"Go back."
"Mm." Little Shuizi said happily.
The two children, each carrying a small fish basket, held hands and returned to the village without a care in the world.
After they left, in front of the empty riverbank, Mo Hua slowly appeared.
Gazing at the backs of the two children, Mo Hua looked confused and murmured softly:
"Nothing unusual... Could it be that I’m wrong?"
A moment later, Mo Hua’s figure disappeared again.
The sunset dyed the evening glow red.
In the small fishing village, the Fish Cultivators who went out to fish also returned home one after another, with smoke curling up from the chimneys.
Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi, too, returned to their homes.
The family gathered together, chatting and laughing over dinner. After the meal, Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi practiced cultivation for a while, then fell asleep peacefully.
Mo Hua’s gaze was slightly concentrated as he sat cross-legged on the branches of a large tree outside the village, closing his eyes to rest.
Time slowly passed.
The crescent moon hung high, the night deepened, and the small fishing village grew increasingly quiet.
Approaching midnight, Mo Hua suddenly opened his eyes.
At the same time, there was movement in the fishing village.
Two small black shadows quietly climbed over the wall of Old Yu’s house. After landing, they walked together along the village path towards the outskirts of the village.
It was precisely Little Shunzi and Little Shuizi.
Mo Hua’s eyes slightly flickered, moving silently like a specter, quietly following them.
The two children were completely unaware.
They kept walking out of the village, along the desolate riverbank in the pitch-black night, heading downstream, gradually straying farther away.
They walked to the foot of a desolate mountain.
The two children exchanged glances, then supported each other as they climbed up the rugged mountain stones.
They climbed to the mountainside, where the terrain was gentle, covered with wild grass.
Amidst the cover of wild plants, there was a cave.
The two children knelt in front of the cave, respectfully saying: "Senior, we have arrived."
Before long, an aged voice came from within the cave: "Good, have you diligently practiced the cultivation technique I taught you?"
Little Shunzi said respectfully: "We have remembered Senior’s instructions and have not slacked off."
Little Shuizi nodded in agreement.
"Very well..."
The voice inside the cave seemed somewhat weak and was accompanied by suppressed coughing.
After a while, the aged voice spoke again:
"Next, I will teach you something else."
The two children’s eyes lit up, "Senior, what else will you teach us?"
"Didn’t you say..." the person within the cave coughed, "that your grandfather, father, and mother often go down to the river and you are afraid that the Water Demon might eat them, so you want to learn some protective spell points, so you have the power to save yourselves and others in times of emergency..."
"Next, what I will teach you is a spell. It can transform the water energy you cultivate into dense hidden weapons, used to paralyze and harm enemies."
The two children were overjoyed and bowed repeatedly, saying:
"Thank you, Senior!"
Little Shuizi, however, was somewhat curious and asked: "Senior, what is the name of this spell?"
"Yes, and the cultivation technique you taught us, I also don’t know its name..." Little Shunzi added.
The person within the cave said hoarsely: "You do not need to ask or concern yourselves with it. Whatever inheritance I teach you, just learn it well."
The two children hesitated slightly.
Although they were young and were grateful for the Senior’s teachings, they were not foolish. A heritage that discloses neither its origin nor name inherently had some issues.
The aged voice inside the cave then said:
"Some things, knowing is trouble, not knowing is fortune."
"Knowing everything too clearly is not necessarily a good thing."
"Don’t you want to advance your cultivation? Don’t you want to achieve Foundation Establishment? Don’t you want to reach Golden Core after Foundation Establishment? Don’t you want to learn great skills and live with dignity, free from bullying?"
The expression of the two children grew solemn, and they nodded, saying:
"We do!"
"Since you do, then study earnestly and don’t ask too many questions about other matters."