Chapter 077

Chapter 77: Wan Wan Pays Respect to Master

Pei Xuan stood alone in the front courtyard. The scene was set to winter, and snow fell from the sky. The drifting snow seemed to merge with him.

Cold. Without emotion.

Like a block of ice.

Like a snowflake with no place to land.

He looked close, yet very far away.

But right now, Ye Wan Wan saw a hint of thought on Pei Xuan’s face, along with rare worry.

[That is new,] she thought.

She rose and walked toward him slowly as she greeted: “Master.”

Pei Xuan turned at her voice, nodded, and asked: “Are you better?”

“Much better,” Ye Wan Wan answered.

They stood with the door sill between them. Ye Wan Wan felt it was a little strange and asked: “Master, will you not come in?”

Pei Xuan did not step inside. He said: “Hold out your hand.”

Puzzled, Ye Wan Wan held out her hand.

A Spatial Pouch and two brocade boxes dropped into her palm. They were heavy, like the weight of the man’s instructions.

“This is fourth-grade Rain Dew and fourth-grade Fire Mystic Crystal,” he said. “I knew that when you woke, you would try to repair your Golden Cores. These two herbs can help you fix the water Golden Core and the fire Golden Core. As for the other three, there is no rush. Fifth senior brother is already on his way back. He will bring three fourth-grade spirit herbs. Those will solve them.”

Ye Wan Wan’s fingers tightened. She whispered: “Master…”

Pei Xuan spoke in a quiet voice: “Keep the rest for yourself. If you lack anything, tell me.”

“Master!” she called again.

Pei Xuan paused. Maybe he sensed the wave of feeling in the girl. He added a few more words: “I do not deal with people often. We eight senior brothers usually mind our own parts. I suddenly took a young miss as a disciple, and I do not have much experience. But there is one thing. My disciple is not someone others can bully.”

“When you walk the world, just go forward. If anything happens, your master will carry it.”

“If you want to do something, go do it.”

“Do not worry about burdening the sect,” Pei Xuan said softly. “We can carry it.”

Ye Wan Wan’s eyes turned red. She could feel that Pei Xuan had just returned from outside. Those herbs… and the pattern on the brocade box.

This was from the Supreme Sect. He had gone out for her.

Saying only thank you felt too light.

She brushed away those sentimental tears. From the Violet Cloud Ring, she took out a small brocade box and offered it to Pei Xuan with both hands, saying with care: “Master, this is for you.”

Pei Xuan was slightly stunned: “For me?”

Ye Wan Wan nodded and said: “Fifth Grade Woodfire Spirit.”

Pei Xuan’s fingers curled a little. He started to say something: “You…”

Ye Wan Wan spoke softly: “Some time ago, I heard from the sect master uncle that you have both ice and fire. Yet you always stay on the Snow Mountain and rarely go down. If I am right, your fire power is too strong and needs ice and snow to suppress it. This Woodfire Spirit is very gentle. It can balance your fire poison.”

She lifted her head with a bright smile and said: “I think it will help.”

Pei Xuan looked at the brocade box in her hands for a long time. Then he took it and said: “Yes. It will help.”

“This is only Fifth Grade,” Ye Wan Wan added. “If I find a higher grade in the future, I will find it for you.”

“Do your best. Do not force yourself,” Pei Xuan said.

“I will not force it,” she replied.

They fell quiet, but Ye Wan Wan was good at finding topics now. She asked with a grin: “Since Master gave me these things, can I use them as I like?”

Pei Xuan said calmly: “Once I give it to you, it is yours. Even if you throw it for fun, that is your freedom. I will not interfere.”

“I will not throw them. I will use them well,” she said.

Then she seemed to think of something. She stepped back two steps, dropped to both knees, crossed her hands, touched them to her forehead, and bowed deeply: “Wan Wan pays respect to Master.”

Pei Xuan said nothing for a long time, and Ye Wan Wan did not rise.

