The Sixth Frame

Qiao Ranran understood. Without her intervention in her previous life, Tao Doudou had suffered far more. So when those people offered to take Doudou away, Doctor Tao had been reluctant, but he had also wanted his daughter to have a more secure future.

Now Qiao Ranran had changed things, and Doctor Tao's thinking had changed with them. He probably felt he could rest easier entrusting his daughter to her.

Qiao Ranran: "..." She hadn't realized she had that much influence.

But since she had already played a small part in changing Tao Doudou's fate, she didn't mind getting a little more involved.

"Which sect are they from? Did they say?" That was another strange thing. Everyone knew cultivators had arrived, dealt with the Demonic Cultivators, and saved them. She had also heard that they had taken away several talented children, not just Doudou. Yet no one had any clue which sect they belonged to.

Doctor Tao paused. "I didn't hear." As ordinary people, they had been awestruck simply to learn that their rescuers were cultivators. Even if they had heard where those cultivators came from, they probably wouldn't have known one sect from another.

Qiao Ranran thought for a moment. "Don't worry yet, Doctor Tao. Let me take a look first." She didn't know what had happened to Tao Doudou in her previous life, but she trusted her instincts. It would be better to think this through before deciding.

What she hadn't expected was to spot a familiar face among the cultivators.

Someone she had known in her previous life, though he didn't know her now. Qiao Ranran's heart jolted, but her gaze swept past the group as naturally as anyone else's. Cultivators walking down a street full of mortals often drew furtive glances. Her brief look would not stand out.

The moment she saw him, she knew who they were.

The Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect. She had never imagined that the cultivators who had dealt with the Demonic Cultivators in Clear Spring Town in her previous life were from the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect, much less that he had been among them. To them, this had probably been a trivial matter, hardly worth mentioning.

But if Tao Doudou had entered the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect in her previous life, Qiao Ranran couldn't possibly have heard nothing about her, given her own connection to the sect—unless Doudou's talent had fallen short and she had faded into obscurity on the path of cultivation. The sect did call itself the foremost sect of the righteous path.

Knowing it was the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect made Qiao Ranran hesitate instead. For Tao Doudou, the chance to go there was unquestionably a tremendous opportunity. Whether it would prove a blessing or a curse was another matter.

Qiao Ranran told Doctor Tao what she knew, and he fell into thought. Even the usually lively Tao Doudou grew thoughtful when she saw their grave expressions, just like her father.

"Doudou, do you want to go?" Qiao Ranran asked, turning to her.

Tao Doudou nibbled her finger and looked up at Qiao Ranran. "Does Sister Qiao think I should?"

In their previous life, no one had been there to advise them. Faced with such an opportunity, they would naturally have seized it. It had never occurred to them that they might have another choice.

Doctor Tao sounded uncertain. "From what you're saying, if Doudou's talent isn't especially good, would she have a hard time at a major sect like that?"

"There's no easy path in cultivation. If Doudou wants to go far, she'll have to work hard wherever she goes. It's just..."

Doctor Tao understood. "I know what you mean. Wherever there are people, there's bound to be rivalry. Doudou is young and hasn't seen much of the world. With no one to look after her in a place like that, she's bound to suffer." The more he said, the harder it was to let her go. But he wanted his only daughter to have a good future. Looking at Qiao Ranran, he suddenly had an idea. "Which sect do you plan to join? Would they take a child like Doudou?"

Clear Feather Sect was some distance away. Qiao Ranran had only come to Clear Spring Town to exchange resources because she was avoiding its people, and that was how she had met Doctor Tao. By this visit, he knew she had left Clear Feather Sect.

"Me?" Qiao Ranran tilted her head. "I want to try the Profound Heart Sect, but I don't even know whether they'll accept me, let alone a child like Doudou."

The Profound Heart Sect was little known. Compared with a major sect like the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect, it seemed insignificant.

Qiao Ranran saw it differently for two reasons. The way the Profound Heart Sect had treated Clear Feather Sect pleased her immensely. And in her previous life, she had occasionally heard people say that it possessed a heritage even the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect couldn't match. It had simply declined with the passage of time.

So she wanted to see the Profound Heart Sect for herself.

Chapter 6: The Sixth Frame

Qiao Ranran hadn't expected people from the Heavenly Evolution Sword Sect to come to the clinic. From what she knew of them, a child like Tao Doudou was hardly worth the trouble. Cultivators had an odd sense of superiority toward mortals. Once they learned that the Tao family hadn't brought their daughter over, there was no reason for them to come looking.

When they arrived, Qiao Ranran was at the medicine cabinets, sorting a fresh delivery of herbs and considering which lifesaving pills she could make for Doctor Tao to use on ordinary people. Then the man she least wanted to see appeared, standing brazenly in the doorway of the Tao Family Clinic.

Qiao Ranran set down the packet of medicine in her hand with a smile. "Can I help you?"

Xiang Rongxi paused when he saw Qiao Ranran, as though he hadn't expected to find her here. He had a faint impression of her from a few days ago, when he and several fellow disciples had been discussing the young children they had newly found. Plenty of people nearby had been watching them, but she had caught his eye because she seemed to possess a trace of Spiritual Qi the others lacked. It was a subtle feeling he couldn't explain. He had looked at her once more, but by then he had seen only her retreating back.

Xiang Rongxi was handsome. His white robes and gentle smile lent him an air of refinement, while a single green jade hairpin held his long black hair loosely behind his head. He looked every bit like a mortal's idea of an immortal.

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