"Whatever this old man says, that is what it is!" Xiao Hua said with a smile. "I called you out only to ask: will you take it now, or later?"
"Alas, I want to take it too! But without Human Essence, what use is taking it now?" Xuan Songzi was deeply dejected.
Xiao Hua smiled again and took out the Mother-Child Spirit Fruit. "Fellow Daoist, take another look. What is this?"
"Th-this is Human Essence?" Xuan Songzi froze. Looking at the Human Essence, identical to a pregnant human figure, how could he not recognize it?
"True Person!" Coming to his senses, Xuan Songzi hurriedly fell to his knees and cried, "True Person's kindness toward me is tantamount to giving me life anew. I... I do not know how to repay True Person."
"There is no need for this!" Xiao Hua hurriedly helped Xuan Songzi up. "You and I were fated to meet. Saving you was merely a lift of the hand, and helping you now benefits this old man as well."
"This may be an easy matter to True Person, but to me... it is a matter as vast as the heavens!" Xuan Songzi said with emotion. "Back then, aside from my master..."
At that, Xuan Songzi's eyes lit up. He looked at Xiao Hua, then respectfully knelt once more. "This disciple, Xuan Songzi, wishes to enter Master's sect. Might Master accept this disciple?"
"Ah?" Xiao Hua was somewhat taken aback. He had originally intended to discuss with Xuan Songzi how to use the Human Essence and Yan Lingzhi, so that the hundred or so Nascent Souls in his dantian could cultivate as well. Who would have thought Xuan Songzi would pull this move?
"True Person, the cultivation method for scattered Nascent Souls was taught to me by True Person