"Your humble little brother... has poor aptitude and cannot cultivate!" Liu Yi said word by word, tears nearly spilling from his eyes.
"Huh?" Yuan Ya froze, then hurriedly forced a smile. "It's fine, it's fine. It's good enough even if you can't cultivate. You can... stay by the Immortal Master's side. Look at me—I want to stay by the Immortal Master's side, but the Immortal Master doesn't even want me!"
By the end, Yuan Ya was muttering to himself again, "I... I wonder what my aptitude is like..."
It seemed Yuan Ya's words of comfort for Liu Yi were not the point at all. That final sentence was the real point!
Liu Yi curled his lips, subtly raising a finger below as he said in a low voice, "Whether your aptitude is any good, your little brother doesn't know. But look at this Daoist Master Xiao..."
Yuan Ya followed Liu Yi's finger. Xiao Jian, who had not spoken at all just now, was already holding a piece of roasted wild boar meat... and had long since run over to Xiao Hua.
"Master..." Yuan Ya froze. In a voice so soft it was nearly lost, he said, "He... he knows Immortal Master Xiao doesn't eat mortal food!"
"Hehe..." Liu Yi smiled and raised a hand, wiping away the tears that had spilled over without a trace. "But the Immortal Master is still human, not an immortal! Even if the Immortal Master does not eat it, as a junior, you must show the proper attitude!"
Indeed, Xiao Hua was still human after all. Seeing Xiao Jian approach with a piece of wild boar meat fragrant enough to make one's mouth water and carefully ask whether he wished to taste this delicacy of the mortal world, Xiao Hua could only smile and wave