Bound to Mary Sue, I am against involution in the world of immortal cultivation

Ling You finally collapsed. When he woke up again, he found himself in an unfamiliar place. The sky was a little gloomy, and it looked like it was going to rain.

"Where is this?" He rubbed his head and looked at Fan Ning who was waiting for something beside him.

"It's the door," Fan Ning said directly without any hesitation. "We are now in the crack of the door. We are only one step away from getting out."

"As for the rest, we can only leave it to fate."

"This doesn't seem like something you would say...where are the others?" Ling You looked around, trying to recall what happened before he fainted.

Fan Ning looked completely unaffected, and after hearing Fan Ning's answer, he collapsed headfirst, seemingly being supported by her, but...

"Did someone speak in my ear before I lost consciousness?" Ling You hesitated, even unsure himself, and asked, "I seemed to hear something, but I have no memory of it."

Fan Ning: "It's an illusion, right? When a dying man speaks kind words, well... his words are also illusions..."

Ling You: "That's not what I meant. Besides, I'm not dead."

Fan Ning: "Then you must have misheard. You fainted but still thought someone was talking in your ear. Go out and ask Senior Sister Jiang for some pills to heal your brain."

Ling You: "She would poison me, but that's not the point... Wait, with your attitude, did you hear anything or didn't you?"

"..." Fan Ning pressed his hand, his expression sincere, "Is there a possibility that... I didn't faint at all?"

Ling You: “…”

Between asking why Fan Ning didn't faint and finding out the reason behind those words, he chose to accept it silently.

"Just assume fainting is a must... You didn't faint, did you notice anything unusual?"

Fan Ning pondered for a moment and said, "That sword..."

Ling You: "...that sword?"

"That sword had a pretty fancy effect. I was stabbed by the light and my eyes closed instantly."

Ling You: “…”

Ling You sighed, feeling a little mad, "But we still haven't found anything?!"

"...What's the point of you staying awake like this?"

"It looks impressive, doesn't it?" Fan Ning nodded seriously, his face showing no concern for what he said. "It's already troublesome to stay awake."

So it is obviously impossible to do anything more!

Ling You: “?”

Ling You was so angry that he laughed. "Should I say it's worthy of you? This is something you would really do..."

He stepped on the thick tree stump and walked down in the direction of the wind, with no interest in further discussion.

"I'm going to go find someone first. You wait here for me," he said, waving his hand backwards. When he got no response, he added casually, "...it's okay if you don't want to wait."

The system was a little surprised: [Is this an illusion? Why does Ling You seem to be avoiding you?]

"Although I really want to say your system is malfunctioning, unfortunately, this time it's probably not an illusion."

Fan Ning smiled, watching the other person's back gradually disappear from his sight, and said the cruelest words in the most gentle tone, "There are some things that are useless to avoid. It's a pity that he hasn't understood this yet... If he continues like this, I will have to resort to some less than honorable means."

She paused and complained half-heartedly, "What a hassle! I've always been aboveboard."

system:【……】

It almost doesn't recognize those four words anymore.

Moreover, it is aboveboard... ?

"But you just hid the information from Ling You, didn't you? You clearly knew what this thing was."

[Should I tell you if I know? ]

Fan Ning was silent for a moment, then smiled. "We should give others a chance to shine sometimes, right? If I just casually handle things, I'll lose so much fun."

【And...Is anyone still looking forward to it?】

She lowered her eyebrows slightly, standing on the top of the mountain, taking in everything below.

Monks are usually very good at hearing and seeing, especially when the surrounding environment is already quiet.

Someone got up from the ground and, in this environment that was not unfamiliar to him, called out a name that no one had ever mentioned.

"Senior Sister Qiu".

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A quarter of an hour later, Ling You finally gathered everyone.

He returned to the hillock and before he could say anything, he heard a question with a smile:

"Have you found Senior Sister Qiu?"

"What?" Before he could react, he saw the Qingyun Sect disciple beside him, who had been preoccupied with his thoughts, open his eyes wide in shock.

“…You know.”

The young disciple pursed his lips, reacting a little too strongly to the name.

"It was Senior Sister Qiu who saved us before. I thought it was her this time too."

"I thought so... It seems you didn't find it this time," Fan Ning did not comment on this. He just got down from the tree stump, walked slowly to him, and pressed down the other's hand that was about to be raised.

"To be honest, I'm not interested in this kind of thing, but since you're so persistent, there must be a good reason, right? Which Senior Sister Qiu... is she related to you?"

"It's my senior sister," the disciple, who had nowhere to hide, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. However, even so, he couldn't completely hide the trembling in his voice when he mentioned that name. "She saved me and brought me to Qingyun Sect."

“…I can’t turn a blind eye to her death.”

"At least we have to take her back. She entered this secret realm under the guise of a Qingyun Sect disciple... Even if there's only a tiny bit of her soul left, I can't leave her here to be devoured."

Ling You didn't expect to hear such an answer. He glanced at Fan Ning, who seemed moved, and couldn't help but ask, "Have you seen her residual soul?"

He was asking the monk beside him, but his eyes were staring at Fan Ning's hand on the monk's wrist, without moving at all.

Fan Ning let the person go with a smile.

The monk obviously didn't notice such small details. After realizing that everyone's eyes were on him, he gritted his teeth and seemed to have made up his mind.

"Senior Sister saved me, more than once."

“…I won’t give up.”

After saying this, he went back in the direction he came from.

The group of people were a little stunned, showing that they didn't expect that after just a short while of disagreeing, someone who looked less bad-tempered would just leave the team.

It took such a sudden turn for the worse that the others didn't even think of stopping it.

Ling You frowned: "Is it okay to just let him go like this?"

"It was just his own choice." Fan Ning narrowed his eyes and waited for a while. After confirming that the man didn't turn back, he brought up another matter: "He said that he was saved by my senior sister. Did you guys also?"