Yun Qing stroked Ye Hui's serpentine head, feeling the little creature nuzzle affectionately against him. Rather than answer his question, he said directly:
"But even setting aside that karmic connection, I admire you greatly."
Ye Hui's dark-purple snake eyes widened slightly, as though the blunt praise had left him dizzy. He blushed fiercely; had he not been in his true form, Yun Qing would probably have noticed at once.
But watching that tail wagging nonstop... Yun Qing could not help chuckling. He looked at Ye Hui and continued:
"Born of the same chaos, steadfast in loyalty, tempering your bones through endurance-you are worthy of becoming... an heir to my Dao lineage."
He paused, his gaze solemn and his voice clear:
"I wish to take you as my disciple."
"Ye Hui, will you accept me as your master?"
Ye Hui: ?!
Ye Hui froze. His entire serpentine body seemed to have been struck by heavenly lightning, crashing on the spot. His dark-purple eyes stared straight at Yun Qing, his mouth slightly open to reveal two sharp venomous fangs, yet he could not hiss out a single word.
The tip of his tail curled in delighted bewilderment, but in his overwhelming panic, it twisted itself into a dead knot, tightening further and further.
His tail had stopped obeying him QAQ.
Unable to spare the attention to untangle it, Ye Hui felt the dark-purple light deep within his snake eyes tremble violently. In the next instant, the immense body of the Chaos Heaven-Devouring Python began to shrink.
Black mist swirled, and the gleam of his scales receded. The young Ye Hui appeared in the void once more.
He wore black robes much like Yun Qing's. His face was pale, his features brooding and sharp, and the heavenly eye in his forehead shone with