Pick up an Apprentice on the Way East

Going out for a trip and picking up a disciple came back - this was something Ye Anping never thought of before setting off. As the youngest elder of Mingxin Palace, in search of an opportunity to break through the Nascent Soul, he embarked on an eastward journey, but unexpectedly met and rescued Ning Mengyu on the way. He took her to buy candied haws, raise foxes, visit the market, and taught her how to hold a sword, breathe, and defend against enemies. She took every word he said, "Don't be afraid," "Follow me," and "I won't leave you behind," seriously. After returning, they became master and apprentice. But she discovered she wanted more than just a master. But the person who stood in front of her without hesitation at the critical moment of life and death, the person who was patient and strict when teaching her to practice, the person who handed her a bunch of candied haws under the moonlight, seemed to have always regarded her as a child who needed to be taken care of. He treated her gently and calmly, like a seedling that needs sunshine, rain and dew to grow, gentle but also distant. Those thoughts that she carefully hid were beyond the bounds of being spoken out, and it was painful to swallow them. What she didn't know was that in his long monastic life, there was never anyone he was willing to stop and look back at. And she was the first. Until one day, he accidentally discovered that the little girl who could only hide in the corner and tremble had become a part of his life. Only then did he realize that the words master and disciple were no longer enough. ——He taught her to hold the sword, but he didn't teach himself to guard against her.