After Growing Up, Lin Luo Meets Qian Daoliu for the First Time

Looking at the piece of flesh that had fallen from her body, Qian Renxue's eyes revealed an instinctive gentleness and affection.

It seems that he's the only one I don't resist.

Lin Luo was unaware of Qian Renxue's inner thoughts. He continued, "In that case, I think we can change our approach. Instead of flirting with her and making her fall in love with you, let's change it to cooperating with her."

"So that on the surface you are the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, but behind the scenes you maintain a distance, bound by mutual interests, neither interfering with the other nor doing anything detrimental to the other."

Qian Renxue was no longer surprised to hear such mature words from a six-year-old child.

This brat sometimes acts like a seasoned adult, and other times he's just like a newborn baby who's just out of the craving stage.

Qian Renxue earnestly asked, "But what benefits can I offer her to make her firmly cooperate with me, even at the cost of her lifelong happiness?"

Lin Luo: "First of all, to show sincerity, rather than deliberately deceiving her feelings, you definitely need to reveal your gender to her and tell her about the difficulties you are currently facing."

Qian Renxue nodded. She knew that the predicament her son was referring to was that of the crown prince, who was disguised as a man, and faced the risk of being betrothed and having his gender exposed, rather than the predicament of his identity as an undercover agent of the Spirit Hall being exposed.

Lin Luo: "Secondly, you can promise Ye Lingling a limited period for this cooperation, not that she wants to be tied to you for life."

Qian Renxue continued, "For example, after I inherit the throne, she will be able to regain her freedom?"

Lin Luo nodded.

Lin Luo: "As for the benefits you've given her, you can use the convenience of her status as the Crown Prince to transfer a lot of benefits to her family and herself. You definitely know more about this than I do."

Qian Renxue nodded. "There is room for maneuver... but the most important question is, how can she be willing to take the risk and cooperate with me? Or rather, gamble with me on whether I can successfully become emperor in the future?"

Lin Luo: "Perhaps, it depends on whether she really has feelings for you. Maybe Mom can use her feminine charm on her again, and it might work?"

The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds.

The next moment, Lin Luo's ear was grabbed by Qian Renxue.

The discussion ended there, and from inside the palace came Lin Luo's continuous pleas for mercy.

Now that she's older and her skin is thicker, Qian Renxue no longer needs to teach the other person a lesson with stockings. In fact, she was just looking for a way to vent her embarrassment and anger from earlier.

In the days that followed, Qian Renxue planned to continue working on her relationship with Ye Lingling. Lin Luo was right; to persuade Ye Lingling to cooperate with her, she first needed to ensure that Ye Lingling genuinely liked her.

This way, even if Ye Lingling discovers the secret about her gender, she won't harbor resentment because she was deceived.

Night falls.

After taking a shower, Lin Luo began his daily routine of pretending to meditate.

Since awakening her Martial Soul, Qian Renxue has played the role of a strict mother, believing that she cannot delay her son's cultivation process because of her own reasons.

Therefore, he had to urge Lin Luo to meditate every night.

Lin Luo couldn't explain that meditation was useless to him, so he could only pretend to do it. Whenever this happened, Qian Renxue would sit next to him with a vine by her side.

If she found Lin Luo not cultivating seriously, she would pick up a rattan cane and whip him. Qian Renxue was usually reluctant to hit him, but she was very strict when it came to cultivation, and she would still hit him without hesitation.

Afterwards, seeing the rattan marks on Lin Luo's body from her whipping, Lin Luo didn't cry, but Qian Renxue herself would cry for a long time.

So Lin Luo pretended to meditate not because he was afraid of the vines, but because he was afraid Qian Renxue would cry.

Suddenly, Qian Renxue, who was sitting to the side, noticed that Lin Luo's mind was wandering. Just as she picked up a rattan cane, she discovered that two people had silently appeared in the palace at some point.

Lin Luo was also looking at the two of them.

Bo Saixi, Qian Daoliu!

Bo Saixi crossed her arms and gestured with her chin. "Look, that little guy has really grown up."

Qian Daoliu stared blankly at Lin Luo. Even though he had known beforehand, he was still surprised to see Lin Luo, who was already six years old.

"Grandpa, why are you here?" Qian Renxue asked, only to realize afterward that Qian Daoliu had come because of the letter she had delivered.

So it was all because of this woman, not her great-grandson... Thinking of this, Qian Renxue instantly lost her friendly expression towards Qian Daoliu, and sat down to the side, coldly picking up a book to read.

Qian Daoliu didn't pay attention to his granddaughter's reaction.

He beckoned to Lin Luo, who was instantly lifted up by an invisible force and floated to his side.

Qian Daoliu stared at him in surprise.

Do you know the reason yourself?

He stared intently at Lin Luo.

Lin Luo shook his head.

Qian Renxue sneered from the side, "Only now you come to see something this big? If I hadn't mentioned that someone had appeared in the palace, would Grandpa really have never come?"

Bo Saixi curled his lip.

Qian Daoliu glanced at her sideways and said, "I've never paid much attention to this little guy. Do I need to hide it?"

Qian Renxue's beautiful eyes sharpened. "Then let's not meet again, Luo'er, see the guest out."

Lin Luo made a "please" gesture.

Bo Saixi found a seat and watched the spectacle unfolding across three generations of the family with great interest.

Qian Daoliu scoffed, "You've grown wings? Trying to drive me away? Since you're already here, I'll naturally check this kid's Martial Soul first. You bunch of ignorant fools certainly won't be able to come up with anything."

After saying that, he gestured to Lin Luo and said, "Activate your Martial Soul."

Lin Luo did as he was told, and Qian Renxue's gaze followed.

A blinding golden light shone on Lin Luo, and a blurry golden phantom appeared behind him, while twelve wings of different colors unfolded behind him.

Qian Daoliu took two steps back in shock, first examining the twelve imposing wings, then looking up at the golden phantom.

This was also the first time Bo Saixi had seen him, and the expression on her beautiful face was quite interesting.

The next moment, to the surprise of all three, including Qian Renxue, two purple Soul Ring slowly floated up from Lin Luo's body.

Qian Renxue stood up instantly.

"Millennium?"

Surprised, Qian Daoliu turned to look at her. "You didn't know? Weren't you the ones who took him to hunt for Soul Ring?"

Qian Renxue frowned. "But what we hunted for him were two Hundred-Year Soul Ring."

Bo Saixi murmured, "The lifespan of the Soul Ring is increasing spontaneously..."

The case is solved; it must have been the work of the Lord Sea God.

Only deities can intervene to allow the lifespan of Soul Ring to increase after fusion.

Bo Saixi didn't say it, but Qian Daoliu, being a fellow Great Enshrined, must have realized it too.

But at this moment, both of them tacitly remained silent.

However, Qian Daoliu confirmed again. "Was it really Hundred-Year Soul Ring that we hunted?"

"Yes."

Qian Daoliu completely silent.