, so she chose to use one lie after another to cover up her initial mistake. It was like a snowball rolling bigger and bigger. Once one of the lies was exposed, it was truly a mess.

If one were to be serious, the one at fault should have been the researcher who instigated Zuo Wuyi to do the wrong thing. After all, he was a PhD specializing in psychology. It was normal for Zuo Wuyi to be unable to fend him off. Unfortunately, by the time Mo Xiao learned of this matter, it was already too late.

From Mo Xiao’s perspective at the time, she was just unwilling to give up on a project she had been researching for so long. Regardless of whether the result was good or bad, since she had decided to do it, she had to finish it. Instead, under Zuo Wuyi’s interference, the entire research institute was in a mess, and the things they had worked so hard to research were almost plagiarized.

And so, both of them at that time had their own inexplicable pride and face. Neither was willing to bow their head and admit their mistake. In addition, neither of them knew what the other was thinking. Under the stalemate, what was originally a joke of a breakup became real.

Mo Xiao had actually thought about finding Zuo Wuyi to clear things up after she learned the truth later, but when she saw that Zuo Wuyi was living more freely after leaving her, she gave up the idea.

Since separating can allow the other person to live more easily, then perhaps separating is not a wrong decision.

“Mo Xiao, why have you stopped talking? Are you still blaming me for what I did back then?” Zuo Wuyi was a little afraid of Mo Xiao’s silence. It was just like that back then, Mo Xiao had looked at her for a long time without saying a word.

“Originally, I thought that what’s past is past, and we could just be the most familiar of strangers,” Mo Xiao’s scattered thoughts were pulled back by Zuo Wuyi. “But some things don’t seem to be as simple as I thought.”

She seemed unable to ignore Zuo Wuyi’s existence, and she couldn’t control the inexplicable… possessiveness that popped up. And Zuo Wuyi, she seemed to care about her more than she had imagined.

“Zuo Wuyi, I admit, I still have feelings for you, so I plan to give us both a chance,” Mo Xiao simply laid her thoughts bare. “I know very well what kind of person you are, and I am willing to accept it. So I hope you can be more honest with me in the future. I am not as… fragile and vulnerable as you imagine.”

She had just not wanted to bother with those trivial matters before, so she appeared very unique and clean. But that didn’t mean she was a fragile doll, and it certainly didn’t mean her heart was pure white, unable to tolerate even a single stain.

Zuo Wuyi scratched her face in a concealing manner. If Mo Xiao knew that she had killed many, many people in her previous life and then directly caused the entire world to collapse, would she think that she…

“Mo Xiao, do you still remember what this world was originally like?” Zuo Wuyi slightly changed the subject.

“Not very clearly. I might have remembered at the beginning, but now I don’t have much of an impression,” Mo Xiao only remembered now that Zuo Wuyi and Xuan Min were the pillars of this world, and she had to ensure that the two of them would not hate each other and end up perishing together.

“I won’t mention the past. I will be honest with you in the future,” Zuo Wuyi said. I’ll just pretend I’ve just transmigrated and start over with Mo Xiao properly. “I will definitely not make the same mistakes as before. I will not interfere with your cultivation!”

“Alright,” Mo Xiao nodded. “While I’m gone, you cultivate well.”

“Mhm,” Zuo Wuyi nodded in promise.

During the time Mo Xiao is in seclusion, I’ll just casually cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage.