"N-no... wouldn't that be inappropriate?"
Lin Ke scratched his head.
The head of an entire clan, the emperor of the Golden Crow Clan, being forced to become his disciple?
Wouldn't the Golden Crow Clan hunt him down?
"What's inappropriate about it? As my nephew, you're senior enough to be his father." Minister Qi was utterly unconcerned. "I watched that little Golden Crow's grandfather grow up. Surely he can't put on airs before me now just because he's become some blasted Golden Crow Emperor?"
Holy shit, that makes so much sense!
For a moment, Lin Ke genuinely wanted to become sworn brothers with Minister Qi.
Once they were sworn brothers, wouldn't a whole heap of people become his juniors?
Lin Ke immediately looked at Minister Qi, his eyes shining, only for Minister Qi to shove his face aside. "Don't look at me like that. You're giving me the creeps."
So Lin Ke turned his gaze toward the beautiful woman staring fixedly at him. "Hello, may I ask whether the Golden Crow Emperor is accepting disciples? I could become his disciple."
Although taking a master wasn't the purpose of their visit, he still had to seize an opportunity, didn't he?
"You... are Lin Ke?" The beautiful woman stared fixedly at him, shock filling her eyes. "The Lin Ke who saved my son?"
Lin Ke pondered for a moment before speaking. "Are you the Golden Crow Matriarch, the mother of Big Brother Jingang and Jinganglang, the Little Golden Crow Prince?"
The Golden Crow Matriarch!
She had previously flown into a rage and put pressure on the Demon Department and the Punishments Department, leading to Li Hanlin being assigned the case and, by coincidence, dragging Lin Ke into it too.
"Yes." The Golden Crow Matriarch rose as though nothing were amiss, then couldn't help