Baiyu's decision and Tang San's Present

The early next morning after discussing what to do the whole evening, Baiyu is ready to tell the Village Chief about her decision that her family agrees on. Knocked on the door the Village Chief open door to see Baiyu look shy and serious.

Grandpa Jack ket her in remembering about the agreement they have with Tang San, he hoped that she would go to the academy. Setting in Grandpa Jack's house she took a deep breath knowing that Grandpa Jack would be shocked and angry.

''Grandpa Jack my decision is not to go Nuoding Primary Spirit Academy.''

Just as she predicted he was still from shock and anger but She quickly smoothed his anger.

''It's not that my family decided it's my decision, I want to be a doctor. My family support and encourage me in my decision, so I'm sorry that I won't go to the Academy.''

She bows to him as the Village Chief, not as Grandpa Jack as she was serious.

Jack can only sigh and calm down drinking the water cup, he is already disappointed that Tang San cannot go now even though Baiyu doesn't want to go.

She was the second calm and wise kid after Tang San. he respect Baiyu's decision if that was what she wanted.

''Look like no one going to the academy,'' he said with a sigh

''What do you mean Grandpa Jack, San-ge also didn't go?'' Baiyu act oblivious asks Jack confused.

He nodded as a yes, she suddenly held his hand tightly before encouraging him

''Grandpa Jack how many days left before going to Nuoding Academy.''

''It three months left before the school started.''

''Don't worry Grandpa Jack I will try to talk to Uncle Hao and see if he allowed San-ge to go to the Academy. San-ge likes learning new things, he is always curious.'' with that encouraging words Jack seems happier, she bows to him again and wants to get vegetables and wine drinks that she brews.

It is a rice wine with a few herbs that taste good together. The herbs produced a good aroma and it is good for your health that anyone wants to taste, she learns it from a merchant as they pass by.

In her past life, she loved to taste the new wine, and because she has high alcohol tolerance. She found out about this because her friends urge her to enter the wine drinking competition. She never drinks so she thought she would get drunk immediately after one glass.

But she feels refreshed instead so she wins the competition and gets an expensive wine from the host herself.

Now she was in front of Tang San family house, she knocked on the door to see the door open by Tang san.

Tang San was surprised to see Baiyu carrying many vegetable baskets and a wine? He helps her in carrying another vegetable basket to the kitchen, she put the wine on the table carefully.

''Yu'er are you going to the mountain with me today?''

''No San-ge I will not be going with you today. You can go alone and I will make breakfast, for you and Uncle Hao.'' with that Tang San run outside to the mountain,

Baiyu cooks rice with vegetables and beef meat. She finishes cooking half an hour later to see Tang Hao already sitting at the Dinner table with her wine open.

Tang Hao was surprised to see Baiyu cook breakfast for them he sit down on the diner table quietly looking at her cooking. A strong and rich aroma of wine attracted him, he open the wine and pour it into his cup.

It tastes strong than any more wine he drinks, it has a smell of a few herbs mixed into it. Snapping out of his trance when Baiyu pours herself a cup of wine, drinking without a problem.

''Yu'er she shouldn't drink wine at this age of yours.'' Tang Hao warned her, she only shakes her head and smiles sadly

''Uncle Hao can you tell me why won't allow San-ge to go and study at the Nuoding Primary Spirit academy,'' she said pouring herself and Tang Hao more wine, it tastes good after she is buried under a blossom tree near their house for 2 years.

''What used of being a spirit master if you cannot protect the one you love, Yu'er. It was useless to become a spirit master. Becoming powerful just to compete with someone that you cannot compare is useless. I cannot even protect his mom, It is useless Yu'er''

Baiyu let him rambly get his head out of the matter before speaking in a clear voice as she surprised Tang Hao.

''Than Uncle have you ever thought of San-ge's future before? His own decision, his own choice? His loved ones, his friends? Have you ever thought of San-ge's future that has many new friends that he trusted except me and A-Qing, have a bright future ahead of him?''

That stopped Tang Hao completely from looking at Baiyu with sad and understanding eyes.

''Think about it Uncle Hao, would you also tell San-ge who he should love or forbid him from making more trustful friends to who he could depend? Uncle Hao, you can't do this just because you lost your loved one to a spiritual master. He deserves to choose his future, Uncle Hao.''

Baiyu said drinking more wine, observing Tang Hao. he went still and a little tremble from clenching his fist, his eyes are more focused with sadness and afraid.

The door suddenly opens with a bang, they turn around to see Qing Qiu panting and fanning himself. After he can breathe properly, he sits near his sister to pour himself some water.

When drinking the water he suddenly coughed, it was wine instead of water he look at his sister accusingly.

''A-Jie you can't just switch the water to your strong wine that even A-Die fainted after one sip!''

''Maybe you should watch what you drink next time, in case it poison.''

That remark makes Qing Qiu look at his cup and smell it. He scowls at his sister tricking him AGAIN, he bickered with Baiyu but lost when she said

''Maybe I should let you do a handstand with one arm?''

