Qin Liuxi turned her head, Si Lengyue stood not far behind her, tears shimring in her eyes yet smiling warmly at her. Beside her, there were two or three people, one of whom was Acha, whom she had seen before, holding a little baby.
"Little Yue."
Si Lengyue quickly walked over, embraced her, and said, "I’m sorry, I didn’t know when Master Chi Yuan passed away, and I couldn’t make it in ti. You’ve suffered."
When Chi Yuan passed away, she was in seclusion. By the ti she erged and received the news, Qin Liuxi had already disappeared.
In these years, aside from practicing witchcraft, she took the opportunity to have an heir, waiting for Qin Liuxi’s return. Just in recent days, she divined using witchcraft, learned of the old friend’s return, and hurriedly ca with her child.
Qin Liuxi caught a whiff of the cold fragrance on her, curled her lips slightly, "It’s fine now, it’s all in the past."
Si Lengyue wiped her eyes, released her, carefully looked at her, tapped her forehead, and said, "You’ve grown up."
Qin Liuxi smiled, "You’ve beco a mother."
Si Lengyue nodded, "I had to have an heir early to focus wholeheartedly on practicing witchcraft, so I can help you in the future. Count in for avenging Master Chi Yuan."
"Alright." Qin Liuxi looked at the baby Acha was holding, and asked, "This is your daughter?"
Si Lengyue took her daughter and placed her in Qin Liuxi’s arms, "Let the aunt hold her. Her full na is Si Mou."
Qin Liuxi wasn’t expecting this, her hands sank, and she hurriedly held the baby tightly, looked down, and locked eyes with the child.
Less than two years old, the little girl had thin hair tied up with red rope into sporadic tufts, her eyes clear and bright, radiating light, her skin snow-white with a dot of vermilion on her forehead, looking utterly innocent.
She sucked her fingers, crystalline drool dripped down from her lips, blinking her eyes as she stared at Qin Liuxi, not showing the slightest fear of strangers.
"Aunt." She looked at Qin Liuxi for a long ti, grinned, and called out.
Qin Liuxi was a bit surprised, responding with a soft exclamation, looking at Si Lengyue, the pronunciation was so clear, and she wasn’t afraid of strangers at all.
"I have your portrait over there." Si Lengyue walked with her towards the Daoist Temple, "I often held her and showed her your picture. She knows how to flatter the powerful, not afraid of you at all."
Indeed, the little girl sat in Qin Liuxi’s arms, her eyes curiously looking around, not at all like she was eting for the first ti.
Qin Liuxi held her in one arm and couldn’t resist gently pinching her chubby cheek, so soft and squishy, the sa with her little butt, particularly soft.
"Very much like you." Qin Liuxi looked down at the child’s features, very delicate and pretty, with big bright eyes and a rosy little mouth. Not yet two years old, she already showed signs of beauty and would surely grow to be a great beauty.
Si Lengyue said, "She grows well on her own."
"Her father?" Qin Liuxi asked softly.
"Retain the child, leave the father." Si Lengyue said, "I calculated the date well and prepared a potion to ensure success in one try."
Qin Liuxi: "..."
I admire you as a man, of the female kind!
The group went up to the Daoist Temple, sitting in Qin Liuxi’s Daoist Room. Si Lengyue had Acha take Si Mou out for a stroll. The little girl was sowhat reluctant, clinging to Qin Liuxi’s neck, unwilling to let go.
Si Lengyue put on a stern face.
The little girl imdiately shrank her neck, a bit afraid of her.
"What’s this? Acting as a strict mother here?" Qin Liuxi spat lightly at her, held the little girl, shifting her position slightly, and coaxed softly, "Moumou, the Daoist Temple has many beautiful sights, go take a look around, and also offer so incense to the Grandmaster. The Grandmaster will bless our pretty little Moumou. Your mom and I will co find you later."
This coaxing worked, and the little girl obediently toddled over to Acha.
Si Lengyue was amused and exasperated, saying, "Look at how you spoil her. Who is the real mother here, I wonder?"
Qin Liuxi poured her a cup of tea, "With you being so strict, of course she’s afraid of you."
Si Lengyue sighed, "I have no choice. She’s like , a lone seedling, also a descendent of the White Witch. She has to inherit the Si Family, and also learn witchcraft, to pass down the legacy of the White Witch. How can I not be strict with so much responsibility?"
"This is still a tender sapling, too rigid and it breaks easily." Qin Liuxi replied, sowhat exasperated.
"Born on the eighth day of the twelfth month, in two months she’ll be two." Si Lengyue said, "You started your enlightennt at five, practicing needles independently after a few years. If you could do it, why can’t she? Saplings are nurtured from seeds, growing bit by bit."
Qin Liuxi’s talent was sothing others could not catch up with, no matter how hard they tried.
Si Lengyue didn’t expect her only daughter’s talent to match Qin Liuxi’s, which was purely a gift from the heavens. She hoped to cultivate her from a young age, so she could bear responsibility earlier. Thus, the Si Family would have successors.
People of the Si Family had no ground to be self-indulgent, only the heavy burden of inheritance to bear.
Qin Liuxi, hearing these words, didn’t refute her, only muttered, "Such a soft, adorable little baby, and you’re the one being so strict."
Si Mou, with her sweet, milky scent, so good-looking, should be a darling held in one’s palm. Yet, she also knew Si Lengyue was right; Si Family girls indeed couldn’t be soft flowers.
Si Lengyue looked at Qin Liuxi’s fully matured face and asked, "Where have you been these years?"
"In the Underworld."
Si Lengyue had sowhat guessed, but was still sowhat shocked. Could a living person truly stay in the Yin Realm without issues?
"Master Chi Yuan..."
Qin Liuxi smiled faintly, "He’s well, don’t worry."
She didn’t elaborate on her master’s whereabouts, not out of distrust for Si Lengyue, just not wanting too many people to know, to prevent any unexpected turns. Currently, her master was in another realm, the cause and effect of the past had been settled, no need to dwell on it.
Si Lengyue spoke gently, "That’s good. At that ti, I was in seclusion, and when I heard the news later, it was quite a shock, too sudden."
"It’s fine, it was fate. Even if you ca, you couldn’t have helped, and even I couldn’t do anything." Qin Liuxi recalled the day her master passed, her eyes deepened with cold light, the chill radiating from her.
Si Lengyue grasped her hand, "Though I’m not as good as you, don’t forget, you’re not alone in this. That old demon is so powerful; if you truly confront him directly, don’t go alone."
Qin Liuxi nodded, "Alright, wait a mont."
She took out an array map, handed it to her, "This is the fragnted map of the Trapped Immortal Array, an ancestral array of our Qingping Temple, reputed to trap Golden Core cultivators during tis of abundant spiritual energy. I’ve obtained two fragnts, just a bit more to complete the whole scroll. If the Witch Clan’s history has any records, take a look and collect any similar fragnts for ."
Si Lengyue glanced at it, "You’re planning to complete this Trapped Immortal Array?"
"That’s right." Qin Liuxi pointed at the array map, "Not only complete it, but also upgrade it to a God Trapping Array."
This array map, she was preparing for avenging her master’s enemy!
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