"Daddy... Daddy... Daddy..."
In his deep sleep, Jiang Lin heard a soft, sweet voice calling out...
He slowly opened his heavy eyes.
The first thing that entered Jiang Lin's view was the unfamiliar ceiling, and also...
"Daddy... is awake... Daddy..."
Little Dragon Girl's pink, chubby face was pressed close to him. Her large, limpid eyes, brilliant as sparkling jewels, blinked at Jiang Lin, seeming to shimmer with dazzling streams of color...
"Mmm! Mmm-mmm... Mmm!"
Before Jiang Lin could react, Little Dragon Girl wrapped her entire body around his head. Her little tail swayed back and forth while her soft cheeks happily rubbed against his hair without pause. For a moment, Jiang Lin felt as though he could hardly breathe.
"Mmph..."
Like a man on his deathbed suddenly rallying, Jiang Lin reached out and lifted Little Dragon Girl up.
"Daddy?"
Hanging in midair by the collar of her clothes, Little Dragon Girl sucked on her tiny finger and blinked at Jiang Lin.
Looking up at the adorable Little Dragon Girl, Jiang Lin saw that she had already changed into a little outfit. Her long, snow-white hair was tied into two small buns resting on either side of her head. Her bright-red floral dress looked extremely festive, and her tiny feet were wrapped in white socks.
Jiang Lin lifted Little Dragon Girl with a "plop" and set her down beside the bed. He struggled to prop himself upright. Seeing this, Little Dragon Girl stood up with another "plop," walked over to her "daddy," and stretched out her little arms, her face flushed red with effort as she tried to help him up.
Although Little Dragon Girl's strength was barely distinguishable from having none at all, when she saw her daddy sit up with her help, pure radiance flashed through her eyes.
"Daddy... Daddy..."
She threw herself onto her daddy's thigh. Little Dragon Girl cried out happily, waving her arms and legs as cheerfully as if she were swimming.
This was simply... too cute...
Looking at Little Dragon Girl in front of him, Jiang Lin wiped his nose and felt as though he was about to get a nosebleed.
"No! Jiang Lin, you have to stay calm! She's an ancient dragon! A true dragon! She's completely different from those flood dragons and the like that exist nowadays. You and she have a blood feud—you killed each other's parents!"
But...
Looking at the adorable Little Dragon Girl before him, Jiang Lin's eyes instantly turned comical. He rubbed her head over and over like he was petting a cat, looking exactly like a lovesick pervert...
Who cared? She couldn't kill him right now anyway. He would ruffle her bald first, then they could talk.
"Young Master Jiang, you're awake? May I come in?"
A quarter of an hour later, while Jiang Lin was still rubbing Little Dragon Girl's head and she was thoroughly enjoying it, a somewhat alluring, mature voice sounded from outside the door.
Only then did Jiang Lin finally remember that he was in an unfamiliar place.
"Come in."
Jiang Lin stopped moving his hand and lifted his palm from Little Dragon Girl's head.
Feeling the warm palm leave her head, Little Dragon Girl pouted unhappily. She seized Jiang Lin's large hand with both of her tiny hands and placed it back on her little head. Only then did she break into a broad smile.
The door opened, and a woman dressed in palace attire entered slowly with a meal in her hands. The instant she stepped inside, a warm breeze automatically closed the door behind her.
The woman wore peony-patterned palace robes and had a wonderful figure. If she had been holding a white cat in her arms, she would have looked exactly like a beautiful palace-maid painting! She was also slender and fair-skinned, and appeared to possess formidable magical power—at the very least, her cultivation was higher than his.
Although a white veil concealed her face, making her features impossible to see, she seemed somewhat familiar... As though he had met her before, but he couldn't remember.
Little Dragon Girl slightly raised her chin and looked at her daddy's seemingly lecherous gaze. She immediately stood up, spread her little arms, and shielded her daddy on the bed behind her, looking ferocious enough to say, "No one is allowed near my daddy!"
"Has Young Master Jiang recovered?"
After setting the meal on the table, the woman bowed politely.
"I'm fine. I wasn't really injured in the first place." Jiang Lin tried hard to search his memories, but he simply couldn't recall anything. "May I ask where this is?"
"Black Tortoise City Lord Residence." The woman smiled gently. "I am the City Lord of City Lord's Mansion. As for why Young Master Jiang is in my chambers, it's because the Bewildering Secret Realm collapsed and I found you. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My surname is Luo, and I'm close friends with your master, Yuni."
"Your surname is Luo? You're my master's close friend? Elder Sister Luo!"
At once, Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief, setting aside the hostility and wariness in his heart. He even felt somewhat happy.
When he had first transmigrated into this world, he had only been seven or eight years old. It had also been the dead of winter, and he had nearly frozen to death. At the time, an elder sister surnamed Luo and his master had happened to pass by and save him. It had simply been too long ago, and Elder Sister Luo had been wearing a veil then as well, so naturally he had not remembered her.
"You finally remembered."
Luo Qinchang's eyes narrowed happily into two crescent moons as she walked over and took Jiang Lin's hand, helping him up from the bed.
"Come, let Elder Sister have a good look." Luo Qinchang happily examined the grown boy before her. "Not bad, not bad. You've grown quite sturdy. You're much sturdier than when I first met you. How have things been at the Sun Moon Sect? Are you doing all right? If things aren't going well, come to my Black Tortoise City."
"Heh heh." Jiang Lin rubbed his nose. "Life on Twin Pearl Peak is a little plain, but it's pretty good. Besides, the people in the Sun Moon Sect are decisive in what they do and pleasant to talk to. I quite like it there, so I'm not moving."
"You, you... You just can't let go of that little girl Yuni, can you?" Luo Qinchang scolded him playfully, tapping Jiang Lin on the forehead before pulling him down to sit beside the bed.
Little Dragon Girl let out a "hmph" from the side and pouted. Raising the tiny horns on her head, she shoved herself between the two of them, spread her little arms, and hugged her daddy tightly.
"Is this little girl the Opportunity you obtained in the Secret Realm?"
Luo Qinchang smiled and reached out to touch Little Dragon Girl's adorable head. But Little Dragon Girl knocked her hand away with her not-yet-fully-developed dragon horns. After glaring fiercely at Luo Qinchang, she once again seized Jiang Lin's hand, placed it atop her own head, and happily narrowed her eyes while rubbing against it nonstop.
"This... is a long story..."
Looking at the little girl nestled in his arms and rubbing against his palm, Jiang Lin felt conflicted.
What kind of Opportunity was this? What Opportunity required someone to kill him tens of thousands of times before proving the Dao and achieving Ascension...
"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Elder Sister Luo, I need to return to the Sun Moon Sect and report in, and also take a look at my master. Otherwise, she'll worry herself to death again."
As he spoke, Jiang Lin lifted Little Dragon Girl and placed her on top of his head before cupping his fists in salute.
"Jiang Lin will come again another day to thank Elder Sister Luo for saving me a second time."
"Wait, don't rush off just yet."
Luo Qinchang stood up and gently helped Jiang Lin to his feet. From her Storage Pouch, she took out a stack of freshly printed newspapers.
"Elder Sister thinks Little Lin should learn about the current situation first."
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