That made Qing Qiu still with a pale face, Baiyu laughed and Tang Hao looked at them amused.

Tang Hao couldn't help but see his wife; A-Yin's personality in Baiyu especially how she encouraged him. Her sassy remark, winning in argument, her laughing full of fondness and love, and how she can weak him with a few sentences it all reflect her.

He has been thinking about what she said about Tang San's future, he just doesn't want to lose his loved ones again but is preventing it the solution? He doesn't know anymore as he looks at Qing Qiu hammering the iron with concentration and Baiyu goes to the kitchen may be cooking something else.

''Xiao San takes care of her and protects her if she is your loved one, don't be like me.'' He muttered finishing the wine that he start getting tolerate of it, he moved near Qing Qiu and guide him.

What they know is that Tang San hears everything they talk about. He came back just in time for Baiyu to talk about his future to his dad who never had such clear and focused eyes.

Due to his sixth sense, he can hear the conversation even from the outside window. He has been standing there listening to their conversation about his future and even the bicker between the siblings. This unusual sibling interested him as they talk to him while the other children in the village make fun of him. After spending time with them for a long time Tang San warm up to them and their company.

Then he hears his dad muttered

''Xiao San takes care of her and protects her if she is your loved one, don't be like me.''

That makes him speechless his face as red as a tomato, his heart beating fast. He shakes his head and looks at Baiyu cooking with many thoughts running in his head.

'Thank you for everything Yu'er, I swear on my soul that I will protect and take care of you. My little Jade,'

What he doesn't know is that when he swears their spirits are connected. An invisible red string tied their pinky fingers only the person with this string can see it if strong enough. They can feel each other pain, but it depends on that personal connection like spending time together.

Tang San walks to the front door and opens it. They have breakfast together then help clean the place. Baiyu and Qing Qiu leave to pick herbs and for the two Tang talk with each other. Tang San, go into the smith picking up an iron but Tang Hao stops him from talking

"Xiao San, do you want to go to Nuoding Primary Spirit School?" Tang San already knows that his dad gonna asks

"I'm okay not being a spirit master dad, being a blacksmith is also okay." Tang San said turning back to his dad, hamming the iron.

Tang Hao looks at his son back with a complicated expression before going to his room. To sleep.

Tang San continues hamming the iron with concentration but his mind is in turmoil.

In the next half months' time, Tang San everyday practiced the force borrowing hammer forging method Tang Hao taught him every. Despite having Controlling Crane Catching Dragon to assist his strength control, and having Purple Demon Eye to determine the position of his hammer blows, this forging method was still more difficult to master than he could have imagined.

Since it was hitting with all his strength, using full strength was in itself very hard to control. Drawing strength from the rebound, and again controlling the body's balance to position the hammer blow was extremely difficult.

With increasing hits, the required essential force control increased somewhat, and the body's unceasing rotation could not only cause a sense of dizziness, but at the same time, the force of each falling strike also became even harder to control.

Fortunately, he had already been striking that chunk of iron for a very long time, so its impurities were already very few and it was not so easy to shatter. Otherwise, he would not be able to control the weight of that forging hammer, and would probably already have smashed it to pieces.

But, in the middle of this practice course, Tang San's use of Mysterious Heaven Skill, as well as Controlling Crane Catching Dragon, Mysterious Jade Hands with Purple Demon Eye's coordination, all advanced unnoticed.

Of course, this also had an inseparable connection with that lower leg force-generating method. With this kind of force-generating method, he could greatly reduce the consumption of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, enabling Tang San to have even more time to pump the bellows and forge.

Originally his father swung the hammer thirty-six times, but also it would appear that he had surplus energy. He could only swing seven times, he didn't know when he could reach his father's level. Every time Tang San thought about this, he immediately had additional motivation to practice.

These days, as if he had forgotten about spirits and spirit rings, when cultivating Purple Demon Eye on the mountain top in the early morning, he also deeply thought about the problem of how to swing the hammer.

Baiyu also broadened her study in herbs to rare spirit herbs and extreme poison. She also used what she learn from Tang San knowledge when she read the novel. She has written it in her notebook that her father got her last year.

She would climb the mountain every morning with Tang San, mediate with him and give him money. He helps pick herbs to sell so, why not. Help her mother and do house chores, Qing Qiu would run from Tang San's house to learn to blacksmith in the morning then in the afternoon he stay at home studying and learning writing because his handwriting is disastrous. His handwriting improves a lot with Baiyu teaching him.

Baiyu learn many skills from the several books that her parents gave her. It also documents her second martial spirit. Her Yin Yan needles need Yin essence which can get if we are in a cold place and another is the moon essence.

Though it doesn't improve much at least the moon essence can change into spirit power. The Yang essence can get easily since it is sunny and a place the Yang essence is the strongest.

The skill Baiyu learned is the Golden God Eye that requires the qi from the south that can cultivate in the early morning before sunrise and midnight. The Pearless Silver Needles Techniques, Ocean Mind Protection, and Cold Frost hand are all from the same books.

