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Chapter 459 His Past With the Heavenly Emperor End of Vol. 8

"So the Mirror of Darkness belonged to that dog for the Heavenly Emperor, huh."

Su Yang calmly digested all of this information after listening to Tang Lingxi's explanation.

"It's no wonder why it looked so familiar to me. I have seen it before."

"You have finally recalled?" Tang Lingxi asked him.

He nodded and spoke, "The Mirror of Darkness is actually called the Silver Dimension Gate, and it is a Divine-grade treasure that has the ability to transport one to anywhere they have been to before. For example, if I use the Silver Dimension Gate, I can return to the Eastern Continent instantly, but I cannot go to the Western Continent, as I have never been to that place."

"How do you know about something like this?" Tang Lingxi raised her eyebrows.

"I have been to the Celestial Palace before, and I was even inside the treasury briefly." Su Yang said with a nostalgic expression.

However, Tang Lingxi's eyes widened with shock when she heard this.

"You what?! That's impossible! Unless you are the Heavenly Emperor himself, there's no way you could've stepped foot into the treasury! Just how did you enter such a place?!"

Su Yang showed a smile and said, "Besides the Heavenly Emperor, there are two other individuals who can enter the Celestial Treasury at their will. His wife and daughter."

"Don't tell me you…"

He nodded and continued, "His daughter was kind enough to give me a tour inside, even explaining some of the treasures there, and the Silver Dimension Gate happened to be one of those treasures."

"You are acquainted with the Heavenly Emperor's daughter?!"

Both Qiuyue and Tang Lingxi stared at him with wide eyes. It was more shocking to them that he knew the Heavenly Emperor's daughter than entering the Celestial Treasury!

"We are more than just acquainted." Su Yang showed a mysterious smile.

"S-S-Surely, you don't mean…" Tang Lingxi trembled in shock.

As the princess of the Asura God Clan, she has countless experiences, so there are very little things in this world that could shock her to such an extent, yet she was feeling exactly that at this moment.

"The Heavenly Emperor's daughter… the Heavenly Emperor's daughter… t-the Heavenly Emperor's… daughter.." Qiuyue continuously repeated these four words, almost as though she was trying to comprehend them but to no avail — or maybe she simply didn't want to believe it.

Not only the princess of the Asura God Clan, but even the Heavenly Emperor's daughter is involved with Su Yang? Why are there so many people with mind-blowing backgrounds associated with him? And in comparison, Qiuyue's status as the princess of the Sacred Moon Palace is not even worth mentioning. At this rate, she might as well be a commoner in some backwater place.

Before meeting Tang Lingxi and learning about all of these powerful and important individuals, Qiuyue has always believed that the Sacred Moon Palace was the strongest and that she was a special existence with an unshakable position in this world.

But alas, it turned out that she was but a mere frog in a well, and that the Sacred Moon Palace is only but a minor power in the grand scheme of things.

"I was invited by the Heavenly Emperor for tea one day, as he had intentions to make me work for him because I am a man with countless connections in the world, and he wanted to take advantage of the relationships I had forged throughout my life. It was also on that day when I first met her, the Heavenly Emperor's daughter."

"She was so beautiful and pure that I'd nearly fallen in love with her at first sight, something I didn't expect would happen for a second time in this lifetime. However, the Heavenly Emperor's daughter… perhaps it was due to her loneliness caused by her secluded lifestyle, but she actually fell in love with me at first sight."

"I never planned on working for the Heavenly Emperor, but when she spoke to me afterward, subtly begging me to work there with an irresistible expression, I unconsciously agreed."

"Thus, I started working for the Heavenly Emperor for some years, and during that time, my relationship with the Heavenly Emperor's daughter deepened."

"One thing led to another, and we somehow ended up crossing a line that was never meant to be crossed. When the Heavenly Emperor found out that I had screwed his beloved daughter, he was immediately enraged."

"If not for her, who begged him to spare my life, I would've died there and then. But no matter how much his daughter pleaded, he could not forgive me entirely, so he tossed me into the Eternal Retribution Cliff."

"That's how I ended up in that place and then in this world sometime later."

Su Yang revealed to them the real reason behind his imprisonment, something nobody else in this universe besides the Heavenly Emperor, his family, and the mysterious old man who helped him escape knew about.

"Unbelievable! To think that was the reason why you got imprisoned! I had expected something else entirely! But knowing you, it also makes a lot of sense!" Tang Lingxi exclaimed with a dazed expression.

"And as expected, the Heavenly Emperor swept that incident under the rug so that it could never escape to the public. After all, it would cause a major uproar." Su Yang shrugged.

"Anyways, enough about my past with the Heavenly Emperor. The Silver Dimension Gate… it shouldn't have the ability to appear and disappear randomly, so I can only assume that it was damaged after entering the forcefully opened Dimension Rift with its owner, Han Xin."

"I see… that makes sense…" Tang Lingxi nodded.

"By the way, since we know about the Silver Dimension Gate now, there's no longer any reason for us to remain here. Let's return to the Eastern Continent."

Su Yang suddenly said to Qiuyue, who was still dazed by his little story.

Sometime later, when she finally snapped out of it, she controlled the flying ship to return to the Eastern Continent.

Chapter 460 Returning to the Eastern Continen

"We have arrived at the Eastern Continent," Su Yang said to Qin Liangyu, who expressed surprise upon hearing that.

They just left the Southern Continent a few minutes ago, yet they have already arrived at the Eastern Continent, which is hundreds of thousands of miles away? Just how ridiculously fast is this flying ship?

"Where are we right now?" she asked him.

"Snowfall City. It's one of the largest cities in the Eastern Continent. We are going to meet up with some people."

Su Yang then turned to look at Qiuyue and spoke, "You should return to the Sect first. I have a feeling that something big is going to be happening soon, and I want you to be there just in case it happens before I can return."

Qiuyue nodded.

A few moments later, Su Yang, Tang Lingxi, and Qin Liangyu departed from the flying ship, landing a few miles outside the Snowfall City.

"Let's go."

Sometime later, when they reached the entrance, Su Yang showed the guards the Xie Family's medallion, and they were allowed inside without any complications.

After entering the city, Su Yang went directly to the Snow Crystal Hotel, where the Profound Blossom Sect should be waiting if they didn't already return to the Sect yet.

"The Eastern Continent is so much different than the Southern Continent…" Qin Liangyu mumbled as she inspected every street and individual they came across, almost like she was on a tour.

Although the Southern Continent also has large cities, they were not as colorful and clean as Snowfall City, and everybody here seems to have light skin, in contrast to the Southern Continent, where the majority have tanned skin.

Furthermore, the atmosphere in this place could be described as peaceful and bustling, while the Southern Continent's atmosphere was wild and dangerous, where powerful and vicious beasts could attack at any given moment.

Qin Liangyu felt like she had walked into an entirely different world, and she was fascinated by her surroundings, almost like a child in an amusement park.

Of course, Qin Liangyu herself also attracted the attention of many as she walked the streets. Not only is her tanned skin unique and beautiful, but the person herself is also a top beauty.

There were even some people who wanted to approach her, but when they saw Su Yang and Tang Lingxi, they all froze on the spot, almost as though they'd seen a ghost.

Sometime later, they encountered an enormous crowd surrounding a building.

"W-What is going on here? There has to be at least a thousand people here…" Qin Liangyu was dumbfounded by the scene. Do people of this number often gather in the Eastern Continent?

"It appears that your Profound Blossom Sect has gained some popularity since the tournament." Tang Lingxi said with a smile, and she continued, "With the door blocked like that, I doubt they'll be going anywhere soon."

Suddenly, a familiar voice resounded in the middle of the crowd.

"How many times do I have to tell you all that our Sect Master will not be accepting any visitors until we return to the Profound Blossom Sect?!"

Elder Sun's voice echoed loudly as he blocked the door behind him from being bombarded by these people.

"I am the head of the Chen Family! If you tell your Sect Master that the Chen Family is here to see her, I'm sure that she'll make an exception!"

"I am the head merchant for the Silver Wing Establishment, and we would like to sponsor the Profound Blossom Sect! Please let me speak with your Sect Master!"

"My name is Fu Xuan, the Young Master of the Fu Clan, and I am only here for Fairy Fang!"

The crowd refused to leave despite Elder Sun's words.

However, a few moments later…

"Hey, can you make way? I am trying to get inside." Su Yang said to one of the people there.

"Can't you see that we are all trying to get inside? You are not special here! Who the hell do you think you are?"

That individual responded to him without even turning around to look at him.

"H-Hey! T-That's!"

Although the majority of the people there did not even bother to pay attention to Su Yang, a few people there noticed him from the corner of their eyes, and they stared at him with a shocked face.

"S-Su Yang! It's Su Yang! He has finally returned!" One of them suddenly shouted, instantly causing the people there to shut up and turn around.

"Y-You are…"

When the person who responded to Su Yang turned around and saw Su Yang's calm face standing behind him, his eyes widened with shock, and his body began to sweat profusely.

The people beside him that heard his words also swallowed nervously. To think someone would be unlucky enough to offend Su Yang, someone dubbed as the Number One Genius in the Eastern Continent after the tournament, these people were afraid that his misfortune would rub onto them if they stood too close to him, so those people instantly backed away with haste.

"S-Senior Su… T-This lowly one deeply apologizes for…"

"I don't care. Get out of my way." Su Yang quickly interrupted, as he did not want to continue standing around these clowns.

With that one sentence, the crowd split in half, creating a single path towards the Snow Crystal Hotel, allowing him to finally see the doors to the hotel and Elder Sun's dazed face.

"This is where to part, for now, darling." Tang Lingxi suddenly said to him.

