We said we would experience life, fairy, how did you become real?.

Chapter 41 The young master was her fortune, and also her destiny.
Two days later.

Just as Bai Ruxue had said, the Taoist priest came to their door again.

Xiao Mo looked at the Taoist priest; the man himself exuded an air of otherworldly refinement simply by standing there.

Even if the other person is incredibly beautiful, you still can't bring yourself to have any impure thoughts about her.

It's as if you subconsciously feel that there's an insurmountable gap between you and the other person.

Upon seeing the Taoist priest, Bai Ruxue quickly hid behind Xiao Mo.

She seemed worried that the Taoist priest would abduct her.

"This humble Taoist priest, Fuchen, greets you, young master." Fuchen bowed.

"I am Xiao Mo, and I greet the fairy." Xiao Mo bowed in return.

"I didn't know you were this young lady's friend, sir," Fuchen asked.

“Friend,” Xiao Mo replied.

Fuchen nodded and looked at Bai Ruxue, who was hiding behind Xiao Mo: "I wonder what your decision is, Miss?"

Bai Ruxue timidly peeked out from behind Xiao Mo, her small hands tightly gripping the hem of his clothes: "I...I don't want to cultivate immortality! I don't want to go with you!"

Fuchen looked at Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo was also somewhat helpless: "I tried to persuade Ru Xue yesterday, but she just wouldn't leave."

Fuchen looked calmly at Bai Ruxue and nodded: "I understand. It seems our fate has not yet arrived."

Fuchen took out a jade pendant from his bosom: "If Miss Ruxue changes her mind, she can come to Tianxuan Sect to find me at any time with this jade pendant."

Bai Ruxue looked at Xiao Mo, and Xiao Mo nodded.

Bai Ruxue then cautiously reached out and accepted the jade pendant.

"Then I shall take my leave now, for I have caused you trouble."

"I'll escort the fairy out of the village."

Just as Fuchen was about to leave, Xiao Mo said.

Fuchen turned around, looked directly into Xiao Mo's eyes, and then nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, young master."

"please."

After leaving Bai Ruxue to watch the house, Xiao Mo took his whisk and headed out of the village.

"Does the young master wish to ask this humble Taoist priest something?"

After the two had walked away, Fuchen asked the man beside him.

When Xiao Mo was about to see her off, Fu Chen guessed that he had something he wanted to ask her, but it was something that Bai Ruxue shouldn't know.

"As expected, I cannot hide anything from you, Fairy. I do have some questions, and I wonder if you could answer them for me."

"Please speak frankly, young master."

"I would like to ask about the matter of the snake transforming into a dragon."

Fuchen's eyes showed a hint of surprise: "So Young Master already knew."

"How could you not know?"

Xiao Mo smiled and shook his head.

"When I was young, I saved a little white snake. Three years later, a little girl in a white dress came to me."

She had no fixed abode and would disappear every winter. Moreover, at the beginning, she was not very skilled at transforming into human form and even revealed her snake tail a few times.

Perhaps the only person kept in the dark was herself.

But since she won't say, I won't ask.

"Young master, are you not afraid?"

"She has not harmed anyone, so what do I have to fear?"

"Good." Fuchen looked at Xiao Mo approvingly, "Young master has the heart of the Dao, but unfortunately he has no foundation and cannot cultivate the Dao."

“Everyone has their own way of living. If you can’t cultivate the Dao, then be an ordinary person,” Xiao Mo said with a smile. “I suppose you’ve come here for Ru Xue, haven’t you?”

"Exactly."

There was nothing hidden even when he dusted off his face.

"When I was passing through this village, I saw a courtyard that seemed to have a demonic aura, but the aura was as clear as the sun and moon."

This means that she has never harmed anyone; she was simply using the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate.

"I came out of curiosity and saw that the young lady in your courtyard has exceptional talent and remarkable physical attributes, so I decided to take her as my disciple. I apologize for concealing this from you before."

"You flatter me, Fairy." Xiao Mo's expression was tinged with melancholy. "Actually, she shouldn't be here. I'm the one who locked her up."

Fuchen smiled and said, "Whether human or demon, everyone has their own destiny. Since she wants to stay by your side, it means that for her, you are her 'path'. So how can you say she is trapped?"

Xiao Mo seemed to be deep in thought.

Fuchen continued, "To answer your question, young master, the transformation of a snake into a dragon is indeed not easy."

The snake first transforms into a python, which is the most basic stage. It requires avoiding natural enemies, including being hunted by humans, finding a suitable sacred place, resisting diseases and disasters, and most importantly, overcoming the instincts and inertia of being a lower-level creature and persisting in cultivation.

She was originally facing a calamity, but was saved by the young master, and now she has transformed into a white python.

She has overcome this difficulty.

"After that, the python will transform into a boa constrictor. In addition to evading the hunting and killing of mortals, it will also need to deal with the hunting and killing of cultivators."

"Miss Bai of this humble Taoist temple possesses signs of ancestral reversion and the potential to transform into a dragon, making her more likely to be targeted by cultivators. Young master, please remember to tell Miss Bai to be careful."

Xiao Mo nodded: "I've got it."

The whisk continued, "After transforming into a python, the next step is to transform into a dragon, which is the most crucial step for the snake clan."

Transforming into a dragon is the same as walking a dragon.

This usually occurs during periods of torrential rain, flash floods, and swollen rivers.

The snake race will use the immense power of the flood to drift downstream towards the sea. This process is extremely dangerous, as they must overcome or bypass natural obstacles in the river, such as boulders and mountains.

There are also man-made obstacles, such as "dragon-slaying swords" hanging under bridge arches or bridge piers, dams, and dragon-locking chains engraved with talismans.

When the dragon "walks," there will inevitably be a violent storm with thunder and lightning.

Lightning will strike fiercely at the serpent race advancing through the flood channel, and many serpents will be pulverized in the lightning tribulation.

"Finally, it is the transformation into a dragon."

After the snake race enters the sea, they are called "hidden dragons," at which point they can focus on cultivation.

When one cultivates to a certain level, nine bolts of supreme yang golden lightning will descend.

Failure means the body perishes, the spirit vanishes, and the soul is scattered.

Success transforms you into a true dragon.

"..." Hearing Fuchen's words, Xiao Mo frowned.

"I know what you are worried about, young master."

As he walked out of the village, Fuchen stopped and turned to look at Xiao Mo.

"Young master is worried that the transformation into a dragon is so dangerous, and that having her by his side might hinder her. It would be better if she came up the mountain with me, where someone would protect her."

Even while they were in the courtyard, the young master thought, "Although Miss Ruxue isn't coming up the mountain with me this time, I can slowly persuade her to change her mind later."

Xiao Mo remained silent.

Silence is consent.

The whisk shook its head:

"Young master, in this world, everyone has their own destiny."

The young master believes that if she comes up the mountain with me, her future transformation into a dragon will be more assured.

The young master believed he would only hinder her path to enlightenment.

But is that really the case?

Fuchen raised her head. Although it was daytime, her eyes seemed to sparkle with stars and the universe, as if she were deducing the secrets of heaven.

"Who says that being caught up in the mundane world is any worse than cultivating oneself in seclusion on the mountain?"

"Although you are a mortal, who says you've done less than us cultivators?"

Xiao Mo raised his head: "What does the fairy mean?"

The whisk withdrew its gaze, and the star-filled eyes gradually returned to their normal black pupils.

The woman smiled as she looked at the man in front of her:
"Do whatever you like."

"The young master is her good fortune."

"It's her fate."

(End of this chapter)