"It's settled then! Let us give your family a surprise!" Qiqi said.
"I know, I know… First thing first, can you let go of my arm? Y-your breasts are pressing against me." Ling Zhao said this shyly.
Qiqi glared at him, her face was red beet while covering her budding bosoms.
"Pervert." She pouted.
"You are the one who always clung to me! Who's the pervert here?!"
"Hmpphh!" Irritated, Qiqi went to her room on the second floor. Smashed the door and screamed, "Stupid Brother Ling!"
Ling Zhao couldn't help but to shake his head. As an adult resided in a young boy's body, he would've never thought dealing with a teenage girl would be this troublesome.
"Quite a handful one, is she not?" Ling Zhao said.
"Indeed." Fang Zheng replied. "Go get some rest, tomorrow would be a big day for both of you."
***
Back in his room, Ling Zhao inspected the small gift box about the size of adult's palm, which was given to him by Cao Zhao before he enrolled at Kowloon Academy.
The box's intricates design was quite odd, there were also so a nine-by-nine jigsaw puzzle on it.
After fiddling it a bit, he figures out how to solve the puzzle in no time.
Ting!
Crisp mechanical metal was heard, revealing what's inside it. A hairpin with a very delicate design made from an Eternal Ice Stone. He can feel the residual Qi energies from it.
Those energies belongs to Cao Zhao and Kwan Xi Yin, a testament of their eternal loves that will last forever.
Together with it, there's a letter, written on a piece of paper, with a droplet of bloodstain on it. For some reason, Ling Zhao began to shed a tear when he's about to open it.
Soon after he read the handwriting, although he didn't know who wrote the letter, a memories from when he was reborn and delivered from Kwan Xi Yin's womb soon overwhelmed his emotion.
Unmistakably, the one who wrote the letter was Kwan Xi Yin herself.
[Dear my future child, Ling. I wrote this letter when you are still soulless inside me. If you read the letter right now, means, I am already dead and you have grown enough to venture the world on your own.]
[I am sorry, my end is near. I couldn't be on your side in the near future. Hardships and suffering awaits in front of you. Which ever path you would choose, we will always love you.]
[Goodbye, my dear. Be well.]
For the first time in decades of his past life, he shed tears and confused on why his corporal body would react to an extent.
"No, I have to stop this emotion, otherwise I won't going forward. Steel your heart! Stay true to yourself!"
He stopped crying a moment later after getting control of his emotion and put back the hairpin and the letter into the box.
After putting the box inside his Spatial Belt, he went to sleep. His mind slowly drifts away while reminiscing the distant past in the back of his mind.
***
As per usual, Ling Zhao was woken up by a vibrant scent of aromatic herbs from the kitchen. The clanking sound of a ladle against a wok tells him who was in the kitchen cooking breakfast.
Feeling sluggish, Ling walked down to the bathroom which was adjacent to the kitchen.
He saw Qiqi's figure in her true form, a humanoid two tailed vixen form with long ears and tails.
Only Fang Zheng and Ling Zhao know about her little secret and Qiqi seemed more comfortable in this form rather than disguising herself.
"Good morning, Qiqi." Ling Zhao said, yawning widely as he walked past.
"Morning, brother Ling." She replies. "Err…"
That brief pause made Ling halted his step.
"What is it?"
"I am sorry for calling you a pervert last night."
Ling let out a long sigh, "You should have said that right away. But whatever… I will help prepare the table once I wash my face and brush my teeth."
Qiqi's tails wagging and humming cheerfully, knowing that she had made up with Ling once again.
***
Although they were already an Earth Realm Cultivator and able to live from drawing the Qi energy, having a nutritious breakfast has become a daily habit for the two.
After they had breakfast, Ling and Qiqi made final preparations for their journey.
It would take at least a week to reach Zhao Sect's territory from the Kowloon Kingdom's capital city.
Before long, the two had their belongings put together inside their Spatial Belt.
They also didn't forget to pay their last respect to their Shifu that had been taking care of them for the past few years.
The dean nodded. He then whistled aloud, calling out two black Six Legged Horse Beasts which were already tamed and domesticated.
"These guys will be my last gift for my two greatest disciples that I have ever had. Treat them well, and they will take you even to the very end of this land.
"Fang Zheng Shifu!" The two cupped their fist and bowed at him unisonly.
***
The two horse beasts galloped through the main street of the capital city towards the north. Many commoners were stunned when the two gallant horse beasts ran past them.
Without exaggeration, Six Legged Horse Beasts are considered as the fastest transportation and only the rich were able to afford such magnificent beasts.
A week had passed since they left the capital city and they had arrived at Zhao Sect's territory.
Ling Zhao and Qiqi were alerted by the scent of blood and burning corpses from the peak of the mountain where the Zhao Sect's Pavilion was situated.
If there's someone who's fool enough and dared to mess with the Zhao Sect, there would be only one person in existence. In his mind, Ling Zhao recalled that he still had an unsettled grudge with the Youngest Prince, Jiang Feng!
"That bastard, sunnavbitch!"
"Brother Ling…" Qiqi's face turned pale.
"Yeah, I know this smell really well. Let's make a haste!"