"Senior-martial brother Xiao Bai…" Qu Yi frowned, a trace of complication flashed across her face. She took a step forward, as if wanting to tug him.

Zhu Yao took a step to the side, cutting in. It blocked her line of vision from Little Bai.

"You…" Qu Yi glared at her a little furiously, feeling irritated from being blocked.

"I say, fellow junior-martial niece." Zhu Yao chuckled in her face, and then glanced at Ye Qingcang at the side. "As a human, you shouldn't be too greedy. If there are things that you can't give, then you best state them clearly, don't be ambiguous till the end. From where I come from, there's a special way of addressing such people, and it doesn't sound good. You definitely won't like it at all." It's called 'Green Tea b.i.t.c.h', and I hope you're not one. "So, if you can't give promises, at the very least, give him freedom. If you don't like him, don't destroy him either, alright? After all, he has been a senior-martial brother of yours for more than ten years." This sort of ambiguous att.i.tude was the most hurtful of all.

"I…" Qu Yi's expression was a little pale, as if she had understood something. Slowly, she lowered her head. "I will tell him clearly."

"Mn." It seemed like there was still hope.

"Grand-martial aunt…" Ye Qingcang was a little anxious as he took a step forward. "Don't misunderstand, I and…"

"Stop!" Zhu Yao raised her palm, signalling him to pause and stopping his attempt at explaining. "There's no need for you to tell me, you should be telling Little Bai instead. You guys decide on your own, it doesn't concern me. However… You best tell him clearly. If you delay it for too long and make Little Bai cry…" Her tone suddenly turned chilly. "I will smack you!"

After saying that, without looking at the expressions they were making, she turned around and followed after the stupid celestial crane that was still circling in the sky.

Qu Yi was destined to be Ye Qingcang's girly. Even though there was a change in the scenario, the two of them still ended up walking on the same path. This meant that Little Bai was destined to be cannon fodder as well. They were still young, and their feelings had just budded. Rather than feeling pain and bitterness in the future, he should instead extract himself before his feelings grow deeper. After all, it was best to suffer for a short while than an eternity.

Not to mention that it was not appropriate for her to step directly into this matter as well. The only thing she could do was give pointers at the right time. And, she was able to see through the girly's heart with a single glance. On one hand, she could not bear to disregard her feelings for Little Bai as childhood friends, and on the other, she was beginning to love Ye Qingcang. She was confused as well, yet she did not want to let go of either side. Initially, she had wanted to let things drag on like this till she could make a decision on her own. However, when that time comes, most likely, someone would be hurt to the very end. This was why Zhu Yao stimulated her a little.

And it seemed the girly Qu Yi was not a bad person in nature, as she understood Zhu Yao's words.

"Seventh elder sister, catch it!" The moment Zhu Yao returned to Skybond Peak, she was met with a green ball pouncing at her.

She caught it with a swipe of her hand.

"Peapea?"

"Pea…" The pea cried out, desperately rubbing her chest. As it made 'pea pea' sounds, it began to emit streams water, drenching her entire body.

Was it… crying?

"What's wrong?"

A short-clawed little Phoenix, clad in red feathers, came charging out of the house. Its two eyes shone as it looked at the pea in her hands. It pushed its little wings towards its plump belly and rubbed it. After a long while, a fiery light flashed. A ball of flames the size of a fist was summoned, and the little Phoenix immediately waved its wings and flapped them towards her. "Seventh elder sister, hold it tight. I'm going to fry and eat it."

"Pea…" The pea trembled, even more water streamed out of its body, instantly turning her into a drenched chicken.

"…"

Zhu Yao simply snapped her fingers, extinguis.h.i.+ng the fiery spark which Little Eighth on managed to ignite after much effort, and looked at him with a deadpan look. "Little Eighth, stop fooling around."

"Seventh elder sister, you're so biased!" Little Eighth complained, as he pointed at the pea in her hand and said. "You don't even let me eat a pea. You're mistreating an underaged little animal."

Zhu Yao flicked her finger on his forehead, and Little Eighth was flipped away like an angry little bird. Mn, the same red one.

"Enough. Peapea has just awakened its spiritual intellect, so it has limited intelligence. Don't scare it every single day."

