“Chen Ping An, do you remember what I told you before?”
Li Mu Bai asked with a smile.
“？？？” Chen Ping An was filled with question marks.
He couldn’t understand what Li Mu Bai meant.
But he had an excellent memory.
He could remember things after seeing or hearing them once.
Therefore, he hesitated for a moment before asking Li Mu Bai, “Are you referring to what you said two nights ago? About that chance encounter?”
“Yes!”
Li Mu Bai nodded calmly.
“I don’t understand what you mean.”
Chen Ping An looked puzzled.
“Don’t you really understand? Chen Ping An, although you may appear slow and quiet, I know you’re very clever. Your memory, for instance, is photographic. You’re also very precocious, or perhaps it’s just that all the children in Li Zhu Cave are precocious.” Li Mu Bai chuckled.
Chen Ping An fell silent upon hearing this.
But after a moment of silence, he replied, “So, are you trying to tell me, Li Mu Bai, that you took my chance encounter without my knowledge?”
Li Mu Bai smiled, “I haven’t taken it yet, but I have a high chance of taking it from you if things go according to plan.”
“Then why didn’t you take it secretly? Why tell me about it? After all, I already told you that if I don’t know about it, it doesn’t belong to me.” Chen Ping An looked at Li Mu Bai with a serious expression.
“Because you’re such a good guy, unlike the people I despise. Taking something from you without telling you would make me feel uneasy. Of course, you can also say that I’m being hypocritical, like a hypocrite who pretends to be virtuous. It’s just like that.” Li Mu Bai laughed freely.
Chen Ping An shook his head, “I can feel that you’re not like that.”
Li Mu Bai said, “Sometimes, don’t trust your feelings too much.”
Chen Ping An fell silent again, then continued, “Li Mu Bai, I don’t understand some of the things you said, but if you’re really going to take something from me without my knowledge, then just take it. Don’t let me know.”
“Also, if it’s possible, please leave a little bit for me!”
Chen Ping An felt embarrassed when he said this.
His face couldn’t help but blush.
He had just said that things he didn’t know about didn’t belong to him, and now he was asking Li Mu Bai to leave a little bit for him. He felt like he was being thick-skinned.
Therefore, after he finished speaking, he quickly said to Li Mu Bai, “Or just pretend I didn’t say that last part.”
Li Mu Bai didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he looked at Chen Ping An and sighed, “Chen Ping An, you’re giving me a headache.”
“Why can’t you be a little more bad? That way I would have the courage to take your things without hesitation.”
“Uh...” Chen Ping An looked at Li Mu Bai awkwardly.
He didn’t understand. He didn’t understand at all!
“Alright, I’ll leave it for now. You’re only five years old. It’s too early for you to understand these things. Let’s talk about them in nine years.”
Li Mu Bai waved his hand and then smiled, “But don’t worry, Chen Ping An. I won’t take your things for nothing. I will repay you for the cause and effect between us.”
He then suddenly brought his fingers together to form a sword.
He slashed towards Chen Ping An with a sword.
As he did so, Chen Ping An’s eyes widened.
He saw a giant sword from the heavens appear behind Li Mu Bai, slashing down at him, intending to cleave him in half.
The speed was incredibly fast.
It was very frightening and terrifying.
“Ah...”?
He only had time to let out a scream before the giant sword struck him.
When the sword struck him, he quickly reached out to touch his head.
But he found that his head hadn’t been split in half.
And not only was his head not split in half, he checked his body and found it to be fine.
And not only was he fine.
His body felt warmer than ever.
The abrasions he had suffered from falling down the mountain slope, the blisters on his soles, and his body’s fatigue, all disappeared instantly.
There was no pain in his body or the wounds wrapped around his hands.
“This is...”
Chen Ping An stared at his hands in bewilderment. He instinctively unraveled the bandages. As he did so, he discovered in astonishment that the raw flesh on his hands had healed completely.
And even the calluses he had developed over the past year or so from working had vanished.
They looked unbelievably smooth.
So smooth that he couldn’t believe his own hands.
After looking at his hands, Chen Ping An looked at Li Mu Bai, “Li Mu Bai, how did you do that? Are you a celestial being like the ones my mother told me about in her stories?”
Li Mu Bai shook his head, “I’m not a celestial being. This is just a swordsmanship technique. You can think of me as a swordsman.”
“Swordsman?”
Chen Ping An tried to understand the term.
Although he didn’t know what a swordsman was, he had a feeling that they were incredibly powerful.
“No matter what, Li Mu Bai, thank you for healing my wounds, but I don’t have any money to give you right now. You’ll have to wait until I have some money to pay you back.”
Chen Ping An looked at Li Mu Bai seriously and expressed his gratitude.
Li Mu Bai waved his hand, “Don’t mention it. Consider this an advance compensation.”
“Also, Chen Ping An, if I remember correctly, today is your mother’s seventh day after her death, right?”
“Yes!”
Chen Ping An nodded, his eyes filled with sadness.
“Then, Chen Ping An, you should head back. I might have a surprise for you tonight. With that surprise, I’ll feel more comfortable taking your chance encounter.” Li Mu Bai smiled.
“Oh.”
Chen Ping An replied.
Although he didn’t understand what surprise Li Mu Bai was talking about.
But since Li Mu Bai was asking him to leave, he didn’t stay any longer.
However, he was very curious about Li Mu Bai.
But he was embarrassed to ask him.
Or rather, he had known since he was young that there were some things you shouldn’t ask other people.
It would make them annoyed.
Especially when it came to secrets.
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After Chen Ping An left.
Zhi Gui closed the courtyard gate, then turned her head and looked at Li Mu Bai with a confused expression, “Master, why did you say those things to him?”
“Do you think I was too kind to him?”
“Yes!”
Zhi Gui nodded affirmatively.
In her eyes, her master was mysterious and unpredictable, possibly the reincarnation of an ancient supreme being.
Such an existence, wanting to take a mortal’s chance encounter, why bother informing the mortal beforehand?
Shouldn’t he just take it if he wanted it?
If he really felt there was a cause and effect entanglement.
He should just crush the ant beforehand.
This wasn’t about her being narrow-minded, but rather the entire cultivation world was like this.
The people on the mountain, in their pursuit of the Dao and endless improvement, who cared about the ants blocking their path?