Su Jin's manor was built by the heavenly king, her teacher who ascended to the heavens, and it contained a cultivation room where she used to go through tribulation, an alchemy room, and where she used to store her treasures, be it her assets or divine swords. Thus, when she woke up from her nap, she checked to see if everything was still in place. After touring around, the beautiful girl decided to enter seclusion in order to cultivate and strengthen the host's weak body.
Her limbs were already trembling after walking around the manor. 'How weak', Su Jin thought coldly, it seemed like she will have to cultivate for more than 10 years to recover half of her Qi.
Su Jin decided that for now, she will first train her body and swordsmanship.
Suddenly, a loud noise interrupted her thought, and she immediately became tense.
Su Jin turned sideways to avoid the sneak attack that were meant to slash her neck, and while avoiding the fast attack, she grabbed the arm attacking her and kicked the person's stomach with her knees, those small moves were already exhausting but she didn't let it appear on her face and held the person down before looking at his face.
A cute girl with a baby face met hers, her eyes were narrowed in anger, and her cheeks were puffed like a hamster. A hint of astonishment filled Su Jin's eyes.
"Yumi?", the voice was as calm and pleasant as a zither, Yumi looked up at the intruder above her and was stunned, that woman had beautiful features, almond eyes and long and fluttering eyelashes, but what caught her eyes other than the familiar expression on her face was the red mole in the corner of her eyes, the same as her master's mole.
"M-Master Shen?", her voice was joyous as she asked: "Master is that really you??"
The light chuckle and the amused and doting voice replied to her: "you, silly girl, since when a disciple attacks his Master?"
Su Jin let go of Yumi and helped her get up.
"Ahh, Master this is a misunderstanding, I thought someone intruded the manor, and I couldn't let an intruder wander in the manor, what if he stole our money?!"
Su Jin sighed helplessly at her money-grubber face, and almost reminded her that the money was actually hers.
'Sigh, whatever, my little disciple should be pampered sometimes'
"M-Master", Yumi sniffed with her watery eyes.
Su Jin froze, she couldn't take it when her female disciple cried, after all she owed her a lot, she could only helplessly feel her heart hurt from the sight.
"M-Master boo-hoo, how could you abandon us like that?? I was so scared when I saw master choking to death on a peanut! Boo-hoo, I told you to stop eating them but you didn't listen even after falling ill, and now you even died because of it boo-hoo", Her crying voice filled the manor and stung Su Jin's heart.
"Alright, alright, I won't eat it anymore, so stop crying", her usually cold voice warmed up as she patted Yumi's head with her palm.
"Really?", she asked obviously not believing it.
'no'
"Yes, of course, so don't worry anymore"
"hmm"
Yumi threw herself on her master and hugged her tightly, to Yumi who was an orphan, her master was not only her teacher but also her parent, someone that even a blood relative couldn't compare to.
Su Jin hugged her back and they stayed in that position for nearly ten minutes.
"Master, why is your chest so flat? Are you a man?!"
Su Jin slapped her head with a dark face.
"Ouch! I was joking! It was just a joke!!"
"Alright, now tell me, what happened?"
Rising her head, the bunny like girl became hesitant before admitting.
"I don't know, after master disappeared, the other brothers, sisters and me, took the master's body to the manor to mourn, however, before we could do anything, a sudden light came from heaven and killed more than thousands of cultivators, fortunately the brothers and me were in mount Shan, thus we were fine, however, not long after, we all lost consciousness, and I actually just woke up suddenly the day before."
"I see", Su Jin narrowed her eyes, 'How strange, too coincidental, just after I died, this kind of thing happened?', she thought.
Anyway, it doesn't matter now, she could still investigate the matter later, for now, she was still concerned about another thing.
"What about the others, did you see them?", Su Jin asked with her brows rising flirtatiously.
Yumi couldn't help but salivate, her master was still beautiful even in another body, knowing what was going on her mind, Su Jin let out a soft chuckle and waited for her answer.
"Master! Why do you care about those people?", Yumi asked while pouting.
Su Jin raised her hand as if to slap her again.
"Alright, alright I will tell you!", Yumi panicked and said: "They are frozen, only master's soul cultivation technique can wake them up"
"Lead the way then"
The little girl nodded happily before walking toward the kitchen, Su Jin paused slightly before asking doubtfully: "why the kitchen?"
'She wasn't going to eat them, right??'
Yumi lowered her head in guilt and avoided her gaze.
"Yumi! Cannibalism is bad!", Su Jin berated her.
The girl was stunned, what did her master say? Cannibalism?
"No, I was just going to put them on the fire"
"Yumi! What did I teach you?"
"To melt the ice", she finished hurriedly.
'Oh', Su Jin stopped in her tracks.
"I was just joking with you", Su Jin said with a straight face.
Yumi laughed in understanding and followed behind her master into the kitchen.
Four ice sculpture were inside, and Su Jin tightened her hand, she suddenly felt that she wasn't fitted to be their master.
"I'm sorry, I'm late"
'You suffered, didn't you?'
Extending her palm towards them, she melted the ice into a pool of water.
"Yumi, bring them to rest, when they wake up, notify me", she had to train harder to protect them, they were after all her only family.
A few hours later, they were all waiting for Su Jin in the living room, and after taking a shower, she got down in her bathrobe with a towel on her slender shoulders.
When she stepped down the stairs, her graceful figure emitted the aura of a queen, her elegance was already a part of her every move.
"Master", a gentle and low voice called out to her, and her eyes met calm and smiling eyes.
The girl who spoke was Yun, a poised girl who is usually as cold as ice yet as charming as a flower, she was one of her disciples.
"Yun", Su Jin calmly acknowledged her.
"Mommy!", a small figure stuck to her like a little kitten, she grabbed him tightly before caressing his head.
The boy who looked like he was ten years old was called Yan, and he was a cheerful boy who would always seek her attention; however, she knew that he was in fact the most cold-blooded between his brothers, he was also the youngest.
"Yan, were you scared?", Su Jin's usual's cold face became gentler.
The boy shook his head before cuddling into her arms.
"I missed you, mommy!", his face became pale when he thought of her leaving him.
The girl patted his head to reassure him, she knew that she gave them a fright.
A burly man coughed to attract her attention, although Shi had an imposing body, he had an innocent looking face, and he was the most gentle and dense between them.
"Happy to see you again master", his happy voice chirped.
"hm"
"Master, why did you have to eat peanuts again? We already told you this was bad for your body, but you even choked on it?", the reproachful voice came from a neat young man.
"Yes! This is what I told her!", Yumi sighed.
Su Jin felt awkward and coughed embarrassed before saying: "Peanuts are good for my body", her voice was firm, "Also, I wanted to see if they were not poisoned in case Yumi ate some"
They all looked at her with distrust in their faces.
"Whatever", Jiro let the matter slide before getting up from the sofa, then he took the towel on Su Jin's shoulders to gently remove the water from her hair.
Su jin curled her lips lightly, seeing them made her happy, after all, Yun, Yan, Shi, Jiro and Yumi were not only her disciples, they were for her a family she never had.