Is She My Teacher's Wife? She's So Beautiful!

Ignoring the passersby's reactions, Ling Han went straight back to Nouding Academy.

"You live in a little place like this? With your strength, you'd be highly respected even somewhere much bigger, wouldn't you?"

The Snow Empress couldn't understand why Ling Han stayed in a small place like Nuoding City.

"I like quiet, out-of-the-way places. Life isn't so exhausting here."

In truth, with Ling Han's current strength, life wouldn't be exhausting anywhere. No one could force him to do anything.

The Snow Empress nodded, accepting his answer. She liked peace and quiet herself.

Ling Han took her to his residence at Nouding Academy.

When Li Shan had arranged the place for him, he had given him a house with more than one room.

"There are a few empty rooms. Pick whichever one you like."

The Snow Empress nodded and chose one.

Just then, someone knocked on the front door.

Ling Han opened it and found Tang San and Xiao Wu standing outside.

"Xiao San, what brings you two here?"

Ling Han asked with a smile.

"Teacher, I heard you were back and came right away! I want to show you how much I improved over the break!"

Tang San's face shone with pride.

What caught Ling Han's eye, though, was that Tang San and Xiao Wu were holding hands.

Looks like those two got a lot closer over the break.

"All right, Xiao San. Come in."

Ling Han led Tang San to the courtyard behind the house to test the results of his training.

The Snow Empress followed them.

The moment Tang San saw her, his eyes lit up.

"Teacher, is she your wife? She's so beautiful!"

To the Snow Empress's surprise, she blushed.

"Don't jump to conclusions, Xiao San. She's just a friend of mine."

For some reason, hearing Ling Han call her just a friend left the Snow Empress a little disappointed.

Tang San nodded, though he didn't seem entirely convinced.

It would be wonderful if such a beautiful lady became my teacher's wife! Besides Teacher, I can't imagine anyone worthy of her!

Lost in thought, Tang San followed Ling Han to the stone post used for testing.

"Xiao San, what level are you now?"

"I've broken through to level sixteen, Teacher!"

Ling Han nodded. It wasn't quite as fast as he would have liked, but he had a way to address that.

"Come on, Xiao San. Show me what your training over the break has achieved."

Tang San nodded and released his Martial Soul.

A stalk of Blue Silver Grass appeared in the palm of his right hand.

Then a yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet.

He activated his first Soul Skill.

"First Soul Skill: Blue Silver Enhancement!"

The Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand instantly broke apart, then rapidly began to reform.

The sight left the Snow Empress staring in amazement.

She had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, yet she had never seen anyone use Blue Silver Grass this way.

What was more, the Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's hand felt unusual to her. It didn't seem like ordinary Blue Silver Grass.

The scattered grass swiftly re-formed into a dragon.

Compared with the first dragon Tang San had created, this one looked far more lifelike.

Ling Han watched with satisfaction. Tang San was getting close to using Blue Silver Dragon Soar.

The first step was always the hardest. If Tang San could form one dragon, he could form a second, a third, perhaps even nine at once.

At Tang San's thought, the dragon he had formed flew toward a stone post nearby.

Boom! The post snapped in two.

The strike was powerful, but its cost was just as great.

After using it, Tang San had no Soul Power left for another move.

Ling Han walked over and supported him, using his own Soul Power to help him recover.

"Well done, Xiao San. You didn't slack off over the break, and I'm glad to see it. But don't use that move carelessly. Save it as a last resort. At your current level, it leaves you without enough Soul Power to use any other technique."

Tang San looked weak, but his teacher's praise filled him with excitement.

"Don't worry, Teacher. I'll remember what you've taught me!"

While teacher and student continued talking, the Snow Empress noticed Xiao Wu standing nearby.

As a Soul Beast herself, she recognized Xiao Wu's true identity at a glance.

Who would have thought I'd find a Soft Bone Rabbit that underwent Soul Beast Transformation after reaching a hundred thousand years in a place this remote? Ling Han really is no ordinary man.

After Ling Han saw Tang San and Xiao Wu off, the Snow Empress asked, "You know what that little girl really is, don't you?"

Ling Han nodded. "A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Nothing surprising about that. You're a Soul Beast too, aren't you? And a six-hundred-and-eighty-thousand-year-old Ferocious Beast at that."

The Snow Empress said dryly, "Don't tell me you snatched that little rabbit for your disciple too."

Ling Han shook his head. "Come on. Do I look like that kind of person?"

"Yes," the Snow Empress said without hesitation.

Ling Han fell silent.

"All right, fine. You're right, I am that kind of person. But I really didn't snatch this little rabbit. She came here and enrolled on her own. You know that after Soul Beast Transformation, they need to spend more time around humans. This place is so remote that, under normal circumstances, no one stronger than a Soul Douluo would be here. So she came."

The Snow Empress nodded, though she wasn't entirely convinced. What Ling Han said did make sense.

"Here. This should help with your injuries."

As he spoke, Ling Han handed the Snow Empress a jade bottle.

She took it and opened it. Inside was a blue liquid.

"What is this?"

"Water from a Cold Spring imbued with Ultimate Ice. I prepared it especially for you."

The liquid in the bottle came from the Cold Spring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Hearing that Ling Han had prepared it especially for her, the Snow Empress felt unexpectedly touched.

She examined it and found the spring water to be of exceptionally high quality. It could indeed help heal her injuries.

Her opinion of Ling Han rose once again.

After all, apart from herself, only the Ice Empress and a few Soul Beasts close to her knew she was injured.

If Ling Han knew, he must have seen it for himself.

The fact that he had discerned her condition at a glance was further proof that he was extraordinary.

Back in his room, Ling Han began considering his next plan.

Tang San was about to enter his second year, and he was nearly old enough. It was time to put that matter on the agenda.

With that in mind, Ling Han took a small booklet from inside his robe.

It contained what he had learned about medicine.

With the extraordinary medical skills the system had given him, Ling Han could rightly be called one of the finest healers in the world.

And medicine wasn't his only strength. Ling Han was also skilled at refining medicinal remedies.