Those Flowers Scattered Across the Human World

"How have you been lately?" Jiang Ruyi kept her voice as gentle as possible.

"Mm." Tian Tian buried her face against Jiang Ruyi's back and nodded up and down.

More precisely, that small face was buried in the waterfall of dark hair, with a faint jasmine fragrance lingering beneath her nose.

Such a familiar scent.

Tian Tian loved it. It gave her an incomparable sense of peace.

After returning to the human world, Jiang Ruyi had deliberately used the same bathing products as before.

She knew Lu Ran liked them.

Jiang Ruyi slowly turned around and looked down at the little girl.

"Don't cry." One hand stroked Tian Tian's small face, her fingertips gently wiping across those tear-wet eye sockets.

Who knew whether they were tears of overwhelming joy or tears of fright.

Perhaps both.

Jiang Ruyi could clearly feel the girl in her arms trembling violently, yet she still stubbornly kept her head buried against her.

Her gaze grew softer. "Are you River Realm: Third Stage? Fourth Stage?"

"F-Fifth Stage." Tian Tian answered timidly.

"You're only one step away from becoming a Jiang Realm Great Being." Jiang Ruyi smoothed the girl's short hair.

"I've been stuck for so, so long. I can't break through." Tian Tian looked somewhat dejected.

For someone at the peak of the River Realm to advance into the Jiang Realm, they truly only needed a single moment of insight.

But sudden inspiration also had a prerequisite—aptitude!

Without sufficient talent and aptitude, no matter how profound your insights were, they would still be futile.

And Lu Ran could give the girl that talent!

"Sister Ruyi is so strong," a muffled voice came from Jiang Ruyi's embrace. "You don't seem like... the Jiang Realm."

"Mm." Jiang Ruyi was considering how to extend the invitation and answered absentmindedly.