When Miao Yi met Lao Bai's requirements, Lao Bai did not go back on his word. He no longer 'stopped' Miao Yi from leaving. In fact, he had never stopped Miao Yi, only reminding him. However, Miao Yi would always carry out his reminders.
Miao Yi was just like his name. He had a willpower that Lao Bai admired. He was more self-aware than Lao Bai had imagined. He had saved Lao Bai some of the things he had prepared to do, or rather, the methods he had prepared to use.
Miao Yi pushed a newly made raft into the sea. He grabbed his messy hair and tied it on top of his head. A wooden hairpin was inserted into the bun.
Miao Yi jumped onto the raft with a wooden spear in his hand. He turned around to look at Lao Bai and grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.
He was really going to leave. Ever since he arrived on this island, he had gradually turned from an old and mature teenager into a tall and sturdy young man. His appearance had changed quite a bit, and in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.
Ten years had passed, and he was really leaving.
"Lao Bai, are you really not coming with me?" Miao Yi asked as he stood on the bamboo raft.
Lao Bai shook his head and chuckled. "Take care of yourself. From today onwards, if you encounter any difficulties, I won't give you any guidance. Remember, from today onwards, you will have to rely on yourself! "
Miao Yi nodded his head and looked at Lao Bai with a complicated expression. "I really should thank you."
Lao Bai smiled warmly. "You don't have to thank me. If I need your help in the future, I hope you won't refuse."
Miao Yi patted his chest and promised, "As long as I can do it, I won't refuse."
Lao Bai nodded. "I hope you remember what you said today."
"I won't forget." Miao Yi insisted. He then scratched his head and asked hesitantly, "Lao Bai, the Fiery Star Technique that I'm cultivating isn't too bad compared to other cultivators, right?"
"I've never cultivated it before, so I can't answer this question. Whether it's bad or good, you'll know in the future. But there's something you have to remember. "
"What is it?"
"Don't tell anyone. The technique that you're cultivating is the foundation of your life. Don't reveal it easily. Otherwise, you'll bring trouble to yourself. Remember! Remember! "
"You've said it many times. I've always remembered it. It's a taboo in the cultivation world!" As soon as Miao Yi finished speaking, a gust of sea breeze blew in from the west. He raised his hand to test the wind, then shouted, "The wind is here. Lao Bai, I really have to leave. Are you sure you won't come with me?"
Senior White waved his hand lightly, and he didn't say any reluctant farewell before he turned around and left.
Miao Yi, who had raised the tarpaulin sails on the wooden raft, was immediately blown away from the shore by the sea breeze. Looking at Lao Bai's back, Miao Yi shouted again, "Lao Bai, you know so much. It's a pity that you don't cultivate. When I'm not around, you should think about it."
The corners of Lao Bai's mouth curled up into a smile as he walked towards the forest with his back to them.
The wind and the current were smooth, and the wooden raft, which was supported by magic power, moved forward quickly.
As he watched the island gradually disappear into the horizon, his yearning to leave suddenly became a little reluctant. There was also a hint of hesitation, a kind of uncertainty and ignorance towards the road ahead.
The sun rose and set, and a day passed. Miao Yi still hadn't seen any land. Suddenly, a hint of doubt flashed through his mind, and he remembered the time when Lao Bai had steered the bamboo raft and brought him to the island.
Lao Bai wasn't a cultivator. How could he cross the sea and travel such a long distance to the island with just a bamboo raft?
He couldn't figure it out, but Lao Bai was a man full of knowledge. He knew too many strange things in the world, and it was entirely possible that he had some tricks up his sleeve that he didn't know about …
The sun was moving towards the west, and just as it was about to set, a ship appeared on the surface of the sea, crossing from the direction that Miao Yi had gone.
To be honest, Miao Yi had never seen such a huge ship before. He couldn't help but remove the magic power he had used on the wooden raft, and drifted with the waves, ready to take a good look at the huge ship.
Inside the luxurious suite on the top floor of the ship, the bamboo curtains were half rolled up on the window, and the sea breeze blew in.
On the thick carpet, a toddler who was learning how to walk was crawling about, causing a young married woman and a red-clothed servant girl to giggle incessantly.
The beaded curtain at the door was suddenly lifted, and a green-clothed servant girl ran in. She made a fuss and said, "Madam, bad news. Bad news. There's a person floating on the sea."
As soon as she said this, the young married woman and the servant girl were so shocked that their expressions changed. They even covered their mouths.
The servant girl who was making a fuss immediately realized that she hadn't spoken properly, and quickly corrected herself, "It's not a dead person. It's a living person. There's a person driving a raft floating on the sea all alone. I don't know where he met with a disaster, and he's drifting alone."
So it wasn't a corpse. The young married woman stood up and walked over. She poked the green-clothed servant girl's forehead with the tip of her finger. The few of them lifted the curtain and went to the balcony, leaning on the railing to take a look.
Miao Yi, who was standing on the wooden raft, was looking in their direction. The pitiful person they were talking about was naturally Miao Yi.
"Steward!" The young married woman leaned on the railing and shouted down.
A middle-aged man wearing a bamboo hat immediately responded and ran up. He bowed and asked, "Madam, what are your orders?"
The young married woman pointed at Miao Yi, who was floating on the sea. "I don't know where this pitiful person met with a disaster. Since we've come across him, let's go over and lend him a hand."
"Understood." The steward immediately went down the stairs to make the arrangements.
The ship was slightly slanted, and Miao Yi was still puzzled. When he got closer, the people on the ship threw down a rope ladder and shouted for help. Only then did Miao Yi realize that they had mistaken him for a refugee.
Miao Yi didn't know where to go, but he also wanted to see what the ship looked like. So he simply pretended to be a refugee, abandoned the wooden raft, and climbed up with a wooden spear.
When he got on the ship, he looked around curiously. The steward wearing the bamboo hat had already walked over.
"You're lucky to have met our Madam's Bodhisattva heart. Come with me." The steward reminded him, and directly led Miao Yi to a warehouse that was half filled with goods.
No one took the wooden stick in Miao Yi's hand seriously. At least in the eyes of others, that wooden spear was just a wooden stick.
Soon enough, clean water and food were sent in to satisfy Miao Yi's hunger. They all guessed that Miao Yi was probably starving and thirsty from drifting on the sea.
Miao Yi was just thinking that the people on the ship were really kind, when the steward had already begun to interrogate him about his origins.
Since the other party thought that he was a shipwrecked person, Miao Yi took the opportunity to make up a story.
He also wanted to flaunt his identity as an Immortal in front of these ordinary people, and experience the feeling of being revered by others. After all, he had just started cultivating, and it was inevitable for him to have this kind of mentality. However, seeing that these people were kind-hearted, he felt that there was no need to make them tremble in fear, so he gave up on this idea.
At first, the steward noticed that Miao Yi had an extraordinary aura, and didn't seem like a shipwrecked person, because he didn't look dispirited at all. After checking that he was indeed a shipwrecked person, he immediately instructed, "The ship will be docking in a few days. If you have nothing to do, stay in the cabin. There are women on board, so don't run around!"
Miao Yi nodded in thanks.
As soon as he finished eating, a green-clothed servant girl came in with a blanket. She looked at Miao Yi curiously, then put down the blanket and said to Miao Yi, "This is what Madam ordered for you to use for the night."
Miao Yi nodded, and watched as she took the cutlery away.
He had boarded the ship because he wanted to see the ship's structure. Naturally, he couldn't stay in the cabin, so in the end, he couldn't help but walk out to the deck to look around.
After being discovered by the steward, the steward's expression turned ugly, probably because Miao Yi didn't listen to him.
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