"Little Fan! You should go back first!" Liu Ruyan suddenly opened her eyes and said to Lu Fan.
"What's wrong? Isn't it good for me to be here? I can still roast fish for you," Lu Fan said to Liu Ruyan with a look of confusion.
"I... I'll explain to you later! You should go back first!" Liu Ruyan suddenly said.
"Alright then!" Lu Fan hesitated for a moment before standing up and walking towards the outside of the cave.
As Lu Fan's figure gradually disappeared, the snow fox beside Liu Ruyan suddenly spoke, "Snow Master! You're finally back! What's with that perverted guy?"
Lu Fan, who had walked far away, paused slightly. The snow fox could talk? Snow Master!? Could she be referring to Liu Ruyan?
Suddenly, his mind went blank. Lu Fan couldn't quite believe it...
Leaving the cave, Lu Fan took out his sword and flew away from the extreme cold region. Lu Fan couldn't help but wonder why the more he saw, the more unimaginable things appeared. Sigh! What immortals and what not, he suddenly wished he could go back to the village and continue being his cheerful little village doctor.
Wouldn't it be nice to be a carefree, cheerful little village doctor for a lifetime! Wouldn't it be nice to be happily together with Liu Ruyan every day! Wouldn't it be nice to play in the river with wild boars.
Since everything was so good, why did he have to come to this extreme cold region with Liu Ruyan? It felt like a ghost story, with Snow Masters and fox spirits! It made his heart churn! What if he had slept for so long, only to discover that he had slept with a fox... cough cough cough!
Ding-a-ling... Suddenly, Lu Fan's phone rang. As expected, being in the air, the signal was great, so good that the ringtone suddenly became much louder! It startled Lu Fan, almost causing him to fall from the sky.
"Hello! Teacher Jiang!" Lu Fan answered the phone. It was Jiang Ruoxin calling.
"Lu Fan! Hurry up and come! Zhan Tai Ruomei suddenly... she's like a different person! I... I'm a little scared to see her!" Jiang Ruoxin's anxious voice came from the phone.
"Teacher Jiang! Don't worry, I... I'm in the sky right now... no, I'm in Antarctica! I can't get back anytime soon! But, don't worry, tell me slowly. What happened?" Lu Fan said hurriedly.
"Ruomei... she suddenly stopped talking to us, and she just sits at home all day. No one is allowed to enter her room. Not even my... my aunt! And her eyes have a very fierce look," Jiang Ruoxin said.
"Don't worry, she might be cultivating. She really doesn't like to be disturbed when she's cultivating. I'm rushing back now. I'll go see her as soon as I get home!" Lu Fan's head ached even more. It was truly one problem after another. He knew that child wasn't ordinary, but everything was happening at once.
Upon returning to the provincial capital, Lu Fan immediately called Jiang Ruoxin and then drove to Zhan Tai Ruomei's small clinic. Jiang Ruoxin and Zhan Tai Ruomei were already waiting at the clinic entrance.
"Master!" Seeing Lu Fan, Zhan Tai Ruomei respectfully performed a bow and stood to the side with a well-behaved demeanor. However, she no longer had her usual liveliness, playfulness, and cuteness. She was completely like a little adult.
"Ruomei! Have you been cultivating well recently?" Lu Fan said with a slight smile.
"Master! I have been focusing on cultivation and dare not slack off," Zhan Tai Ruomei said quickly.
"Lu Fan! Let's go inside and talk!" Jiang Ruoxin hurriedly invited Lu Fan into the house.
"Ruomei! You're still so young, you don't need to live like a little adult. I don't care who you are, but you are Zhan Tai Ruomei now. I hope you study when it's time to study, cultivate when it's time to cultivate, and play heartily when it's time to play," Lu Fan said seriously after entering the house and sitting on the sofa, looking at Zhan Tai Ruomei.
"Yes, Master!" Zhan Tai Ruomei glanced at Lu Fan and said in a very well-behaved manner.
"Little Fan! What's going on? What do you mean, 'I don't care who you are'?" Jiang Ruoxin asked from the side, completely bewildered.
"It's nothing! This child has suddenly grown up and become sensible. She treats herself like an adult in her speech and actions. You don't need to worry too much," Lu Fan quickly explained. If he were to say that Zhan Tai Ruomei had awakened another identity, Jiang Ruoxin would probably be terrified.
"Master! I... I want to stay by your side from now on," Zhan Tai Ruomei suddenly said.
"Don't be silly. Master is always running around and often experiences dangerous things. If you stay by my side, how can I take care of you?" Lu Fan said with a smile.
"I don't need Master to take care of me, I can protect Master too," Zhan Tai Ruomei said seriously.
"You little silly! If Master always needs you to protect him, then I'm a very incompetent Master. Moreover, you need to protect not only Master, but also your sister, father, and mother! These family members!" Lu Fan said solemnly.
"Teacher Jiang, let's go out for dinner later!" Lu Fan suddenly turned and said to Jiang Ruoxin.
"Okay! I'll go tell my aunt!" Jiang Ruoxin immediately understood and turned to leave.
"Ruomei! Tell Master, what realm are you at now?" Lu Fan asked, looking at Zhan Tai Ruomei.
"Xiantian realm!" Zhan Tai Ruomei said quickly.
"Xiantian!?" Lu Fan recalled the conversation between Ling Chun and Ling Xue on Yuxu Peak. Those below the mountain were merely mortals... So, did those young people consider themselves to be in the Xiantian realm? Was the Xiantian realm equivalent to an immortal?
"Then... can you fly with your sword?" Lu Fan asked.
"Master, flying with a sword is the most basic technique! It has no realm restrictions. As long as you have enough true qi, you can control your sword. Whether you can fly and how far you can fly depends entirely on your cultivation level," Zhan Tai Ruomei said quickly.
"Alright! You are my Master!" Lu Fan swallowed hard. He seemed to have asked a silly question.
No wonder Ling Chun, Ling Xue, and the others could only fly for such short distances. It turned out their cultivation was not deep enough, and the spiritual energy in their dantian was not profound enough. Yet, they considered their short flights as being Xiantian immortals! Different from the mortals below the mountain! Perhaps this was what Zhan Tai Ruomei called the Xiantian realm.
"Ruomei! Can you... tell Master who you really are?" Lu Fan suddenly asked Zhan Tai Ruomei with some curiosity.
"No! Master! You will know in the future!" Zhan Tai Ruomei said, her big eyes blinking.