Ever since Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing got married, Bai Qi did feel down for a while, but things eventually returned to normal.
Later on, Cai Cai grew up, and Bai Qi beca Cai Cai's Cultivation ntor. Practically every few days, she would go over to Fang Ren's house for a al, and take the chance to have so verbal fun with him.
Fang Ren even started to think of her as a female hooligan while he was so kind of enticing young boy.
"You're this old and not hurrying to find a man to marry, just knowing how to flirt with every day. Aren't you afraid Sister Hui Qing will hit you again?" Fang Ren said helplessly.
"I'm pretty busy with work, so I don't have the ti," Bai Qi casually replied with a wave of her hand.
"And yet, how do you have the ti to flirt with ?"
"As long as I want to, I can always make ti."
"So, you're saying you don't want to get married at all?"
Bai Qi helplessly said, "Marry who? Those about my age, their kids are almost as big as Cai Cai. The unmarried ones, they're all eighteen or nineteen years younger than . Wouldn't I be a cradle robber then?"
"You only look about twenty-five or twenty-six. If you wanted to get married, there'd be plenty of young guys chasing after you."
Bai Qi patted him on the shoulder with a laugh and said, "Young man, I'm only holding a torch for you. It's not just about holding a torch, I'd go through an abortion for you."
"You're at it again! Who did you learn this from? If Sister Hui Qing heard this talk, she'd beat you again."
"No worries, she can't beat ," Bai Qi said with a laugh.
Fang Ren, sowhat exasperated, said, "You didn't co over this ti just to flirt with this forty-year-old uncle, right?"
"Of course not," Bai Qi replied. "I just suddenly felt like checking in on Liu Qianqian to ask how she's been these years, and whether she regrets taking the man I should have been with."
Upon hearing this, Fang Ren's mood sunk even more.
Was Liu Qianqian unhappy?
Without a doubt, that was a tornt for anyone.
As for the matter of snatching n, sigh, if it wasn't for Liu Qianqian, he wouldn't be sitting here chatting with Bai Qi now.
Seeing Fang Ren with such a worried face, Bai Qi stopped joking around: "What? Are you so concerned about your first love? Is it that what n can't have always troubles their hearts?"
Fang Ren didn't answer imdiately, but after thinking it over seriously for a while, he said, "Not at first, but the more she gave, the more I felt it."
With a smile, Bai Qi said, "That's like having an emotional affair."
Fang Ren replied with a smile of resignation, "The physical one has already happened."
"If there's a first ti, there must be a second," Bai Qi comnted. "Old Fang, do you think I still have a chance?"
"What?"
"To have an affair with you."
"Stop joking!"
Suddenly, Bai Qi said seriously, "I'm not joking. Look, Sister Hui Qing has been with you for so long, you must be tired of her. Now take another look at . Although I may not be as young as those girls, with this face, this figure, and these silk-clad legs, how could they compare to ? Most importantly, I'm still untouched. How about it, am I attractive?"
Used to her joking manner, Fang Ren waved his hand dispiritedly and said, "I'm about to call the cops to arrest you for harassing a decent man."
Bai Qi laughed and patted his shoulder. After a while, she spoke again, "Speaking of which, Sister Hui Qing hasn't hit lately when I verbally flirt with you at your dinner table. Has she prepared herself for you having an affair with ?"
"She's afraid you'll beco the second Liu Qianqian," Fang Ren sighed.
Bai Qi nodded with a smile and then turned her attention to Liu Qianqian's situation, asking, "Didn't Sister Zhu Yuan say she might have co to Earth? Have you asked the Liu Family about her?"
"I asked, but they haven't seen her, and Zhu Yuan isn't sure if she actually ca back or not."
"Then it's hopeless. Looks like she was really hurt by you, this scumbag," Bai Qi sighed.
"How am I a scumbag again?"
Fang Ren suddenly rembered the nickna he had back in his school days.
"If you married both, wouldn't all problems be solved?" Bai Qi said nonchalantly.
"Then Sister Hui Qing would probably chop up."
Bai Qi laughed, "Didn't she hold back in the past? I know her very well; she's always been soft-hearted. She puts on a tough front to warn Liu Qianqian, but if Liu Qianqian really tried to get close to you again, she certainly wouldn't be able to follow through."
"In the past? How do you know about that?"
Fang Ren was taken aback, wondering how Bai Qi knew about it.
Bai Qi looked embarrassed, realizing she had let sothing slip.
"Cough cough, actually, I was watching from not too far away at the ti."
It wasn't sothing hard to admit, so she chose to be frank about it.
Fang Ren looked even more exasperated, "Seeing the consequences Liu Qianqian faced, you still dare to flirt with verbally?"
Bai Qi smiled, "Actually, after watching that whole scene back then, I had decided to let Sister Hui Qing chop at a few tis. A chop is five minutes, right? I'd accumulate a day's worth, then drag you away and have my way with you."
"The jokes you make..."
"But in the end, I wasn't brave enough, really. I was quite afraid of making Sister Hui Qing sad. But now, I feel like I could do it."
"Can you not look so serious when you're joking?" Fang Ren couldn't help but feel a bit frightened by the sudden earnestness on her face.
