"What's wrong with Momo? Are you feeling unwell?" Liu Qingmei had been paying attention to Jun Xiaomo's condition. When she noticed her daughter rubbing her forehead, she couldn't help but feel anxious again.
Children are really the debts of parents in previous lives, and they will always have endless worries.
"Mom~ I'm fine, don't worry too much." Jun Xiaomo held Liu Qingmei's arm obediently and said, sticking out his tongue and winking, showing a naughty and bright smile.
Liu Qingmei flicked Jun Xiaomo's forehead and said with an annoyed smile: "Naughty."
However, it was Jun Xiaomo's appearance that made Liu Qingmei's heart relax a little.
She knew her daughter's temperament. Jun Xiaomo had grown up in a honey pot. Although her husband had strict requirements for her daughter's cultivation, other than that, Jun Xiaomo had not suffered much. Liu Qingmei felt that if her daughter was really uncomfortable, she might have thrown herself into her arms and complained. How could she be so lively and cheerful now
Liu Qingmei naturally didn't expect that the current Jun Xiaomo had suffered a lifetime of suffering before being reincarnated.
Ye Xiuwen had a slight change in his view of this junior sister. He remembered what Jun Xiaomo said in the punishment hall - "Do you have to show your physical discomfort? Why show it? Do you pity me or sympathize with me? ? Pity, sympathy, pity, I, Jun Xiaomo, don’t need these, because I am Jun Linxuan’s daughter, and I have my own pride.”
Now it seems that maybe it was not just the "pride" in her heart that made her choose to hide her physical discomfort, right? Not wanting to worry loved ones is also one of the reasons.
Jun Xiaomo never thought that her act of comforting her mother would make Ye Xiuwen re-evaluate her. After she made a face at Liu Qingmei, she turned around and saw Ye Xiuwen...seemingly looking at her
Jun Xiaomo felt a little embarrassed to be looked at so intently by Senior Brother Ye. He couldn't help but touch his face and asked Ye Xiuwen: "Senior Brother Ye, is there something on my face?"
Ye Xiuwen calmly looked away and said calmly: "It's nothing, Junior Sister, please stretch out your wrist and let Junior Sister see it. Let Junior Sister see your cultivation level."
The three of them had already sat down, and Ye Xiuwen turned the topic back to the main topic without leaving any trace.
Jun Xiaomo knew that she couldn't escape anyway, so she smiled at Liu Qingmei and said: "There's nothing interesting to see, it's just... it's... it's just that my cultivation has dropped to the level of Qi training."
"What?! When did this happen?! Why didn't you tell mother!" Liu Qingmei raised her eyebrows and immediately became angry.
"Mom, you... calm down." Jun Xiaomo patted Liu Qingmei on the back, and then murmured in a low voice, "It's nothing. If your cultivation level drops, you can practice it back."
It's better than having the demonic energy stuck there and staying at the eighth level of Qi training for the rest of your life, Jun Xiaomo secretly added in his heart.
"Nonsense! What do you mean by 'nothing'? Do you think the eighth level of Qi training is so easy to practice? Moreover, the younger you are, the faster you start from the lower level. Now that you are back to the first level, it is like starting all over again. You won't be able to reach the eighth level of Qi training in another sixteen years. If you can't reach the foundation building stage, you can only live, grow old, sick and die like ordinary people. Do you want your parents to have white-haired people and give them to black-haired people?!"
Jun Xiaomo watched Liu Qingmei getting more and more excited as she talked, and couldn't help but be afraid that she would be angry. He hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Liu Qingmei, handed it to her hand, and said flatteringly: "Mom, you won't say anything. It’s so serious.”
Liu Qingmei's eyes turned red and her breath caught in her throat. In the end, she could only stare at her daughter, took the tea and took a sip.
After the tightness in her chest eased, Liu Qingmei said coldly: "Stretch out your wrist."
Jun Xiaomo had no choice but to take his hands out from under the table and spread them flat on the table.
Liu Qingmei put her fingertips on Jun Xiaomo's wrist and injected a trace of spiritual energy into it, letting it swim in Jun Xiaomo's meridians and dantian for a week.
Jun Xiaomo didn't say anything more. Her eyes fell on her wrist, and then she narrowed her eyes slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.
Ye Xiuwen was not a particularly talkative person. He rarely spoke unless necessary, so he sat there quietly, as if waiting for Liu Qingmei's decision.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was a bit silent and solemn.
After a long time, Liu Qingmei sighed slightly and retracted her fingers.
"Tell me, when did you start to realize that your cultivation level was declining?" Liu Qingmei knew that this had become an established fact and could not be modified, so her tone became much calmer. However, judging from her expression, she still felt Being angry.
She was angry that her daughter had concealed such an important thing from her, and she was even more angry with herself for not discovering this situation earlier.
If she could have discovered it earlier, would Momo have...
"Mom, it's none of your business." How could Jun Xiaomo not see that her mother was blaming herself? After receiving Liu Qingmei's several light and cool glances, Jun Xiaomo held her hand and continued, "Actually, I didn't realize it at first. The medicine given to me by the sect master and uncle is very useful. I think My body recovered quite quickly, but..."
