We said we would experience life, fairy, how did you become real?.

Chapter 486 If you're not afraid to die, come on!
"Really...really?"

Tu Shan Jingci slightly raised her face, her eyes blinking as she looked at Xiao Mo, her gaze filled with a hint of daze and a deep sense of anticipation.

"Xiao Mo, are you really not lying to me?" The girl asked the boy in front of her, afraid that she had been deceived.

“Really.” Xiao Mo smiled slightly, his tone gentle yet firm, “If the deductive techniques of ‘The Great Dream of Yellow Millet’ haven’t lied to me.”

“Okay… I’ll wait for you, but you can’t go back on your word!” Tu Shan Jingci extended her slender little finger and held it out to Xiao Mo, her eyes filled with a childlike seriousness. “Let’s pinky swear.”

"I dare not go back on my word." Xiao Mo smiled and extended his hand.

Two little fingers, one thick and one thin, were gently hooked together.

After a moment, Xiao Mo released the girl's fingers and took a step back: "Miss, it's getting late, so I'll take my leave now. Please take good care of yourself during this time."

"I...I'll wait for you..."

Tu Shan Jingci gently pressed her small hand to her chest, her beautiful eyes staring straight at Xiao Mo, as if she wanted to etch the image of the person in front of her into her heart, bit by bit.

Xiao Mo smiled and nodded, straightened his sleeves, bowed deeply to Tu Shan Jingci, then turned around and slowly left.

Tu Shan Jingci remained standing in the same spot, his gaze fixed on the receding figure.

She subconsciously took a step forward, as if wanting to catch up, but in the end, she stopped.

As Xiao Mo's figure gradually shrank to a tiny dot, the girl couldn't help but stand on tiptoe, tilt her chin slightly, and try to look into the distance.

Even after that tiny dot completely disappeared from sight, the girl continued to gaze in that direction.

After a long, long time, the girl gently bit her thin lips and slowly withdrew her gaze.

"Sister Moonstone..." Her voice trembled slightly, "Will Xiao Mo be in danger during this seclusion?"

Moonstone glanced at the young lady beside him and gently shook his head: "Whether human or demon, anyone who goes into seclusion to cultivate will inevitably face certain risks."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tu Shan Jingci lowered his head, his worry deepening.

"But please rest assured, Miss." Looking at her young mistress's appearance, Yue Shi couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache. "I believe Xiao Mo will be able to emerge from seclusion smoothly—he promised you, Miss, and he will definitely keep his word."

"Um……"

Tu Shan Jingci raised his head again, gazing in the direction where Xiao Mo had disappeared.

"He said he would never lie to me."

"Since he agreed to it."

"I will definitely not break my promise."

……

After descending Qianxue Peak, Xiao Mo arrived at Liujia Village.

He had intended to greet Liu Shui and tell her that she no longer needed to come to his courtyard to do his laundry and cook for him.

But to his surprise, Liu Shui was not at home.

Xiao Mo asked the neighbor next door and learned that she was selling things at the market with her mother and would not be back until later.

So Xiao Mo wrote a letter and asked his neighbor to pass it on to Liu Shui before turning back to his bamboo courtyard.

Back at the Bamboo Garden.

The first thing Xiao Mo did was to take out array flags from his storage bag and carefully place them around the bamboo courtyard.

These flags help Xiao Mo gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and also serve as a certain warning.

Even so, if Xiao Mo were to completely enter a state of seclusion, these array flags would attempt to awaken him, but he would still suffer injuries due to the interruption of his cultivation.

But in any case, something is better than nothing.

After making all the preparations, Xiao Mo took a few pills to replenish his spiritual energy and blood energy, then sat cross-legged in the center of the courtyard, quietly regulating the spiritual energy in his body, preparing himself to be in the best condition for the upcoming seclusion.

The night passed quietly, the sun rose in the east, and a pale white tinge appeared on the distant horizon.

Xiao Mo slowly opened his eyes. Xian Xichun had already arrived outside the bamboo courtyard. He brushed his blue robe aside, sat cross-legged on a blue stone, and nodded slightly to Xiao Mo.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Xian."

Xiao Mo spoke softly, then closed his eyes again.

Just as Xiao Mo entered the Dao, a gentle breeze rustled through the bamboo forest.

The squirrel in the bamboo grove raised its head and looked curiously at the human sitting with his eyes closed in the courtyard. Then, it suddenly leaped away and jumped into the distance.

An aura of Daoist charm emanated from Xiao Mo's body, gradually condensing into a long, winding river of Daoist charm.

Black and white intertwine to form yin and yang fish, leaping up in the long river of Taoist rhythm, then falling back into the water with a "plop," repeating the cycle endlessly.

"He's only at the Dragon Gate Realm, yet his first seclusion has triggered such a Daoist phenomenon." Xian Xichun nodded in satisfaction, a hint of approval in her eyes. "This young man is truly remarkable..."

Before he finished speaking, Xian Xichun moved his mind and a long sword suddenly appeared in his palm.

In the blink of an eye, the longsword was drawn, and a flash of sword light appeared.

Deep in the bamboo forest, a man in black fell from mid-air, crashing onto the soft soil. Blood seeped out, staining the newly sprouted bamboo shoots and the damp earth red.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, Mr. Xian. Do you really want to meddle in other people's business?"

In the empty bamboo forest, a voice, indistinguishable between male and female, echoed eerily, its words filled with chilling murderous intent and bone-chilling coldness.

"I don't care how much money Tushan gave you," Xian Xichun said calmly, yet with an undeniable air of authority. "Before he emerges from seclusion, if you want to harm him, you'll have to get past my sword first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xian Xichun swung his sword again.

The person who had been speaking from the shadows suddenly narrowed their eyes.

By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late.

The sword light flashed across his body, instantly cleaving him in two.

“Although I have read books for hundreds of years and cultivated my temperament for hundreds of years,” Xian Xichun flipped the sword and plunged it straight into the soil beside him, tilting his head back to drink a mouthful of wine, “it does not mean that my temper is gone.”

His cold gaze swept across the surrounding bamboo forest.

"If you're not afraid to die, come on!"

"..."

Mr. Xian's voice echoed through the bamboo forest before gradually fading away.

Silence reigned all around, and no one answered for a long time.

After a while, the bamboo stalks began to tremble slightly, and all the shadowy figures hidden in the dark retreated silently, even taking away the corpses of their companions.

"With such little courage, you dare to be an assassin? How laughable!"

Xian Xichun gave a cold laugh, raised his head, and continued drinking the wine in the pot.

"But then again..."

Xian Xichun raised her head and looked at the road leading to the mountainside, and couldn't help but smile.

"The person who shouldn't be here has arrived; when will the person who should be here arrive?"

"Sister Moonstone".

In the courtyard early in the morning.

Tu Shan Jingci woke up early and shook Yue Shi's arm.

"Just let me go down the mountain."

"Sister Moonstone".

(End of this chapter)