I only want to win over the fairy.

"You don't need to do anything! You just need to stay by my side, in my sight, and under my protection!!!"

In the week following the news of Bai Yi's death, Xiao Jinxuan repeatedly questioned herself: had she truly fulfilled the responsibilities of a master?

Her answer was—no!

From the moment she accepted Bai Yi as her disciple, she never once fulfilled her responsibilities as a master.

As her master, she had to ask Bai Yi for help in everything, and even the most basic communication was a huge problem. Could she, who only spoke a few words, really convey what she wanted to say to Bai Yi?

As her master, she should have taken on her responsibilities from the moment she accepted Bai Yi as her disciple. However, she allowed him to grow on his own for three years. Even knowing that he was having difficulties, she remained hesitant and did not dare to take that step to ask him or help him solve his physical problems.

As a master, she lacked her own opinions. She only believed that Bai Yi's protection with the Emperor's Sword and the Tai Xuan Heavenly Furnace would be enough to protect her. She also felt uncomfortable and afraid of encountering many unfamiliar faces while following Bai Yi, so she chose to stay at Tianxuan Peak instead of staying by his side 24 hours a day, which led to Bai Yi's "death".

These were all her mistakes; it was her fault that led to Bai Yi's accident, or even his death.

In these days, she has thought about it countless times and finally came to a conclusion: if she had truly done what a master should do, none of this would have happened. So she prayed that if she could have another chance, she would definitely fulfill all her responsibilities.

The outside air began to get colder, but the two people embracing each other emitted bursts of warm mist. Xiao Jinxuan held Bai Yi and used her spiritual power to heat his body to prevent him from getting cold, even though he was no longer afraid of the cold.

She wouldn't let the same mistake happen a second time.

She suppressed her discomfort and fear, forcing herself to say every word she wanted to say. Now she has grown to the point where she can speak a complete sentence!

Bai Yi frowned. He vaguely felt that his master seemed to have some problems, but he didn't know how to describe it for the moment.

Perhaps feeling that holding him like this wasn't a problem, Xiao Jinxuan let go of Bai Yi, but her gaze and consciousness remained firmly fixed on him, keeping the distance within half a meter: "Are you hungry? I'll go make you something to eat."

"Master, you can cook?" Bai Yi was a little surprised. In his impression, his master should be a useless person when it came to daily life.

"No." Xiao Jinxuan used her spiritual power to wipe away the tear stains on her cheeks and said earnestly, "I can learn!"

Bai Yi was truly surprised to hear these words from his own socially anxious master. It was quite an achievement that someone who was afraid to even go out would choose to take the initiative to study.

Perhaps, if I work harder, my master might stop being so withdrawn and become a little more cheerful in the future.

Although this was just a simulation, he was still very happy to see these positive changes in his master. After all, if these positive changes could occur in the simulation, there would definitely be changes in reality as well, as long as he worked hard.

You try to teach your master how to cook, but for some reason, her eyes are always fixed on you while she's cooking, and she won't even let you touch the knife or other knives.

After refusing Bai Yi's help chopping vegetables, Xiao Jinxuan casually made up a reason: "This is my first time cooking, and I want to do it all by myself. You can just guide me from the side; I don't need to do anything myself."

[You never expected your master to have such a strong side, so you chose to obey. Watching Xiao Jinxuan cook with such skill, you felt quite gratified, as if your own child had finally grown up. However, you didn't notice that her divine sense had been locked onto you from every angle the entire time.]

[Although it was your first time cooking, Xiao Jinxuan was incredibly skilled. Following your instructions, she executed each step with absolute precision, and the dish looked surprisingly good, which made you quite happy. However, after eating it, you discovered that it was truly only visually appealing; the inside was absolutely awful. Nevertheless, you declared it delicious and devoured it all in one go, so as not to disappoint your master.]

After this cooking incident, you decided to properly pass on your life skills to the other person in the future.

[That night, you made your bed, pulled the covers over yourself, and were about to go to sleep when you discovered that your master had somehow appeared in your bed. Thinking he was just insecure, you didn't say anything and let him use you as a pillow.]

Over the next few months, in addition to your cultivation and teaching your junior sister, you also took time to teach your senior master some everyday life skills. She learned very quickly, which made you feel increasingly accomplished.

The only thing that made you feel uneasy was probably the way she kept glancing at you, almost imperceptibly.

Chapter 105 Xiao Jinxuan is someone who could become my mother!

