Who taught him to practice swordsmanship like this?

Chapter 158 Helping Master

When the two little children finally reached the bottom of the Heavenly Ladder, they discovered that Su Baichen, Xuan Yin Zhenren, and Shui Yin Ji had been waiting there for a long time.

"Brother Bai Chen, we—we're too slow."

"Dogwa said guiltily."

Su Baichen waved his hand and said, "From now on, you can all call me senior brother."

The brother and sister obediently agreed, though they probably still didn't know what the term "senior brother" meant.

Master Xuanyin smiled and shook his head without explaining, but looked at Shuiyin Ji and said, "Junior Sister, your place is not suitable for raising children. Why don't you let these two children stay with me for now?"

Shuiyin Ji sneered, "That's my disciple, so naturally she has to stay with me."

I don't know what's wrong with these two senior and junior siblings. They care about each other a lot when they're apart, but they always end up arguing when they're together.

Especially Shuiyin Ji, who always gives Xuan Yin Zhenren face in public, but when it's just her own people in private, every word she says is barbed.

Xuan Yin Zhenren was speechless, and could only give Su Baichen a look so that his clever disciple could think of a way to persuade him. Xuan Yin Zhenren was always cold on the outside but kind on the inside, and he really couldn't bear to see such a young child living in the cold and damp cave dwelling of Shui Yin Ji.

Su Baichen understood.

He quickly reviewed the situation in his mind, and then naturally said, "Uncle-Master, these two siblings have depended on each other since they were little. They are still young now, and forcibly separating them would probably only make them sad and afraid to speak up."

Princess Shuiyin glared at him and said irritably, "What, you're siding with your master too? All that pampering I've given you all this time has been for nothing!"

Su Baichen had a strange sense of déjà vu. Why did it seem like his master and mistress were arguing when his uncle and master were arguing?

He coughed lightly and said, "No, this disciple just feels that since Uncle-Master built the cave in the sea to take care of Grandmaster—now that Grandmaster is living in the capital for a long time, it's time for Uncle-Master to move back. Why make yourself suffer any longer?"

Upon hearing this, Mizukage's perception changed.

Indeed, why should she suffer along with them?

She asked, "So you mean—"

Su Baichen said with a hint of ambiguity, "Anyway, Master's room is big enough—"

Mizukage's face instantly turned bright red. She stamped her foot and gritted her teeth, saying, "What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Su Baichen immediately changed her tone smoothly: "Master's room is big enough to accommodate these two siblings, and Uncle-Master only needs to move into the room next door so he can take care of them nearby, right?"

Shuiyin Ji's face was still flushed, and she stared at Su Baichen's face with a scrutinizing look, as if she regarded him as a bad guy.

She quickly turned her head sharply to look at Xuan Yin Zhenren—

Xuan Yin Zhenren remained expressionless, seemingly completely oblivious to whether Su Baichen's words had any hidden meaning.

Princess Mizukage nodded with difficulty and said reluctantly, "Very well, I'll move next door for now."

Su Baichen breathed a huge sigh of relief, but cold sweat was pouring down his back.

Good heavens, he almost thought he was going to be silenced!

Xuan Yin Zhenren's gaze towards Su Baichen now held a hint of danger; he too was contemplating whether to clean house.

But then I thought, who will take care of these two tiny babies when they grow up?

They'll definitely have to rely on this kid to take care of the child, so they had no choice but to accept their fate and decide to be neighbors with Mizukage for the time being.

He paused, then said to Su Baichen, "Go and collect the children's daily necessities, and also get two large pork knuckles with some vegetables and fruits. I'm going to cook a nice meal for the children today."

Su Baichen lowered his head and agreed.

On the way, he muttered to himself: Who are they trying to fool? Everyone knows that Uncle Shuiyin loves braised pork knuckle the most. It's obvious who they're giving special treatment to!

But he still obediently did it—who could know how accomplished he felt when he helped his senior brother and sister-in-law with their affairs!

Now, he wants to relive that sense of accomplishment.

That evening, the two children enjoyed an unprecedented feast at the Xuan Yin Zhenren's place.

They stuffed the two children, who were used to going hungry, until their bellies were round and full.

Seeing the two children clutching their stomachs in discomfort, Shuiyin Ji rolled her eyes at Xuan Yin Zhenren, saying, "Why did you feed these two children such greasy food? Their stomachs won't be able to handle it."

Of course, her attitude was critical, but she was still very satisfied with Xuan Yin Zhenren's skills.

After being criticized by his junior sister, Master Xuan Yin irresponsibly dumped the task on Su Baichen: "Baichen, go help them digest their food."

Su Baichen reluctantly agreed, but he knew exactly what to do.

After practicing the Five Elements Returning to the Origin, he became very familiar with the functions and operating principles of all the organs in his body.

At this moment, he reached out and gently touched the two children's stomachs—the next instant, a shallow amount of earth-elemental spiritual energy was injected into them, helping their spleen and stomach to digest and quickly relieving their abdominal bloating and pain.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Bai Chen."

Su Baichen noticed the two children looking at him with bright, adoring eyes. A sudden wave of daze washed over him, as if he were seeing himself as a novice gazing at the maple forest—

"Alright, there's no shortage of food here. Don't overeat like that next time."

Xuan Yin Zhenren nodded in satisfaction and glanced triumphantly at Shui Yin Ji, as if to say: Isn't my disciple useful?

Princess Mizukage looked over with equal smugness, as if to say: I raised this child!

The two noticed the pride in each other's eyes, and were both taken aback, then awkwardly turned their heads away.

Su Baichen continued to help settle the two children.

Master Xuanyin said after seeing that he had finished his work: "Alright, you should go and rest too — remember to come often and help your uncle look after the children."

Su Baichen obediently agreed, knowing that he would be helping to take care of the children here.

He returned to his room, located deep within Yinfeng Gorge. In the darkness, looking down at the tide so close at hand, he felt a sense of peace as the tide rose and fell with his own.

The little fox happily jumped out and perched on the railing outside the house, peeking out curiously.

[Fish, there's a fish!]

Su Baichen smiled and flicked his wrist—

The next moment, the fish underwater seemed to smell something extremely delicious, and one by one they leaped out of the water in front of the little fox.

Seeing this, the little fox quickly clapped its paws and slapped a large fish, as long as an adult's forearm, onto the corridor.

With a cheer, it pounced and grabbed the big fish with its claws, starting to gnaw on it.

Seeing this, Su Baichen chuckled and said, "After you finish eating, wash the corridor floor clean, otherwise it will smell fishy."

The little fox cheered.

Su Baichen, meanwhile, was in his room, enjoying the cold sea breeze that had swept through Yinfeng Gorge, while pondering what to do next.

Although Gouwa and Erya are his junior brothers and sisters, it's impossible for his master and uncle to start teaching them from the basics of recognizing characters.

Since he's supposed to take care of the child, he's also responsible for the child's education.

The teaching materials are easy to handle, but the problem is how he can take care of his child without affecting his spiritual practice.

At this moment, he recalled how he had previously used illusion magic to create an illusion of Qing Mozi to receive pilgrims.

It seems he could also create an illusion to do this?

In an attempt to shirk responsibility, Su Baichen's mind began to race—