Seeing Mister Ji's strange expression, Mother Jujube tossed aside the branch, dusted off her gauze skirt, stood up, and sat back down beside the stone table.
"Sir, Mother Jujube is dull-witted. Even after watching you practice the sword so many times, I still couldn't learn it. Those few moves just now were practiced with Lady Bai carefully accompanying me for a long time..."
This slightly surprised Ji Yuan. He had thought Mother Jujube had learned them by watching him.
"Bai Ruo taught you?"
"Mhm! That misunderstanding led me to meet Lady Bai. She truly was as beautiful as Mother Jujube had imagined. That Zhou Lang really has good fortune—Lady Bai still thinks of him all the time..."
Mother Jujube's voice softened, and she raised her head to look at Ji Yuan.
"Sir, Lady Bai counts as someone who values love and loyalty, doesn't she?"
Ji Yuan took a jujube from the table and bit into it without speaking for the moment. He recalled the scene when he had first met Bai Ruo, the final moment he had seen between her and Zhou Lang in the Underworld Bureau, and that Tears of True Emotion crystal. Of course, he also recalled what he had later heard of Bai Ruo aiding Great Zhen in battle for the greater good. He nodded.
"Indeed. Demon Cultivators like Bai Ruo are rare. She can be called both affectionate and righteous."
Mother Jujube smiled and casually flipped through Yellow Springs. Even in this book, Wang Li still mentioned the love and devotion between the White Deer and Zhou Lang in the second volume. Or rather, White Deer Fate began with their bond in the Mortal Realm and ended with Zhou Lang's death, while Yellow Springs filled in the underworld portion of White Deer Fate, only truly ending