"I have to return to my own Sect, as there's still work to be done for me, but I will be seeing you soon."

"Thank you for accompanying us." Su Yang nodded.

Before leaving, Tang Lingxi turned to look at Qin Liangyu and whispered to her, "Take good care of him for me."

Qin Liangyu silently nodded with a red face.

After Tang Lingxi left to return to the Azure Cloud Sect, Su Yang and Qin Liangyu entered the Snow Crystal Hotel with Elder Sun.

Chapter 461 Meeting the Profound Blossom Sect Disciples

"When did you get back, Sect Master? And where did you go for an entire week?" Elder Sun asked right after they entered the building.

"Please, there's no need for such formality. You can just continue calling me Su Yang," he said with a smile.

After all, he'd already accepted Sun Jingjing into his family, which makes Elder Sun his grandpa, too.

"As for your questions, I just got back, and I went to the Southern Continent briefly."

"W-Wait… what? The Southern Continent?" Elder Sun stopped walking to look at him with a dazed look.

"Even if you somehow have the method to cross the Jade Sea, it would require at least a few years before you can reach the other Continents, much less round trip, and you were only gone for a week."

"Let's just say I have a very fast traveling method…" Su Yang casually responded with a smile.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Elder Sun turned to look at the beauty with the tanned skin beside him and asked, "Then who's this young lady? Don't tell me you picked her up from the Southern Continent, too."

"You are awfully sharp today, Elder Sun. Is it perhaps because of your breakthrough to the Earth Spirit Realm?"

"H-Hello! I am called Qin Liangyu, and I am indeed from the Southern Continent! Due to circumstances, I will be following Su Yang as of today! Please take care of me!" Qin Liangyu politely introduced herself to Elder Sun, since he seemed to have a good relationship with Su Yang.

"U-Un." Elder Sun nodded and said with a speechless look, "I am Elder Sun, a Sect Elder for the Profound Blossom Sect. I have never met anyone from the Southern Continent until today, so it's very nice to meet you."

After their introduction, Qin Liangyu asked, "Um… you called Su Yang 'Sect Master' just now. Does this mean he's…?"

"That's right. I am currently the Sect Master of the Profound Blossom Sect, a humble place with only a few dozen disciples at this moment." Su Yang said.

"Wow… a Sect Master…"

Qin Liangyu was impressed. Although there are also Sects within the Southern Continent, there were not many, so the title of Sect Master receives much more praise at the Southern Continent than at the Eastern Continent, where there are hundreds upon hundreds of unique Sects.

"Anyway, how have things been since the tournament?" Su Yang asked him.

"Well… as you saw outside, we have been dealing with similar events nearly every day after the tournament ended, but that's to be expected, since we are the first Sect to become champions of the Regional Tournament besides the Divine Sword Sect. Besides that, the disciples have been quietly cultivating inside their rooms, waiting for your return."

"I see…" Su Yang nodded.

A few minutes later, Su Yang returned to his room, and Fang Zhelan and Sun Jingjing were sitting cross-legged on the bed, silently cultivating.

When they noticed the door open, they stopped cultivating and opened their eyes.

"Su Yang! You are back!"

Once they saw his face, they immediately jumped off the bed with excitement all over their faces. Sun Jingjing even directly embraced him.

"I am back." He said with a smile.

"..."

When Qin Liangyu saw these two beauties, she wondered if they were also his partners, especially Sun Jingjing, who had a similar aura to him.

"Who's this girl by your side?" Fang Zhelan asked him once she noticed her, who clearly wasn't from around this place.

"What beautiful skin! It looks so smooth, too!" Sun Jingjing inspected her from top to bottom.

"Hello. My name is Qin Liangyu, I am from the Southern Continent, and I have followed Su Yang here."

She quickly introduced herself.

"The Southern Continent?"

The two girls looked at her with wide eyes.

"That's where your Master took you, Su Yang? To the Southern Continent?" Fang Zhelan asked him.

"Huh? My Master?" Su Yang raised his eyebrows in a puzzled manner.

"Eh? Then that white-haired beauty is not your Master? The one who took you and Hong Yu'er away right after the tournament ended." Fang Zhelan also made a confused expression.

"Hahaha…" Su Yang laughed after realizing who she was referring to and shook his head.

"She's not my Master."

"Is that so…"

Although she was interested in Qiuyue, Fang Zhelan did not continue to question him.

"Anyway, let's go to where the others are. I had Elder Sun gather everybody." Su Yang said to them.

Sometime later, Su Yang entered another room, where Liu Lanzhi and all of the other disciples had been waiting for him.

"Senior apprentice-brother! You are finally back!"

The Junior Disciples became jumpy when they saw his face.

"Calm down, little ones. I have only been gone for a week or so." Su Yang said with a smile.

"Welcome back, Su Yang." Liu Lanzhi said to him with a relieved smile on her face, as she was worried that something might have happened to him.

A few seconds later, when Qin Liangyu entered the room, everybody there turned their attention to her.

Although her skin is a rarity in this place, they were more interested in the person herself, as they have never seen her face before.

"..."

Qin Liangyu instantly became nervous. This is her first time seeing so many unfamiliar faces at once before, and they all had some kind of relationship with Su Yang, which made it difficult for her to think.

"Let me introduce to you a friend I made in the Southern Continent, Qin Liangyu. She will be with us starting today, so be nice to her." Su Yang said to them.

He then turned to look at Qin Liangyu and continued, "These people here are disciples of the Profound Blossom Sect. I will tell you more about them and the Profound Blossom Sect later."

"Southern Continent?"

As expected, that word was what the disciples there paid attention to the most.

Noticing their interest, Su Yang said with a smile. "It's a long story."

"I bet…" Liu Lanzhi mumbled in a dazed voice.

"Anyway, now that I have returned, let's return to the Sect. There's a lot of work to be done, but I will talk more about our future after we return."

Thus, the Profound Blossom Sect began preparation for their journey back to the Profound Blossom Sect.

Chapter 462 A Potential Partner

The following day, the Profound Blossom Sect was prepared to leave the city and return to their own Sect.

"The majority of the other Sects have already left the city and returned to their own places, but the Burning Lotus Sect and the Heavenly Swan Sect said that they will be visiting us soon." Liu Lanzhi said to Su Yang as they prepared to leave the city.

"Then we should return before they decide to visit us." Su Yang said.

Sometime later, the disciples entered the carriages, and the Profound Blossom Sect departed from Snowfall City.

During their journey back, Su Yang explained more about the Profound Blossom Sect and their situation to Qin Liangyu, who was inside the same carriage as him, Fang Zhelan, Sun Jingjing, and Liu Lanzhi.

When he explained to her that they specialized in dual cultivation, Qin Liangyu reacted with disbelief. Not even in her wildest imaginations could she have possibly imagined that a Sect that openly encourages its disciples to practice dual cultivation could exist in this world.

However, the Eastern Continent has different ethics than the Southern Continent, so it wasn't too shocking, especially since she's affiliated with Su Yang.

"I know what you're thinking, but the Profound Blossom Sect is a one-of-a-kind place even in the Eastern Continent. We were even the first ones to introduce this kind of place to the world." Liu Lanzhi spoke with a prideful expression on her face.

"By the way, I am the Sect Master of the Profound Blossom Sect, Liu Lanzhi," she introduced herself to Qin Liangyu.

"Sect Master…? But I thought Su Yang was the Sect Master?" Qin Liangyu tilted her head. In the Southern Continent, each Sect could only have one Sect Master, unless things are different here in the Eastern Continent.

"Normally, there is only one Sect Master for each Sect. However, due to our nature, we have to maintain a balance and equality to protect our disciples. Therefore, we have two Sect Masters — one male and one female." Liu Lanzhi explained.

Qin Liangyu nodded with a face of understanding, "I see…"

"By the way, how old are you? You seem very young for someone at the Earth Spirit Realm." Liu Lanzhi suddenly asked her.

"I am twenty years old."

"T-Twenty?!" The girls in the carriage looked at her with a shocked expression.

"D-Did you help her, too, Su Yang?" Liu Lanzhi looked at him, who merely shook his head.

"Impossible!"

They became even more shocked upon hearing that Su Yang had no involvement with her cultivation.

The only reason Sun Jingjing and Fang Zhelan reached the Earth Spirit Realm was because of Su Yang. To have achieved that without him, it was an amazing feat that could not be fathomed.

"Because of our lifestyle and environment, we are always fighting with powerful beasts, almost every day, so we have to become strong in order to survive. Of course, we also eat a lot of spiritual meat from the beasts we hunt."

"Fighting beasts every day? That sounds like a harsh lifestyle… Does this mean the overall prowess in the Southern Continent is pretty high compared to our Eastern Continent?" Sun Jingjing asked.

"I-I wouldn't know something like that… sorry…" Qin Liangyu shook her head.

Su Yang then spoke, "Although the overall cultivation over there is much higher than this place, they lack techniques and the foundation. A normal Cultivator at the 1st level Profound Spirit Realm in this place could probably defeat someone around the fourth to fifth level of the same realm from the Southern Continent. I can't speak for the Cultivators that belong to a Sect though, since I haven't seen any of them during my trip there."

"Junior Sister Qin, do you have any intentions to join our Profound Blossom Sect?" Liu Lanzhi suddenly asked her.

"You will be immediately promoted to a Core Disciple, of course."

"Uhh…"

Qin Liangyu looked a bit dazed after hearing her question, then she turned to look at Su Yang for a moment before speaking, "I'm sorry, Sect Master, but I cannot join your Sect — or any other Sect for that matter."

"I see…" Liu Lanzhi looked a bit disappointed and spoke, "While it's unfortunate, can you tell me the reason for your decision?"

