"Come. From now on, you'll follow me."
"But there is one condition: I am not your master. I never will be in this lifetime. I have never acknowledged you."
"When I think you have the strength to protect yourself, I will drive you away without mercy. Think it through."
Ye Lin explained solemnly, while An Xin nodded heavily without the slightest hesitation. Who knew whether he had truly taken Ye Lin's words to heart.
But to Ye Lin, it was no great matter.
"Since that's settled, let's go."
With that, Ye Lin took An Xin's hand and headed toward the Dao Heaven Sect.
Was Destiny truly so wondrous? What unseen thread of fate bound him and An Xin together?
If this had not been arranged by someone, then it had to be the workings of providence and fate in the dark. Ye Lin had never believed in coincidences.
The journey from the little mountain village to this place was enough to take an ordinary person an entire lifetime on foot.
And so, Ye Lin brought An Xin to his own dojo. After casually teaching him several sets of martial techniques, he left him to cultivate on his own.
After not seeing him for so many days, An Xin's cultivation had already entered the Foundation Establishment Early Stage.
"Master, how do I cultivate this?"
"Master, this is so difficult."
"Master, I've reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage."
Listening to An Xin call out one sentence after another, Ye Lin felt his head about to explode. Whenever An Xin encountered even the slightest thing he did not understand, he would come running to ask him.
"Master" on the left, "Master" on the right—it seemed he had not taken Ye Lin's earlier words to heart at all.
Still, his talent was indeed exceptional.