Entering the Pavilion

"Damn it all! Where is the medicine? Where is the precious medicine?! That Bear Child!"

Hearing the frantic roars echoing from afar, Bai Yixin coughed, barely managing to suppress a laugh.

After the Black Sha Lotus was discovered missing, the people from the Heaven-Mending Pavilion searched the area, only to find the traces left behind by Little One and the Treasure Bones he had buried in various spots.

After all, Little One did not possess a spatial bag like Bai Yixin's; he couldn't keep them on his person, so he had no choice but to hide them in secret locations all over the examination grounds.

Consequently, the blame for the missing Black Sha Lotus was once again dumped onto Little One.

Little One watched from within the crowd, his large eyes wide and round, feeling incredibly indignant. He hadn't eaten the precious medicine, and his own Treasure Bones had been found, leaving him fuming. He was determined to find the thief who had stolen his bird and give them a good beating.

"Kid, you look a bit suspicious to me~"

Suddenly, a voice rang out, and a hand pressed firmly onto Little One's shoulder.

"Who?!"

Little One was shocked to his core. Had he been discovered? He had clearly altered his appearance and been careful enough not to leave a single clue; how could he still be found?

When Little One turned his head, he realized the person patting his shoulder was his exceptionally familiar, beloved friend.

"Brother Little White?!!"

"Hehe, Little One, did you do something bad? You're acting all jumpy." Bai Yixin chuckled, asking a question he already knew the answer to.

"Ah... no way, Brother Little White, you know me. How could I do anything bad?" Little One Shi Hao said, feeling a bit guilty.

"I believe you. It was the Bear Child who did it, right~ I heard he destroyed the fields in five zones of the first examination area and let tens of thousands of people pass the test." Bai Yixin's face was full of amusement as he teased Little One, who dared not meet his gaze.

"Ah? I clearly only messed with on—" Shi Hao froze, blurting out half a sentence before quickly reacting and covering his mouth.

"Haha (ಡωಡ) hiahiahia."

Amidst the crowd, Bai Yixin glanced at the elders still conducting their search, then leaned in and whispered to Little One.

"I found that my luck was great today. While wandering the battlefield earlier, I picked up a Black Sha Lotus precious medicine in front of a cave that no one wanted. I plucked it before the owner returned, but I don't know which heartless person dug up the roots I left behind."

"Brother Little White, you!!" Little One looked at him in disbelief. His face, round like a large apple, seemed to swell up, turning bright red as he pointed at Bai Yixin, unable to form a coherent sentence.

"Calm down, calm down! You don't want people to find out that you're the Bear Child, do you~" Bai Yixin laughed.

"Brother Little White, so this is the kind of person you are? Is this the surprise you prepared for me?" Little One looked miserable, never expecting that one of his own had stolen his bird.

"Of course not. The surprise I have for you will grow over time, just like a fruit." Bai Yixin clenched his fist and then opened it, using it as a metaphor for Little One.

"It's a phased process. It seems you can't wait to hear it, but once you enter the Heaven-Mending Pavilion, come find me, and I'll tell you all about it."

"Is it really a surprise?"

Although Bai Yixin had snatched the loot, he was his brother after all. Little One quickly composed himself, starting to look forward to what kind of surprise Bai Yixin would bring him.

"Of course."

Bai Yixin nodded.

The surprise he had prepared for Little One was nothing more than the truth about the life, death, and whereabouts of his parents, his childhood playmates, his grandfather, and the news that he eventually had a little brother.

The reason it was phased was that Little One was still young. Although his mental fortitude was far greater than an ordinary person's, his development wasn't entirely complete, and his worldview might not be fully formed.

A few years ago, Little One would cry while missing his parents, and it took a long time for the villagers and Bai Yixin to comfort him. Bai Yixin wouldn't dump everything on him at once.

Otherwise, if Little One went straight to Mount Eternal, that would be an immediate game over.

Telling him too much would easily affect his development; Bai Yixin understood the importance of that.

For now, the only surprise Bai Yixin could tell Little One was that his parents were still alive.

This alone could provide Little One with extraordinary motivation, which might be more useful than figuring out how to confront Shi Yi for an explanation.

"Brother Little White, they seem to be gathering. You should go join the others who passed the Second Battlefield; I'll come find you later." Little One pointed toward the grim-faced Heaven-Mending Pavilion elders in the distance.

"Alright, see you inside."

Bai Yixin pinched Little One's chubby, apple-like cheeks and blended into the group of over 100 geniuses who were beginning to assemble.

The elders of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion looked at the 100-plus geniuses gathered in the Second Battlefield with dark expressions, their gazes sweeping over each of them as if trying to discern something.

Bai Yixin's expression was perfectly calm. Anyway, I'm not the Bear Child, it has nothing to do with me.

You're looking for the Bear Child, what does that have to do with me, Bai Yixin?

"The trial is over!"

In the end, Xiong Fei, Zhuo Yun, and the others spat out these words. Their eyes seemed to glow with a greenish light as they glared fiercely at the geniuses like Bai Yixin, clearly convinced that the Bear Child was hiding among them.

But without evidence, Xiong Fei and the other elders had no way to drag the Bear Child out from such a large group, so they eventually led the crowd back to the mountain gate.

After the children who passed the assessment said their goodbyes to their families, only a thousand people remained before the massive mountain gate. In previous years, they only accepted a few hundred disciples, but because of the Bear Child incident—and the fact that the first round of the assessment had to be retaken—the number was higher than usual.

The mountain gate was grand, composed of two stone peaks, towering and solemn. Many elders of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion appeared to lead children like Bai Yixin inside, first to pay respects to the statue of the founder.

Only after paying respects to the founder's statue could one be considered to have entered the Heaven-Mending Pavilion.

The interior of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion was vast beyond measure. One beautiful mountain after another stood tall, adorned with fine trees, pavilions, and waterfalls cascading down.

It was like a fairyland on earth. Every beautiful peak was the same, shrouded in clouds and mist, filled with an aura of peace.

This was an ancient pure land, with wisps of spiritual energy drifting within. The strange peaks were covered in lush, fine trees, filled with spiritual springs and waterfalls, and inhabited by various auspicious birds and beasts, resembling a world of myth.

"Full of spiritual energy, this is a treasure land for cultivation." Bai Yixin inhaled and exhaled the spiritual energy, feeling an incomparable sense of comfort throughout his body; the speed of cultivation here could be increased by ten or twenty percent.

Every beautiful mountain peak was wreathed in strange rosy clouds, growing precious ancient herbs and inhabited by unseen spiritual birds and beasts.

Bai Yixin looked on with drooling greed, his heart itching to act.

Since he had joined the Heaven-Mending Pavilion, then as a member of the Heaven-Mending Pavilion, eating a few "vegetables" grown by the pavilion and some "poultry" raised by them shouldn't be too excessive, right?

Bai Yixin thought of the big shot who shared his surname, Bai Xiaochun, who was a maniac for stealing chickens, and he desired to emulate him.

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