If age is a problem, time will fix it

The immortals ask themselves: What would have happened if they had not obeyed the will of the god who was presented to them? After interrupting the escapade of their young disciple, would they have tried again? Would those two have met anyway? How strong is their destiny?

There are so many questions. But only one present. Everything resulted in this; there is nothing left but to give an adequate answer.

After exchanging glances between them, they direct it to their students. The hands of those two young men are intertwined and their eyes sincerely shine. The intensity of their feelings and how excited they are for the other is remarkable. Ah, adolescence and first love ...

They sigh and smile softly at them:

—No.

Then they grabbed their foolish pupil by the collar of his robe and lifted him like a kitten, separating him from that little boyfriend of his and forcing him to return to their side.

—Shifu! —The couple complain. They were surprised by the result.

Immortal Xiao casts a silencing spell on her noisy child and hits him on the head. Xiao Qingchen whimpers and whimpers mutely from his place. On the other hand, immortal Song does not see the need to silence his son because he does not even comment on this. All the young man does is frown and look at him with his pretty eyes full of complaint. The teacher is moved...

So he covers his eyes. The eyes of Song Zhen.

Out of sight, out of mind. So boring. If it were up to him and there was a spell against silencing, then he would immediately apply it to his Zhen'er just to have the pleasure of scolding him for being talkative. Just like his shijie did with her student!

—Shifu.

His Zhen'er calls. He ignores him and keeps trying to understand on his own everything that just happened.

He must have an urgent talk with his student! Go to the temple now! He knows that it is late and that he would probably only speak to nobody, but he must remind this child of the oath of chastity for which he has been preparing for two years. Yes. Yes. Earlier this master was even imagining and planning the wedding of his Zhen'er with this Xiao boy, but now the circumstances have changed! And if talking about the forgotten vow of chastity will help Yewan stay with the family, then he will use it!

«Young Xiao, you can also come and stay in my family. Just do not take a son away from his father!»

—Dad…

Song Zhen calls him again, but with a certain childish tone. Curious about this change, Song Baihua pays attention to him, noticing that his student was making an adorable pout. Oh! The anger of a child! The cheeks of Yewan are even a little puffed up! Song Baihua melts to the point of considering hearing her request- No, grant it! Whatever it is! His Zhen'er has not behaved like this since his seven years, he cannot help be inspired!

—Tell me. —Hide his lack of firmness.

Song Yewan perceives it and exploits it by suppressing his own shame.

—Dad said he would support me, did not he?

—I say it.

—But actually, he does not. Does... dad wants me to die of sadness?

Crestfallen. Pout, pout.

This is his way of "helping his teacher to make the right decision": he just has to act childish and speak strange (childish)!

Because of how weird and embarrassing it is to do this, he speaks at the lowest volume he can. He does not want Qingchen or Master Xiao to listen to this dishonorable theater! However, hearing of the young Xiao is good; he sharpened it from the first 'Dad' that he heard. Xiao Qingchen is now ecstatic, gloating restlessly and laughing mutely from where his master is holding him. His laugh is not mocking, but rather a happy laugh that he was able to hear his Song Zhen do something so cute and embarrassing.

Song Zhen is always so serious and mature… Xiao Qingchen loves this behavior!

His cheeks are cheerfully red and he covers them both with his palms. Master Xiao sees this and does not know whether to smile for him or continue with her discomfort. She met a reserved, solemn, and charming boy. So… who is this whining spoiled child? Embarrassing! Still, she keeps watching. The only thing he mocks inwardly is how hesitant and nervous Master Song looks when he does not know what to say to his student.

Feel someone pulling on her sleeve. The large, clear eyes of his pupil cry for her; practically, she can hear her A-Qing say 'Shifuuu' in complaint.

Oh. Right. 

She had also promised to support him.

But she no longer wants to do it. She really does not want to. Her hands are shaking just thinking about it and a lump forms in her throat earlier than expected. Her heartbeat skips, her nerves twitch. She is scared. Her feet even begin to recede, to flee, when ...

—Jie...

Master Song calls out to her, noticing her immobility in terror. He is worried about her, one step away from going to hold her, because she is so terrified that her face turned as pale as the face of a ghost and she looks like she will fade any minute.

She must compose herself.

Immortals exchange glances once more and then return to their children. Master Xiao removes the silencing spell with a graceful movement of her fingers and returns Xiao Qingchen to the ground.

—Ga. —Try the pale-robed boy speaking again.

Hearing him, Song Yewan draws all his attention to him. He feels the footsteps of Qingchen approaching, and suddenly Song Yewan feels the ground himself. Master Song removes his hand and allows him to see again. He blinks a few times before getting used to the light again.

Both teenagers look for an answer on the face of his shifu as they approach the other to hold his little finger.

—Wait a little longer. —Immortals indicate when they meet one side.

~

Immortal masters meditated on the matter for about an hour and then returned to the minors, who were suddenly with a young panda playing in their arms.

—… 

This is hard.

Master Xiao feels has slapped herself by allowing Xiao Qingchen to venture outside. Ever since the immortal withdrew to that mountain at the entrance to the spirit world and picked up her first disciple, she had forbidden to leave the place.

What is this present then?

It is true that there were many years ago, those who did not abide by her rules and decided to give up their peaceful life to let themselves be carried away by their own dreams; Xiao Qingchen is neither the first nor the second. However, none of the adventure stories ended in a happy ending, how does this keep repeating itself?

