After reading the letter, the man laughed again.
“Reflecting day and night, entering the void, seen through it all?”
Mo Xiaoxing looked at the man in surprise. His voice… it sounded so familiar!
“Y-y-you, you are Big Brother Peacock!”
The man shifted his gaze toward Mo Xiaoxing.
“Child, you only just realized?”
Mo Xiaoxing suddenly… blushed.
In her social circle, there were almost no men, let alone one as handsome as this!
This man was practically a 2D character from her games brought to life. Being stared at from such a close distance, she didn’t want to feel shy, but she couldn’t help it!
“I was just, just too surprised.”
Mo Xiaoxing grabbed her letter and jumped away in a flash.
The man stood up straight, sized Mo Xiaoxing up, and his gaze lingered for a moment on her flushed cheeks.
He shook his head slightly. “Child, lying is not good.”
Mo Xiaoxing knew he was referring to the lies in her letter.
She replied stubbornly, “I didn’t lie, it was just a tiny bit of exaggeration. Really, just a tiny bit!”
The man sat down and brushed off his sleeves.
“You’re just good with words. Go bring the soup.”
Mo Xiaoxing went immediately.
When she brought the bowl over, she stole another glance at the man. Although she knew he was a shapeshifted beast, it was still incredibly shocking to see such a massive peacock suddenly turn into a beautiful man!
Since he could shapeshift, did that mean his injuries were mostly healed?
“If you want to watch, just sit opposite me and watch openly. Why are you being so sneaky?”
Mo Xiaoxing: “…”
Being caught sneaking a peek is so embarrassing! And you’re quite forward, aren’t you!
“Are all shapeshifted beasts as handsome as you?”
The man smiled, stirring the soup while glancing at Mo Xiaoxing.
“Not necessarily.”
Mo Xiaoxing: “Oh, I see.”
She lowered her head to drink the soup, thinking that Big Brother Peacock seemed quite narcissistic; he was clearly pleased when she complimented his looks.
Just like when she complimented his feathers.
When facing the White Peacock, Mo Xiaoxing felt no psychological pressure, but now that he was a living human, she felt very pressured!
After finishing the soup, she couldn’t sit still anymore.
Suddenly hearing movement at the edge of the cliff, she immediately ran out.
A rope flew in through the mist, attaching itself to the fixed mechanism; it was the Senior Brother sending her food again.
She also sent over the letter she had written.
This time, the Senior Brother actually wrote back!
“The Master may return to the mountain soon. Once I report your situation to the Master, I can bring you back, Junior Sister. Please be patient.”
Mo Xiaoxing immediately wrote a reply.
“Please, Senior Brother, do put in a good word for me in front of the Master!”
Whether she could go back probably depended entirely on the Senior Brother!
Otherwise, with the style of Qu Feibai—who feared nothing under the heavens—he wouldn’t care if she had a background. If he knew everything she had done, he would probably punish her even more severely.
Just as she was sitting at the edge of the cliff worrying about her future, the White Peacock appeared out of nowhere.
“Why don’t I see you practicing martial arts or swordsmanship?”
Mo Xiaoxing: “I don’t know how.”
“The Changtian Sect is known for its swordsmanship, which is a required course for every disciple. Who is your master, and under which mountain do you reside? How can you not practice swordsmanship?”
Mo Xiaoxing: “I don’t belong to any mountain. I have a master!”
“Oh? Taking on a master is a major event. Did you just randomly pick some useless master? To think you are an Extreme Yin Sacred Body, yet your cultivation is so low.”
Mo Xiaoxing looked at the White Peacock in shock: “My master is useless?”
That is Qu Feibai! One of the top powerhouses in the Yuan Yu Continent!
The White Peacock was indifferent, standing tall with a natural air of arrogance, not hiding his disdain.
“Naturally. A master like that is useless. Why don’t you take me as your master? Sooner or later, I will help you attain the Great Dao.”
Mo Xiaoxing’s eyes darted around. Her first reaction was: This is a pretty good idea!
A shapeshifted beast was at least equivalent to a human at the Nascent Soul stage, which meant this White Peacock probably had a cultivation level similar to Qu Feibai’s!
She had caused so much trouble in the Changtian Sect, and she hadn’t even met Qu Feibai yet; she didn’t know if he would even be willing to teach her.
If she took the White Peacock as her master, at least he wouldn’t want to eat her anymore! Moreover, over this period of time, she had learned that the White Peacock was extremely knowledgeable; he knew almost everything about human cultivation techniques. He might really be willing to cultivate her with care!
The only trouble was that taking a beast as a master was a bit unorthodox, and it might be misunderstood as her betraying her sect again!
No, it’s not a misunderstanding… it would indeed be a betrayal…
When the time came, the first person to hunt her down would probably be Qu Feibai…
Mo Xiaoxing shivered, shaking her head like a rattle-drum.
“No, no, I already have a master. I cannot take you as a master.”
The White Peacock scoffed: “Why is that difficult? You only need to tell me who your master is; I will kill him, and then I will be your only master.”
In any case, hiding an Extreme Yin Sacred Body and refusing to pass on cultivation techniques had caused such great loss to the sect. Such a master was likely a narrow-minded person with ulterior motives, so killing him was no issue.
Mo Xiaoxing shook her head again.
“No, no. Although you are very powerful, my master is also very powerful. It’s not certain whether you would kill him or he would kill you.”
The White Peacock frowned.
This was the first time he had taken the initiative to accept an apprentice, only to be pushed away. He didn’t believe anyone in the Changtian Sect could kill him; he figured this child simply didn’t want to take him as a master.
This made him even angrier.
The White Peacock flashed, appearing instantly in front of Mo Xiaoxing.
His large hand pinched the back of her neck and hoisted her up.
His clear, cold voice held an irrefutable dominance.
“Child, I said I would take you as my apprentice, so I must take you as my apprentice. You will now kowtow three times and call me Master; that will settle the matter. Otherwise…”
In the White Peacock’s grasp, Mo Xiaoxing felt like a little chick, completely aggrieved.
High cultivation really suppresses people!
“Otherwise, will you kill me, Big Brother Peacock?”
The White Peacock smiled, his handsome face radiant, but his words made Mo Xiaoxing shiver.
“No, I will eat you.”
Mo Xiaoxing: “…”
So you really do eat people!
So savage and untamable! You really are a beast!
“It’s not that I’m unwilling to take you as my master, it’s just that my master is too vicious! If he finds out I’ve betrayed the sect, he will surely skin me, pull out my tendons, and shred me into a thousand pieces!”
The White Peacock looked displeased.
As expected, a vicious master.
“Since that’s the case, let’s go find your master right now. I will kill him first, then you will have no more worries and can take me as your master, can’t you?”
Mo Xiaoxing’s mind raced again.
She had no idea where Qu Feibai was. She heard he was in seclusion, but who knew where that was!
The White Peacock’s injuries were mostly healed. If he faced Qu Feibai, it would probably be an even match.
However, would the White Peacock build a blood feud with Qu Feibai for her sake? Definitely not.
If those two experts clashed, she would definitely be cannon fodder!
“What are you hesitating for? I can fly you out of this mere cliff.”
With that, he began to walk toward the edge of the cliff.
Mo Xiaoxing grabbed the man’s arm and said hurriedly: “I’ll tell you the truth! My master is the famous Changtian Sect Leader, Qu Feibai! You can’t kill him!”