Chapter 33: The Destined-to-be-Abandoned Good-for-Nothing (13)p2
Gui Mian had a dream.
But the little disciple had never dreamed before and didn’t know what dreams were, so she took everything as real.
She saw her master wearing a robe she had never seen before, strange but beautiful. And her master, in this appearance… was feeding her candy.
Gui Mian vaguely felt that the candy must be extremely sweet because she eagerly raised her head, wanting to savor its taste. But before that, she touched her master’s soft lips.
Her master’s words from before echoed in her ears:
“If I have feelings for you, I will allow you to kiss you…”
She didn’t dare to move for a moment.
But her master bit her lip. Gui Mian thought in confusion, did Master want to eat her?
Before she could figure it out, her attention was drawn to a more peculiar sensation between their lips and teeth. Gui Mian, in a daze, put aside those thoughts and simply immersed herself in the moment—
Master’s lips were truly soft.
She couldn’t help but chase after more, clumsily, carefully, but the other party didn’t push her away or reprimand her.
Encouraged, the little girl became bolder, her actions more unrestrained.
She tasted everything she wanted to taste.
Until dawn broke.
Sunlight fell on the snow, the light reflecting through the window of the Untainted Abode and landing on the little girl’s eyelids. She instinctively raised her hand to block the light and opened her eyes drowsily.
Gui Mian first smelled a strange fragrance.
Faint, sweet.
It reminded her of the candy from her dream, the taste of which she couldn’t remember. She instinctively reached out towards the source of the fragrance. When she came to her senses, she heard a surprised gasp, and she looked down. In her palm was a pure white lotus flower with delicate petals.
And her teeth were currently sinking into one of the petals.
Gui Mian couldn’t help but pull on the petal, chewing on it. Suddenly, she remembered what her master had said before. If the lotus bloomed, it meant she had understood what love was.
As if forgetting the words she had heard yesterday, she swallowed the petal and eagerly picked up the lotus, wanting to go outside. But the lotus only stayed in her hand for a moment before turning into light and disappearing.
Gui Mian: “…”
The little disciple’s eyes widened in disbelief. She hadn’t even finished eating, how could the flower be gone?!
She turned angrily and looked at the lotus leaf lying by the bed, hiccupping. She reached out to grab it and ask what had happened, but the lotus leaf, seeing her hand, remembered how the flower it had painstakingly bloomed all night had been ruthlessly plucked by her, and it became furious.
It couldn’t defeat this demon, but it could run away!
The lotus leaf flew up, heading straight towards the spiritual spring outside. Even its main body in the spring uprooted itself, and they engaged in a chase across the snow-covered Mount Lingyu.
Inside the cave abode, Su Mingxiu suddenly heard the system issue a mission:
[Host, please send the protagonist to the vicinity of the Demon Realm within one month, help her form her Golden Core, then extract her Golden Core and spiritual roots. Note: This is part of the final mission, so there will be no additional penalties. If the mission fails, it will be considered a failure of the final mission.]
She abruptly opened her eyes.
Why so soon?
Just then, her little disciple’s dejected voice came from outside the cave: “Master, it bloomed last night, I saw it, but the flower disappeared. Does that count?”
After meditating near the ten-thousand-year-old black ice for so long, Su Mingxiu’s body was almost covered in a thin layer of ice. Now, as she opened her eyes, the ice crystals fell away with a rustling sound.
…It bloomed?
So that’s how it was.
Gui Mian had already developed emotions and desires…
Su Mingxiu’s eyes were filled with complex emotions. Spiritual energy surged from her body, melting the thin layer of ice covering her into white mist as she stood up. She took a step forward and waved her sleeve, shattering the rocks blocking the entrance to her cave.
“Master…”
Gui Mian realized something. “Are you done with your secluded cultivation?”
“Yes,” Su Mingxiu nodded. She looked at her little disciple standing under the sunlight. The sky above her was bright and clear, and the ice beneath her feet glittered under the direct sunlight.
If someone from another peak looked over at this moment, they would definitely think that Mount Lingyu truly resembled a flawless jade, so bright that it was dazzling.
“From today onwards, I will accompany you down the mountain to train and seek the opportunity to form your Golden Core.”
She said simply.
Gui Mian nodded in agreement. After a while, she remembered what she had said earlier and said to Su Mingxiu excitedly: “Master, the lotus bloomed.”
“I understand what love is now.” Before Su Mingxiu could react, she continued: “Master can love me now, you can have feelings for me.”
“Uh…?” Su Mingxiu was momentarily stunned.
She realized that she could never keep up with Gui Mian’s train of thought, even feeling like she was being led along by the little girl.
She saw her little disciple take out a konpeito candy from somewhere, peel off the wrapper, and say to her: “I saw Master kiss me last night, Master must love me—”
She stuffed the candy into her mouth, her voice muffled: “I will have feelings for Master, and I give Master permission.”
The golden candy was visible between her lips and tongue as she leaned in, standing on tiptoe to reach Su Mingxiu: “The candy and me…”
“Both for Master to eat.”
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