Bai Mo suppressed the greed and desire deep in his eyes, still uo believe it as he closed the wooden box.

  Bai Fei'er noticed the hesitation on Bai Mo's face. After all, the Bodhi Leaf was indeed a rare and precious item. Even giving it to her profit-driven father would be sidered a signifit gift. However, Bai Fei'er had seen true treasures of heaven ah.

  So she whispered a few words to him, telling him that in the colle of this Hidden World Master, the Bodhi Leaf wasn't sidered that valuable, at least not pared to the Eternal Life Ironwood she had seen, which was over a huhousand years old.

  Hearing his young dy say this, Bai Mo's hesitation diminished signifitly. Seeing Gu Heng's indifferent demeanor, he felt that if he tio be overly cautious, it would seem as if he was looking down on Gu Heng.

  Indeed, in the eyes of such a supreme medical sage, these things were not particurly precious.

  "Young Master Gu, since you have gifted such a precious item, I truly feel unworthy."

  Gu Heng was momentarily taken aback, then ughed heartily, "It's just some leaves to brew tea. If you find them good, I give you more."

  He thought the taste of the tea was quite ordinary, but since Bai Mo seemed to value it, he couldn't very well say, "I find this stuff mediocre," right in front of him.

  Bai Mo quickly deed, "There's no need for that! Such precious items shouldn't be taken in excess. What I have is already enough!"

  Gu Heng raised an eyebrow nonittally, thinking that Bai Mo might be more dising than he was. Just a few tea leaves made him so hesitant, indig that even in a promi family, ordinary people still cked fidence. He had seen it clearly earlier; if Bai Fei'er hadn't persuaded Bai Mo, he might have been too embarrassed to accept Gu Heng's gift.

  "By the way, Miss Fei'er, st night was quite a spectacle for many people."

  Gu Heng suddenly ged the subject, smiling as he looked at Bai Fei'er.

  Bai Fei'er's heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but look at him, "Last night... were you also at the Mo Family Residence, Young Master Gu?"

  "Sihe Mo Family gave me this thing, I had no reason not to go and see. And indeed, I saw something iing."

  Gu Heng took out the Marriage Proposal Scroll and waved it. Upon seeing the scroll, both Bai Fei'er and Bai Mo were shocked, yet they also felt a bit sorry for the Mo Family's ck of insight.

  Such Marriage Proposal Scrolls were actually quite on. Not only the Mo Family, but even the marginal retives of the Bai Family would send such scrolls to ordinary people when hosting weddings...

  But they khat Gu Heng was no ordinary person. Although the Medie Hall appeared old and dusty, the treasures within its ets surpassed even the royal treasury of the Sunfre Empire. He eve a Tribution Crossing stage Nine-Lives Demon Cat as a pet. For the Mo Family's wedding, Gu Heng should have beeed higher thahe Mo Family's patriarch.

  Yet the Mo Family sent him a seant for ordinary people. It had to be said that such a family, fio oy, had a limited vision and had likely fotten the principle that there are aleople beyond people.

  Looking at Gu Heng's expression, it wasn't unpleasant; rather, it carried a hint of self-mockery, as if he found it amusing that he, a hidden supreme medical sage, was mistaken for a mere mortal by the local family.

  Bai Mo felt that after being among mortals for so long, his mi had bee so indifferent. Or perhaps he had reached the pinnacle and was used to the world's warmth and ess, so he didn't bother to fuss over the Mo Family's trivialities.

  "That day, when I invited you in to shelter from the rain, were you troubled by this marriage?"

  Gu Heng looked at Bai Fei'er and suddenly asked.

  Bai Fei'er was stuhen blushed and nodded slightly.

  "If it weren't for Young Master Gu, st night I would have been sold off to that Mo Family wastrel. I truly have no way to repay this kindness."

  After speaking, she lightly bit her lip and lowered her eyes. Tu Heng's help in removing the residual poison a her cultivation was like being given a new life. But she uood that to Gu Heng, such matters might not even be worth remembering, and he might fet them in a few days.

  Gu Heng was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

  Though he was just an ordinary mortal, he had only invited her in to shelter from the rain and given her a bowl of hot medial soup. Somehow, this had helped this cultivator woman, making her speak of "kindness."

  But as people often said, the path of cultivation was about the iwining of cause and effect. Although he was a mortal, perhaps he had iently pyed a role in Bai Fei'er's "cause and effect."

  Yes, it must be like that.

  Otherwise, why would this young, beautiful, and humble woman be so grateful to him?

  "A healer's heart is benevolent. Helping you was just a matter of venienot something to be called a kindness. You dwell on it.

  Moreover, a young dy like Miss Fei'er, with such high talent and a resilient nature, is rare in my lifetime. You will surely achieve great things iure. Keep your mind open and don't let trivial worldly causes and effects hinder you, lest they bee a burden."

  Gu Heng's words were sihough there was a bit of fttery involved.

  He had never met a "prodigy" like Bai Fei'er in his life, but since she was a cultivator, he had to speak with a bit of mystery, not too shallow.

  However, these words struck Bai Mo like a thunderbolt!

  It turned out that this senior had seen through his young dy's extraordinary talent at a gno wonder he had refihe "Star-Moon Divier" to help her return to her peak!

  Having watched Bai Fei'er grow up, Bai Mo had witnessed all her past glories. From the age she could cultivate, Bai Fei'er had been praised to the skies, whiaturally made her increasingly proud. Excessive pride was not a good thing, and then disaster struck.

