Taking Care of a Child

"Hey, did you really entrust this little brat to Senior Sister Liuyue?" Mu Wan looked at Su Sui was playing not far away, fiddling with a small object in her hand, and turned to Shen Ge to ask, "By the way, do you know how to take care of children?"

Shen Ge smiled and said, "I don't know how, but what's so difficult about taking care of a little kid? If she's happy, let her play for a while; if she cries, let her take a nap. As for what to eat, we can just get some food from the outer sect's kitchen."

"But she can't cultivate yet; she's too young, and it's easy for something to happen if she's out of sight."

"Well, so Senior Sister Liuyue has passed this trouble to you." Mu Wan smiled and shook her head, saying, "But this might be a good thing. Her Supreme-Grade Ice Spirit Root will make her very strong in the future, and you raised her from a young age, so she might become very dependent on you in the future."

"Yes, just like a child bride in the mortal world."

Shen Ge shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You really say everything! What kind of nonsense is this? You're thinking so far ahead about a little kid. If you were to take care of her, wouldn't you sell her off?"

Just then, Su Sui, wearing a long robe, ran over and hugged Shen Ge's leg, blinking her innocent big eyes and saying in a childish voice, "Brother, brother, Su Su needs to pee."

"Pfft... Hahaha, Su Su, if Senior Sister Liuyue heard this, she'd be speechless." Mu Wan burst into laughter.

Shen Ge ignored Mu Wan's laughter. After all, it concerned his sister, a dangerous topic. He looked down at the little girl at his feet, whose big eyes were filled with urgency, and said helplessly, "Su Su, you're a big girl now. Although someone used to help you with these things, no one will help you anymore. So you have to learn to be independent."

Although he was lecturing her, Shen Ge still bent down, picked her up, and carried her behind a big tree. After putting her down, he said, "Do you remember how your brother taught you to take off your clothes?"

Su Sui nodded earnestly and said, "I remember, Su Su is very smart."

"That's good." Shen Ge breathed a sigh of relief; all the lessons she had taught her before had been worthwhile.

After waving his hand to create a simple Spiritual Qi barrier to block the view, Shen Ge said, "Okay, call me when you're done."

"Good."

Shen Ge nodded, then turned around and saw Mu Wan holding a piece of jade and recording the scene. Shen Ge's face darkened, and he shouted, "How can you have such a perverse sense of humor? Recording even a little girl peeing!"

Mu Wan chuckled and pouted, "You don't know anything! This is all embarrassing history. I'll give it all back to this little one when she grows up. Her expression then will be priceless."

Shen Ge's lips twitched, and after a long silence, he said, "Junior Sister Mu Wan, if you keep going like this, Su Su will beat you to death. I guarantee that you won't be able to beat her in less than a hundred years."

"Tch, that's a hundred years from now. We'll deal with it when we can't beat her anymore. Besides, there's still so much time. I can't just try to build a good relationship with her; she won't hit me."

Inspired by Mu Wan's perverse sense of humor, Shen Ge also recorded some images of Su Su's life. Of course, he wasn't as perverted as Mu Wan; he simply recorded images of her eating, playing, and cultivating, preserving some of her childhood memories.

Of course, that's getting off-topic; let's get back to the present.

Soon, Su Su finished dressing and called out, "Brother, open the door, I'm ready."

Shen Ge waved away the Spiritual Qi barrier, picked up the porcelain doll-like Su Su, and whispered in her ear, "Su Su, don't associate with this older sister anymore. She's wicked, the kind of person who's completely evil. You'll be sold out by her."

"I heard you, Shen Ge. If you dare to speak ill of me in front of Su Su again, you don't want the grace period for the Spirit Stone, do you?" Mu Wan put away the jade and said coldly from a distance.

To be honest, those cold words really chilled Shen Ge. The thought of owing Mu Wan more than two thousand Spirit Stone gave him a terrible headache.

If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have gone to Changliu Market with Mu Wan in the first place. Now look what's happened, my junior sister has become my creditor, and she's even brazenly taking advantage of me.

"I remember, I remember everything. Can you please stop bringing this up? It makes it seem like I owe you money and haven't paid it back," Shen Ge said, quite helplessly.

"How are you going to earn Spirit Stone if you're always taking care of a child?"

"So, please give me a few more years. I'll earn Spirit Stone to pay you back when Su Su is independent."

"Brother, are you going to abandon Su Su? No, Su Su doesn't want to be abandoned by brother." Su Sui hugged Shen Ge's neck tightly with her small hands, and soon large tears soaked Shen Ge's clothes.

Perhaps because Shen Ge brought her back to alleviate her pain and took care of her, Su Sui became very dependent on Shen Ge.

"I didn't say I was going to abandon Su Su. How could your brother bear to abandon such a cute and well-behaved girl like Su Su?" Shen Ge quickly and gently patted Su Sui's back to comfort her.

Mu Wan originally wanted to suggest that Su Su stay with her for a few days so that Shen Ge could have time to study at the Artifact Refining Hall, but seeing this scene, she couldn't bring herself to say it. Instead, she recorded it with a jade stone.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. It's time for our drive; I need to take her back to cultivate."

"Although she has already First Layer of Qi Refining, the influence of the Ice Spirit Root Ice Spirit Root on her has not completely disappeared. It will only become an aid to her cultivation and no longer affect her body when she reaches the Third Layer of Qi Refining."

"Now I understand why these mutated Spirit Root are so rare. It seems that in their childhood, their bodies are damaged by these Spirit Root, making them sickly and prone to illness. Without the intervention of cultivators, it's unlikely they'll even live past the age of five."

"Sure enough, those with exceptional talent are often envied by the heavens. It's much better for people like us, with Supreme-Grade Spirit Root in the five elements, to have enough natural talent without suffering from the envy of the heavens."

With that, Shen Ge summoned his flying sword, picked up Su Sui, activated his protective Spiritual Qi, and carried her to his sister's cave abode.

It wasn't that Shen Ge didn't want to be a teacher; it was mainly because he hadn't even mastered the cultivation himself yet, and teaching a disciple with such good talent would be a disaster for him. Therefore, Shen Ge naturally agreed when an expert in this field was willing to personally guide him.

However, Shen Ge feels a little awkward every time he sees his sister, as if the generational order is messed up. He calls her "sister," while this little brat, who is even younger than his sister's great-great-grandson, calls him "brother." Doesn't that mean the little brat also calls his sister "sister"?

Fortunately, the cultivation Immortal Realm doesn't place much importance on seniority among mortals. Ultimately, this world values strength above all else. As long as you are strong enough, even an ancient being who has lived for hundreds of thousands of years can only obediently bow their head and call you "senior" when facing someone who is only a few hundred or a few thousand years old.

Of course, the opponent has lived for so long, so their strength is naturally far beyond what this newbie who has only cultivated for a few thousand years can compare to.