Ever since she gave Bibi Dong the Heart Sutra when she was two years old, it was as if she had flipped some strange switch.
On the night of her third birthday, there was a knock on her bedroom door from the outside.
When I opened the door, there was no one there, only gifts.
After a moment of silence, Qian Yuelong accepted the gift.
Then, in June, while Bibi Dong was handling affairs in the Papal Palace during the day, she and her sister Qian Renxue had the maids place the gifts and letters on the other party's dressing table as usual.
That year, Bibi Dong left behind a gift.
Then, when she was four years old, there was another knock on her door.
Not only her, but when it was Qian Renxue's birthday in March, she found out that Qian Renxue had also been knocked on the door in the middle of the night and received a gift.
After discussing it, Qian Renxue felt that Bibi Dong, their mother, might not be so cold-hearted after all. Qian Yuelong felt that they couldn't leave a gift unreturned, because in Qian Yuelong's mind, it was Bibi Dong who started the tradition by giving her a birthday gift first, just like Bibi Dong's idea of not wanting to owe favors.
In June, when the two women tried to use the same trick to have the maid put the gift in the room, the maid told them with difficulty that His Holiness the Pope was in the room and that no one was allowed to disturb him or accept anything.
That's practically saying it out loud: this year I'm just camping out in the room, so don't bother sending me any gifts.
Qian Yuelong: "?"
I don't have many strengths; I'm just a bit rebellious.
You don't want me to give you a gift, but I'm going to do it anyway. Don't even think about making me owe you a favor!
So, Qian Yuelong nimbly pulled Qian Renxue away, but when Bibi Dong's birthday was about to end in a few minutes, Qian Yuelong directly spent her faith points to create a component similar to the disposable peace bracelet she had given to Qian Renxue, creating a "miracle" of "creating something out of nothing", and conjuring up her and Qian Renxue's gifts in front of Bibi Dong in the room.
Bibi Dong: "......"
Surprised yet not entirely unexpected, Bibi Dong took a deep breath, opened the gift expressionlessly, and discovered that it was yet another movement technique manual she had never seen before that she could not refuse.
She said nothing, but the following year, on the same night, there was the same knocking on the door and the same gift lying on the floor.
Qian Yuelong didn't say anything. As long as Bibi Dong was waiting in the room, she would make the individual items on credit and trigger the teleportation effect to send the gifts to the other party's room.
Looking at 886, whose debt, painstakingly reduced over the past few years, has once again increased: [...]
Kill it, right now.
Thus, although the mother and her two daughters had not met or spoken a word to each other for nearly four years, they secretly exchanged gifts every year, as if they were competing with each other. Even when Qian Renxue was busiest, with more schoolwork arranged by Qian Daoliu as she grew older, she did not forget to send gifts.
This delivery has continued until this year.
But there is a big problem at this moment.
Qian Yuelong stared intently at the two exquisite palace dresses laid out on the large bed, her brows furrowed deeply.
This year's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony is scheduled for the sixth day after her birthday.
Qian Daoliu told her during the day and gave her the same white and gold palace dress on the left, but with a few more noble red patterns. He gently told her that she could wear it on the day of the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.
After all, she still holds the title of "Divine Child," so this year's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony is destined to be special and grand.
So here's the question... should she choose the one her grandfather gave her, or the one her stepmother gave her?
886 shook his head inwardly as he looked at Qian Yuelong, who seemed to be facing a formidable enemy.
See? This is what happens when you raise fish.
These are all life-threatening questions.
......
The weather in January, even though the area where Wuhun City is located doesn't experience frost and snow like other places with the arrival of winter, is still cold and dry.
The cold wind howled as it fluttered the red and gold banners of the Spirit Hall. On the bustling streets, many men and women could be seen holding their children's hands.
Some of them were dressed in fine clothes, while others were dressed simply, some in coarse linen shirts with patches on.
People from different classes gathered in Wuhun City. Even some nobles who looked down on commoners could only express their disdain with their eyes and stay away from these unpleasant commoners, but they dared not cause trouble in Wuhun City.
They all brought their children to participate in this year's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.
Of course, some children came alone, without any elders accompanying them to the Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. However, unlike the other anxious children, one brother and sister seemed a little different.
The brother and sister were dressed in patched coarse linen shirts. The boy had short, silver-white hair that was slightly messy and hung limply against his scalp.
He held the hand of the girl, who was slightly shorter than him, with a wary expression. She was a little uneasy, but she still stood calmly beside her brother. She had long, wheat-yellow hair, but due to long-term malnutrition and hunger, the hair of both the brother and sister, even though they had tried to style it, was still dry and lifeless, like a pile of weeds.
They were as thin as bamboo poles, their hands covered in thick calluses, and the boy even had an old scar on the back of his hand.
"Brother, do you think we can become Soul Masters?"
The girl always had something on her mind, and the worry between her brows never seemed to fade.
The boy lowered his guard and looked around, then said reassuringly, "We can do it. It doesn't matter if we're not very talented. As long as we don't have a useless martial soul, it's enough to become a soul master."
In this way, both siblings can receive Soul Master subsidies, so they no longer have to suffer from hunger and have something to rely on for survival.
The girl nodded, her anxiety subsiding slightly.
Soon, it was their turn to register.
The middle-aged man, dressed in the Spirit Hall's uniform moon-white Soul Master robe, looked at the ragged brother and sister without showing any disgust or contempt. Instead, he asked them routinely, as if receiving an ordinary guest, "Please state your names and ages."
"Xie Yue, 7 years old."
The boy, who was leading his younger sister forward, spoke calmly.
"Hu Liena, 6 years old."
The middle-aged man nodded, not asking why Xie Yue only awakened her martial soul at the age of seven. He glanced at Hu Liena, who was also pretending to be calm, noted down their names, and then pointed to the side: "That's fine. Just go straight from here and you'll reach Holy Soul Square. Just wait there for the knight who will guide you and the other children."
Seeing the middle-aged man's consistently gentle attitude, Xie Yue's wariness lessened slightly. Gratefully, she and her sister Hu Liena bowed ninety degrees to the middle-aged man to thank him. Then, she led her sister toward the Saint's Square, where many other children, like them, were participating in this year's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony.
—A side note—
(Appears in a grand manner) (with a rose in its mouth) (expecting to extend its paws) (gazing deeply into each other's eyes): For the sake of two updates today, my darlings, do you have any monthly tickets in your pocket for the new month?
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