Luo Bingbing walked with Xuan Ye to make it easier for her to use her Ability to teleport to the foot of Ling Mountain, avoiding the tiring journey. After all, she had no desire to experience the days of riding in a carriage again.
This is why she allowed Snow Spirit Elder and An Ruo Ran to travel separately; only by avoiding them could she use her Ability without hesitation.
A few minutes after parting ways with Snow Spirit Elder and An Ruo Ran, Luo Bingbing used her Ability to bring Xuan Ye and her two pets to the foot of Ling Mountain.
Meanwhile, Snow Spirit Elder and An Ruo Ran walked for an entire day and night before finally reaching the foot of Ling Mountain, moving at their fastest speed.
When they arrived, panting heavily, they saw Luo Bingbing and Xuan Ye calmly meditating there. An Ruo Ran felt no particular emotion upon seeing this.
However, Snow Spirit Elder was aware that Luo Bingbing possessed another ability that allowed her to teleport instantly. Therefore, seeing them so composed made him extremely angry.
He walked directly over to them and said to the Little One and Xuan Ye, "You two are really lacking in loyalty! You deliberately made us rush for a whole day and night. Isn't your heart a bit too cruel?"
Upon hearing his words, Luo Bingbing replied lightly, "What? I kindly let you exercise your body, and you turn around and blame me?"
After a brief pause, she continued, "Besides, we all came here with our own abilities! If you can't keep up, do you still have a reason to complain?"
"Uh... uh..." Snow Spirit Elder was left speechless by the Little One's response; he truly didn't know how to answer her question.
Xuan Ye looked at the sky and said to them, "Alright, let's all say less! We're already at the doorstep; don't you want to hurry up?"
After hearing Xuan Ye's words, both of them turned their heads away and said in unison, "Let's go! Up the mountain."
Once they finished speaking, both were taken aback, staring at each other in surprise without saying another word.
Meanwhile, Xuan Ye and An Ruo Ran exchanged amused glances at the expressions of the old man and the young girl.
After staring for a while, Luo Bingbing said to Snow Spirit Elder, "Old Man, be careful!"
The Snow Spirit Elder heard the Little One's words and quickly turned away from staring at the Little One, saying to Xuan Ye beside him, "Junior Brother, we should hurry up the mountain!"
After hearing the Snow Spirit Elder's words, Xuan Ye nodded slightly and replied, "Yes, it's time to go up." With that, he turned to Luo Bingbing and said, "Let's go! We need to head up quickly!"
"Okay." Luo Bingbing lightly nodded and then turned to An Ruo Ran beside her, saying, "Let's go! We'll head up first."
As soon as she finished speaking, she quietly activated her Inner Strength and used her Ability to float towards the summit of the spiritual mountain.
Seeing that the Little One had already left, An Ruo Ran and Xuan Ye quickly followed suit.
Although An Ruo Ran did not possess Lightness Skill or Ability, she had previously spent time with wild beasts, so her actual Speed was quite fast.
The four of them continued to rush up the mountain path without anyone complaining of fatigue or stopping to rest.
An hour later, they arrived at the entrance of the spiritual mountain. As soon as the gatekeeper boy saw their sect leader returning, he hurried inside to report.
After a while, Jin Mingzi rushed out from within. When he saw that the Snow Spirit Elder had returned with the Guardian of the Forbidden Land, he felt very happy.
However, when he noticed that they were accompanied by only a five or six-year-old Little Doll and a Demon’s Child with legendary Green Eyes, but no sign of Qing Yuanzi, he couldn't help but feel puzzled.
So he quickly asked, "Master Uncle, why don't I see Qing Yuanzi? Didn't he come back with you?"
Upon hearing his question, the Snow Spirit Elder replied calmly, "He will return shortly."
After saying this, the Snow Spirit Elder turned to the Little One and said, "Child, look here; this is the spiritual mountain. How do you like it? The scenery isn't bad, right?"
Luo Bingbing casually glanced around and seeing everything was covered in white mist replied, "It's okay!"