"Because I have already made a commitment to Su Yang, so I cannot allow myself to commit another person or place…" she responded with a blushing face.

"..."

The entire place turned silent.

"I-I have been meaning to ask, but what is your relationship? And why are you following him?" Sun Jingjing was the first to break the silence, asking the question on Liu Lanzhi and Fang Zhelan's mind right now.

"O-Our relationship…?" Qin Liangyu's face suddenly blanked.

Now that she thinks about it, what is her relationship with Su Yang, really? Although she has cultivated with him before, so did the other thirty-two women in the Boar Tribe. How is her relationship with him any different from the others?

"She's my partner." Su Yang suddenly said, causing the people there to look at him with wide eyes.

"I have taken her Pure Yin Essence, and she decided to follow me, so we are now partners."

He then turned to look at Qin Liangyu and continued, "Although there are no serious commitments between us right now, in the future, once you are certain that you wish to be with me forever, I can make it serious. There's also no need to rush to your decision. Until then, we can still be considered partners."

"Su Yang…" Qin Liangyu was speechless, as she didn't expect that he'd actually see her as his partner.

Meanwhile, Liu Lanzhi and Fang Zhelan stared at them with wide eyes, as he didn't strike them as the type of man to have 'serious' relationships with others.

Of course, Sun Jingjing's relationship with him still remains a secret between just the two of them, so in Liu Lanzhi and Fang Zhelan's eyes, Qin Liangyu has suddenly become Su Yang's first potential serious partner — and not just dual cultivation partners like the two of them and the other disciples in the Sect — but a real partner! One that would follow him until the end of their time!

Chapter 463 It's Definitely Bigger Than Before! 18+

After learning of Qin Liangyu's relationship with Su Yang, Liu Lanzhi and Fang Zhelan stared at her with envious gazes. Any woman that gets to become his partner, even if only as a mere concubine, will surely be happy and satisfied for life.

Not only is he now recognized as the number one genius in the Eastern Continent, but he's also from the Su Family, one of the Four Great Families. Furthermore, there still seems to be many mysteries surrounding him. No matter what happens, his future has already been determined to be filled with grandness."

"By the way, His Majesty, Lord Xie, has given us the instruction to meet him at the Xie Family's household in five months' time to receive the rest of the rewards for winning the tournament. He also said that we should bring three disciples with us, as they will be entering the Celestial Pond for seven days.

"The Celestial Pond… how are we going to pick which disciples to go? There are only three very limited spots, but we have 10 people who participated in the tournament, and we cannot rule out the other disciples."

"You can exclude me from this Celestial Pond thing, Sect Master." Fang Zhelan suddenly spoke.

"Are you sure about that? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Your cultivation will progress 100 times faster if you train there! And since you are allowed to cultivate there for 7 days, that's nearly 2 years of progression in 7 short days!"

"I am content with my current cultivation, and I have already received more than enough from Su Yang, so you should pick someone else — someone with talent." Fang Zhelan was adamant on giving away her spot.

"I also don't need this spot, Sect Master." Sun Jingjing also refused this opportunity.

"Eh? You too?" Liu Lanzhi was dumbfounded.

Logically, Sun Jingjing and Fang Zhelan qualify the most to cultivate in the Celestial Pond, as they were the most talented amongst the disciples. And for them to reject this opportunity, it was simply a waste!

"Although the Celestial Pond seems very interesting and will no doubt benefit me greatly, I have no need for it." Sun Jingjing then said.

"Such an unreasonable reason…" Liu Lanzhi was speechless.

Suddenly, Su Yang spoke, "We have five months to decide, so let's think this through slowly. Our new disciple recruitment will be starting soon. We can give one of the spots to the most promising one at the end. After all, there's no reason why we can't give one of the spots to the new disciples."

"Furthermore, it can be used to lure in even more people to our Profound Blossom Sect."

"Using the Celestial Pond as a bait to recruit new disciples…? Only someone like you would dare to even think of such a thing…" Liu Lanzhi said with a dazed face.

"By the way…" Sun Jingjing suddenly spoke.

"It's been a while since we last cultivated together, Su Yang. We have plenty of time until we return to the Sect, so why don't we use this time to catch up?"

Hearing her words, Su Yang smiled, "It's only been a week, though?"

"A week too long!" she responded with a cute chuckle.

"Y-You want to cultivate now?" Liu Lanzhi looked at her with wide eyes. Just how shameless can this girl get?

"It'll be just like when we were going to Snowfall City!"

"Unbelievable…" Liu Lanzhi speechlessly shook her head.

"Um… are you going to cultivate… here?" Qin Liangyu asked with a baffled expression.

"That's right. Do you also want to join us?"

"..."

Qin Liangyu didn't immediately answer. It had only been one day since she experienced dual cultivation for the first time in her life and she's already going to do it before other people?! Things were progressing way too fast!

"I-I don't care. If Su Yang wants me to cultivate, I will cultivate."

She ultimately made Su Yang decide for her.

"You don't have to if you don't want to, you know?" Su Yang said to her.

"N-No! I don't mind it at all! After all, I have already experienced it with my eyes before!" Qin Liangyu said, referring to the time she spied on the thirty-two girls cultivating with him at the same time.

"Then without further ado!"

Sun Jingjing suddenly stood up and removed her clothes, revealing her eager body and already slippery wet little sister to everybody in the carriage.

"How shameless…"

Liu Lanzhi and Fang Zhelan shook their heads as they also removed their clothes.

Qin Liangyu was the last one to strip, and when she eventually showed off her beautifully tanned skin, the other three girls stared at her unique body.

"What an amazing figure and beautiful pink color. It's almost like your body was created purposefully for dual cultivation. Do all girls from the Southern Continent have bodies like yours?" Liu Lanzhi praised her body with a somewhat envious gaze.

"I-I wouldn't know something like that…" Qin Liangyu blushed, as this is the first time that she's ever been praised in such a manner.

Meanwhile, Sun Jingjing and Fang Zhelan were entirely focused on the raging boner between Su Yang's legs, almost like they were mesmerized by it.

"It's only been a week, yet it seems to have grown even bigger than before?" Sun Jingjing mumbled.

Su Yang merely sat there with a smile and said, "Why don't you let your body confirm whether or not that's the case?"

Because of Qin Liangyu's Heavenly Constitution, it was not just his cultivation that increased. Even his little brother had somehow grown bigger after their cultivation.

"I won't be humble!"

Sun Jingjing immediately approached him and stood directly above his penis. She then lowered her hips and rubbed the fluid soaking her flower all over his penis, before inserting the giant into her cave.

"Ahhh~"

Sun Jingjing released a sexy moan afterward, and she spoke with a charming smile on her bright red face, "It's definitely bigger than before!"

Chapter 464 Astonishing Endurance 18+

The other three girls watched with an astonished face as Sun Jingjing rode Su Yang's stiff rod like she was riding a horse, shaking her hips intensively.

Meanwhile, when Su Yang saw the jiggling breasts before him, he instinctively buried his face between them, before moving his mouth towards the peak of these breasts, sucking on the pink buds.

Sun Jingjing released another loud moan after feeling his soft tongue massage her nipples.

Half an hour later, her body trembled uncontrollably, and a flow of Yin Qi gushed out from below.

"Eh? She's already done?"

Fang Zhelan was dumbfounded to see Sun Jingjing finish so early, as she would normally last hours. Did Su Yang increase the intensity again?

After Sun Jingjing sat down to rest, Liu Lanzhi aggressively approached Su Yang and inserted his stiff rod through her lower body, almost as though her patience was running thin.

"Oh my… even though it appears only slightly larger than before, it feels entirely different inside, almost like it'd doubled in size!" Liu Lanzhi spoke as her sexy body moved up and down, filling the small room with an erotic noise.

A few minutes later, Liu Lanzhi also sat down with an exhausted face.

"I will go next." Fang Zhelan stood up and approached him, before she turned her back to him and sat down on his lap, squeezing his penis with her tight vagina.

Once Fang Zhelan began moving, Su Yang's hands firmly grasped her breasts from behind, feeling its soft and heavenly sensation until he was content, before his fingers gently rubbed the perked points on her breasts.

Fang Zhelan moaned passionately in response, and her hips even began moving faster.

Meanwhile, Qin Liangyu watched them with a mesmerizing gaze. Seeing how their bodies moved with confidence and ease, she realized very quickly that these three girls have already done this multiple times with Su Yang before and were very familiar with his body.

Sometime later, it was finally Qin Liangyu's turn to sit on Su Yang's lap.

However, unlike the experienced disciples, Qin Liangyu slowly approached Su Yang, even taking some time to adjust her body.

"How cute…" Sun Jingjing silently chuckled after seeing her inexperienced movements. It was as clear as day that it hasn't been long since Qin Liangyu stopped being a pure maiden.

However, as Qin Liangyu continued to cultivate with Su Yang, the other three girls became increasingly surprised, until they were filled with shock.

It was obvious that Qin Liangyu was a beginner when it comes to dual cultivation, yet her level of endurance was astonishing to say the least, as she has managed to cultivate without rest for over an hour now.

They thought Su Yang was going easy on her because she was new to this type of thing, but upon closer examination, they realized that Su Yang was actually doing her more intensely than he did with them!

When they realized this fact, their faces expressed admiration and respect for Qin Liangyu, and they also understood why he accepted her as his partner.

A few days later, when all four of them were exhausted and could no longer go on, Su Yang left them to rest while he visited the other carriage, where the other disciples were at to see if they wanted to 'catch up'.

Of course, they all happily agreed.

"You're very impressive, Junior Sister Qin." Liu Lanzhi said to her after their cultivation session. "If you had been a disciple at the Profound Blossom Sect before the incident, you would've surely been one of the top disciples."

