Chapter 696: Guilt in the Heart

Chapter 696 -695: Guilt in the Heart

Lin Yun didn’t try to defend himself. He knew that his claim of unifying the Celestial Spirit Continent within twenty years was something no one would believe. It was only natural for the Flowing Water Saint to mock him like that.

However, the Flowing Water Saint’s next words left Lin Yun baffled. ‘This woman is so fickle,’ he thought. The Flowing Water Saint looked at Lin Yun with a strange, inscrutable smile on her face.

“My dear little Young Master Lin, if you can truly unify the Celestial Spirit Continent, this big sister wouldn’t mind following you. But if you want to unify the continent, you first have to settle matters in the Eastern Domain,” the Flowing Water Saint said with a smile.

As soon as she finished, the Qingfeng Saint beside her also changed his tone and said, “Young Master Lin, Flowing Water is right. If you want people to believe you can unify the Celestial Spirit Continent, you first have to resolve the situation in the Eastern Domain.”

After speaking, the Qingfeng Saint and the Flowing Water Saint exchanged a look. Both had changed their form of address for Lin Yun to “Young Master,” a change that signified their willingness to charge into battle for him.

Although Lin Yun’s claim of unifying the Celestial Spirit Continent in twenty years sounded ridiculous, the Flowing Water Saint and the Qingfeng Saint were willing to believe in him.

Hearing their words, Lin Yun gave a slight smile and said no more. He stood up and walked toward his room. Since the two of them had made their choice, he would show them through his actions that his decision was not just a fool’s dream.

Lin Yun returned to his room, and the Qingfeng Saint and Flowing Water Saint both departed as well.

The night passed in silence. After cultivating all night, Lin Yun was in the courtyard practicing his Martial Skills early the next morning. Before long, Lu Bingning and the other two women walked in, carrying a breakfast that Zhang Jingxiang had specially prepared for him.

It seemed Zhang Jingxiang only cooked personally when Lin Yun was home. According to her, Lin Yun wasn’t used to the food prepared by the servants.

In truth, with their level of cultivation—not just Lin Yun’s, but even Zhang Jingxiang’s—going a few days without food was not a problem at all.

The four of them sat down together on the stone bench in the courtyard. As Lin Yun ate the breakfast his mother had made for him, he looked at the three women. He had actually noticed when he returned yesterday that Lu Bingning and Lan Xi had already broken through, and even Mo Qingliu had reached the Eighth Layer of the Primordial Ocean Realm.

The three women’s cultivation speed was already quite fast. In just half a year, Lu Bingning and Lan Xi had broken through to the Celestial Spirit Realm. Even more outrageous was the little girl, Mo Qingliu, who was already at the Eighth Layer of the Primordial Ocean Realm.

Originally, Lin Yun had been wondering whether he should teach the Cyan Dragon Technique to the three women. However, after seeing their astonishing progress, he changed his mind.

First, the Cyan Dragon Technique was too fierce and powerful, making it more suitable for men. Not only would it be very difficult for a woman to cultivate, but Lin Yun also didn’t want his women to become incredibly aggressive.

Having dismissed the idea of giving the Cyan Dragon Technique to the three women, Lin Yun was unaware that the Double Flower Secret Scripture cultivated by Lu Bingning and Lan Xi was, in fact, also a Divine Level Technique. It was something the Double Flower Saint had obtained from an ancient ruin in the Central Domain.

Therefore, the Double Flower Secret Scripture the two of them cultivated was in no way inferior to the Cyan Dragon Technique.

Accompanied by the three women, Lin Yun finished the breakfast Zhang Jingxiang had prepared. Since they hadn’t seen him in half a year, after breakfast, the little girl Mo Qingliu pestered him endlessly to take her out.

He glanced at Lu Bingning and Lan Xi and saw a hint of anticipation in their eyes as well. After a moment’s thought, Lin Yun agreed and began to wander the streets of the Yanhuang Capital with the three women.

As his cultivation grew higher and higher, Lin Yun’s perspective had broadened. To him, the Yanhuang Capital now seemed quite ordinary, like a small town.

As the four of them strolled through the streets, Lu Bingning and the other two women were visibly happy, treasuring the rare occasion of having Lin Yun with them. Mo Qingliu and Lan Xi’s delight was a given, but even Lu Bingning became more lively and cheerful.

They arrived at a shop that specialized in cosmetics. Lin Yun looked up at the shop’s name: Yanpiao Pavilion.

This was the premier cosmetics shop in all of Yanhuang Country. Besides the Yanhuang Capital, the other four County Cities also had Yanpiao Pavilion branches.

Seeing a shop dedicated to cosmetics, the three women naturally wanted to go in and browse. Following behind them, Lin Yun watched their happy expressions, and a faint sense of guilt welled up inside him.

All this time, Lin Yun had been either immersed in cultivation or engaged in all sorts of battles. The time he truly spent with the three women was scarce. In spite of this, they were very understanding and had never been angry with him for it.

But the more understanding they were, the more guilty Lin Yun felt. ‘Honestly,’ he thought, ‘there are times I really haven’t done well enough, at least when it comes to showing them I care.’

But there was nothing to be done. After all, the path Lin Yun walked was destined to leave him little time to spend with the people by his side. That’s just how the world worked; to gain something, you must be willing to sacrifice something else.

All Lin Yun could do was try his best to give the three women anything they wanted and make as much time as possible to be with them.

Without the slightest bit of embarrassment, Lin Yun walked confidently into Yanpiao Pavilion. The moment he stepped through the door, he saw that the entire pavilion was filled with women. There wasn’t a single other man in sight.

As the only man there, Lin Yun walked nonchalantly over to the three women. From the moment they had entered, the other women in the shop had been captivated by their beauty.

These women were almost all Martial Artists, but they had never seen women as beautiful as Lu Bingning and her companions.

“Lin Yun, look, look! Is this color pretty?” Mo Qingliu asked happily, tugging on his arm.

When it came to things like cosmetics, Lin Yun was truly clueless. Patting Mo Qingliu’s head, he said with a smile, “Our dear Qingliu looks beautiful in anything.”

“Ooh, listen to you. Learned to be so smooth-tongued already? What about me?” Lan Xi chimed in with a coquettish laugh.

That was just Lan Xi’s personality. Lin Yun chuckled and gently pinched her pretty cheek.

The three women rarely visited places like this, so they couldn’t get enough of the dazzling array of cosmetics. A maid from Yanpiao Pavilion was enthusiastically explaining the products to them.

Lan Xi and Mo Qingliu were busy picking out cosmetics. Lu Bingning, in contrast, was a bit more reserved. She watched them quietly, a gentle smile on her face.

“What is it?” Lin Yun asked softly, coming up behind her.

“Nothing. It’s just… I haven’t been this happy in a long time,” Lu Bingning said with a faint smile, leaning back against Lin Yun’s chest.

“I’m sorry…” Hearing her words, Lin Yun knew it was because he spent too little time with them. That was why just one shopping trip together could make them so happy.