"We should hurry inside!" Xuan Ye interjected.
"Well, let's go!" As soon as the words were spoken, Luo Bingbing walked towards the gate of Spirit Mountain.
At this moment, Jin Mingzi's gaze was entirely focused on the Little One. He truly could not understand why Master Uncle and Master Xuanye placed such importance on this Little Doll before him.
He slowly followed behind the Snow Spirit Elder and the others, when suddenly he recalled what Master Xuanye had said earlier about guarding the forbidden area, specifically regarding the Otherworldly Divine Star.
Thus, he speculated whether this Little Doll was the Divine Star that came from the Otherworld.
Thinking that the Little One might be the Otherworldly Divine Star, he immediately became puzzled about the Demon's Child. He simply could not comprehend why this Demon's Child would return to Spirit Mountain with Keeper and Master Uncle.
However, despite his doubts, he would not take the initiative to ask. He knew that whatever he needed to know, Master Uncle would surely inform him.
After a few of them entered the gate of Spirit Mountain, they directly arrived at the main hall. Once seated, the Snow Spirit Elder instructed Jin Mingzi to gather all the disciples of Spirit Mountain outside the hall.
Upon hearing his Master Uncle's command, Jin Mingzi hurried to the lookout tower of Spirit Mountain and rang the bell for assembly.
As soon as the bell rang, the Disciples of Ling Mountain quickly gathered outside the main hall. Once they arrived outside, they lined up in an orderly fashion.
When Jin Mingzi reported to Snow Spirit Elder that all Disciples of Ling Mountain had assembled, Snow Spirit Elder invited Luo Bingbing and a few others to join him on the platform outside the hall.
Standing on that platform, Snow Spirit Elder announced to the Disciples of Ling Mountain that Luo Bingbing was his and Xuan Ye's disciple. He also advised those Spirit Mountain Disciples not to hold any grudges against An Ruo Ran, stating that demons were merely legends and could not possibly exist.
After hearing Snow Spirit Elder's words, everyone became less sensitive about An Ruo Ran's identity; their hostile attitudes slightly diminished, though they still remained.
Subsequently, Snow Spirit Elder dismissed those Spirit Mountain Disciples, who then went to eat in the main hall of Spirit Mountain.
After finishing their meal, Snow Spirit Elder explained various matters regarding Spirit Mountain to Luo Bingbing, including who was present and what they were doing.
Xuan Ye also recounted the situation within the Spirit Mountain Forbidden Area to the Little One. After listening to both of them, the Little One turned her head and deeply observed An Ruo Ran beside her.
She calmly said, "I will first go to the Forbidden Land with Master to learn martial arts and Mystical Arts. Once I have learned them, I will come out and study other things with the old man."
At this point, she paused slightly and then said to An Ruo Ran, "During my time in the Forbidden Land, you should follow the old man to learn martial arts and literacy skills for survival."
After hearing her words, An Ruo Ran lightly nodded in response.
Both Snow Spirit Elder and Xuan Ye had no objections to Luo Bingbing's words and agreed with her. Therefore, they decided that after having their meal, Luo Bingbing would immediately go with Xuan Ye to practice in the Forbidden Land of Ling Mountain.
At that moment, a girl's voice suddenly came from the entrance of the hall.
The voice called out, "Master Zhangmen, Master Zhangmen, Yan'er has come to see you! Yan'er misses you so much!"
As soon as Snow Spirit Elder heard the girl's voice, she immediately wilted like a frostbitten eggplant, lacking any energy, and directly dove under the table.
Seeing Snow Spirit's reaction, everyone was puzzled and looked at her expectantly for an explanation.
However, just as Snow Spirit Elder had crawled under the table, the girl rushed in quickly and pulled her out.
While pulling Snow Spirit Elder out, she said, "Master Zhangmen, as soon as I heard Master say you were back, I hurried over to see you."
