Mi - 587

The Child stared at the Elders for a while, but seeing they did not respond, he eventually looked back at Zhou Fan and answered.

"The top?"

"Is that a question or your answer?" Zhou Fan asked.

The Child thought for a moment before responding.

"The top."

"And what is the top?" Zhou Fan asked.

The Child thought for a moment. "The Sage realm."

He answered the question confidently.

"No. The top is far higher than the Sage realm. Ask your elders about historical battles that shook the Universe."

The gazes of the Elders shook for a moment before the Inner World realm Cultivator spoke.

"In the past, long before I was born, there were records of battles that shook the entire Universe, battles that resulted in the deaths of a nearly infinite number of beings. The Peak we know is the Sage realm, but it is not truly the top." 

Zhou Fan nodded.

The Child, who had intently listened to his Elder, looked back at Zhou Fan. "What is the top?"

"Do you want to reach it?" Zhou Fan asked.

"Yes." The Child said resolutely. 

The simple words, "Shaking the Universe" lit a fire within him. He had a new desire, as expected from a Child.

"The top is known as the Peak, and no Cultivator besides me has ever reached it."

The Elders' heads snapped over. They looked at him with surprise and suspicion.

They were surprised he would say such a thing, and suspicious if he had any ulterior motives.

The Child, however, didn't understand how unbelievable Zhou Fan's claim was. 

His eyes lit up. "You've reached the Peak?"

The Elder wanted to warn him of the scam, but they knew that Zhou Fan was far too powerful.

Zhou Fan ignored their suspicion and focused on the Child. They were right to not believe it. Believing it would make Zhou Fan suspicious of them.

"I have. You can too." Zhou Fan said.

The Child was excited. He believed it as well. Besides pure innocence and not fully understanding everything, he also knew that he had unparalleled Cultivation talent. He had been told this his entire life by everyone. It didn't seem ridiculous that he could reach the Peak.

"How?" The Child asked simply.

Zhou Fan held out his hand. "Come with me." 

The Child looked at his Elders. After all, Zhou Fan was still just some stranger.

Although the Elders were suspicious of Zhou Fan, he did not seem to have ill intentions. Besides, he gave off an unreadable air that made them think, just for a moment, that he could be telling the truth.

The Elders nodded, not sure where the Child would end up after taking this path.

The Child got up and took Zhou Fan's hand. Zhou Fan walked away with the Child beside him. "You don't have any attachments here, do you?"

"Just the Elders. I'll come and see them again one day."

Zhou Fan nodded. "That's reasonable."

A power shot out from within him and entered the Elder's bodies. Since the Child wanted to see them again, they didn't need to die for now.

Although they walked, they traversed an unimaginable distance. When the Child even realized he was moving, he had entered a vast landscape.

"This is my residence." Zhou Fan said as he sat against Leaf, who planted himself in the ground again. 

Monty slithered off of Zhou Fan and laid down on Leaf's branches.

There was no need for any complications. Zhou Fan began to teach the Child. The Child, being a Child, did not constantly Cultivate or train.

He was not completely dedicated or focused yet. He was a normal child. Leaf seemed to like him. When the Child was bored, he would climb on Leaf or even sleep on him. Monty did not like the Child much. He only occasionally interacted with him, despite the Child's numerous attempts to pet Monty.

Zhou Fan chuckled inwardly. If he saw the true form of Monty, he wondered what his reaction would be.

Looking at Leaf, he had recently entered the 1st level of the High Sage realm. 

Although countless years had passed, he had broken through earlier than expected. Zhou Fan had expected him to take ten or a hundred times longer, but it seemed that he was lucky.

As the Child grew, so did his Cultivation and his mindset. He began to focus more on Cultivation, training, and even comprehension.

He still held Leaf in high regard, knowing that Leaf was a living tree, but they were no longer close, not that they had ever really been that close.

Leaf did not mind, he swayed happily regardless. As long as Zhou Fan was here, what did it matter?

He had quite the good mindset.

The Child, after so long, had told Zhou Fan his name, but Zhou Fan did not like it. It started with a Y, and he was tired of names starting with Y's.

Ye Li, Yhwh, Yoha, enough was enough. 

He called the Child "Child", but he also gave him another name. The name was "Mi".

Yes, an M looked much better than a Y.

The Child, naturally, was confused by Zhou Fan's recent dislike of the letter Y, but ignored it regardless. He understood more, though not about the outside Universe. At the very least, he knew that his Teacher was most likely the strongest in the Universe.

Just as the Child was about to ask Zhou Fan to go out so he could experience the Universe, Zhou Fan spoke to him.

"It's about time you go out on your own and learn some things. You're not allowed to cultivate while you're gone. Bye."

Without being able to utter a word, Mi appeared in the middle of a street. He was surrounded by people walking past him.

Someone bumped into his shoulder, and they were both knocked back equally.

"Sorry." The passerby said as he continued.

Mi looked at his shoulder in shock. He was at the Peak of the Inner World realm. Under Zhou Fan's guidance, his combat strength far surpassed others of the same realm. 

If he bumped into the shoulder of his Elder from long ago, even his Elder would be knocked down without resistance.

Where was he?