The early morning wind was piercingly cold. Yun Ya tightened her coat around her, her wrist burning with pain, both cold and exhausted. Yet at this moment, her mind was exceptionally clear.
She looked at Mingyue, and before she knew it, she had fallen asleep.
Shortly after, Mingyue opened her eyes. Uncle Lau withdrew his hand, speaking in a low voice: "This time, you forcibly exercised your power, causing a reversal of your blood flow. You must not exercise your power easily again; you need to regulate your breath properly, or the consequences will be unimaginable."
"It's fine." Mingyue rose. She was a genius of the Helian Family, her talent unmatched—reaching the Xuantian First Vein at seven, praised by elders as a once-in-a-millennium prodigy. At fifteen, she emerged, quelling the family's internal chaos single-handedly, vanquishing her usurping cousin siblings, and claimed the position of Family Head. In her dictionary, failure never existed.
Except for that one time...
