"Wow!" Zhi Hun actually cried and started them, then she said with a loud sob. "I... I'm so happy! I finally met another spirit!"

"Hmm? Why are you crying?" Ling Xi asked as she rubbed Zhi Hun's tiny head.

Zhi Hun shook her head. "Ever since I was born into this world, I have never met any other spirits, so I am happy to meet you two."

"It's okay, you will live with us in the future, so you won't feel lonely anymore." Ling Xi said with a low sigh, and Zhi Hun repeatedly nodded to her.

Ling Yun smiled, seeing them like that; he then said to all of them. "Starting tomorrow, we will enter into seclusion, and I have already prepared a place for all of you to train, so you won't be disturbed while I dual cultivate with the few of you."

"All right." They answered together.

Xiao Xiao and Shi Yao exchanged glances for a moment, and they nodded in agreement with him. As long as there was a separate place to train them, then they wouldn't mind it. But they would reject his idea if they had to train them while watching him dual cultivate with his women.

After that, his women returned to their respective rooms to rest, and Zhi Hun continued to cling to Ling Xi and Lei Lin, for she was delighted to meet them.

Ling Yun did not rest immediately, but he went to the front garden and sat cross-legged there, but his expression clearly showed that he was thinking about many things.

*Tap... Tap...*

"Why are you here, Yun'er?"

Ling Yun turned his head to the side and replied. "I was thinking about our future, Big Sis Xiao."

"Hmm?" Xiao Xiao then sat beside him and asked again. "What do you think about your future? You can tell me like when you were little."

Ling Yun sighed and looked up at the night sky. "Back then, I'm just an ordinary human; I don't even know about cultivators and the like. But in the past month or so, my life has changed 180 degrees, and many things have happened over the past few days."

"Since you've become a cultivator, whether you're ready or not, you must face all that." Xiao Xiao replied with a soft sigh. "I've known you since you were born, and I also know how you've struggle all this time for yourself and Sister Mingxia. I know that the world of cultivation is harsh, but if you can maintain your confidence and determination like before, then I'm sure you can overcome everything that gets in your way in the future."

"Is that so?" Ling Yun smiled bitterly upon hearing that. "Honestly, Mingyue's death hit me deeply, leaving a deep regret in my heart."

Xiao Xiao sighed heavily after hearing that, pulling Ling Yun into her arms. "To be honest, I'm glad you can feel that way, and if you don't want something like that to happen again, you should train and cultivate even harder. That way, you can protect them and prevent what happened to Mingyue from happening again."

Ling Yun nodded to her; he indeed wanted to change and become a man who could be responsible for them. "Anyway, do you know anything about the great responsibility that Ling Xi said before?"

"I know about it; it was my great-grandmother's prophecy." Xiao Xiao answered truthfully. "However, I can't tell you that right now, and you just need to focus on yourself and your women."

Ling Yun sighed softly after hearing that, and he then looked at Xiao Xiao seriously.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Xiao Xiao asked in confusion.

Ling Yun continued staring at Xiao Xiao's face without saying anything; he cupped her cheeks and kissed her lips, startling her.

However, Xiao Xiao accepted his action and kissed him back, but they kissed not for long.

After that, the two of them didn't say anything and just stared at the night sky in silence.

After a while, they decided to return to their room to rest, but Xiao Xiao continued to sigh in his room. "Sigh, I still can't imagine if great grandmother's prophecy came true in the future, and becoming Yun'er's woman was the hardest thing for me to accept."

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The following day, they all gathered in the dining room and had breakfast together, but Zhao Yao and Yi Mingzhu seemed busy making phone calls. Since Ling Yun wanted to bring them all into seclusion, they wanted to prepare for the merger of the two companies first. Moreover, they still don't know how long they will be in seclusion.

Ling Yun then said to them. "You two don't have to think about that, and you can go out once a day to take care of all that stuff."

