Chapter 402 (2): Mountain Cliff Academy
Most likely because she felt like Li Baoping was a relatively easygoing person, Pei Qian's footsteps gradually became quicker and more nimble.
After Pei Qian arrived at Li Baoping's dorm and saw the mountains of transcriptions on the three empty beds, however, she almost fell to her knees and kowtowed to Li Baoping.
No wonder Li Baoping had replied with a simple nod after Pei Qian summoned her courage to show off slightly just then, saying that she completed transcriptions every single day. Pei Qian initially thought that she had clawed back some ground, causing her to feel a little smug and allowing her to stand a little straighter.
Li Baoping poured a cup of tea for Pei Qian and told her to sit wherever she wanted.
Meanwhile, she climbed onto her bed and retrieved her small bamboo bookcase, moving it to the table. She then took out the saber, Auspicious Talisman, as well as the small silver gourd that A'Liang had given her.
"Here, a gift for you," Li Baoping said.
Pei Qian glanced at the saber and the small gourd. She was relatively good at appraising items now, so she looked up at Li Baoping and asked a redundant question, saying, "These are very, very expensive, right?"
Li Baoping didn't purposely hide anything from Pei Qian, replying, "I heard A'Liang mention that the quality of the saber, Auspicious Talisman, is only so-so. It's a pseudo-celestial tool or whatnot. This small gourd that I swindled from Wind Snow Temple's Sword Immortal Wei Jin is better, and it's one of the seven Sword Nurturing Gourds that the Dao Ancestor personally raised when he was cultivating in a thatched cottage in the past. Sword immortals will become more powerful if they nurture their flying swords with these gourds. Pei Qian, haven't you started to practice sword techniques already? Here, you can use this gourd."
Pei Qian's tongue was already tied in a knot, and she said in a muffled voice, "But I've only just started to practice sword techniques. My skills are very mediocre, and I'm not a sword cultivator who possesses bonded flying swords or anything. I'm also quite slow, so I might not be able to nurture anything in my lifetime..."
"Do you like Auspicious Talisman and the small gourd?" Li Baoping asked bluntly.
Pei Qian timidly nodded in response.