Many tall spiritual trees grow on the mountaintop, and the flowers of these spiritual trees resemble cherry blossoms, with light pink petals that are particularly beautiful under the moonlight.
The man standing on the boulder playing the jade flute was handsome and elegant.
Suddenly, a beam of light descended from the sky and transformed into a young girl wearing a pale yellow gauze dress. The girl's appearance was exquisite and beautiful, surrounded by celestial light, which made her look like a beautiful jade sculpture.
"Luo Bai, what are you doing here again?" A Yao asked, her eyes wide.
The man stopped playing the flute, took the jade flute in his hand, and said with a smile, "I was just taking a walk and happened to come here."
He looked at the girl who had already become an immortal:
"Congratulations! You have successfully transcended the tribulation and become an immortal."
Ayao said, "What's there to congratulate? It's just becoming an immortal, what's the big deal!"
Hearing her say that, Luo Bai nodded in agreement: "Indeed, I was born a true immortal, so I don't really have any feelings about transcending tribulations to become an immortal."
Ayao: "..."
This guy's words are as irritating as ever.
"Did you come here specifically to say hello?" the man suddenly asked as he approached.
Ayao took a step back and said, "Who came here specifically to say hello? I just wanted to tell you not to loiter around here, you're an eyesore."
Luo Bai turned to leave, but A Yao suddenly grabbed one of his sleeves.
Luo Bai turned to look at her:
"What? You don't want me to leave again?"
What I meant was, don't you bring gifts when you visit other people's homes?
Is this your home?
"Of course."
"How did this desolate mountain wilderness become your home?" Luo Bai looked around at the scenery with amusement. The green mountains were like a screen, and apart from flowers, grass and some small animals, there were only some low-level wild beasts living in their dens.
“This place is only a thousand miles from my cave, so it’s definitely within my home area,” Ayao said.
"..."
Luo Bai laughed and said, "Even bandits aren't as tyrannical as you."
“Give me the gift.” Ayao held out her hand to him.
Luo Bai looked at the girl in front of him, who was as bright as a pearl and as clear as dew. Her azure eyes were more beautiful than any gemstone he had ever seen. Although she was despicable and relentlessly exploited him without ever saying thank you, he just couldn't get angry at her.
Luo Bai looked at her fair and delicate hands, raised his own, and placed a fruit in the girl's palm. It was a fruit that shimmered with a bluish-white light, like a translucent jade stone, with golden totems on it. A Yao looked at the fruit and was surprised.
The fruit of the Tree of Life contains the essence of life, and more than one kind of essence.
Ayao opened her mouth and threw the fruit into it, then ate it.
After finishing her meal, a beautiful smile immediately bloomed on her face, and she said to the man, "Okay, you can go now."
Luo Bai: "..."
They say you're obligated to someone who feeds you, but she did just that – she ate and took, and then kicked people out.
The man, dressed in pristine white, held a jade flute in one hand and pointed his fingers at the girl angrily a few times with the other before turning into a streak of light and disappearing into the horizon.
After Luo Bai left, A Yao flew towards the cave. When she returned, she saw her master sitting under a plum tree. Upon seeing her return, Feng Wu looked up at her.
Ayao said, "Master, I chased him away."
Feng Wu's divine sense swept over A Yao's body and saw that three more life essences had appeared in her body. Her gaze immediately turned strange.
"He came here specifically to give you three life essences?" Feng Wu felt something was wrong. Luo Bai was putting so much effort into her disciple, which was practically a declaration that he was determined to have A Yao.
“What he didn’t intend to give was what I exploited,” Ayao said with a smile.
Ayao sat down opposite Fengwu. Fengwu stared intently at her without saying a word. The smile on Ayao's face slowly disappeared, and her imposing aura weakened.
"Okay, it seems he really did come to deliver something to me."
If he hadn't originally intended to give it to her, why would he have given it to her the moment she asked? The source of life isn't some roadside pebble.
“Luo Bai is extremely cunning, and his things are not so easy to take. What he does for you today, he will surely make you pay back a hundredfold or a thousandfold in the future. To be honest, if he only cares about you as a person, I would be more at ease. But I'm afraid he has other intentions,” Feng Wu said.
Ayao nodded: "Master, I understand what you're saying. But we really need help right now, so we shouldn't refuse it. Both Master and I need to recover our strength as soon as possible. It's really hard for me to refuse when he offers it to us like this."
"So, since he's practically offering himself up for you to bully, have you developed any special feelings for him?" Feng Wu asked with a smile.
Ayao immediately shook her head: "No, no, absolutely not. He is a dragon, and the lord of the dragon clan. How could I possibly have any special thoughts about him?"
Feng Wu's gaze was sharp, and A Yao said firmly, "A Yao can swear that she would never do anything to endanger Master or the Phoenix Clan because of him. If Master doesn't believe me, I can make a blood oath right now."
After A Yao finished speaking, she wanted to make a blood oath, but Feng Wu stopped her: "I believe you."
Ayao stopped when she saw that her master believed her.
"Alright, now that you've just become an immortal, the most important thing is to consolidate your strength." Feng Wu said, opening her storage space and taking out a bottle of immortal medicine, which she handed to A Yao.
Ayao took the bottle of elixir, opened it, smelled it, and said with a smile, "Thank you, Master. Ayao is going to cultivate now."
After saying that, she stood up and walked towards the secret room.
Feng Wu watched her figure and sighed softly.
The child's reaction just now was clearly a cover-up; she clearly had feelings for Luo Bai. However, matters of the heart are ultimately a personal choice. It's just that Luo Bai is truly not a good match. Even if he weren't the Dragon Emperor, Feng Wu wouldn't approve of her disciple being with him.
Luo Bai may seem gentle, but he is actually the most ruthless person.
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One month later.
Yingxue City is a bustling metropolis in the Dark Realm. Feng Wu and A Yao came here to buy some necessary materials. Then, the master and apprentice went to a famous restaurant to taste the local chefs' skills.
While the two of them were enjoying their meal in the private room, Ayao overheard people outside talking about the Black Nest.
"Have you heard? The Black Nest has appeared."
The speaker was a blue-robed cultivator in the late Mahayana stage.
"Really? Where is it?" asked the yellow-robed cultivator next to the blue-robed cultivator.
"I heard that the Black Nest has appeared in the Yunmeng Starfield this time."
"The Black Nest's trade fair, which happens once every 100,000 years, attracts even peerless experts at the Immortal King level, and there might even be an Immortal Emperor in person. I really want to go and join in the fun!"
"We're only at the Mahayana stage, we don't even have the right to join in the fun," the yellow-robed cultivator said regretfully.
Ayao overheard this conversation and looked at Fengwu, saying:
"Master, shall we go to the Black Nest transaction?"
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