Are These Two Possessed?

"Enough, I'm done teasing you." Yu Xiaogang was simply having fun teasing a child.

Hu Liena was just a little girl in his eyes.

"Come find me once you've successfully replaced sleep with meditation. I'll teach you the next step."

"I understand." Hu Liena obediently agreed. "But how do I find you, Grandmaster?"

"My residence is next door."

"Other than that, there's the academy's Mimicry Training Room."

"If I'm not in either of those places, ask your teacher."

"Got it." Hu Liena was thoroughly satisfied.

Though she found it somewhat strange that Yu Xiaogang lived near the Pope's residence,

she did not overthink it.

She merely assumed that her teacher valued the Grandmaster highly.

That was perfectly reasonable~ If she were the Pope, she would not want to let such outstanding talent slip away either.

After finishing their meal, Hu Liena bid the two of them farewell as well.

Only Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang remained, sitting across from each other.

"She's clearly my disciple, yet I still have to trouble you. Sigh..." Bibi Dong truly could not spare much time to personally teach Hu Liena.

"It's nothing. Just some guidance and instruction."

Yu Xiaogang did not care about such things. "Your disciple can be considered half my disciple too."

"If she is properly nurtured, she will also be of help to me in the future."

At least, according to his judgment and speculation, if Hu Liena's future went smoothly, becoming a powerful Titled Douluo would be no problem for her.

As for Godhood... that was a little uncertain.

It would depend on how things developed in the future.

And whether she was Bibi Dong's disciple or his disciple, did that matter?

It did not.

What mattered was whether she could be used by him.

When Bibi Dong heard those words, she automatically ignored the second sentence.

She focused on the first one.

Your disciple can be considered half my disciple too.

What did that mean? It meant Xiao Gang considered her one of his own!

"By the way, I'm planning to form a team for the Advanced Soul Master Tournament with you at its core. Xiao Gang, do you have any thoughts?"

Though there was still plenty of time, Bibi Dong felt that they could begin selecting candidates now.

Those personally trained by Yu Xiaogang would certainly be more outstanding and trustworthy than those chosen at the last minute.

"A Soul Master Tournament?" Yu Xiaogang considered it briefly. "That works. We can treat it as experience for those little ones."

"As for candidates, there's me, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena. That leaves four spots."

They already had assault, control, and healing types.

To be honest, they did not particularly lack anything else.

"Hu Liena also has an older brother named Xie Yue. He has a tool martial soul and innate Soul Power Level nine. His talent is quite good as well."

"He's nine years old now, with a Soul Power Level of sixteen."

"Hm?" Yu Xiaogang uttered in confusion.

Bibi Dong gave a brief explanation. "Their parents died early, so the siblings depended on each other from childhood. Spirit Hall took them in some time ago, and their talents gradually began to show. That was when I noticed Hu Liena."

"Orphans..."

The siblings had relied on one another. As the elder brother, Xie Yue had been like a father, and even under harsh circumstances before Spirit Hall took them in, he had not abandoned his younger sister.

That showed Xie Yue was someone who valued loyalty and affection.

"Then include Xie Yue as well."

"For now, let's settle on these three. We can look at the others in a few years."

"Alright." Bibi Dong naturally had no objections.

With Yu Xiaogang as the core, it was naturally up to him to decide whom to choose.

She would not interfere without permission.

Moreover, she was not worried about whether Yu Xiaogang could lead the team to victory.

A six-year-old holder of the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul with Soul Power Level twenty-two—by the time the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament for Yu Xiaogang's generation began, he would already be fourteen.

A full eight years. How terrifying would Yu Xiaogang become after eight years?

She did not dare imagine it.

Two days later, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit City's gates early in the morning to wait for them.

He was holding a meat flatbread for breakfast.

There was no helping it. Ye Lingling was arriving today.

Just thinking about having to take Ye Lingling around to learn the way later gave him a headache.

What a waste of good cultivation time. Sigh...

At this point, someone might ask: wasn't having a beauty accompany him on a stroll more pleasant than boring cultivation?

Beauty my ass. What beauty?

She had not even grown up yet—what kind of beauty was she? What was there to look at in a little girl?

He, Yu Xiaogang, would never be swayed by beauty.

Cultivation was what truly mattered.

"How about I hand her over to Hu Liena after taking her around Spirit City so she knows the way?"

Hu Liena was far more familiar with Spirit Hall Academy than he was, after all.

The male and female dormitories were separate too. What would it look like for a grown man like him to take Ye Lingling to familiarize herself with the girls' dormitory?

Besides, he had never been to Spirit Hall Academy's dormitory area either.

As soon as he arrived in Spirit City, Bibi Dong had arranged everything for him.

"Mm... it's decided, then."

Ye Lingling was about the same age as Hu Liena too, only a year older.

They should get along.

As for the care his old man had mentioned...

Who was Hu Liena? She was the disciple of the current Pope.

Within Spirit Hall, what blind fool would dare provoke Hu Liena?

She would basically never run into safety issues or troublesome matters.

Once he cultivated to level thirty, then he would take these little ones to cultivate.

From far away, he sensed his old man's aura.

There was also Ye Qingcheng's aura, as well as that of an unfamiliar little girl.

He waited quietly.

Once they met, he was the first to greet them. "Father, Aunt Ye."

"Xiao Gang, we've delivered her to you." Yu Yuanzhen immediately shot Yu Xiaogang a meaningful look.

"Xiao Gang, I'll have to trouble you to look after my Lingling. This child is rather shy." Ye Qingcheng gave him an encouraging look as well.

Yu Xiaogang: "?"

Yu Yuanzhen was one thing.

He knew exactly what nonsense his old man was thinking.

But why was Ye Qingcheng encouraging him too?

Were these two possessed?

Ye Lingling's voice pulled him back from his thoughts. "H-Hello, Young Sect Master Yu. My name is Ye Lingling..."

"Hello, Miss Ye. Just call me Yu Xiaogang."

"Mm... You can also just call me Lingling. That's what my mother calls me..."

Ye Lingling's little face was flushed red. She really was somewhat afraid of strangers.

But in Yu Xiaogang's eyes, that was another matter entirely.

This little one did not seem very confident?

That would not do!

She needed training!

"Alright. Lingling, I'll take you around Spirit City first and help you learn the way, so it'll be easier for you to buy things later."

Ye Lingling nodded.

Only then did Yu Xiaogang look at Yu Yuanzhen and Ye Qingcheng, both smiling broadly. "Alright, she's here now. Father, Aunt Ye, you should head back."

"?"

"Why don't we take a walk together?"

"Forget it. Your Aunt Ye and I still have things to do." Yu Yuanzhen hurriedly refused. "We're leaving. If you need anything, just tell the family."

Wouldn't staying behind make them third wheels? That would not do.

He quickly left with Ye Qingcheng.

Yu Xiaogang watched the two depart and softly sighed. "Lingling, Aunt Ye and my father didn't say anything strange to you, did they?"

"..." Ye Lingling's face immediately turned bright red. After a long silence, she answered softly, "Probably... not?"

Well, there was no need to ask.

"Come on, I'll show you around first."

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

"Um... not yet."

"Then I'll take you to get breakfast first."