Love of the Divine Tree Episode 5 Recap
> Love of the Divine Tree Recap
To save Su Yishui, Mu Qingge was injured by an ice pillar while fighting against the terrestrial immortal. After returning to the inn, Mu Qingge treated her wound alone. Su Yishui saw this and took the initiative to help, but he was too shy to directly look at Mu Qingge’s fair skin. Instead, he turned his face slightly and applied the medicine, which made Mu Qingge smile.
That night, as the cold poison in her body flared up, Mu Qingge trembled uncontrollably. Su Yishui hurriedly gathered several blankets and placed them over her, feeling a pang of sympathy. However, he couldn’t bring himself to speak, so he sat by her side the entire night. The next morning, Mu Qingge woke up first and was touched to see that Su Yishui had stayed by her side all night.
As Su Yishui was about to leave for Mount Wester, Mu Qingge told him that it was his birthday and allowed him to take the day off to do as he pleased. Mu Qingge returned to Mount Wester first, while Su Yu brought Mu Ranwu to visit. He mentioned Su Yishui’s time in Ping Qinwang’s manor and expressed concern that Mu Qingge might not be able to change him completely, even potentially putting herself in danger.
However, Mu Qingge remained confident. Su Yishui wandered the streets alone, and eventually found himself standing in front of his old home. His mother, Jiang Shi, was selling small trinkets. Upon seeing Su Yishui, she shut the door in his face. This brought back painful memories of his childhood, where his mother had mistreated him. After Jiang Shi left Ping Qinwang’s household, she took Su Yishui with her but treated him cruelly, even taking a lover.
One day, when Ping Qinwang passed by, he offered to take Su Yishui back to the manor, but Su Yishui didn’t want to go to an unfamiliar place. His mother had long considered him a burden and cruelly threw him out. After wandering the streets for a time, Su Yishui decided to seek refuge with Ping Qinwang. Thinking back on these tragic memories, Su Yishui felt like crying but had no tears left.
In frustration, he set Jiang Shi’s house on fire. By the time Su Yishui returned to Mount Wester, it was already late at night. He assumed everyone had gone to bed, but as he approached the door, he heard Mu Qingge instructing her servant to leave the door open for him. When the door opened, Mu Qingge hurried out with an umbrella to greet him.
Seeing her caring gesture reminded Su Yishui of the humiliation he had faced when his mother had thrown him out earlier in the day, and for the first time in his life, he felt warmth. Once inside the courtyard, Mu Qingge prepared a birthday meal for him and planted a seed in the soil. It quickly grew into a large tree. Mu Qingge explained that a courtyard with a large tree is truly a home.
Su Yishui wasn’t used to being cared for and tried to convince Mu Qingge not to waste her energy. His ultimate goal, he said, was to make those who had once mistreated him pay the price. Mu Qingge recalled her own childhood, when she had lived in poverty. She had once prepared to starve to death but had somehow survived, feeling fortunate that she hadn’t gone down the wrong path. She encouraged Su Yishui to let go of his hatred.
Now that he had left Ping Qinwang, she would lead him into a different kind of life. Su Yishui, feeling an unprecedented sense of relief, followed her lead and drank a cup of wine, eventually falling unconscious. The next day, several of Mu Qingge’s fellow disciples noticed that Su Yishui’s qin playing was much more relaxed than before. Only Mu Qingge could tell that something was wrong and quickly moved closer to Su Yishui.
She realized that one of the strings on his qin had snapped. Seeing his unstable breath, she asked if something impure had been planted in his body earlier. Su Yishui thought back to Ping Qinwang’s actions but didn’t tell Mu Qingge. Mu Qingge took Su Yishui to the Westwind Valley to rest and recover. She also gave him a pill and used her own power to help him refine a Golden Pill.
After Su Yishui successfully completed the process, he noticed many wounds on Mu Qingge’s hands. She explained that the injuries were from gathering herbs to make the pills for him. Su Yishui secretly began to make his own medicine formulas. When he gave one to Mu Qingge, it was discovered by Mu Ranwu. She immediately went to tell Su Yu, speculating that Mu Qingge and Su Yishui had mutual feelings for each other.
Su Yu, aware of Mu Ranwu’s feelings for him, reassured her that his heart had always belonged to Mu Qingge. He immediately ordered someone to bring a craftsman to Mount Wester to build a Lingxi Palace for Mu Qingge, hoping to put an end to Mu Ranwu’s one-sided affection. Once the craftsman arrived, Mu Qingge instructed Zeng Yi to look after the house and took Su Yishui down the mountain, claiming she had important business.
However, once they descended, Mu Qingge took Su Yishui around to enjoy delicious food and visit the markets. Eventually, she even set up a competition for disciples, with looks being one of the criteria. Wei Jiu volunteered to join Mount Wester, but Mu Qingge teased him about his average appearance and talent. After being ridiculed, Wei Jiu harbored resentment and swore that he would make Mu Qingge regret it in the future. After wandering for a while, Mu Qingge gifted Su Yishui a Blood Jade Marrow sword as a congratulatory gift for completing the Golden Pill.
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