The two stepped outside, only to find Ning Ruo already waiting in the courtyard.
"Brother Xu, Jiu Yu."
Chi Jiuyu, who had been chattering away moments before, immediately fell silent and obediently bowed.
"Greetings, Senior Spirit Ancestor."
"I'll take Jiu Yu back first, then head to Qingxu," Xu Xing said.
He would take the chance to speak with his senior sister as well.
Ning Ruo nodded slightly. "Travel safely, Brother Xu."
Since she couldn't leave the Spirit Sound Workshop, the help she could offer during the practical stage ahead was very limited. All she could do was express her concern.
"Mm."
Beside them, Chi Jiuyu quietly turned her head away.
But as soon as Ning Ruo finished speaking, she suddenly looked at her.
"Jiu Yu."
Chi Jiuyu jolted and hurriedly turned back. "What is it, Senior Spirit Ancestor?"
"I have a gift for you."
"Huh?"
Another gift?
Hadn't she already given her so many?
Even Chi Jiuyu, who had always considered herself easygoing and thick-skinned, felt a little embarrassed this time.
But Ning Ruo didn't give her a chance to say anything more. She raised a hand gently, and a hazy glow lit up in her palm.
The light soon faded, revealing a branch resembling crystal-clear glazed glass, with several flawless leaves as white as jade.
Three Mystic Candle Fruits, glowing with a pale light like little lanterns, hung from the branch.
It looked like a perfect work of art.
It was unmistakably a branch from the Mystic Candle Tree!
"Mystic Candle Trees are easy enough to care for. You can have this branch."
"I don't know if I should..."
Chi Jiuyu glanced at Xu Xing.
"Take it. Haven't you always wanted to grow one at the Sword Sect?"
Huh?
She didn't think she'd ever said that out loud.
Martial