  She oisoned, fell from grace, and the higher her pride had been, the harder the fall. She was eventually crushed by past praises and tless ter mockeries.

  But all this, in Gu Heng's eyes, robably just "trivial worldly causes and effects."

  He might have seen that Bai Fei'er was destio face this ordeal, and she had indeed ehe humiliation and ridicule, walking a certain distance. Gu Heng must have believed that Bai Fei'er's fate was not yet sealed, and so he helped her!

  With this thought, Bai Mo's emotions surged, and he immediately felt a deep respect. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and then bowed with cupped hands.

  "Thank you, Young Master Gu, fuiding my young dy."

  Bai Fei'er, upon hearing this, seemed to awaken from a dream. She gracefully bowed, "Young Master Gu, your words are irue. Fei'er will surely remember your teags today ahem in her heart."

  Gu Heng waved his hand, his smile gentle, showing no hint of pride or self-satisfa from the praise. He merely nodded slightly, indig that although he was a mortal, he uood the cultivators' emphasis on "cause and effect."

  In truth, it was just about saving face.

  He could find a sense of aplishment from these two.

  See, although I'm a mortal, I'm ected to the cultivators' "cause and effect" and even helped her.

  "Young Master Gu has helped me so much. Although Fei'er knows there's no way to repay you, please accept this sword. If you don't, I won't be able to rest easy."

  As Bai Fei'er spoke, she removed the exquisite silver-sheathed longsword from her waist and respectfully prese to Gu Heng. Seeing her siy, Gu Heng knew he couldn't refuse this gift, so he reached out and accepted it.

  The sword felt cold to the touch, yet had a certai. He caressed it for a moment and drew it from its sheath, finding it rather ordinary.

  This sword... was somewhat average.

  Gu Heng wasn't dissatisfied with the gift; it was just that the sword seemed inferior to the scrap ons he had fed himself. But seeing Bai Fei'er's sincere expression, this sword was clearly one she often used, and she seemed a bit relut to part with it.

  This young dy from a promi family still used such a mediocre on...

  ons should be as strong as possible; otherwise, using a mediocre one would only be a burden. But perhaps this was Bai Fei'er's iion.

  She wao hone her skills and teiques, deliberately using such a on to accumute momentum.

  Truly araordinary woman.

  "This sword is called 'Qingming.' It was something Fei'er acquired by ce. I hope Young Master Gu won't disdain it."

  Bai Fei'er was somewhat relut to part with the "Qingming" sword. She had found it in the imperial secret realm, a profound-grade divine on that had even birthed a "on spirit," nearing the earth-grade level.

  Unfortunately, in the imperial secret realm, she not only gaihe divine on but also got poisoned, causing her cultivation to dee rapidly. She hadn't evehe sword a few times.

  As the saying goes, there are gains and losses, but Bai Fei'er felt the loss was greater.

  However, pared to Gu Heng's help, this treasured sword seemed insignifit. Moreover, such a profound-grade on was likely trivial in the eyes of a Hidden World Master.

  Gu Heng exami closely, uo help but cp his hands and ugh, "Though this sword seems ordinary to me, since Miss Fei'er has gifted me a on, what will you do?"

  "Young Master Gu worry. I may not have anything else to use, but I'm not in a hurry."

  Gu Heng chuckled, "How that be? Giving someone something, even if it's not the best, I see you really like this sword. Just taking it would leave me with regrets."

  Bai Fei'er was taken aback, "Is that so?"

  "No worries, you give me something, and I'll give you something iurn."

  Bai Fei'er hesitated even more, "But... I..."

  "Miss, just follow Young Master Gu's suggestion," Bai Mo interjected, "It's Young Master Gu's goodwill."

  Bai Fei'er bit her lip, thought for a long while, and finally nodded.

  So Gu Heng didn't dey, heading straight to the small courtyard behind the rear hall, opening a dusty room filled with various ons—swords, knives, hammers, halberds, even niion whips and double-edged axes.

  He pced the Qingming sword aside aed a soft sword from the dusty on rack, ohat looked the most exquisite to him.

  This sword was one of Gu Heng's earlier works. From the bde to the sheath, he had fed it with aestheti mind, silver-white with intricate patterns. It was indeed beautiful, but its quality was merely average among the dusty ons.

  Of course, the soft sword was suitable for a woman, but a on fed by a mortal was ultimately mediocre in the eyes of a cultivator. Still, it didn't matter; it was a gift, a memento for Bai Fei'er. She surely didn't ck good swords, and using su ordinary on was just a way to train herself.

  Gu Heuro the rear hall with the sword and ha to Bai Fei'er.

  "Miss Fei'er, please accept it."

  Upon receiving the sword, Bai Fei'er immediately sensed something unusual. The patterns on the scabbard seemed to ceal the mysteries of sword momentum, like a living thing. As soon as she touched it, a sharp chill seemed to cut through the air, making her instinctively shrink back.

  This sword—it seemed to possess a spirit!

  Her heart trembled as she looked up at Gu Heng, who nodded slightly. Cautiously, she gripped the hilt and drew the sword.

  The moment the sword artially uhed, Bai Fei'er felt her vision filled with the sword's momentum. Bai Mo, too, widened his eyes, barely restraining himself from losing posure.

  What kind of divine on was this!?