Xiao Jinxuan believes that the things you are doing now should rightfully be done by her, your master. It was only because she was incompetent that these tasks, which shouldn't have been yours, fell on you before. Now, she will no longer let you waste your energy on these unnecessary things.

Whenever you encounter a bottleneck in your cultivation, your master will send you the necessary elixirs, secret manuals, and rare treasures. They might even send someone to find a way to help you break through, making your cultivation increasingly smooth.

From time to time, she would invite you to go for a soak in the hot springs. At first, you were a little reserved, but as time went on, you gradually let go of your resistance and were even able to sit close to your master in the hot springs, chatting and confiding in each other.

Your relationship with Xiao Jinxuan is gradually developing.

[Achievement Completed - Harmonious Relationship Between Master and Disciple (?)]

[Effect: Greatly enhances the relationship between master and disciple, with a very small chance that it may distort or even corrupt the relationship.]

Inside the hot spring, you chatted casually with Xiao Jinxuan. She looked at you with a gentle smile, your image reflected in her eyes, and occasionally answered your questions. She was increasingly resembling a master.

But you can increasingly sense her inner vulnerability, unease, and fear.

You tentatively suggested going down the mountain for training, but were met with an extremely harsh refusal. This was the first time she had shown you such a fierce attitude, and it was also the first time you realized that this person was far more problematic than you had imagined.

Inside the cave.

As usual, Xiao Jinxuan arrived at Bai Yi's cave. She took off the silver high heels adorned with phoenix and luan patterns that her disciple had given her. Her jade legs, covered by delicate white silk, were crossed and placed out. Her soft and supple skin was tightly bound by the stockings, causing it to sink slightly and outlining her fullness.

Her small feet were delicate and symmetrical, with her toes, as white and translucent as cardamom, slightly curled. From her toes to the instep and then to her ankle, the delicate, semi-transparent white silk made her feet appear so white and smooth. The stockings at her ankles were stretched slightly by the rounded heels, revealing a hint of pinkish luster in the white fabric.

Bai Yi gazed at Xiao Jinxuan, who was dressed up meticulously. After some casual conversation, he pretended to be nonchalant and tentatively asked, "Master, the secret realm of Penglai Immortal Mountain has recently opened. Our Xuantian Sect should also participate. Can I go with you?"

“No, there’s nothing useful in the Penglai Secret Realm. Going there would just be a waste of your time.” Xiao Jinxuan refused without the slightest hesitation.

"That's not necessarily true. I've heard that there's a celestial herb in the Penglai Secret Realm. If I'm lucky enough to get some of the spiritual saliva secreted by that herb, it will definitely allow my strength and cultivation to reach a higher level in a short period of time. Besides, being able to fight against the genius disciples of other immortal sects is also an interesting thing." Bai Yi deliberately said this to make his experience more convincing.

With sect elders accompanying them, and imperial weapons and elders from Penglai Immortal Mountain protecting them at the secret realm, it's impossible to encounter any danger unless one deliberately seeks death.

If even the secret realms of Penglai Immortal Mountain are not safe, then there are hardly any safe secret realms in the cultivation world.

"This kind of thing can be left to the other disciples of the sect. I will buy what you need from them at a reasonable price," Xiao Jinxuan replied calmly.

"You should know that's not what I meant," Bai Yi continued to probe.

"I know."

"Then why?"

“I believe this world is full of dangers. The reason I want to protect you from danger is because you have already encountered danger once, so I don’t want you to encounter it a second time. Nothing is more important to me than your life, so I want you to live, to live by my side, to live under my watchful eye.”

Xiao Jinxuan shifted her body to Bai Yi's side, opened her arms, and hugged him tightly, saying softly, "Don't worry, your teacher will always protect you, so you mustn't go, understand?"

With a gentle voice, Xiao Jinxuan pressed her cheek against Bai Yi's face, her slender fingers stroking his smooth hair, and her legs wrapped around his waist in an extremely intimate pose.

She had already lost so much, so she didn't want to lose her only disciple in the end.

"Master, what do you think is the true meaning of accepting disciples?" Bai Yi asked this question meaningfully.

"...in order to pass on one's own legacy."

"That's a very good answer. Taking on disciples does indeed involve the mission of passing on one's own legacy to the next generation. But it's not just about that. It's about hoping that one's disciples will surpass them and become more like their teachers. That's why a master must pass on their skills to their disciples and nurture them. What a master should do is not to restrict the development of their disciples and keep them locked up by their side, but to give them more room to grow. Otherwise, how can a disciple possibly surpass their master?"

