Heyun, Guo Ge is Back...Cry All You Want...

"9-98% Spiritual A-affinity?" the teachers, including the male teachers, were taken aback.

Who was Liang Heyun? A probationary disciple!

Who were they? Teachers!

Her Spiritual Affinity was even higher than theirs by one third! The teacher with the highest Spiritual Affinity only had 76%! Zhang Guo himself only had 89%! But this thirteen years old probationary disciple already had 98%, and it could still advance!

"Her aptitude is 10 points as well, highest, best aptitude," Zhang Guo added, "She can be the darling of the sect, yet you guys pushed her away!"

"10 points!" they all gasped.

Aptitude was ranked using points. 10 was the highest, and 1 was the lowest. If you had 0 aptitude, might as well pack your bags and go live a normal life.

All souls had 100% Spiritual Affinity, but their aptitude ranged from 1-10. Powerful souls most likely had 9-10 points for their aptitude. Souls were also 'couterparts' and they could channel powers to their human counterparts. However, most humans couldn't summon their counterparts...

'Heyun is an exception,' Zhang Guo thought, 'She summoned her counterpart at the age of 6.'

"Tell me, where's Heyun?!" Zhang Guo asked again, his voice raised.

The female teachers trembled a little before one spoke up, "W-we sent her to the mountains to pick herbs..."

Zhang Guo could feel his breathing getting heavier as he directly dashed to the dojo's back exit. The teachers looked at how much effort the top graduate put into saving the girl, taking care of the girl...too hateful-ah!

They gritted their teeth.

'Wouldn't it be better if the girl wasn't given a chance to grow at all? Aren't you afraid that the girl might go out of control once she's way more powerful?'

They simply couldn't understand how much importance Liang Heyun held. In the end, the teachers silently left the dojo. They didn't bother locking. People with bad intentions would be thrown off by the barrier, and strong people could take off the lock with just a finger and some spiritual energy.

Zhang Guo was worried. Liang Heyun was a girl who couldn't say no unless she was pressured to do so. He felt that something bad was going to happen, and Liang Heyun was still a teenager. Although Liang Yan was powerful, she wouldn't be useful if Liang Heyun still hadn't activated her spiritual energy yet.

Liang Heyun's physical body in the past couldn't handle the spiritual energy, she would be able to now, but those snobbish teachers wouldn't let her learn anything! Deeming her as useless! In fact, they were even more useless than her!

Zhang Guo could feel his own heart beating against the ribcage. Although a soul cultivator like himself could easily restrain his emotions, he couldn't do it when it came to Liang Heyun.

'Heyun, where are you? Guo Ge is coming for you,' Zhang Guo felt his own chest getting stuffy. He wanted to cry, but he wouldn't cry, in case his view got blurry. He wanted to go kick a tree, but he couldn't, in case Liang Heyun was behind that tree, or worse, on top of that tree.

Not long after, thunder and lightning filled the skies as rain started to pour. Zhang Guo felt even more worried because there was a strange beast lurking inside the mountain range whenever it rained. He just hoped that Liang Heyun wouldn't get hurt.

On Liang Heyun's side, she was struggling to carefully pull out a delicate purple grass. In fact, it was what they call Purple Root Grass. The herb could increase one's spiritual affinity and if one was luck, the herb could even increase one's aptitude. If it was made into a Purple Star Pill, it could even possibly increase the quality of one's Core Elements. Even high rank people looked at this herb favourably.

'Just a bit more~,' Liang Heyun pulled the purple grass a bit. Slowly, the grass was uprooted and Liang Heyun succeeded. Although she succeeded she wasn't all that happy because a big rain was coming.

"The teachers said that there's a strange beast lurking in the vicinity...," Liang Heyun muttered, "I should get going quickly..."

She carefully placed the grass on a boz, before quickly going back (not forgetting her basket). She didn't notice a black shadow following her, slithering sneakily with flitting tongue.

Zhang Guo ran deeper in the forest, feeling danger the deeper he went inside. Almost no one had returned alive from the forest at night as a disciple. Even a teacher would get minor injuries at best, and might even lose their lives. Especially when it was raining. Zhang Guo couldn't believe those teachers would do something to Liang Heyun.

'Heyun, Guo Ge is sorry,' Zhang Guo furrowed his brows, 'Please be safe, for me.'

'Don't die..., don't get hurt...please.'

Meanwhile, Liang Heyun was obstructed in her path. A large jade-green snake was lazing around in front of her, sometimes flitting its tongue. It stared at her hungryly, it hissed happily. Liang Heyun was just a good meal in its mind. The giant snake decided that it should play with the girl first. Seemingly grinning, the snake slithered around Liang Heyun, cutting off all ways for escape.

Liang Heyun was surprised. Would she...die?

Death seemed nice...

However, in the end, she heard a loud and clear voice, calling out to her. The owner of the voice was a hansome young man. He stretched his hand over to her and shouted, "Heyun!"

Heyun recognized the man, it was Mr. Zhang. Why was he here? As her instinct to live grew, her soul power went unbridled, and a ferocious intent was directed at the giant serpent. The snake narrowed its eyes, unwilling, but ran away. Liang Heyun's pressure could destroy everything it had worked hard for.

"Heyun!"

"Mr. Zhang...why are you here?" Liang Heyun whispered weakly.

The serpent had left her a bit bruised. Though, it didn't destroy her body at all. Liang Heyun felt relieved that Mr. Zhang arrived. She weakly flashed the man a smile.

"Heyun! I'm sorry," Zhang Guo immediately hugged the girl, "I'm really sorry."

"Heyun, Guo Ge is back...," Zhang Guo paused, "Guo Ge is here...you can...let go..."

"Cry...all you want."

Liang Heyun felt like she didn't suffer at all, but when she heard those two words 'Guo Ge', tears started to well up in her eyes as she weakly held Zhang Guo. How could she have forgotten. Mr. Zhang, was Guo Ge...

The Guo Ge from eight years ago...

"Guo Ge!"

For the first time in her life, since she was six years old, she finally broke.

She finally cried, after 7 years...of holding it back.