Chapter 2: Unparalleled Beauty

According to the latest news, last night at 8 PM, the crew of “Absolute Love” experienced a sudden fire, and the famous Asian superstar, Miss He Xuan, was unfortunately injured.

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Lu Qiwen turned off the TV and stood up, walking out of the room. Having lost his mother at a young age, he seemed to have matured a lot after this recent blow. The sadness on his face had disappeared.

Breathing in the fresh air and looking up at the blue sky, Lu Qiwen exhaled deeply and whispered with a slight smile, “Dad, I will live happily. Don’t worry.”

After quickly freshening up and putting on a bathrobe, Lu Qiwen walked into a training room. Looking at the familiar surroundings, he couldn’t help but recall the days when his father urged him to meditate and cultivate.

Now, everything had changed. Lu Qiwen snapped back to reality, sat cross-legged, and began to practice his family’s ancestral cultivation technique.

The Lu family’s cultivation method emphasized health and longevity. In this modern society where cultivation was declining, there were fewer and fewer practitioners. The Lu family hadn’t produced a master capable of forming a Golden Core in several generations. Forming a Golden Core would allow one to freely use the Samadhi True Fire to activate the Wenwu Cauldron for pill refining. This was one of the reasons for the decline of the once-famous Pill Family.

Lu Qiwen felt the energy in his dantian surging and full, all his fatigue from the past few days disappearing. He entered a deep state of meditation.

As night fell, Lu Qiwen suddenly opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing through them. He stood up from the meditation mat and listened intently.

The sound of crying reached his ears, faintly coming from outside the room. It seemed to be a woman’s voice. Lu Qiwen frowned slightly, wondering who could be crying outside at this hour.

Having just come out of the grief of losing his father, Lu Qiwen was in a low mood. If it were in the past, he might have rushed out to check.

He didn’t want to pay attention, but the crying continued, growing weaker. Lu Qiwen found it strange. If the person had left, why hadn’t he heard any footsteps?

Curiosity got the better of him, and he walked out. After all, he was a 20-year-old young man with a naturally strong curiosity.

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Lu Qiwen opened the door and looked around, seeing no one. Just as he was about to close the door, a white figure huddled in the corner caught his attention.

Under the dim streetlight, Lu Qiwen saw a person in the dark corner.

He couldn’t help but walk over for a closer look and shivered.

A face that seemed like a mix of an angel and a demon appeared before him. Fortunately, Lu Qiwen was brave. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the person was a woman in a hospital gown, her face covered in scars. One half of her face was still beautiful, with tears glistening on her cheeks, but the other half was terrifying. Clearly, the crying had come from this woman.

Although it was almost summer, the night was still a bit chilly. Knowing the importance of avoiding the cold night air, Lu Qiwen was worried that she might get even sicker.

He gently pushed her and said, “Miss, wake up.”

But she didn’t respond, even after several pushes.

“She’s burning up,” Lu Qiwen realized she was unconscious from a fever.

Without hesitation, he picked her up. Even through the hospital gown, he could feel her smooth skin and light body.

However, Lu Qiwen wasn’t focused on that. He was more concerned about her high fever, fearing it might cause brain damage if not treated soon.

He gently placed her on the bed and quickly fetched a pill, dissolving it in water and feeding it to her.

Seeing her take the Qi-boosting Pill, Lu Qiwen sighed in relief. With the pill’s power, even a severe cold wouldn’t be a problem. Although the Lu family had declined, their low-grade pills were still very effective.

Sure enough, the woman’s fever subsided, and she stopped muttering deliriously after taking the pill.

Lu Qiwen checked her temperature and felt the fever had gone down. He covered her with a blanket and decided to take her to the hospital the next day.

The next morning, just as the sun was rising, Lu Qiwen was sleeping soundly when a sudden scream woke him up.

Lu Qiwen jumped out of bed and ran to the room where the scream came from.

He Xuan felt like she had a nightmare. An orphan, she had risen to fame in the entertainment industry with her natural beauty and intelligence, becoming a star.

But a fire seemed like a cruel joke from fate. Her delicate face was burned, and her body suffered multiple burns. According to her doctor, while skin grafts could cover the scars, her once-perfect face could never be restored.

In her twenties, He Xuan couldn’t bear the blow. Despite her usual calm and wisdom, the sudden disaster broke her. Taking advantage of a moment of inattention, she ran out of the hospital.

People avoided her on the way, as if she were a monster. He Xuan knew they were avoiding her because her face was now hideously scarred.

Exhausted and devastated, she hid in a corner and cried until she passed out.

When she woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar bed and screamed instinctively.

The door burst open, and a man rushed in, asking, “What’s wrong?”

He Xuan was stunned, her watery eyes staring blankly at the man’s body. Seeing a man’s body for the first time, she was momentarily dazed. When her gaze fell between his legs, she snapped out of it and screamed even louder, “Pervert!”

Lu Qiwen was startled by the woman’s lion-like roar. He was about to cover her mouth to stop the screaming, but her shout of “pervert” made him pause.

Realizing what had happened, Lu Qiwen’s face turned red. He rushed out of the room, remembering he had a habit of sleeping naked.

As he dressed, Lu Qiwen felt embarrassed. He had been seen naked by a woman, and he had never even had a girlfriend.

To make matters worse, the woman who saw him was hideously scarred.

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