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Chapter 245: A word to wipe out a lineage
"A slave and servant?"
Chen Beiwu narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice unhurried.
He neither readily agreed nor refused outright. Instead, he gazed calmly at Shu You, making her stiffen.
"Why? Have you run into some trouble lately?" Chen Beiwu lifted his eyes slightly.
He and Shu You were old acquaintances, and he knew she was not the sort to curry favor with the powerful.
Besides, as a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator skilled in alchemy, fish farming, and cultivating fields, Shu You barely qualified as someone of note within the vast inner sect. Otherwise, she could not have supported so many female cultivators.
She could not possibly want to place herself under him as a slave and maidservant for no reason.
At his words, Shu You's fingertips trembled slightly. She knew her next answer was crucial.
"A hundred years ago, my master asked me what the immortal path was. I had only just begun cultivating then and could not answer."
"Now I understand one thing: the immortal path is vast and boundless, and one needs someone ahead to offer guidance and protection."
At this, she raised her head and looked straight at Chen Beiwu, her voice rising and gradually growing firm:
"I know my aptitude is mediocre. Even another hundred years of bitter cultivation might not let me fathom the mysteries of the golden core. But if I follow behind you, Dao Child, I will surely witness the great path of a True Lord with my own eyes, and perhaps even attain the golden core path myself."
Detecting the flattery in Shu You's words, Chen Beiwu inwardly shook his head.
The Mirror Moon Sect was a sect that valued personal relationships and exchanges of favors.
Now that he had