After I Was Sacrificed, My Master Said He Loved Me

Mu Yuxi was taken in by Feng Ning.

Everyone dearest to her had been killed, leaving her all alone. At the brink of death, she was rescued by the revered leader of the Yue Shen Sect, a woman as serene and noble as the moon. She only said:

"I came too late."

Mu Yuxi raised her head, her eyes bloodshot. In a hoarse voice, she asked, "Can I become your disciple?"

Feng Ning lowered her eyes and said softly, "Yes. I will teach you myself."

.

Mu Yuxi had a congenital defect and often suffered unbearable pain. Feng Ning would guide her in cultivation, comfort her, and help ease her suffering.

Mu Yuxi knew she shouldn't fall for her, but she still succumbed to Feng Ning's tenderness.

She began to watch Feng Ning closely, and noticed that her master was often injured. Yet each time Mu Yuxi tentatively asked after her, Feng Ning replied coolly:

"It's nothing."

Mu Yuxi confessed her feelings to Feng Ning, but Feng Ning gave no answer. Instead, she treated Mu Yuxi with even more care. So Mu Yuxi convinced herself there was still a chance, and waited hopefully for her master's response.

Until one day, after making a breakthrough in her cultivation, she barged into her master's study to share the good news, only to accidentally overhear Feng Ning speaking in a low voice to someone else:

"I feel nothing for her beyond the bond between master and disciple. She's the one who indulged in delusions. I should have expelled her from the sect long ago."

"Once she's sacrificed, everything will be over."

Mu Yuxi refused to believe her master would use her as a sacrifice. She deluded herself into thinking it was punishment for her past mistakes, and clung to one last hope as she asked Feng Ning.

But all she got in reply was: "I've taught you for decades. You should understand."

The truth cut like a knife.

Only then did Mu Yuxi understand that their past had all been a joke. Everything had been exploitation. There had never been love.

Trembling all over, Mu Yuxi listened to every word. With her heart broken, she answered, "All right."

Standing in the formation, she looked at Feng Ning with a sense of release. Her eyes held nothing but emptiness.

"I owe you nothing now, Master. I've done what you asked of me."

"We're even."

.

Later, Mu Yuxi traveled through mountains and rivers, with Feng Ning always following behind her, no matter how much Mu Yuxi mocked or drove her away. Feng Ning never said a word, and continued to follow her as always.

The woman who had always been cool and dignified stood behind her, gaunt and pale, no longer carrying the pride she once had. She could only beg softly:

"Have you had enough? Come back with me, disciple."

Mu Yuxi's eyes were cold as she sneered:

"Feng Ning, we're already strangers."

Theme: Don't wait until you've lost something to regret it