Chapter 713: Chapter 564 Parting_3
Bai Zixiâs gaze was complex, and her heart was heavy with emotions she couldnât understand. âIâve promised Master to take good care of Junior BrotherâŠâ
âMmm.â Bai Zisheng nodded as well.
They invoked Masterâs name, hoping that their mother would listen to reason.
But Bai Qiancheng shook her head, âHow exactly will you take care of him?â
Both of them were taken aback.
Bai Qiancheng continued, âOnce in the Bai Family, if he encounters any danger, who will be there to protect him?â
âYou?â
âWith just Qi Refinement, what can you do? Even if you reached Foundation Establishment, then what?â
âIn the Second Grade Cultivation World, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator can command the winds and summon the rain, but in the Bai Family, a mere Foundation Establishment Cultivator, who can you really protect?â
Bai Qiancheng looked at the two children, her heart aching for them, yet she didnât sugarcoat her words:
âMoreover, you are descendants of the Bai Family, you rely on the Bai Family, not on yourselves. You want to protect him, but what if one dayâŠâ
âThe Bai Family wants to harm him?â
âWhat will you do? What can you do?â
âCan you defy the clan?â
âWith your Cultivation, how can you stand against the Bai Family, an ancient lineage of ten thousand years?â
âIf you canât defy them, are you prepared to watch⊠your little Junior Brother die before your eyes?â
Bai Qianchengâs words were icy cold and realistic.
Bai Zixi and the otherâs faces turned pale, they hung their heads low, clenching their fists tightly, but they couldnât find any words to say.
They couldnât protect anythingâŠ
Neither Master nor their little Junior BrotherâŠ
Bai Qiancheng looked at the two children, her gaze softened slightly, and her tone was a bit more gentle:
âCultivators, ultimately, must rely on their own CultivationâŠâ
âI know you have deep feelings for each other as fellow disciples, but bringing that child, Mo Hua, back to the Bai Family is not helping him, itâs harming himâŠâ
âThe Bai Family is too vast, its karma too profound, itâs also too complicatedâŠâ
Bai Zixi said with a trembling voice, âMother, thenâŠâ
Bai Qiancheng hesitated for a moment, then slowly extended her hand and touched Bai Zixiâs head, sighing, âGoâŠâ
âTo forget your little Junior Brother is the best protection you can give himâŠâ
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The little Senior Brother and Senior Sister were leaving.
They were going to Liyuan City, where they would take the Flying Cloud Ferry and leave the Dali Mountain State boundary.
Mo Hua came to see them off.
It was his first time visiting Liyuan City and encountering the Cloud Ferry.
The Cloud Ferry was huge, extravagantly ornate, docked at the ferry port like a colossal kun fish with wings in the sky. It was said that once it took flight, it was like a great ship in the sea of clouds, with incredible speed, capable of crossing state boundaries.
The principle of the Cloud Ferry seemed to be based on harnessing the flow of Spiritual Energy and rising among the clouds.
Mo Hua was very curious, but because of the imminent departure, his mood was somewhat downcast, and he wasnât in the mood to study the Cloud FerryâŠ
Bai Zisheng was worried that Mo Hua was unhappy, and babbled on and on.
He spoke of the famous attractions of Qian State, like some sky-touching Taoist constructions, ancient, atmospheric temples and monasteries, the hanging Sword Qi Waterfall, the Bai Familyâs ancient pavilions, Three Clear Spirit Mountain⊠and many others.
Mo Hua listened with great interest.
Bai Zisheng also told Mo Hua to be sure to visit the Bai Family someday.
But he warned him to improve his Cultivation before going.
There were many villains in the Bai Family, who might harm himâŠ
Mo Hua gave Bai Zisheng a gift, a great dragon controlled by a Spirit Pivot Formation, no longer a crawling reptile compared to before.
Mo Hua added two wings to it, and flapping them, it could lift off the ground. Although it couldnât âflyâ high, it was much better than crawling on the ground.
But adding wings made it look a bit ugly.
Mo Hua also promised, âWhen Iâve learned more about Formations, Iâll craft one for you, a dragon that can fly without wings!â
Bai Zisheng was overjoyed and then asked Mo Hua:
âThat technique I taught you, have you been practicing it?â
Mo Hua was startled, âWhich technique?â
Bai Zisheng looked unhappy and enunciated every word, âFlying! Dragon! In! The! Sky!â
Mo Hua remembered the move Bai Zisheng had created himself, leaping into the sky, striking a pose, then wielding a long spear and descending from the heavens with that spear techniqueâŠ
Mo Hua felt a bit embarrassed, âThat⊠Can I not learn itâŠ?â
Purely a showy sequence of movements, completely useless.
