Early the next morning, Bai Qing left Immortal Peach Mountain and returned to the small courtyard where he lived. At a glance, he spotted a girl standing by the courtyard gate, cautiously peering outside. When she saw him return, she hurriedly opened the gate and called timidly, "Brother."
Seeing her like this gave Bai Qing a headache, but he could not help softening a little. He walked to the gate and patted her head. "Did you wait for me all night?"
The girl nodded, then hurriedly shook her head. "Not all night. I cultivated until midnight yesterday. I was going to keep cultivating, but I started missing Mother and everyone back home, so I couldn't keep going." Bai Qing patted her head again before entering the courtyard and closing the gate.
This girl was actually his younger half sister, born to the same father but a different mother. She was only sixteen this year and possessed nothing more than a five-spirit root.
Before the New Year, she had suddenly appeared in the Immortal City and tracked Bai Qing down.
Only after questioning her did Bai Qing learn that, since Bai Mingyu's death, their branch of the lineage had suffered a steep decline in standing without a late Qi Refining stage cultivator to hold the fort.
His younger sister had been sent by their elders to ask Bai Qing to return and oversee their branch.
Naturally, Bai Qing refused.
Yet although his sister was somewhat timid, she was stubborn once she set her mind on something. If Bai Qing would not return to the lineage, she would stay in the Immortal City rather than go home.
Had it been anyone else, Bai Qing might have driven them away.
But he could not lose his temper with his own sister, so he