"Are you sure you are new to this?" Fang Zhelan asked her with a doubtful gaze. Even she didn't have her level of endurance when she first started, and she was not even cultivating with Su Yang at the time.

"Right? Even someone as experienced as myself cannot last a few minutes when I first cultivated with him, yet you managed to accumulate more time cultivating with him than all three of us combined. It ashames me to even say that." Liu Lanzhi sighed.

"I can see why Su Yang accepted you as his partner," said Sun Jingjing with a smile.

"Hehe…" Qin Liangyu's face was covered in redness after hearing their words, silently thanking her Heavenly Constitution for her incredible endurance.

A few more days later, when they were only a few hours away from the Profound Blossom Sect, Su Yang returned to their carriage.

"We should arrive in a few hours," said Liu Lanzhi.

Sometime later, the carriages suddenly stopped moving.

"What happened? Why did we stop? Did we arrive already?"

"No, we should still have a few miles until we arrive at the Sect." Liu Lanzhi shook her head.

The disciples were puzzled, so they opened the windows and took a peek outside.

"What in Heaven's name?!"

When Liu Lanzhi and the disciples saw the scene outside, they were all overwhelmed with shock and confusion.

"Why are there so many people lined up here?!" Sun Jingjing exclaimed after seeing the massive queue of people that stretched into the horizon before them.

Meanwhile, when the people in line noticed their carriage and realized their identity, their eyes widened with shock.

"It's the Profound Blossom Sect! The Profound Blossom Sect is here!" Someone suddenly shouted, causing everyone in the line to turn around and look at them.

"It's really the Profound Blossom Sect!"

In just a few short moments, hundreds of people surrounded the carriages like a pack of dogs before their food.

"What's happening?! Why are we suddenly surrounded?!"

The Junior Disciples were terrified by the scene outside.

Meanwhile, the Sect Elders and Liu Lanzhi left the carriage to understand the situation.

"Who are you people, and what do you want from us?" Elder Sun asked them.

"After hearing that the Profound Blossom Sect had won the Regional Tournament, everyone here decided to visit the Sect. However, we were told to line up and wait until their Sect Masters return, so we are now waiting."

"W-Waiting? From here? The Profound Blossom Sect is miles that way, you know?" Elder Sun spoke as he pointed to the horizon.

"We know that, but there's simply so many people waiting that the line extended all the way back here." One of them explained.

The disciples from the Profound Blossom Sect were dumbfounded by the situation. They already expected many visitors after winning the tournament, but they sure as hell didn't expect it to be this out of hand!

Chapter 465 Fangirls

"Everybody here is waiting to visit the Profound Blossom Sect?" Liu Lanzhi was baffled by their sudden rise in popularity. Although it was to be expected, she didn't think it would get out of hand so fast.

A few moments later, she stepped forward and spoke, "I am Liu Lanzhi, Sect Master of the Profound Blossom Sect, and I am humbled by your enthusiasm to visit our Sect, so once I return to the Sect, I will immediately begin seeing guests. Since there appears to be a large number of people, it will take some time, so please be patient."

"Oh! It's the Sect Master!"

The people there quickly lowered their heads with respect after realizing her identity.

"Please take your time, Sect Master! We will be here even if it takes until next month!"

Liu Lanzhi nodded before returning inside the carriage alongside the Sect Elders.

A few moments later, they began moving again.

Sometime later, once they had returned to the Sect, they were greeted by Elder Zhao, who was standing before the gates, silently watching over the hundreds of people that were waiting outside like some sort of guard.

"Sect Master! You have finally returned!"

Elder Zhao was elevated upon seeing their carriage approach the gates.

"Make way! The Sect Master has returned!"

The visitors there made a path for their carriage to pass without needing to be told.

Once the carriages stopped, all of the disciples and sect elders exited the carriage.

"Look! That's Fairy Fang! She's as beautiful as the rumors describe!"

"There's also Fairy Sun and the rest of the disciples!"

The people there watched with admiration as the disciples came out of the carriages.

When Su Yang finally made his appearance, the people there exploded with noises, especially the females there, who were making fangirling noises.

"Over there! That's Su Yang, the number one genius in the Eastern Continent, reaching the Heavenly Spirit Realm at the age of 17! He's even more handsome than they described!"

"Good heavens, he's so dreamy! How can a man look so beautiful? He's even prettier than most girls out there!"

"Please look over here, Senior Brother Su!"

"Can I have your autograph?!"

"..."

Hearing his name being called so many times, Su Yang decided to turn to look at those girls and showed them a handsome smile, causing all of them to scream with excitement.

"Oh my god! He just smiled at me!"

"No, he smiled at me!"

"Are you blind?! His eyes were clearly looking at me!"

The Profound Blossom Sect disciples looked at these fangirls with a perplexed expression on their faces. They had a feeling that they will be encountering these kinds of people very often starting today.

Once the disciples finally entered the Sect, Elder Zhao said to the people waiting outside before closing the gates — "Our Sect Master has just returned, so give us some time before we start accepting guests again."

However, even though the gates were closed, the disciples were still able to hear the noises from outside, especially the fangirls that were being the loudest.

"Let's go somewhere quieter," said Liu Lanzhi.

"The other disciples are currently waiting inside the meeting hall." Elder Zhao spoke.

Liu Lanzhi nodded, and they began making their way towards the meeting hall.

Sometime later, when they entered the building, the disciples that had been waiting inside stood up and immediately rushed to them.

"Senior apprentice-sisters!"

"Senior apprentice-brother!"

The disciples that did not travel to Snowfall City quickly surrounded those that just returned.

"Xiao Bai!"

A large ball of white fluff suddenly pounced at Fang Zhelan when it saw her.

"You have gotten so big in just a month!" Fang Zhelan expressed surprise after seeing that Xiao Bai had nearly doubled in size.

"Su Yang…"

A beautiful woman suddenly approached Su Yang with a gentle smile on her face.

"Liqing." Su Yang returned her gaze with a smile of his own.

"Welcome back." Lan Liqing said to him.

"I'm back." He nodded.

After spending many minutes on their reunion, Liu Lanzhi gathered all of them and spoke, "I'm sure that you've already heard this, but we have done it! The Profound Blossom Sect has become the champion of the Regional Tournament! At this moment, we are the number one sect in the entire Eastern Continent!"

The disciples there immediately cheered with excitement. Some of them were even crying.

"Of course, none of this would've happened without the help of you, especially Su Yang, who was solely responsible for training the disciples that won us this tournament!"

"Although I have already said this in this city, I will repeat this for those of you who were not there — I have appointed Su Yang as the next Sect Master, so you will be treating him as such starting today!"

"S-Sect Master?" Elder Zhao's eyes widened with shock. Even though he's already predicted that Su Yang would be the Sect Master one day, he didn't expect that it would be so soon.

"Su Yang… or should I call you Sect Master now? Congratulations." Lan Linqing said to him.

However, Su Yang shook his head and said to the disciples there, "I don't like formality, so I request that you all continue to address me as Su Yang."

Liu Lanzhi then proceeded to summarize the events that had occurred while they were at Snowfall City, recalling their tournament, their opponents, the Azure Cloud Sect and Hong Yu'er, their Alliance with the Burning Lotus Sect, and the Heavenly Swan Sect, and other things until their departure.

"Heavenly Spirit Realm… I doubted that when I first heard it, but it appears to be true…" Elder Zhao sighed when Liu Lanzhi confirmed his doubts. Although he would rather not admit it, he cannot help but admire Su Yang and his talents.

Afterward, Liu Lanzhi introduced them to Qin Liangyu, a native from the Southern Continent. Of course, her background raised a lot of questions and interest, but they decided to ask her after the meeting.

"Anyway, we have been awarded 10 million spirit stones and many other things, so we will be using these resources to reconstruct and expand our Sect, making it bigger. After all, we will be accepting many disciples very soon." Liu Lanzhi continued. "I have also received a large amount of donations from Su Yang, and I will be distributing them to all of you later."

"One last thing. I have already spoken to a few sect elders about this, but in order to expand further and receive more disciples, the Profound Blossom Sect will no longer just be a Sect that focuses on dual cultivation. We will now have to separate sides — one for those who wish to practice dual cultivation and the other that wishes to practice normally. Do any of you have any objections to this change?"

The disciples there exchanged glances before shaking their heads. As long as they get to continue dual cultivating, nothing else mattered to them.

"This is all I have to say for now. I will now let Su Yang speak." Liu Lanzhi said.

A few moments later, Su Yang walked to the front and stared at the disciples with a calm expression.

Chapter 466 New Sect Elders

"Winning the tournament is just but the beginning. Starting today, I will steer the Profound Blossom Sect towards the direction of being the number one sect in the Eastern Continent and it won't just be in name."

Su Yang then looked at Liu Lanzhi and continued, "I will leave the reconstruction and the guests to you and the sect elders. I will handle everything else."

"In one month's time, I will start recruiting new disciples. However, my methods will be completely different than what you are used to."

"I will leave everything to you." Liu Lanzhi nodded.

"Once the recruitment is over, that is when the real fun truly begins. I hope that you will all enjoy it as much I will when that happens." Su Yang said with a mysterious smile.

The disciples exchanged glances, wondering what he was planning on doing. But alas, Su Yang is an unpredictable man unbounded by normal boundaries, so anything was possible when it comes to him.

"Do any of you have any questions?" He asked them.

One of the disciples raised her hands and spoke, "What should we do now that the Regional Tournament is over? Will we continue to cultivate with you?"

All of the disciples there looked at him with a nervous expression. Now that the Regional Tournament is over, there is no longer any reason for him to cultivate with them. Furthermore, they will be receiving new disciples in the near future. These disciples all feared that Su Yang would no longer cultivate with them now that everything is over.

