"Master?"
The Yang siblings repeated the title in unison, their faces full of shock.
Hearing how they addressed her, Verdant Green Maiden smiled and nodded. Then she straightened her expression and said to the siblings, "That's right. Starting today, I'm your master! Allow me to introduce myself properly: I am Yu Se Zhenren of Crane Call Mountain Tai Ping Daoist temple!"
"From now on, when you're out and fellow Daoists ask, don't tell them you don't even know your own sect."
Verdant Green Maiden spoke as if to herself, while the siblings exchanged a look, stunned by her Daoist title.
Yu Se Zhenren!
The people of Shu Region revered the Daoist sect. Though it had only just been founded and its ranks and titles were still unclear, they knew what it meant to be a True Person within the Daoist sect.
They had heard that even the Heavenly Masters were already middle-aged!
Verdant Green Maiden looked so young, yet she was already a True Person?
Still, though the siblings were astonished by her standing in the Daoist sect, becoming her disciples...
That probably wouldn't do.
An apologetic look crossed Yang Chan's face. "Sorry, my brother and I aren't planning to cultivate yet. Qing Niang, you've gone to a lot of trouble for us."
"No, you will be."
Verdant Green Maiden's tone was certain.
Seeing her confidence, Yang Jian asked hesitantly, "Qing Niang, you're not going to tell us we're fated to follow the Dao, are you?"
"That's the neighboring sect's line. We don't use that."
Verdant Green Maiden shook her head and flicked her horsetail whisk. A dark green light shimmered past, and two Jiao Dragon Horns sprouted from her head. Between them, a round, lustrous Dragon Pearl, green and white, glimmered.
"This is..."
"Horns? Qing Niang, are you a