Ye Yuan carried little Ye Xue back to the main hall.
"Your body is frail, and your talent is lacking. If you don't want to fall behind others in your future cultivation, you must change your physique."
"I'll go prepare a medicinal bath for you first. Stay here obediently."
Before leaving, he rubbed Ye Xue's head, making her already messy hair even more disheveled.
Yet Ye Xue did not feel the slightest resentment. Instead, she closed her eyes and enjoyed it like a little kitten.
A moment later.
Wuneng walked in, carrying a tray of food.
Ye Xue's nose twitched. "It smells so good!"
"His Lordship just made this food. He was worried you might be hungry, so he prepared something first."
"Go ahead and eat."
Ye Xue accepted the food. She could not remember how long it had been since she had last eaten meat.
She picked up the bowl and spoon and began eating in huge mouthfuls. Perhaps she had been starving, but she felt that this was the most delicious food she had ever tasted.
"The handsome teacher's cooking is really good."
Before long, Ye Xue had completely wiped out the food in the bowl.
"What kind of person is Teacher?" Ye Xue asked Wuneng beside her.
"His Lordship is the only god in this world, a benevolent god!" At the mention of Ye Yuan, endless admiration filled Wuneng's eyes.
He looked at Ye Xue. "You are His Lordship's disciple. You will understand in the future."
"You only need to know that His Lordship is a very, very good person."
"It is our honor to be able to follow His Lordship."
Ye Xue nodded. It seemed her teacher held quite a high position in these people's hearts.
At that moment, Ye Yuan walked in.
"The medicinal bath is ready. Little Xue, come with me."
"Mm!"
Ye Yuan brought Ye Xue into a room. A huge wooden tub stood inside, just large enough to hold her tiny body.
"This is the medicinal bath I prepared for you. Get in."
The moment Ye Yuan finished speaking, the little girl quickly stripped off her clothes and jumped into the medicinal bath.
He covered his forehead.
Walking behind Ye Xue, he began using Soul Power to guide her meridians and help her absorb the medicinal effects.
"Hiss!" The medicinal bath began improving her physique, and the wounds on her body started healing as well. However, the intense pain made her cry out despite herself.
"Bear with it. It will hurt a little at first, but it will get better later," Ye Yuan said slowly.
"Mm, Little Xue can endure it," Ye Xue said firmly.
As time passed, Ye Xue could clearly feel the pain gradually lessen.
Ye Yuan began chatting with Ye Xue. "In the future, you must not let other men see your body, understand?"
"Teacher was here just now. You should have waited for me to leave before taking off your clothes and getting in."
Of course Ye Xue knew that. She simply did not care because it was Ye Yuan.
Although she understood the reasoning, she still put on an innocent expression and asked, "Why?"
Ye Yuan paused. It seemed the girl's experiences when she was younger had not been good. She did not even understand such basic matters.
He said gently, "A girl's body can only be seen by her future partner—the person who protects you for your whole life and cherishes you dearly."
"A lifelong partner..." Back when she had still been Qian Renxue, she had never thought about such things.
She had only wanted to lead Spirit Hall and fulfill her grandfather's wish.
"Then will Teacher protect Little Xue for her whole life?" Ye Xue asked.
Ye Yuan hesitated. After handing everything over to Ye Xue in the future, he intended to directly break through Level One Hundred.
Naturally, it would be impossible for him to protect Ye Xue for her entire life.
Still, he did not want to dampen the child's spirits, so he said, "Of course. You are the disciple of Ye Yuan, after all."
Something seemed to sprout within Ye Xue's heart.
"I won't do it again. Little Xue will only let Teacher see." After saying that, she submerged half her little head into the medicinal bath and blew bubbles.
A faint flush appeared on her face, perhaps because the temperature was too high.
Ye Yuan was startled by her words, but seeing Ye Xue's innocent gaze, he merely assumed that she was too young to understand.
It's fine. She'll understand when she grows up a little, Ye Yuan thought.
"Absorb the medicinal effects while you listen to Teacher explain this medicinal bath's formula."
"This medicinal bath formula was developed jointly by me and Old Poison."
Most of the herbs inside had also come from near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If Dugu Bo had not owed Ye Yuan a favor, he likely would not have been able to obtain them.
"Although the formula itself is not difficult, it has extremely high requirements for the age and quality of the herbs. Listen carefully."
This was how Qian Renxue had obtained Ye Yuan's medicinal bath formula in the present day.
Ye Yuan slowly woke from his slumber.
He looked around in a daze. Qian Renxue had already left.
"While I was asleep, I suddenly felt pretty good. I wonder why."
Ye Yuan's head hurt slightly as he got up and put on his white robe.
"What a real dream..."
While unconscious just now, he had had an incredibly realistic dream.
In the dream, when he had been driven out of the imperial city of the Star Luo Empire, he had not met Qian Renxue, yet he had still survived.
After Tang San and the others ascended to the upper realm, he established the Heavenly Court and even took in a disciple named Little Xue.
In the end, before he broke through Level One Hundred and headed to the God Realm, Tang San brought people to intercept and kill him.
During that battle, he cut off Dai Mubai's limbs and stole his divine inheritance.
He exterminated Dai Mubai's entire family, leaving no one alive.
But in the end, he too died under the siege of Tang San and the others.
Ye Yuan felt that it had not been a dream. It seemed more like something from a previous life.
"Could it be that past lives really exist?" He now suspected that this was not his first time arriving on Douluo Continent.
Perhaps the Little Golden Man in his mind had known something from the start.
Ye Yuan's head throbbed violently. Rather than a dream, it had felt as though he had witnessed that man's life as a spectator.
"I need to make preparations early."
"Whether it was real or not, I absolutely cannot let things turn out like they did in the dream."
"The two God Kings of the God Realm are watching. What can I do?"
"Right. Even if Tang San has gained a God King's favor, if he fails the inheritance trial, it will not matter how highly those two regard him."
Ye Yuan planned to start with the woman by Tang San's side—Xiao Wu.
At the very least, he could prevent Tang San from obtaining those three hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
"Tang San, since you and I are destined to be mortal enemies, don't blame me."
Ye Yuan now planned to go meet Dugu Bo first.
He would first obtain medicinal herbs from him that could improve one's aptitude.
If possible, he would also draw Old Poison into Spirit Hall's camp. Although Dugu Bo had some grudges against Spirit Hall's two elders.
But that did not matter. Ye Yuan had plenty of ways to deal with it.
"You're awake." A woman's voice rang out.
Ye Yuan turned around. It was Qian Renxue.
"Yes, Teacher."
"Teacher, why are your lips a little swollen?"
Qian Renxue's face reddened as she grumbled inwardly, Isn't it because you hugged too hard?!
She felt Ye Yuan was like a pig, never seeming to get enough.
"It's nothing. I just rinsed my mouth."
"What are you planning to do next?" Qian Renxue asked.
Ye Yuan did not hide anything and answered frankly, "I plan to pay a visit to Senior Dugu Bo first."
Qian Renxue's expression turned solemn. It seemed Ye Yuan had remembered something.
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