**Chapter 73: Have You Grown Tired of Me, Little Qi?**
“This is going to cause a lot of trouble, right? If it’s not feasible, just let me go. I can’t bring you any trouble.”
Little Qi stared at the Black Lotus on the sword, her head downcast. Her tone was flat, but her tightly grasped sword hilt betrayed an inner turmoil that contradicted her calm demeanor.
Bai Feng reached out and lightly tapped her forehead. “What are you saying? Where would you go if you left? Leave this to me.”
“But…”
Little Qi looked at the sword in her hands, feeling frustrated. It seemed like the world had never shown her a hint of kindness. Whenever she tried to live a peaceful life, the world would just tear it apart.
Bai Feng didn’t continue to persuade her. Instead, he pulled out a handkerchief from his storage bag and pretended to wipe away a tear, adopting a melodramatic tone. “Are you saying you’ve grown tired of your brother and want to live on your own?”
“N-no! I would never grow tired of you, Brother!”
Little Qi panicked, but before she could stammer out an explanation, a warm hand rested gently on her head.
“Then, can you just follow my lead? Let me handle the tough stuff.”
Bai Feng ruffled her hair, his tone leaving no room for refusal.
Little Qi lifted her head slightly to meet Bai Feng’s serious gaze. It was reminiscent of the day he discovered and adopted her.
Her eyes glistened, and she nodded slowly. “Mm.”
‘Great! Finally settled her down!’
Bai Feng let out a sigh of relief inside. He really didn’t want Little Qi to leave. For one, he genuinely felt attached to her. Secondly, it was glaringly obvious that she had the makings of a villain in an unfortunate script.
If he let her wander off, who knows when she might run into the Child of Destiny? And given their relationship, wouldn’t the system just go wild stuffing him full of luck points?
Forget luck points—what if Little Qi got treated like a boss by the Child of Destiny?
In short, he absolutely had to keep Little Qi around!
At that moment, Bai Yu Mo, who had been silent until now, observed Bai Feng and Little Qi with a peculiar gleam in her eyes.
She clenched her fists. That “brother” title was supposed to be exclusive to her!
But ultimately, she loosened her fists. Perhaps this was a consequence of her evading Bai Feng for the past few years. At least he still recognized her as his sister—somehow that was enough for now.
“By the way, Little Qi, let me take a look at your sword.”
Bai Feng suddenly remembered something. After he defeated Ye Tang, the system rewarded him with an Immortal Fire. It was thanks to that fire that he was able to burn away a peculiar weapon and the dark energy inside it.
Maybe he could use the Immortal Fire to destroy the inheritance as well.
“Please be careful.”
Little Qi nodded and cautiously handed him the long sword adorned with the Black Lotus pattern. If the sword tried to harm Bai Feng, she would snatch it back in an instant.
Bai Feng didn’t get cocky. He summoned the Immortal Fire and enveloped his hand with it as he received the long sword.
The once docile sword in Little Qi’s hands started to quiver uncontrollably as if it were determined to break free at any moment.
“Behave yourself.”
Bai Feng frowned and cranked up the flame’s intensity. The sword let out a piercing metallic clang, almost as if it were screaming in pain.
After a while, he suddenly halted and fell into deep thought.
Sure, the Immortal Fire could burn this sword—including its internal inheritance—but the problem was that this inheritance was different from the dark energy in Ye Tang’s weapon; it would try to flee when danger approached.
Since he hadn’t practiced fire control, he couldn’t precisely stop it. If the inheritance managed to escape, who knew what might happen?
Should he risk it and expand the fire’s area of effect to torch the weapon and the inheritance in one go?
But it might flee too quickly and not burn completely.
Bai Feng turned to Little Qi. “I can’t guarantee a complete destruction, but I can help you seal it for now. Once we return, I’ll learn some fire control techniques and help you wipe out the Black Lotus inheritance.”
“Okay, let’s do it that way, Brother.”
Little Qi nodded, feeling a wave of relief.
Since her brother said it could be done, it would definitely happen!
“Then it looks like we’ll have to keep it here for a few days.”
Bai Feng planned to consult Lin Yan about fire control secrets once they got back. With the Yin Yang Pattern’s mimicking ability, mastering a few techniques shouldn’t be overly difficult.
For now, even though he couldn’t completely destroy the inheritance, sealing it with Immortal Fire was still an option.
After all, this thing only had instincts; unless its own safety was threatened, it would merely evade the Immortal Fire rather than force its way through the flames.
To be safe, he laid down several layers of seals.
“Alright, the sealing is complete. Once we return, I’ll learn some fire techniques, and we can thoroughly deal with this. For now, we’ll keep the sword with me.”
Bai Feng stored the long sword in his storage bag. At that point, the Black Lotus pattern had been replaced by a red flame emblem, and getting close would only reveal a robust fire attribute spirit power, not a hint of anything unusual.
Little Qi sensed that her connection to the sword had become very weak. If she didn’t concentrate, she might not even notice it was there.
“Thank you, Brother.”
On Little Qi’s usually expressionless face, her lips seemed to be making an effort to curl into a smile.
In contrast to Little Qi, who was totally uninterested in the Immortal Fire, Bai Yu Mo stared blankly at the fire in Bai Feng’s hand.
She could feel the tremors of her Celestial Bone, sensing that this flame was extraordinary—likely it had connections to the celestial realm.
However, she didn’t ask any questions and was instead pleased that Bai Feng could experience such celestial fortune.
Although Bai Feng showcased incredible talent in formations and other areas, his cultivation talent was merely mediocre. Now that he had obtained a celestial artifact, it just might fill that gap.
“Brother, don’t show that flame in front of others again.”
She finally spoke up, cautioning him that such celestial objects held immense temptation for cultivators. Unlike the limitations of her Celestial Bone, the flame in Bai Feng’s hand was clearly something that could be directly wielded if stolen. If others found out, even some old-timers might be unable to resist taking action.
“Don’t worry, I know.”
Bai Feng tucked the flame away. He certainly understood how alluring celestial artifacts were to other cultivators.
If anyone else were present besides Bai Yu Mo, he wouldn’t have taken the risk of revealing the Immortal Fire to seal Little Qi’s inheritance.
“Alright, let’s head back.”
Bai Feng ruffled Little Qi’s hair. Once they returned, he figured he’d need to procure a special kind of spirit fire to find an excuse to learn fire control techniques.
…
Upon reaching the temporary camp, the first thing Bai Feng noticed was Su Lan Qian standing at the entrance, scanning the area.
As soon as she spotted him, she immediately quieted down.
Bai Feng remained silent for a few seconds. —If this girl didn’t shake off her Heart Demon, would she follow him around forever?
He bit back the urge to sass her and greeted Su Lan Qian as he walked into the camp.
He quickly spotted a disciple from Purple Cloud Peak, engrossed in a conversation with Luo Chen.
‘Isn’t that the senior sister who was stuck in a formation before? Wait a minute…’
Bai Feng’s imagination went wild.
Isn’t Luo Chen, the Child of Destiny, somehow linked to his senior and junior sisters? It seemed like he was always wrapped up with people from Purple Cloud Peak!
Could it be that every time Luo Chen took action, he would run into someone from Purple Cloud Peak, leading to a cycle of regret?
He could only hope Lin Yan would help Luo Chen deal with the Purple Cloud Peak disciples soon.
Seeing Bai Feng and the others return, Luo Chen shrugged off the Purple Cloud Peak senior sister’s grasp on his sleeve and ambled over to Bai Feng, leaving the stunned senior sister standing there, uncertain what to do.
“Bai Shidi, Senior Sister, the interrogation results for those two have come in.”
