Master, don't tease me, you can't handle three of them.

Chapter 203 I'd love for you to see

Han Luo chuckled softly, knowing full well that Jing Shu couldn't see or hear, but still answered his question.

“I am not some ghost, I am your master, your Daoist partner.”

"Why won't you show yourself so I can see you? I already know you're here. Please come out, okay? I won't tell anyone." Jing Shu couldn't hear what Han Luo was saying and continued to ask in a low voice.

"I'd like you to see that." Han Luo walked over and sat down next to Jing Shu.

"The patriarch said that I have awakened a very powerful spiritual root and physique, and I must stay here to cultivate."

"Will I be able to see you when I've cultivated to a high level?" Jing Shu asked excitedly, but his excitement lasted only three seconds before his head drooped again.

"But... I don't want to be separated from my mom and dad. I want to live with them."

Han Luo looked at Jing Shu with heartache, unable to utter a word.

After a moment of silence, Jing Shu spoke again, trying to comfort himself, "It's okay. Once I've finished my cultivation, I can go find Mom and Dad, and of course, I'll see you too. I'll try my best!"

Jing Shu's talent for cultivation was indeed very high; in just three months, he had reached the third level of Qi Refining.

The head of the Jing family was naturally very pleased and allowed him to rest for a day.

However, taking advantage of this day, Jing Shu escaped.

The precocious Jing Shu successfully escaped the Jing family home and excitedly said to the air beside him, "A ghost! Aren't I amazing? Hehe!"

Jing Shu's eyes shone with excitement. "I'm just going back to see Mom and Dad! I won't let them know. I'll run back as soon as I'm done!"

Han Luo's brows furrowed, his heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, slowly and forcefully squeezing it again and again.

He knew what was going to happen, but he was powerless to stop it. He could only watch helplessly as Jing Shu went from initial excitement to disappointment, and then to bewilderment when the neighbor told him what was going on.

Jing Shu walked dejectedly to an abandoned park, sat down on a bench, and murmured, "Ah ghost, have my mom and dad abandoned me...?"

In three months, Jing Shu's hair had grown quite a bit, and his long bangs covered his eyes.

Just as Hanluo was wondering how to comfort Jingshu, the Jing family arrived.

"You little bastard, you're pretty fast!"

The man grabbed Jing Shu by the hair and yanked him off the chair. Jing Shu struggled fiercely, but he was no match for the man.

Jing Shu's struggles completely enraged the man, who then threw Jing Shu towards a nearby tree.

"Boom-"

Jing Shu felt a burning pain in his back and then slid down.

Han Luo had already made a move the moment the man attacked, but it was still to no avail.

Han Luo stood in front of Jing Shu, his fists clenching unconsciously until his knuckles turned white from the force.

If he can't touch anything and can't do anything, then what's the point of him coming in?!

Perhaps sensing Han Luo's anger, the mark between Han Luo's brows began to heat up.

In an instant, Han Luo seemed to realize something, turned around and placed her hand on the tree trunk behind Jing Shu.

The man looked at Jing Shu, who couldn't even get up, with a mocking smile, and slowly walked over. "You don't know, do you? Your parents sold you to the head of the family a long time ago, you..."

Before the man could utter his foul language, a branch as thick and powerful as an arm lashed out and struck him squarely in the face.

The man was sent flying by the slap, landing on the ground with a look of utter astonishment on his face. This tree... it's become a spirit?!

The tree branch was clearly not satisfied, and quickly split off two branches to wrap around the man's hands and feet. Then it began to slap the man's mouth repeatedly with ruthless speed, giving him no chance to cry for help. The powerful force knocked out several of the man's teeth.

Seeing that the man had fainted, Han Luo coldly manipulated the branches, trying to pierce him.

But at that moment, the branches suddenly contracted and returned to their original state—Hanluo had lost control of the tree.

Han Luo clicked his tongue in extreme impatience. It was a real pity he hadn't killed him.

Also, isn't Jing Shu a bit too quiet...?

Han Luo turned around and saw that Jing Shu was staring at him without moving, as if he were dumbfounded.

Han Luo immediately stopped thinking about it. Just as he was about to check where Jing Shu was injured, he heard Jing Shu speak.

"Hey ghost, I think I just saw you..."

Jing Shu suddenly rubbed his eyes and said somewhat dejectedly, "But now I can't see it anymore."

Ah Piao was actually a boy! He's really handsome.

Han Luo's brief appearance helped Jing Shu pull himself out of his sadness, but the course of events remained unchanged.

Jing Shu was captured and taken back by the head of the Jing family. Before, they would pretend to let him go to school, but now they have completely stopped pretending. They locked him in the courtyard and forced him to continue cultivating. If he was lazy, they would not give him food or water, and they would not even let him sleep.

At first, Jing Shu would resist, but later he learned to obey.

Besides cultivation, Jingyang, the son of the Jing family patriarch, would also bully him from time to time.

Although Jingyang was the same age as Jingshu, his personality was extremely wicked. His pranks on Jingshu were nothing more than putting dead insects in his food, urinating in his water, and mixing all sorts of random things into the cultivation techniques sent by the Jing family to make Jingshu memorize.

The Jing family members responsible for supervising Jing Shu naturally sided with their young master. If Jing Shu did not confess, they would help Jing Yang punish him.

Unfortunately, Jingyang never succeeded. It wasn't just that Jing Shu was clever; Han Luo was also secretly protecting him.

Although Jing Shu never saw Han Luo again after that incident, he knew from the bowls and cups that were inexplicably overturned that Han Luo was still there.

"I will definitely see you again. When that time comes, please tell me your name, okay?"

Jing Shu put down his pen and whispered in Han Luo's direction.

Although he was still the same boy, Han Luo could clearly sense that Jing Shu had changed.

The smile on his face was gone, replaced by gloom.

If Jing Shu was a little sun before, then Jing Shu now is a venomous snake hiding in the shadows, constantly observing everyone.

Only when speaking to him can he still show some of the vitality that one would expect from someone his age.

But he couldn't respond to him...

Having stayed for so long, Han Luo could roughly guess how to break through Jing Shu's secret realm, but it wasn't the right time yet.

In the blink of an eye, Jing Shu was already seventeen years old, and his cultivation had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

Han Luo thought things would continue peacefully until Jing Shu's turning point, but unexpected events always come unexpectedly.