Caring for Qing Lin

Only after they had gone deep into the territory of the Gama Empire did Zhang Tian finally catch up to Yun Yun.

"You're back?" Yun Yun sensed Zhang Tian's Dou Qi fluctuations catching up from behind, and she slowly stopped flying before turning to look at him. By now, Qing Lin had already woken up and was timidly following at Yun Yun's side.

"Taken care of?" Yun Yun asked tentatively.

"Mm. It took a little time. One of the enemies was rather good at hiding." Zhang Tian nodded, then looked at Qing Lin, who was hiding behind Yun Yun. The little girl looked frightened, and her eyes were unlike those of ordinary people, carrying a strange quality that seemed to draw in the soul.

Qing Lin's eyes were jade green. Within them were three little flower-like tomoe, yet they also looked like a connected kaleidoscope. Right now, she had not yet awakened Xuanmai, so she still could not properly use the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

The Azure Serpent Three Blossom Eyes were an extremely powerful pupil-technique bloodline, and they could also control many snake-type Magical Beasts.

To be precise, they could control all serpentine Magical Beasts aside from the Heaven Swallowing Python and the Ancient Sky Serpent. They could also open a small space within the eyes and take people or Magical Beasts into it. The size of that space would grow along with the user's strength.

"What should we do with this little girl? Send her to your courtyard?" Yun Yun rarely teased Zhang Tian, her face wearing a lovely smile.

"No thanks. That disciple of yours is already enough trouble. In a few days, I still have to teach Xiao Yan as well. I really don't have time to look after a child." Zhang Tian immediately shook his head. With that time, he might as well teach Xiao Yan a few more Dou Techniques.

"Then wouldn't this little girl be too pitiful?" Yun Yun clearly disagreed with Zhang Tian's words. She looked at Qing Lin with traces of affection on her face. Besides, was she herself really willing to take care of her?

"Mm... how about you take in another disciple? The bloodline in this little girl's body is extraordinary." Zhang Tian was silent for a while, but in the end, he could not bear to let Qing Lin wander alone. More importantly, the Azure Serpent Three Blossom Eyes truly were a massive aid.

An unwilling and hesitant look appeared on Yun Yun's face. To be fair, she really did not particularly want to take on a disciple.

"All right. From now on, you are my disciple." Yun Yun did not hesitate for too long. She smiled brightly, and with her fair hand, she tidied the messy hair on Qing Lin's forehead, revealing a gentle smile.

Qing Lin seemed to be soothed as well. She nodded her little head and calmed down considerably. Her intuition told her that this handsome man and beautiful woman were not bad people.

Qing Lin can feel that they're both good people, little Qing Lin said silently in her heart.

Big Brother looks very cold, but he seems like a decent person. Is it just because he doesn't want to talk to Qing Lin? Has Qing Lin become a burden?

"I can finally go home." Yun Yun suddenly stretched, revealing a satisfied smile. Having been away from the Gama Empire for so long, she really had not been used to it.

"Your cultivation speed is a little slow!" Zhang Tian saw through Yun Yun's Three-Star Dou Huang realm at a glance, then shook his head with a hint of amusement.

"Speaking of which, how old are you? Thirty? Forty?" He seemed to think of something, first putting some distance between himself and Yun Yun before deliberately teasing her.

"You bastard! Don't you know asking that is really strange? Age and all that... this Sect Master is also a genius, all right? How could I possibly need as long as forty years?" Yun Yun's pretty face flushed red as she roared furiously at Zhang Tian, completely losing the dignity of a sect master. Her eyes glared viciously at him, as if they were about to spit fire.

"Tsk, tsk. I remember when I first joined the Yun Lan Sect, I was still a Four-Star Dou Ling. Now I'm already an Eight-Star Dou Emperor, while you're still a Three-Star Dou Huang." Zhang Tian seemed to be looking at the scenery around them, but the corner of his eye had been watching every change in Yun Yun's expression.

Sure enough, almost in the next instant, Yun Yun clenched her pink fists, looking as though she was about to fly into a rage.

"What? We're both clearly Dou Huangs, okay... But when did an Eight-Star Dou Emperor suddenly appear? That's way too unreasonable!" Yun Yun looked utterly frantic, causing Qing Lin behind her to involuntarily tug at her clothes.

Then, in the next instant, an aura belonging to an Eight-Star Dou Emperor erupted in midair.

"Ah, this aura... it really is an Eight-Star Dou Emperor. This is seriously troubling." Yun Yun opened her mouth, feeling deeply uncomfortable. This was a little too monstrous.

"Mm, don't tell me I didn't sleep well?" Yun Yun rubbed her eyes and could not help muttering. At this moment, Yun Yun seemed to have awakened another attribute, without the slightest noble air of a sect master.

"An Eight-Star Dou Emperor... that's way too fast. No wonder those two Dou Huang-level auras just now weren't your match. Someone like you can probably only trade blows with Jia Xing Tian, the strongest person in the Gama Empire, known as Robe-Clad Jia Lao." Carrying little Qing Lin lightly on her back, Yun Yun spoke with a hint of amazement. Even now, she still found it a little hard to believe.

Robe-Clad Jia Lao was the strongest person in the entire Gama Empire. Even before her teacher had entered seclusion, he had not been Jia Xing Tian's match. As long as he remained, the Gama imperial family would not fall. He had been the imperial family's guardian for hundreds of years.

"You're already grown up, yet you're still pouting like a little girl."

"All right, put more effort into guiding Nalan Yanran. Don't let her be single-mindedly obsessed with my Xiao Yan. If she makes him neglect his cultivation, just see whether I'll teach both you master and disciple a lesson." Zhang Tian smiled faintly, shaking his fist in mock threat.

"Seems like a certain Sect Master can't beat me now." With a light laugh, he thought that when he had first come to the Yun Lan Sect, he seemed to have come as an undercover agent, just to observe when the plot would begin, then get in touch with Xiao Yan and solve his cultivation problem.

Put that way, going undercover and ending up as the Second Elder was kind of impressive.

"Though I don't really care, the problem is that the First Elder seems obviously more idle, right? When are you planning to promote me?" Zhang Tian let out a breath. Speaking of it really annoyed him. In the Xiao Family, he was the Second Elder; in the Yun Lan Sect, he was still the Second Elder. That felt awful. Zhang Tian decided he could not tolerate it.

"Hehe, you really want to be First Elder?" Who would have thought that when Yun Yun heard this, she seemed to become a different person. With a sly look, she flew over to Zhang Tian's side and reached out to hook an arm around his neck.

"Listen to yourself. We're sworn brothers, aren't we? But this matter of becoming First Elder... we still have to ask the elders' council for their opinion, and if it's troublesome, I may even have to request instructions from my teacher in seclusion... How about you marry into my family instead?" Only when she spoke the final sentence did Yun Yun's eyes shine, her expression excited.

"Hey, isn't there something wrong with your style here?" If Zhang Tian remembered correctly, wasn't this the style of an older unmarried woman like Terumi Mei? Could this woman also be anxious to find her ideal husband?

What need was there to discuss it with the elders' council? Did a Dou Huang need to discuss things with Dou Wangs? As long as the First Elder nodded in agreement, Yun Yun could basically make the decision directly.

If the First Elder, Yun Leng, knew it was the Sect Master's intention and also felt he could be trusted, he most likely would not refuse.

"So in other words, you're actually still after my body, right?"

Qing Lin, who was on Yun Yun's back, was even choked by those words, her little face scrunching up as she began coughing nonstop.

When Yun Yun heard Zhang Tian's words, her body stiffened.

"Listen to yourself. Are those even human words?"