Little Eighth only managed to crawl up after rolling a few rounds. He furiously glanced at the pea which was pouring out water on her hand. Then, he coldly snorted and turned his head around, yet he did not come chasing after it any further.

"I will let you go for today!" He looked as though he was saving his elder seventh sister some face.

Zhu Yao felt her head aching. She wondered just what was wrong with Little Eighth? When she was looking after him, he had behaved pretty well. From how he had lived through two lifetimes, even if had yet to turn into a mature adult, he could still be considered as a teenage Phoenix. However, whenever he were to spot Peapea, he would go crazy, thinking of all methods possible to scare it, making it run and jump about. It was still fine in the beginning, as he was just the size of her palm. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to bite through it, and the pea was not bothered by his actions either. In these few days, he had doubled in size, and he had restored some of his G.o.dly energy as well. And it was only then did he begin to have some twisted thoughts.

"Seventh elder sister." Little Eighth came to rub the little pea again with his claw, and said in a mysterious manner. "When do you think will the Far Ancient HighG.o.d come out from this stupid pea?"

When? When she calls for her master, of course. Zhu Yao inspected Little Eighth for a moment. "Why are you asking?"

He slightly turned his head away, and said in a slightly fl.u.s.tered tone. "I… I have a few matters, that… that I want to ask, that's all. He's a HighG.o.d, so he should know everything."

Zhu Yao frowned. "Little Eighth, he's not the Far Ancient HighG.o.d."

"Ah! Ah?" Little Eighth was startled for a moment, and then he anxiously said. "He's clearly the HighG.o.d, and elder seventh sister calls him master as well. So how is he not the Far Ancient HighG.o.d?"

"He is indeed my master." Zhu Yao sighed, explaining. "However, he's not my teacher. He's my master, Yu Yan, not the Far Ancient HighG.o.d. Teacher, he…" She paused for a moment, before continuing shortly after. "Teacher… is no longer here."

Little Eighth lowered his head in disappointment, his entire being looked a little greyish as he softly muttered. "If the HighG.o.d isn't here anymore, who should I ask?"

"Just what do you want to know?" Zhu Yao stroked his feathers. "Tell seventh elder sister. I might know about it?"

Little Eighth raised his head and glanced at her, before turning away again immediately after. He continued to mutter. "Tch, even a smart and handsome Phoenix like me doesn't know about it, how can you know when you're this ugly?"

Zhu Yao raised her hand and slapped at his little bird head. Watch what you're saying!

"Aiya!" Little Eighth hugged his head with his two wings and sprinted a few steps away, carrying a complaining expression. "Seventh elder sister, you can't blame me for being ugly though?"

Haah, look at this temper of mine!

"If you have the guts, don't run!"

The little red bird sprinted away, immediately disappearing from sight.

Don't let me catch you again!

Zhu Yao glared at the direction he ran off too, and then looked at the pea in her hand. Just as she was about to call her master out to discuss some matters, her divine sense unconsciously picked up the presence of someone outside the door. Furthermore, it was someone she knew.

"Grand-martial aunt, disciple Ye Qingcang wishes to consult you on a matter."

Why was the bugged student here? Didn't they separate just earlier?

Zhu Yao's heart was filled with doubts. Keeping the pea, she walked out.

Ye Qingcang was presently waiting outside the door, though his brows were tightly knitted, looking as though he had heavy matters in his heart. It can't be something related to the girly Qu Yi right? Could it be that the girly Qu Yi gave up on him and chose Little Bai? This isn't in the scenario!

"Grand-martial aunt!" Seeing her appearance, Ye Qingcang's brows relaxed a little, as he then proceeded to give her a respectful bow.

"Is there something you need from me?" Speak then, is there something you're not happy about? Speak about it and entertain me a little. I specialize in comforting broken-hearted youths the most.

Ye Qingcang hesitated for a short while, his face carried a complicated expression. "This disciple has a matter that has been swaying within his heart. I hope that grand-martial aunt is able to point me out of this maze."

"What is it?"

His brows furrowed even further, as he scanned his surroundings a little anxiously. It looked like he was a little afraid of something?

Zhu Yao waved her hand and placed down a formation, isolating their auras and figures. She secretly shook her head in her heart. Youths and their need to save faces these days! Why can't they think about it logically? They're not even superstars, so why would anyone be interested in their love lives?