Another book is called the Pearless Blood Spring Sword Art. It has many sword arts that used spirit power to perform, the sword art is accurate, fast, unavoidable, and worst of all deadly. This type of sword art can only be used by the Clan Leader or the Heiress/ Heir, your sword needs to be flexible, not very heavy and it will lase with ten different potential deadly poisons.

Baiyu also searches through her small collection of books for the soul beast that is suitable to be her soul ring. She learns that her spirit is not only good for support but also for control type of spirit master, Baiyu wants her first spirit ring to be poison and durable.

Qinghe opens the door to her daughter's bedroom to see a messy room with books laying around the room and her favorite and special daughter sitting in the middle of the mess. She sighs picking up one book 'Different Type Of Soul Beast' and stacking it on the desk, Baiyu finally looks up from her book seeing her mother sitting on the chair looking at her.

''Mother, what are you doing here?'' Baiyu said to close her book and pour water for her mother.

''Are you looking for a suitable soul beast for your soul ring?''

Baiyu only nodded a yes, Qinghe said

''How about in three months you and your a-Die go to Nuoding city to Spirit Hunting Forest. There is where the empire holds spirit beasts captive. Certainly can find something that suits you."

Baiyu sighed and look at her mother, in her past life her mother died when she and Qing Qiu at a young age. Qinghe moves and sits on the bed, patting it asking for her to sleep. Baiyu does as her mother asks, she put her head on her mother's lap, closing her eyes slightly. Win the start humming a song looking out of the nearby window, Baiyu starts feeling sleepy and complies.

After putting Baiyu to lie down on her bed for the afternoon because the child is tired. Qinghe goes into the living room to see that her husband is cleaning the sword that he hasn't used since that year.

Mingluo looks up from his sword and smile then asks "How is A-yu San Niang..."

"She sleeping right now maybe from exhaustion. You may need to use the sword again for her first spirit ring." He laugh and nodded

They don't know what to do with their daughter who has the Lycoris Thread as her spirit. From the moment she tells them about her spirit, they knew she would be in danger but they can't just stop her from doing something she wants. They can only protect their children from the shadow as they do whatever they want.

In the evening when it was sunset, Baiyu go up the mountain where Tang San and she sit. She looks at the setting sun, and hears a rustling she turns and sees Tang San sitting next to her. She turns back to the setting sun, it was beautiful.

Tang San wants a break from thinking too much, so he goes where Baiyu and he used to meditate and rest together. See that Baiyu is already there he suits next to her admiring the view together.

"San-ge will you go to Nuoding Primary School..." Baiyu asks looking at Tang San.

He only hummed as he fall back to the flower field with his eye close. Baiyu also follows the action as they enjoy the breeze and the silence comfort of each other.

Remembering something Tang San takes a gorgeous hairpin. It is a long silver pin with a single white flower, along with a string of blue and white.

Baiyu saw this ask looking at the gorgeous hairpin "San-ge who hairpin is this?"

Tang San look at her, turn away, and give her the pin "Last year I haven't given you a present for your birthday so bought this hairpin for you. I bought this by chance when a merchant lady came by."

Baiyu take the hairpin inspecting it, it look well made with enough design. She likes it simple and easy when it's come to accessories.

"I know it's cheap-"

"No, it's okay San-ge it's well made and beautiful in its ways. The detail of the pin is also simple. San-ge how much is this hairpin!?"

"Only a few gold coins..." Tang San said scratching his next still looking away

"Can you put it on for me..."

Tang San nodded as Baiyu turn her back to him. She gives him a comb which confused Tang San where did she take it from.

"I always keep a comb with me San-ge."

Not wanting to question her no more he combs her hair. Baiyu's hair reaches her waist and it smells good. It smells of herbs rose and something unidentified that attracts him.

Tang San tied her hair to a half ponytail leaving her back hair flowing freely. He sticks the hairpin between the ribbon, Baiyu jump turns around and asks Tang San

"San-ge is it finish yet? Is it beautiful on me?"

Tang San only looks at her dancing around the flower field, her hair flowing smoothly with her figure. She never laughs and smiles happily before even to her brother.

"Beautiful" Tang San muttered softly not that Baiyu heard it. She drags Tang San from his standing spot and plays together.

The red invisible string tied between their pinky finger moved to the ring finger. Its string grew stronger and more durable, and in the middle of the string loses some of its knots.

They return separately ways, Baiyu returns to her house with a smile but noticeable on her face. Her family look at her with a questioning look, but she ignored them as she went to her room. She put her new hairpin in the jade box that was the wooden box. She loosen her hair change her clothes and went to bed with a small smile.

Tang San went to his house with a relieved and calm mind, after that turn of events. He prepares for bed as he sleeps knowing that he has Baiyu.

Three months passed very quickly, and just as Tang San could begin to wield the hammer thirteen times, Tang Hao began to instruct him on how to forge tools. Baiyu successfully learn the Pearless Silver Needles and Golden God Eye, Baiyu also got permission to go to the mountain alone to practice The Flame Frost Phoenix Control.

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