Just from Zi Yan's reaction, Xiao Yan could roughly understand what she was thinking.
After all, she was not exactly good at hiding the thoughts in her heart. With how well he knew her, he could naturally tell at a glance.
Was it because this child formed from the Nine Profound Golden Lightning truly did share an extraordinary connection with them?
Feeling something in his heart, Xiao Yan looked at the Golden-Haired Girl before him, and the thoughts in his mind settled into certainty. He let out a breath.
"Since Zi Yan wants her to stay by her side, that's fine."
Xiao Yan looked at Zi Yan, then smiled.
"Great!"
Zi Yan beamed, grabbed Jiu Xuan's hand in front of her, and said with a laugh, "From now on, you can stay by my side all the time. In the future, cultivate together with me. How about it?"
"Mm... yes! Thank... thank you, Dragon Emperor Your Majesty!"
The girl formed from heretical lightning felt the unusual warmth coming from her fingertips. She froze for a moment, then nodded again and again in excitement.
"You don't have to call me Dragon Emperor Your Majesty. You can call me Zi Yan, or elder sister too?"
Smiling as she stroked her little head, Zi Yan's eyes brimmed with mirth. Though she usually always acted like she did not care about anything, she actually quite wanted to be called elder sister by someone else.
"Yes! Dragon Emperor Your Majesty!"
Jiu Xuan answered with overflowing gratitude. The smile on Zi Yan's face stiffened.
Forget it.
The fingertips stroking her hair unconsciously fell onto the girl's cheek. Jiu Xuan's innate sense of closeness toward Zi Yan made her offer no resistance to this action of hers.
Zi Yan examined Jiu Xuan carefully. The more she looked