CH 118.2

So coincidentally? If she hadn’t set up the magical barrier in the valley on a whim today, this child would have been seriously unfortunate when he fell.

“What’s your name?” Bai Yu asked again after a moment’s hesitation.

“My name is Guo Wazi(literally Dog Child).” Guo Wazi remembered his name.

“Guo Wazi?” Bai Yu almost laughed at the child’s name. She had lived a long time and had heard many strange names, compared to Niu Fen(cow dung), Guo Wazi(dog egg), Guo Wazi(dog child) was already considered good.

“Since you can enter the valley, you and I are considered destined.” Bai Yu looked at Little Hua Miao behind her, and then continued to ask softly, “Can I ask you for a favor?”

“What is it?” Guo Wazi might be young, but he wasn’t a child who would just promise something to people.

“Help me water this seedling.” BaiYin pointed at Little Hua Miao and said, “I need to leave for a while and can’t water her, so please come over and water her every night.”

“Do flowers need to be watered?” Guo Wazi grew up in the mountains, and the plants in the mountains grew up on their own, never needing people to water them.

“This sapling is weak. She needs someone to help water her. Otherwise, it will take her a long time to bloom,” Bai Yu explained patiently.

“That’s fine.” Guo Wazi was a kind child, plus it usually was hard to refuse what a pretty person asked you to do, no?

“But how do I get in?” Guo Wazi raised his head with a tangled expression. Look, he couldn’t even see the branch where he fell off just now.

Hearing Guo Wazi’s agreement, Bai Yu raised her finger and pointed to the cave next to them and said, “You can go home from that cave when you go out, and come in the same way when you return.”

Bai Yu transformed the cave with her demon power, but her demon power would soon dissipate anyway. So, it wouldn’t hurt to use more of it at this point.

“En.” So I don’t have to fall again. Guo Wazi was immediately relieved.

“Also… You only can come alone. You can’t tell others about this place,” Bai Yu admonished.

“I can’t bring Guo Dan(dog egg)?” Guo Dan was Guo Wazi’s good friend.

“Little Hua Miao is afraid of humans. If you bring outsiders, she will be afraid,” Bai Yu coaxed him.

“So timid, hmph,” Guo Wazi said with disgust.

Little Hua Miao got angry and shook her branches menacingly, as if refusing this arrogant kid to water her with spiritual water.

“Yeah, so you have to take good care of her.” Bai Yan laughed, “When she blooms, she will thank you properly.”

When Little Hua Miao transforms, she will definitely repay Guo Wazi.

“Mmm!” Just as how his mother always asked him to take care of his younger brother, Guo Wazi nodded solemnly.

The deal was made, and Bai Yu sent Guo Wazi out of the valley. She explained some things to Little Hua Miao before turning into a wisp of breeze and flying to Kunlun Mountain.

The divine descent of Kunlun Mountain lasted for a long time, causing the spirit qi of heaven and earth to stir up. Countless demon souls returned to the Underworld, and their reincarnation was arranged according to their merits before birth.

As the Little Hua Miao of the demon race, she grew day by day in the valley. In addition to insects and birds chirping, she only had a noisy and somewhat dirty Guo Wazi as company. He came back every night to water her, and then sat next to her chattering about this and that.

“I’ll call you Miaomiao from now on, okay? You’re the only flower in the valley with a name, hah.”

Little Hua Miao: Not proud of it.

“Why are you so timid? I especially want to bring Guo Dan in to see you.”

Little Hua Miao: You are the timid one. Your whole family is timid.

“Let me water you. How much is the right amount? My mother said that if you water the vegetable field too much, the roots will rot, and then the vegetables will die.”

Little Hua Miao: How dare you compare me with the vegetables in the vegetable garden?

A few months later, Guo Wazi arrived a little later than usual.

“I have a brother. Mom told me to take good care of him, and then I gave him all my clothes.”

Little Hua Miao: It turns out you can still give away such tattered clothes.

“But the food at home is getting less and less. My brother is always hungry and crying, so I decided to eat less in the future.”

Little Hua Miao: Stupid, no wonder you’ve lost a ton recently.

A year passed in a flash.

Little Hua Miao gradually grew buds, and when you stood close, you could smell a faint fragrance. Her fragrance was a scent Guo Wazi had never smelled before. Smelling it even from afar was more refreshing and calming than mint grass.

“You’re so fragrant.” Guo Wazi, who has grown a little taller, put his nose on Little Hua Miao to smell the fragrance, and then no longer felt sleepy.

Little Hua Miao: Stay away from me. How disgusting.

