"Little brat only sees the size of the storage space?" Xiao Shou said with a faint smile. "Take a closer look at what is inside."

When Fu Young heard this, he did not immediately rush to check the contents of the pouch. Instead, his large eyes flashed with mischief as he said, "That can wait, it is not like it can run away anyway. More importantly, Master, why have you still not removed your disguise? I prefer seeing your original appearance. Your eyes look good no matter what expression you have."

"This disguise pill has no antidote. It will naturally wear off on its own. It should take about a month." Xiao Shou slightly raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Fu Young with a teasing smile.

After hearing this, Fu Young’s expression immediately changed. He said with a mournful face, "Then I will have to be a girl for a whole month? Being a girl feels so strange. I cannot even urinate properly. Master, you are too evil."

"Little brat, what do you mean by urinate or not?" Xiao Shou’s face turned slightly red upon hearing this. He deliberately spoke fiercely and said, "From today onward, you will focus on cultivation. Take fasting pills and stop worrying about eating worldly food. From now on, you will not need the mortal cycle of eating and excreting."

Before Fu Young could respond, Xiao Shou quickly changed the topic.

"Speaking of cultivation, take a look at the technique I placed in your pouch. It is the most suitable technique for you. However, it is extremely difficult to cultivate. If you do not like it, you can go to the cultivation chamber and choose a single spiritual root technique instead, and cultivate only one of your spiritual roots."

"Ninety Nine Calamities Cycles Art?"

Hearing this, Fu Young took out the only jade slip inside the storage pouch and pressed it against his forehead to read it.

The more he read, the more shocked his expression became and gradually excitement also appeared on his face.

After a long while, he finally lowered the jade slip and said with determination, "Master, I want to cultivate this technique."

"You are certain?" Xiao Shou asked with a serious expression.

"This technique requires nine rotations at every major realm. Each breakthrough also requires using heavenly tribulation to temper the body to strengthen it. You cannot use any external artifacts to resist the lightning tribulation. Such nine rotations require an enormous amount of time. Every breakthrough will place you in front of a life and death heavenly tribulation. It is very likely that you will not even complete a single breakthrough before you perish."

Although he hoped that Fu Young would become stronger than anyone else so they could support each other and fear no force, he did not want to force such a dangerous and difficult cultivation method onto a child.

He wanted to give him a choice.

At this moment, the naive Xiao Shou did not realize that in this world of ruthless survival of the fittest, he was placing the path to strength directly in front of someone who was still weak.

Being a weak person, even if it meant going to hell, one could not resist such temptation.

So how could he possibly give it up?

The moment he let Fu Young see this cultivation technique, the outcome was already decided.

As expected, Fu Young nodded and he said with a serious and sincere expression, "Master, I know this technique is very difficult to cultivate, but no matter how difficult it is, I still want to learn it. I do not want to become like those past few days again, where I was discarded, slaughtered, betrayed... and tortured at will. I want to become strong, strong enough that no existence can control my fate."

"Good! From today onward, we will cultivate together and become strong together. We will become weak people who cannot be bullied." Xiao Shou was deeply moved by Fu Young’s words.

Those words struck directly into the deepest part of his heart.

Xiao Shou had always restrained himself and tried not to think too much, but this did not change the fact that the original owner had only been schemed against because he was weak.

He had fled here to live in seclusion because he feared Yu Lin who was at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

At this moment, hearing such determination from a child like Fu Young made Xiao Shou feel emotional and even more resolute.

He smiled gently and pulled Fu Young into his arms, holding him slightly as he said emotionally, "From now on, you do not need to be afraid. I will protect you well. I will not let you suffer any harm again."

"Mm! I will also become strong and protect Master, and I will not let Master be bullied." Fu Young wrapped his arms around Xiao Shou’s neck and pressed his face against him as he said this.

Hearing this, Xiao Shou smiled and said, "Alright, then from now on we will protect each other. Right now, stop acting spoiled and go pick a room where you will cultivate and sleep in the future."

"There is no need to choose. I want the stone chamber next to Master’s residence." Fu Young said loudly. Then he lowered his voice and muttered, "I am not acting spoiled. Master is the bad one."

"Hehe... then let us go clean up that stone chamber." Xiao Shou stood up. Then he suddenly remembered something and pointed toward the cultivation chamber as he said, "By the way, my dear disciple, that stone chamber contains various cultivation techniques, skills, and miscellaneous jade slips. When you are bored, you can go in and read them. The silver token inside your storage pouch can be used to purchase items and participate in auctions. However, before you reach the Golden Core stage, you must not inject spiritual energy into it. Other than that, all the other stone chambers are empty."