"Can you speak now?"

Ye Qingcang gritted his teeth. As though he finally managed to resolve himself, he took out round cup-shaped mystic artifact from his robe.

"Eh!?" The token of love with the girly Qu Yi? Why did she feel it looked a little familiar?

"Granny, to tell you the truth, I picked this up after separating from you and senior-martial brother Bai in the secret realm back then."

Zhu Yao was stunned. She sternly stared at the cup-shaped mystic artifact. "Medicine King Furnace!" The h.e.l.l, wasn't this the male protagonist's pellet refining divine artifact?

"Granny, you know about this artifact?" Ye Qingcang had a stunned look.

"Mn." Not only was she aware of it, she had seen it countless times during her precognitive dream, alright? "The Medicine King Furnace can increase the chances of refining pellets by three times, and it can be considered as a divine artifact. Since you are able to turn it so small, most likely, you have already formed a blood contract with it. You can now store it in your divine sense, right?"

Ye Qingcang was startled for a moment, as though he never expected that she would know about it so clearly.

"You picked this up at that secret realm. A place like that…" Zhu Yao glanced at him, and continued. "You want to ask if anything will happen to you after forming a blood contract with it, right?"

Ye Qingcang paled, as he explained immediately. "Granny… I did not hide this from you intentionally, I simply had yet to make certain of what it was, and my blood accidentally sprinkled on it. I have only discovered it in my divine sense recently."

"No need to be this anxious!" Zhu Yao felt he was a little hilarious. "It's not like you have a duty to report every single thing to me. I won't blame you."

"Granny…" He had a complicated look, as though he did not know what to say.

"Enough!" Zhu Yao patted on his shoulders. It was something that should belong to him in the first place. Even after making a detour, he still ended up picking it up. "Don't worry, that pervert from the secret realm… Uh, I'm talking about the heretic pract.i.tioner who refined beasts. Even though he's not a good person at all, this is a good artifact, so you should keep it with an ease of mind. There isn't any bad aura emitting out from it, so it shouldn't affect you in any bad way. In the future, you must become a Pellet Refining Meister, alright?"

Ye Qingcang was stunned for a moment, as though he never expected that she would so easily dispel the worries he had for such a long time. Actually, ever since he bound this furnace, he faintly sensed that it was an extraordinary artifact. However, because he was truly afraid that it would adversely affect his body, he had been hesitant talking about this matter. He was afraid that it would arouse the greed of others, and there was not many people he could trust around him either. After hesitating for a long while, he realized that he could only consult the granny who had constantly protected him in the secret realm.

Initially, he had thought that even if she would not have greedy intentions, at the very least, she would be angry at him for concealing this matter. He never expected that she wouldn't mind in the slightest and would easily gloss over it. Not even the slightest bit of desire could be seen in her eyes, as if she would still stay unconcerned no matter how heaven-defying an artifact he were to pick up. For a moment, he was joyous in his heart, yet he faintly felt an indescribable disappointment as well.

"Granny… Actually, other than this furnace, I picked up something else as well." He could not help but blurt out the words which he had never prepared to say even if he were to be beaten to death.

"Something else?" He couldn't be referring to the inheritance of that Pellet Hall, right?

He then took up that small jade tablet as well. "There's a few pellet recipes and pellet refining techniques within."

"Ou." It was that inheritance alright. "Then work hard, youngling!"

Ye Qingcang was stunned. He was unable to believe his ears a little. "Just like that?"

Confused, Zhu Yao inspected him a little. What else do you want? You can't possibly want me to sponsor you, right? Right, he has been calling me granny after all.

Gritting her teeth, she silently pulled out a spirit stone tile. After pulling it out from the floor of the great hall with great effort, she stuffed it in his hands, and said in a meaningful manner. "Youngling, I can only support you this much. Go buy some medicinal ingredients used to raise your cultivation then?"

"…" He looked at her dumbfoundedly.

Could it be that it still wasn't enough? Hey! Learn how to be content with what you have, youngling!

"I really don't have anymore!" It's really troublesome to pull out another tile back there!

