Chapter Eighty-Nine: Young Master, Please Wait a Moment

The previous chapter’s telepathic hearing for the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox was slightly revised. In simple terms, the fox can no longer hear Jiang Lin’s thoughts about revival coins and the system. If you do not mind the trouble, you may wish to read it again.

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“Senior Sister, let us rest a while. It is not too late to enter Eastwood City tomorrow.”

A familiar voice drifted slowly into the temple from outside. That voice was...

Tan Xiao!

And the one Tan Xiao addressed with such deference as “Senior Sister” was...

Bad!

With a sharp crack, the door of the ruined temple was pushed open.

“Who is there!”

At once, Tan Xiao and the others drew their swords and looked toward a man standing with his back to them, dressed in tattered clothes.

Just from the man’s back, why did he seem so familiar?

Especially the graceful woman at the forefront. The instant she saw that figure, her heart tightened, her gaze went slightly blank, and she took a light, lotus-like step forward.

“Xiao Lin...”

“Doggy... you died such a miserable death...”

The two words that slipped involuntarily from her lips had not yet fallen to the ground when a wail burst forth...

The man’s voice was bleak, and within that bleakness lay despair, and within that despair, sorrow...

“Doggy...”

Another cry echoed out. Having heard the sound of the temple door opening, Jiang Lin had already donned the mask provided by the system.

Because time was short and there was no time to sculpt his face, Jiang Lin chose the system’s “handsome” option among “ugly,” “ordinary,” “in line with the public’s taste,” “handsome,” “very handsome,” and “ridiculously handsome”...

Even Jiang Lin did not know what he looked like now.

However, the moment Jiang Lin heard the door open and turned around, the eyes of the two female disciples outside instantly lit up. They could not help covering their little mouths and exclaiming:

“This man is truly handsome...”

Even Tan Xiao clutched his chest, his heart giving a sudden jolt! This was... the feeling of a heart attack!

In Jiang Lin’s arms was the husky, tongue lolling, utterly motionless. He had been fed a fake-death pill exchanged from the system shop, price one thousand. Ridiculously expensive!

He raised his sleeve and, with a ruthless hand, rubbed onion juice over his eyes. The next moment, Jiang Lin’s eyes turned red, tears burst forth, and his weeping was heart-rending...

“Doggy! Why did you leave me!”

Facing the crowd, Jiang Lin cried out while pounding the floor.

“We depended on each other for survival. I studied, you lit the lamp. I ate meat, you drank soup. I slept, you kept watch. We agreed that when I topped the imperial examinations, I would give you a life of wealth and honor and make you the most prosperous and happiest dog in the world. Why? Why must Heaven tear us apart... Doggy...”

Crying as he spoke, Jiang Lin reached behind him, picked up a sharp wooden plank, and pressed it to his own neck.

“Doggy! Since you are dead, then I shall follow you!”

“Sir, please don’t!”

“Sir, do restrain yourself!”

The two junior sisters beside the cool and aloof woman flashed forward and tightly seized Jiang Lin’s flailing arm.

Mmm... it felt a little like cotton candy...

“Two young ladies, please let me go, or the fresh blood I spray out may stain your garments.” Jiang Lin struggled wildly and with great force, and to prevent him from wrenching free, the two junior sisters only hugged his arm tighter and tighter.

“Sir, please think more calmly. Even if you die, your beloved dog still cannot come back to life.”

“Yes, Sir. You are so handsome. It would be such a pity if you died.”

“Hm???”

“No, I mean that scholars of the Confucian school devote themselves to governing the world. If you leave just like this, it would be a loss to all living beings of the realm...”

“No! My beloved dog is dead, and I do not wish to cling to life alone.” Jiang Lin let the tears flow, his voice faintly hoarse.

Then he stole another glance at the woman standing at the temple gate.

Perhaps because of the moonlight or for some other reason, Jiang Lin always felt that the Senior Sister before him was even more beautiful and otherworldly than before.

Standing there so quietly, it seemed as though she might leave the mortal world at any moment and ascend to the immortal realm.

If he was not mistaken, this should be the return of spiritual refinement after his Senior Sister had fully stabilized her Nascent Soul cultivation.

At the Jade Plain stage, one could remain forever young. And after the Nascent Soul realm was stabilized, the final remaining impurities within the body would be completely expelled. One could say the body had already become a pure “immortal” vessel.

Of course, this “immortal” vessel did not mean one had truly become an immortal. Since the fall of the gods, no one had ever truly ascended, and even those at the Immortal stage were not real immortals.

In the end, one sentence: Senior Sister is truly beautiful!

But her eyes were studying him with unwavering attention, her lovely brows slightly furrowed, as if she were comparing and pondering something.

This made Jiang Lin feel a little guilty. “Could Senior Sister have noticed? That can’t be. Although my build has not changed, I am the kind that is neither thin nor fat, just the very ordinary kind. How could she possibly have noticed?”

While Jiang Lin was crying over the dog in his arms and sweating coldly inside, Lin Qingwan slowly walked over, smoothed her skirt, and crouched before him. In that single instant of eye contact, those beautiful eyes made Jiang Lin turn his face away.

Shy like an innocent young boy...

Bad! It is the feeling of falling in love!

“Your dog is not an ordinary house pet. It is a demonic beast.”

The woman spoke softly. A faint orchid fragrance drifted from her rosy, delicate lips...

The breath was pleasant enough... but somehow it still felt steeped into the flavor...

However... a demonic beast?

Jiang Lin looked in disbelief at the dog in his arms, his expression slightly stunned.

What the heck? This husky really is a demonic beast? Even if demonic beast cubs are born adorable in order to deceive their enemies, is there really a demonic beast that looks this foolish? Doggo, don’t tell me you traveled here from somewhere else?

“Sir, what is the matter?”

As Jiang Lin looked at him, Lin Qingwan’s beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, her suspicion seeming even greater.

“Nonsense!”

As an actor, even if he died, he had to keep performing.

“Miss, do not think that because you are beautiful you may speak recklessly! How could my dog be a demonic beast? It is family that has stayed with me day and night! How can you slander a dog’s innocence!”

Lin Qingwan watched Jiang Lin’s expression at every moment, refusing to miss the slightest movement. In the end, she shook her head and did not continue to argue with Jiang Lin over whether it was a demonic beast.

“It is not dead.”

“How is that possible... my dog clearly...”

Before Jiang Lin could finish, Lin Qingwan extended her slender hand and covered the husky’s body. In less than three breaths, the husky in Jiang Lin’s arms slowly opened its eyes...

“What the hell! System, you sold me fake medicine! I want a refund!”

Jiang Lin could not help complaining inwardly.

“To host: this ‘fake-death pill’ was specially developed for humans. When used by other races, its effects cannot be fully brought out. The manual is proof. Your malicious refund request is rejected.”

“...”

“Woof-wu... woof...”

The husky stood up from Jiang Lin’s arms and shook its head.

The moment it opened its eyes and saw several people staring at it, the dog gave them a fierce bark while shrinking back into Jiang Lin’s embrace.

“Doggy, you’re awake! That is wonderful!” Jiang Lin hugged the husky tightly. “I thank the lady for saving my dog. I have nothing with which to repay you; please accept this one tael of silver. Since I still have a journey to make, I shall take my leave here.”

Pressing the husky’s head down, Jiang Lin rose and slung his bamboo case onto his back, ready to go.

Yet before he had taken even two steps, a clear female voice slowly came from behind him:

“Sir, please wait.”