Qingyi, it's time for your medicine."
"Master, I can do it myself."
"Look at you now, how can you drink the medicine yourself? Open your mouth quickly."
"Thank you, Master."
In the courtyard at the peak of Lingqian Peak, Jiang Qingyi lay on the bed, opening her small mouth, and Xiao Mo fed her the traditional Chinese medicine bit by bit.
Although Jiang Qingyi won first place in the New Blood Tournament, she was seriously injured.
If it weren't for Jiang Qingyi comprehending the 'Nine Leaf Sword' move from the Caocijian Jue at the last critical moment, she might have been completely gone.
"Oh, you, don't ever try to be brave again." Xiao Mosighed.
Jiang Qingyi didn't answer, just playfully stuck out her tongue.
After feeding the medicine, Xiao Mo placed the medicine bowl on a wooden tray and handed Jiang Qingyi a Storage Pouch.
"Master, what is this?" Jiang Qingyi asked curiously.
"These are the Spirit Stones you earned by winning first place in the New Blood Tournament, including the ones I won from betting, and the rewards from the Dragon Spring Sword Sect; they are all inside."
"Master, I don't need these. It's fine if Master keeps them." Jiang Qingyi returned the Storage Pouch to Xiao Mo.
"Why don't you need them?" Xiao Mo said with a smile, "In the future, you still need to Foundation Establishment, and after Foundation Establishment, there are Realms like Cave Mansion Realm, Dragon Gate Realm, and so on. All of them require Spirit Stones."
"But Master needs them too."
"Me…" Xiao Mo reached out and gently patted Jiang Qingyi's head, "My Realm, Master, should be at its end."
"How is that possible? Master, you are only twenty years old. There is still plenty of time in the future. I heard many Elders say that you, Master, are the youngest Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator to date, and you can at least prove the Dao to the Immortal Realmin the future." Jiang Qingyi said excitedly.
Xiao Mo just smiled and didn't answer.
In fact, Xiao Mo knew his own capabilities.
If he hadn't used the Continuing Heaven Skill to help Jiang Qingyi reshape her Foundation and clear her Spiritual Veins before.
Then Xiao Mo felt that this body of his, with the blessing of the Sword Bone, would at least be able to prove the Dao to the Immortal Realm.
But a year passed, and although Xiao Mo's Sword Bone was fine, his Foundation had already been damaged.
And he didn't have many years left to live.
Xiao Mo: "If I tell you to keep it, then keep it. If I, Master, need it, I will ask you for it then."
"Alright. Then this Disciple will help Master keep an eye on the little purse. If Master needs anything, you must ask this Disciple. Everything this Disciple has belongs to Master."
"Okay."
Xiao Mo smiled.
Two months passed, Jiang Qingyi's injuries were mostly healed, and Xiao Mo continued to help Jiang Qingyi reshape her Foundation.
Because Jiang Qingyi was missing a Sword Bone, Xiao Mo was essentially forcibly building a false bone for Jiang Qingyi.
This bone was formed by Xiao Mo's spiritual power, so Xiao Mo needed to maintain it regularly.
Once Jiang Qingyi reached the Golden Core Realm, that false bone would also solidify.
Another half a year passed.
Jiang Qingyi had already reached the Perfection of the ninth layer of Qi Condensation and could attempt to break through to the Foundation EstablishmentRealm.
Xiao Mo personally acted as Protector for Jiang Qingyi.
After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, Jiang Qingyi broke through her Realm.
In an instant, thunder rolled across the sky, and streaks of lightning struck down towards Jiang Qingyi.
Ordinary people Undergoing Tribulation for Foundation Establishment only had three bolts of lightning.
But Jiang Qingyi had a full nine bolts.
If it weren't for Xiao Mo being fully prepared, using all sorts of treasures and Medicinal Pills for Undergoing Tribulation, Jiang Qingyi would have been in grave danger.
After entering the Foundation Establishment Realm, Jiang Qingyi's cultivation speed was even faster than before.
This was a good thing.
The faster Jiang Qingyi cultivated, the higher her Realm would be in fifty years.
