Wang Qiuer, Third Disciple

Star Dou Great Forest.

Bai Yuan and Bai Yu hurried along.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion lay quietly in Bai Yuan's arms. From time to time, she affectionately rubbed her head against him and licked his face.

Bai Yu watched with considerable jealousy. She felt that Master's affection for her was being stolen away, filling her with a deep sense of crisis.

They ran all the way back. Perhaps because Three-Eyed Golden Lion was blessed by fortune, they did not encounter the slightest danger.

When they reached the tree, Bai Yuan had no intention of bringing Three-Eyed Golden Lion inside. Instead, he directly fed her a Humanoid Transformation Pill.

This time, Bai Yuan did not shape her face. He left everything up to her.

After swallowing the Humanoid Transformation Pill, Three-Eyed Golden Lion seemed to know what changes were about to happen to her.

So, she looked Bai Yuan over from every angle, then studied Bai Yu carefully for a while before melting into a burst of white light, reforming and solidifying like liquid.

In the end, a girl appeared in Bai Yuan's arms. She looked very much like Bai Yuan and Bai Yu, her height was the average of theirs, and so was her chest. She had golden eyes, golden hair, and a Vertical Pupil on her forehead.

Bai Yuan's mouth twitched.

Why did she take the average of everything between him and Bai Yu?

Couldn't she have a little imagination of her own?

And why did she reveal a Vertical Pupil on her forehead?

Was she afraid people wouldn't know she wasn't human?

Bai Yuan looked at the girl speechlessly. With a casual grab, a Magic Tool in the form of clothing appeared out of thin air.

He had long prepared this for his disciples. It had no special abilities, except that it was hard to damage, would barely get dirty, and could change according to the wearer's figure.

Bai Yuan put the clothing Magic Tool on the girl. It shifted according to his thoughts, eventually becoming an ancient-style long dress.

Bai Yuan placed Three-Eyed Golden Lion on the ground and helped her stand steadily. "From today onward, you are my third disciple, Wang Qiuer. Do you understand?"

As the Emperor Auspicious Beast, Three-Eyed Golden Lion was favored by heaven and earth. She was born with Spiritual Intelligence and could understand human speech.

Wang Qiuer threw herself into Bai Yuan's arms, rubbing her head against him as she said in a childish voice, "I understand, Daddy."

Bai Yuan corrected her speechlessly, "Qiu'er, I am your Master, not your daddy."

Wang Qiuer nodded. "I understand, Master Father."

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully accepting a disciple."

After receiving the system prompt, Bai Yuan no longer felt like correcting her, despite his speechlessness. In any case, all he wanted was to take Wang Qiuer as his disciple.

Whether she called him Master or Master Father was secondary. Bai Yuan did not care at all. As for making her third, that was because he had not counted Xiao Wu.

"Bai Yu, from now on, Qiu'er will be under your care. Remember to teach her human eating, drinking, relieving herself, washing up, and so on, just as your master taught you before. Understand?"

Bai Yu glanced at the girl, who was much taller than herself, then looked at Bai Yuan. "Master, how am I supposed to teach her? She's so tall—how am I supposed to smack her?"

Bai Yuan said without concern, "I don't care. Your master taught you properly, so from now on, your Third Junior Sister and Second Junior Sister will both be taught by you."

Bai Yuan patted Wang Qiuer's head again. "Go let your Senior Sister teach you. Your master still has something to do."

Wang Qiuer looked up at Bai Yuan in confusion for a while, but she eventually released him, turned and hugged Bai Yu, then affectionately licked her face as she said, "Mother, how will you teach me?"

Bai Yu corrected her, "It's Senior Sister."

Wang Qiuer nodded. "Eldest Sister Mother, how will you teach me human eating, drinking, relieving myself, and washing up?"

Bai Yu did not want to speak, but Bai Yuan had already run into his second disciple's body.

At that moment, Ning Rongrong was eating the millet porridge she had cooked herself. Two bowls sat beside her, seemingly prepared for Bai Yuan and Bai Yu.

Pushing open the wooden door, Bai Yuan looked at Ning Rongrong, who was eating, with a trace of surprise in his eyes.

According to his expectations, Ning Rongrong should have tried to escape while he was away, only to become trapped in the Illusion Array.

Then, when Bai Yuan returned, he would release her and make her completely abandon any thoughts of running away. Yet Ning Rongrong had not run.

"Young Master Bai, you're back." Ning Rongrong rose and turned to serve him a bowl of millet porridge, looking like a delicate young wife.

Bai Yuan walked expressionlessly to the table, sat down, and began drinking with a wooden Spoon.

To be honest, Ning Rongrong's cooking was not very good. It could even be called awful, considering she had only just started learning.

Still, for something as simple as millet porridge, Ning Rongrong had managed to make it barely edible. It was not like the dishes from last night, which had been impossible to swallow.

"Young Master Bai, where is Sister Bai Yu?" Ning Rongrong asked after placing a piece of the pickled cabbage Bai Yuan had made into his bowl.

After eating a mouthful of porridge with the pickled cabbage, Bai Yuan said, "Her? She's worrying over raising a child right now."

"Raising a child?" Ning Rongrong was stunned.

At that moment, Bai Yu entered with Wang Qiuer.

Ning Rongrong hurriedly went to the kitchen for another bowl and small Spoon, then served two bowls of millet porridge.

"Eldest Sister Mother, what is this?" Wang Qiuer waved her small Spoon around. She did not look like a girl at all, but rather like a two- or three-year-old child.

Ning Rongrong nearly spat out the millet porridge in her mouth.

Eldest Sister Mother?

Ning Rongrong gave the much shorter White-Haired Little Girl a strange look, then shifted her gaze to Wang Qiuer, who was about as tall as herself.

Only then did she notice the Vertical Pupil on Wang Qiuer's forehead.

"What are you looking at? I'm much older than her. She's just a little brat who was born today." Bai Yu was expressionless and had no intention of answering Wang Qiuer.

A little brat who was born today?

Ning Rongrong lowered her head, her gaze flickering, because she could tell at a glance that Wang Qiuer was not human!

Bai Yuan could only say helplessly, "Qiu'er, that's a Spoon. You use it like this."

Bai Yuan demonstrated once himself, then took Wang Qiuer's Spoon and fed her a mouthful, looking very patient.

"Thank you, Master Father." Wang Qiuer tilted her head and smiled, revealing an innocent, pure expression.

Then she began imitating him, but her movements were very slow and clumsy.

Ning Rongrong's expression became even stranger.

At that moment, a thunderous boom suddenly rang out.

Bai Yuan and the others felt the ground tremble.

"What's going on?" Bai Yuan was puzzled.

Bai Yu set down her bowl and chopsticks and said solemnly, "Master, Second Junior Sister says she saw powerful experts fighting high in the sky."

Bai Yuan's expression darkened. Anyone capable of causing such a commotion had to be at least a Titled Douluo-level expert.

Are they from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or Spirit Hall? Or have they all come? And who exactly is fighting? Bai Yuan analyzed inwardly.

After all, news of a "Hundred-Thousand-Year Reformed Soul Beast" had spread. It was impossible for Spirit Hall not to send anyone. But who were they fighting?

Surely it could not be people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fighting Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos?

Roar!

A terrifying howl resounded through heaven and earth. Even though the location of the fierce battle was still far away, Ning Rongrong felt her head spin from the sound.

In an instant, Bai Yuan came to a conclusion.

This was not humans fighting humans. It was humans fighting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—or rather, a Fierce Beast.