"That's just your own opinion. I'm the one who rescued you from the forbidden zone of life. In other words, I gave you a second life. I'm the mother who gave you life. I don't need you to surpass me, nor do I need you to pass on my legacy. I just need you to live. Just like a child needs to obediently listen to his mother, a disciple also needs to obediently listen to his master!"

"Hmm... Eh?!?"

What outrageous remarks!

Master, are you really alright?

Bai Yi never expected that his master would refute him in such an unreasonable way, which completely blocked his way out and left him with nowhere to go!

He didn't want to be defeated by such outrageous arguments and wanted to refute them, but before he could speak, Xiao Jinxuan interrupted him.

"You're so noisy, shut up."

Not wanting to hear Bai Yi continue rambling on, Xiao Jinxuan decisively kissed his slightly parted lips to shut him up.

The soft, gentle touch contrasted sharply with the ridiculously hard mouth.

After a brief encounter, seeing that Bai Yi no longer intended to resist her, she pursed her lips and comforted him, "Now, listen to your master. Your master is very strong and doesn't need your protection or to surpass you. I will become the Great Emperor of this era. You just need to live happily and don't need to think about anything else."

It’s over.

I've become a traitor to my master!

Bai Yi, who was there at the time, is now filled with regret. He only knew that his master's mood had been a bit off lately, but he never expected it to be so distorted and corrupted!

However, to think that you can submit to me based on this alone would be to underestimate Bai Yi.

Your attack turn is over; now it's my turn to attack!

Chapter 106 A Two-Way Journey (Fourth Update)

Bai Yi was reminded of his past self by his master's behavior.

That was the most painful time he had experienced since he first came into this world, and also the only time he could call it enjoyable.

His cultivation had stagnated since reaching the peak of Qi Refining, unable to advance any further. Despite his best efforts, he could only increase his combat strength, not his cultivation level. This led him to consider giving up cultivation and leaving the Xuan Tian Sect.

However, he could not leave the Xuantian Sect to go out and train. Every day he could only sit alone on the grass, gazing into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking or what to do next. He just sat there, simply imagining all sorts of fictional stories in his mind.

There were no mobile games, no computer games, and hardly any decent entertainment.

The prison cell isn't just a basement; it can also be a mansion with sunshine, green grass, a lake, and beautiful scenery, where you can watch the sunrise and sunset, the moon rise and set, and people come and go, but none of it belongs to you.

Later, he got so bored that he would play in the mud, making all sorts of little figures to pass the time, and even chatting with the beetles he caught.

But those methods could only temporarily alleviate his inner distress. He tried chatting with his disciples and building good relationships, but most of them only communicated with him because of his status. As his cultivation level remained stagnant, rumors about him among the disciples began to circulate.

Although it's not unreasonable for a noob to be called a "noob," Bai Yi has not liked communicating with those so-called disciples since then.

He would rather communicate with beetles, golden pheasants, or mimosa plants than with these people.

Later, he found a blue baby bird in the pheasant's nest. The bird was quite intelligent; although it couldn't speak, it could respond to what he said.

This was enough to make him happy.

When he was bored, he would feed the little bird, and the bird would bring him stones of strange colors and shapes. In the summer when there were many insects and mosquitoes, the bird would stand on his shoulder and eat all the insects and mosquitoes that came near him.

He found the bird very interesting and even named it Little Blue, but it seemed very angry, so the matter was eventually dropped.

Later, as it grew older, it would catch mice, rabbits, and other such things and give them to him. He didn't need these things, but he still chose to accept the gifts from the bird because they were the best gifts it could give him.

Later, it grew up and it was time to go to the vast sky.

Birds belong in the sky, not in cages.

When the bird came to say goodbye, he considered locking it in a cage, and even considered breaking its wings to keep it.

Birds without intelligence are ultimately just pets or toys for humans; pleasing them is enough for them.

But when he saw it gazing at the sky, watching the flocks of geese flying across the horizon, and the colors flashing in its eyes, he chose to give up.

No matter how hard he searched, he would never find a home in this world. This was not the place for him. But this bird was different. It could find its home and its kind in the sky. So, after giving it a pill, Bai Yi chose to release it.

If he could, he would still prefer that bird to stay with him.

However, it did not stay by force, but rather voluntarily.

“This is my soul imprint, made from half of my soul. After you refine it, Master, my life and death will be in your hands, and my freedom will be under your control. From now on, I will stay under your gaze for the rest of my life, becoming your caged bird.”