Ye Qingcang looked at her dumbfoundedly for a moment. Suddenly, he burst into laughter, and it grew even louder as time went by. In the end, he ended up bending down from the pain caused by the unceasing laughter.

Zhu Yao's face darkened. Why did she feel irritated?

"Hey, youngling, that's enough." Give this elderly some face. What's with you? Laughing in such a manner.

"Granny, granny…" He finally managed to curb his laughter. As he shook his head, with slight clear-mindedness and self-depreciation, he said. "Granny, you sure… made this Qingcang… feel ashamed, really ashamed…"

Earlier, he was actually worried that she would l.u.s.t for his possessions, afraid that she would kill him and s.n.a.t.c.h away his treasures. Looking at it now, it sure was laughable. Most likely, only those who had darkness in their own hearts would feel that others were the same, right?

"Is there anything else?" Zhu Yao glared at him a little irritatedly.

He took a deep breath, straightened his face, and bowed respectfully. "Thank you, granny, for your teachings."

"Eh?" What did I teach?

"This disciple shall take his leave." However, he did not plan on speaking any further, as he turned around and headed down the mountain.

Leaving behind a confused Zhu Yao. The h.e.l.l did he come here for? Just to flaunt his cheats?

So what!

As expected, bugs are really hateful.

"What… plans do you have this time?" A white figure appeared next to Zhu Yao.

Yu Yan glanced at the figure that just left, and then stroked his disciple's hair. Just as he was about to release his hand, he pondered for a moment before reaching out to her hand at the side, their fingers intertwined.

"Master…" Zhu Yao turned around and pounced into his chest. With a tired heart, she leaned on his shoulder. She needed to draw in some energy. "Haah, the younglings today are getting harder to manage."

"Why?"

Zhu Yao pouted. "He's a good person."

"Because he can't be said to be a bad person, you can't make a move on him?" Yu Yan sighed. Even if he were to be a bad person, as long as her bottom line was not crossed, this stupid disciple of his would still not bear to make a move, right? He once again turned to glance at the youth who had just left, frowning. The eyes that brat had for his disciple earlier, were something he did not like very much.

"It's not that!" Zhu Yao shook her head. "I have a faint feeling that even if Ye Qingcang doesn't exist, someone else will take up the same role. The meaning of that bug isn't as simple as this."

Yu Yan frowned.

"Don't worry, master!" Zhu Yao patted on her chest and guaranteed. "I have already thought of a foolproof plan. It's definitely safe and environmental friendly, and it's very effective as well, alright?"

Yu Yan lowered his head and looked at her, signalling her to continue.

Zhu Yao chuckled. "It's very simple. The reason why Ye Qingcang is a bug, is because he became a wrong, or a misdirecting role model for the ma.s.ses. Everyone else learnt from him, and what they learnt turned worse as time went by, which resulted in the destruction of the world in the end. To deal with this once and for all, wouldn't it fine if we let the ma.s.ses learn from an even better role model? Better than him in cultivation, better than him in luck, better than him in fame, better than him in following the mainstream. It would be best if that person can ascend straight-away. With a piece of jade in front of them, no matter how heaven-defying he is, as long as the ma.s.ses compare the two of them, they will naturally stop learning from him."

Yu Yan pondered for a short while, before nodding his head. This was indeed a good plan. He looked at his disciple's excited look.

"You're planning to be… the new role model?" With his disciple's cosmic-level heaven-defying luck, it could indeed be achieved very easily.

"I can't be the one!" Zhu Yao shook her head. "When it comes to role models, they must be down to earth. Many people coveted Ye Qingcang because he was initially a penta spirit veins holder, and had even risen from being an Outer Sect disciple. He climbed his way to the peak a step at a time, and only by defying the will of the heavens in such an extremely difficult manner can resonate with the ma.s.ses. Others will think that if a penta spirit veins holder like him could do it, then they will be able to too. If we want to raise a new role model, at the very least, that person must have the penta spirit veins as well, or even worse than him. Though I'm a penta spirit veins holder as well, everyone knows that I'm the successor of Skybond Peak."

Yu Yan's expression turned cold, correcting. "You're the successor of my Jade Forest Peak!"

