Let That Foolish Girl In

"Well, Master, do you know what you did wrong?"

Inside the inn, Jiang Lin propped up his chin and stared at his master, the woman who had long since returned to her original form and left home without permission.

Jiang Yuni sat obediently across from Jiang Lin, her eyes glistening with tears. She looked exactly like a little girl who had done something wrong.

Still, although his master was several decades older than him, Jiang Lin felt that she would always be a little girl who never grew up and needed him to take care of her.

"You refuse to admit your mistake? Fine, then I won't return to Twin Pearl Peak for a whole year."

As he spoke, Jiang Lin rose decisively and turned to leave.

"Don't... Little Linlin, don't leave your master behind. Don't stop coming home, and don't stop talking to your master. Your master was wrong. Your master really was wrong."

Jiang Yuni dropped to her knees beside him and hugged his thigh, sniffling through her little nose. Her adorable, tearful appearance made Jiang Lin sigh helplessly.

He helped his master to her feet and gently wiped away her tears and snot. Jiang Yuni placed both hands on her well-proportioned thighs, looking as aggrieved as a little hamster whose chestnut had been stolen.

And to think she had once been a great cultivator of the Tenth Realm, at the Third Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm.

"Do you know what you did wrong now?" Jiang Lin rubbed his master's little head. Seeing the girl try to hold back her sobs yet fail, he was caught between laughter and tears.

"Mm... Master... I... know what I did... I was wrong..."

"What did you do wrong?"

"I was wrong because... because Master shouldn't have changed her appearance and tricked Little Lin."

Jiang Lin lightly tapped his master's little head, caught between laughter and tears. "Is that really the reason?"

Clutching her little head with both hands, the girl's aggrieved eyes made Jiang Lin quickly look away. Otherwise, A'wei was going to die.

"Then I was wrong because... because Master shouldn't have left home without permission... Master should have waited for Little Lin to come back."

"Mm, it's good that you know what you did wrong."

Crouching in front of Jiang Yuni, Jiang Lin put on a stern expression as he spoke, though his heart was warm.

He knew that his master had followed him because she was worried about him. In this world, the only person who probably truly cared about him from the bottom of her heart was his master.

To Jiang Lin, Jiang Yuni was not merely his master. She was also his family.

But precisely because of that, Jiang Lin was afraid something might happen to his master. Things were fine in the Sun Moon Sect; the people there were simple and honest, and there was nothing to worry about. Sister Fang Ruo was also looking after her. But once she left the Sun Moon Sect, things would be different.

Besides, his master was so beautiful, had such a good figure, and was so silly. If she were sold off, Jiang Lin had no idea what he might do.

"Master, hurry back. Three days from now, I'll send a letter to Sister Fang Ruo. If you haven't made it home by then, I'll really get angry."

"But I'm worried about you, Little Lin..."

"Master, don't worry. I'll take good care of myself. I'm more worried about you being outside." Jiang Lin thought for a moment. "Forget it. I'll put the Dragon Gate Sect's affairs aside for now and personally escort you home!"

Jiang Lin figured he could use the excuse of returning to his old home to collect some things, then come back to Black Tortoise City and meet up with Lin Qingwan. That shouldn't cause too much trouble.

"No need. Your master will definitely return on time. Your master isn't a child! Little Lin, just go do what you need to do. Your master doesn't want to get in your way."

"Are you really going to be fine?" Jiang Lin was still somewhat worried.

"Mm! Your master is very strong too!"

Jiang Yuni rolled up her sleeve and revealed her fair, lotus-root-like arm, displaying her "strength."

"All right, then."

Jiang Lin cast a GPS Spell onto Jiang Yuni. That way, he would be able to know his master's location at any time.

In truth, Jiang Lin knew he was overthinking things. Although his master had fallen in realm, she was still a cultivator at the First Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm. The odds of anything going wrong while she traveled home were simply too low.

"Master, I'm sorry. I still need to stay here a little longer. Once I've dealt with everything, I'll return at the first opportunity."

"Mm, your master will wait for Little Lin."

Before Jiang Lin could react, Jiang Yuni planted a kiss on his cheek, then flew away through the window on her sword, her little face flushed red.

Jiang Lin touched his cheek and watched his master gradually fly away. He shook his head with a smile.

Maybe he wouldn't wash this cheek today.

High above Black Tortoise City, people flew about on the wind in a steady stream. Some took girls out for a ride, some hurried back and forth on errands, and others hawked all kinds of novelty goods. Outside the outskirts of Black Tortoise City, Jiang Yuni leaped off her Flying Sword in an uninhabited place.

With a delicate tap of her finger, she removed the Positioning Spell Jiang Lin had placed on her and transferred it onto an ordinary Message Delivery Flying Sword.

She lightly slapped the sword's tail, and the Flying Sword shot toward the Sun Moon Sect at tremendous speed.

"Little Linlin really is still a child. He's so easy for a girl to trick."

Thinking of Jiang Lin's feigned anger in the inn and his adorable appearance as he comforted her, the woman couldn't help covering her mouth and giggling.

Jiang Yuni knew that Jiang Lin might discover her disguise, but she hadn't expected him to see through it so quickly. Still, it didn't matter. She had already prepared a backup plan.

Besides, being discovered so quickly didn't that mean Little Linlin cared about her very much?

The more she thought about it, the more brightly the girl's smile bloomed.

She chanted an incantation. In no time, Jiang Yuni's original height of less than five feet suddenly grew by eight inches. A pair of long legs stood proudly beneath her, while her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall over her shoulders. Accentuated by her slightly undersized dress, her exquisite curves appeared even more perfect.

Her originally plump, baby-faced cheeks had sharpened into delicate points. Her beautiful eyes were alluring and hooked like silk threads—born with bone-deep charm was the perfect way to describe her.

Stepping onto her Flying Sword, Jiang Yuni turned and flew toward the City Lord's Mansion in the center of Black Tortoise City.

Black Tortoise City Lord Residence.

"Let that foolish girl in."

The City Lord's Mansion guards had just moved to stop her when a woman's voice echoed in everyone's hearts, and the formation opened as well.

"What a rare guest."

In the rear courtyard of Black Tortoise City, a woman who had been holding a Cat Teaser and teasing a cat slowly rose to her feet.

"Well, well. After all these years, I never expected our Sect Leader to still be a virgin."

Looking at the beautiful, icy woman before her, the woman smiled softly.

"The successive Sect Leaders of the Sun Moon Sect all cultivate the Sun Moon Dual Cultivation Great Art, don't they? Without dual cultivation, one's bottleneck on the Great Dao will be severely suppressed, making it impossible to enter the Upper Five Realms. So no matter how extraordinary our Sect Leader's talent is, she can only be at the Third Stage of the Nascent Soul Realm at most, right? Or has no man ever caught our Sect Leader's eye?"

"You're so talkative."

Jiang Yuni gave the woman a cold glance. Yet that single glance made the Black Tortoise City Lord, a woman who had seen countless things in life, feel her heart quicken, let alone any man.

With a light swish of her skirt, Jiang Yuni crossed her long, jade-like legs and sat on a swing woven from flower branches.

"To put it briefly, I want to participate in this Sect Grand Tournament!"