Chapter 220: Five Months of Waiting

"Third Senior Sister, you always spoil him. Sooner or later, he will cause a huge disaster."

"And you?" Zhou Yifei brought up old matters instead. "Think about when you were around his age. Did you cause any fewer problems? Think about Sister Qi now, and then look at yourself now. Are you not ashamed?"

Gu He’s arrogance immediately diminished quite a bit.

"Third Senior Sister, those things are already in the past. Why are you still bringing them up?"

"You should go back. There is nothing for you to do here. I will take care of Xiao Bai."

Gu He did not dare to go against Zhou Yifei, so he only dared to act fierce in front of Bai He and quickly left.

Bai He could not help but glare at him.

Fierce, always being fierce only toward him.

Zhou Yifei gently stroked Bai He’s hair.

Bai He leaned against her and felt an overwhelming sense of safety.

"Xiao Bai, is it really as Fourth Junior Brother said, that you followed me to hunt demons for the sake of a thousand year demon core?"

"Mm."

"Then you should have told me about this directly."

Bai He spoke cautiously. "If I had said it in advance, you definitely would not have agreed, let alone allowed me to eat it."

Generally speaking, only those from crooked and demonic paths would use demon cores for cultivation.

If Bai He had said it beforehand, they would definitely not have let him eat it.

At that time, once demonic energy filled his body, it would be almost impossible to purify.

With demonic energy all over his body, he would only be able to live his whole life hiding it.

Whether it was the Lingguang Sect or the entire cultivation world, none of them could tolerate a person filled with demonic energy.

But Bai He was fine now.

Nothing had happened.

Although it was strange, it was also fortunate.

"How do you feel now? Is there anywhere you still feel uncomfortable?"

Bai He shook his head and replied, "No. I am sorry, Second Senior Sister, for making you worry."

"You should rest well first. I will find two disciples to come up and take care of you. There are too few people in your place. Xiao Bai, why not take in two more disciples?"

Zhou Yifei suggested, but Bai He shook his head.

"Second Senior Sister, forget it."

Counting carefully, the only disciple he had truly taken in was Xu Feng.

Ye Shiyuan was someone he had accepted reluctantly.

Moreover, the only advantage was that these two did not really require him to worry much about their cultivation.

If he were to take in two more disciples, he...

Bai He had self awareness and did not think he was capable of handling it.

"Thank you for your concern, Third Senior Sister, but I will pass."

"Mm, alright. If anything happens, just have your disciple go down the mountain to inform us. I will leave first."

"Goodbye, Third Senior Sister."

After Zhou Yifei left, Bai He lay on the bed, feeling as if he had just walked through the gates of hell.

After everyone had left, Xu Feng finally pushed the door open and walked in.

"Master."

"Xiao Feng."

"You really are something, eating things recklessly. Do you even know that when you were lying on the ground with your face pale, I was almost scared to death? I even thought someone had murdered you."

Xu Feng never had anything nice to say, and Bai He was already used to it.

"I did not expect it to turn out like this either."

Bai He picked up the Sky Cutting Sword and pointed at it. "If you have the ability, come out right now. Did you not say I would be fine?"

At this moment, the Sky Cutting Sword was truly pretending to be dead.

No matter how Bai He called it, it would not come out.

Annoyed, Bai He was about to throw it aside, but it automatically flew onto the table.

It was clearly there, yet refused to come out.

That was too much.

...

At night, Bai He finally saw the sword spirit of the Sky Cutting Sword.

It still had that cold expression as it looked at Bai He lying on the bed.

"See, I told you. You are able to absorb the power of the demon core."

"That is easy for you to say. You were not the one in pain. When I was lying on the ground like I was dead, why did you not come and check on me?"

"It was just a bit of pain. Is it necessary for you to be this angry?"

Just a bit of pain?

Since it was not happening to her, of course she could not feel it at all.

"Fine, hurry up and tell me. What do I need to do next?"

"Hmph, for now, you do not need to do anything. Slowly absorb this power. Do not think that just because you swallowed a thousand year demon core, its power is now yours. You need to learn how to digest it. With Ye Shiyuan not by your side, do not tell me you cannot even manage to digest it."

Bai He pointed at her and said angrily, "Do not say things like that here."

"I am leaving."

After saying that, the sword spirit disappeared again.

Bai He was angry, but there was nothing he could do.

The days of cultivation were always so dull and monotonous.

Five months later, Ma Hongjun was about to leave Spirit Pagoda.

Today, he had specially prepared some wine, planning to have a farewell with his only good friend here, Ye Shiyuan.

"Brother Ye, we have relied on each other here for half a year. Starting tomorrow, I will be leaving."

Ye Shiyuan pressed his lips together.

His temper today seemed especially good.

Probably because Ma Hongjun was about to leave, he did not show any dislike.

"After I go out, I am going to visit Xiao Bai."

"Mm."