The Way of The Dao

"Yan'er! Yu'er!"

Ling Tian raised his voice more again, this time, exerting unprecedented authority and anger. His gaze was annoyed and angry at the sight of them, but both women could notice a trace of disappointment and sadness in him. Although he had lived much longer with his female disciples than with his wives, Yun Mengxin and the others were now his wives and deserved respect too! Mutual respect!

Both Gu Yan and Zhao Yu instantly tensed with their bodies stiffening, their minds quickly clearing.

"Yu'er knows it's wrong, Master!" Zhao Yu bowed nervously and desperately to Ling Tian.

"Yan'er hopes that she can be forgiven, Master!" Gu Yan also bowed and couldn't help but tremble as she apologized towards Ling Tian.

Ling Tian had never been so angry like this towards them, especially the two of them. Although as Master Ling Tian was always strict and serious, even scolding them when necessary and they deserved it, he never went to the point of showing such anger and disappointment in his eyes.

Ning Xiaoyi and everyone in the place stood silent and shocked, looking perfectly at what happened in front of them. These women who pierced through the heavens and had terrifying strength were really behaving like little girls who knew they had done something wrong!

Ling Tian narrowed his eyes at Zhao Yu and Gu Yan before letting out a somewhat long sigh. Ling Tian patted Lan Yin and Qing Sha's little heads, distracting them and making them not care about these matters when the form of his Nascent Soul transformed into a mini Ling Tian with his long white hair appeared in front of Lan Yin and Qing Sha, startling them and looking for a way to make the two girls focus their attention on something else.

But this caused Xi Fei to be surprised first when she saw this small action of Ling Tian, followed by Ning Xiaoyi when they saw the figure of a small Ling Tian between Lan Yin and Qing Sha's hands!

"I know you girls are worried about me because of that incident with that woman in the past, but it's completely different now." Ling Tian's gaze softened as he looked at Zhao Yu and Gu Yan, before shifting his gaze to Yun Mengxin and the others and saying, "Each of them is wonderful, special and unique. They accepted me and continued to love me even when they didn't know who I really was and even more so when they found out about my horrible actions in the past. Even though I am selfish and hypocritical to have wonderful women like them as my wives and not be able to give them all my love as they truly deserve, my love for them will not diminish at all and will continue to grow more and more until eternity." His gaze became soft, full of love and affection as he saw each of the faces smiling lovingly at him as well.

Zhao Yu and Gu Yan trembled as they saw Ling Tian's soft and loving gaze, especially as they felt the love and sincerity in his words, their hearts could not help but clench and hurt, with a tinge of regret and anxiety. Ling Tian's expression and usual behavior had actually changed slightly, though subtly and mostly it would not be noticed but being with Ling Tian for countless years they could easily tell. But when it came about these women, their Master would change completely!

Lan Yin and Qing Sha had been surprised when they saw Ling Tian's small figure smiling at them, completely attracting their attention. At once, two figures much smaller than the mini Ling Tian appeared: a mini Lan Yin and a mini Qing Sha, both small figures wearing the same beautiful dresses they wore. Mini Ling Tian patted the heads of mini Lan Yin and mini Qing Sha, causing them to smile happily as well.

"I appreciate your good intentions seriously, and I am happy to have female disciples like you who care a lot about me, your Master, but there is nothing to worry about. I will not force you to accept this relationship, but only ask you to try to really get to know them, so that you can realize that they are not what you think and that they can become good Masters for you too, especially being close and united like the family we have always been all together."

Ling Tian's gaze finally fell on Zhao Yu and Gu Yan, looking at them with anticipation and much expectation. Although he now knew about their feelings for him, Ling Tian wanted Zhao Yu and Gu Yan to be able to accept their wives and give themselves a chance to meet them and see with their own eyes that his beloved wives were not bad people.

Zhao Yu narrowed her eyes after a while and Gu Yan pouted, saying with a slightly spiteful tone while grabbing her arm from the side, "But I don't want to be a junior under them..."

