Xiao Ning scratched his head, thinking about what to say, and then an idea flashed in his mind and he said, "My senior sister told me! I wanted to prepare a gift for you before, and was thinking about whether to give you a dress. You don't like to go out on weekdays, and your clothes are very simple, so I specifically asked my senior sister."
After he finished speaking, he touched the tip of his nose unconsciously. This was his habit when he lied, and it was probably only people who had been with him for a long time could detect it.
Qin Ruxue curled her lips, a look of dissatisfaction on her face, "Little brat, you are thoughtful, but why didn't you ask me specifically?" There was a hint of blame in her tone.
"I just want to give my uncle a surprise!" Xiao Ning replied with a bright smile on his face.
However, Qin Ruxue didn't know that the reason why Xiao Ning could accurately choose the size of clothes that suited her was because of a special experience. Once, when Xiao Ning was practicing in Qin Ruxue's mansion, he was so immersed in it that he forgot the passage of time. When he woke up from his practice, it was already late at night. At this time, Qin Ruxue was sleeping quietly beside him, leaning on him. Xiao Ning carefully picked her up and placed her on the bed. At that moment, the young boy was full of curiosity, and his eyes involuntarily fell on the sleeping woman, carefully looking at her figure. It was in this way that he remembered Qin Ruxue's size. Of course, Xiao Ning did not do anything deviant. After all, the other party was his elder, which was really inappropriate. But he did not dare to reveal this past to Qin Ruxue, for fear of making her angry.
Qin Ruxue listened to Xiao Ning's words and looked at the smile on his face, not caring whether what he said was true or not. Because she could really feel that Xiao Ning's feelings for her were not false, which made her feel warm and happy. She smiled slightly, with a gentle light flashing in her eyes.
"Hmph, you little brat still have some conscience." Qin Ruxue said coquettishly, with a hint of pampering and fondness in her tone.
Seeing Qin Ruxue so happy, Xiao Ning's heart was also filled with joy. He secretly felt lucky that his trip to the silk shop was not in vain!
Suddenly, Qin Ruxue seemed to have noticed something, her expression became serious, and she changed the subject: "Xiao Ningzi, since you are here, tell me about your cultivation. Why has it dropped so much instead of increasing in the past two years?
Xiao Ning seemed to know that someone would ask this question, so he prepared a reason in advance. He pretended to be helpless and was silent for a while before speaking:
"I didn't expect that my uncle also noticed it!"
"Even if I can't tell, I will check the information you left at the disciple-taking ceremony. You were at the fifth level of foundation building. When you left, you were at the great perfection level! Two years have passed. What happened?"
Qin Ruxue's tone contained a hint of rebuke, but more of it was worry and fear.
Then Xiao Ning motioned for her to go over to the desk and talk. They sat opposite each other and he slowly spoke.
"After leaving the sect, I returned home to practice alone, and successfully broke through the Jindan stage. When I was on a trip to a secret place, I happened to encounter bandits looting a village. They were not ordinary people, but cultivators, and their leader was in the late Jindan stage. At that time, I was a little reckless and only wanted to save people. I didn't have a good strategy. In the end, I relied on some magic weapons given by my parents to destroy them. But I was not much better. I was also seriously injured. My Jindan was destroyed and my cultivation was completely lost..."
At this point, Qin Ruxue covered her mouth in disbelief.
The golden elixir is the lifeblood of a cultivator. Once it is destroyed, it means that half of his journey of cultivation is gone. If he wants to form a second one, it will undoubtedly cost a greater price than before!
"Later, I was able to return to the path of cultivation with the help of the elixirs my parents found for me. However, it may not be easy to form the golden elixir again!"
After saying this, Xiao Ning stopped talking, looking dejected.
Qin Ruxue took a deep breath, a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes. She stroked Xiao Ning's face with her hand and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, there will always be a way out. Although it is difficult to form a golden elixir, it is not impossible. Besides, you are talented and have perseverance, so you will definitely find a breakthrough. Even if you can't form a golden elixir in the future, with your uncle here, no one can bully you!"
Xiao Ning rubbed his face against her hand affectionately and nodded slightly, but he felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Qin Ruxue treated him as her own son. They were not master and disciple, but more like master and disciple. When she heard that he was captured, she wanted to break into the prison and rescue him. Xiao Ning felt embarrassed for deceiving her.
In fact, Xiao Ning's golden core was not destroyed, but the incident did happen, but the process was very different. There was no fierce struggle, only a one-sided crushing. However, Xiao Ning came too late, and only one person survived the massacre in the village, that is Zhou Youniang. Xiao Ning asked her about her future plans. Youniang said that she had no one to rely on and wanted to follow Xiao Ning, so he brought her back and claimed that his cultivation was abolished, and even his parents were kept in the dark...
The two chatted for a while, and suddenly a message came from Qin Ruxue's communication book. The sect leader summoned them to the main hall to discuss something. Xiao Ning stood up tactfully when he saw this.
"Uncle, please go ahead and do your work. I will take my leave now. I will come to see you someday."
"Ning'er, I'll see you off..."
Xiao Ning declined her kindness, then took out a box of pastries and placed it on the table.
"Master, this sweet-scented osmanthus cake I bought from the mountain is delicious, so I specially left a portion for you to try.
After saying that, he left her room.
Qin Ruxue looked at the dress and the cakes left behind, and her mouth couldn't help but rise, with a happy smile on her face. These gifts seemed to be blooming flowers, exuding charming fragrance, intoxicating her. Her mood was as bright as the spring sunshine, and her heart was filled with sweetness, as sweet as drinking honey.
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