"Master, please don't do such a foolish thing for me." Especially not risk your life for me. Qin An threw himself into Shu Lan's arms and snuggled against her. He carefully avoided touching his wound, afraid of hurting Shu Lan.
"You know it's a foolish thing to do? Then you'd better protect yourself and not give your teacher the chance to do something foolish."
"Mmm," Qin An responded muffledly in Shu Lan's arms. "I won't give my master brother the chance to do anything foolish. If it means exchanging my life for his in the future, I'm willing." Qin An silently vowed to himself.
The Fifth Elder then approached and said, "Uncle-Master, the situation of those outer sect elders is not optimistic. Due to the prolonged absorption of their blood and mana by the Blood Demon, they have become severely depleted and will require a long period of recuperation."
"Take them back to the sect and let the sect leader handle it." After saying that, Shu Lan led Qin An back to the room on the flying shuttle.
"Xiao An, do you know what I was doing earlier?"
"Didn't they go to rescue the outer sect elders?" Qin An asked, somewhat puzzled.
"This is only part of it." Shu Lan poured a cup of tea, blew on it gently, and then took a sip. "I have returned something to its rightful owner."
"Is it that pottery shard?" Qin An immediately realized.
“That’s right.” Shu Lan put down her teacup. “Do you remember when I told you to observe the village chief carefully?”
"Sorry, I forgot." Qin An scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.
"Sigh!" Shu Lan sighed helplessly, "I knew you wouldn't remember."
“That pottery shard belongs to the village chief. When I first arrived in this village, I noticed a pottery rabbit tied around his waist. Strangely, this pottery rabbit was missing an ear.”
"So that pottery shard is the ear of that pottery rabbit?" Qin An suddenly realized. "Master brother, you are so observant, so amazing!"
"That shard of pottery was from a time when the village chief was committing a crime. Because the other party's actions were too violent, when he tried to stop him, he accidentally bumped into his own pottery rabbit, causing one of its ears to fall off. This pottery ear was the only thing the village chief overlooked. Later, the village chief searched many places but could not find it."
"So, does this pottery rabbit have some special meaning? Otherwise, the village chief wouldn't be in such a hurry." Qin An thought of this and asked.
“That’s right, Xiao An is really smart.” Shu Lan reached out her hand, which had been itching to touch Qin An’s head, and gently rubbed it. “That ceramic rabbit was a gift from Nana.”
As Shu Lan spoke, his thoughts drifted back to the time when he returned the items to the village chief.
When the village chief saw the shard of the pottery ear, he burst into tears.
His hands trembled as he accepted the fragment. "Thank you, Immortal Master. This was specially made for me by my granddaughter. I've been looking for it for a long time. I feel ashamed before her, ashamed of her kindness."
Then, the village chief began to tell the story of the pottery rabbit.
It turns out that Nana used to greatly admire the village chief. She wanted to become like him; the village chief was Nana's pride.
Nana said, "Grandpa is the kindest person. I want to be like him in the future, doing good deeds for the villagers so that everyone can live a good life!"
So, to express her respect and to fulfill her own little wish, Nana made a ceramic rabbit and gave it to the village chief. She hoped the village chief would always maintain his kind nature, and she also hoped to emulate him.
“But what I’m doing now is completely wrong. I’ve taken so many lives, I’ve failed Nana’s expectations of me, and I’ve betrayed her heart.” The village chief said, tears streaming down his face. “Wrong, all wrong. It’s all my fault…”
Finally, the village chief requested to be buried with the pottery rabbit. He dared not be buried with Nana, fearing it would taint her pure heart. As long as he was with the pottery rabbit, it felt as if his granddaughter was by his side, and he would have no regrets.
After hearing Shu Lan's story, Qin An was deeply moved and remained unsettled for a long time.
"So there's a story behind this pottery rabbit," Qin An murmured.
“Therefore, we must retain our kindness.” Shu Lan patted Qin An’s head. “Only by having good intentions can we feel the beauty of the world.”
"I hope Xiao An can also be a kind person."
"Yes, I will." As long as it's what kind of person my master wants me to become, I will become that kind of person.
Outside the shuttle, Ye Feiyu paced back and forth listlessly. "Ah, so boring! Is there anything fun to do?"
At this moment, Kong Xiang passed by him and, seeing Ye Feiyu's lazy appearance, said with a hint of disappointment, "If you're bored, then make the most of your time to cultivate."
"Sigh! Cultivation is so boring!" Ye Feiyu said, resting his chin on his hands. "I don't want to cultivate."
"You...you're hopeless." Kong Xiang was at his wit's end with Ye Feiyu.
"Hehe, you don't just cultivate all day long, do you?" Ye Feiyu chuckled as he approached Kong Xiang and patted him on the shoulder. "That would be too boring, wouldn't it?"
"It's none of your business." Kong Xiang didn't want to pay any attention to Ye Feiyu.
“Cultivating all day long isn’t a good thing. Do you want me to take you out for some fun?” Ye Feiyu leaned close to Kong Xiang’s ear and whispered in his ear.
Ye Feiyu's hot breath hit Kong Xiang's ear, making Kong Xiang's ear turn slightly red and feel a little itchy.
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