Third update today: Chapter 3599! 3/4!
"Uncle Huang!"
The crisp voice shattered the silence of the Wild Domain, carrying the bright clarity unique to a young girl and an unprecedented solemnity.
"Thank you for not despising me, for guiding me, and for giving me the opportunity to gain experience. Caiyi knows she is dull-witted, and that what she has learned is too miscellaneous to catch the eye of a true master.
"But... but I am willing to learn, and I am willing to endure hardship! I only hope that you... will accept Caiyi as your disciple!"
She raised her little face, her blazing eyes fixed on the Black Robe Figure. There was not a trace of jest or hesitation in them.
"Caiyi will devote herself to the path, honor her master and heed his teachings, and never disappoint your expectations!"
The moment she finished speaking, without waiting for anyone's response, she pressed her forehead to the ground. Thud! Thud! Thud! She kowtowed three times, each one firm and solid.
The rocky ground was cold and hard, and the impacts rang out clearly.
Afterward, she remained bowed without moving, like a stone statue awaiting its final judgment—stubborn yet devout.
If Zhu Jiu, who had longed to take Xu Caiyi as his inheritor and the future pillar of the Dragon Race, had witnessed this scene and learned Xu Kun's true identity... the proud ruler of the present-day Dragon Race would probably have exploded with rage on the spot, his dragon scales bursting as he howled at the heavens and spat blood by the gallon—
Why did Xu Kun have to exist when Zhu Jiu already did?!
Xu Kun! You made me lose so miserably!
Fuck!!!!!
Reality was just that ironic.
Though Zhu Jiu possessed heaven-defying strength and, after Xu Kun's fall,