Whoosh!
Yun Yun jolted all over and abruptly sprang from her seat!
The calm, composure, and reserve she had deliberately cultivated vanished in that instant!
She gazed at Xiao Lin in delighted surprise, her eyes glittering with barely restrained longing and excitement.
Her gaze was like someone looking at a priceless treasure, as though she were considering how to draw the man before her into the Misty Cloud Sect!
She suspected that Xiao Lin most likely came from the Pill Tower in the Central Plains.
Otherwise, how could he have reached the Dou Emperor realm at such a young age?
And how could he carry so many high-tier pills with him?
But if he truly belonged to a transcendent power like the Pill Tower... how could this tiny Misty Cloud Sect possibly catch his eye?
Invite him to become a guest elder?
Wouldn't that show far too little sincerity...
Yun Yun's thoughts raced. Her pearly teeth lightly caught her red lip as she pondered the vexing problem.
Yet when she raised her eyes, she found Xiao Lin studying her with a strange look.
That gaze...
He seemed on the verge of smiling, with a hint of amusement and something else she could not decipher.
Yun Yun's heart suddenly lurched!
It pounded wildly, as though something had seized it in a crushing grip!
The scenes from that day in the Magical Beast Mountain Range surged into her mind like a tide...
"Y-you... what are you staring at!"
Her lovely face flushed faintly. She hurriedly changed the subject, a barely perceptible trace of panic in her voice.
"Y-you should be an alchemist too, right? I imagine you'll be participating in tomorrow's Alchemist Tournament?"
"With your background and abilities, the tournament should be yours for the taking..."
Xiao Lin withdrew his gaze and