"Uh…" Master, do you have to mind such little details? "What I'm trying to say is, if one's status is too great, the ma.s.ses will feel that the person isn't down to earth, not to mention I'm a dandelion! We're not even the same race, so I won't be able to bring about any resonance. In the eyes of everyone else, I'm a rich and beautiful girl." When she thought about it this way, she felt a little giddy inside. "The me right now can't do."

"So?"

"So, I have to find a b.u.mpkin youth with correct three views of the world, and raise him." With her many years of experience in fixing bugs and her successes in bringing up little radishes, teaching another motivated good youth shouldn't be that hard, right? Furthermore, master was here.

Yu Yan frowned even deeper. Just the thought of seeing a distracting, stinky brat by his disciple side from now on made him feel extremely irritated. As expected, when he was in his disciple's world back then, he should have disa.s.sembled that book of prophecy (laptop). That way, his disciple would not have to bother about this stupid issues anymore.

"Do you have someone in mind?"

Zhu Yao's face instantly collapsed. "Nope!" If she had one, she wouldn't be this frustrated. She felt that a radish could only be raised with the correct three views of the world if she were to raise one from young. With this many disciples in the sect, there should always be one that could be suitable. If not, she could head down the mountain to look. The world was huge. There should be at least one suitable radish.

Several months later.

"Little fellow, how old are you? Shall I test your spirit veins for you? Do you have a master? Are you willing to follow this auntie?" With a kind smile, Zhu Yao looked at the child who was nibbling on a candied fruit.

The little radish was startled, the hand he was holding onto the candied fruit with trembled. In his huge, clear eyes, tells began to well. With a loud wail, his cries shook the earth. "Ah~~~ Mommy, there's a strange auntie here."

Zhu Yao stiffened. She began to console him in a fl.u.s.ter. "Hey, hey, hey. Why are you crying? I didn't hit you?"

"Guaaah, mommy… This strange auntie wants to hit me!"

"…" When did I say I want to hit you?

"Stop crying, hey!"

"Guaaah… Mommy, she even scolded me… Guaaah!"

"…"

"Who bullied my Er Gou!?" A peasant woman came charging out with a farming hoe.

Zhu Yao simply felt her heart skip a beat, as she stood right up and ran. Only after sprinting wildly for several kilometers did she finally shake off the murderous peasant woman.

With a shakened heart, she panted out a few breaths. Master, humans are terrifying. I want to return home and become a quiet and peaceful dandelion.

Ever since she decided to raise a good role model, Zhu Yao began her painful journey of searching a target suitable for raising. Initially, she had planned on picking one from Ness Cesary Sect, as she had believed that there should always be at least one with good three views. In the end, after strolling around, she realized that the sect only took in disciples once every ten years. The last time it occurred was five years ago, and the little radishes then had all long turned into mature, huge radishes. The next batch of radishes would only be imported five years later.

Left with no choice, she could only head down the mountain and try her luck in the villages of mortals around Ness Cesary Sect.

At first, she thought that it would be really easy. After all, although these mortals were not pract.i.tioners, they were influenced by deities for many years, so they should be aware of the matters concerning pract.i.tioners as well, unlike mortals who were completely unaware of the existence of pract.i.tioners.

However, her abundant confidence was slapped in the face by reality.

"Big sister, I see that your son has wonderful bones, a good material for taking up the mystic arts. Why don't you let him follow me on the path of the Great Dao?"

"This here is my daughter."

"…"

"This big brother, I see that this little one of yours is smart and hardworking, and he carries spirited eyes. He must definitely have impressive comprehension abilities. Why don't you let him follow me on the path of a deity?"

"He's mentally r.e.t.a.r.ded."

"…"

"This grandfather, this grandson of yours is so thoughtful at such a young age, he must be someone who possesses immense luck. Why don't you let him come under my tutelage on the path of a deity?"

"This is my son, he's thirty years old this year."

"…"

"This grandmother, does your little one here possess spirit veins? I'm the grand-martial aunt of Ness Cesary Sect, here to take in a disciple!"

"You're crazy!"

"…"

"This auntie, does your family have a child below an age of ten years? Shall I help him test his spirit veins?"

"Everyone, hurry. That con-woman is here again."

"…"

"This auntie…"

"I'm going to beat you human trafficker to death!"

