Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 53: The Best

Spirit Master Huan Zhong suddenly raised his head and met An He’s gaze. That icy gaze caused him to feel cold from head to toe. He hurriedly moved away his curious gaze. An He felt even more puzzled. What was the relationship between Spirit Master Huan Zhong and Miss Kong Hou?

Throughout these years, he had never heard of any apprentice of Radiance Sect marrying a disciple of Splendid Cloud Sect. Not that their status was unequal, but in the eyes of everyone, the disciples from these two sects did not match well.

When one mentioned Radiance Sect, one would first think of people dressed in white robes, as cold as glaciers, and even colder than the sword. They had high cultivation, were diligent and lived regulated lives. When one spoke of Splendid Cloud Sect, the first everyone would think of was their lazy days, their protective attitude, and their strong unity.

Disciples that wanted to join a sect first had to pass through the Immortality Questing Path. Each sect’s Immortality Questing Path was different. Some emphasized talent, some the mind. Others even emphasized beauty, but Splendid Cloud Sect emphasized the heart.

Not their minds, but their hearts. Only disciples who were suited to Splendid Cloud Sect’s traits could pass through Splendid Cloud Sect’s Immortality Questing Path. Maybe due to this, Splendid Cloud Sect might not be the largest and strongest sect in the cultivation world, but due to their unity, no one in the cultivation world dared to underestimate them, not even Radiance Sect.

However, while Radiance Sect did not dare to underestimate the other sect, the personalities of their disciples were completely opposite. The only trait they had in common was most likely gender at certain times. These two were even of different genders. What mysterious power caused them to be so close?

An He was not the only one so shocked. Xiao Dong who sat together with Lin Hu was in a whirl inside. His shishu who was like the untouchable moon in the sky would pour tea for friends and serve friends food in private? Even scarier was that he saw Shishu smile, smile!

He turned to look at Lin Hu. Shishu usually was in Elder Lin’s company—was he the same then?

“Do not look at me,” Lin Hu said to him using a sound spell. “I am a servant who does not know anything.”

Xiao Dong: “…”

Act-actually, Elder Lin appeared not so normal either.

When the fish soup entered the stomach, it turned into spirit liquid that nurtured the spirit platform. Kong Hou drank a sip and did not bear to drink more. She turned and said to Huan Zhong, “This fish soup can nurture the spirit platform.” She pushed the bowl towards Huan Zhong. “I’ll give this bowl to you.”

Seeing the young girl push the fist-sized bowl towards him, Huan Zhong was slightly dazed.

This was the first time in his life he experienced someone discovering something good and then saving it for him. He felt slightly at a loss regarding what to do, but his heart softened.

She was still so young, just sixteen. She had not travelled through the cultivation world. She did not know how many good things there were, how many wondrous secret realms, but she left him this fish soup which she thought was good.

Huan Zhong thought back to a long long time ago, to what his mother had said to him before her death.

“Huan Zhong, do not believe those rumors outside. You are not a dullard, you are not an idiot—you just do not understand emotions. Remember this, if someone is so good to you they will try to save and give you the best things, then they really like you.”

“What is the best?” He did not understand. He looked at his mother who had a fragile complexion and was so thin she seemed a skeleton. However, he did not know what a sad expression was like.