During the morning, the two headed towards their favourite restaurant to get breakfast.

The chicken lady waved to the two people walking down the road.

“Mister Astor, Good Morning! And Pasc….”

“Miss Hao, good morning” he smiled back

“Good morning” Pascal also replied.

“Ah, yes good morning, mister Astor, who is this?” the lady queried.

“This is…”

“My name is Ambrosia, his fiancée.” She grabbed his arm and began to act all lovey dovely.

“Congratulations, mister Astor! I always thought it was such a pity such a handsome man like you was still single. All of us began to think you weren’t looking for a companion because you were taking care of your grandmother. Now, you have found such a beautiful wife. I’m very happy for you.” The middle aged lady gave both of them a heartfelt smile.

Relic, on the other hand, felt dizzy.

“But, where is Pascal?” she asked

“Granny has gone into secluded cultivation and won’t be appearing for a while. Her master had told her she must spend many years grasping the secrets of their school.” Relic practically blurted.

“I see, well I will miss seeing her.” She replied

They waved good bye and Relic and Pascal continued on their way to the restaurant.

“Master, why did you say that!” he exploded.

“Haha, lighten up, it is funnier this way.” She tightened her grip around his arms.

His heart trembled before he gave a long sigh.

“Is everything going to be alright?” he whispered to himself.

The rest of the day went by fairly uneventful aside from a few congratulatory words given to him.. Many people were astounded to find that Relic had found such a beautiful finance. Many were happy for him and even fairly envious.

Like that, the two continued on their routine life. Sometimes she would play pranks on him while other times she would put on flirtatious acts with him in public. It caused him quite a few headaches, but at the end of the day, he was happy just being with her.

On an especially peaceful day, the two were sitting on the hill, enjoying the wind.

“Disciple, I’m bored, tell me something interesting!”

“Well, master already knows almost everything about me.” He thought for a moment. Suddenly, he remembered there was something he forgot to mention. “I’m fairly proficient in making wine.”

Her hair practically perked up in excitement upon hearing that. “Wine, that’s is something I’ve not had in a long time! Quickly, make me some!” She shook his head back and forth.

“I’ve had some saved up, I’ll let master try out my collection.”

Instantly, a hundred jars of win appeared. Each carried a different type of wine he had produced in his life time.

Her eyes glistened at the sight. She wanted to try them all immediately, but she noticed one jar was different.

There were letters on it which wrote the name, Ren.

“Who is Ren?” She asked.

“Oh, that, it’s a gift to a friend.” He looked at it with a slight bitterness in his eyes. This was a gift he wanted to give Ren in hopes of patching things up where they last left off. He was always regretful at the way he left things back then.

”Oh, a lost girlfriend? She said with a teasing tone

“She was just a friend which I owe an enormous debt to. In the future I hope to repay it. If master likes, you can try it first.”

She was not polite and immediately opened the lid. The air immediately became aromatic. It smelled like a field of flowers on the first day of spring with a slight sweetness to it.

She involuntarily gulped at the smell and slowly took a small ladle to scope up the wine. The wine went down her throat and immediately, she felt like she was standing in the center of a beautiful medow. There were flowers all around her radiating the different colours of the rainbow. In the next moment, an immense sweet tasting fruit could be tasted which threw her senses all over. Upon fully entering her stomach, her skin tightened and hair became glossy. Energy circulated through her veins, strengthening her body and spirit.

“What a miraculous wine!” She exclaimed. “How did you make this?”

“I learnt wine making from an old hermit I helped along in my travels. This wine in particular, I was inspired by my teacher to make. When I first made this, I tried to capture the essence of just the flowers, but in the end I decided to add in a particular fruit which gives it certain sweetness.” The fruit he was talking about was exactly the fruit Ren had wanted all those years ago.

“I see, well they match very well and the effects are astounding. This wine does not just strengthen the body and spirit, it’s also very effective for beauty. If you were to sell it you could probably be the richest man within several kingdoms!” She praised

“But of course, someone like you who is a genius doctor and can already buy several kingdoms at the snap of a finger probably doesn’t need any money, right?”

“Haha…., yea” He scratched his head in embarrassment.

Without further a due, she engaged in a day of drinking. No, jar was left undrunk.

Night arrived.

“d-d-d-iciiiiiiple, c-c-come here” she wobbly gestured Relic to come towards her.

“Master, you’re drunk, I think it is time to sleep.” He helped hold up her body as he guided her towards the hut.

“I do-do-don’t ned shreeeep!”

“Yes, yes.” He ignored her and continued to guide her to the bed.

