"Master, this is Tianfeng City."
Ye Linger said softly, her gaze complex as she looked down at the grand city below.
This was the second time she had come to the city where the Main Family Branch was located.
Once, during her first visit, she had been diagnosed with the Nine Yin Absolute Meridian and was thus labeled a useless person.
She had thought her life would just end up like that!
But she never imagined she would meet Master, let alone return in such a manner.
Gu Han glanced sideways, seeing the lingering complexity and trepidation in Ye Linger's eyes, understanding her feelings.
She reached out and gently patted Ye Linger's shoulder.
"Don't overthink it."
Gu Han's voice was calm, carrying a strange, soothing power.
"The past is like smoke and clouds."
"You are now a member of my Yaochi Immortal Palace and a Disciple of Gu Han."
"With Master here, you can go anywhere in the world. No one can harm you in the slightest, and no one will dare to wrong you."
"Mhm! A Yao will also protect Fourth Junior Sister!"
A Yao followed Gu Han's example, reaching out her small hand, trying her best to pat Ye Linger's shoulder.
But due to the height difference, she only managed to pat her arm.
Her small face was filled with a serious expression, her large eyes blinking.
"Master Mother is the best!"
"If those bad people dare to bully Fourth Junior Sister, A Yao... A Yao will have Master Mother beat them up!"
Looking at the adorable, "fierce-looking" Eldest Senior Sister before her, Ye Linger couldn't help but burst into laughter.
The gloom in her heart completely vanished, replaced by an unprecedented sense of warmth and belonging.
Master's powerful protection, Eldest Senior Sister's innocent yet sincere concern... this was her sect, her new home.
A strong impulse surged into her heart instantly.
She took a step forward and reached out her arms, tightly yet with a hint of caution.
She gently wrapped her arms around Gu Han's waist, burying her cheek against the moon-white lapel.
"Master..."
Her voice was muffled and choked with emotion, but mostly filled with dependence and total trust.
"Thank you... thank you..."
The hug was light, carrying the unique bashfulness and nervousness of a young girl.
Gu Han's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.
Ye Linger's soft, slightly cool, and fragrant touch came through the fabric.
The girl's body heat, the faint fragrance from her hair, and that unreserved dependence and closeness... she could clearly feel the slender body in her arms trembling slightly and hear Ye Linger's rapid heartbeat.
Gu Han didn't think too much of it; she raised her hand and gently patted Ye Linger's thin back.
"Alright, you're already so grown up, yet you're still acting like a child."
Hearing Master's words, Ye Linger instantly realized her actions were somewhat inappropriate.
Her cheeks quickly flushed red. She hurriedly let go, took a small step back, and lowered her head, muttering softly:
"I... I'm sorry, Master. This Disciple... this Disciple has lost her composure."
Gu Han looked at her ears, which had turned red again, and smiled faintly, thinking the girl was truly quite adorable.
She shook her head and stopped dwelling on it, looking down at the magnificent city below with a calm gaze.
"It's fine."
"Since we're here, let's go meet the Ye Family of Tianfeng City."
She took A Yao's small hand and said to Ye Linger:
"Linger, lead the way."
Ye Linger took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions churning in her heart, and pointed toward the most prominent complex of buildings in the east of the city.
"Master, that is the Ye Family Main Residence."
Gu Han nodded slightly. She didn't choose to appear directly inside the Ye Family residence.
While that would be direct, it would lack the sense of a "visit."
She came today to sever the Karma between Ye Linger and the Ye Family, and even more so to make the Ye Family see things clearly.
Their figures slowly descended from the sky. They didn't intentionally restrain their Auras, but they weren't ostentatious enough to shake the heavens and earth.
Even so, the three of them appearing out of thin air above the Ye Residence still caught the attention of countless Cultivators in the city.
"Look! There are people in the sky!"
"My god! They dare to stand directly above the Ye Family's heads?"
"Who are these three? Don't they know that flying over the Ye Family is forbidden?"
"The little girl in the middle is so cute! The blue-haired woman next to her... why does she look a bit like that one from the Ye Family who couldn't Cultivate..."
"Isn't she a useless person? Why does it feel like she has a cultivation base?"
"And that silver-haired woman... so beautiful... I love her... her temperament is so special, I can't see through her at all..."
"Could she... be that Old Ancestor of the Ye Family who has been in secluded cultivation for nearly a thousand years?"
"Shh! Be quiet! Do you want to die?..."
Countless gazes, both overt and covert, focused on the three of them.
The guards and patrol teams on the outskirts of the Ye Family residence had already discovered the anomaly, and warnings were quickly being sent inside.
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