Let That Silly Girl In

"So, Master, do you realize your mistake now?"

Inside the inn, Jiang Lin propped his chin on his hand as he looked at 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 watery and wide, like a little girl who had done something wrong.

But then again, although his master was a few decades older than him, Jiang Lin always felt she was a little girl who never grew up and needed his care.

"Not admitting fault, huh? Then I won't go back to Twin Pearl Peak for a year."

With that, Jiang Lin stood up resolutely and turned to leave.

"Don't... Little Linlin, don't abandon Master, don't not come home, don't stop talking to Master. Master was wrong, Master really was wrong."

Jiang Yuni knelt sideways on the ground, hugging Jiang Lin's thigh, sniffling as she cried. Her adorable appearance made Jiang Lin sigh helplessly.

He helped his master up and gently wiped away her tears and snot. Jiang Yuni placed her hands on her shapely thighs, looking as pitiful as a little hamster whose chestnut had been snatched away.

And this was someone who used to be a great cultivator at the Nascent Soul Realm Third Stage, Tenth Realm.

"Know you were wrong?" Jiang Lin patted his master's little head, watching her struggle to hold back her sobs but failing. He found it both amusing and touching.

"Mhm... Master... Master I... know I was... wrong..."

"Wrong about what?"

"Wrong about... Master shouldn't have used a disguise to trick Little Linlin."

Jiang Lin lightly tapped his master's little head, half laughing, half exasperated. "Is that the reason?"

Holding her little head with both hands, the girl's pitiful gaze made Jiang Lin quickly look away, or else A'wei would be done for.

"Then the mistake is... Master shouldn't have... shouldn't have left home without permission. Should have waited for Little Linlin to come back."

"Mhm, good that you know you were wrong."

Kneeling in front of Jiang Yuni, Jiang Lin put on a serious expression, but his heart felt warm.

He knew his master had followed him because she was worried. And in this world, the only person who genuinely cared for him like this was probably his master alone.

To Jiang Lin, Jiang Yuni was not just a master, but family.

And that was exactly why Jiang Lin was afraid something might happen to her. Within the Sun Moon Sect, it was fine—the people were simple and honest, and Sister Fang Ruo looked after her. But outside the sect, things were different.

Plus, his master was so beautiful, with such a great figure, and so naive. If she got sold off, Jiang Lin didn't know what he might do.

"Master, go back quickly. In three days, I'll send a letter to Sister Fang Ruo. If you haven't made it home by then, I'll really be angry."

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

"Master, rest assured. I can take care of myself. It's you being out here that worries me." Jiang Lin thought for a moment. "Forget it. I'll put the Dragon Gate Sect matter on hold for now. I'll personally escort you back."

Jiang Lin figured he could use the excuse of going back to his hometown to pack things, then return to Black Tortoise City to meet up with Lin Qingwan. That shouldn't be a big problem.

"No need. Master will definitely get back on time. Master isn't a child! Little Linlin should focus on his own matters. Master doesn't want to hold you back."

"Are you sure it's fine?" Jiang Lin was still a bit worried.

"Mhm! Master is very strong too!"

Rolling up her sleeve, Jiang Yuni revealed her fair, lotus-like arm to show off her "strength."

"Alright then."

Jiang Lin cast a GPS Spell on Jiang Yuni, so he could track her location at any time.

Actually, Jiang Lin knew he was overthinking things. Even though his master had suffered a Falling Realm, she was still at the Nascent Soul Realm First Stage. The chances of something happening to her on the way back were extremely slim.

"Master, I'm sorry. I still need to stay here a while longer. Once things are settled, I'll come back immediately."

"Mhm. Master will wait for Little Linlin."

Before Jiang Lin could react, Jiang Yuni planted a kiss on his cheek, then blushed, leaped onto her sword, and flew away through the window.

Touching his cheek, watching his master gradually fly into the distance, Jiang Lin smiled and shook his head.

He wasn't washing this face today.

Above Black Tortoise City, people were riding the wind one after another. Some were taking girls for a joyride, some were hurrying to and fro, and some were hawking various trinkets. On the outskirts of Black Tortoise City, in a secluded spot, Jiang Yuni jumped off her flying sword.

With a delicate touch, she removed the Positioning Spell Jiang Lin had placed on her and attached it to an ordinary Message Delivery Flying Sword.

With a gentle tap on the sword's tail, the flying sword shot off toward the Sun Moon Sect at incredible speed.

"Little Linlin really is still a child. So easily fooled by a girl."

Thinking back to Jiang Lin's feigned anger and the way he comforted her in the inn, the woman couldn't help but cover her mouth with a light laugh.

Jiang Yuni knew her disguise might be discovered by Jiang Lin, but she hadn't expected it to happen so quickly. Still, it didn't matter—she had already prepared a backup plan.

And the fact that he found out so fast just showed how much Little Linlin cared about her, didn't it?

As she thought about it, the girl's smile bloomed like a flower.

Muttering an incantation, in no time, Jiang Yuni's height, which had been less than one meter fifty, shot up by twenty centimeters. A pair of long, proud legs stood tall, her hair cascaded like a waterfall over her shoulders, and her delicate curves were accentuated perfectly by her slightly too-small dress.

Her once slightly chubby little face sharpened into a delicate chin, and her eyes were like silk and hooks—born with bone-deep charm was the best description.

Stepping onto her flying sword, Jiang Yuni turned and flew toward the Black Tortoise City Lord Residence at the city's center.

Black Tortoise City Lord Residence.

"Let that silly girl in."

Just as the residence guards moved to block her, a woman's voice echoed through everyone's mind, and the formation opened as well.

"A rare guest."

In the backyard of Black Tortoise City, a woman who had been teasing a cat with a Cat Teaser slowly rose to her feet.

"Oh, it's been so many years, and I never expected our Sect Leader to still be a virgin."

Gazing at the cold, stunning beauty before her, the woman smiled softly.

"Every generation of Sun Moon Sect leaders cultivates the Sun Moon Dual Cultivation Great Art, right? Without dual cultivation, the bottleneck of the Great Dao will be heavily suppressed, making it impossible to ascend to the Upper Five Realms. So no matter how gifted our Sect Leader is, at most you're at the Nascent Soul Realm Third Stage now, aren't you? Or could it be that no man has ever caught your Jade Eyes?"

"You talk too much."

Jiang Yuni cast a cold glance at the woman. But just that single look made the Black Tortoise City Lord, a woman who had seen countless men, involuntarily quicken her heartbeat—let alone how it would affect a man.

Lifting her skirt lightly, Jiang Yuni crossed her long, jade-like legs as she sat on a swing woven from flower branches:

"To make a long story short, I want to participate in this year's Sect Grand Tournament!"