Baiheng

So, you really are from the future?

Baiheng sat on a stool by the stone table, looking at Bai Luoming across from him with a curious expression, and began to speak.

Bai Luoming picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and said, "Yes, I remember we just saved Luofu, and then we came here."

Jingliu watched Bai Luoming drink water from his cup, his brows furrowing slightly, but he quickly regained his composure.

"So it's true that you're a disciple of the Jingliu Liu?"

Baiheng blinked, placed his hands on the table, and continued to question Bai Luoming with an inquisitive expression.

"Well, speaking of which, it was Master who asked me to become his disciple."

"Haha, I never thought that Jingliu Liu, who once said 'I will teach anyone who wants to learn my sword,' would one day be begging to take on a disciple."

Having received a definite answer, Baiheng lowered his hand from the table, then leaned closer to Jingliu and said with a smile:

"Jingliu Liu, you've gained another apprentice. What are your thoughts on that?"

"No."

Jingliu ignored Baiheng's teasing and sat down at the stone table, speaking coldly.

She didn't really have many thoughts about Bai Luoming right now, but she was already pretty much certain about the matter in her heart.

"All right."

Baiheng was somewhat disappointed. Then she shifted her gaze from Jingliu and turned to look at Bai Luoming. She was extremely curious about this future disciple of Jingliu.

She thought for a moment, then put on a smug look and asked Bai Luoming.

"Hehe, you say you're Jingliu's disciple, so as Jingliu Liu's friend, what should you call me?"

Bai Luoming stared blankly at Baiheng, who had a smug look on his face.

"Hey, hey, what are you looking at? Answer my question!"

Hearing Baiheng's impatient emphasis, Bai Luoming finally snapped out of his daze. After quickly gathering his thoughts, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Baiheng, murmured, and said, "Uncle-Master Baiheng."

Hearing Bai Luoming's words, Jingliu felt a sense of satisfaction for some reason. She nodded to herself, then turned her gaze away, pretending not to care, but her ears were secretly perked up.

Baiheng, however, did not think so. Although calling her "Shishu" (a term of respect for one's senior martial uncle) was correct, she always felt that it made her feel old, even though she was still very young.

"What?! I'm still so young, you can't call me that!"

"Then what should I call you?"

Bai Luoming shrugged, somewhat helplessly.

"Um?"

Baiheng held up a finger to his lips, pretending to be deep in thought.

After a moment, as if she had thought of something, she released her finger from her lips, then clapped her hands, pointed one finger to the sky with a wise expression, and said happily, "Call me sister! Call me Sister Baiheng!"

In this way, even if Bai Luoming comes from the future, she is still young! It's much better than titles like "Master Uncle" or "Master Master Boss" that sound like they're from a much older age group.

Moreover, even Jing Yuan, Jingliu's current disciple, addresses her more in a manner befitting an equal.

"Bai~Heng~Sister~"

"Hey, kid, why do you speak so haltingly?"

Upon hearing Bai Luoming's address, Baiheng felt as if he had been struck by lightning; a chill ran down his spine, raising goosebumps all over his body.

"Haha, doesn't this make the atmosphere more lively?"

Looking at Bai Luoming's sincere expression, Baiheng sighed softly, composed himself, and then asked Bai Luoming the question he most wanted to ask.

"So in the future, what will happen to us...?"

Before she could finish speaking, she heard a knock on the courtyard gate, followed by shouts of "Master, open the door!" which interrupted her.

"Jingliu Liu, go open the door."

Baiheng turned his gaze to Jingliu, Jingliu also withdrew his gaze at the opportune moment, turning his head to look at Baiheng. The two then locked eyes.

In the end, Jingliu was the first to give in. He sighed, stood up from his chair, and said, "I'll go open the door."

"Hehe, Jingliu Liu, you're the best."

Jingliu listened to Baiheng's words, his figure remaining steady as he slowly walked towards the courtyard gate.

As the Jingliu was gently pulled, the courtyard gate made a teeth-grinding sound and slowly opened.

What came into view were Jing Yuan and Dan Feng, the High Elder Vidyadhara, Yingxing stood in an inconspicuous corner to the side.

After opening the door, Jingliu stepped aside and gestured to the three people outside.

Jing Yuan didn't stand on ceremony either. After observing Jingliu's actions, he strode into the courtyard.

As soon as he entered, his gaze instinctively fell upon the stone table. When he saw the unfamiliar person at the table, he froze for a moment, but quickly regained his composure, turned to Jingliu, and asked, "Master, who is this...?"

"..."

Jingliu opened her mouth when she heard Jing Yuan's question, but didn't know what to say. So she simply shut her mouth and stopped talking, since that was how she usually was anyway.

Jing Yuan didn't get an answer from Jingliu, so he stopped worrying about it and just assumed that Bai Luoming was a guest. With that in mind, he continued to walk into the courtyard.

Following Jing Yuan's action, Dan Feng and Yingxing exchanged a glance before entering the courtyard one after the other.

After the three entered the courtyard, Jingliu closed the gate before walking to the stone table.

There was no empty seat for her at the stone table. There were only five stools around the table to begin with. After Bai Luoming took one, Jing Yuan and the others didn't stand on ceremony and each found a seat and sat down in a circle.

Jingliu was not annoyed by this, but stood quietly behind Baiheng, with Bai Luoming beside him, who was sizing up the group.

"Hey, let me introduce you."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Baiheng cleared his throat and greeted Jing Yuan and the others warmly.

Hearing Baiheng's words, the three of them became interested and turned to look at Baiheng, wanting to see what she had to say.

Seeing that his words had successfully attracted attention, Baiheng's face showed a hint of excitement. He coughed lightly, pointed at Bai Luoming, and said loudly, "This is the one I wanted to talk about!"

Baiheng steered the conversation towards Bai Luoming, who chimed in, "Hello everyone, I am Bai Luoming, a trainee from the Nameless that has Trailblaze two and a half worlds."

"What? You're still the Nameless? Why didn't you say so earlier?"

Baiheng listened to Bai Luoming's words, his expression somewhat blank. He turned his head and looked at Bai Luoming in disbelief, then spoke.

"You didn't ask, did you?"

"You! Forget it."

Although Baiheng really wanted to ask Bai Luoming about the Nameless, it was clear to her that revealing Bai Luoming's true identity was more interesting right now.

With that thought, she cleared her throat again and introduced the person to the three of them, "I won't mention their name, this person is from hundreds of years in the future."

Ignoring the three people's surprised gazes, she turned her gaze to Jing Yuan and continued, "Speaking of which, he and you, Jing Yuan, are also related."

"Sister Baiheng, please don't joke. Even if this person really came from hundreds of years ago, how could he have anything to do with me?"

"How can it not be related? He's Jingliu Liu's disciple."

"Really?"