“Why is your master not back yet? You’re almost blooming,” Guo Wazi couldn’t help but ask.

Little Hua Miao: She is not my master. She is the elder of our Moon Spirit Clan, Aunt Bai Yu.

“Will you bear fruit, huh? If you can bear fruit, I’ll get the seeds too.” Guo Wazi liked the flower and was afraid that he would no longer smell her when her owner returned.

Little Hua Miao: You wish. This sapling is the last demon in heaven and earth to take form. What do you, mortals, know?

…

Finally, Little Hua Miao’s transformation arrived.

Little Hua Miao shook her branches and leaves, glittering in the soft moonlight. The spirit qi of her entire body spread afar, soaking every inch of her branches and leaves, and then her branches and leaves gradually disappeared, transforming into a pink and tender bun with two twisted braids.

The black twisted braids dropped on her shoulders. Her branches and leaves covered her body, giving the impression of a green clothing. Little Hua Miao blinked a pair of black eyes and stared at her white palms in amazement.

I’ve finally transformed.

Do I look beautiful?

Little Hua Miao ran to the spiritual spring water to look at her reflection.

“Who are you?” Guo Wazi came out of the cave and saw the strange female child at a glance.

“Guo Wazi.” Little Hua Miao turned around joyfully at the sound of his voice.

“How do you know my name?” Guo Wazi was still wondering how she knew his name, but when he habitually walked to water the seedling, he suddenly realized that the plant was gone.

“Where is my flower seedling? Where did the seedling go?” Guo Wazi asked anxiously.

“Guess?” Little Hua Miao preferred not to let him know so soon.

“Have you seen Miaomiao? She is a small flower seedling that grows here, about this tall.” Guo Wazi gestured anxiously.

“Come here.”

Guo Wazi obeyed and approached her.

“Smell it.” Little Hua Miao stretched out an arm for him to smell, to see if he would recognize her when he catches a sniff of her fragrance.

Guo Wazi  sniffed curiously, and then his face changed drastically. He reached out and pushed Little Hua Miao fiercely, causing her to squat.

“Ow, what are you doing?” Little Hua Miao was angered.

“What did you do to Miaomiao? Did you uproot her,” Guo Wazi questioned.

“Yeah.” I’ve transformed, so I don’t have to grow in the ground.

“You-you…” Guo Wazi’s eyes reddened with anger. “Give me back the seedling, and I’ll plant it back.”

“You can’t plant her back.” I’m not going back into the ground.

“Y-You… I hate you!” He wouldn’t like the little girl who hurt Miaomiao, no matter how pretty she was.

“Do you hate me? I hate you too.” Being disliked made Little Hua Miao even sadder.

“Woo-woo-ooh…” Guo Wazi cried sadly. His little sapling, his little sapling died.

“Eh…don’t cry…” When Little Hua Miao saw Guo Wazi crying mournfully, she wondered whether she should transform back to her original shape and show him. Guo Wazi suddenly pushed her away from him, wiped his tears and ran out of the valley.

Little Hua Miao sat in a daze in the valley for a while. When she stood up again, a human wearing a Daoist robe was suddenly standing in the valley.

“Moon Spirit Grass?” Perfected Ling Xi gently smiled. “I am Perfected Ling Xi. Bai Yu entrusted you to me before she left. From now on, you are my disciple.”

“Greetings.” Little Hua Miao bowed politely.

“Do you have a name?” Perfected Ling Xi asked.

“…” Little Hua Miao shook her head.

“My mundane surname is Lu, so why don’t you take my surname Lu. Since you’re also the last demon of the Moon Spirit Clan to take shape, how about naming you Lu Yueling after Moon Spirit?” Real Perfected Ling Xi asked.

“Can my name be Miaomiao?” Little Hua Miao suddenly asked aloud.

“Your nickname is going to be Miaomiao.”

“Thank you, Master, for the name,” Little Hua Miao replied happily.

In the end, Perfected Lingxi left the valley with Little Hua Miao. Guo Wazi still went to the valley every day for a long time, but Little Hua Miao, whom he cared for, was no longer there.

Not until Perfected Tian He of the Luoshan Sect, heard that his nemesis, Perfected Ling Xi, had picked up a disciple with outstanding qualifications in the deep mountains of Qingmu City.

Perfected Tian He thought that since Perfected Ling Xi could have this kind of luck, why couldn’t he? So, he did pick up Guo Wazi in the mountain based on his shitty luck.

“What is your name?” Perfected Tian He asked.

“Wu Li,” Guo Wazi, who was already almost seven years old, finally got a name.