Su Yang closed his eyes for a moment before speaking, "When situations and times change, so does our purpose. I will be extremely busy starting today, and there will be new disciples to fill in the gap that is the lack of male disciples, so I will no longer be able to keep all of you for myself."

When the disciples heard that, they all showed a dejected face. Of course, they already knew that their situation was only temporary and that it would end one day, but when that time finally arrived, they were reluctant to accept it.

"I-I don't mind being your exclusive partner! There will also be new female disciples, after all! Even if we cannot cultivate with you every day, just once in a while will be enough!" One of them said.

Su Yang remained calm and continued, "Despite your young age, all of you are as powerful if not even more powerful than most adults now. Therefore, I plan on making everyone here, except the Junior Disciples, Sect Elders that will become the new pillars of the Profound Blossom Sect. Of course, if you wish to remain as a disciple, that is perfectly fine."

"S-Sect Elders?"

The disciples exchanged gazes with each other again. They didn't expect such an outcome.

"Now that I am the Sect Master, and things will be returning to normal soon, I will no longer be able to cultivate with the disciples. However, if they were Sect Elders, that would be a different story. While it won't be very often, I can make time every once in a while to assist the Sect Elders' cultivation."

When the disciples heard his words, their sad expressions immediately turned into delight with wide smiles on their faces.

"I am willing to become a Sect Elder!"

"Me too! I accept the position of Sect Elder!"

The disciples quickly agreed to become Sect Elders.

Meanwhile, the other Sect Elders were dumbfounded by the situation. In the Sect's entire history, this is the first time they have picked Sect Elders in such a manner. However, it was true that they were lacking Sect Elders, and once the Profound Blossom Sect flourishes with new disciples, they will need Sect Elders to maintain order, and such a thing wouldn't be possible with the amount of Sect Elders they have right now.

"Anyway, this is all I have for you now. I will give more details after the disciple recruitment is over. You can do whatever you want for now until the recruitment begins."

After he was finished talking, the disciples began their conversation with each other.

The disciples that participated in the tournament reminisced their time at Snowfall City and how the tournament progressed. Meanwhile, some of the disciples, mostly the Junior Disciples, surrounded Qin Liangyu and asked her questions regarding her background and the Southern Continent.

"Are you really from the Southern Continent? How did you get to the Eastern Continent when the Jade Sea separates us?"

The Junior Disciples looked at her with eyes of interest.

"Well… Su Yang brought me here on a flying ship…" Qin Liangyu said.

"Wooow! A flying ship! It must be the same one as that time!" The Junior Disciples said, recalling the giant flying ship that picked up Su Yang and Hong Yu'er at the tournament.

"Why did you come to the Eastern Continent?" Another one asked her.

"Su Yang…" she responded in a bashful voice.

The Junior Disciples exchanged glances with each other before bursting out with laughter, "Hahaha! Of course, that's the case! Why else would a beautiful woman like you be around our Senior apprentice-brother?!"

"Tell us about the Southern Continent, please!"

Qin Liangyu nodded and began talking about the Southern Continent as though it was a story to the Junior Disciples.

Meanwhile, after Su Yang's speech, Liu Lanzhi approached him and spoke, "Su Yang, I would love to talk more about our plans for the future but there are thousands of visitors outside the gates."

Su Yang nodded and said, "I understand. You do whatever you have to."

A few moments later, Liu Lanzhi left the place with the Sect Elders to greet the visitors. At this rate, even if they spent their entire day receiving visitors, it will take weeks before peace returns to the place.

After Liu Lanzhi left the place, Su Yang turned to look at Lan Liqing, who was quietly standing in the corner of the room, silently watching him.

When she realized that Su Yang had noticed her, she showed him an embarrassed smile.

He then approached her and said, "Come with me, I have a few things to talk to you about."

Lan Liqing nodded before following him to somewhere private.

Chapter 467 I Want You to Come With Me

After taking Lan Liqing to a private room that is her own room inside the Medicine Hall, Su Yang silently looked at her with a serious expression.

"What's with the serious face? Did something happen? I am always here if you need someone to talk to." Lan Liqing said to him with a comforting smile after many minutes of silence.

A slight smile appeared on his face, and he spoke, "Indeed, I have a few things in my mind. However, it's nothing too significant, so why don't we have some fun first?"

Lan Liqing showed a defeated smile and nodded, "If it'll ease your mind, we can have as much as fun as you need."

A few seconds later, Lan Liqing removed her robes and laid on the bed with her arms spread wide open, enticing him into her embrace with a charming smile on her beautiful face.

"..."

However, Su Yang did not move and only remained standing there.

"Su Yang…? Is there something wrong, after all?" Lan Liqing asked him with a worried frown.

"No, you just remind me of someone I knew." He responded with a nostalgic expression. "From your temperament to your gaze… you resemble someone I hold very dear."

"..."

Lan Liqing was speechless, as she did not know how to respond to such words.

Su Yang then continued speaking, "Although she always appeared cold and fearless on the outside, once you get to know her, she was extremely caring and gentle, just like you when I first met you."

"But the similarities don't stop there. Not only was she my first partner at that time, you are also my first partner in this life…" Su Yang mumbled in a low voice.

Lan Liqing raised her eyebrows in a puzzled manner. Why did it sound like he was speaking of another life in the past?

"If she was reincarnated, you would be what she might be like today."

"This woman you speak of… is she…?" Lan Liqing couldn't help but ask the obvious.

"That's right. She's no longer in this world."

"I'm sorry for your loss…"

A few moments of silence later, Su Yang stared at Lan Liqing in the eyes and spoke with a serious expression, "Although I have not decided yet, there's a very high chance that I will be leaving this place in two years' time."

"W-What?!" Lan Liqing immediately stood up with a shocked face. "T-This is too sudden! Why are you leaving now of all times? The Profound Blossom Sect needs you!"

"I know, that's why I am going to make the Profound Blossom Sect into one of the most powerful forces in the Eastern Continent before I leave in two years so that when I really leave, they will no longer need to rely on me."

"...Do the others know of this?" she asked him, and he gently shook his head.

"Do you plan on telling them?"

"Of course, once everything is sorted out and returns to normal."

"Then I am the only one who knows of this?"

"That's right."

"Why are you telling me this…?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Su Yang spoke in a sincere voice, "Because I want to give you some time to decide."

"Decide…?" she raised an eyebrow.

"I want you to come with me when I decide to leave."

Lan Liqing's eyes widened when she heard his words, and she asked, "Where will we be going?"

"Somewhere far away — where I was originally from."

'Where he's originally from?' Lan Liqing repeated his words in her mind. Does this have something to do with his mysterious background?

"Once you leave… are you going to come back?" She continued to ask him.

"It's hard to say, but I will definitely try."

The room turned completely silent after that.

Lan Liqing then laid on the bed with her arms covering her face, almost as though she was in deep thoughts.

"You don't have to decide now. There's plenty of time, after all." Su Yang said with a smile.

"I will leave you in peace now."

Just as Su Yang turned around, Lan Liqing stopped him with a clear voice, "Wait! Are you just going to leave me like this?"

When Su Yang turned around, Lan Liqing was looking at him with a mesmerizing gaze, and her fingers were pointing to her naked body.

Su Yang's eyes widened, but before he could speak, she continued, "You have underestimated me, Su Yang. Two years? That's too long! I don't even need two minutes to decide! I want to follow you!"

"Eh? Are you sure about that? Isn't this your home?" he asked.

"I have already mentioned this to you before, Su Yang. What made this my home was the previous Sect Masters that had adopted me. Now that they are gone, this is no longer my home. In fact, I have a new home now."

She then pointed to him and spoke, "You are my home now, Su Yang. Wherever you go, that place will also be my home."

Hearing her words, Su Yang closed his eyes and took a deep breath and mumbled with a smile, "Really… you are the exact same as her…"

He then approached her and looked her in the eyes and spoke, "Liqing, are you willing to bear my Family Seal?"

"Family Seal? What's that?"

Su Yang then proceeded to explain to her about the Family Seal and the rules that she must abide by when accepting it.

"It feels like we are getting married, Su Yang." Lan Liqing chuckled.

"It's similar, but a Family Seal is more than just a marriage," he replied with a smile.

A moment later, Lan Liqing spoke, "I never thought I'd say this to a man's proposal but… Yes! I am willing!"

The smile on Su Yang's face widened, and he immediately went for her lips, kissing her passionately.

A few moments later, Su Yang also removed his robes, before the two of them began their session of passionate dual cultivation.

Chapter 468 Su Liqing

"Mmmm…"

"Ahhh…"

Lan Liqing moaned gently as Su Yang slowly shook his hips.

Although half an hour had passed since they began dual cultivation, Lan Liqing was nowhere near exhausted, almost like Su Yang was going easy on her.

"You are being awfully gentle today, Su Yang." Lan Liqing said with a smile. "Though, it's not like I don't enjoy it. It just feels very different than usual."

Su Yang also smiled and said, "That's because I want the both of us to enjoy it for as long as possible."

There was nothing special about the current dual cultivation session, as Su Yang wasn't deploying any of his techniques and was simply having casual sex with Lan Liqing.

The purpose of this session was not so he could improve his cultivation base or simply to pleasure the girl in his arms but to deepen their connection.

To Lan Liqing, it felt like they were just two ordinary couples who had just gotten married and were connecting their bodies for the first time during their first night together, and it had this indescribable charm to it.

The pace was neither fast nor slow, yet the pleasure she was feeling far exceeded anything she has felt before. Furthermore, despite feeling more stimulated, she was able to control her moaning and breathing with ease.