Knowing there was no escaping now, Snow Spirit Elder slowly turned around and put on a very affectionate expression as she said to the girl, "Oh, so it's Yan'er! What brings you here to see your uncle? Why hasn't your master returned to Ling Mountain?"
After listening to Snow Spirit Elder's words, the girl glanced at Luo Bingbing and the others before replying, "Master Zhangmen, Master will be here shortly. As soon as I heard that you returned with our Guardian of the Forbidden Land and found that Otherworldly Divine Star, completing the task passed down by Master Uncle, I rushed back to see you."
Once she finished speaking, she turned her head to look at Luo Bingbing and the others again and continued to say to Snow Spirit Elder, "Master Zhangmen, please introduce me to Yan'er!"
Before she could finish her sentence, an elder's voice came from the entrance of the hall.
"Yan'er, do not be rude; step back."
Everyone turned to the sound and saw an elderly man in a blue robe with a kind expression standing outside the hall.
Upon hearing his words, the young girl quickly stepped aside and stood properly, weakly calling out to the old man, "Master!"
It turned out that this elderly man was the girl's master, known as the Smiling Buddha, Du Zhongtian, who was also a junior brother to the Snow Spirit Elder and Xuan Ye.
He quickly walked up to the Snow Spirit Elder and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother. How have you been lately?"
The Snow Spirit Elder nodded lightly in response and pointed to Xuan Ye beside him, saying, "I am well! Come, Junior Brother, this is our Guardian of the Forbidden Land, Xuan Ye, who is also your senior brother."
After hearing the introduction from the Snow Spirit Elder, Du Zhongtian hurriedly approached Xuan Ye and bowed, saying, "Zhongtian greets Senior Brother Xuan Ye."
As he bowed to his master, the girl beside him immediately followed suit and bowed to Xuan Ye as well.
However, since Xuan Ye had never met them before and was not familiar with them at all, he showed no particular expression and merely nodded lightly in acknowledgment.
Then the Snow Spirit Elder pointed to Luo Bingbing and An Ruo Ran and said to Du Zhongtian, "Junior Brother, these two are the Otherworldly Divine Star we found and her subordinate."
Both master and disciple focused their attention on Luo Bingbing and An Ruo Ran.
The girl was filled with curiosity about Luo Bingbing while Du Zhongtian was puzzled by both Luo Bingbing and An Ruo Ran.
He simply could not understand why this Otherworldly Divine Star appeared as a little doll. Not only was she a little doll of only five or six years old, but she was also the master of Demon's Child.
His disciple had never heard of a demon master before, so she felt no fear towards An Ruo Ran's green eyes. On the contrary, she found both Luo Bingbing, who looked like a porcelain doll, and An Ruo Ran with her special green eyes quite likable.
She quickly walked up to Luo Bingbing and said, "Hello there! I'm Su Yan. What's your name?"
Luo Bingbing initially did not want to respond but noticed that Su Yan did not look at An Ruo Ran with that annoying gaze like everyone else. So she replied lightly, "Luo Bingbing."
After hearing the response from the Little One, Su Yan praised Luo Bingbing's name. After complimenting it, she then asked about An Ruo Ran's name.
"Bing Bing, what is the name of your friend with the beautiful eyes?" Su Yan asked familiarly.
Both An Ruo Ran and Luo Bingbing were surprised by her question and turned their heads to look at her with bright eyes.
They initially wanted to discern any insincerity in her gaze, but to their disappointment, Su Yan's eyes were clear and transparent, revealing no impurities.
A person's eyes do not lie, so at that moment, both of them began to form a good impression of Su Yan and no longer kept her at arm's length.
An Ruo Ran stared intently at Su Yan and said in her hoarse voice, "My name is An Ruo Ran."
By voluntarily sharing her name with Su Yan, it indicated that she had already accepted Su Yan as a person.
The Snow Spirit Elder was quite surprised to see how quickly Luo Bingbing and An Ruo Ran accepted Su Yan after just a few words. He remembered how much effort and time he had spent to gain their approval.
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