The Way of The Dao

"Why are you here so early?"

Ling Tian asked when he went to open the door and observed Long Yuyin who was standing outside the house.

"You promised you would teach me..." Long Yuyin whispered as she avoided his gaze and nervously grabbed her weapons.

Ling Tian had a slightly bitter expression when he saw her.

He had barely finished getting up and waking Lan Yin, so with his spiritual sense he caught a glimpse of Long Yuyin arriving.

Ling Tian sighed when only she came. It seems that she didn't tell anyone about her meeting him.

In her hands, she was carrying short swords.

"Haa. It's okay, but I'll just have breakfast..." Ling Tian let her pass.

"If you want to eat with us, have a seat. If you don't want to, you can wait for me in the courtyard, I'll come after I've had breakfast." Ling Tian told her.

Long Yuyin nodded after a while, without giving Ling Tian a specific answer.

Ling Tian rolled his eyes.

"Good morning brother... Huh?" Mu Shen came out and greeted Ling Tian, but when he looked at Long Yuyin he stopped.

"G-good morning, young Miss Long." Mu Shen greeted Long Yuyin a little stiffly.

Long Yuyin looked at him and nodded weakly with her head.

Ling Tian had an expression of not knowing whether to laugh or cry at Mu Shen's reaction.

Mu Shen was somewhat uncomfortable receiving this action in response, so he turned to Ling Tian instead: "Brother Tian, will you make the meal today?"

"Haha, yeah. I'm cooking today." Ling Tian nodded as he went into the kitchen.

"Great..." Mu Shen smiled as he remembered the exquisite meal Ling Tian had prepared last time.

Long Yuyin frowned when she saw that Ling Tian was preparing breakfast.

He is able to cook?

Long Yuyin followed Ling Tian shyly as she watched him prepare the food.

In less than an hour, Ling Tian had finished preparing several dishes, exuding an appetizing smell that enchanted even the souls of those who were nearby and smelled it.

Long Yuyin was no exception and shyly sat down at the table with them.

"Sister Shuiruo is not here?" Long Yuyin asked Ling Tian.

"She must have slept a little late, don't worry. I'm sure she'll get up later." Ling Tian smiled when he remembered what happened yesterday. Knowing Mu Shuiruo's personality, he was sure she would not be able to sleep that night.

Mu Shen listened and said nothing, watching the two of them interact.

"Master, I'm done!"

A voice was heard and a little girl in a simple but beautiful dress entered the hall.

It was Lan Yin, who Ling Tian had sent to dress herself properly.

"All right Yinyin, that dress looks very nice on you. Now you have to eat first." Ling Tian smiled when Lan Yin came to hug him and was smiling at him. He patted her head and told her to go sit down.

Long Yuyin opened her eyes when she saw this new girl.

Master?

She referred to Ling Tian as Master?

Long Yuyin stared at Ling Tian with her resentful gaze.

Ling Tian ignored her.

They started to eat.

After a while, they finished.

Long Yuyin felt she had never tasted such exquisite food!

Turning to see Ling Tian, her mind began to fill with questions.

Who was he really?

How mysterious is he?

What other abilities does he hide?

"Brother Shen, you can go and tell Jingtian that he can come and train too, but he can't tell anyone." Ling Tian told Mu Shen. If I was going to train those two, it wouldn't hurt to get another one in.

Mu Shen, who was preparing to go into the courtyard to await Ling Tian's training, was surprised when he heard Ling Tian mention Tang Jingtian.

"Yeah! I'll be right back." Mu Shen nodded and ran off in the direction of the Tang family.

No doubt Tang Jingtian would be interested in training under the tutelage of Ling Tian.

Long Yuyin was not far from Ling Tian, following him everywhere.

Ling Tian took Lan Yin's small hand and went into the courtyard. Long Yuyin followed behind them too.

"Lady Long, could you show me those daggers?" Ling Tian turned to Long Yuyin and asked.

Long Yuyin did not hesitate and handed him her daggers.

As Long Yuyin passed her the daggers, Ling Tian's fingers unconsciously touched her hand, which she quickly retracted, while a slight blush was evident. She turned to look at Ling Tian.

Ling Tian did not realize this as he remembered that he had in his little world, special daggers that he had found and they were made of the hardest metal that existed in the immortal world. The ones Long Yuyin had still seemed to be good quality daggers in this inferior world. Enough for low-level cultivators.

"Enough even to face a demon beast in the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment..." Ling Tian whispered when he observed these daggers.

Long Yuyin did not listen very well to what he said, so she wanted to ask him, but she felt a little embarrassed.

Ling Tian handed her the daggers: "I imagine you have a routine to warm up your whole body and avoid injuries in training. Start now while the others are coming."

"Mmm..." Long Yuyin nodded when she heard what Ling Tian said.

Although she was shy about being watched by him, she still began to exercise slowly to warm up her body. She put her daggers aside and began to stretch her body.

Ling Tian did not observe her and left a space for her to move freely without any obstacles.

Long Yuyin pouted when she saw that Ling Tian was ignoring her. Before, she wanted him not to watch her because of her nervousness, but now that he was ignoring her, she wanted him to supervise her.

"Yinyin, start cultivating. Remember that you can only cultivate for 2-3 hours every day. Don't exceed that time." Ling Tian told Lan Yin, who was sitting in a cultivation position.

Lan Yin was just a little girl, so he would not burden her with all the cultivation all the time. He would let her live a quiet and happy childhood as much as possible.

"Yes Master!" Lan Yin nodded and closed her eyes when she began to execute the technique: Immortal Secret Art "Celestial Turns of the Two Stars".

Long Yuyin, who was watching the interaction of the two, frowned when she saw Lan Yin close her eyes and begin "meditating".

"M-Master, why is she meditating?" Long Yuyin approached nervously and asked Ling Tian, addressing him directly as Master.

Ling Tian raised his eyebrow and turned to see Long Yuyin: "Lady Long, I haven't even accepted you as a disciple and you're already calling me Master?"

Long Yuyin twisted her lips and looked directly at Ling Tian: "But I won the bet!"

Ling Tian rolled his eyes: "Lady Long, it is true that you won the bet, but I have not yet accepted you as a disciple. Besides, didn't you want me to teach you how to be stronger? I could do that without us having a Master-Disciple relationship..."

"I told you, you can call me Yuyin..." Long Yuyin whispered with resentment as she looked away.

"Haa." Ling Tian sighed at Long Yuyin's obstinacy: "It's okay... Yuyin."

Long Yuyin smiled weakly as her heart skipped beating strongly when she heard Ling Tian call her by that name. She did not know why her heart was pounding, she only wanted him to call her by name to avoid a barrier between them, as she was somewhat envious when she saw Lan Yin being spoiled by him and even more so, knowing that she was his disciple as well, something she asked for first. So she decided to forget that for now while trying to get him to agree to be her Master.

"But I still want you to be my Master!" Long Yuyin still stubbornly asserted what she wanted.