Li Sisi’s words slowly spread across the surface of the sea.
Bai Ruxue stood before Li Sisi, her expression perfectly calm.
"Miss Bai... I’ve said all I have to say..." Li Sisi looked at the master of the North Sea. "After today, my master will go to the Vermilion Fire Ruins in the Desolate Land to attempt a breakthrough into the Ascension Realm. I will be going with him. I don’t know how many years it will be before we et again. Please, take care of yourself, Miss Bai."
"You take care as well, Miss Sisi. Please convey my gratitude to Elder Fuchen, and wish him success in Crossing the Tribulation. But..."
Bai Ruxue’s tone shifted, her firm voice like that of Buzhou Mountain holding up the heavens.
"To make give up on Xiao Mo... my answer is the sa as it was three thousand years ago. I can’t do it!"
"To make stand by and watch Xiao Mo die, I can’t do that either!"
"So what if it’s an age of chaos? So what if there are karmic consequences? So what if it’s the Celestial Dao? I will bear it all for him!"
"In his last life, he spent his entire life protecting ."
"In this life, I will spend my entire life protecting him."
"Miss Sisi, that is my answer."
"Oh, Miss Bai..."
Li Sisi didn’t know what to say.
She knew she couldn’t change her mind.
In the end, Li Sisi could only sigh. She bowed to Bai Ruxue and said, "Take care, Miss Bai. Sisi sincerely wishes you and Mr. Xiao the best."
"Thank you, Miss Sisi. Take care." Bai Ruxue curtsied in return.
After bidding farewell to Bai Ruxue, Li Sisi turned and flew into the distance.
Bai Ruxue continued walking forward.
Before she knew it, Bai Ruxue had walked back to Huanyu Village and arrived outside the courtyard.
"Sister Bai..." Seeing her return, the little boy in the courtyard called out happily.
Looking at the little boy in the courtyard, Bai Ruxue walked in quickly, smiling. "It’s so late. Why aren’t you asleep yet?"
"You said you’d be back before midnight, Sister. I couldn’t really sleep, so I thought I’d wait for you and read a bit." Xiao Mo blinked up at Bai Ruxue.
"I’m sorry, I’m sorry," Bai Ruxue said guiltily. "I went out today because your gift is ready, Xiao Mo."
Xiao Mo’s eyes sparkled as he asked, "What gift?"
"Hehe~" Bai Ruxue said smugly. "Let’s go to the beach. I’ll tell you about it while we walk, Xiao Mo."
"Mhm." Xiao Mo nodded emphatically. "Then let’s go, Sister Bai!"
Xiao Mo pulled Bai Ruxue out of the courtyard at a trot.
The courtyard where Xiao Mo lived wasn’t far from the sea.
Half an incense stick’s ti later, the two of them arrived at the beach.
On this sumr night, Xiao Mo stood barefoot in the seawater.
Bai Ruxue also took off her shoes and socks. She hitched up her skirt slightly, her cool, pale feet stepping onto the sand.
Gusts of sea breeze blew past, ruffling their hair.
The tide washed over Bai Ruxue’s small feet, lapped against her ankles, and then slowly receded.
Glistening water droplets slid slowly down her fair ankles, dripping back into the great sea.
Her damp ankles reflected the night, shimring with a pearly luster.
One tall and one small, they walked along the beach, feeling the sea breeze and listening to the waves as the tide gently washed away the footprints they left behind.
The moonlight shone upon them, seeming to edge their figures in a faint golden light.
It was as if ti itself had slowed down.
"Sister, what’s the surprise?" Xiao Mo asked curiously.
"Well..." Bai Ruxue said as she walked. "First, Xiao Mo, I have to tell you sothing. But you can’t tell anyone in the village, okay? It’s our little secret."
"Don’t worry, Sister, I definitely won’t tell!" Xiao Mo promised earnestly.
"Good. Let think how to put this." Bai Ruxue thought for a mont. "Actually, Xiao Mo, I’m a Cultivator."
"A Cultivator?" Xiao Mo asked, confused. "Sister, what’s a Cultivator?"
"A Cultivator... A Cultivator is like the Immortals the aunties in the village talk about. We can use Magic, live for a very long ti, and fly. For example, look at this..."
Bai Ruxue turned and beckoned to the sea with her finger.
In an instant, the seawater surged upward, forming the shape of a Flood Dragon that coiled in the air.
Xiao Mo pretended to be startled, quickly grabbing Bai Ruxue’s sleeve.
"Don’t be scared, don’t be scared. This is just a little magic trick of mine."
Bai Ruxue wiggled her fingertip.
The sea dragon moved in tandem with the twirl of her slender, jade-like finger.
"And for another example."
With a swipe of her jade-like finger, a hundred-ter-tall wall of water suddenly rose in the distance.
Finally, Bai Ruxue pointed her finger downward. The wall of water and the sea dragon both fell back into the sea as if nothing had happened, though the waves washing against their ankles were now a little stronger.
"So? Am I amazing or what?" Bai Ruxue asked smugly, her hands on her hips.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm," Xiao Mo nodded earnestly. "You’re so amazing, Sister!"
"I know, right?" Bai Ruxue’s eyes curved into crescents. "So, Xiao Mo, do you want to beco a Cultivator?"
"Huh? I can beco a Cultivator too?" Xiao Mo asked, puzzled.
"Of course you can." Bai Ruxue took out the Feather Transformation Pill and the Dragon Thunder Liquid. "This is the gift I prepared for you, Xiao Mo. As long as you consu these two things, you can start cultivating."
"Really?" Xiao Mo pretended to be half-convinced, half-doubtful.
"You’ll know once you try, Xiao Mo," Bai Ruxue said, handing the Dragon Thunder Liquid and the Feather Transformation Pill to him.
As if taking dicine, Xiao Mo used the Dragon Thunder Liquid to wash down the Feather Transformation Pill.
The mont the Elixir and Dragon Thunder Liquid entered his stomach, Xiao Mo felt a warm current flow through his body.
’In truth, after consuming the two items, I’d braced myself for the excruciating pain of my ridians being shattered.’
’After all, I had drunk Dragon Thunder Liquid once before.’
’The intense agony from drinking the Dragon Thunder Liquid was still fresh in my mory; the pain had been so bad I’d nearly passed out.’
But just as the pain began to set in, Xiao Mo felt his small hand being held.
In an instant, the pain vanished without a trace.
Or rather, the pain had been transferred.
Xiao Mo saw Ruxue kneeling before him, tightly gripping his small hand.
Even though she was frowning in pain, with cold sweat beading on her forehead, she still smiled at him.
An incense stick’s ti later, Xiao Mo felt his Spirit Veins beco completely unobstructed. The Elixir was fortifying them and even developing his Root Bone.
"There, all done."
Bai Ruxue stroked Xiao Mo’s head.
"From now on, you’re a little Cultivator, Xiao Mo. I’ll teach you how to cultivate. You don’t have to worry, Xiao Mo. No matter what difficulties you face, I will be there to solve them for you. Whatever happens, I will protect you. As long as I’m here, no one will dare to harm you."
"No," Xiao Mo said, shaking his head.
"Huh? You don’t want that?" Bai Ruxue’s eyes widened in panic. "Do you dislike , Xiao Mo?"
"That’s not it."
Xiao Mo shook his head forcefully.
"It’s because I’m going to cultivate hard too. I don’t want Sister Bai to always be the one protecting ."
"When I grow up, it’ll be my turn to protect you, Sister Bai!"
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