Seeing Xi Yue, the woman seemed to have made up her mind. She fell to her knees with a plop and pleaded with Xi Yue in a hoarse voice: "Miss Xi Yue, I have something to ask of you!"
"To be honest, this valley is no longer safe. Someone might come tomorrow. Miss Xiyue, I know you are a capable person. I want to ask you, when you leave, can you take my daughter Xiaonuo with you?"
"Mom!" Xiao Nuo rushed over and hugged the woman's hand in disbelief, crying, "Mom, why did you drive me away? Don't you want Xiao Nuo anymore?"
The woman forced a smile, wiped the tears from her daughter's face, and said softly, "Xiao Nuo, it's not that mother doesn't want you, it's just that you are sick, and Miss Xi Yue's medical skills are very good. You can be cured by following her. Come back to mother when you are cured, okay?"
Xi Yue frowned even more tightly, but seeing the woman's sad yet resolute expression, she didn't say anything.
The woman continued, "Xiao Nuo, haven't you always liked Sister Xiyue? You also said that you wanted to learn skills from her and become as powerful as your sister. Don't you want to follow your sister?"
After the woman said this, Xiao Nuo hesitated.
She really liked Xiyue and admired her very much. She even fantasized that she could worship Xiyue as her teacher, just like the witch doctor and his disciples in the village.
It would be great if I could learn some skills from Sister Xiyue, and then come back to take care of my mother and help the people in the clan after I have learned the skills.
Xiao Nuo looked at Xi Yue timidly, "Sister Xi Yue, can I... can I be your apprentice?"
Xi Yue was silent for a moment, then nodded and said with a smile: "Okay!"
"Wow, that's great!" Xiao Nuo jumped up excitedly, "Master, Master, Xiao Nuo now has a master!"
She remembered something and immediately rushed to the table to get a bowl of water with a broken bowl. She knelt on the ground respectfully and handed it to Xi Yue, "Master, please have some tea!"
The little red bird turned its head away with disdain. Such a powerful girl actually accepted a mortal apprentice. She even used a broken bowl to toast her master. Tsk tsk, it was really embarrassing.
After drinking, Xiyue went back to pack her luggage.
When I had a storage ring before, I didn’t find long journeys troublesome, but now that I can’t use my spiritual power, it takes a lot of effort to pack my bag.
Herbs, food, furs and clothes to keep warm were all things that people used to look down upon, but here they have to be carried on their backs.
Fortunately, she still had the labor of Weizhi. Xiyue felt that the big bag was heavy when she carried it, but the boy didn't seem to feel it at all when he carried it on his back.
In the room, Xiao Nuo nestled in her mother's arms, tears in her eyes, her hands tightly around the woman's waist, and fell into a deep sleep.
Suddenly, in the next room, Xi Yue and Wei Zhi, one lying on the bed and the other sleeping on the floor, opened their eyes at the same time and looked out the window.
In the distance, there was the sound of rustling footsteps, and judging from the sounds, there should be at least a dozen people.
The "creak" noise made by Xi Yue woke up the woman who was already asleep.
When she heard Xiyue say someone was coming, she immediately panicked and nervously stuffed Xiaonuo, who was rubbing his eyes in a daze, into Xiyue's arms, "Ms. Xiyue, please take Xiaonuo away quickly, it will be too late if you don't leave now."
Xi Yue took Xiao Nuo, but did not leave. Instead, she looked at the deep darkness in the distance, "Who is coming? Why are you so panicked?" (To be continued)