When Ren Shuang stepped inside the door, his vision darkened for a moment before he saw the familiar figure of his master.
Jiu Shen stood in front of him with an indifferent expression on his face. “Congratulations on your breakthrough.” He said in a calm tone.
Ren Shuang bowed his head and said with respect. “It is all thanks to the master’s arrangements. The true essence inside that world is many times thicker than here in Nuar. Failing to breakthrough under that condition would be humiliating.”
“Since you have already stepped into the Nascent God Realm, I can be at ease to leave this place in your care. I will take Ice with me to the Divine Beast Continent and we might be gone for a while. Your task is to protect this place and our people while I am away. As for people requesting the aid of our Heavenly Sword Tower, I will leave that for you to decide.” Jiu Shen had long since planned on visiting the Divine Beast Continent. With Ren Shuang guarding the place during his absence, he can finally leave without worry.
“I will protect them with my life.” Ren Shuang promised with a solemn expression.
Jiu Shen nodded his head when he heard Ren Shuang’s words. He then took out a communication crystal and handed it to Ren Shuang as he said. “Use this crystal when there is a crisis that even you can’t handle, but I don’t think that there is still someone in this continent that could give you that much trouble. However, if that time ever comes, don’t hesitate to contact me through this communication crystal.”
Ren Shuang glanced at the small crystal in his hand and carefully kept it inside his space ring. He then stared at Jiu Shen with a serious gaze as he said. “Master, I will not allow anyone to bring harm to our people and the sword tower!”
“Good. I will be leaving tomorrow. And remember, the safest place in this world is the wine store.” Jiu Shen went towards his bed after saying those words.
Seeing this, Ren Shuang knew that it was time for him to leave the room.
Before he left, Ren Shuang bowed in the direction of Jiu Shen. His mind was occupied with Jiu Shen’s last words.
“The safest place in this world is inside the wine store…” Ren Shuang muttered as he walked away.
Jiu Shen patted the face of the little girl who was still sleeping soundly on the bed. This small act of him woke up the little girl.
“St-Stinky human! Why did you wake up this Lord Tiger?!” Ice raised her hands like a claw as she resentfully glared at Jiu Shen. She was dreaming about walking on top of a huge mountain of ice cream, but it was suddenly interrupted by Jiu Shen, so how could she not be angry?
Jiu Shen calmly evaded her claw strikes as he replied in a soft voice. “You will come with me to the Divine Beast Continent. We will be leaving tomorrow morning.”
Ice retracted her hands and stared at Jiu Shen with surprise. “Is it finally time?” She asked with mixed emotions.
She had escaped from the Divine Beast Continent with the help of her parents. She had no idea if they were still alive. Although the possibility was abysmally low, she wanted to verify it herself.
She could still remember how her clan members were brutally killed during that day and how powerless she was to stop the massacre.
WhenJiu Shen saw her changing expressions, he immediately carried the little girl and hugged her tightly in his embrace.
Ice tried to suppress her tears from falling out, causing her small body to shiver uncontrollably.
Jiu Shen gently rubbed her back as he said. “Yes, it is time for us to go there. No matter what you see in that place, my door is always open for you.”
Ice remained silent when she heard his words. She snuggled into his chest and bit her lips to prevent herself from crying.
“You can no longer drink your milk when we go there, so you have to enjoy it while you are still here.” Jiu Shen suddenly said.
His words startled the little girl and she immediately went “ah” as she looked at Jiu Shen with a pitiful gaze.
“Can you not ask those humans to make more than a hundred bottles in advance? No- I mean more than ten thousand bottles. Yeah, ten thousand!” Ice held Jiu Shen’s hand while looking at him with big adorable eyes.
“Nope.” Jiu Shen replied without a change in his emotions.
Ice pouted and raised her claws, her teeth looking ready to bite Jiu Shen at any moment.
“You will!” She said threateningly.
“Nope.”
Ice pounced towards Jiu Shen and opened her mouth wide, but before she could even bite his arms, Jiu Shen stopped her advance with a casual tap of his finger directly on her forehead.
Seeing that she could not bite him, Ice sat desolately on the bed with her arms crossed.
“So stingy… It is just ten thousand bottles. Is that really too much…” She grumbled while refusing to look at Jiu Shen.
“We don’t have time to wait for the kitchen staff to make ten thousand bottles of milk, but I can bring the necessary ingredients and make the milk myself on our journey.” Jiu Shen said as he patted the girl’s little head.
Upon hearing that, the little girl turned towards Jiu Shen with twinkling eyes as she asked expectantly. “Really? Meow.”
Jiu Shen nodded his head at her, instantly making the little girl dive into his embrace. “Hehehe! I know that you would say that. Meow.”
Jiu Shen smiled at her and fondly rubbed her head, making her hair messy.
To his actions, the little girl merely closed her eyes and enjoyed this moment.
Without his knowledge, Jiu Shen’s stone-cold heart was slowly melting as he interacted more with this little girl…
