Walking down the main street, Jiang Lin felt deeply troubled.
What could he possibly do to make Senior Sister Lin let go completely?
Could it be that he really had to cultivate together with Senior Sister Lin, then ascend hand in hand?
What a joke. He was a member of the Demon Sect, for one thing. And to enter Dragon Gate Sect, he would have to undergo a bone-root test. Gender, cultivation level, and everything else would all be revealed at once. Wouldn't that be tantamount to signing his own death warrant?
No! He had to think of something. Otherwise, getting exposed was only a matter of time.
But for now, during the Sect Grand Tournament, he would stabilize Senior Sister Lin first!
Having settled on this small goal, Jiang Lin straightened the enormous steamed buns on his chest and headed toward the inn where Dragon Gate Sect was staying.
The moment he arrived at the inn, Dragon Gate Sect gave Jiang Lin a welcoming ceremony. A huge banner reading "Welcome Junior Sister Jiang Xin to the Sect" was pulled out, and quite a few men Jiang Lin found familiar at a glance came over to offer to carry his luggage.
More than that, the girls who had entered Dragon Gate Sect alongside him lit up when they saw Jiang Lin, this "little junior sister." They took his hand and fussed over him with questions about his well-being. Jiang Lin was extremely unwilling to let these girls pull at his little hand, though he still took the opportunity to feel them up a couple of times.
Afterward, the Dragon Gate Sect teacher leading the group conducted Jiang Lin's preliminary interview. In truth, it was just a formality, merely meeting him once. With that, the entire welcoming party came to an end—but by then, it was already evening.
The moment Jiang Lin stepped out of the Dragon Gate Sect teacher's room, countless "senior brothers" blocked his path.
"Junior Sister Jiang Xin, there's a Lantern Festival in Black Tortoise City tonight. Would Junior Sister Jiang Xin care to go?"
"Junior Sister Jiang Xin, Senior Brother here can compose a fine poem."
"Junior Sister, I deeply regret what happened to your brother. As his sworn brother, I will definitely take good care of you!"
"All of you, go cultivate properly. If I see you loitering in front of my sister again, you'll be dealt with according to the sect rules."
Just as Jiang Lin was about to kick these shameless fellows aside, Lin Qingwan came over with her sword in hand.
"Elder Sister Lin..."
Without even thinking, Jiang Lin threw himself straight into his senior sister's soft, warm embrace.
"It's all right. These men may be lecherous, but they're decent people."
Gently holding Jiang Lin, who was a head taller than her, Lin Qingwan patted his shoulder.
"What? Aren't you leaving yet?!"
Lin Qingwan glared at her junior brothers. Everyone shuddered and hurriedly fled.
"All right, it's fine now. Don't worry. You're my and Jiang Lin's little sister. I won't let anyone bully you."
Lin Qingwan lightly pinched Jiang Lin's cheek and smiled sweetly. Compared to her usual stern image, she looked incomparably charming and adorable.
"Mm, thank you, Elder Sister Lin. Then Jiang Xin will head back to her room first."
Jiang Lin felt that every extra second he spent with Lin Qingwan increased the chances of exposing himself. He wanted to flee as quickly as possible—and also take a look at how to use those two portions of Body Tempering Fluid once he returned to his room.
"Wait."
Just as Jiang Lin turned around, Lin Qingwan caught his hand.
"Elder Sister Lin, is there something else?"
Looking straight into Lin Qingwan's eyes, Jiang Lin's heart pounded furiously.
Could Senior Sister Lin have discovered something?
"Um... Jiang, little sister, tonight, could you... sleep with me?"
"Mm???"
At night, moonlight slowly spilled through the window, while the cool summer breeze gently brushed against the gauze screen.
In a guest room of the Black Tortoise City Lord Residence, a coldly beautiful long-haired woman lay on her side across the bed. Her limbs were tightly wrapped around a pillow more than a meter long, stamped with the image of a man, as she rolled back and forth.
Her fair cheeks rubbed ceaselessly against the pillow, while her mouth kept murmuring, "Little Linlin~~~"
Suddenly, footsteps sounded outside the door. The woman swiftly stuffed the pillow under the quilt. By the time the door opened, the girl was already sitting in a chair, her slender hand holding a teacup as she slowly sipped from it.
"Does the Black Tortoise City Lord not even know the etiquette of knocking before entering?"
Lifting her alluring eyes, black-cat-like and seductive, Jiang Yuni looked at the Black Tortoise City Lord—Luo Qinchang—as she closed the door and walked in.
Luo Qinchang rolled her eyes at the seductive woman in the room, then sat down beside Jiang Yuni without ceremony. She snatched the teacup from Jiang Yuni's hand and drained it in one gulp.
"Who do you think I've been busy for since noon? And you're still being so cold to me!"
"It's not as if I forced you to go." Jiang Yuni turned her head away with a Tsundere pout. "But... thank you."
"Eh? Yuni, what did you just say?"
Although the voice had been very soft, Luo Qinchang seemed to have heard something unbelievable.
The Sun Moon Sect's master, Jiang Yuni—who combined Tsundere aloofness with icy coldness—had actually taken the initiative to thank someone?
"I said... thank you..."
Jiang Yuni's voice was still tiny, but Luo Qinchang, whose ear was practically pressed to Jiang Yuni's cheek, heard her clearly this time!
She had really thanked her!
Luo Qinchang stared at the coldly beautiful woman in astonishment. The faint blush spreading across her cheeks was so adorable it was almost unbearable.
"Ah... I'm dead. Who knew Yuni had such a cute side?" Luo Qinchang happily hugged Jiang Yuni, rubbing her little face against Jiang Yuni's over and over.
"All right, let go, let go. Luo Qinchang, don't push your luck."
Jiang Yuni shoved away Luo Qinchang, who was acting like a lovestruck pervert.
" Heeheehee... All right, all right. I've already earned big today." Luo Qinchang smoothed her skirt and sat properly in front of Jiang Yuni. "Here, this is your identity token for participating in the Dao Sect Tournament."
"But Yuni, aren't you being far too protective? Jiang Lin is almost eighteen, isn't he? He's no longer the little child he used to be. Besides, he's reached the peak of the Cave Mansion Realm at such a young age. What is there for you to worry about? And the Sect Grand Tournament isn't some fight to the death."
"What do you know?"
Jiang Yuni took the little Waist Token. Looking at the words "Black Tortoise City Jiang Yu" on it, she nodded, the corners of her lips rising adorably, then carefully tucked the token into her bosom.
Watching this girl, who had never smiled even once upon breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm, now become happy over nothing more than a little Waist Token, Luo Qinchang was at a loss for words.
All she could say was that the little boy from back then really was extraordinary. He had changed a woman who knew nothing but cultivation and remained untouched by the fires of the mortal world.
"Sigh... I haven't seen Little Jiang Lin in ages either. Jiang Lin must have grown into a handsome, elegant young man by now, right? But I'm not old myself yet... Maybe Little Lin and I..." Resting her chin on her hand, Luo Qinchang unconsciously sighed as she recalled Jiang Lin from when he had still been a child.
However, before Luo Qinchang could finish speaking, an enormous Killing Intent filled the entire room.
"Bang!"
In the blink of an eye, the tea table was cleaved in two.
Cold sweat covered Luo Qinchang's head as she turned to look at the woman before her. Jiang Yuni's eyes had narrowed into slits, her Natal Flying Sword already drawn. Her gloomy, breathtakingly beautiful face seemed to have turned utterly dark.
"Hey, Qin Chang."
The darkened beauty hooked a slender finger under Luo Qinchang's chin and smiled "kindly."
"Little Lin is mine!"
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