Yi Mingzhu and Zhao Yao exchanged glances for a moment and nodded to him, and they immediately continued eating their breakfast.

Suddenly, Ling Xi warned Ling Yun. "Hey, a strong person has been watching you for a long time."

'Why didn't you tell me earlier?' Ling Yun asked worriedly.

Ling Xi giggled at his reaction and explained casually. "You don't have to worry, I don't feel any malice from that person, and it seems like that person just wanted to observe you."

Ling Yun was relieved by Ling Xi's explanation, he knew for sure that she would not remain silent if that person had malicious intentions toward them, but he also became curious about that person's intentions.

'Should we meet that person?'

"No need; she has already left."

'She? That person is a woman?' Ling Yun asked in surprise.

Ling Xi chuckled. "Yes, but she is no ordinary woman, and I guessed she is an Extreme Yin woman."

Since Ling Yun was confused about the Extreme Yin woman, he asked her. 'What do you mean by that?'

"As you already know, the human body has a certain limit in accommodating Yang and Yin Qi." Ling Yun nodded to her, "Extreme Yin women live and grow up full of risks, and most don't live long. That was because their bodies continued to produce large amounts of Yin Qi unless they had a physique like Ling Xiya's or they needed to continuously consume anything that contained high levels of Yang Qi. Otherwise, they will freeze to death if the Yin Qi level in their body exceeds the limit."

Ling Yun sighed heavily after hearing Ling Xi's explanation; he felt sorry for the Extreme Yin women. He thought their life was miserable, for they had to depend on anything containing Yang Qi to stay alive.

"Don't worry, you'll meet her soon." Ling Xi said mysteriously; she had already knew the woman's identity.

Ling Yun could only shake his head; he already knew Ling Xi's character well. And there's no point in asking her if she's already behaving like that.

Suddenly, Lian Bing and Ling stood up from their seats. "Yun'er, we have to go first to meet someone, but we won't be gone for long."

"Yes, we'll be right back." Lian Bing then grabbed Ling Ling's shoulder, and they disappeared from their sight.

Ling Xi smiled and grabbed Ling Yun's shoulder, and they also disappeared from before the women, confusing them.

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Outside the city

"Master?"

"Grandmaster?"

Lian Bing and Ling Ling called out simultaneously to Bing Xue, who was standing in front of them, and they were surprised by her presence, for she rarely left their sect, let alone go to the outside world.

Lian Bing then asked her. "What brought you here, Master?"

"Since you guys haven't been back to the sect for a long time, I came here to look for you, but I didn't expect you guys to be gathered in that house with some demon women." Ling Ling froze upon hearing that, she knew that Bing Xue really hated demons, and she then continued. "I can't forbid Ling'er because they are her family, but I don't want you to have a relationship with that man again, Bing'er."

Ling Ling's expression became ugly after hearing that; she felt that her efforts to make Lian Bing a member of Ling Yun's harem would be in vain because she would never disobey Bing Xue's orders.

[Hey, you don't need to think about that woman, Ling'er.] Ling Ling was surprised to hear Ling Yun's voice in her mind. [Anyway, who is she?]

An idea appeared in Ling Ling's mind. [Can you do something about her, Yun'er? Her name is Bing Xue, and she is Sister Bing's master.]

[Hmm? Why do you want me to do something to her?] Ling Yun asked her suspiciously.

Ling Ling inwardly sighed and answered him. [My Grandmaster hates demons, and you must have heard him forbid Sister Bing to see you again, right? I don't want that to happen, or she will die later because you were the only one who could help her pass the lightning tribulation.]

[It's okay, I'll do something about her.] Ling Xi then brought Ling Yun behind Bing Xue, and he used the dream creation technique on her without her noticing.

Ling Ling sighed in relief, and she said to Bing Xue. "You are too selfish, Grandmaster! Doesn't that mean you want Sister Bing to die? Yun'er can help her to get through her lightning tribulation, but you forbid her from seeing him again."

- To Be Continued -