"I feel blessed to have met you, Su Yang. I am even beginning to think that my incident was a blessing in disguise, as it allowed me to meet you."

"I am also glad that you accepted my unreasonable request before I consumed the Pure Yang Flower."

The two of them continued to cultivate for many hours, their bodies moving nonstop as though it was hypnotized.

And the longer they cultivated, the clearer Su Yang's Family Seal began to appear on Lan Liqing's body.

By the end of their cultivation session, the Family Seal on her stomach was so realistic that it almost felt alive.

"This is the Family Seal?" she asked him as her fingers gently caressed it.

He nodded and said, "Welcome to the family."

"Does this make me Su Liqing now?" She joked with a smile.

"If you wish to use my surname, you have all the rights to."

Hearing his unexpected answer, Lan Liqing stared at him with a dazed face.

"Then starting today, my name is Su Liqing."

Su Yang looked at her with wide eyes, as he didn't expect her to truly take his surname for herself. Even in the family, very few people decided to change their name.

"My previous surname was given to me by the parents that had abandoned me, at least that was what the previous Sect Master told me when they found me, and I have always despised it."

"By the way, if you don't mind me asking, who was this person that I resemble?"

"She was… my wife. My first wife." He answered after a slight pause.

"Huh?" Su Liqing looked at him with wide eyes.

"You already have a wife?" She sounded more surprised than disappointed.

"I had a wife. But she died countless thousands of years ago."

"Thousands of… years…?" Su Liqing became even more confused.

"Since you are now a part of my family, it's about time I tell you about my real background — the real Su Yang."

Su Yang then popped an Appearance Reforming Pill into his mouth and transferred his immature appearance to that of his mature self, shocking Su Liqing.

"This is my real appearance… the real Su Yang — at least before my reincarnation."

He then proceeded to explain to her his true identity.

"I was born in a place called the four Divine Heavens, where I have already lived a life that far exceeded this one, and it is also the place where we will be going in two years."

"Due to circumstances, I died in that life. However, I was then reincarnated into this world as the same person, and it was not until I entered the Profound Blossom Sect that I recovered the memories of my past life."

Su Liqing stared at the exceedingly handsome man before her with a dazed face, seemingly in disbelief.

Although she found it hard to believe that Su Yang had lived another life and was reincarnated, it explained why he has so much knowledge and his otherworldly talents.

She always thought that Su Yang behaved too mature for his actual age, and to think that her suspicions had been true this entire time. It was simply too shocking.

"What's on your mind?" Su Yang asked her with a calm expression.

"Uh…" After a moment of silence, she spoke with a bashful smile, "You've become very handsome…?"

"Is that so?" Su Yang chuckled.

"So you don't mind my background?"

Su Liqing shook her head and spoke, "It was not your background that I fell in love with, so it doesn't matter where you came from or how you came to be. Just promise me that you will remain the same person I know."

Su Yang nodded, "I promise," he mumbled in a gentle voice.

After talking for a few more minutes, Su Liqing spoke, "How about another round? I feel much better than before for some reason."

Su Yang smiled, and the two returned to dual cultivation for a few more hours.

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Sometime later, Su Yang left the Medicine Hall, leaving Su Liqing inside the room to rest.

Once she fell asleep, the Family Seal on Su Liqing's body began to glow a mysterious light, causing her to have a realistic dream.

Inside her dream, she was lying naked on a bed, just like her current situation, and she could feel another presence on the bed right beside her.

"Are you finally awake, Meiqi?" A familiar voice resounded beside her, causing her to turn her head.

"Su Yang…?" Su Liqing mumbled after seeing his handsome face sleeping beside her. Although this person looked exactly like current Su Yang, he felt vastly different and much more innocent.

"I'm sorry if last night sucked. It was my first time," said Su Yang with an embarrassed smile.

"I wouldn't know, since it was also my first time." She unconsciously responded to him with a gentle smile, feeling as though she'd said these exact same words before.

Chapter 469 Vivid Dreams

As Su Liqing slept, her dream became more and more vivid, and the dream slowly appeared to be more realistic, almost as though they were actually memories and not just a mere dream.

"What's your name, young man?"

"Su Yang."

"Then as promised, since you have defeated me, I shall become your wife, Su Yang."

Inside her dream, Su Liqing saw herself kneeling on the floor with an exhausted look, and standing proudly before her with a sword in his grasp was Su Yang, and it appears that he'd defeated her in some sort of duel.

A few moments later, her dream skipped to another scenario, where they were naked on the bed, and Su Yang was trying his best to pleasure her, but one could tell how poorly his techniques were at glance.

"I'm coming, Meiqi!" Su Yang exclaimed as his body trembled with delight, ejecting his hot liquid into her body.

After his ejaculation, Su Yang passed out on her chest, before sleeping like a baby.

The scenarios changed again, and it appeared to be after their dual cultivation.

"Are you finally awake, Meiqi?" Su Yang asked her.

He then continued in a bashful voice, "I'm sorry if last night sucked. It was my first time."

"I wouldn't know, since it was also my first time." Su Liqing replied.

"I will do better next time to please you, I swear." Su Yang smiled innocently.

The scenarios suddenly changed again.

"You had another breakthrough? It's only been a month since your last one, Su Yang! At this rate, you'll surpass me in just a few more months!" Su Liqing said with a beautiful smile on her face.

And again.

"Su Yang, do you think I will ever be able to bear your child? It's been ten years since we've married, and we do it every day, but I am still unable to..."

"It's fine, Meiqi. I don't care if you can conceive or not. I am content with just having you in my life."

The scenario changed once more.

��I'm sorry, Su Yang, for being such a worthless wife. I wouldn't blame you even if you decide to find another woman to conceive your child. After all, someone as talented as you deserve better than me!" Su Liqing spoke with tears in her eyes.

"When will you stop saying such nonsense, Meiqi? How many times have I told you that even if you cannot conceive my child, I will never leave you alone?" Su Yang wiped her tears with a gentle smile.

"But I am already getting old, and my cultivation has long reached its limits! If I cannot conceive within the next five years, all hope is lost!" Su Liqing cried even harder.

However, Su Yang merely embraced her and mumbled in a low voice, "I didn't marry you so you can conceive my child, Meiqi. I married you because I love you."

"I'm sorry, Su Yang… I am truly sorry…"

It was at this moment Su Liqing's eyes snapped open.

She immediately sat up on the bed and looked at her own hands that were trembling uncontrollably.

"W-What was that realistic dream just now?" she mumbled to herself with her body soaked in sweat, almost like she had a nightmare.

However, the longer she was awake, the more the dream began to slip from her mind, almost as though it was being erased.

After sitting on the bed for many minutes with a confused face, she got off the bed to wash the sweat from her body.

'That was clearly Su Yang, yet there was something vastly different about him. Just what was that dream?' Su Liqing pondered to herself as she gently touched the Family Seal on her body.

Although it was clearly just her dream, it was also too vivid and realistic to be just a dream.

Meanwhile, after he left the Medicine Hall, Su Yang returned to his own living quarter, where Qiuyue and Xiao Rong were waiting for him.

"You are finally back, Master!"

Xiao Rong jumped at him with her arms wide open, acting just like a child after not seeing her parents for a long time.

While 1 month of time is almost nothing for an Ancient Realm entity like Xiao Rong, she found out that time passes by much slower without Su Yang being beside her, and it was an uncomfortable feeling that she could not fully understand.

"Did anything happen while I was gone?" Su Yang asked her while he carried her in his arms.

"A few suspicious humans tried to enter the Sect, so I killed them all." Xiao Rong responded in a nonchalant manner, almost like she was talking about killing bugs.

"What did those humans look like?" Su Yang raised his eyebrows.

"They were clad in all black so I did not see their appearances, but they had a similar smell to the ones I killed before."

"Before?" Su Yang could only recall Xiao Rong killing people from the Million Snakes Sect.

"When did this happen?"

"two weeks ago!"

"While the Regional Tournament was still ongoing, huh."

"Should I go ahead and kill all of them?" Xiao Rong suddenly asked him with an innocent face — one that did not fit the words that just came out of her mouth.

"You don't have to dirty your hands by killing them. I am also interested in what they will do next now that their plan has failed. Either way, they cannot harm us no matter what they do."

Another reason why he didn't want Xiao Rong to exterminate the Million Snakes Sect was because he wanted to be the one to deal with them personally.

"Anyway, I will be making a trip to the Burning Lotus Sect now, so I want you to continue protecting this place."

"I want to go with you this time, Master!" Xiao Rong said to him with pleading eyes.

'When did she learn to make such an expression?' Su Yang thought to himself.

"Qiuyue, can you protect this place in her stead for a bit?" he turned to look at her.

"I don't care, but what if someone comes looking for you?"

"Just tell them where I went."

"Are you sure?" Qiuyue looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"They are already aware of our relationship anyway, and there's no longer any reason for me to hide you any longer, since I am no longer a mere disciple in an unknown world."

Qiuyue nodded.

Sometime later, Su Yang left the Sect with Xiao Rong by his side.

Chapter 470 Screaming Internally

After leaving the Profound Blossom Sect with Xiao Rong, Su Yang made his way to the Burning Lotus Sect. However, before going to the Burning Lotus Sect, he stopped somewhere near the borders of the Southern Region briefly.

"There's a strong smell of human blood here, Master." Xiao Rong warned him as they approached a dark cave.

Su Yang did not react to her words and merely continued to enter the cave.

A few moments later, he could see an entrance alongside a broken door near it.

This place used to be the hideout for a notorious group of bandits named the Red Mountain Bandits, but after Su Yang rescued the Junior Disciples, he went ahead and killed every single bandit that was in this hideout, creating a small sea of blood inside, even rescuing the prisoners within.