Across the courtyard wind and snow, the girl knelt straight, yet full of respect.

One threshold between them.

Pei Xuan did not move for a long time either. He treated this bow with great care.

They both knew this bow mattered.

It was Ye Wan Wan’s true acceptance in her heart.

After a while, Pei Xuan said softly: “Rise.”

Ye Wan Wan stood up with smiling eyes and said: “Master.”

Pei Xuan answered and left with the items.

Ye Wan Wan watched him with respect. After his figure fully disappeared, she looked down at the brocade box in her hands. She raised a hand and gently rubbed the pattern of the Supreme Sect on top.

“It is all in the past,” she whispered, as if telling herself.

Like the pattern wiped away under her fingers, everything had passed.

Leaving the Purple Spirit Cave Abode, Pei Xuan sat on a stone platform and looked at the Woodfire Spirit for a long time. After much thought, he tucked the box away and went up to the main peak to find Li Ming De, who was busy trying new dishes.

“Senior brother, I want to show you something,” Pei Xuan said.

Li Ming De was surprised and asked: “What could make you come down the mountain just to find me?”

Pei Xuan pushed the brocade box forward and said with care: “Take a look.”

Li Ming De opened it. The warm Woodfire Spirit glowed inside. He exclaimed: “Fifth Grade Woodfire Spirit. The quality is quite good. Not bad at all. It is worse than your seven-grade Woodfire Spirit, but it is still a fine treasure. You plan to…”

“My disciple gave it to me,” Pei Xuan said.

Li Ming De fell silent: “…”

He stared at Pei Xuan and asked: “Little Wan Wan gave it?”

Not a gift for Little Wan Wan?

Pei Xuan nodded and repeated: “She gave it.”

Li Ming De looked a bit aggrieved and muttered: “What a good disciple.”

Satisfied, Pei Xuan left with the box. He went to Green Thicket Mountain to find Xun Yin. After hearing all of it, Xun Yin could only say: “…”

From Green Thicket Mountain, Pei Xuan went on to Sword Peak and found Yan Ju.

Grinding his teeth, Yan Ju asked: “Do you want to fight me?”

He knew Pei Xuan had taken a headstrong disciple.

Pei Xuan thought for a moment and said: “If you want me to guide you a little, you may come.”

Yan Ju’s eyes lit up at once: “Really?”

Pei Xuan had not made a real move in many years.

“Really,” Pei Xuan said as he opened the Void Battlefield. “Come in.”

Yan Ju rushed in at once.

Two hours later, Yan Ju lay on the ground. He was covered in wounds, but his eyes were bright: “That was great! Let us do it again next time!”

He felt that with two more fights against Pei Xuan, he could break through the Nascent Soul bottleneck and step into Divine Transformation.

“Hey, fight me again next month,” he urged.

Pei Xuan did not answer. He played with a Spirit Link Stone as if thinking about something.

Suddenly, Yan Ju felt his Spirit Link Interface pop open by itself.

Violet Command Order.

An emergency call just under the red level.

The whole Heavenly One Sect jumped in shock.

Boss Gu Cang Lan asked in a deep voice: “What happened? Is the sect in trouble?”

The second, Luo Qing Feng, asked in a rush: “Is someone bullying you? Wait for me. I will finish this secret realm and come back at once!”

Old Six, Liu Meng Lan, looked stunned and rattled off: “Did Seventh junior brother send this? Did Snow Mountain collapse? Or did Seventh junior brother wipe out some sect? Were the enemies strong? Was the cleanup clean? Any loose ends? Do you need me to help?”

Boss and second both groaned: “Sixth junior brother?”

Old Six stood up straight and said: “Just a joke.”

Only the fifth, Lu Qing Xuan, asked the key thing: “A few days ago, Seventh junior brother wrote me that Little Six was hurt. If he pushed this now, does that mean Little Six got worse?”

The four senior brothers all asked at once, eager for an answer.

Only Yan Ju and Xun Yin covered their faces in pain.

Damn.