2 The Expectations of the Dead (2/2)

”I don't know … what my brother would have done in this situation.”

”You don't have to. Your brother is already dead. What was then and what is now can't be compared at all. Sending a child away when he still has his family … That certainly is different from giving such a chance to a child that doesn't.”

”That … Do you really believe that Xiao Fen would be able to do it? Become a cultivator? An immortal?”

Baili Chao nodded. ”I do. This child … Although he is young and although he seems a bit small I feel like he is especially suited to this path. There is something in the way he looks at the world around him that is special. He is different from other people. Such a child … maybe the road to immortality is the only way he can ever walk.”

Yun Bei Fen's uncle slowly nodded. ”If that is the case, then … take him with you. Most likely he'll be happier there anyway.”

”Don't worry. I'll take care of him as if he was my own child. I won't let him suffer any harm.”

”That's good then. You … When will you …?”

Baili Chao looked at the door to the courtyard. The rain still came down in sheets and the clouds rumbled. Every now and then lightning illuminated the cracks in the door. He definitely couldn't take the child back in such a storm.

”Tomorrow morning. There is no need to drag it out. The Teng Yong Sect will be accepting new disciples in a few days anyway. If we hurry back until then, it will be advantageous for him, too. He won't be the only new person then.”

Yun Bei Fen's uncle sighed in relief. If that was the case, then his nephew would probably adapt better. ”If there is anything we can do or … if Xiao Fen makes trouble or doesn't get along with the people there, he can always return.”

”Naturally so. But you don't have to worry. I'm sure he will like it there.” Baili Chao smiled. He also couldn't say what made him so sure but he felt that this had been bound to happen.

Well, he had wanted to take in another disciple anyway. Teaching all he knew to one last person, to this small child, he felt that it was also good. Maybe this would be able to give this little one a new perspective so that he wouldn't despair because of the things he had had to suffer already.