Once they reached the entrance of the hideout, they were greeted by an entire floor of dried-up blood that was inches thick, and in the middle of this bloody floor, there appeared to be a red-colored plant sprouting there.

"At this rate, it should be fully grown and ready to harvest in four months." Su Yang mumbled to himself, before sealing the entire place with a concealment formation, hiding the entrance to the hideout from plain sight.

Even if one had the ability to see through his concealment formation, they would not be able to enter it without destroying the formation, something that was simply not achievable by the people of this world that has barely grasped even the surface of formations.

"Can I eat that, Master?" Xiao Rong suddenly asked him, as the sprout was emitting an enormous amount of spiritual energy. Although it does not have enough Profound Qi to benefit her current cultivation base even slightly, it would serve as a great snack for her.

"You cannot eat that," he shook his head and said, "That is the Devil Blood Ginseng, a rare flower that only sprouts in blood and requires an enormous amount to grow up, and I will need it to heal someone."

Indeed, that sprout is going to be the Devil Blood Ginseng once it fully grows — an ingredient that is required to heal Xie Xingfang's condition. Of course, he did not plan for this from the beginning and its birth was only a coincidence.

'Fortunately for me, I no longer have to find bandits to slaughter to grow one now.' Su Yang thought to himself.

If the Devil Blood Ginseng did not appear here, he had planned to look for bandits to kill and create a pool of blood with his own hands, as that would be the only method to obtain the Devil Blood Ginseng.

After confirming that the Devil Blood Ginseng was growing, Su Yang went to the Burning Lotus Sect.

"Hmm?"

Once he arrived at the Burning Lotus Sect, Su Yang used his spiritual sense to search for Wang Shuren in the sect. However, he was unable to sense her presence, meaning that she was not at the sect.

Thus, he went to look for the Sect Master of the Burning Lotus Sect to see where she went.

"S-Sect Master! You have a visitor!"

One of the Sect Elders approached Huo Yuanjia in an urgent manner.

Huo Yuanjia, who was currently training his disciples, looked at the Elder with a frown and spoke in an angry voice, "Did you forget that no one is allowed to disturb me while I am training my disciples? No matter how urgent it is, unless the Sect is at risk, the Sect Elders can handle it! And you dare to disturb me for a mere visitor?! Are you tired of being a Sect Elder?! Because if you are, you can just tell me and I will happily take that position away from you!"

Huo Yuanjia hated more than anything to be disturbed while he trained his disciples, as he feared that it might distract them during crucial moments, hence his outburst of rage.

"T-This disciple is aware of the Sect Master's rule! However, the person that is here to visit you is no one other than—"

The Sect Elder trembled as he spoke, but before he could even finish his sentence, another voice resounded.

"Hey, this is a pretty nice and isolated place. You can do whatever you want here and nobody from the outside would ever find out."

Su Yang's handsome figure approached them from the distance, and walking beside him was an exceedingly beautiful teenager that resembled a real Goddess.

"Su Yang?!" Huo Yuanjia called out his name from surprise.

"What? Su Yang is here?"

When the disciples that had ignored the noise this entire time suddenly stopped their cultivation to open their eyes and turned to look at Su Yang.

Lin Shao Shang was amongst these disciples, and when she saw Su Yang, her mind instantly recalled their bet during the tournament and wondered if he had come all the way here to finally claim his prize — her body!

"What are you doing here, Su Yang? Coming here without any notices, it must be urgent." Huo Yuanjia spoke with a frown, yet his eyes were staring blankly at Xiao Rong, who is, without any doubt, the most beautiful entity he has ever seen in his life besides Qiuyue, who he only managed to glance at before disappearing.

A few seconds later, Su Yang turned to look at Lin Shao Shang and spoke with a mysterious smile, "It's nothing too urgent, but I am here for her. After all, she does owe me something."

"What?!" Huo Yuanjia and the disciples' eyes widened with shock.

Meanwhile, Lin Shao Shang herself was screaming internally after hearing his words.

'Ahhhhhhhh! He's really here to take my body! I am not prepared for this!'

The place became dead silent and remained that way for a good moment.

"Nonsense! Did you really believe that Junior apprentice-sister Lin would give her body to you just because of some bet?!" One of the disciples there suddenly stood up and yelled at Su Yang.

"Although you may have some achievements under your name, don't be too full of yourself!"

Su Yang glanced at the handsome young disciple who just spoke and spoke with a nonchalant expression, "And who are you?"

Chapter 471 If You Feel Lonely, You Know Where to Find Me

"I am Diao Zidu, Core Disciple, and the number one disciple of the Burning Lotus Sect!" The handsome young man introduced himself.

Su Yang remained nonchalant after his introduction.

"You are the number one disciple? Then why didn't I see you at the Regional Tournament?" Su Yang asked him in a calm voice.

"That's because I had a misfortunate accident that had bedridden me until very recently!"

Hearing his words, Su Yang couldn't but chuckle, and that made Diao Zidu even more furious.

"What's so funny?!"

However, Su Yang merely ignored him like he was an insect and turned to look at the blushing Lin Shao Shang and spoke with a smile on his face, "I am just joking, little fairy. Even if I could, I wouldn't want any women to enter my bed just because of some bed. If you're going to cultivate with me, I want it to be due to your own accord."

He then looked at the still dazed Huo Yuanjia and continued to speak, "I am here for Wang Shuren. Where is she right now?"

'This fucking bastard…!' Diao Zidu was trembling from sheer anger at this moment.

If he wasn't only at the Earth Spirit Realm whilst Su Yang was at the Heavenly Spirit Realm, he would've already brandished the sword by his side to slice Su Yang into a hundred pieces. This is his first time experiencing such humiliation, and it was in the presence of Lin Shao Shang, his crush, no less.

"Elder Wang? You missed her by three days. She had appointments with a few families, so she left the sect to deal with them. I don't know where she is right now, but she should be back within a day or two."

"I can leave her a message when she comes back for you if needed."

Su Yang shook his head and said, "There's no need for that. I can simply wait in her room until she comes back."

"What? You're going to wait in her room? I don't think that's appropriate…" Huo Yuanjia frowned.

In his mind, Wang Shuren was a woman — a pure one at that — so it would be rude, nearly criminal, for a man to enter her room without permission, much less stay inside.

Even if Su Yang is the number one genius, there's a limit to his shamelessness.

"You don't have to worry about that. I have a feeling that she would be more angry if you make me leave rather than stay in her room." Su Yang said to him with a smile.

"You have a feeling…? That's not how any of this works, you know!" Huo Yuanjia frowned.

Seeing the stubborn and slight anger in his eyes, Su Yang sighed, "Since you are this reluctant, I will settle for a guest room."

A few moments of silence later, Huo Yuanjia nodded, "Fine. I will immediately arrange two rooms for you."

He then turned to look at the Sect Elder in the background and said to him, "Arrange for these esteemed guests two of our royal guest rooms."

However, Su Yang quickly interrupted him and said, "One room is fine."

"One… room?"

Huo Yuanjia looked at him and then at the heavenly beauty beside him with a dazed face. Just what kind of relationship do they have? Whatever it was, it made him and the others there immensely envious!

"By the way, do you mind if I walk around the sect while I am here? It would be too boring to stay in the room the entire time." Su Yang suddenly asked him.

"As long as it does not result in the same situation as last time, do whatever you want." Huo Yuanjia sighed. This is his first time dealing with someone as difficult as Su Yang.

Su Yang nodded, but before he left the place, he turned to look at Lin Shao Shang with a charming smile and said to her, "Whenever you feel lonely, you know where to find me."

"G-Get out of here! Who would want to do that with you?!" Lin Shao Shang responded in an outburst that was filled with embarrassment.

Meanwhile, the other few females there showed an envious expression after witnessing their relationship. They also wanted to be within Su Yang's gaze.

"Hahaha…" When Su Yang noticed this, he chuckled and said out loud, "Of course, if any of you here are feeling lonely or simply need advice in cultivation, you can give me a visit. I have plenty of free time, after all."

After saying those words, Su Yang left the place, leaving Huo Yuanjia and the disciples inside dumbfounded.

Once he left the place, he followed the Sect Elder to a place that was further inside the sect, somewhere near the Core Disciples' living quarters.

Compared to the Profound Blossom Sects' living quarters, the spiritual energy there was rich and abundant, and the atmosphere was also quite nice.

When the other disciples there noticed Su Yang's presence, they all stopped whatever they were doing to stare at him with wide eyes.

The female disciples stared at Su Yang with loose jaws whilst the male disciples stared at Xiao Rong with watery mouths. In their eyes, despite being only a few meters away from them at most, it felt like they were actually living in different worlds.

The unfathomable aura coming from Su Yang and the otherworldly feeling from Xiao Rong made the disciples there feel as insignificant as ants, like they were mere mortals before two supreme beings.

Wherever the two walked, the surroundings would instantly become dead silent and still, almost as though time had stopped for everyone there beside Su Yang and Xiao Rong.

As for the Sect Elder leading them, he was barely able to walk in a straight line because of the pressure behind him. But fortunately for him, he did not have to look at them, so it made it much easier for him to breathe.

'Even escorting real royalties wouldn't be this demanding!' The Sect Elder cried inwardly as they approached their living quarter.

Chapter 472 Are You Stalking Me?!

After Su Yang left their training ground, Lin Shao Shang stood up and said to Huo Yuanjia, "I am sorry, Sect Master, but please excuse me for the rest of the day. My peace has been disturbed, and I am no longer in the mentality to cultivate."

Huo Yuanjia did not blame her and nodded, "Go."

