"Bear, do you think I'm easy to fool?" Tongtian asked Gungun.
"Huh?" Gungun's mouth fell open at his words. Wait... aren't you?
"Let me tell you, I am a Chaos-Unbounded Great Immortal. My wisdom is unsurpassed throughout eternity. You're still far too green to play mind games with me!" Tongtian scolded Gungun.
Gungun: "..."
Seriously, even you get to look down on my intelligence now?
"Listen. Even if what you just said makes sense, that's no excuse for watering down my demands. I said I wanted a disciple and a mount, so you must bring me two living beings. Trying to fob me off with just one? Dream on!" Tongtian continued.
Then he looked at the somewhat frightened Yinglong, took a deep breath, and asked in a gentler tone, "You... want both to become my mount and to take me as your master?"
Hearing this question, Yinglong looked at Gungun beside him. Great one, how should I answer?
Gungun scratched his head, looked at Tongtian, then at Yinglong, and finally nodded to him.
Taking the cue, Yinglong bowed with his hands clasped. "Yes. I beg you to grant my wish, Saint!"
"Very well, I shall grant it. From this moment onward, you are both my mount and my direct disciple." Tongtian slapped his thigh, his voice ringing out.
"A direct disciple?"
"A direct disciple?"
At Tongtian's words, both Yinglong and Duobao beside him were startled. Then Yinglong hastily dropped to his knees and kowtowed, saying excitedly, "Thank you, Sect Master!"
"You're still calling me Sect Master?"
"Thank you, Master," Yinglong corrected himself.
"Mm." Tongtian nodded in satisfaction.
He was actually very pleased with this disciple-and-mount combination. A trueborn son of the Ancestral Dragon, blessed with tremendous fortune, and among the very best of the younger generation in both magic power