"…"

In half a month, she had finished walking around the surrounding villages. Putting aside the fact that she did not manage to even take in a single disciple, she had even been treated as a human trafficker to be highly guarded against. No matter which villager spotted her, without even speaking another word, they would chase after her with bricks and knives in their hands. Not to mention she could not lay her hands on mortals either.

Imagine how pitiful she was! As a mighty Azoth Core, no wait, a DemiG.o.d pract.i.tioner, it should have been easy for her to personally take in disciples, right? In the end, everyone treated her as a pervert. These mortals who can't tell the value of the goods in front of them!

"See, I told you you're ugly already. You scared the little fellows off, right?" Little Eighth laid on top of her head, and spoke such sarcastic words in a gloating manner.

Zhu Yao was instantly enraged. She instantly picked him off her head. "If you can do it, then go!"

"Fine, I will!" Little Eighth's bird face puffed, and he then leapt out of her hand. Even though he clearly could not fly, he still flapped his wings as he walked towards one of the house.

The house belonged to a peasant family, and their courtyard was only surrounded by fences with height at an adult's waist level. Little Eighth fluttered his wings as he climbed up, and then lightly coughed. Facing the child who was playing with the mud inside the courtyard, he said in an especially haughty tone. "Mortal, this mighty one is a Phoenix of the G.o.d races, and I have the intentions to take you in…"

"Bird!" Before he could even finish, the eyes of the child instantly shone as he looked at Little Eighth with an excited look.

Little Eighth was a little unhappy. "I'm a Phoenix! Don't treat me like those lowly feathered races, I'm…"

"Bird… There's a bird!" The little wimp raised his mud-filled hands as he sprinted over with an excited expression. Pus.h.i.+ng out his two hands, he grabbed onto Little Eighth's wings, smudging his entire body with mud while he was at it.

Little Eighth was instantly dumbfounded, as he began to struggle. "Ah, release me! You stupid mortal… Ah! My feathers! … Don't pull my feathers!"

The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Sighing, she had no choice but to save that stupid Phoenix who was soon about to be broken by that irritating child. "Little fellow, it's not right to bully little animals!"

"Bird…" Little wimp was a little dissatisfied that the little bird he caught was s.n.a.t.c.hed away by someone, as he reached out his hands wanting to s.n.a.t.c.h it back. When he raised his head, he was startled for a moment. He stared at her hair, and said outright. "Nest!"

"…" You're a nest, your entire family is made of nests.

"Bird nest, pull out the bird nest…" The child excitedly reached out for her hair.

"What are you doing? Hey… Don't pull my hair, hey! Release me… Aiya, it hurts, it hurts… I'm going to hit you now! I'm really going to hit you now! Aiya…"

Ten minutes later…

The two who finally managed to flee.

"Seventh elder sister…"

"Mn."

"Mortals are so scary."

"Mn mn mn mn mn!" She nodded furiously.

Little Eighth: My feathers…（┭┮﹏┭┮）

Zhu Yao: My hair… （┭┮﹏┭┮）

Zhu Yao whose body was crippled before even taking in a disciple, decided to first put aside the matter of raising a little radish for now. Dragging her fatigued body, she returned to Ness Cesary Sect. Her heart and soul were tired. She did not feel like looking at irritating children for the rest of her life.

"I heard that the penta spirit veins holder of Talisman Spiritual Peak established his Foundation."

"Ah? Are you talking about the disciple whom Reverend Qu Qu took in five years ago?"

"That's right. It has only been five years! Even a duo spirit veins holder isn't that quick?"

"So what if he has established his Foundation? He's but a penta spirit veins holder. He's going to stay at the Foundation cultivation level his entire lifetime."

"That might not be the case. I heard that Reverend Qu Qu regards him highly!"

"Haah, who isn't aware of Reverend Qu Qu's personality? It's most likely just a whim of his. That boy was only able to go under his tutelage due to his luck."

"Hahahaha… That might be so! But, I heard that senior-martial brother Bai has gone into closed-door training to establish his Foundation as well."

"Inner Sect disciples sure have good lives!"

The voices of the two disciples gradually grew further away, yet their conversation entered her ears without a single piece of it missing out. Zhu Yao's feet stopped, startled. Ye Qingcang had established his Foundation?

