Crashing Into Someone While Carrying a Ball-So What If It Happens Again?

Xuan Qing feared Xiao Yi Xian would hurt herself by crashing into something else, so he did not dodge.

The next moment.

Her soft body crashed straight into a warm, broad embrace.

Xuan Qing took the opportunity to wrap an arm around her waist, and the two of them fell onto the grass together.

Xiao Yi Xian lay lightly against Xuan Qing's chest, her dark hair spilling between the young man's robe and the green grass, their warm breaths mingling together.

She lay dazedly atop Xuan Qing, her mind blank as her cheeks instantly flushed scarlet.

She... she had crashed into someone while carrying a ball!

A burning crimson flush climbed from her neck and spread across her delicate face, reddening even the corners of her eyes and the tips of her ears.

A young girl's blush outshone every confession in the world.

Overwhelmed by embarrassment, Xiao Yi Xian quickly got up from Xuan Qing.

She obediently stood to one side with her head lowered, nervously clutching the hem of her clothes with all ten fingers. Her entire face was rosy, as though dyed by the mountain sunset, her brows and eyes filled with bashful tenderness.

The Purple Cloud Wings on her back still fluttered, faint violet light glimmering over them and making her face bloom like a peach blossom.

Xuan Qing slowly sat up and looked at the girl's innocent, bashful appearance.

"Why are you panicking?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian lowered her head even further and murmured in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, utterly mortified.

"I-I'm sorry, Master... I-I still don't know how to control the wings. I accidentally ran into you..."

Xuan Qing subconsciously raised a hand to touch the tip of his nose. The faint herbal fragrance from the girl's body during their embrace seemed to still linger there, refusing to dissipate.

Actually, he had rather enjoyed that instant.

So what if it happened again?

Naturally, he would not reveal such thoughts so openly.

Xuan Qing suppressed the faint stirrings in his heart, a smile resting on his lips as he spoke.

"It's fine. When learning to fly for the first time, it's normal not to be able to control your strength."

He raised his eyes toward the Purple Cloud Wings still trembling lightly behind her. Violet radiance flowed over the beautiful, ethereal wings.

"Try to draw back your Dou Qi and slowly retract the wings into your body. Don't rush."

Hearing that her master did not blame her, Xiao Yi Xian relaxed a little, though the heat in her cheeks had yet to fade.

She nodded gently, focused her mind, and circulated her Dou Qi, attempting to control the newly refined wings.

Under Xuan Qing's patient guidance, Xiao Yi Xian gradually drew in the wind-attributed Dou Qi flowing around her body.

The violet glow of the Purple Cloud Wings spread gracefully behind her gradually dimmed. After trembling lightly a few times, they transformed into scattered streams of light and slowly withdrew into her body along the meridians in her back, vanishing completely.

She let out a long breath, her eyes curving slightly as her heart filled with the delight of learning a new skill. Much of her earlier embarrassment and shyness faded away.

Once she had completely stabilized her condition.

Xuan Qing looked over the valley and spoke softly, breaking the unusual atmosphere between them.

"Xian'er, we may have to leave this place."

"Is there anything you want to take with you?"

Upon hearing that she would be leaving the valley where she had lived for many years.

Xiao Yi Xian paused slightly, a trace of reluctance flashing through her clear eyes.

This was where she had lived day and night. It held the herbs she had planted, every familiar breeze and tree. It was her only home.

But the moment she thought of following her master to a wider world, that small reluctance instantly faded.

She raised her eyes to Xuan Qing before her, her gaze sparkling with cautious anticipation as she softly asked:

"Master, I have a tamed first-tier magical beast, Little Blue. It has been with me for a long time. I... can I take it with us?"

Little Blue was her only friend in this lonely valley. It had accompanied her through the years and had long become an irreplaceable bond.

She could not bear to leave it here alone.

The girl lowered her eyes, her voice soft and tentative, afraid that she would cause her master trouble.

Xuan Qing pondered silently for a moment, his gaze falling upon the hopeful look in the girl's eyes before he spoke.

"It's fine. Bring it along."

As soon as his words fell.

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes suddenly lit up. The dimness in them was instantly replaced by renewed brilliance, and the worry between her brows vanished completely.

"Really, Master?"

The girl was so delighted she nearly jumped up. A radiant smile spread across her pretty face, born from the depths of her heart.

"That's wonderful! I'll go call Little Blue over right away!"

With that, she turned and lightly ran toward the outskirts of the valley, her skirt fluttering in the wind.

Not long afterward, a clear bird cry rang out from the forest.

A first-tier flying magical beast with wings glowing faint blue swooped down from between the trees, flapping its wings before landing steadily in front of Xiao Yi Xian.

It was Little Blue.

It affectionately rubbed its head against Xiao Yi Xian's cheek, its round eyes curiously examining Xuan Qing beside her as it let out several gentle chirps.

Its wings folded slightly, carrying the instinctive reverence magical beasts felt toward the strong.

Xiao Yi Xian reached out and gently stroked Little Blue's soft feathers, then turned to look at Xuan Qing with curved brows and smiling eyes.

"Master, Little Blue is here."

A gentle smile appeared at the corner of his lips as he slowly spoke.

"It's quite a spirited little fellow!"

As his words fell, an exceedingly faint breeze of Dou Qi swept past and landed on Little Blue, serving as a gesture of goodwill.

Feeling that vast yet harmless power, Little Blue slightly shrank its neck.

Then it relaxed again, letting out several soft chirps as though it understood the instruction.

Seeing that Little Blue had been accepted by her master, the great weight in Xiao Yi Xian's heart finally lifted, and her smile grew even sweeter.

"Thank you, Master, for being willing to bring Little Blue along."

Xuan Qing nodded slightly.

"Go pack your things."

"Alright!"

The girl walked toward the wooden cabin nearby, preparing her luggage to leave the mountain valley that had accompanied her through countless lonely days and nights.

A short while later, her luggage had been packed.

The two of them mounted Little Blue's broad back together.

"Chirp!"

Little Blue spread its pale blue wings, forcefully kicked off from the ground, and soared into the sky on the wind.

Mountain winds howled past their ears as drifting clouds slowly flowed by their sides.

From high above, Qingshan Medicinal Valley below gradually shrank. The wooden cabin, herb fields, and familiar forest all became a patch of emerald green beneath their eyes.

Xiao Yi Xian lay quietly against Little Blue's warm feathered back, gazing at the homeland gradually receding into the distance, a faint reluctance hidden in her eyes.

She turned her head slightly to look at Xuan Qing beside her. Her voice was soft, carrying a trace of melancholy.

"Master, will we... come back someday?"

Xuan Qing gently stroked Xiao Yi Xian's head, warmth lingering in his palm.

His gaze rested on the outline of the valley steadily falling away below as he answered with certainty.

"We will."

"When everything is settled someday, we'll return here."

Upon hearing this, much of the sorrow in Xiao Yi Xian's heart at parting dissipated.

She softly murmured in acknowledgment, withdrew her gaze, and looked toward the boundless, vast world ahead.

Little Blue spread its wings wide, carrying master and disciple through layers of mountain mist as it flew toward the Tagore Desert.

Fine beads of sweat formed on Xiao Yi Xian's forehead, while her cheeks flushed slightly from the scorching heat. She raised a hand to fan herself, frowning as her soft voice carried a trace of unbearable discomfort.

"Master... it's so hot."

This was her first time setting foot in a desert. She had spent her days in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, surrounded by cool, moist mountain winds and vegetation. How could she have ever endured such scorching heat?