The host and the protagonist had a happy ending again [Quick Transmigration]

Xu Ran has noticed in the past few days that his little apprentice has really grown bold.

The young apprentice was indeed not a sleepyhead; except for the first day, he got up to practice swordsmanship every day at dawn.

The difference is that Pei Chenxi initially only practiced swordsmanship in a corner of the courtyard, but now he runs wildly all over the courtyard and even secretly puts rabbits on his master's bed.

Xu Ran woke up this morning without hearing any noise outside, and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Go and see what mischief he's up to?"

The system glanced back and hesitated, then asked, "Is Xiao Pei... um... destroying evidence?"

Xu Ran, puzzled, quietly went out of the house and saw his little apprentice digging a hole with the Broken Water Sword and burying a burnt fish inside.

Xu Ran was quite intrigued. She leaned against the peach tree with her arms crossed and watched for a long time before finally bursting out laughing.

Pei Chenxi turned around in surprise and took several steps back, "Master, Master..."

Xu Ran laughed so hard she couldn't stand up straight, and reached out to Pei Chenxi, saying, "Don't hide, come and help me up."

Pei Chenxi's face quickly flushed red. She stepped forward to help Xu Ran up, saying with annoyance, "Please don't laugh at me."

...He didn't burn it on purpose.

Xu Ran patted his hand holding the sword. "You were treasuring it like a treasure just a few days ago, and now you're using it to dig holes?"

Such a fine sword, yet the little apprentice uses it like a shovel. Even when Duan Shui Sword was with Xu Ran, it was never treated so poorly.

Pei Chenxi was extremely embarrassed and said evasively, "I'll stew some chicken for you."

After saying that, the young apprentice ran towards the kitchen as fast as lightning, as if a wolf was chasing him.

He is much more talented in cooking than in cultivation. Now he can stew chicken to perfection, but apart from grilling fish... he can never quite get the heat right.

Xu Ran wasn't particular about such things, so he simply sat down and leaned against the peach tree, waiting for his little apprentice to finish cooking and come out.

Pei Chenxi brought out the chicken soup and saw that Xu Ran had already closed her eyes.

Cultivators who have reached the Nascent Soul stage do not need to sleep every day, but Pei Chenxi has observed over the past few days that his master simply loves to sleep and does not wake him up. He takes the Broken Water and practices his swordsmanship on the side.

The system sat on the treetop, glanced at Pei Chenxi who was practicing swordsmanship, and suddenly sighed with worry.

Xu Ran opened her eyes upon hearing the system's sigh and silently asked, "How much time is left?"

The system replied: "Six months."

These peaceful and idyllic days can last for another six months.

  

Xu Ran didn't reply to him again, and watched Pei Chenxi practice swordsmanship attentively. The thin and small boy from back then is now in his prime, full of vigor and vitality.

—He raised them.

"It's alright," Xu Ran said. "He can handle it."

Pei Chenxi sheathed his sword and met Xu Ran's smiling gaze. He immediately became a little nervous, as he had made several mistakes earlier.

"Are you tired?" Master simply patted the empty space beside him. "Come sit down for a while."

Pei Chenxi sat down next to his master and suddenly remembered why he had started cultivating in the first place... It wasn't to seek immortality, but to avoid being bullied.

Now we won't be bullied anymore, because we have our master here.

But... Pei Chenxi gripped the sword hilt tightly, feeling increasingly unwilling. He couldn't break through, couldn't achieve immortality, so he could only live a peaceful and uneventful life.

The master has a very long life, and he will grow older than the master, which he cannot bear.

If he cannot break through, he can only leave Qing Shuang Peak before he grows old and find a place to bury himself.

The little apprentice beside her was getting more and more depressed, so Xu Ran reached out and ruffled his hair. "Don't be afraid."

He could say nothing, only offer this pale and powerless comfort.

He only has one apprentice, and the only person he wants to spend his life with in this world is Pei Chenxi.

His long life would have been meaningless if he hadn't grown old with this one person.

For the first time, Pei Chenxi didn't hide the sob in his voice: "Master, I can't practice anymore."

He will only ever be a lowly Qi Refining stage cultivator in his entire life.

"What are you afraid of?" Xu Ran said, "Just practice if you enjoy it. If you're tired, then don't practice if you don't want to."

Pei Chenxi shook his head: "Practice."

Xu Ran smiled and said, "Then let's practice. Don't think about anything else. With Master here, we'll get to it."

Pei Chenxi was silent for a while, then suddenly thought of the legendary elixir of immortality. He looked at Xu Ran again and asked, "Master, can I learn alchemy?"

Xu Ran simply patted his head, ignoring how far-fetched his little apprentice's ideas might be, and replied gently, "Okay."

If he wanted to learn, he would teach. He only had this one apprentice...

Pei Chenxi eventually gave up, saying, "Never mind..."

He felt incredibly stupid; he couldn't even control the heat when grilling fish, yet he was trying to learn alchemy.

The young apprentice got up and brought back a bowl of chicken soup, unable to resist asking, "Why did Master accept me as his apprentice?"

He clearly doesn't know anything.

Xu Ran took a sip of soup and smiled, "Because you made such a good soup."

Pei Chenxi was deflated. This was something his master had taught him; even his master couldn't come up with a decent reason.

Perhaps it was because his master was in a good mood that he happened to be there, or perhaps it was because his master was unlucky to have such a terrible disciple.

Xu Ran seemed to see through his thoughts, slowly finished her soup and handed it to him, "It's just you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have taken you as a disciple."

I could repeat this sentence countless times without getting tired of it, until my little apprentice became even bolder and dared to act recklessly because of his name.

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The young apprentice couldn't hide his thoughts. When he encountered an old man with low cultivation on his way down the mountain, he would stare at him for a long time, and the longer he stared, the more depressed he became.

The system sighed, "Perhaps falling into demonic possession isn't entirely a bad thing."

Xu Ran pondered for a moment, then took his little apprentice into the ink study next door.

Before Pei Chenxi could even ask a question, his master pressed him into a chair and bought him brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, saying he wanted to paint his portrait.

Xu Ran glanced at her bewildered little apprentice, a smile appearing in her eyes, and began to paint.

With just a few strokes, a young man wielding a sword leaps off the page.

Actually, there was no need to look at the person while drawing. Xu Ran could draw Pei Chenxi's appearance with his eyes closed. However, seeing his little apprentice standing obediently in front of him made him inexplicably happy.

He waved, and Pei Chenxi immediately came forward to see.

Upon seeing this, he was stunned; it was the image of him secretly getting up to practice swordsmanship because he couldn't sleep at night.

Beside the painting is an inscription: "Sword dances by the stream, reflecting a sincere heart; under the moon, the cold light of the sword condenses."

Pei Chenxi's hands trembled slightly as he smiled and asked Xu Ran, "Wasn't Master asleep?"

Her misty gray eyes were veiled by moisture, and Xu Ran couldn't bear to refute him: "She was asleep, and I saw her in my dream."

Xu Ran handed the painting to Pei Chenxi: "Keep it safe and hang it in the house."

Pei Chenxi shook his head violently. How could this be hung in the house?

Xu Ran nodded, seemingly hurt by her young apprentice: "You look down on my paintings."

The young apprentice dared not admit to such a serious accusation, saying, "You, you can put it wherever you want."

Xu Ran laughed and said, "Hang it in my room."

Pei Chenxi remained silent, but her ears had already turned bright red.