Besides, with this senior's godlike abilities, her identity was probably no secret to him. Continuing to disguise herself would only make him dislike her.
Qian Renxue bowed gracefully to Chen Xuan once more, her tone utterly sincere.
"Senior, my name is Qian Renxue, and I am the daughter of the Spirit Hall Pope. I am currently disguised as the Heaven Dou Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe, and have been lying low within the Heaven Dou Imperial Family."
"I sincerely beg you to take me as your disciple. Whatever you command, I will carry out, even if it costs me my life!"
Chen Xuan's gaze lingered for a moment on Qian Renxue's breathtakingly beautiful face and curvaceous figure.
He had to admit, she was truly a pleasure to behold.
Under his deep, penetrating gaze, Qian Renxue felt utterly ill at ease, as if he could see right through her, inside and out.
A wave of embarrassment washed over her, and her cheeks flushed crimson of their own accord.
Could he... could he be taken with my looks?
As soon as the thought arose, Qian Renxue's heart skipped a beat.
But then she thought, If... if I can receive this senior's guidance and make him my strongest support, then... even if I have to give myself to him, so what?
Compared with her future and the glory of restoring the Angel Clan, what did her womanhood matter?
At that thought, Qian Renxue gently bit her red lip and gathered her courage. "Senior, if you don't wish to take me as your disciple, you really... you really don't have to be bound by the formalities of a teacher and disciple..."
She hadn't finished speaking.
"You may."
Chen Xuan's calm voice rang out, cutting her off.
The system's reward was tempting.
Taking on one more disciple would make no difference to him.
[Ping! Congratulations, host, on successfully taking Qian Renxue as your disciple. Quest reward: Blue Silver Divine Statue!]
As the system notification sounded, Chen Xuan sensed that a strange statue, radiating a gentle blue light, had appeared in his domain space.
"Ah?"
The words Qian Renxue had prepared caught in her throat.
He... he had agreed?
He had agreed to take her as his disciple?
For a moment, Qian Renxue didn't know whether she should be happy or a little disappointed.
But that thought vanished in a flash.
To become the disciple of such a peerless expert was an incredible stroke of fortune!
Overwhelmed with joy, Qian Renxue hurriedly bowed again and paid her respects with utmost reverence.
"Your disciple, Qian Renxue, greets you, Master!"
She raised her head, her face alight with a smile of genuine delight. Her beautiful golden eyes sparkled, captivating all who saw them.
"Rest assured, Master. Once I return to Heaven Dou City, I'll prepare a generous gift for you!"
"Wonderful!"
She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo were overjoyed as well.
With their young mistress taking this powerful expert as her master, wouldn't their Spirit Hall's plans gain wings?
Suppressing her excitement, Qian Renxue asked curiously, "I haven't yet had the chance to ask your honored name, Master?"
In her mind, an expert of his caliber had to be renowned throughout Douluo Continent. Perhaps he was one of those Limit Douluos who had been hidden away for years.
Chen Xuan replied, "My name is Chen Xuan. I'm just an ordinary person."
She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo were speechless once again.
An ordinary person?
Did he call shattering a Clear Sky Hammer with a single blade of grass ordinary?
Still, they racked their brains and couldn't recall ever hearing of anyone named Chen Xuan on the continent.
He must be a true recluse, one who disdained worldly fame and fortune.
Qian Renxue was also somewhat at a loss, though more than anything, she was curious about her master's mysterious identity.
She changed the subject and asked, "Master, what brings you to Holy Soul Village?"
Chen Xuan's gaze passed over her and settled on the Blue Silver Emperor, whose leaves were marked with golden veins.
"I came for it."
Qian Renxue followed his gaze, a trace of confusion in her eyes.
"This... isn't it just an ordinary Blue Silver Grass? Though it's a little more lush than the others."
Chen Xuan shook his head. "This isn't ordinary Blue Silver Grass."
"It's the body left behind by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Blue Silver Emperor after she sacrificed herself."
"What?!"
Qian Renxue was startled.
The body left behind after a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's sacrifice?
She looked at the Blue Silver Emperor again, her gaze utterly changed.
At the same time, her admiration for her master deepened.
He had seen through such a well-hidden secret at a glance. His eye was truly as sharp as a torch.
Chen Xuan said no more. He walked over to the Blue Silver Emperor and crouched down.
A soft blue glow appeared in his palm. With great care, he lifted the Blue Silver Emperor together with the soil beneath it and placed the whole thing into his Storage Soul Tool.
Once he was done, he began making plans in his mind.
His own life energy alone wouldn't be enough to bring Ah Yin back to life.
He would also need a large supply of life-elemental treasures, as well as the most crucial place of all—the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
He could find the treasures with no trouble, thanks to his memories as a transmigrator.
But the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was in Sunset Forest. He would have to make a trip there.
It seemed he would have to revise his plans.
With a thought, Chen Xuan sent a wisp of pure Blue Silver Origin Force into the Storage Soul Tool and began nourishing the Blue Silver Emperor.
Nourished by this energy, which shared her origin and was incomparably pure, the Blue Silver Emperor's body turned visibly greener and more lustrous.
Her weakened consciousness, nurtured by this power, rapidly grew stronger and slowly awakened.
"..."
A faint thought echoed in Chen Xuan's mind.
It was Ah Yin.
She had "seen" everything that had happened before.
She had seen Tang Hao's remorse and madness, the arrival of the man in blue, and how he had casually defeated the man she had once looked up to.
She knew that this man had saved her.
But... why?
Her consciousness was filled with boundless sorrow and despair—the despair of being deceived and used by the person she had trusted most, until her heart had died.
"Why... did you save me?" Ah Yin's thought came in fits and starts.
Chen Xuan replied with his divine sense, "I feel that we share a certain bond."
A bond?
Ah Yin's consciousness fell silent.
After a long while, she sent another thought. "I'm just... an ordinary Blue Silver Grass now. I'm... no use to you."
Chen Xuan replied, "I can bring you back to life."
"Bring me back to life?"
Ah Yin's consciousness stirred violently, but soon fell silent once more.
"What meaning... is there in living?"
Memories filled with betrayal and pain made her recoil from the very thought of being alive.
Chen Xuan seemed to have expected this. Calmly, he said, "I can erase those unhappy memories for you. When you come back to life, I'll also give you a perfect human body, so you can start over with a completely new identity."
"..."
Ah Yin's consciousness sank into a long silence once more.
Erase her memories?
Give her a new body?
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