738. Discovery (Seeking monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

Discovery

Aili woke up groggily.

The first person she saw was that outsider.

"Where... am I? What happened? Where is this?"

"This is my home!" Joshua stood nearby with a bowl of soup, grumbling, "Why did you pass out near the training grounds? If my teacher hadn't found you, a wild wolf might've carried you off..."

Ever since Xu Changqing had agreed to teach him some martial skills, he had shamelessly begun calling him "teacher."

"I..."

Aili looked at Xu Changqing, a trace of fear appearing on her face.

"Don't be afraid... little girl."

Xu Changqing smiled. "Back then... did you sense the existence of the 'Dao'?"

"The Dao?"

Aili's whole body trembled as she recalled those terrifying scenes.

Yet for some reason, her Druid heart found it deeply familiar, like ancient nature itself.

"The Dao, as a thing, is vague and indistinct. Indistinct and vague, yet within it are images. Vague and indistinct, yet within it are things..."

Xu Changqing first recited a passage of true words that sounded like an incantation to Joshua and Aili, then smiled. "What it means is that the Dao has no fixed form. It can be supreme and vast, or strange and terrifying..."

Aili fell into thought.

"Little girl... you have the aptitude to become a 'Dao cultivator.' Are you willing to learn from me?" Xu Changqing continued.

"'Dao cultivator'? Some kind of obscure Mage?" Aili asked.

"You could see it that way..." Xu Changqing could not think of a better way to explain it.

"I am."

Aili agreed at once.

Druids could also take on Mage classes, and judging from the aura she had sensed earlier, this outsider was at least a high-ranking Mage. Such an opportunity was something countless people could only dream of!

"Great!"

Before Xu Changqing could say anything,