"Eh?"
Little Qing Yi instinctively raised her head. "Master... do you need me to help with something?"
"You should have heard just now that bandits have been causing trouble nearby."
Fang Mo spoke slowly. "As the sect master of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, if I have to personally handle even such trivial matters, I fear the other cultivators will laugh at me. So, I need you to get rid of those bandits..."
"M-Me?!"
Little Qing Yi's pupils shrank as she hurriedly shook her head. "No, no, Master, I'm no match for those bandits at all..."
"Ah, that is where you are mistaken."
Fang Mo immediately raised one finger. "As the saying goes, thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—never underestimate a poor young girl..."
"Although you were still an ordinary mortal yesterday, now that you have joined my Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, you must be prepared to cheat. As the ancients said, once a Golden Core enters the belly, only then does one know that fate is not ruled by Heaven." Fang Mo pressed a hand to Little Qing Yi's shoulder and said gravely, "Think of how frightened you were then. Think of your deceased parents..."
"..."
She pressed her lips together, her tiny fists clenched tightly.
"This is indeed a cruel matter."
Fang Mo continued, "Because as long as those bandits remain alive, they will continue to rape, plunder, and kill innocent common folk like your parents..."
"What?"
"Isn't it too early to be telling a child such things?" Even Chen Shan could not hold back after hearing this. "She's still just a child..."
"By the way, do you know what 'what does it mean' means?"
Before Chen Shan could say anything else, Fang Mo abruptly changed the subject and cut