Lu Ren’s face showed a slight smile.
He didn’t plan to explore too much of this Beidou Emperor Star, nor to witness the customs of this world.
Chang Xin in the Inner Realm still remained silent, not disclosing anything to Lu Ren, even constantly clashing with Chen Xuzi, Xu Fu, and others.
In the end, she became a bit too arrogant, and was slapped down by Ao Li when he got annoyed, calming down sincerely.
By the end of April, as the temperature warmed, and the ice and snow melted, the food stored in the cellar was almost depleted, mostly eaten by Guo Erwa alone.
Since he began practicing boxing, and entered the path of Martial Arts, Guo Erwa’s appetite greatly increased, eating twenty to thirty pounds of meat and vegetables a day to maintain his energy.
"I should be fourteen years old today!"
While eating, watching Lu Ren casually eat some decent-looking meat with his homemade plum sauce, Guo Erwa suddenly spoke.
Lu Ren’s expression didn’t change: "Oh, how do you know?"
"Grandpa Niu had said before, at fourteen, I could get a formal name, and if I were a girl, I could even get married!"
"So do you want to give yourself a name?"
"Uncle, you’re cultured, could you help me pick a name?"
Looking at Guo Erwa’s hopeful gaze, Lu Ren pondered for a moment, wanting to decline. But seeing Guo Erwa’s expectant eyes, his heart softened in the end.
This child has endured much hardship and holds great goodwill towards him.
After a long silence, seeing that Lu Ren didn’t speak, Guo Erwa’s gaze dimmed. Just as she was about to say something, she heard Lu Ren say faintly: "Serve tea."
Hearing this, Guo Erwa was puzzled for a moment, then hurriedly ran to the kitchen to boil a pot of water, brewed some wild tea, and held the wooden cup with both hands in front of Lu Ren.
Lu Ren’s gaze was deep: "Kneel."
Guo Erwa looked up at Lu Ren’s deep gaze, and though very puzzled by this, she knelt down as instructed.
During these times, Lu Ren brought her a strong sense of security and taught her many survival skills, for which Guo Erwa was grateful.
"Are you willing to accept me as your master?"
Although Guo Erwa didn’t know much about other things, she did learn from Niu Genshan that taking a master is a very significant event.
Equivalent to being reborn by one’s parents.
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"Uncle, I don’t want to take you as my master!"
Lu Ren was surprised and asked: "Why?"
Isn’t it a waste to pass up such a heaven-sent opportunity?
Isn’t it a little wasteful to show such an expression?
Guo Erwa shyly said: "I want to marry you, Uncle."
Upon hearing this, Lu Ren couldn’t hold back, looked at Guo Erwa with an extremely strange expression, and for the first time, felt at a loss due to Guo Erwa’s sudden notion.
Having been single his whole life, now nearly forty years old, being confessed to by a fourteen-year-old girl...
In the real world, this would land him in jail!
After a long while, Lu Ren asked: "Why did the thought of marrying me cross your mind?"
"Because you’re the most amazing man I know, Uncle!"
Lu Ren curiously asked: "What if you meet someone stronger than me?"
Guo Erwa shook her head and said: "It’s different, Uncle, because it’s you."
Lu Ren didn’t quite understand, but he knew that at fourteen, Guo Erwa was at the age of puberty, and if not guided properly, she could easily be deceived by sweet talk from those bad men and end up on a path of no return.
If emotionally devastated and not properly guided, it could easily lead to self-destruction.
Damn, this feels more complex than imparting martial arts.
After pondering for a long time, Lu Ren reach out his hand and firmly pressed Guo Erwa’s head to bow three times, then released his hand. Looking at the teary-eyed Guo Erwa, he said calmly: "From now on, you shall be called Guo Muyang. I hope you will always maintain your innocence, pure nature, and not abandon your humanity despite your constantly improving strength."
Guo Erwa, now Guo Muyang, didn’t quite understand what Lu Ren meant, but still nodded in confusion.
In the following days, Lu Ren seriously examined Guo Muyang’s bones, and based on the peculiar hidden potential within her, specifically developed a way to guide it. After seven days of training, he finally stimulated a trace of that unusual potential.
Guo Muyang’s body suddenly released a strand of golden flame, swirling around her body.
Lu Ren’s gaze focused sharply but paid no mind to Guo Muyang, who was rolling on the ground as if being scalded alive.
The first burst of potential always brings immense pain to the body.
He reached out to pinch the strand of golden flame swirling around Guo Muyang.
This was a substantial energy, which, under Lu Ren’s careful observation, harbored unimaginable vitality and massive energy concentration.
Once unleashed, it would possess extremely formidable power.
Although, to Lu Ren today, it merely felt like a tickle, but to Guo Muyang, who was merely at the introductory level of boxing, it was akin to a bug-level existence.
Moreover, with Guo Muyang’s now astonishing constitution, even Martial Arts Family members at the Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique couldn’t hold their own against her for a time.
If this golden flame is merely used for release, it would be a real pity. If used to refine the body and spirit and enhance the physique, it would be an excellent training assistant.