#17 - I will definitely come find you then.

"Ming-gege ~ ~ ~ ~ Qingwan is here to play with you ~ ~ ~ Ming-gege ~ ~ ~"

In the early morning, Chen Suya was basking in the sun in the courtyard, holding Xu Ming in her arms, when a silver bell-like crisp voice came in.

Chen Suya put Xu Ming down and bowed to Madam Qin behind Xu Ming: "This humble servant greets Madam Qin."

"Chen-jiejie, we've known each other for three years, why are you still so polite?" Madam Qin stepped forward to help Chen Suya up. "I've been a little busy these days and haven't come to see Chen-jiejie and Ming'er. Please forgive me."

"Madam Qin, you are too kind. Miss Qin has been accepted as a disciple by the Grand Elder of the Tianxuan Sect, and everyone in both residences is happy for Miss Qin," Chen Suya said with a smile.

Qin Qingwan and Xu Xueno, one with a congenital Sacred Body and the other with a congenital Sword Bone, were naturally known by the palace. The two little girls went to see the Emperor of Wu, returned to the ancestral mausoleum to worship their ancestors, and only came back yesterday.

"Ming-gege, let's read together!"

Qin Qingwan happily took a book from her arms and handed it to Xu Ming.

Chen Suya glanced at it; it was titled "Tianxuan Heart Sutra."

Chen Suya was startled: "Miss Qin, this is not allowed!"

Madam Qin pressed Chen Suya's hand down: "Why not? The National Preceptor said that Qingwan can show it to whomever she wants. Chen-jiejie doesn't need to worry about it. Let the children play in the courtyard. I want to make a pair of embroidered shoes for Qingwan and would like to ask Chen-jiejie for some advice."

"This…"

Chen Suya still felt that this was not appropriate, but Madam Qin had already pulled Chen Suya into the room.

"Ming-gege, let's read! Xiaobai, you read too ~ ~ ~"

Qin Qingwan pulled Xu Ming to a stool and sat him down.

The Tianxuan Goose also ran out of its nest and jumped behind the two of them, "Goose, goose, goose."

"Okay." Xu Ming nodded, not refusing.

Xu Ming knew that this cute little girl had good intentions and wanted him to cultivate as well, so she was sharing it with him.

Qin Qingwan opened the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra."

Looking at the contents of the book, Xu Ming rubbed his eyes.

How should he put it?

He seemed to recognize all the characters individually, but when they were put together, he didn't recognize them at all.

Moreover, by the time he saw the second character, he had already forgotten the first one.

"Qingwan, can you understand it?" Xu Ming asked.

"I can understand it ~" Qin Qingwan nodded. "This is 'mountain,' this is 'water,' this is…"

Qin Qingwan could smoothly read out the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra."

But Xu Ming remembered that Qin Qingwan couldn't read.

Xu Ming wrote the characters "mountain" and "water" in the snow and then asked Qin Qingwan: "What are these characters?"

Qin Qingwan looked at the characters in the snow and then shook her head: "Ming-gege, Qingwan doesn't recognize them."

"…"

Qin Qingwan could recognize the characters in the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra" but couldn't recognize the characters he wrote.

Xu Ming didn't know if this book was special or if it was special to Qin Qingwan.

However, just as Xu Ming read a line of the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra," several strings of words popped up in Xu Ming's mind again—

[You have read ten characters of the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra," Understanding of the Heavenly Dao +1.]

[Reading the complete "Tianxuan Heart Sutra" will grant you the achievement "Lesser Eternal Spiritual Root."]

[Lesser Eternal Spiritual Root: A spiritual root that can develop. With each cultivation session, you can improve the quality of the spiritual root. The Lesser Eternal Spiritual Root will gradually grow larger.

Note: Don't look down on my small spiritual root. Even though it's small, it's still very cute.]

"…"

Xu Ming's eyebrows twitched.

What the hell was a "Lesser Eternal Spiritual Root?"

