"Han Shun, I am an immortal."

Han Shun's jaw dropped as he saw the gorgeous Bai Gege was floating midair, sitting on a lotus while playing his guqin. Flowers started blooming on the ground where Han Shun stood right now, and the aroma around the courtyard sweetened after a while, showing that Bai Gege was indeed an immortal that could control the plants around them.

Han Shun looked up to the sky and played a different tune to change the weather. 

The previously dark sky turned bright when the cloud covering the moon slowly moved away, and the blue moon showered Bai Shijue with its luster.

Bai Shijue was considering showing his real face to Han Shun right now, but if he did, he was afraid that Han Shun would be too shocked.

The problem was… Bai Shijue was the sect leader of Plum Blossom Immortal Sect. 

And he was also one of the most enchanting beauties in the cultivation realm. He had gotten many proposals to dual cultivate or spend everlasting life with many of his sect brothers or sisters.

But he rejected them all. He had no intention of staying with someone. He preferred to be alone. 

Bai Shijue was afraid that Han Shun would fall in love with him and fall into temptation and desire once he showed his real face.

After a series of never-ending sect brothers who wanted to wed him, some even fought with each other for no reason. He decided to cover his face with a porcelain mask in the immortal realm. Bai Shijue decided not to show his face, maybe until he perished into nothingness. 

But of course, he couldn't do that in this mortal realm because it would look creepy, and Han Shun might be scared of him. 

That was why he searched a face of a good-looking man in the mortal realm and then copied his face. It was at least 5% similar to his real face. 

Han Shun thought Bai Gege was actually a god, so he knelt in front of Bai Gege and asked, "Gege… you… will you leave me?"

"What makes you think like that?"

"You're a god. I am just a filthy street kid…."

Bai Shijue sighed. This kid's self-depreciation never died down even after two months. He swept his sleeve, and the guqin vanished out of thin air, turning into dozens of petals flying to the sky. 

The big floating lotus also turned into hundreds of petals, and Bai Shijue slowly descended to the ground. 

He stood in front of the kneeling boy and patted his head gently, "I will never leave you, Han Shun. I will try not to…." 

"Try not to?" Han Shun suspected that something wasn't right with that sentence. 

Bai Shijue looked conflicted. He didn't want to tell Han Shun now, he showed his real self as an immortal to Han Shun to make sure that Han Shun knew he couldn't marry any mortal in this world, so he didn't need to worry. 

But Bai Shijue couldn't guarantee that he would stay in this realm for so long because it was actually difficult for an immortal to stay in the mortal realm for so long. It was forbidden by the law of heaven. 

[Pupa, do you know how long I can stay in this realm to take care and train Han Shun?]

[Pupa: There is no clear limit about it, but you shouldn't take too long.]

[Aish, I want him to grow up to be at least 10 years old, then I will start physically training him and giving him cultivation methods.]

[Pupa: I doubt you have that much time.]

[I need to find a good way to tell him about this. I feel like he should have a proper childhood first before taking something heavy like cultivation.]

[Pupa: You're surprisingly caring for this kid. Do you really have no intention of romancing him in the future, when he is finally legal?]

[Honestly, no. I just want him to be the great sect leader as he is always fated. I will see the end of my transmigration story since you said you know everything but are forbidden to tell me about it.]

[Besides, love only gives me pain. My experience with Han Ye Gege in my world is just too painful. I would rather not repeat the same mistake again.]

[Han Ye Gege told me that I am the cause of his pain, so I will try to minimize that. Since Han Shun is his incarnate in this world, then I hope he will never fall in love with me.]

[Pupa: That's why you don't show your real face here?]

[Hehe, yes, because Han Shun would be stricken by my appearance and will be eaten by his desire in the end.]

[Pupa: Wise choice. You've grown up.]

"You don't need to worry about that, Han Shun," Bai Shijue said. "You should just work hard, eat a lot of meat, and also exercise daily. When you are strong enough, I will teach you martial arts, so you will be able to maintain your stamina, okay?"

"… Mm, thank you, Gege," Han Shun said. He obeyed what Bai Gege said, but he knew that Bai Gege avoided his question. 

He might only be eight years old, but he wasn't stupid. Bai Gege showed him that he wasn't from this mortal realm but the immortal god realm in the sky.

No matter what, Bai Gege would eventually leave him.

Since Bai Gege wanted him to be 'strong enough,' that meant he had to start exercising hard. He didn't know what would happen in the future, but he refused to be separated from Bai Gege. 

"You should return to your room, go," Bai Shijue said. 

"Yes, Bai Gege," Han Shun nodded obediently. But as he walked away from the Plum Blossom Courtyard, he looked over his shoulder to see Bai Gege, who summoned a guqin out of thin air and started plucking the string again. 

"Bai Gege, I want to follow you… forever."