However, Xiao Mo also used the Continuing Heaven Skill on Jiang Qingyi more frequently.
If this continued, Xiao Mo felt that his lifespan might only have forty years left.
One day, the Dragon Spring Sword Sect assigned a mission to Jiang Qingyi.
Disciples of the Dragon Spring Sword Sect in the Foundation Establishment Realm all needed to go out on missions.
Jiang Qingyi was no exception.
Xiao Mo secretly followed Jiang Qingyi as her Protector.
However, unless it was a life-or-death moment, Xiao Mo would not intervene. This was not only a rule of the Dragon Spring Sword Sect.
But also, a Cultivator could only progress faster by experiencing life and death.
Jiang Qingyi also did not give Xiao Mo a chance to intervene.
Jiang Qingyi completed every mission exceptionally well.
Her strength was formidable, and she even displayed a certain leadership talent.
Unbeknownst to them, Jiang Qingyi had already become the representative of the Dragon Spring Sword Sect's new generation of Disciples.
Even Jiang Qingyi's reputation gradually spread throughout the world.
In the year she turned seventeen, Jiang Qingyi entered the Cave Mansion Realm.
Jiang Qingyi could be said to have advanced a Realmevery year and a half, leaving her fellow Cultivators of the same period further and further behind.
On the day the young girl turned eighteen, Xiao Mofound an excuse and sent Jiang Qingyi to Dragon Spring Town to buy wine.
While Jiang Qingyi was away, Xiao Mo quickly set up decorations in the courtyard.
After setting everything up, Xiao Mo waited for Qingyito return on the only path up the mountain.
After more than half an hour, Jiang Qingyi came up the mountain carrying the wine her Master wanted, and saw her Master standing under the moonlight, smiling and looking in her direction.
A flicker of joy passed through Jiang Qingyi's eyes, and she happily ran over, lifting the jar of wine: "Master, the wine you wanted, Aunt Wang's twenty-year-old osmanthus wine, there was just one jar left."
"Mm, thank you." Xiao Mo took the wine jar, and with his other hand, took out a black cloth and handed it to Jiang Qingyi.
"Master, what is this?" Jiang Qingyi asked curiously.
"Cover your eyes."
Jiang Qingyi blinked, then took the black cloth and covered her eyes.
Although she didn't know what Master was going to do, whatever Master said, went.
"No peeking."
Xiao Mo held Jiang Qingyi's small hand and walked forward.
"Alright, you can take off the black cloth now."
After entering the courtyard, Xiao Mo said.
The young girl untied the black cloth covering her eyes.
What greeted the young girl's eyes was a very, very large osmanthus cake.
A thin candle was stuck in the osmanthus cake, and "Happy Birthday Qingyi" was written on it.
"Master… this is…" Jiang Qingyi's eyes wavered.
"This is a custom from my hometown. On birthdays, we eat cake. In the past few years on your birthday, either I was on a mission, or you were on a mission.
This year, we both happen to be here, and it's your eighteenth birthday.
Originally, I wanted to use a cake, but the cooks in Dragon Spring Town don't know how to make cakes, so I, Master, used an osmanthus cake instead."
Xiao Mo explained to Jiang Qingyi.
"Make a wish, then blow out the candle, and your wish will come true."
"Mm-hmm."
Jiang Qingyi closed her eyes, clasped her hands together, and made a wish.
Three breaths later, the young girl opened her eyes and blew out the candle.
"Master, do you want to know what Qingyi's wish is?" Jiang Qingyi turned around, her eyes curved into crescents.
"Let me guess, is it to enter the Golden Core Realm as soon as possible?"
"No."
"Is it to eat roasted fish from Drunken Immortal Restaurant every day?"
"That's not it either."
"Then what is it?"
"It's…" Just as Jiang Qingyi was about to say it, she playfully turned around, "I won't tell Master~"
Xiao Mo: "…"
Under the moonlight, Jiang Qingyi looked at her birthday cake, her eyes filled with tenderness: "Master…"
"Hm?"
"Thank you."
Xiao Mo reached out and gently patted his Disciple's head:
"Who told me I'm your Master?"