"I could care less about that..." Long Yuyin coldly snorted. Zhao Yu and Gu Yan's previous actions really didn't give them any face let alone respect, so how would they respect them as well?

Even though they knew that their forces had reached the Immortality realm while they had not yet, each of them had their own pride and dignity! They would not let themselves be belittled by others!

The tension between Zhao Yu and Gu Yan as they watched Yun Mengxin and the others gradually formed again, as if they were having a hard time accepting what Ling Tian had said.

Mini Ling Tian played with mini Lan Yin and mini Qing Sha, attracting their attention as much as he could and they did not care about the adult tension and problem.

"You really are a hypocrite and selfish."

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence, attracting stunned looks and so on.

Ling Tian blinked in surprise when he saw the annoyed and disappointed look of Nalan Ziqing, who was even looking at him with disgust and anger.

"Qing'er!" Ning Xiaoyi said in surprise as she looked at Nalan Ziqing. Xi Fei also couldn't help but show stupefaction in her usual cold and indifferent expression.

Tang Wanying frowned slightly as she looked at Nalan Ziqing. The other women also narrowed their eyes and looked at Nalan Ziqing in silence.

Nalan Ziqing finally stood up and looked at Ling Tian with disappointment and disgust, "My Masters have been searching for you for many years, suffering agonizing and desperate times as they searched for any clue, whereabouts or news of you. They even dared to enter dangerous and horrible places where even many experts had undeniably died. And you are here being happily hypocritical and expressing your selfishness, having fun with other women and forgetting my two Masters who had been for you from the beginning and never stopped looking for you!"

Nalan Ziqing left the room at once. Everyone could see some traces of tears in her red eyes that contained anger and rage.

Zhao Yu and Gu Yan looked darkly at Nalan Ziqing having said these words to him. Who would dare to tell Ling Tian such things with his identity? Let alone when they both knew that Ling Tian was not that kind of person!

"Qing'er..."

Ning Xiaoyi tried to stand up and follow Nalan Ziqing when Xi Fei's hand stopped her. Xi Fei shook her head and said, "Let her calm down, if you go right now she won't listen to you or me, you know how she is..."

Although Xi Fei maintained a calmness, a trace of worry could also be noticed in her expression. Nalan Ziqing had been with them for a few years and she knew about their relationship with Ling Tian and that they were looking for him, but they didn't tell her all the related circumstances, so she should have assumed other things.

"She's right..."

This time, Ling Tian's voice was heard, drawing surprised gazes to him.

"Although I searched for you for a while, I came to the conclusion that you hadn't made it and... I assumed the worst and moved on."

Ling Tian looked with a guilty but honest look at Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei; although he had done a lot to look for them, in the end he thought they had died and he tried to move on, while the two of them did not give up and kept looking for him until this moment. They had really touched his heart to see that both women never gave up.

"It's not your fault, Ling Tian." Ning Xiaoyi shook her head and added, "On the contrary, you sacrificed yourself so that we would live on... we owe you a lot... and we always held out hope that you were alive."

Xi Fei at her side also nodded with a somewhat dejected expression. Both women vividly remembered the moment Ling Tian sacrificed himself so that the two of them would escape and not die. That demon who was extremely powerful would have killed the three of them if Ling Tian didn't make the decision to send them away due to him having a higher cultivation level than both of them, mainly because neither of them two wanted to abandon him and let Ling Tian carry everything.

A sad and somewhat tense atmosphere quickly formed as they listened to them, feeling the weight of anguish and suffering in their words.

"Wow! So they two are the big sisters..."

"Big sister Xiaoyi and big sister Fei!"

Suddenly, two curiously similar voices that complemented each other were heard, breaking the tension in the place.

Ning Xiaoyi and Xi Fei were startled as they looked in the direction of Gao Xue, Gao Yue, Zhen Bingluo and Xuanyuan Ling, especially hearing the first two speak as they looked at them in astonishment.