Fairy, help me cultivate.

"Big brother, you don't understand! Fish that you catch yourself tastes best when grilled!"

Ling Hong had already started rolling up her trousers and picking up pebbles to slowly build a dam to block the water.

"What are you doing?"

Chen Yao had never seen this method of catching fish before.

"Big brother, you don't understand again, do you? If you build a dam in a shallow and narrow part of the river, it will block all the water and fish. Then, when there are enough fish, you just need to open a small opening next to the dam, and the river water will flow out. The whole pond of fish will be ours! Isn't Ling Hong clever?"

Ling Hong danced with joy, appearing quite amazed.

Chen Yao could see the bitterness in her heart. The little girl, only a few years old, knew so many survival skills in the wild. It was clear how much suffering she had endured before meeting them.

So he walked over to Ling Hong and patted her little head.

Ling Hong turned around and gave him a sweet smile: "I'll be finishing building the dam soon!"

Unexpectedly, Chen Yao kicked down the dam she had painstakingly built.

"Big brother! You! You're so mean!"

Ling Hong stomped her feet in anger.

Chen Yao picked her up and gently placed her on a large blue stone in the middle of the stream.

"We are sword immortals, and sword immortals naturally have their own methods for catching fish."

He flicked his wrist, and two drops of water from the sword bracelet on his wrist flew into the stream.

Before long, the stream swelled, creating a transparent curtain of water in mid-air.

The water curtain was filled with startled fish wagging their tails.

"You can choose which ones you want to eat."

Ling Hong had never seen such a magical scene before. She opened her mouth wide in surprise and then excitedly pointed and gestured.

As she pointed, the fish in the water curtain automatically leaped into a basket made of water next to her.

"Big brother, this is so much fun! Look at that one, it's red! Hmm... this one's good too, but it looks like it has two little fish next to it, are they its mother? I'll let you go..."

And so, the little girl spent the whole afternoon picking and choosing, and finally filled her fish basket.

The two started a fire and began grilling the fish.

After they finished eating, watching Ling Hong pat her tummy contentedly, Chen Yao smiled gently and said, "You must have had a tough time before!"

Ling Hong shook her head vigorously: "No, before, I slept in caves, picked up vegetable scraps and leftovers, and was captured and beaten by bad guys. I also felt it was very hard. But since I met you all, I understand that all the suffering I went through was accumulating good fortune for me, which is why I met you big brothers and sisters!"

Chen Yao smiled wryly, not knowing how to respond to her words.

Is it really true that there is no such thing as suffering before enjoying happiness?

Does God really have eyes?

Or rather, does God really exist?

"However, now that I've met you, even if fate doesn't care about you, I will. From now on, you won't have to suffer so much anymore."

"Ok!"

Ling Hong nodded repeatedly: "I know!"

As she spoke, her big eyes darted around: "Big brother, but as the saying goes, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. One day, I'll be able to travel the world on my own, just like you brothers and sisters! Could you... hehe, teach me the sword immortal technique you used to catch fish earlier?"

Chen Yao laughed: "You haven't even learned to walk yet, and you want to run? First, finish your one-hour breathing exercise for today."

Ling Hong pouted, obediently grabbed her little feet, and clumsily assumed a cross-legged sitting posture with her palms facing upwards, beginning to pretend to practice breathing exercises.

After a while, she let out a long sigh.

"Ugh, I feel dizzy."

Chen Yao ignored her.

After a while, she started to sway.

"Ouch, my butt hurts."

Chen Yao whistled.

Ling Hong glared at Chen Yao, then obediently sat down to meditate and practice breathing exercises.

An hour slowly passed amidst the chirping of insects and the sound of the stream.

Ling Hong let out a long breath and pried open her legs, which had long since gone numb.

"Big brother, my legs are numb... I won't lie to you this time."

Chen Yao then went over, held her two small feet, and channeled his spiritual energy to help her relax her muscles and joints.

Ling Hong looked at him quietly.

Chen Yao released his hand.

"Big brother."

"Ok?"

"Ling Hong likes you too, and Ling Hong wants to be your wife."

