Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2264  Friends

Alex wasn't sure if he could take advantage of the generosity the woman —if she was one— showed. It was clear that she ruled these mountains, and from what she said, she was lonely too. She had been waiting for people to come visit her for a long time.

"These mists, are you the one making them by any chance?" Alex asked the woman as they began walking. Pearl was behind them with Momo next to him, who carried Whisker. Even further behind them was the man, who was a deer-like animal, and the woman called Little Lin.

The woman turned around at the question, an amused look on her face. "Of course not," she said. "It's the sunlight, obviously."

"Oh… you mentioned you were the one misguiding people through the mist, so I wondered if you had created them," Alex explained.

"No, I just use the mist that is already here. Even if there was no mist, you would still be misguided," the woman said.

Alex slowly nodded. "Why misguide people? Do you not want to meet someone that is not a Child of Heaven?" he asked, still very much in the dark about what that was exactly.

She had said she was a spirit but also more than just a normal spirit. The closest guess he thought he had was that it was a spirit that was favored by the Heavens, although he wasn't sure what that would mean exactly for him. Not to mention, the woman said he wasn't one. She had just mistaken him for one. That may even be because of his physique.

"I do not like meeting people regularly," the woman said. "I used to do that in the past, but they stopped becoming friends with me very quickly after finding out who I was. So now, I only want friends who can understand me."

Alex quickly thought about what that meant. "Can I… ask who you are?" "Don't overstep your boundaries, young man," the man at the back quickly spoke. "She just said she does not want any other friends."

Alex was about to apologize when the woman turned toward the man. "Little Lin, let me do the talking."

The man quietened at the same time.

Alex could not understand how strong someone had to be to make a Divine realm cultivator fall silent with just a word. What was their relationship here anyway?

"I want friends," she said. "I want to have someone I can talk to. But since it has always ended up poorly in the past, I am afraid of trying again."

Alex thought for a long while before saying, "Do you want to be my friend?" he asked.

The woman stopped walking and turned around, her head cocked to the side. "You want to be my friend?" she asked.

Alex nodded. "I won't remain in this continent for long, but I will be staying for the next few years. I can come here once in a while to chat with you if you wish for me to."

The woman watched Alex, seemingly thinking. "You don't know me," she said.

Alex nodded again. "That is what you want, isn't it? To not let others know who you are so they don't leave you," he said. "I do not understand yet what you mean, but if that is what you need to be to become your friend, then I will be that."

The woman finally smiled. "I would love that," she said.

Alex smiled. "Then we're friends," he said.

"Friends," the woman replied.

Alex felt less threat by the woman now. If she was dangerous, then she was most definitely hiding it very well. "Let me introduce myself, I am—"

"No," the woman said quickly. "I will not say my name, so I do not expect you to tell your name either."

Alex blinked a few times. "Then how will we address each other?" he asked. "Should I just continue calling you 'Senior' while you call me 'Young man'?" If he was, to be honest, he didn't really mind that.

"Something to call each other would be nice," the woman said. "How about nicknames?"

"Nicknames?" Alex asked. "What should our nicknames be?"

"Let me give you one," the woman said, thinking. "Hmm, how about Little Sun?" Alex was slightly taken aback. "Sun? Why the sun?" he asked.

The woman shrugged. "I don't know," she said. "It's just the feeling I get from your aura. If you were to be a Child of Heaven, you would be one for something related to the sun."

Alex suspected even further that Child of Heaven really did have something to one's physique. He was about to ask her to elaborate, but she spoke before he could.

"Now do me. What will you call me?" she asked. Alex thought for a bit while looking at the woman all over. A 'Child of Heaven' that hid in the mists of a mountain, next to the Whole Rose Garden.

"How about Rosemist?" Alex asked. "Is that any good?"

"Rosemist?" the woman asked. "I love it."

"I'm glad, senior Rosemist," Alex said.

"No!" the woman said sternly. "Just Rosemist. No senior. Got it, little Sun?" Alex paused and then smiled. "Got it, Rosemist." He quickly turned around. "These are my brothers and my disciple. Should I tell you their name or—"

"Pearl, Whisker, and Momo," Rosemist said. "I know their name."

Alex was taken aback. Had he spoken their name in their midst? "Do you not mind knowing their name? I hoped they could be your friends too," Alex said.

"Unfortunately, they cannot," the woman said. "I don't blame them. It's something outside of their control. You… are just special. At least, I am hoping you are. That is why I am taking this chance at all."

Alex slowly nodded. "And that has something to do with you being a Child of Heaven?" he asked.

The woman nodded. "You want to know more," she said.

"I do," Alex said. "But I won't ask anything since you do not want to tell me anything. We can remain friends just as is."