Chapter 674: Chapter 267: Living Legend
The night breeze brought warmth, and Fan Wubing stood up and stretched his body, feeling an incomparable sense of comfort after so long.
The feeling of home is something that can never be replaced.
The moment he stepped out of the room, an excited and lively voice immediately sounded in his ears,
"Master!"
Fan Wubing was startled and looked forward, Xiaohong was gazing at him as if looking at a star.
The excessively fervent gaze made him feel like he was completely seen through, as if he was not wearing any clothes.
At this moment, as he scrutinized her again, Fan Wubing was surprised to find that there was no trace of cultivation on her at all. It wasn’t to say she was entirely mortal, but rather that she lacked the aura of a Cultivator as he remembered.
Fan Wubing shook his head, "I’m not your master."
"Is it because I haven’t given the ceremonial gift?" Xiaohong said, using her clothing to wipe her hands, then took out a box from her arms, "This!"
Fan Wubing looked at this ordinary-looking, small box,
"What is this?"
"I made it, a gift for the master. Accept this, and you could take me as your disciple!" Xiaohong said confidently.
"Seems like you have great confidence in your creation." Fan Wubing found himself a bit intrigued, taking it and inspecting it by extending a strand of his soul for inner sight. The moment his soul entered, a vast and expansive feeling flooded his mind. For a brief moment, he felt as if he was in the starry sky, witnessing the celestial bodies revolving in the heavens.
Xiaohong’s voice rang in his ears, "You can go anywhere you want to go!"
Fan Wubing’s thoughts moved, selecting a certain planet among them. Instantly, all his senses were drawn to that planet—a desolate and lifeless planet, exuding the desolation of the infinite universe. He was absolutely certain that this feeling was real, not an Illusion Skill.
This shocked him beyond measure, incredulously asking,
"What... what is this?"
Xiaohong, hands on her hips, said, "My most satisfying work, the Cosmos within the Box!"
Fan Wubing felt his scalp tingle, "Is the universe inside real or fake?"
"Of course it’s real!" Xiaohong said, somewhat embarrassed, "But... due to my limited ability, its size might be only a minuscule fraction of the real universe."
The number of "minuscule" is unimportant.
The important thing is, it’s real.
Unlike the small realms created by Tribulation Immortals... these small realms rely on the Cosmic Dao, and the will of the Heavenly Dao, thus having a "small" to define them. Whereas Xiaohong’s Cosmos within the Box exists on the same level as this grand world, only much smaller in size.
"How did you... manage to do this?"
Xiaohong chuckled, "Take me as your disciple, and I’ll tell you!"
Hmm?
Fan Wubing felt a bit reversed.
He shook his head, "No, no... Your abilities are greater than mine, why would you want to make me your master."
"Life!" Xiaohong gazed at the sky, her dirty little face illuminated by the glow of the cosmos.
"What?"
"Life! Even though my Cosmos within the Box is real, it cannot give birth to life. Until its destruction, it remains lifeless." Xiaohong said, "I don’t understand how to nurture life, nurture the Dao, nurture the Heavenly Dao. But you do!"
Her eyes emitted a sharp radiance.
Fan Wubing stepped back, "I don’t know either."
"You do! I can sense it." Xiaohong sniffed, "I gave you my best thing, and yet you’re still unwilling to become my master?"
Fan Wubing said seriously, "At the very least, I need to know you to decide whether to accept."
Xiaohong said earnestly, "My name is Zhuge Hong, I’m eighteen years old this year, residing in Sword Continent, Dingshang Core Area, Phoenix Dynasty, White Emperor City, Yuhua Square, number 734. My height is five feet three inches and one step, weighing ninety-four pounds and three ounces, I love mechanical creation, civil construction, joined Mechanical City of the Mo Family at twelve because I was too young, currently only have a work at Qiming Realm of Little South Continent—"
"Wait!" Fan Wubing widened his eyes, "This Qiming Realm is your creation?"
Zhuge Hong shyly said, "Of course, it was first the master’s blueprint that allowed me to display my work."
"I thought it was Yan Mingzi’s..."
Zhuge Hong said, "Xiaoming was assisting me."
Fan Wubing, "..." You really call that Great Immortal Artisan Xiaoming.
"Wait, my brain is not working, feeling a bit tangled..." Fan Wubing asked, covering his face, "Qiming Realm started construction six years ago. Does that mean when you joined Mechanical City at twelve, you were the chief engineer of Qiming Realm?"
"Yes!" Zhuge Hong asked, "So, am I eligible to be your disciple?"
Fan Wubing chuckled dryly, "Sorry, I’m not worthy to be your master."
This child is very peculiar!
She’s the most peculiar individual Fan Wubing had seen among so many people.
Her Cosmos within the Box shocked him as much as the first time he felt the will of Seven Luminaries True Monarch.
"Why!" Zhuge Hong glared, "Only you can be my master!"
"I have no intention of taking disciples."
"Then let me assist you!" Zhuge Hong remained relentless.
"You should stay in Mechanical City and continue to shine, Little Genius. I am a wanderer, drifting across the world, unable to teach you anything." Fan Wubing doesn’t like keeping strange things around him.
Zhuge Hong looked crestfallen, "Mechanical City can’t teach me how to nurture life."
"I can’t teach that either."
"You can!"
Fan Wubing shook his head, "Little Genius, don’t impose your thoughts on others."
After saying that, he left.
Zhuge Hong watched his back, sighed, sat on the steps, and said distressedly, "I’m not an unreasonable person."
Yan Mingzi’s voice sounded behind her,
