Pei Ling looked at Qiao Ranran's bewildered expression and couldn't help laughing. Whether she had a Medicine Spirit Physique or a Half-Immortal Physique, the girl before him was a treasure.
"Focus. Stop spacing out and draw in your aura."
Qiao Ranran: "Oh..."
Author's note: Qiao Ranran: That's too much to take in. I'm stunned _(:з"∠)_
Chapter 126: One Hundred and Twenty-Six Frames
When Old Master Pei saw Qiao Ranran again, he was startled too.
It wasn't that he had never met her. Though it had been a long time, Old Master Pei still remembered the girl who had caught Pei Ling's eye—the one Pei Ling had wanted to tuck into his robes and take everywhere.
After Qiao Ranran advanced to the Deity Transformation Stage, she seemed reborn, as though she had become a different person.
Old Master Pei, who had also advanced to the Deity Transformation Stage, suddenly felt as if his own advancement had been a sham. Compared with Qiao Ranran, was he nothing at all?
The Pei Family Members had prepared most of what was needed for the Bonding Ceremony, but in the end, Pei Ling handled everything himself from start to finish. Whatever chances he gave anyone else, he gave Pei Mother none.
The years had passed. Pei Mother lacked the talent for cultivation, and her youthful beauty had long since faded. Her hair was streaked with white and her eyes were clouded; anyone could see at a glance that her allotted years were nearly spent.
A person's words were said to turn kind when death drew near, but Pei Ling had no intention of making peace with Pei Mother. Everything in the past had gone up in smoke when he destroyed this world in his previous life. In his heart, Pei Mother did not even