However, despite the complaints, Xu Ming felt that this "Eternal Spiritual Root" should be similar to the "Sanctified Flesh" talent, both being of the developmental type.

If "Sanctified Flesh" was like Nasus stacking Q.

Then "Eternal Spiritual Root" was like Veigar stacking AP.

"Ming-gege, is something wrong?" Seeing Xu Ming in a daze, Qin Qingwan asked.

"It's nothing, let's continue reading." Xu Ming smiled.

"Mmm!" Qin Qingwan nodded, reading the contents of the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra" as she looked at it.

The "Tianxuan Heart Sutra" didn't have many words. After half an hour, Xu Ming and Qin Qingwan finished reading it once.

Xu Ming felt as if something had suddenly grown inside his body.

Immediately afterward, a warm current flowed through Xu Ming's body, and Xu Ming couldn't help but shiver.

Closing his eyes, with a thought, Xu Ming saw that there was indeed a small sapling in his dantian.

Was this the spiritual root?

From then on, every day, Qin Qingwan would bring the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra" to the Xu residence and read it with Xu Ming.

The reason why Xu Xueno didn't read with them was that Xu Xueno would feel dizzy and nauseous as soon as she looked at the "Tianxuan Heart Sutra."

Xu Ming could only read for half an hour each day at most; reading any longer would also make him feel nauseous and dizzy.

However, Qin Qingwan was completely fine.

It could only be said that people's constitutions were not the same.

A year passed, and Xu Ming was four years old.

Xu Ming indirectly inquired and learned that there was a four-hundred-pound cylindrical stone in the Xu residence, which Xu Ming could barely move.

As for the Eternal Spiritual Root, it was still a small sapling, but compared to the beginning, it had grown an inch taller.

On this day, the Sect Master of the Myriad Sword Sect personally came to the Xu residence to accept disciples.

Xu Xueno formally joined the Myriad Sword Sect.

Xu Xueno also wanted to go to the sect in a few years, like Qin Qingwan.

But the Sect Master of the Myriad Sword Sect disagreed.

Mainly because sword cultivators were different from Dao cultivators.

Sword cultivators needed to start training from the age of four or five.

Helplessly, Xu Xueno could only leave with the Sect Master of the Myriad Sword Sect.

On this day, Qin Qingwan cried very loudly, hugging Xu Xueno and refusing to separate.

Xu Xueno also couldn't help but cry.

"Xu-jiejie, come back and visit often," Qin Qingwan said, sniffling.

"Yes, I will." Xu Xueno nodded, took out a red string with a small jade piece on it, with the words "Qingwan" engraved on it, as if Xu Xueno had long thought that there would be a day of separation. "This is for you."

"I also have a gift for Xu-jiejie."

Qin Qingwan took out a pendant with a snake engraved on it?

"This necklace is a dragon I carved for Xu-jiejie."

"Thank you." Xu Xueno put the necklace around her neck.

The Tianxuan Goose painfully plucked a feather from its butt and gave it to Xu Xueno.

Xu Xueno also gave the Tianxuan Goose a red string with the word "Goose" engraved on it.

Then the two girls and a goose looked at Xu Ming.

Xu Ming was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and took out a farewell gift: "This stone bracelet is made from stones I picked and polished by the lake."

"It's so ugly." Xu Xueno pouted and complained, then grabbed the stone bracelet and put it on her right hand.

"This is for you." Xu Xueno gave Xu Ming a red string bracelet engraved with the word "Ming." "If you are bullied in the future, come to the Myriad Sword Sect to find me."

"Okay." Xu Ming smiled. "But what if I can't go to the Myriad Sword Sect?"

Xu Xueno thought for a moment: "Then recite my name silently before going to bed every day."

Xu Ming asked in confusion: "Why?"

"Chunyan-jiejie said that when a person recites the other person's name every day, if they don't recite it one day, that person will feel uneasy."

Xu Xueno looked at Xu Ming seriously.

"At that time, I will definitely come and find you."