He lifted her up with both his arms and slowly placed her down on the bed. Her body could not much less be described as anything but perfect. The amount of men who would not be affect by this scene were far and few between. Yet, He looked as if he was unaware at this perfect sculpture like body. His eyes laid only on her face. Her joyous smile brought happiness to him. All his troubles could be washed away if all he saw was a smile on her face. Just as he was about to leave, she suddenly sprang up and reached around his neck.

Her body wrapped him up completely, preventing his escape..

“M-m-master, what are you doing!” He struggled slightly

“Master is a handful isn’t she?” she said softly

“Never!”

She smiled at his quick reply.

“You know, back in the sect, I had always wondered why I was born. Why did mother and father give birth to me if they were just going to ignore me.”

Relic gulped down his saliva. This was a new face of his master he had never seen and he was desperate to know her troubles.

“My sister received the entirety of father’s attention while I was always reprimanded for not doing as well as she did.”

“Before I found you, I thought maybe I should just go away. No one needed me, no one cared for me, why would anyone even miss me if I disappeared? ”

“Then I found you, a tiny boy who cried if I left his sight for even a second. You were actually quite a handful to be honest.” She chuckled

“But, being with you at that time gave me meaning. I thought if life could continue like that, then life wouldn’t be so bad.”

He stayed silent as he listened to her story. Yet his heart beat rapidly, knowing that all this time, she needed him as much as he needed her.

After a few moments he suddenly realised that she did not have any more to say.

“But what happened to her after? There has to have been something that happened which pushed her into being like that afterwards.” His heart burned to know.

Yet he did not ask her. He knew her memories did not reach far enough which she knew what happened after.

“To see that little boy all grown up, even master’s heart flutter when she sees you.” She said flirtatiously.

He did not say a word and his face did not show any emotion.

“Okay, master won’t tease anymore.” She released her grip on him.

However, he grabbed her hand.

“Eh?”

“Do you mind if I sleep next to you tonight?”

“s-sure…”

The two did not talk anymore and did not even look at each other. Yet, their hands were held tightly together, and remained so, for the rest of the night.

……

Eight years quickly flashed by.

Their relationship was now inseparable. During these 8 years, they no longer stayed in the small town which they lived in for many years. They journeyed around to the surrounding countries to experience the many joys of life. They would not go out to fight spirit beasts or take part in conflicts between sects. Their only concern was to enjoy life to the fullest and in the comfort of each other’s presence.

At this moment, a man and women was currently enjoying an afternoon tea break at a fairly popular restaurant.

“Tonight will be the night I break through!”

“Yes, congratulations, master.”

“What congratulations, I haven’t even done it yet.”

The two chatted happily, but inside, they were both quite fearful. These 8 years of travel were like a blissful dream. However, they both knew this next break through will reawake most if not all her past memories. The things she would remember, will she even be the same person afterwards?

“Disciple, I imagine the reason you’ve been keeping your mouth shut for such a long period of time is because the past I went through must have been extremely terrible. I hope that after I break through…, even if my personality turns a little bad, you will still be there with me.” She said with a tinge of fear.

She held his hands but even they were a bit shaky. Perhaps it was due to her youthful days where she felt no one wanted her. Would he leave as well if she suddenly turned into too much of a burden?

“Master, I will always be here. Even if you someday abandon me I will never disappear.” He said resolutely.

She smiled, “How could master ever abandon you?”

His heart almost shattered upon hearing her say that.

The two left the city they were in and returned to their home on the top of the hill that oversaw the small town.

She looked around one last time and took one huge breath. After today, the truth will be revealed. She calmed her self and began to cultivate the 7 divine lightning manual.

4 hours later a boom was heard coming inside of her. Energy was released and her strength increased several fold. Breaking through was not too exiting for her. It was as if her body had already been at this stage a long time ago. The feeling was nothing new.

This time, she stood up and was about to say something when she suddenly collapsed.

“Master!” Relic caught her and lifted her to the bed. The exhaustion hit hard this time and she immediately fell unconscious.

He proceeded to wait three days for her to wake up. However, on the third day she did not wake up.

She did not wake up on the forth, or the fifth.

On the sixth day, her body began to spasm out of control and blood trickled down her mouth.

Relic summoned all the resources he had to stabilize her body. His heart was filled with anxiety and he did not take his eyes off of her for even a second.

“Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up! Master will wake up!”

He could only find solace in those words.

The 7th day passed with nothing of interest happening, as did the 8th.

Finally, on the ninth day, Pascal opened her eyes.

“Master!”

He tried to reach out to her, but in the next instant…..

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