"Wife, there's no need to be afraid. My Spirit Companion is a Jade Toad. Even if it were to die young, I could only replace it with another Jade Toad. There's no way I could replace it with a White Bone Blood Slave," Li Shuidao explained patiently.
"Then why would you..." Xia Ruoxue trailed off, worry and confusion still lingering between her brows.
"I'm doing this for you. Xue'er, do you want to become a cultivator?" Li Shuidao asked seriously.
"Me?"
Xia Ruoxue pointed at the tip of her nose, disbelief and doubt written all over her face.
"That's right!" Li Shuidao nodded solemnly.
"N-no... it's impossible. I'm not a member of the Li clan. How could I join the Five Poisons Sect? Besides, I never studied at the Cultivation Hall as a child. I don't know anything," Xia Ruoxue said, quickly shaking her head.
"Heh... who says only people surnamed Li can cultivate? Cultivation depends on resources. Fortune and comprehension matter too, of course, but without resources, none of it is possible. You have resources beyond compare: only you can cultivate the Blood Demon White Bone Technique. That is your greatest resource. As for your comprehension, that will depend on your own fortune."
"But cultivation requires a Spirit Companion. Where would I get one?" Xia Ruoxue still couldn't believe what Li Shuidao was saying.
"Do you know what 'Spirit Companion' means?" Li Shuidao suddenly asked with deep significance.
Xia Ruoxue shook her head.
"To accompany one another on the Great Dao—that is what makes a Spirit Companion. The Jade Toad is my Spirit Companion, but am I not also its Spirit Companion? Spirit Companions are mutual. That is an ironclad law of the Cultivation World. Between you and Lin Yunzhi, one of you must become a White Bone Blood