"I'm super serious, alright? Look, she has been with you for over twenty years, isn't that enough? It's about ti she learned to give her sister so space."
"She and I are husband and wife."
"Aren't we husband and wife too?" Bai Qi said, displeased, as she patted the giant tree behind her, "Our child has more talent than the child you have with Sister Hui Qing, having even saved Earth."
Fang Ren sighed, "Whenever we try to talk about serious matters, you always find a way to steer the conversation off track."
"Alright then, back to serious business, I think that for little Qianye's issue, we must cultivate together and allow your Spiritual Root to fully recover, only then can we awaken it."
"..."
Fang Ren was completely speechless.
"What's the matter, Old Fang, don't you think that makes sense?" Bai Qi, seeing him stunned, imdiately said, "There's no ti to delay, let's hurry back and consult with Sister Hui Qing, have her lend you to for a day—no, that's not right, I an I'll lend myself to you both for a day."
Fang Ren waved his hand dismissively, not intending to be led astray by her topic, instead he said, "Aside from waiting for little Qianye to wake up, there's another thod that's quite implausible."
"To vie for the position of the Master of Space?" Bai Qi asked.
She had heard about this from Sister Zhu Yuan, who couldn't help but rant that Fang Ren was a good-for-nothing lacking ambition whenever she brought it up.
"Yes, but there are still fifty years until the battle for the Chosen One, so, as I said, it's impractical." Fang Ren explained.
"I don't think it's entirely impractical though. You just need to cultivate in that cosmic abyss for a few years; your Cultivation Level could skyrocket, and perhaps then you'd find a way to awaken little Qianye," Bai Qi suggested.
"Even Sister Zhu Yuan doesn't understand what's exactly wrong with little Qianye; it probably has nothing to do with Cultivation Level," Fang Ren said.
Bai Qi suggested again, "Then I think restoring your Spiritual Root to its complete state is also a pretty good idea."
Fang Ren waved his hand dismissively again, "My Spiritual Root is almost complete, transferring your gray Spiritual Root to will probably be useless."
"See, you're guessing too—you're not entirely certain."
"Why are you always coveting my body?"
"Then I covet that you truly love , but I guess you can't just start loving all at once," said Bai Qi. "Don't you rember when we were in class, that ti you let little Qianye heal , it sohow led to my breakthrough?"
Fang Ren recalled the incident and couldn't help but blush a little.
At that ti, little Qianye hadn't yet developed a tiny tree-person consciousness and ended up binding him and Bai Qi together, leading to so rather embarrassing events.
Eventually, Fang Ren even bought Bai Qi new underwear online.
For so reason, little Qianye seed quite intent on pairing him and Bai Qi together; he rembered that during school, there was a ti when little Qianye actually treated Bai Qi almost like a mother.
But little Qianye was only childlike in thoughts and didn't understand the nuances of affection.
"By the way, have you let Cai Cai try? Isn't her Spirit Form a colorful little being? It resembles little Qianye quite a bit," Bai Qi asked.
"I've tried that long ago. Her Spirit Form and little Qianye have no spiritual connection; it's impossible to awaken little Qianye that way."
Having said that, Fang Ren stood up and, looking back at the giant tree behind him, suddenly proposed, "Although it's definitely impossible for us to cultivate together, we can try sensing it with our consciousness at the sa ti; maybe that will wake it up a bit."
Bai Qi also stood up, "Let's give it a try, but if anything cough cough happens, you can't let Sister Hui Qing chop , okay? I'm doing this to help you."
Upon hearing this, Fang Ren frowned, "Maybe we should just forget it, if sothing goes wrong... it would be the end."
Bai Qi laughed upon seeing his serious expression, "Co on, I'm a woman and not scared, what are you, a man, afraid of?"
"I'm really afraid the consequences could be severe."
"And you're not afraid that if we delay any further, Liu Qianqian might run into trouble?"
"Then... if anything happens, we'll stop imdiately."
Fang Ren steeled his heart and placed a hand on the tree trunk, once again using his psychic power to sense little Qianye.
Seeing him do this, Bai Qi also placed her hand on the trunk and seriously sensed for the consciousness of little Qianye.
The sea breeze was blowing, and the giant tree that had only branches but no leaves suddenly seed to co to life.
Its already towering figure began growing rapidly. It pushed the sea water outwards, creating waves, and the gray surface revealed colorful luminescence. It began sprouting leaves and branches so abundantly it could block out the sun.
"It's working!" Fang Ren was overjoyed.
"Stay focused," Bai Qi reminded.
Unbeknownst to them, they had been carried into the clouds by the rapidly growing giant tree.
But Fang Ren still couldn't establish a connection with little Qianye's consciousness.
Suddenly, the growth of the giant tree ceased, and the figures of Fang Ren and Bai Qi standing on the branches also vanished out of sight.
When Fang Ren opened his eyes again, he found himself in the familiar void and saw the World Tree whose end was beyond his sight.
"We're in..."
Fang Ren was surprised; he hadn't expected that their combined efforts could directly enter this space, which previously only little Qianye could lead him into.
"This is... where?"
Bai Qi looked around the unfamiliar space, edging closer to Fang Ren warily.
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