Chapter Three: The Royal Princess and Her Unique Destiny!

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Ji Qingyou
Personality: Aloof and cold, but clear about favors and grudges; always believes in repaying kindness with kindness and enmity with enmity.
Possesses a special destiny, which will be revealed ten days after becoming an apprentice, at which time the host will receive a rare reward!

Special destiny?
If one were a native of this Xuanhuang world, they might not understand what a special destiny means. But as a transmigrator, Lin Jun was quite familiar with the concept—after all, in his previous life, he was a pure-hearted male college student who loved reading.

"What kind of special destiny could she have? An old man inside a ring? Dug up the supreme bone? Kicked out by a stronger sect before?"
Lin Jun thought with interest, awaiting the revelation in ten days and looking forward to the so-called rare reward.

"She suddenly comes to apprentice under me; there must be something valuable hidden on Wanfa Peak…"
Lin Jun was rather satisfied with Ji Qingyou’s personality.

"A royal princess with a special destiny, being a bit aloof is normal. At least she knows to repay kindness. In that case…"
Lin Jun glanced at Ji Qingyou, who was prostrated on the ground, and said calmly, "Rise. Come back to Wanfa Peak with me later."

Though he didn’t state it outright, his words implied he had agreed to take Ji Qingyou as his disciple.

"Th-thank you, Master!"
Ji Qingyou seemed very pleased. She stood up gracefully, drifting directly behind Lin Jun.

Judging by her demeanor, she truly began serving Lin Jun with the respect due to a master.

The members of the Dao Sect were dumbfounded.

One dares to apprentice under him, and another actually dares to accept her!

Lin Qingxuan, witnessing this scene, suddenly felt a strange unease.

Originally, Lin Jun couldn’t find an apprentice and had taken in a dog as one, which had already become a laughingstock throughout the cultivation world.

But now, this heavenly-beautiful royal princess, for some reason, had come to apprentice under Lin Jun, which Lin Qingxuan found unacceptable.

Since the moment Lin Jun was expelled from their sect, Lin Qingxuan could no longer tolerate any good in him; otherwise, his heart would be unsettled.

"Hmph, you don’t even have the cultivation base yet dare to take such a favored daughter of heaven as your apprentice. Aren’t you afraid of misleading her?"
Lin Qingxuan suddenly spoke, seemingly making a sarcastic remark, but in truth, he was subtly urging Ji Qingyou to leave Lin Jun.

The Heavenly Sword Elder glanced at his disciple but said nothing, only faintly nodding.

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Lin Jun smiled at these words and said, "In the past, I did mislead disciples, so much so that I raised an ungrateful beast not even as good as a dog. But that won’t happen again."

"You!"
Lin Qingxuan’s face instantly flushed. Finding himself unable to retort, he switched tactics, "I’m almost at the Nascent Soul stage, while you’re still a mortal. Do you expect me to follow you forever?"

Lin Jun smiled but said nothing.

Unexpectedly, Ji Qingyou spoke in a cool, calm tone, "Lin Qingxuan, isn’t it? You switched sects and immediately slander the master who raised you. Is that what a person should do? If someone treats you sincerely, even if you are an immortal and they a mortal, what harm is there?"

The news that Lin Qingxuan awakened the Flawless Sword Body and immediately paid homage to the Dao Sect’s sect master had spread throughout the cultivation world of Yan Kingdom early this morning, and Ji Qingyou was already well-known.

Lin Qingxuan was once again stunned, realizing he couldn’t refute her words.

The Heavenly Sword Elder’s expression darkened, even a faint murderous intent flickering in his eyes.

Though he dared not act against the Yan Kingdom’s royal princess, killing Lin Jun was no problem.

Otherwise, if this went on, their reputations as master and disciple would be forever ruined.

"Perfect timing, in one month…"
Lin Jun looked at the radiant and pure Ji Qingyou with a slight smile.

This girl had spoken what he wanted to say, and their worldviews aligned somewhat.

Lin Jun didn’t bother arguing further with Lin Qingxuan and the others. Holding his little black dog, he took Ji Qingyou through the teleportation formation back to Wanfa Peak.

Pointing to a few somewhat dilapidated pavilions and towers on the peak, Lin Jun said, "Pick one as your abode. If you encounter any problems in cultivation, well… you can ask me."

"Your disciple obeys."
Ji Qingyou bowed respectfully. As a royal princess, she showed no disdain for these old and worn houses and actually chose a residence named ‘Pure Heart Hall’, then floated inside.

Lin Jun was taken aback. He had planned to teach Ji Qingyou some cultivation techniques but didn’t expect her to leave so abruptly.

"Well, with a disciple of special destiny, she probably won’t be interested in the techniques I have. Besides, my methods aren’t much to show. I’ll wait to receive better techniques with a hundredfold return and then teach her…"
Lin Jun wasn’t too concerned. Though Ji Qingyou might be a favored daughter of fate, he had a system!

In front of the system, what was a favored daughter of fate?

"A disciple this aloof needs to be taught step by step, tailored to her abilities, without too much interference… hmm…"
Thinking this, Lin Jun hugged the little black dog and entered his sect master’s main hall.

Taking in a dog as a disciple, he had to figure out how to awaken its intelligence first, teach it literacy, and only then could it cultivate.

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Inside the Pure Heart Hall, in the bedroom.

Ji Qingyou waved her slender, graceful hand, and mysterious light flickered in her palm, spreading throughout the room.

Though her cultivation base was only at the peak Foundation Establishment stage, she had effortlessly set up a profoundly intricate isolation formation with a mere gesture.

Then, Ji Qingyou sat cross-legged on the floor, exhaling a gentle breath.

"Finally, I have become an apprentice of Wanfa Peak. Although the sect master Lin Jun cannot cultivate, it suits me perfectly—a mortal who won’t interfere with my plans…"
Ji Qingyou murmured, her eyes suddenly cold.

"Reborn in this world, I must seize all the opportunities here! To lay a perfect foundation for attaining the Dao and becoming an Emperor! Wanfa Peak of the Dao Sect will be my starting point…"

In her previous life, Ji Qingyou was a quasi-Emperor of a realm! While striving to become a true Emperor, she was betrayed by enemies and perished in the Emperor Tribulation, then reincarnated.

In this life, she vowed to forge a perfect Dao foundation and achieve true Emperorship step by step!

To reign supreme for eternity! To utterly annihilate those former enemies!

Through her imperial merit, she had foreseen a peerless great opportunity hidden beneath Wanfa Peak, not yet revealed to the world.

However, her current strength was too weak to seize it by force, so she could only become a disciple and enter Wanfa Peak first.

This was the reason for her arrival!

As the reincarnated Empress, she naturally looked down on the cultivation secrets of such a small sect in a minor place. To avoid awkward refusals, she had hastily chosen a dwelling and intended to seclude herself first.

"If Lin Jun truly wants to gift me something, well… I’ll pretend to accept it to avoid hurting his feelings. After all, we are master and disciple; I shall repay him with fate someday…"
With this thought, Ji Qingyou began to cultivate, practicing the perfect quasi-Emperor-level technique she obtained during her cosmic travels—the "Cloud and Water True Scripture."

In the vast universe, during an era without true Emperors for hundreds of billions of years, a perfect quasi-Emperor-level technique was supreme beyond measure.

…
After entering the sect master’s main hall, Lin Jun looked down at the little black dog in his arms, which was wagging its tail vigorously, trying to please him, and found himself troubled.

"How should I awaken its intelligence…? It doesn’t have any special demon bloodline in its body either…"
After pondering for a while, a sudden flash of inspiration sparked in Lin Jun’s mind.

"I’ve got it!"