"Those two may have used Ma Shuangshuang as leverage to force her family into submission, forcing them to leave behind their Origin Grand Dao. In the end, only she herself knew nothing about it."
Looking at her crying her heart out before him, Li Tianming could only comfort her. "Cry if you need to, but you still have to pull yourself together. First of all, you've already avenged them. He followed me, and I killed them, too. That was fate working in the dark—it was your family's spirits in heaven helping you. And think about it: when they left behind these Origin Grand Daos, if they knew those Origin Grand Daos would become hope and pass onto you, they would know they could accompany you forever within your Grand Dao. To them now, that would also be wonderful news... Go reunite with them."
Even Zhao Yuanming had struggled to capture Ma Shuangshuang. Her grandfather and grandmother, one tenth-rank and one ninth-rank, along with her fifth uncle, who was also ninth-rank, had all fallen to poison. Without being despicable and shameless enough, they probably could not have pulled that off.
"Yes..."
At the mention of reunion, Ma Shuangshuang's tearful grief finally eased somewhat.
Holding the three jade boxes as though they contained her loved ones' ashes, she was exceedingly careful. Then, with eyes still brimming with tears, she looked at Li Tianming and said deeply, "Master, thank you. This life of mine, this very life, everything I have is yours."
Li Tianming shook his head. "You've always called me Master, but I've always regarded you as a friend."
Ma Shuangshuang was moved upon hearing that, yet she still said, "No. I want you to be my master. I'm not used to having no master!"
"...!"
Li Tianming simply let her have