"Li Muge, do you still see me as your father, or our family?"

Marquis Zhenyuan tenderly helped up his youngest daughter.

"Men, seize this wretched girl! I'll risk my life to teach you a lesson today, so that Li Muge will know what it means to be arrogant and domineering."

Several guards tried to restrain Li Muge, but Li Muge simply cast a few spells to immobilize them.

"My lord, even if I cause trouble, please keep your daughter in check. This time it was her hair that was cut off, but next time I can't guarantee it won't be her head that's cut off."

Li Muge gripped the peach wood sword tightly and left the Zhenyuan Marquis's residence.

Tears streamed down her face without her noticing. Li Muge raised her hand to wipe them away, her eyes filled with a sense of bewilderment.

What's there to be sad about? She's already used to all of this, hasn't she?

Since Ziyang Palace won't accept her, she will absolutely not give up.

She simply refused to believe that there wasn't a place in the entire Phoenix Continent where Li Muge could learn the Dao of Immortality.

Li Muge returned to the Regent's Palace, packed her clothes and silver, and went to find the Regent with her bundle on her back.

Yun Qi propped his chin up and looked down at the large bundle on Li Muge's back, his gaze lingering slightly.

"Are you... leaving?"

Li Muge scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "Your Majesty, I feel that if I am only confined to one place, I will not be able to find the Dao in my heart."

"If I want to learn more advanced magic, I must travel abroad."

Yun Qi pondered for a moment: "Actually, you don't need to go to so much trouble. I do know a few sect leaders of cultivation sects."

“Your Highness, no, since I want to become an apprentice, I only need to find a master with whom I have a connection.”

Li Muge took out a peach wood hairpin from her sleeve, on which Yun Qi's name was engraved.

"Your Majesty, this is something I've been carving for a long time. I hope you like it."

Yun Qi's gaze fell on the scratches on her fair fingers, and he reached out to take them: "Since you have made up your mind, I will not stop you."

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are such a good person." Li Muge was deeply moved. Since she was born, the Regent had been the one who protected her the most.

She was clear-headed.

Although the regent was sometimes fierce and cold-hearted.

Yet he was the one who protected her the most.

Yun Qi rubbed his thumb against the peach wood hairpin inscribed with his name.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, once I have mastered powerful magic, I will definitely come back to find you."

Li Muge's eyes welled up with tears; the Regent was her first friend.

But for the sake of their ideals.

Li Muge turned and left.

At this moment, she finally understood the saying in the book: "All good things must come to an end."

This sentence means...

A long time passed after Li Muge left.

Yun Qi lay reclining on the couch, playing with the peach wood hairpin in his hand.

"Wei Tao, why do you think a woman would give a man a hairpin?"

"Is that even a question? Regent, you've come to the right person."

Wei Tao also answered the Regent's questions in a serious manner.

"Your Highness, that's a very insightful question. Why would a woman give a hairpin to a man?"

"What else could it be? She must have fallen for that man."

"Ahem, ahem." Yun Qi immediately sat up and cleared his throat: "What if this hairpin was carved by that woman herself?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Tao clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Your Majesty, this is enough to show that the woman is devoted to the man!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Regent, why don't I ever have such a good thing happen to me? Why doesn't anyone give me a hairpin?"

Yun Qi's eyes darted around, and the ordinary peach wood hairpin seemed like a hot potato in his hands.

He hadn't expected that Li Muge would admire him so much.

“Send a few people to follow Li Muge, properly…no, monitor her.” Yun Qi’s words took a sudden turn.

"Yes, ma'am."

Upon hearing this, Wei Tao couldn't understand what value Li Muge had in being monitored.

But he only needed to follow his master's orders.

Li Muge, carrying a large package, changed vehicles several times before finally arriving at Elf Valley, a place where cultivators often gathered.

It was already evening when she arrived at the Elf Valley.

We were just about to go inside and find an inn to rest.

Who knew that all the merchants in this Elf Valley refused to accept silver, only spirit stones?

Li Muge hasn't even stepped onto the path of cultivation yet, so how would he know what spirit stones are?

Naturally, he was kicked out by the shopkeeper and had to sleep on the street.

Fortunately, she was prepared and brought a blanket and a pillow with her.

I found a pavilion and was just about to take a nap when I suddenly heard a few coughs.

Li Muge initially intended to ignore it, but the man's cough became increasingly severe.

She opened her eyes and found a little boy huddled at the bottom of the steps.

No matter how she called him, he wouldn't wake up. When Li Muge touched his forehead, she knew something was wrong; the little boy had a fever.

Li Muge quickly picked up the little boy and carried him to the bedding she had prepared, covering him tightly with the blankets.

Then he searched his bag for fever reducers.

When you're traveling, you definitely need to bring your medicine.

It's better to be safe than sorry.

The child was born fair-skinned and clean-cut, like a little dumpling; he looked like a young master from a well-to-do family, pampered and spoiled.

I don't know why I ended up like her, living on the streets.

The blankets were all given to the little boy, and by midnight, Li Muge was freezing cold.

She suddenly remembered that before she left, she had promised the Regent that she would go back to him once she made a name for herself.

Looking back now, I have no idea when or where that happened.

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