Even if Lin Shao Shang continued to cultivate, it would actually be a risky situation for her, since cultivating with a disturbed mind is incredibly dangerous. One wrong move and her body could be harmed.

After Lin Shao Shang left the training ground, the other disciples also raised their hand and said, "Sect Master, I am also no longer in the mood to cultivate."

"Me, too, Sect Master!"

Huo Yuanjia rubbed his temples and spoke in an exhausted voice, "All of you may leave. I will cut today's lecture short, but I will make it up during our next session."

Even he was not in the mood to lecture after seeing Su Yang's face, especially since his heart is still beating like war drums after meeting Xiao Rong for the first time. He felt like he was living his younger days, where every beauty that walked past him would cause his heart to tremble.

"Junior apprentice-sister Lin! Are you okay?" Diao Zidu approached her afterward and said.

"You should just ignore that man. Nothing good will come out of associating with a person like him."

"..."

However, almost as though she couldn't hear him, Lin Shao Shang continued to walk in silence, and on her face was a dazed expression, looking like she had been bewitched.

"Junior apprentice-sister Lin…?" Diao Zidu stopped following her and stared at her with wide eyes.

After leaving the training ground, Lin Shao Shang returned to her living quarter at the center of the sect, where only Core Disciples and Sect Elders dwell.

Once she was in her room, Lin Shao Shang sat by the window and stared at the sky, still with a dazed face.

"What is this I am feeling?" she mumbled to herself.

Her heart was beating irregularly, and her entire body felt warm, almost hot. If her Profound Qi wasn't stable at this moment, she would've thought that she was poisoned.

After sitting by the window for an unknown amount of time, Lin Shao Shang suddenly looked at the building that was directly in front of hers.

According to her knowledge, this place has been unoccupied for a few years now, yet someone was leaving that exact building?

Lin Shao Shang watched as the door to that building opened, and a tall figure came out of the house a moment later.

"W-What?!"

When Lin Shao Shang realized that it was Su Yang who just came out of that unoccupied, she stood up with surprise.

"W-What are you doing in a building that's meant for Core Disciples?! There are no guest rooms around this area!" Lin Shao Shang shouted at Su Yang from her window.

"D-Don't tell me that you are stalking me?!" Lin Shao Shang trembled when she realized the possibility that she was being stalked by him.

"Hm? You live here?" Su Yang looked at Lin Shao Shang standing at the window with a nonchalant expression and continued, "The Profound Qi in this area appears to be the best in the entire sect, so I asked to stay here for now, and this building happened to be unoccupied, so the Sect Elder agreed to allow me to stay here temporary."

Of course, the only reason the Sect Elder agreed to Su Yang's request was because he wanted to separate from Su Yang as soon as possible, as he could no longer endure Su Yang's intense presence, but the royal guest rooms were still many minutes away.

"I-I don't believe it!" Lin Shao Shang said. There were simply too many coincidences for her to trust his words.

Su Yang shrugged and said, "I will only be here for a day or two at most."

"A few hours is more than enough for you to sneak inside my room and assault me, much less an entire day!"

"There's no need to be so paranoid. Like I'd said many times by now, I won't do anything that will tarnish my pride as a man, and forcing myself into any innocent woman's body is simply a line that I will never cross."

"Anyway, I don't have the time to entertain you right now. If you want to talk more, you know where to find me." Su Yang said in a nonchalant voice before walking away.

'Where is he going after just settling down? How suspicious!' Lin Shao Shang thought to herself.

She was certain that Su Yang had some ulterior motive for coming to the Burning Lotus Sect unannounced!

Thus, Lin Shao Shang decided to follow Su Yang to see where he was going.

Of course, she did not follow him in the open and remained many meters behind him, even hiding in the shadows and whatnot, acting like a real stalker.

Sometime later, Lin Shao Shang followed Su Yang to a building that was not too far away from their own living quarters.

After he reached his destination, Su Yang knocked on the door to that building and silently waited outside.

'This building belongs to…' Lin Shao Shang tried to recall who lived in that building.

In the midst of her thoughts a few moments later, the door opened, and a very pretty girl with a nice figure emerged from inside the building.

When Lin Shao Shang saw the face of this figure, her eyes widened with surprise.

At the same time, when the girl that came out saw Su Yang's face, her face brightened with surprise and delight.

"Su Yang! What are you doing here at the Burning Lotus Sect?!" Zhang Xiu Ying covered her mouth and spoke in a pleasantly surprised tone.

"I am here to visit." Su Yang responded with a smile on his face.

"Please! Come inside!" Zhang Xiu Ying quickly welcomed him into the building.

Su Yang nodded and walked inside the next moment, disappearing from Lin Shao Shang's view.

Chapter 473 Untouchable Princess

"That disciple looked very familiar…" Lin Shao Shang pondered to herself after Su Yang entered the building.

A few minutes later, she finally recalled the disciple named Zhang Xiu Ying.

"That's right! She's the Untouchable Princess, Zhang Xiu Ying!"

After the incident with Su Yang, where he trashed many disciples at the Burning Lotus Sect and even threatened the Sect Master, Huo Yuanjia, he'd warned them that Zhang Xiu Ying was his friend and that if she was ever to be harmed that he'd return for revenge.

Ever since that incident and Su Yang's warnings, the disciples and sect elders alike treated Zhang Xiu Ying as though she was a princess, not even daring to glance at her, hence her nickname, the Untouchable Princess.

Furthermore, her cultivation base had increased significantly since the incident, becoming a Core Disciple a few months later.

At this moment, Zhang Xiu Ying is akin to a Goddess within the Burning Lotus Sect — an entity that lived in a different world from them. This is especially true after Su Yang defeated Hong Yu'er and became the number one genius of the Eastern Continent. The more people feared Su Yang, the more the disciples in this place feared Zhang Xiu Ying, as she was directly under Su Yang's protection.

"What is their relationship with each other, anyway?" Lin Shao Shang couldn't help but become interested.

A few moments later, she used another concealing technique to further conceal her aura so that not even a sliver of her presence would be sensed. With her presence and aura completely concealed, it was almost as though Lin Shao Shang had turned into a ghost — an entity that did not exist in this world.

After she was confident that she'd performed her concealment technique perfectly, Lin Shao Shang approached Zhang Xiu Ying's living quarters and spied inside through the windows.

"So why did you really come to the Burning Lotus Sect, Su Yang?" Zhang Xiu Ying asked him after serving him some tea.

"I have some business with Wang Shuren."

"Senior Wang? She's not at the sect right now."

"I know, that's why I will be staying here until she returns."

"Eh?!" Zhang Xiu Ying covered her mouth in surprise after hearing his words. "You are staying here?!"

Su Yang calmly nodded his head after sipping the tea.

"B-But there's only one bedroom in this building, and the bed is only large enough to fit one person!"

Zhang Xiu Ying seems to have misunderstood Su Yang's words when he said that he'd be staying there.

Su Yang chuckled after seeing her reaction and said, "I didn't literally mean that I'd stay here. I meant the sect when I said 'here'. I live about ten minutes away from here."

"O-Oh! I'm sorry for the misunderstanding..." Zhang Xiu Ying blushed deeply.

"You know, even if the bed is small, it should still be enough to fit two people if they sleep close to each other." Su Yang suddenly said to her.

"If I wish to spend the night here, even if it might get a little bit cramped, would you not like it?" he asked her with a teasing smile.

"I-If you don't mind feeling a little bit uncomfortable sleeping with such limited space…" she replied a moment later with her ears burning red.

Even though they have done it with each other many times already, she still couldn't help but feel bashful whenever she's around him, especially when she's being teased.

"Who said anything about sleeping? We can do it all night if you want." Su Yang chuckled.

"Ah!?" Zhang Xiu Ying looked at him with a surprised face. Doing it the entire night? Even if her endurance has strengthened since the last time they cultivated, she definitely wouldn't last more than a few hours with him, much less an entire night!

"By the way, how is life as a disciple after that day? Is there anybody that still dares to bother you?" Su Yang suddenly asked her.

"T-That's…"

Zhang Xiu Ying showed a bittersweet smile and began explaining to him how she basically became a loner afterward.

"Ever since that day, nobody would dare to speak with me, much less bother me. Not even the sect elders are willing to deal with me. I have become somewhat of a loner in this sect, unfortunately. Though it also means I have a very peaceful life, so I don't mind it."

"Eh?" Su Yang's eyes widened with surprise.

He truly didn't expect this outcome. He'd only wanted people to stop bothering her, yet he'd somehow turned her into a loner at the sect?!

After pondering for a few moments, he spoke, "Then would you like to come with me to the Profound Blossom Sect? We can use more disciples now, you know."

"You want me to join the Profound Blossom Sect?" Zhang Xiu Ying stared at him with wide eyes filled with disbelief. She would've never imagined that Su Yang would invite her to his sect.

He nodded and said, "Since everybody here is scared of you, why don't you come to our sect? I'm sure that you'll get along with the other disciples very fast."

"Um… although I would love to come with you… I cannot abandon my master here. She's the only reason why my cultivation base has reached this level in such a short time, and I doubt she'll agree to me leaving the Burning Lotus Sect after spending that many resources on me."

"Your Master… Wang Shuren?" he asked, and she nodded.

"Why don't you talk to her about this matter when she returns? I'm sure she'll be more than happy to let you come with me. I'll even go with you."

"Really? You think Senior Wang will allow me to go to the Profound Blossom Sect?" Zhang Xiu Ying looked at him with hopeful eyes.

"I'm certain." He nodded with a confident smile.

Meanwhile, Lin Shao Shang listened to their conversation with disbelief on her face.

'T-This Su Yang! He's actually poaching our disciples! And she's even a Core Disciple! How shameless!' she cried inwardly.