Time is fleeting.
In the blink of an eye, a few hours flow through quickly. By the time Zhu Dingxiang fully recover from the training, it was already sunset.
Like the blush peach blossoms, the sky was dyed with a scarlet hue.
Zhu Dingxiang got up and cleaned himself from the filth and sweat. Gazing at the sunset, he suddenly feels sluggish and decided to go to rest early today. "Looks like the pain took quite a toll on my mind; even though my body has recovered, I'm still mentally exhausted."
The following day, Zhu Dingxiang wake up early and practicing with his Axe once again. However, unlike the previous day, he didn't over-exert himself this time.
He stopped training sometime in the afternoon.
With the cracking noise of the door when he opened it, Zhu Dingxiang walked out of his courtyard.
Standing outside was a maid who had her hair tied in a bun, dressed in a blue servant attire. Seeing him coming out, she bowed and greeted him.
"Greeting, Doctor Zhu."
It was the same maid who leads him to this courtyard the day before.
"Hi, have you seen Miss Qiuyue? I hadn't seen her since yesterday."
"Yes, Doctor Zhu, the young miss had gone into an isolated training yesterday." The maid replied respectfully; on her face was a layer of perspiration.
'It seems like Qiuyue has gained some insight during the excursion.' He doesn't think much; after all, she has experienced quite a few life and death situations, having a breakthrough in a safe environment would be pretty standard.
"Well, thank you. I will be going out now, and you don't have to wait for me here every morning." Zhu Dingxiang said to her, then head to tour the town.
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"Thank you, big sister." A cute little girl with short black hair about five years old and dressed in a messy cloth thanked Zhu Dingxiang as he handed her a strawberry tanghulu.
(●´ω｀●)
His long ear twitched slightly when he heard how the little girl calls him. It happened a lot of times already. Many people would mistake his gender when they saw him, and it was starting to get annoying.
'Am I looking that feminine?'
(º □ º l|l)/
Zhu Dingxiang was helpless. Ever since he assimilated with the Three-Tailed Starlight Fox, he didn't think it would cause such a significant change to his appearance.
Sigh~ "Call me big brother, okay?" Patting the head of the little girl, he said with a smile.
"Okay, big brother!" The little girl chirped as she eats the tanghulu.
(＾▽＾)
A while ago.
Zhu Dingxiang was casually strolling around the town when he chanced upon her. This little girl is a beggar...
Despise being under the scorching sun, she is still waddling around barefooted and begging for money with dripping sweat running on her forehead.
Even with such a pitiful appearance, no one has sympathized with this young child as she is only one of the numerous orphans in this slum where she lives.
In Zhu Dingxiang's eyes, she appears pitiful. However, in the eyes of those that have been used to this scene, it would just seem like an everyday thing.
Most people would avoid these children, primarily because of the foulness accumulating on their bodies from days without a bath.
He gives her another strawberry tanghulu and purified all the smell and dirt on her body away.
"Let's go. Can you lead big brother around the slum?"
Witnessing the green light cleansing her body, the little girl screams out in awe.
"Wow, big brother, you are so awesome!"
With one hand holding the tanghulu, she uses the other hand, waving for Zhu Dingxiang to follow.
"Let's go, let's go; Xiao Jie will take big brother to see my home."
o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o
After a few minutes of walking through some alleys, more and more kids like Xiao Jie come to sight. Some of the kids give him and Little White curious looks, while some had animosities gleamed in their eyes as they look at the tanghulu Xiao Jie was holding.
Seeing the covetous looks in the children's eyes, Zhu Dingxiang knitting his eyebrows together but then loosening them soon after.
'They are still kids after all...'
Shaking his head, Zhu Dingxiang takes out lots of sweets and foods to distribute to all of the children.
At first, some of the kids still hesitate to take the things offered by him, but as more and more kids show up, they start to feels afraid that he would run out of food, so they all came chaotically rushing to him.
"Here you go."
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"Everyone will have some, so wait for your turn, okay?"
(^０^)ノ
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While he was touring the night market the other night, Zhu Dingxiang has bought a lot of food, and the amount was more than enough for everyone.
As he was distributing the foods, Zhu Dingxiang also blessed the children with the [Divine Tree's Blessing.]
With his current cultivation base of (Late) Stage 3 Qi Condensation Realm, he could potentially support the blessing of up to one thousand mortal per day.
But if he were to use it on a cultivator, he would have to expand way more nature-Qi for it to have an effect on them.
Although Zhu Dingxiang occasionally blessed some normal people he sees while touring around town to gain karma points, he always maintained his nature-Qi reserves above 50% at all times.
This world is unpredictable, and danger could be anywhere; he doesn't want to let himself become vulnerable by recklessly using the [Divine Tree's Blessing].
...
In front of a dilapidated hut of the slum, Zhu Dingxiang patting Xiao Jie on the head and said goodbye to her.
"Xiao Jie, big brother will be going now."
"Bye Bye, Big brother!" Xiao Jie said as she uses the back of her hand to wipe her eyes; her childish voice sounds sad.
"Don't be sad. Big brother will come back tomorrow."
"Pinky promise?"
"Pinky promise!"
"Yay!"
[KP: 310.]