Transferring the Properties, Asking for Advice

The boy was rather shy and showed his respect through his actions.

The girl, on the other hand, was open and poised, expressing herself in words.

That "Mistress" in particular made Nan Shuishui's heart bloom with joy.

How many years had it been?

She had borne so much slander and endured so much humiliation. Wasn't this moment—being truly acknowledged for who she was—what she had waited for all along?

"Good, very good. You're Xiao Xiao, right? This is a gift from your Mistress."

"A Millennium Vajra Dragon Blood Fruit. It can strengthen your Physique and help you absorb a Soul Ring of a higher age."

"Yuhao, there's one for you too."

Smiling, Nan Shuishui took out two of the Earth Dragon Sect's specialties from her Storage Soul Tool. So-called specialties they might be, but they were exceedingly rare even within the sect. Even as Sect Leader, it would not normally have been easy for her to bring out two in a single day.

But now, it seemed the sect elders would have little to say about it.

"Vajra Dragon Blood Fruit works quite well for dragon-type Martial Souls. As it happens, I have other ingredients on hand. In a while, I'll refine a batch of Pills to strengthen your Physiques," Huang Jinxu said with a smile.

Seeing the fruit brought back memories.

Back then, Nan Shuishui had not yet become Sect Leader. She had been only a talented member of the sect, and she had secretly given him her share of Vajra Dragon Blood Fruit to help him.

But a thousand-year-old Spirit Herb had not done much for him.

After leaving the Earth Dragon Sect, he had developed a formula specifically for it. Through several intermediaries, he had then sent Nan Shuishui both the formula and the Pills he had