For the Medicine

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They say Pangu created heaven and earth, and that people live on the ground. So who lives in the heavens?

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In the third year after her boyfriend disappeared, Cen Jiao received a postcard from a small city in the west.

The photo showed the vast canyon hidden deep in the mountains, a place no one had ever been, which Xiao Shucheng had set out to explore when he left. On the back were Xiao Shucheng's handwritten words.

Jiao, save me.

But no one knew better than Cen Jiao that Xiao Shucheng could never return. The day he ventured into the canyon, he had died in its rushing river.

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Above the mountains before a rainstorm, thick clouds hung low. From a distance, the clouds seemed to merge with the peaks.

That was when Cen Jiao climbed to the mountaintop.

Mist swirled around her. She lifted a foot and found that she could walk upward along the clouds.

Step by step, she climbed up into the clouds.

Just as long ago, step by step, she had climbed down into the mortal world.

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Sang Du understood that Sheng Yu had married her only because a scheme had left him no choice.

And Sheng Yu treated her with such warmth because he was simply a good person.

Sheng Yu was upright and handsome. He and Sang Du treated each other with icy courtesy, and he had even helped her escape the dead end she had been trapped in.

Sang Du should have had no reason to resent him.

Yet as she died taking a sword meant for Sheng Yu, she felt not only regret, but also a trace of resentment.

How could someone who was perfect in every way not love her?

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When she was given another chance, Sang Du followed the clues she had found in her previous life and made her way to the demon realm.

After all, staying alive was what mattered. Sheng Yu and all that was in the past.

Who could have guessed that the demon realm would fall into chaos not long after she arrived?

The sect leader of Mount Sumeru, Sheng Yu, had charged into the demon realm alone, armed with nothing but his sword.

The sect leader of Mount Sumeru, Sheng Yu, had indeed entered the heart of demon territory alone, with only a sword in hand.

The Demon Lord was furious. "Sheng Yu, we agreed to stay out of each other's way. Why have you stormed into my Demon Valley?"

Sheng Yu stood there, his gaze indifferent. His eyes swept over Sang Du, who was pretending to be one of the Demon Lord's lackeys behind him. "I've come to take my sulking wife home."

When Sang Du didn't move, Sheng Yu's voice turned colder. "Sang Du, come here."

Theme: Hard work brings prosperity.