Bai Wei'er - 441

Zhu Yi slowly turned his head and looked at the girl behind him. She was standing with her hands on her hips while staring at him.

"Wow. What a hero. You tried to save me." Although her words were nice, her face made it clear that she was being sarcastic.

Zhu Yi did not know how to respond.

"Aren't you going to apologize? You stepped on me." The girl said.

"Sorry." Zhu Yi said before ignoring the girl.

"She seems obnoxious." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi nodded. He went up to the beast and began cutting it open. It hadn't been long since the beast had died, so he would hopefully be able to get the core before the Qi in it dispersed.

"Hey! Aren't you going to thank me?" 

Zhu Yi nodded without looking at the girl. "Thanks."

With a beast core from a beast at the 7th level of the Qi gathering realm, it would be more useful than the other beast cores he had used.

Still, it wouldn't be much due to still being in the Qi gathering realm.

Just before he ran out of time, Zhu Yi got the core and had Zhou Fan absorb it.

"What did you just do?" A voice asked from right behind him.

Zhu Yi almost jumped.

He stood up and faced the girl.

"Zhu Yi thanks senior for saving me. But I must be on my way now." He said with a bow.

Zhu Yi began to jog away, but an icicle shot past him, drawing blood from his face. 

Zhu Yi came to a stop and sighed.

"It seems you chanced upon a spoiled brat. Unlucky." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi turned around and looked at the girl again.

"Take that back."

Zhu Yi was confused. 

"Senior. How dare you call me a senior. I'm only 16 years old. Take it back!"

Zhu Yi politely bowed again. "I apologize. I was only referring to you as a senior in terms of cultivation. Forgive my rudeness."

Zhu Yi then turned around and began sprinting away. He really couldn't deal with this abnormally strong child, even if she was older than him.

"Stay."

Zhu Yi stopped again, almost falling to his knees this time.

"For the love of god let me escape." Zhu Yi mumbled to himself.

When Zhu Yi turned around, the girl was right next to him.

"My name is Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect. What is your name?"

"Zhu Yi. No sect." Zhu Yi responded.

"No wonder you're so weak and have no backbone. Have you heard of my sect?" The girl asked.

"No." Zhu Yi responded.

"Haha. Of course not. You're just a lowly Qi gathering realm cultivator." The girl chuckled, acting as if the answer was obvious before even asking the question.

"Should we create a list of people you need to beat up in the future?" Zhou Fan asked.

Zhu Yi nodded imperceptibly.

"Alright. How about this? You can become a servant, or perhaps a slave of my sect. Would you like to?" The girl asked.

"No." Zhu Yi responded.

"Are you sure? Everyone in my sect, even the slaves and servants practice the universal cultivation manual. Also, even as a slave or servant, nobody in this world would dare treat you rudely." She said.

Zhu Yi shook his head again. Although he was now interested in her sect, he would not be a slave or a servant. No cultivator would.

"Whatever. What can be expected from some brat. Go away now." The girl said as she "Dismissed" Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi ran away again, this time managing to finally leave. Only after a while did Zhu Yi stop and sit against a tree trunk. He wasn't sure how to feel about that interaction.

Since everything had been said by some mere brat, he did not take it to heart or really care that much, but she still could not be ignored.

Zhu Yi grabbed a piece of bark off of the tree and began to write names into it.

The first was, "Nascent soul old man".

The second was, "Bai Wei'er of the Celestial Ice Sect".

"Do you think that girl was being honest in her words?" Zhu Yi asked.

"It seemed like it, though it was hard to tell if she was being completely literal about everything." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi nodded. "She made it sound like she was from another world. Could that be true?"

"It can be true, but it's hard to say if it's actually true." Zhou Fan responded.

"No point in thinking too much about it." Zhu Yi said as he got up.

All grudges would be repaid when he was stronger. Not just Bai Wei'er, but the entire Celestial Ice Sect would need to be put in their place.

Zhu Yi began to run back to White palace city.

"What do you think that Chen Jie would have done in that situation?" Zhu Yi asked as he ran.

"From the stories, he probably would have crossed realms to beat her up, but realistically, he probably would do the same as you. Endure and repay it in the future." Zhou Fan said.

Zhu Yi nodded. 

Zhou Fan spoke again. "That reminds me of a saying I've heard somewhere. "Endure today, freedom tomorrow." I can't remember where I heard it from, but it makes sense in this situation."

Zhu Yi continued running for a few days before finally returning to White Palace City. Immediately upon returning, he went to a building off to the side of the rogue cultivator guild.

That was where materials for mission completion were handed over.

It was a large warehouse. Zhu Yi entered through the front door with a large backpack on his back. It was filled to the brim with lizard tendons.

After scanning his card at a desk, Zhu Yi was directed to a large room for examination of materials.

A woman with a monocle and a mustache entered, and while Zhu Yi tried not to stare, she examined the beast tendons.

The monocle seemed to be some sort of item, and the woman was done counting and examining the beast tendons rather fast. She told Zhu Yi to return to the crystal pad and use it to have his information updated.

Zhu Yi nodded and left. He left behind the bag as it had been a loan from the Rogue cultivator guild.