Although the people were dead, nearly two hundred divine warships continued to fly toward their destination, because the divine warships did not require human control, but there were no living people on board, only corpses.
After annihilating the Divine Court soldiers targeting the Zhu family, Yang Shen, along with the only surviving girl from the Zhu family and Chaopin, took a step, shattering space as they left the Lingyun Continent.
Time vanished within the shattered spatial rift. Yang Shen remembered the spatial coordinates of the previous plane, so instead of flying slowly, he directly traversed it.
Not long after, Yang Shen emerged from the spatial turbulence and returned to the plane where Overclock was born. He let Overclock continue playing in the courtyard while he went inside. In one of the rooms, he created a bed, placed the Zhu family girl on it, and then went back outside to continue researching Overclock's abilities.
The Zhu family girl slept for three days straight.
Over the course of those three days, Yang Shen noticed that the girl's hair was gradually turning gray.
This was not a mutation, nor was it caused by sadness and despair that turned his hair white overnight; rather, it was due to the deathly aura emanating from the girl.
Clearly, the girl still didn't really want to live; it was just that some kind of obsession prevented her from dying in her dream.
Finally, on the third day, the girl woke up. She lay in bed for a while, then went out of the room.
In the courtyard, Yang Shen sat at the tea table, drinking tea. When he saw the girl come out, he smiled and said, "The fact that you woke up means you still want to live. You don't need to worry about anything here. This is no longer the Lingyun Continent."
"Eeya..." Upon seeing the girl, Overclock happily crawled towards her.
The girl glanced at the overclocking, then suddenly walked towards Yang Shen and knelt down in front of him.
"There's no need for that." Yang Shen tried to help the girl up: "Your Zhu family has also been implicated by me. I will take care of you and teach you skills. As for your revenge, you will have to take care of it yourself."
"My name is Zhu Qier, I'm ten years old." The girl, Zhu Qier, suddenly spoke, her voice slightly hoarse: "I've heard my father mention you..."
As she spoke, she suddenly picked up the teacup on the coffee table, held it up with both hands, and looked at Yang Shen expectantly: "I would like to become your apprentice. Is that alright?"
Yang Shen was taken aback. To be honest, he was willing to teach Zhu Qier skills and change her fate for free, but he was not so willing to take on disciples.
He didn't want to add any more worries; having a younger sister, Elaine, and Yun Zixin was enough.
However, considering that the Zhu family's misfortune was also partly due to him—
“I’ve never taken on a disciple before, but if you become my disciple, be prepared to endure hardship.” Yang Shen did not refuse: “If you don’t become my disciple, I will protect you and help you cultivate safely until you have enough to take revenge. But if you become my disciple, I will not protect you forever. Think it over carefully.”
"As long as you can teach me skills, I can endure any hardship," ten-year-old Zhu Qier said firmly.
Upon hearing this, Yang Shen hesitated for a moment, then took the teacup, slowly drank the tea inside, and then gently placed the teacup on the coffee table.
"Zhu Qier greets Master." Upon seeing this, a hint of joy flashed in Zhu Qier's eyes, but her emotional fluctuations were not obvious.
Yang Shen sighed and nodded: "Get up."
"Waaah..." Chaopin cried again because he wanted to climb over and play with Zhu Qier, but Yang Shen was worried that the power on his body would hurt Zhu Qier, so he blocked him with his divine sense.
I tried for a long time but couldn't get past it, so I overclocked and cried.
Yang Shen looked at Chaopin helplessly: "Fine, taking one or two is the same. From now on, you'll be my second disciple."
As he spoke, he said to Zhu Qier, "Overclocking is your second junior brother, but be careful of the power he possesses when you come into contact with him in the future."
"Yes, Master." Zhu Qier answered obediently, but in her heart she was not convinced, thinking that a little thing that might still be nursing could not possibly hurt her.
Yang Shen saw through his eldest disciple's thoughts and solemnly reminded him, "When Chaopin was still in his mother's womb, he awakened a special talent that shattered his parents to pieces. When he cries, he can make a cultivator in the Breaking Cocoon Realm vomit blood."
Zhu Qier has only just entered the Transformation Realm. At the age of ten, she is already considered very strong. Her talent is not bad, considering that she only started cultivating at the age of eight.
However, compared to the exceptionally gifted overclocking ability, Zhu Qier was far inferior.
Sure enough, upon hearing Yang Shen's words, disbelief flashed in Zhu Qier's gray-white eyes.
Yang Shen didn't explain further. He hoped that Zhu Qier would realize how powerful her second junior brother was later, and that she wouldn't be too jealous then.
By now, Yang Shen was almost certain that overclocking, even if not a forbidden life form, was definitely a pseudo-forbidden one.
Even without cultivation, the power within him would grow stronger as he matured, to the point that it would be impossible to suppress unless Yang Shen personally sealed it.
However, Yang Shen wouldn't do that. As long as he kept Chaopin with him, he was confident that Chaopin could control the power within him.
[Third update! This chapter was really a long and arduous process, with numerous revisions and deletions, which is why it's been delayed until now. This is foreshadowing! To avoid any breaks in the story, this chapter is over three thousand words long, so please don't scold me.]
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