Jun Xiaomo hesitated for a moment before continuing: "It's just that a few days ago, those medicines suddenly seemed useless. Especially after I took the last pill, I became very tired and weak. I got up. I thought this was the sequelae of the physical trauma, and it would be relieved after a few days of rest. Unexpectedly, it took several days and the situation was not relieved at all. I checked my luck today and found that my cultivation level had dropped to I have reached the first level of Qi training... Mom, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you."
Jun Xiaomo lowered his head, leaving a small curl in his hair. His pitiful look made Liu Qingmei unable to bear the harsh criticism.
Liu Qingmei carefully recalled what Jun Xiaomo said, and she caught one of the key points: "You mean, the sect master's medicine suddenly became useless?"
"Uh... I guess so." Jun Xiaomo raised his head and nodded hesitantly, "Then I started to feel weak."
"Then have you ever eaten anything special?"
"No." Jun Xiaomo shook his head affirmatively after "reflecting" for a moment.
Liu Qingmei pondered for a while and then asked: "Momo, do you still keep the medicine the door master gave you?"
"We've all... finished eating." Jun Xiaomo lowered his head again, hiding the glimmer of light in his eyes.
Liu Qingmei frowned and fell into deep thought.
Ye Xiuwen looked at Jun Xiaomo thoughtfully, feeling a little surprised in his heart.
If he hadn't seen Jun Xiaomo use that palm to injure Yu Wanrou so much that her cultivation almost declined, he might have been deceived by Jun Xiaomo's current appearance.
Jun Xiaomo's innocent expression was so spot-on that it was impossible to tell that she was lying.
But Ye Xiuwen knew that she was lying. A few hours ago, Jun Xiaomo's cultivation level had definitely not dropped to the level of Qi training, otherwise the power of that palm would not have been that great. Ye Xiuwen thought that Jun Xiaomo lied to the three elders in order to avoid punishment from the Punishment Hall. Unexpectedly, Jun Xiaomo actually lied in front of his wife.
Why did she hide the truth about her decline in cultivation? Ye Xiuwen was puzzled.
Moreover, Jun Xiaomo's words seemed to be guiding Master He to consider Master He, as if he insisted that there was something wrong with the healing pills given by Master He Zhang. Why
Ye Xiuwen knew that Liu Qingmei, Jun Linxuan and He Zhang were brothers and sisters from the same sect, and their relationship was pretty good. This could be seen from He Zhang's constant pleading for the junior sister who was punished for trespassing into the forbidden area. Moreover, as the sect leader, He Zhang must have extraordinary healing medicine. He could come and deliver the medicine as soon as possible, so he must be very concerned about his junior sister.
From this point of view, Jun Xiaomo seemed to have no reason to sow discord between He Zhang and Liu Qingmei, but she did so.
Not to mention that Jun Xiaomo is a "childish talker" who can tell lies so well that even the three elders couldn't find any evidence that she was "commonly fighting each other" and almost bit Yu Wanrou back. This shows that this junior sister also Not a scheming person.
However, the use of her "scheming" was a bit strange, and Ye Xiuwen couldn't figure out the reason for the time being.
Ye Xiuwen originally planned to tell his wife that there might be demonic energy in Jun Xiaomo's body, but now, he was not prepared to do so.
Since Jun Xiaomo wanted to hide his physical condition from his wife, she must have had her own plans. If she rashly told the story about Jun Xiaomo's obsession, she might even disrupt the other party's plan. Ye Xiuwen Thought silently.
Of course, he didn't want to cooperate with Jun Xiaomo's plan. He just felt that Jun Xiaomo was capable of handling his own affairs, so there was no need for him to interfere.
As for Jun Xiaomo being scheming and lying, that is not within the scope of Ye Xiuwen's worries. He even thinks that it is good for Jun Xiaomo to do this to prevent her master and his wife from being harmed in the future because of her stupidity and ignorance. .
I have to say that Ye Xiuwen is quite "prescient".
After sorting out all these thoughts, Ye Xiuwen fell completely silent.
At this moment, Liu Qingmei finally spoke: "You can't just rely on these clues to think that there is something wrong with the elixirs given by the sect master. After all, these elixirs were quite effective at the beginning. Alas, I only blame these few days. Tian thought that your health was completely healed, so he accepted the mission and left the sect, otherwise it would have prevented your condition Momo from deteriorating to this extent."
"Mother~" Jun Xiaomo didn't know how to comfort Liu Qingmei, so he could only hold her hand tightly.
There were many things that she couldn't tell Liu Qingmei directly, so she could only give indirect reminders and try her best to protect the people she cared about.
She knew that there was no way to expose He Zhang's ugly hypocrite face all at once, but the days were long, and as long as the seeds of doubt had been planted in her mother's heart, they would one day take root and sprout.
"By the way, your father should be released soon. After he comes out, let him see it too. By the way, it's time to mention the marriage between you and Qin Lingyu to the sect leader." Liu Qingmei was anxious again. Said worriedly.
If Jun Xiaomo didn't react at all to the first half of the sentence, the second half almost made her jump in shock:
"What?! Mom! I'm only sixteen years old!!!"
Obviously, her parents thought Qin Lingyu was not a good husband in her last life, so why were she so anxious to marry him off in this life? !