"Little Fish, do you wish I were your mother?"

Cen Xi ignored Liu Jiuyi and just stared intently at the little fish.

"Little fish wants its mother, little fish wants its mother!"

After saying that, the little girl snuggled even closer into Cen Xi's arms.

"Your words are enough. Regardless of whether I am your biological mother or not, I am Xiaoyu's mother, and I will cherish you as a treasure."

Cen Xi assured her.

"What about your brother?"

Xiaoyu looked at Liu Jiuyi and Cen Xi expectantly.

"Similarly, he acknowledges me, so I am his mother. If he's still acting so awkwardly, Xiaoyu, there's nothing I can do. Look, he has all the things I bought for you, and I haven't lost a single one. Why don't you try to persuade him?"

Cen Xi gave Liu Jiuyi a meaningful look, and then asked Bai Ze to open the bundle for Xiao Yu to see.

After Xiaoyu finished reading, she complained to Xiaoyu, feeling wronged.

"Yes! I will try my best. I will take care of the education for my brother. Mother must be tired from the journey. You should go and rest."

Xiaoyu stepped out of Cenxi's embrace, looked at Cenxi carefully, and then pushed her into the inner room to rest.

He looked like he was about to do something big.

"I'm so glad to hear what you said, Little Fish. But I've just come back, so I definitely need to go see your grandmaster. Otherwise, he'll be angry. I'm going to see him now. Be a good boy and persuade your brother! He listens to you the most."

Cen Xi smiled, left Xiao Yu and Jiu Yi in the house, and took the brother and sister she had picked up in the grove with her, and went out.

"Bai Ze, stay outside and see what they're saying."

"Ah Xiang, come with me to see my master."

As soon as they stepped outside, Cen Xi gave instructions to the two people.

"Yes, Master, please go ahead."

Aze nodded in agreement.

"Um!"

Cen Xi nodded and walked towards her master's courtyard.

Upon entering the courtyard, the old man was taking a nap. Cen Xi knocked on the door for quite some time before the old man finally crawled out of his bed.

"Liu Jiuyi, stop fooling around. If you're hungry, go to the kitchen and cook for yourself."

Before the door was even opened, the old man began to complain.

"Master, it's your good disciple Cen Xi who's back! Open the door quickly!"

Seeing that Old Man Gongsun was still hiding inside, Cen Xi knocked on the door harder.

"You're back, so what? You brat, why keep knocking on the door? Get out of the way."

Old Man Gongsun came out from inside, dressed and looking furious.

"I just missed you, that's why I'm reporting this to you."

Cen Xi smiled and teased.

"Hmph! When did you become so well-behaved? Weren't you just as unorthodox as Yu Kuang? Don't try to act innocent with your master. Go back to where you were. Have you finished your mission? Why are you back so soon?"

Gongsun Li looked at Cen Xi with disdain.

It is said that Gongsun Li has never been able to take on any of the disciples she wanted in her life, and although these two disciples are both quite talented, they were both forced upon her by others. Moreover, neither of these disciples has much respect for their master.

He was really upset.

"I have some big news for you, you might be happy to get a takeoff."

Cen Xi felt that her master had worked very hard taking care of Xiaoyu and Jiuyi for the past three months without taking off his clothes. She decided to sell the news that her grandmaster was still alive to the old man in order to get a good deal.

Actually, there was another reason she didn't say: she couldn't keep secrets. When she met acquaintances, she couldn't help but gossip, otherwise she would suffocate.

"What big news? You've agreed to marry Yu Kuang?"

The old man couldn't help but speculate.

"Oh, no, that's not it. I didn't expect you to be so old, yet still so preoccupied with matters of love. I admire you."

Cen Xi rolled her eyes helplessly.

"What else could it be? Don't bother me with trivial matters, just don't keep me from sleeping. Next time you leave, take your children with you. I've already written a letter to Yu Kuang. Liu Jiuyi and Liu Xiaoyu should become his disciples from now on, and he should guide and teach them."

After the old man finished speaking, he stood up and tried to go back to bed.

“Grandmaster, that is, your master, is at the bottom of the cliff behind our mountain. He is not dead. If you have nothing to do, you can go and keep him company.”

Seeing him step across the threshold, Cen Xi finally dropped a bombshell.

As expected, this news was extremely useful to Old Man Gongsun. No sooner had she finished speaking than he instantly teleported in front of her and asked:

What did you just say?

“I told him that I had met my master, who was at the bottom of the cliff behind our mountain. He told me not to tell you that he was still alive, so I didn’t mention it in my last letter.”

Cen Xi explained.

"Then why are you saying now that I didn't teach you to keep your promises?"

Upon hearing her explanation, Old Man Gongsun's expression instantly turned serious.

"It seems you don't have any. When you taught me kung fu, you just threw me a book and told me to figure it out on my own, or you threw me into a formation to train. It seems I don't have any memories of what you personally taught me."

Cen Xi answered honestly.

"You...you...you're going to drive me crazy! Where is Master? Take me there now!"

Gongsun Li felt that if he were to die young, it would be because he was angered to death by her and Yu Kuang.

"Don't rush, Master! I'm tired from the journey and need to rest. I'll take you there tomorrow."

Cen Xi was indeed very tired, so, to her dismay, she angered the old man again.

"You! Then tell me the location, and I'll find your master myself, okay? Can't you do that? You brat."

Gongsun Li looked at Cen Xi as if she was about to go crazy with anger.

“Master, don’t rush, don’t rush. He’s in a cave at the bottom of the cliff behind the mountain. Why don’t you sleep and rest for a day before going? I guess Grandmaster might not want to see you.”

After saying this, Cen Xi grabbed A Xiang and instantly disappeared from Gongsun Li's courtyard.

"Then why did you tell your master, Cen Xi, you heartless bastard, how could I have taken on such a disciple?"

Cen Xi had always known that Old Man Gongsun held his master in high esteem, and he would fly into a rage just as easily if she revealed the location.

So she'd better hide as soon as possible.

"And what is the Hidden Gate? Who brought you in? Get them out of here right now!"

Seeing that Cen Xi was hiding, Old Man Gongsun was furious and chased after her to question her.

“Master, she is my newly acquired maid. She is quite pitiful as her parents have both died. You have always been so kind-hearted, why bother with a little girl? You can rest assured that even if Yan Taizu himself came, he would not be able to break the formation outside the Hidden Gate. Why are you afraid of outsiders breaking in?”

"By the way, Yu Kuang and I won't be able to come back often in the future, and you and Grandmaster are getting old and about to pass away, so I plan to leave someone to take care of you. His name is Bai Ze. He's quite clever. I don't know if you'll like him, but I believe Grandmaster will. This is my way of showing respect to Grandmaster. Old man, don't stop me."

Seeing that the old man was still quite temperamental, Cen Xi stopped and cheerfully explained the purpose of bringing Bai Xiang and Bai Ze up the mountain.

Bai Xiang will be fine following her from now on. She doesn't want to keep Bai Ze confined. She can tell that he is a very thoughtful and intelligent young man. It would be a waste of his talents for him to stay by her side as a servant. He might achieve great things by following these two old men.