Judging from Ye Jing's demeanor as they talked inside the caf, Ling Yin could tell that she was deeply in love with Ling Yun. So after they left the caf, she pulled Zhang Bing away from them so they could have a private talk.

Ling Yun was now walking side by side with Ye Jing, who kept her face down and clenched her fists tightly. Since the caf wasn't far from Ye House, he decided to escort her back to her house.

Since Ye Jing was silent, Ling Yun sighed softly and asked first. "Who taught you to be a cultivator, Jing? Anyway, your current appearance really surprises me; you are much prettier than a month ago, and your light blue hair is also beautiful."

'But still you don't like me, and you have Yin now.' Ye Jing muttered in her heart before she answered Ling Yun. "Didn't Big Sis Ling tell you? It was Master Bing who taught me how to cultivate."

"Eh?" Ling Yun turned to her in surprise, especially since Ling Ling and the others did not say anything to him.

Ye Jing then stated once more. "I met them when I went to look for you in your new home, then Master Bing offered me to be her disciple, and I decided to accept her offer."

"I see." Ling Yun nodded in understanding. "That's really good, this way you will continue to be strong, and you can protect yourself."

'Yun, I don't want to be strong; I just want to be with you.' Ye Jing inwardly muttered dejectedly.

Knowing Ye Jing's thoughts, Ling Xi, who was floating beside them, couldn't help but shake her head, and she then scolded him. "Ling Yun! You are really stupid and insensitive! This little girl loves you wholeheartedly, and she decided to accept Lian Bin's offer to become her disciple just for the sake of being with you, but you are not willing to accept her."

Ling Yun shook his head slightly and replied with a soft sigh. 'Sigh, you're wrong, Ling Xi. I very well know Ye Jing's feelings for me. But my current situation is very different, and I'm sure she won't be able to accept my relationship with my mother, my two aunts, and Ling'er.'

"Humph!" Ling Xi snorted at him, and she then lectured him. "How can you be sure of that? You haven't even tried to tell her about your relationship! In my opinion, if you tell this girl about your incestuous relationship with them, even if she has a hard time accepting it for now, I'm sure she will be able to accept it slowly. After all, she really loves you, and she wants to be with you."

'She-' Ling Yun did not continue his words and pulled Ye Jing into his arms, and he then looked around looking for something.

Ye Jing was surprised that Ling Yun hugged him so suddenly, but she then hugged him back, and a sweet smile graced her face. Unfortunately, she misunderstood his actions, and he did so because he sensed someone's killing intent was directed at her.

"Oh? "Can you feel that killing intent?" Ling Xi asked in surprise, but she then nodded with a satisfied smile. She did not expect that Ling Yun's senses had started to become more sensitive; he could even detect someone else's killing intent without her having to tell him first.

'En, I don't know why, but after I dual-cultivated with Ling Ling, I feel that all my senses have become more sensitive than before.' Ling Yun replied as he opened his map, and he searched for the whereabouts of the owner of the killing intent aimed at Ye Jing. Before long, he found two red dots, and he immediately supressed them. 'Shui Lan? Shui Mu? Who are they? Why do they want to kill her?'

"Hey, Ling Yun! I thought they were from the Shui Clan in the Cultivator Realm; maybe this girl has something to do with them since those two people are also of the water element like her." Ling Xi said as she glanced at the two people. "Anyway, you are no match for them; their cultivation is at the Peak Stage Core Realm."

Ling Yun frowned upon hearing that; his current cultivation was in the Middle Stage Foundation Realm, so he couldn't possibly fight them for now. 'Are you going to help me get rid of them?'

Ling Xi chuckled. "Of course, but we won't kill that Shui Lan, and she will be of use to you later."

'Eh?' Ling Yun became intrigued by her words.

"We'll talk about it later; now we have to take care of them first, but you'd better get Ye Jing into your Dual Cultivation Chamber, so she doesn't have to watch you kill that guy."

Ling Yun agreed and opened a portal to his Dual Cultivation Chamber; he then released Ye Jing from his embrace and said to her. "Jing, you go inside first, and I'll clear up a few things first."

"En." Ye Jing didn't understand why Ling Yun asked her to enter the Dual Cultivation Chamber, but she nodded in agreement after seeing his serious expression, and she entered immediately.

As soon as Ling Yun closed the portal to his Dual Cultivation Chamber, a man and a woman appeared before him, and they glared at him fiercely.

The man named Shui Mu then said to him. "Where is that girl? Quickly, hand her over to us, or we will kill you."

"You'd better listen to my brother's words; we came here to capture that girl. If you hand her over to us, then we'll let you live." Shui Lan spoke in a relaxed manner, but her voice was cold.

However, Ling Yun was not daunted by their aura and killing intent. It was not because of Ling Xi's existence, but it was because of the arrogance of his bloodline. After all, the Chaos Dragon was a Primordial Beast, and it had high pride. "Unfortunately, I will never hand Ye Jing over to you guys, for she is someone who means a lot to me."

"You-" Shui Mu did not continue his words.

'What happened?' Both of them had the same thought, because his and Shui Lan's bodies suddenly froze; even their bodies trembled violently, and cold sweat dripped from their foreheads, as they felt a powerful aura and killing intent pressing down on their souls.

*Chuckle*

The sound of a giggling little girl startled them, and they looked at the source. They were shocked when they saw a little girl, who was none other than Ling Xi, floating behind Ling Yun. Moreover, they couldn't see her cultivation. 'Who is that little girl? Her aura and killing intent are much stronger than Patriarch Shui's!'

"You guys came to kill my disciple?" Ling Xi asked them using her Qi.

- To Be Continued -