The last time she saw him, he was still at the eighth level of Foundation. It had only been a few months since then. Wasn't this too quick?

He was five years faster than the scenario itself! Little Bai had actually gone into isolation training to establish his Foundation as well. She even thought that the reason why she hadn't seen him for so many days was because he had a bad mood from being dumped after Qu Yi clarified with him, and thus did not want to leave his home! However, was it really alright for him to attempt at establis.h.i.+ng his Foundation with such an unstable heart?

Why did she have a bad premonition?

"Granny, you're back." Just as she returned to Skybond Peak, she saw Ye Qingcang waiting at her doorsteps, greeting her with a brilliant smile.

"Yo, fellow student Little Cang!" Zhu Yao returned a smile and waved her hands. She inspected him for a moment. He had indeed successfully established his Foundation, and the spiritual energy surrounding his body was much richer than before. "Congratulations on establis.h.i.+ng your Foundation."

He scratched his head, embarra.s.sed. "Regarding this, I have to thank granny for your words back then. Those words enlightened Qingcang, and made me rediscover my heart and conscience, which enabled me to successfully establish my Foundation so quickly."

"Aaahh!? What did I say?" Why wasn't she aware of it, hey? Don't scare me, my friend. If you put it that way, you will make me feel as though I'm the one raising the bug with my own hands, you know?

Ye Qingcang smiled, as though he did not feel like explaining further. However, the ones he were looking at her with now had a trace of reverence within. Scratching his head, he said a little embarra.s.singly. "Granny, I wonder if this disciple can visit you often to chat with you?"

"…" Can I refuse? "I'm very busy!"

"I don't mind. I can come when granny isn't busy?"

Hey, what's with that tone that sounds like you have latched onto me?

His eyes were even sparkling. "I feel that granny knows a lot… of very important things. Ye Qing wants to become someone like granny."

Someone like me, then you might as well go on a flight to Thailand.

"Ahem, so you're here just to thank me?"

He was stunned for a moment, as if he had just recalled something. He pulled out a red bottle from the storage pouch next to him, and pa.s.sed it to her. "Granny, this pellet is something I have just recently refined. Though it's not really that impressive, it represents my goodwill."

"What's this?" As someone who had never taken medicine, she did not recognize it at all.

"Barrier Breaking Pellet."

Zhu Yao was startled for a moment as she looked at his calm expression. Barrier Breaking Pellet! Third rank pellet! Just how many days had it been since he started pellet refining? He was actually able to refine a third rank pellet this quickly. "Not bad, little one. You have a promising future!"

He smiled a little embarra.s.singly. "Granny, if you like them, I can refine even more medicinal pellets for you in the future."

"You don't have to be that courteous, actually I… Aiya!" Just as Zhu Yao received the pellets and wanted to take a closer look, she suddenly felt a chill in her chest. It was as though an ice cube had penetrated her heart, causing her heart to fly! She even began to bend her waist from the cold.

"Granny, what's wrong?"

"No… Nothing!" Zhu Yao immediately straightened herself. Master, what's wrong with you? Why did you turn Peapea so icy cold all of a sudden? "Hohoho… Thank you for your medicinal pellet! Aiya…" Hot, hot, hot, hot, hot! Why is it suddenly burning now?

"Granny…" Are you really alright?

"I'm fine!" Zhu Yao gritted her teeth and withstood it with all her might, revealing a slightly distorted smile. "Hohoho! Umm… I suddenly recalled that I didn't turn off the gas at home! I'm going back now, goodbye!" Pus.h.i.+ng off her feet, she charged right into the hall.

Leaving behind a confused Ye Qingcang. What gas did she mean?

The moment Zhu Yao entered the building, she immediately pulled out Peapea from her chest area. The pea was still emitting out heat, like a roasted potato fresh off the oven.

"Master… I did not plan on eating the pellet." Zhu Yao explained, wanting to cry. Just how much hatred does her master have towards medicinal pellets?

A white light flashed from the pea, and its temperature finally dropped. Dressed in snow-white robes, a man with an ice-cold expression appeared before her. The words 'I'm not happy' were clearly written on his face!

She raised her hand, and did a swearing pose. "I have never eaten a single pellet behind your back, I'm serious!"