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Chapter 14 The Little Maid's Ascension to Immortality 3

Seeing that Lotus Spirit was clinging tightly to her thumb, Caihua reached out with her other hand to try and pry Lotus Spirit's little finger off. However, Lotus Spirit held on even tighter, even releasing spiritual energy to entangle Caihua's fingers; Caihua, afraid of hurting Lotus Spirit, dared not exert any force. The two remained locked in this stalemate.

"So the Lotus Spirit... has recognized a master?!" Lu Renkui looked at the Lotus Spirit, which was about to turn into a colorful finger pendant, and complained in disbelief, "So it just follows whoever it sees at first glance."

“It seems so.” System WQBYRZM also fell silent.

"Now what?"

"What else can we do? We can either take it back or try our best to get rid of this lotus spirit. But judging from the current situation, we can't get rid of it. But if we take it out, it will be very dangerous."

"Then let's ask Ayaka's opinion," Lu Renkui suggested.

"That's all we can do. After all, we're not really from this world."

"Ayaka," Lu Renkui said to Ayaka in her mind, "It's your decision. Do you want to take this lotus spirit with you?"

Looking at the delicate little lotus spirit in front of her, as exquisite as a porcelain doll, Ayaka really wanted to take it out with her. However, she absolutely couldn't stay by the little lotus spirit's side forever. If she took it out, she was too weak, and the little lotus spirit might be in danger.

As Ayaka hesitated, Lotus Spirit noticed that Ayaka's expression had softened. Seizing the opportunity, she rubbed her thumb against Ayaka's, widened her bright eyes, and tilted her head to look at Ayaka.

Caihua met the eyes of the little lotus spirit and finally decided to take the little lotus spirit out.

Ayaka opened her purse, put the little lotus spirit inside, and then stuffed a small pastry into the little lotus spirit's mouth, saying, "Don't move around or make any noise. I'll open the purse when it's time for you to come out."

Seeing that Caihua had decided to take her away, the little lotus spirit immediately transformed into a small snake and slithered into Caihua's purse, taking a bite of the small pastry Caihua had given her. Suddenly remembering something, the little lotus spirit poked its head out of the purse again and opened its mouth towards the lotus pond. In an instant, the entire lotus pond, including the water flowing out of it, was sucked in.

When Ayaka saw this, she opened her mouth wide in surprise—this spirit creature was so powerful.

Lu Renkui and the system WQBYRZM remained calm upon witnessing this scene—according to the descriptions of spirits in the book, spirits possessed very deep feelings for their physical bodies and the places where their bodies resided. It was normal for the lotus spirit to take away all the water from the pond, including the water flowing out.

With the overflowing pond water no longer obstructing her path, Caihua found it much easier to descend the mountain. She returned to her vegetable washing spot, retrieved her vegetable washing basket, and carried it back to the students' encampment.

Caihua took a little too long to wash the vegetables. Granny Li kept looking around, and only when she saw Caihua walking towards her did she finally relax, relieved of her worry that her daughter was missing.

"Where have you been? You're so late! I was washing vegetables and you've lost me!" Granny Li scolded as she took the vegetable basket from Caihua's hands. "Why are your clothes still wet?"

"I accidentally splashed some on myself while washing the vegetables," Ayaka said, her eyes darting around as she told a lie.

"How could you be so careless? Be more careful next time, and be faster too. The water was already boiling, and you've only just finished washing these vegetables."

"Aww." Ayaka responded, and then, taking advantage of the opportunity to get firewood, she found a quiet and secluded corner not far from the encampment and secretly released Lotus Spirit.

"I'll get you some rice when it's cooked. You can play in this circle for now." Ayaka picked up a small twig and drew a big circle on the ground. "Don't run out of the circle, or I won't be able to find you."

After listening to what Caihua said, the lotus spirit, who had transformed into a small snake, nodded and then darted into the bushes.

Caihua carried the firewood back to the cooking area and saw Mo Xing talking to Granny Li. Granny Li nodded.

Seeing that Granny Li was talking to a young master, Caihua didn't rush over. She listened to Lu Renkui and the system WQBYRZM for a while before carrying the pile of firewood to Granny Li's side.

"Mother, what did that young master want with you?" Caihua asked curiously.

“That’s the young master’s good friend. He came over to ask me to cook more of the young master’s favorite dishes. He said the young master didn’t seem to be in a good mood today,” Li Mama replied, taking the firewood from Caihua’s hand and setting it aside.

"Not in a good mood?" Lu Renkui found this strange. Hadn't Wang Fenglang already killed Jing'an, who was coveting his sister? Why would he be in a bad mood? Was someone else eyeing his sister?

While Lu Renkui was wondering, Cheng Menqin, who had finally managed to put Wang Fenglang to sleep, was pondering which person she should train to complete her extra task.

Having been forcibly kicked out twice by the original owner, he finally managed to enter the original body only to learn that the original male protagonist was already dead, leaving not even a trace of his soul. System 0814 informed him that the main system had deducted points from him and his nemesis Melissa and demanded that they complete additional tasks.

This is really giving me a headache. Cheng Menqin felt only annoyance looking at the bustling crowd in front of her.