âNo way!â Bai Zisheng insisted, âThis is a move I created myself, and Iâm only teaching you. In the whole world, only the two of us brothers will know it! You must learn it well!â
Mo Hua said helplessly, âAlright thenâŠâ
Bai Zisheng saw Mo Hua agree and nodded in satisfaction, then he seemed to remember something and became a bit downcast.
âI originally wanted to go back to Tongxian City to see Uncle Mo and Aunt Liu, but now I canât go there. Qian State is so far away, I donât know if thereâll be another chanceâŠâ
The food Aunt Liu makes is so delicious.
Bai Zisheng missed the carefree and well-fed days in Tongxian City terribly.
Mo Hua consoled him, âThere will be a chance.â
Bai Zisheng perked up a bit and nodded.
After thinking for a while, Mo Hua asked, âWhat about junior sisterâŠâ
All this way, he hadnât seen the junior sisterâŠ
Bai Zisheng paused, sighed, and said, âShe originally wanted you to go to the Bai family too, but now that you canât, she might feel a bit embarrassed to face youâŠâ
Whatâs there to be embarrassed aboutâŠ
Mo Hua said in a low voice, âIs junior sister throwing a tantrum?â
Bai Zisheng thought for a moment and nodded, âI guess soâŠâ
But he knew that it probably wasnât the case.
Ever since she heard Motherâs words, Zixi had locked herself in her room, seeing no one, as if afraid that encountering Mo Hua again would make her heart ache.
Bai Zisheng didnât quite understand and shook his head.
Feeling sad after parting is normal.
Thatâs exactly why we should see each other moreâŠ
Thus, Bai Zisheng couldnât help but chat with Mo Hua for a long time, until someone urged them, saying the Cloud Ferry was about to depart. Only then did he bid Mo Hua farewell, looking back three steps at a time as he boarded the ferry.
âWeâre really⊠parting nowâŠâ
Just before entering the Cloud Ferry, Bai Zishengâs eyes suddenly felt a bit sore.
The moments they spent together day and night, the three fellow disciples, laughing and playing, bickering and making noise, all rushed to his heartâŠ
Bai Zisheng tried hard to hold back his tears, took a final look at Mo Hua, and committed his junior brotherâs image to memory. Then, he stepped into the vast expanse of the Cloud Ferry.
Mo Hua stood at the ferry port, feeling reluctant to let go, but still silently watched his senior brother and the unseen junior sister depart.
Inside the Cloud Ferry.
Bai Zisheng knocked on Bai Zixiâs door, âArenât you going to see junior brother?â
There was silence inside the room.
âIf you donât see him, you might⊠never see him againâŠâ
Despite his words, there was still no response from behind the door.
Bai Zisheng shook his head helplessly, clutching the large dragon his junior brother had given him as a parting gift, and turned to leave.
In the room, Bai Zixi sat silently, her dark eyelashes quivering, her beautiful eyes revealing a trace of melancholy.
The clear sunlight poured in, her cheeks slightly pale, which added a mournful beauty to her originally cold and flawless visage.
There she sat quietly, her thoughts unknown, her emotions complex and unsettled.
Moments later, the Cloud Ferryâs massive humming sound began.
Bai Zixi suddenly felt alarmed, and Bai Zishengâs words echoed in her mind:
âYou might⊠never see him againâŠâ
Her heart trembled, and she quickly got up, left her room, and walked onto the deck of the Cloud Ferry.
But by then, the Cloud Ferry had already set sail.
The sky was clear, and the Cloud Ferry, grand and splendid, lifted off among the clouds, rolling up layers of cloud waves.
When Bai Zixi looked out again, the sea of clouds stretched out endlessly.
Mo Huaâs small figure had been obscured by the vast clouds, completely vanishing from her sightâŠ
Never⊠to be seen againâŠ
A sharp pain struck Bai Zixiâs heart, as if carved with a knife, and a single tear, clear as ice and snow, slowly slid down her pallid cheekâŠ
The white clouds surged like great waves, and the flowing clouds like the sea carried the Cloud Ferry, sailing into the wind, farther and farther into the endless sea of cloudsâŠ
The Great Dao is boundless, seas of clouds lie between.
This parting, who knows when we will meet again.