Before Qiao Huizhu could speak, the Azure Cloud Immortal Maiden seemed afraid that this disciple would refuse and hurriedly said in a gentle voice, "To tell you the truth, I too have a single ice spirit root!"
"If you become my disciple, you can inherit all my skills and my legacy!"
"That is also my wish!"
"Will you?"
"Yes!" Qiao Huizhu immediately knelt on the ground. "Your disciple, Qiao Huizhu, greets you, Master!"
"Good, good, good, good..."
The Azure Cloud Ancestor said, "My dear disciple, rise!"
She bent down herself and pulled Qiao Huizhu to her feet.
Then the Azure Cloud Ancestor's gaze fell on He Pingsheng again. "I just heard Xiao Qiao say that you are Huizhu's husband?"
He Pingsheng said, "Yes!"
"Mm!"
The Azure Cloud Ancestor nodded. "You are actually quite remarkable yourself!"
"The Heavenly Dao is utterly impartial. All gifts are, in fact, repaid after one enters the nascent soul realm!"
"Although your five-element spiritual root makes your early cultivation arduous and difficult, once you reach the nascent soul realm, it will become something others envy!"
"To have reached the tenth layer of the foundation establishment realm is no small feat. It is truly remarkable!"
"But... between your current cultivation and the nascent soul realm, one abyss after another still stretches across your path!"
"Cross them, and the Great Dao becomes an open road!"
"Fail, and your life ends there!"
"If you are willing, you may also become my personal disciple!"
"But with your five-element spiritual root, there is not much I can teach you!"
The Azure Cloud Ancestor's words were quite fair.
She neither looked down on him nor overestimated him, merely spoke the truth: he was impressive, and if he could make it all the way to the nascent soul realm, he would become even