Chapter 108: The Little Turtle on Ye Chen's Face

After Yun Zhan finished speaking, he turned around and looked at Yun Yun, asking her: "This matter, do you have any other opinions?"

Upon hearing Yun Zhan's words, Yun Yun nodded blankly, and just like that she inexplicably gained a Dao Protector, and moreover a brat, leaving her momentarily unable to react.

"Since you also have no objections, I'll go back and report to Grandfather Gu Lan."

After Yun Zhan finished speaking, he turned around again, looked at Ye Chen, and said: "My sister still needs to stay in this world for a while; during this time, protect my sister well—I will provide cultivation resources to you via the Universal Speech Mirror."

After saying that, he glanced at Huang Li and the others on the ground, waved his hand to bring them beside him, then rose and flew into the sky, paying no heed to the still dazed Yun Yun or Ye Chen's attitude.

Only after Yun Zhan flew into the sky and his figure completely vanished at the horizon did the dazed Yun Yun finally react.

She looked at Ye Chen, who at that moment was gazing in the direction Yun Zhan had flown, his expression complex; Yun Yun didn't know what Ye Chen was thinking, but out of respect for the "Dao Protector," she addressed Ye Chen with a soulful tone: "Xiao Chenchen, Dao Protector?"

"Hmm… if you insist on putting it that way, it's actually fine—I am now your Dao Protector."

After Ye Chen said that, Yun Yun still felt as if she were dreaming.

"Let me sort this out."

"Take your time to sort it out."

Ye Chen shrugged and said.

While Yun Yun was sorting through these brief events, Ye Chen had already begun a new round of cultivation.

Ye Chen devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation, completely unaware of Yun Yun's soft muttering beside him.

"That dead old man threw me down, then I met Xiao Chenchen, afterwards I took Xiao Chenchen to look for medicine, then I encountered Huang Li; at that time I thought Xiao Chenchen was weak, just an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator, so I tossed him aside."

"After that, I fought with Huang Li, but I hadn't fought before and almost was defiled by Huang Li; it was Xiao Chenchen who came back at the crucial moment to save me, and afterwards we—ah, nonsense—we kidnapped Huang Li and his gang."

"After that, things were simple: the deal was done, I screwed over Xiao Chenchen, then my older brother came down because I wanted him to lecture Xiao Chenchen; afterward I accidentally let Xiao Chenchen take advantage of me, and then my brother, after learning the full story, wanted me and Xiao Chenchen to get engaged, but we both refused."

When Yun Yun thought of this, her cheeks flushed slightly; she never imagined that one day she might almost be inexplicably engaged.

"After that, Xiao Chenchen inexplicably became my Dao Protector."

After Yun Yun finished recounting the entire sequence of events, she suddenly sighed, "Life truly is ever-changing."

After Yun Yun said that, she lifted her head to look at Ye Chen, "Xiao Chenchen, we……"

However, before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly stopped upon seeing Ye Chen cultivating, and swallowed the words she wanted to say.

"How boring, just a little guy who only knows cultivation."

Yun Yun looked at Ye Chen and said.

But then, Yun Yun looked at Ye Chen and gave a hehehe evil chuckle.

Ye Chen, fully immersed in cultivation, didn't notice what Yun Yun was doing to him—of course, Muddy Eye excepted.

It clearly saw Yun Yun paint two little turtles on his face.

One on the left, one on the right.

Yun Yun satisfiedly examined her handiwork, revealing a satisfied smile.

But she seemed to feel something was still missing, pouting her little mouth.

Suddenly, she raised her eyebrows mischievously, as if knowing what was still lacking, and began to draw on Ye Chen's forehead.

However, this time it didn't go as smoothly as Yun Yun had imagined; as soon as she finished drawing, what she had drawn suddenly vanished, disappearing without a trace, not even leaving a mark.

Actually, what she drew wasn't a picture, but writing.

She wrote the two characters "tortoise" on Ye Chen's forehead.

But this is Muddy Eye's territory—how could it allow her to mess around?

So at the moment Yun Yun finished writing, it reached out and erased the characters she had written.

But doing so only stirred Yun Yun's stubbornness; she disbelievingly tried again, yet the result was still as expected—it disappeared.

Seeing this, Yun Yun's face filled with confusion.

"Huh? What's going on? Why can't I write it?"

Yun Yun naturally didn't know that Muddy Eye was on Ye Chen's forehead; even if she knew, she would still want to draw, for no other reason than she thought it looked good.

Muddy Eye watched Yun Yun write stroke by stroke, its eyes full of helplessness.

"How can this little girl be so stubborn?"

Muddy Eye didn't understand, and of course Yun Yun was equally perplexed.

"I just don't believe it—I can't write it!"

Yun Yun started writing again, but after several attempts, once she finished writing the characters they vanished, with no sign beforehand, disappearing just like that inexplicably.

Finally, after trying several dozen times, Yun Yun gave up.

And Muddy Eye finally let out a sigh of relief.

But then, a sudden unexpected turn occurred—Yun Yun somehow had a rubbing in her hand, and taking Muddy Eye by surprise, she pressed it directly onto Ye Chen's forehead; this time, the characters "tortoise" did not vanish immediately, but faded after a moment.

Yun Yun watched the characters "tortoise" fade slowly, and for some reason her heart filled with an indescribable sense of victory, as if… she had defeated Ye Chen.

Muddy Eye: "……"

It never expected Yun Yun to pull off such a stunt.

"Is this what it's like to have emotions? Sometimes one's actions are completely unfathomable; clearly it's just a meaningless thing, yet she's so happy—she… what is she happy about?"

In the depths of Muddy Eye's eyes, a hint of complex emotion flickered—so complex that even it didn't know what it was.

Previously, it only knew about interests; that's why it initially chose to bind itself to Ye Chen, sharing life and death.

But now, it suddenly felt that doing so was a bit selfish, even though Ye Chen had never said anything…

"Is this my nature, or… human nature?"

Muddy Eye momentarily didn't know what change had occurred in itself; perhaps it knew, but simply didn't want to face it.

Meanwhile, Yun Yun was looking at Ye Chen, who was cultivating, with her hands propping up her head, curiously observing him.

"A loose cultivator with no background, no power, and hardly any cultivation resources—yet you can still reach the Extreme Boundary; I can't help but marvel at your extraordinary talent, rarely seen in the mundane world."

Yun Yun said this, then sat up and joined in cultivation, but she couldn't immerse herself wholly like Ye Chen did; after cultivating a while, she would get up and wander around.

To her, cultivation was really too boring and dull.

She didn't know that Ye Chen's cultivation would last half a month, and during that half month she never left his side, even helping him drive away the spirit beasts that disturbed his practice.

Yun Yun looked at Ye Chen helplessly, pouting her little lips as she said: "How come I feel like I'm the one guarding your Dao?"