Chen Yao tapped her forehead: "What does a little kid like you know? Go to sleep!"

He got up to leave, but Ling Hong grabbed his arm and hung him up.

"Ling Hong is scared, can big brother hold me while I sleep?"

Chen Yao carefully observed her expression but did not realize that she was lying.

"Should we go back to the cave?"

Ling Hong shook her head: "My eldest sister is in seclusion, and I'm not familiar with those two sisters..."

That's why she insisted on going out for a walk.

Chen Yao chuckled: "Okay!"

He had no choice but to sleep with the little one in his arms.

Ling Hong nestled tightly in his arms, a smile of complete security spreading across her face.

Chen Yao shook his head, thinking to himself, "This hasn't even happened yet, and he's already given his senior sister a daughter to raise..."

"Big brother..."

"What's wrong now?"

Ling Hong opened one eye, stretched out a small hand, and pinched her index finger and thumb together: "Can I make a very, very small request?"

"What?"

“Both of my older sisters have bracelets made of swords… I don’t want the same bracelet. Big brother said that you have to eat one bite at a time. Could you help me find a good twig? It doesn’t have to be too long, just straight and sturdy. If I wear it on my waist, it will remind me that I am also going to become a sword immortal.”

Chen Yao sighed and covered her eyes: "Go to sleep. I'll carve you a wooden sword tomorrow."

"Really?"

"If you don't go to sleep, you're not real."

Ling Hong quickly pretended to be asleep.

But she knew in her heart that her older brother would not refuse to carve a small wooden sword for her.

Chapter 214 Mother and Daughter and the Uninvited Guest

"Whoa!"

"Shhhhhh!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Ling Hong held the green wooden sword that Chen Yao had carved for her, making "whoosh" sounds as she gestured with it, causing a great commotion wherever she went.

Rabbits, squirrels, and pheasants in the mountains suffered as a result.

Small animals and birds in the mountains and forests fluttered and scattered in all directions.

Chen Yao watched Ling Hong hopping around wildly, waving the stick in her hand, and smiled kindly.

Ling Hong frowned and pouted, turning around: "Big brother, why can't I hit any of them!"

She stomped her little red embroidered shoes, quite annoyed.

Chen Yao couldn't help but chuckle, "Why bother attacking them? You've only been practicing your breathing exercises for a few days, and you're already acting like you're unleashing sword energy?"

"Hmm..." Ling Hong turned her head, swinging her braids, then "whoosh whoosh."

After about half a day, the two reached the highest point of Qingfeng Peak.

Ling Hong was so exhausted that she couldn't straighten her back.

Chen Yao deliberately ignored her, but she was stubborn and followed him step by step, leaning on her wooden sword.

After walking for a while, Chen Yao sat down on a large blue rock protruding from the cliff.

Ling Hong perked up, grabbed the wooden sword, and used the last of her strength to run to his side, where she plopped down on her bottom.

"Uh!"

Because she sat down too suddenly, her little bottom trembled, and Ling Hong couldn't help but groan.

Chen Yao looked at her with a smile.

Ling Hong felt a little angry at the older brother who had ignored her the whole way, but seeing his smiling face, she couldn't bring herself to be angry.

So she became a little annoyed with herself, puffing out her cheeks and saying, "How come I can't even compare to them!"

"Who?"

"Them! Lu Dan and Lü Qing, who were locked up with me by those bad guys! They could hit things from a distance. Ugh..." Ling Hong slumped her shoulders in annoyance. "But after Big Sister brought me out of there, Big Brother killed the bad guys, so I won't have a chance to see them again. There's no point in comparing them, right, Big Brother?"

Chen Yao reached out and patted her little head: "Comparison is meaningless. It won't bring any real help to our cultivation or life. On the contrary, it will make us restless and lose more than we gain. Everyone only needs to compare themselves with themselves yesterday."

Ling Hong tilted her head and thought for a moment: "Today I have a little wooden sword that my big brother made for me, so I'm one step closer to becoming a sword immortal than I was yesterday, right, big brother?"

"Yes!"