Legend of the Great Sage

was mildly surprised, but he also came to an understanding.
He let out an indetectable sigh.
“I’m begging you, my great ma’am Ru Xin, just tell me!”

Ru Xin thought over it.
“Fine, since you’re begging me like this.
It’s a real drab story anyway.
You already know that I’m not a pure Merfolk.
I’m also half fire devourer, which comes from my father.
Don’t look at me like that.
How would I know what they were thinking back then.
With the purity of their bloodlines, it clearly was very difficult for them to produce any offspring.
Who knows what kind of shitty joke the heavens were playing, hehe!”

“In other words, you are the Flower of Water and Fire I’ve been searching for?” Li Qingshan understood now.
Sure enough, the medicine that balanced water and fire could only be produced by her.
Merfolk and Fire Devouring Folk were natural spirits of water and fire.
It really was almost a miracle that they could balance water and fire and give birth to Ru Xin.

“Is there a dent in your head? I’ve told you long ago that the Flower of Water and Fire doesn’t exist! I’m a person, not a flower!” Ru Xin “bellowed” without any concern for her image, scaring a flock of birds.

Li Qingshan rubbed his nose. The Spirit Turtle Suppresses the Seas—I endure!

Ru Xin cussed him out by calling him all sorts of things before finally explaining, “My mother searched hundreds, if not thousands, of underwater volcanoes, but there was not a single flower to be found.
The legend is fake.”

“Your mother searched for it!?” Li Qingshan was slightly surprised.

“Do you think balancing water and fire is very easy?” Ru Xin told him about her distant childhood in as calm of a tone as possible, trying to make nothing of it, but she could not help but grow solemn.

A long time ago, the child born in the tiny wooden hut had been at death’s door the day she was born.
She experienced the torture of the two powers, attacked by chills and fevers repeatedly.
It had almost cost her her life.

Perhaps she was not the first Fire Devouring Folk and Merfolk hybrid—or as she described it, “crossbreed”.
However, none of them could grow to adulthood, so it was unheard of.

Fortunately, her parents were powerful enough, going as far as to devote their time, energy, and even cultivation and lifespan to balance fire and water for her.
Whenever she was overcome with a fever, she would suck the tip of her mother’s finger, drinking her essence blood and vice versa.
That was why she could survive.

“Parental love sure is great!” Li Qingshan could not help but sigh after hearing that.
He thought of something.
“Don’t tell me with the medicine you refine…”

“You’re welcome to call me mother,” Ru Xin said indifferently.

“Piss off!” Li Qingshan suddenly embraced Ru Xin and laughed aloud.
“My dear baby! If anyone aside from me even touches a hair on you, I’ll behead them!”

Ru Xin became speechless, but she became much more relaxed inside for some reason.

Li Qingshan said, “C’mon, c’mon, c’mon.
Let’s tidy this place up, and it’ll be our bridal chamber tonight so that you can console your mother and father’s souls.”

Ru Xin kicked him in the belly.
“Aren’t you short of time? Console my ass!”

After a series of jokes, the sorrowful atmosphere had finally been diluted slightly.
Ru Xin stepped into the hut and began tidying.
She cleaned up the thick dust.
All of the objects became brightly-coloured again.

Li Qingshan did not help her.
He just crossed his arms and leaned against the door frame, snickering away.
“You say no, but your body is still pretty honest, hey?”

Before he could even finish, a jar flew over.
“Get out of here!”

Li Qingshan leaned on one hand as he held the jar with the other, sitting on the stone steps at the entrance.
He blew gently, and the wild grass was all cut to bits, swept off into the horizon by the wind.
The courtyard immediately became clear and spacious, revealing the well, the tiny stream, and countless green insects, fluttering their wings and flying away.

He suddenly frowned and stood up.
He placed the jar beside him and felt a familiar aura draw near.

“What’s she coming here for?”