Unsheathed

Big Sister Baoping was still carrying that small bamboo bookcase and wearing those familiar red clothes. However, as she looked at the gradually disappearing figure, Pei Qian suddenly started to worry for no apparent reason that Big Sister Baoping would grow taller and even more different when she saw her again tomorrow. Perhaps this was what her Master had felt when he visited Mountain Cliff Academy back then?

Perhaps Master had already thought of what today would be like when he insisted on doing those things in the academy that Pei Qian had found extremely fun back then? Indeed, some things appeared very fun, but perhaps growing up wasn't actually one of those very fun things?

Pei Qian scratched her head and stomped her foot in frustration. She was already the third-in-command in the two shops now, so how was she still so forgetful? She retrieved two sticks of candied hawthorn that had been wrapped in oil paper from her sleeves. She had forgotten to give these to Big Sister Baoping!

She sighed again and again, placing one stick of candied hawthorn back inside her sleeve before crunching down on the other one. It was truly delicious. As for the money used to buy these candied hawthorn, it had all been provided by Shi Rou. But seriously, Pei Qian had simply mentioned candied hawthorn a few times at the pastry shop and asked Shi Rou a few times whether she could hear the peddler walking down the street and selling candied hawthorn.

After a few mentions, Shi Rou had voluntarily given Pei Qian a bunch of copper coins and said that she would treat the young girl to some candied hawthorn. There was no need for her to repay Shi Rou. But how could Pei Qian accept the money just like this? She wasn't a drooling little child, after all. As such, she had stared at the copper coins in Shi Rou's palm before shaking her head and hands, saying that she didn't need this money at all. In the end, however, she had still accepted the copper coins due to Shi Rou's warm-hearted insistence.

Pei Qian finished one stick of candied hawthorn and left the other stick in her sleeve. She had purchased it using Shi Rou's money, after all, so she would offer it to Shi Rou when she returned. As for Big Sister Baoping's share, she would buy it using her own money.

This embodied the frankness and generosity of those from the cultivation world.

Pei Qian brandished her hiking pole for a while before glancing at the dog that was hiding in the distance. She shot a glare at it, and the dog immediately ran over with its tail between its legs, lying down beside her when it arrived.

Pei Qian squatted down and grabbed its mouth, raging, "Little Brother, what's going on with you? Why are you so short? Are you a shorty? Don't you find this embarrassing? Hmm? Come on, speak up!"

The dog had mysteriously obtained a huge fated opportunity and become a spirit a long time ago, meaning that it should have been able to run around freely in the large mountains in the west of Dragon Spring Prefecture. Right now, however, the dog didn't move at all, and there was a look of grief and resentment in its eyes.

It had already developed sentience and intelligence, and its backer was also the powerful Dragon Spring Sword Sect. As such, it could be regarded as a mountain spirit that no one dared to provoke in the large mountains in the west. However, it was still a fair way off being able to speak in human tongue and assume human form.