Return to the Sect

Xu Chunniang shook her head. "If he is unwilling, I will not force him to leave."

Upon hearing this, the boy immediately stopped crying and broke into a smile.

Xu Chunniang's gaze fell upon the little girl beside him.

"And you? Have you made up your mind? Cultivation is very bitter. Can you endure that hardship?"

After hesitating for a moment, the girl asked with a serious expression, "What are the benefits of cultivation?"

"Then tell me, what are the benefits of public school?"

The girl thought for a moment. "At public school, you can learn to read and study, and understand many principles. If you do not attend public school, then when you grow up, you can only get married.

"But if you attend public school, it is different. If you study well, you can become an accountant or even enter the city and become a female official."

Xu Chunniang nodded slightly. "Cultivation is much the same. It lets you see a broader world and comprehend the principles governing all things."

The girl's eyes lit up. "Then I am willing to cultivate!"

Xu Chunniang gently stroked the girl's head and looked toward her parents.

"Since she is willing to choose the path of cultivation, I will bring her into the sect. How far she can cultivate in the future will depend on her own fortune.

"If she achieves success in cultivation, you will have the chance to reunite in the future."

The girl's parents nodded through their tears. "Then if we miss her in the future, can we go to the immortal mountain to see her?"

"You can."

After giving it some thought, Xu Chunniang took out a roll of beast hide from her Storage Ring.

She drew a detailed map upon the hide, then wrote a line of