However, the astonishment only lasted for a moment before it disappeared.
His childlike face showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he looked around with great curiosity, then began to pay attention to the situation outside, stroking his chin like a little adult with a knowing smile on his face.
Chu Nian naturally knew the situation in his own village, and was once again speechless at the child's carefree attitude.
"Hurry up!" Chu Nian shouted sharply. She had already heard the footsteps of several powerful figures approaching, and they sounded somewhat familiar. She guessed they were the remaining Mahayana Dao Venerables of the Nebula Sect.
Seeing the murderous intent in Chu Nian's eyes, Tao Anbo figured that since this female demon had already left the Nebula Sect, he didn't need to worry about her ambushing their disciples inside the sect. So he threw the talisman to Chu Nian and shouted, "Give me the child!"
"Okay," Chu Nian replied obediently, handing the child to Tao Anbo.
Lin Jingting from the market town burst into laughter, her childish voice mocking, "This Uncle Tao, he can actually be this silly!"
Chu Nian: What kind of brat is this?
Tao Anbo reached out and caught the child, but unexpectedly the child turned into a small paper figure with a "poof".
"Oh no, it's a fake!" Tao Anbo was furious. He looked up, but there was no trace of the female demon.
Several figures flashed by, and Lin Zhao and the others appeared. Lin Zhao asked urgently, "Senior Brother Tao, where is that female demon?"
Tao Anbo said with a dark face, "He ran away." He paused, then asked with great concern, "Junior Brother Lin, have you found Little Lin?"
Lin Zhao shook his head with a worried look on his face.
Tao Anbo became even more worried and said, "They might have been kidnapped by that female demon."
Everyone paled upon hearing this, especially Lin Zhao and the stunningly beautiful female cultivator standing beside him, who was none other than Li Jueyin.
Li Jueyin asked in great shock, "Senior brother, what exactly happened?"
Lin Zhaoze said, "Let's find that female demon first." We can't afford to delay if our son is in her hands.
Tao Anbo: "Let's split up." He said to Lin Zhao and his wife, "You two come with me, and we'll search and talk as we go."
The five Dao Venerables immediately split into two groups and set off in two different directions to pursue the target.
Lin Jingting seemed a little disappointed in her parents, pouting as she said, "Sigh, didn't Father and Mother ever consider that the people who took me away never even moved?"
Chu Nian had already returned to the Soul Ruins and hadn't actually used the spatial artifact to leave; he remained in the same spot. However, Tao Anbo and the others were still unable to detect that this spatial artifact might be a celestial-grade artifact.
Chu Nian stared at Lin Jingting.
Lin Jingting turned her face away, occasionally stealing glances at Chu Nian, much like a cute little pet feeling uneasy under its owner's watchful eye.
Chu Nian smiled and waved to him, saying, "Come here."
Lin Jingting obediently walked over.
Chu Nian then said, "Kneel down! Become my disciple!"
Lin Jingting was taken aback for a moment, but immediately knelt down with an excited expression and said, "Master, please accept my bow."
Chu Nian said with some surprise, "What, you knelt down and became my disciple without even asking who I am?" This obedience doesn't seem like the style of this brat!
Lin Jingting said with a grin, "I don't care who you are. Anyway, you can even outwit Uncle Tao, so you must be very capable. I won't lose out by becoming your disciple!"
Chu Nian chuckled softly and squatted down to look Lin Jingting in the eye. Although his face was still quite youthful, it made her feel nostalgic and reminded her of the ghost that used to float around her all day.
She said gently, "I am your senior brother Hua Tianling's aunt."
Lin Jingting nodded and hummed in agreement, then reached out to hug her, pleading in a childish voice, "Master, hug me!" He seemed genuinely indifferent to who Chu Nian was, yet inexplicably felt a deep attachment to her.
Chu Nian then reached out and hugged him, got up and walked to a chair to sit down, saying, "Jingting, your master will teach you a set of techniques. You may not need them now, but you might need them in the future. Can you guarantee that you will remember every word of it forever?"
Lin Jingting pressed her small face against Chu Nian's face and said, "I will remember everything Master taught me."
Chu Nian patted the little boy's back, thinking that Wen Ruyan had actually tried to kill him, and would probably do everything in her power to kill the child in the future. In that case, the entire Wen family might not give the child a chance to live, and the people of the Xingyun Sect were completely unaware of this. Moreover, even if she went to tell them now, they probably wouldn't believe her. She couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
Lin Jingting asked, "Why is Master sighing? Is something bothering you?"
Chu Nian said, "No, Master is very happy to have accepted you as his disciple!"
Lin Jingting said, "I am very happy to have become your master! My father and mother will not hold me, only my master is willing to hold me."
Chu Nian was surprised and asked curiously, "Your father and mother love you very much, so why don't they want to hold you?"
Lin Jingting said, "They all say that I am a Foundation Establishment cultivator and will definitely become a great cultivator in the future. I can't always be carried around like a child."
Chu Nian smiled and said, "They probably hope you can grow up quickly and become stronger!"
Lin Jingting: "But adults also like to be held. My dad and mom are always holding each other, so why won't they hold me? I've been thinking about this for a long time, and now I finally understand."
Chu Nian found the child's voice rather enchanting, and couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Oh, what have you figured out?"
Lin Jingting: "My father is my mother's apprentice..."
Huh? Chu Nian was a little confused.
Lin Jingting happily continued, "Now I'm Master's disciple, and Master is willing to hug me. That's why Master and disciple can always hug each other. Now that I have a Master, I'll always have someone to hug me!" After saying that, he happily pressed his little face against Chu Nian's face.
Chu Nian: What kind of ridiculous theory is this? As expected, you can't take a child's words seriously.
She asked in a cryptic tone, "So, your senior brother Hua is your father's disciple, and you've seen them always hugging?" After asking the question, she found it extremely funny and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Lin Jingting: "That's right, my senior brother and father have never hugged me." But after thinking for a moment, he found a reason for himself, saying, "They are different. They are both men. My father and mother are a man and a woman; my master and I are also a man and a woman, um..." He tapped his little head as he said this, "Only a master and disciple who are a man and a woman can hug me like my master does."
He happily hugged Chu Nian's neck tightly and said in a childish voice, "I want to be with Master from now on, and Master wants to be with me too, okay?"
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