Chapter 413: The End

Bai naturally refused to back down even half a step. "You should know that the Azure Dragon cannot be replaced. You cannot replace it either. Why are you trying to stop us?"

"What does that have to do with you? I think you are looking for death." The man was not polite either. A dragon claw lunged straight toward Bai He’s chest. Unfortunately, a burst of spiritual power struck it and interrupted the dragon claw.

Bai He’s eyes immediately lit up. "Master?!"

"You little boy."

Bai He immediately wrapped both arms around Yi Xing’s arm. "Master, you finally came. I missed you so much."

"Alright, alright. In the blink of an eye, you ended up in a place like this. I will deal with him first, and we can talk afterward."

Bai He nodded and returned to Ye Shiyuan’s side. Very soon, Yi Xing dealt with that member of the Dragon Clan, while something seemed to be condensing in Ye Shiyuan’s palm.

"Master, do you know what that is?"

Yi Xing watched it with his brows tightly furrowed. "It should be the Azure Dragon’s Dragon Essence. This brat really managed to find it."

"Master, if Shiyuan comes to ask for my hand in marriage, will you agree?"

"At a time like this, you are asking me something like that. Do you not think it is inappropriate?"

Bai He pouted slightly and tugged at his clothes. "Master, are you going to agree or not?"

"You have already made up your mind?"

"Yes. Shiyuan treats me very well. Master, are you worried about me?" Bai He paused for a moment. "Dad, please agree, alright?"

Yi Xing froze for a moment. "What did you call me?"

"Do not think I do not know. If you do not want me to call you that, then forget it." Bai He pushed Yi Xing’s hand away somewhat unhappily.

"So you really do not know anything. Do you really intend to become my son? Being my son and being my disciple are two completely different things."

"I do not care. I want to marry Shiyuan. You have to agree."

Yi Xing had never imagined that one day, someone would have him completely wrapped around their finger. "When he comes out, he can return to the Lingguang Sect and ask for your hand in marriage. I will wait for half a month. After half a month, I will leave the Lingguang Sect. When you look for me next time, you may not even know where to find me."

Bai He did not take it seriously. "If I get injured and my life is in danger next time, will you not still appear?"

"You dare."

Bai He glared at him.

Yi Xing said, "I have to leave. I do not want anyone to discover me. I really owe you one. I am leaving first."

Yi Xing left very quickly and disappeared in an instant. As it turned out, no one except Bai He and the others knew that Yi Xing had ever come here.

It took a full two hours before Ye Shiyuan finally opened his eyes. He seemed to have sensed something and looked toward Bai He.

"Shiyuan, that is the Azure Dragon’s Dragon Essence, right?"

Ye Shiyuan nodded, but surprisingly, he did not pay much attention to it. Instead, he walked over to Bai He. "He’er, we need to get out of here quickly."

"Mm."

Ye Shiyuan immediately continued, "I have to hurry back to the Lingguang Sect and ask for your hand in marriage. Senior Yi Xing has already agreed. You heard that?"

...

Many years later.

Bai He sat on a swing. The swing had been personally made by Ye Shiyuan, and it was extremely sturdy. The scenery here was also exceptionally beautiful.

After returning from Heiyuan City, Ye Shiyuan had gone to the Lingguang Sect to ask for Bai He’s hand in marriage. The process had not gone particularly smoothly.

They had come up with many difficult challenges to make things hard for Ye Shiyuan, but Ye Shiyuan had surprisingly shared their opinion and refused to let Bai He interfere in this matter. But later, no one knew what had happened, and they all agreed.

Three years ago, after Ye Shiyuan took over the Tianshan Palace and became the Palace Master of the Tianshan Palace, the two of them got married at the Tianshan Palace.

Bai He noticed a beautiful flower blooming on the steep cliff in the distance. He immediately got down from the swing and flew straight toward it.

Just as he was about to pluck the flower, the hissing sound beside his ear caught his attention. He turned his head and saw a bright green snake lunging toward him.

"Ah..." Bai He instinctively cried out in surprise and fell directly from the mountain.

A figure flew over at an incredible speed and brought him back up.

"How did you fall down? Have you not already mastered the ability to ride the clouds and soar through the mist long ago?" He had indeed mastered it long ago. He had mastered it many years ago. But his fear of snakes was something he could never change, no matter what.

"I would not die even if I fell."

"Do you not fear the pain?"

He would indeed be in a lot of pain.

"Where did you go?"

"Do you really need to ask? When will you come back to the Tianshan Palace with me? Everything over there has already been arranged. I even made a swing for you there, and the scenery is just as beautiful. Most importantly, there are no snakes there."

Everything else was fine, but that last sentence really did make Bai He somewhat tempted. He wanted to create a world without snakes. Well, that did not seem very possible. Then he would just create a world where he could not see any snakes.

"I will think about it some more." Agreeing to go with Ye Shiyuan so quickly? No, no, that would not do.

Ye Shiyuan wrapped one arm around his waist. "He’er, even if you do not think about the other people, you should at least think about your husband. After a few more years, once I entrust the Tianshan Palace to a disciple I can trust, I will stay by your side from then on."

Ye Shiyuan had taken over the Tianshan Palace because he had no other choice. It was a great responsibility that he could not refuse, so the promise he had made to Bai He to accompany him on travels everywhere could only be temporarily put aside.

Bai He did not like the Lingguang Sect, nor did he like the Tianshan Palace. Although neither place truly restrained him, there were simply too many people. This place was much better.

"Beg me," Bai He said deliberately in a playful tone.

Ye Shiyuan let out a soft sigh, but he did not hesitate. "I beg you."

"Since you begged me, then I will agree."

A faint tenderness flashed through Ye Shiyuan’s eyes. He did not say anything else. He was simply thinking, what would his life have been like if Bai He had never appeared in it?

Bai He had once said that even if he had never appeared in Ye Shiyuan’s life, Ye Shiyuan would still become one of the strongest cultivators in the cultivation world and would certainly accomplish great things. But when Ye Shiyuan thought about it carefully, he did not feel that those were what he truly wanted.

What did he want? Nothing more than a peaceful and stable life. Bai He’s appearance was like salvation, just like the first time he had truly looked at Bai He and seen the way Bai He stood in front of him.

"He’er, do not leave me."

Bai He was slightly stunned. "I will not."

As for the system, he had already made his final choice. He had decided to stay. There was nothing over there that he had any reason to remain attached to. What was real and what was false, where truth ended and illusion began, he no longer cared. He only knew that, deep down, he truly did not want to leave this place, nor did he want to leave Ye Shiyuan.

The End.