All the children she has raised are too naive because she always wanted to show them the bright side of life. From the first one to the last one, all of them are too stupid to live in a society where you need to mistrust anyone. After all, she did not raise them to live in one like that.

That is why her former disciples easily attracted death.

Master Xiao is sure that her A-Qing, the youngest of the family, a spoiled child and who grew up between stories and games, is even more inappropriate than his other siblings. It was enough to have let him go the last time, and that was after getting the assurance of his safety from the gods.

Xiao Qingchen is lucky. Not like his three lost boys… 

Since the first abandonment, she had returned once a year to the mortal world only to keep watching them grow from afar. She was proud when she heard about their heroic accomplishments; she was devastated when she heard about their tragic deaths.

Although those three did not leave together or in the same decade, they all died in very similar situations: 

Traps. 

This made the immortal even more detest that selfish world disguised as the righteous; the murderer of those she has loved as her own sons.

She cannot allow her youngest little disciple to live there forever.

Impossible.

No way.

She cannot lose Xiao Chen as well. She cannot fail to take care of the only thing left by his most skilled and strongest student.

—Shifu...

She never told him and she does not intend to. Not even to prevent the departure of him.

—¿Mom?

She heeds the call from Qingchen. She was so immersed in her thoughts, that takes time to realize the way she was called. She looks at him; he is smiling.

"Mom…" Oh, God.

—Little brat, —she laughs once and slaps him lightly on the forehead—. That will not work for me.

Lie, it did. Well, just a little. Regardless, she had already made an agreement with Master Song.

She makes a subtle gesture and waits for Xiao Chen to leave the animal with his partner so that she can take him away for a conversation a few meters away from the others. Each step is an arrow that pierces her and wounds her with doubt. When it is time to start talking, she does not.Master Xiao stops looking at his little face in detail. She caresses one of his cheeks with regret.

She cannot understands. She has given him everything and he is loved by everyone there on the mountain, there is no reason to leave! However, here is this ungrateful boy, who now wants to abandon this teacher to be with a person he met a few months ago. And to get to this, not only did he break several important rules, but he did not receive the punishment for all of those. That being the case, how does he have the face to ask her for more considerations?

—Shefuu, don't pull my cheek so muuuch QAQ)

She was already permissive enough! This immortal would not allow this, but ...!

—Ah, thenks, shefu… ; v ;) /

Discreetly, she observes the hand of her child; especially look at the bright, almost transparent red thread that hangs from his ring and has already found its half. Situations and fortunes like these are so unlikely, she cannot take that away from him.

Sighs.

She definitely should have ignored that nosy rabbit god.

—Terms.

Xiao Qingchen smiles broadly as he massages his sore cheek.

~

On the other hand, Immortal Song also had the same feeling as Master Xiao. Although he is more flexible and visited the mortal world together with his senior disciples at least twice a year, he felt that this situation made fun of him. Not that he hated that place that was his home hundreds of years ago, he just… did not trust it enough.

It is dangerous even for people who were born and raised there, how to let this child run free in a field full of deep ditches like that? Plus a war is coming, he cannot allow his Zhen'er to get entangled in it! He is so talented that selfish people will try to drag him into their problems and so kind that he will let himself be carried away in order to help. Song Baihua cannot allow his student to fall into the same web into which he was thrown.

Song Zhen does not know how dire and awful it is to experience bad times, and neither does this teacher wants him to know. He is still a child and no child should witness the decline of a society.

—Father. —His eyes are clear with his desire, they are rays of sunlight on sunflowers—. I really want to go with him.

—You are too young.

The youngest seems to think it over a bit.

—If I were an adult, would it be okay?

Master Song just stared at him without giving him a clue or answer.

This master had also made an exception with his youngest disciple, should he do it one more time? Previously, he ignored its rules and escaped from the temple, this teacher allowed him and even helped him. So his student met that boy Xiao. When Song Yewan returned, he did not punish him. So different from that pair of students who a long time ago also decided to give their hearts to someone outside and they went to chase him.

In addition, this teacher supported him from the beginning; it is not okay to discourage him now, is it?

But…

The temple demands that whoever joins must be clear about their future because, reaching a certain age, they would swear to their goddess to follow a pure and chaste path, surrendering to her without any ties... In other words, single.

Oh, and no possessions such as a home or wealth.

The punishment for breaking this oath is expulsion and the exile would be unable to cultivate in the way they were taught.

—Yes. It would be fine if you were an adult, Zhen'er. But you have many years to go.

Ah, it is true. This is good. After all, Song Zhen has yet to swear, so he has not violated anything.

—I can wait. —The young man assures. His expression and tone of voice reveal his sincere determination.

Immortal Song smiles at him and caresses his small head. He wonders what would have happened if his goddess had not suddenly interceded for his young student, asking that he let him go.

—I suppose we can come to an agreement. However, I will ask you to analyze your decision well befo-

—I'm sure. I want to go with Qin-

—I'm telling you to think about it.

This calm and obedient boy turned out to be the black sheep! And now this black sheep wanted to completely abandon him without a second thought! This ungrateful child... all to pursue a loved one!

—It is okay, —says the black sheep before suddenly hugging him.

Song Baihua is going to die from the excitement.

"Wait a little longer."

At that moment, the masters were referring to needing time to talk it out among themselves; however, in the end, it turns out that the young couple really had to wait a little longer to fulfill their dream.