"Junior Sister Aru, what's wrong with Master?"
Miao Xiaodie thoroughly enjoyed the food Bai Yao had prepared, and smiled slightly, saying, "It's alright! Don't worry about him!"
"Huh? Junior Sister Aru, isn't Master your father? Aren't you worried at all?" Bai Yao was even more puzzled.
Seeing how serious he was, Miao Xiaodie said helplessly, "Sigh, it's really nothing. That's just how Father is. Yao Yao, let's eat. Don't worry about him."
Bai Yao was a little puzzled, but she didn't say anything more. "Junior Sister Aru, are you from Shu?"
"Huh? How did you know?"
“Your accent sounds a lot like a senior I’ve met before!” Bai Yao thought of Miao Xiaodie, whom she had met in the Southern Frontier.
Upon hearing this, Miao Xiaodie knew that she was talking about herself. "Really? But the accents in the Sichuan, southern, and Hunan areas are all quite similar."
"Junior Sister Aru, there's a question I've always wanted to ask you, but I haven't found another opportunity."
Miao Xiaodie glanced at her, "Go ahead and ask!"
What kind of person is your mother?
Hearing this, Miao Xiaodie guessed Bai Yao's thoughts. In her own words, she was also a girl and naturally understood the feelings hidden beneath the girl's hesitant words. After thinking it over, she tilted her head and looked at Bai Yao, then smiled and said, "I don't have a mother!"
"What!?" Upon hearing this, Bai Yao looked at Miao Xiaodie in surprise.
Miao Xiaodie seemed to have thought of something. This clever girl was much more insightful than Xiao Yuhan in many matters. Perhaps Bai Yao had been taking care of her like a junior sister during this time, which made her reluctant to deceive the young girl.
However, Miao Xiaodie did not want to reveal her identity, so she said, "Actually, Xiao Yuhan is not my father. I wandered the world with my father when I was very young. Later, my father was killed by his enemies. But my father's identity is very special. I cannot tell the truth, so my father Xiao Yuhan treats me as his own daughter!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Yao froze on the spot, her eyes shifting from surprise to joy. She seemed to understand something, and then, remembering how she had cried before because of a master's wife who had never existed, she blushed again.
Seeing Bai Yao's reaction, Miao Xiaodie became even more certain of her thoughts. She thought the little girl was really interesting, so on a whim, she asked in the tone of a little girl, "Senior Sister Yao, do you like Father Xiao Yuhan? Will Aru have to call you Mother from now on?"
There was a hint of playfulness in his seemingly childlike tone.
Hearing this, Bai Yao blushed to her ears and said softly, "Junior Sister Aru, don't talk nonsense! I...I..."
Bai Yao wanted to explain something, but stammered for a long time without being able to say anything. Her panicked appearance made Miao Xiaodie find her even more adorable. She then smiled and said, "Don't worry, Senior Sister, I'll keep it a secret for you!"
Hearing Miao Xiaodie's words, Bai Yao felt that the girl in front of her was not like a ten-year-old girl at all. After calming down for a moment, she smiled happily and said, "You're so clever for your age! Tell your senior sister what you want to eat in the future! Your senior sister will make it for you!"
Miao Xiaodie was startled, thinking to herself, how could this little girl be so easily fooled? Indeed, women who fall in love are all fools. However, she suddenly felt a pang of emotion.
For countless years, she sat on that cold throne of the cult leader, surrounded by people who outwardly obeyed her but inwardly harbored their own ulterior motives. For years, she walked on thin ice, maintaining those false relationships. When would anyone treat her with such sincerity?
Miao Xiaodie thought about it and smiled unconsciously.
...
Late at night, in the Heavenly Sword Hall.
The sect disciples reported on the battle losses, and the elders and sect leaders from other sects sat together.
Looking at Liu Jiantang beside him, Xiao Yuhan was even more surprised and couldn't help but ask, "Senior Brother has already achieved Dao Integration?"
"Yes!" Liu Jiantang nodded and smiled.
Xiao Yuhan could sense that Liu Jiantang had undergone a complete transformation. His eyes were no longer as sharp and aggressive as before, nor were they as belligerent.
Xiao Yuhan even felt that even if he went all out in the Blood King Gu state, he might not be a match for Liu Jiantang, because the other party was a true Dao Integration Realm cultivator, while he had only raised his spiritual power or physical strength to the Dao Integration Realm level through external means, which was fundamentally different from a true Dao Integration Realm cultivator.
Moreover, Liu Jiantang is a sword cultivator, and his combat power is far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators of the same realm. Seeing his senior brother Liu Jiantang's current state, Xiao Yuhan suddenly realized that he could not continue like this. True strength does not depend on external things, but on one's own continuous cultivation and progress. The same applies to one's own strength.
At this moment, he didn't think too much about this issue. He just planned to ask Senior Brother Liu Jiantang for advice after everything was over. Right now, the most important thing was Senior Brother Sect Leader's summary of the Demon Sect's attack on the mountain.
After listening to the reports of battle losses from his disciples, Ye Qingyun felt increasingly uneasy. He thought about how so many disciples had died because of this incident, and how the young master of the Demonic Sect, Yang Yunsui, had not been captured and had escaped from the Heavenly Sword Sect by some unknown means.
He was even more furious and stood up, saying, "Let's put other matters aside for now. Fellow cultivators from other sects, thank you for your righteous assistance today. Please go and rest first. The alliance meeting will be postponed for two days. I need to take care of my sect's affairs first!"
The sect leaders then stopped talking, got up to take their leave, and returned to the guest rooms prepared for them by the Heavenly Sword Sect.
After everyone had left, Ye Qingyun glanced at the crowd and then said, "Nephew Ai Yue, please tell us about Yang Yunsui."
Ai Yue looked very tired, then stepped forward and said, “Reporting to my fellow disciples, Yang Yunsui was not my match at first, but at the last moment he used a very strange technique, crushed a piece of jade and disappeared, so I was unable to catch him.”
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