...
"Na'er, don't be shy, come down and say hello."
Xuan Hao gently patted Na'er's back, encouraging her.
Na'er peeked out from behind Xuan Hao, her small hands tightly clutching the hem of his clothes.
After hesitating for a moment, she lowered her head and spoke in a voice barely audible:
"Hello, elder sister... Hello, big sister."
"this..."
Hu Liena was the first to rush forward, circling Na'er twice as if she were a rare animal, then she pulled Xuan Hao aside, lowered her voice, and gave him a look of utter disbelief:
"Junior brother, tell me honestly, isn't this really your long-lost twin sister?
They look so alike!
They're practically identical!"
How would I know?
Xuan Hao shrugged.
"You know I'm an orphan. Maybe it really is an unexpected surprise left to me by my missing parents?
After all, there are plenty of coincidences in this world."
Just as the two were whispering to each other, Bibi Dong also came over.
Unlike Hu Liena, she didn't make a fuss; instead, she squatted down and positioned herself at eye level with Na'er.
As a level 99 peerless Douluo, her perception was far superior to Hu Liena's.
She was not only focused on Na'er's striking resemblance to Xuan Hao, but also on the subtle yet omnipresent peculiar fluctuations emanating from her.
"element..."
Bibi Dong was secretly alarmed.
In her perception, the water, fire, earth, wind... all kinds of elements in the surrounding air seemed to have come to life, and were joyfully surrounding the little girl.
The intimacy and obedience were a hundred times stronger than the "elemental affinity" on Xuan Hao!
If Xuanhao is a little sprite that can attract elements, then this little girl named Na'er is simply like the... monarch of these elements!
"Little sister, don't be afraid."
Bibi Dong tried to make her voice sound gentle.
Looking into Na'er's amethyst-like eyes, she tentatively asked:
"Is your martial soul... the same as the one your brother hid?"
Na'er paused for a moment, then subconsciously turned to look at Xuan Hao.
Seeing Xuan Hao smile and nod, Na'er looked at Bibi Dong again and nodded gently.
"Then... could you let my sister take a look?"
Bibi Dong asked softly.
Na'er hesitated for a moment, then extended her right hand.
"Buzz—"
With a clear and melodious dragon's roar, a dazzling silver light suddenly burst forth.
The previously calm elements suddenly began to boil, frantically converging towards Na'er.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the phantom of a young dragon, entirely silver-white with mirror-like scales and an elegant yet majestic posture, slowly emerged behind Na'er.
"hold head high--!!"
The silver dragon roared to the sky.
Although it was not large, the terrifying aura of supreme power and dominion over all things it exuded made everyone present feel a shiver from the depths of their souls!
Even the two Spider Emperor Martial Souls within Bibi Dong's body involuntarily shrank back in the face of this aura.
"this..."
Xuan Hao was stunned.
Although he also possessed the Silver Dragon Martial Soul, this was the first time he had so directly experienced the difference between the two.
If his Silver Dragon Martial Soul was merely a high-level true dragon possessing ultimate elemental attributes, then Na'er's Silver Dragon...
That is the true Lord of All Dragons!
The God of the Elements!
The difference in quality is so overwhelming, it's like being on a completely different level!
"Silver Dragon...King?"
Bibi Dong stood up, looking at the silver dragon shadow with shock and disbelief in her eyes.
This martial soul quality even surpasses that of the six-winged angel martial soul; it is not a simple true dragon, but the king among true dragons!
She turned to look at Xuan Hao, her expression becoming extremely complex:
"You didn't just pick up a little sister, did you?"
"You've... brought back an ancestor!"
Xuan Hao chuckled dryly, but inwardly he was ranting and raving:
Teacher, you're right, this is an ancestor!
An ancestor of the soul beast world!
"Alright, put it away."
Bibi Dong took a deep breath, calmed herself down, and gestured for Na'er to put away her martial spirit.
"This child's martial spirit is too special and too powerful."
Bibi Dong said solemnly to Xuan Hao, "You must not show yourself to others before you have absolute self-protection capabilities.
Otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable."
"Disciple understands."
Xuan Hao nodded. "That's why I've always kept her by my side, and I haven't even dared to bring her back to Wuhun City."
"You did the right thing."
Bibi Dong gave him an approving look, then her gaze fell on Na'er again, her eyes softening with affection.
Perhaps it was because of her affection for the girl, or perhaps it was because of Na'er's striking resemblance to Xuan Hao, but Bibi Dong felt a rare sense of closeness towards this little girl.
"Na'er, right?"
Bibi Dong reached out, wanting to pat her head, "Since you are Xuan Hao's sister, then you will be mine from now on..."
However.
Before her hand could even touch Na'er.
"call out--"
Na'er, however, shrank back nimbly like a startled rabbit, hiding directly behind Xuan Hao, only revealing a pair of wary eyes staring at Bibi Dong, her small mouth tightly pursed, clearly still holding a grudge.
"..."
Bibi Dong's hand froze in mid-air, and the smile on her face instantly vanished.
this...
Were you rejected?
"Cough cough!"
Xuan Hao quickly smoothed things over, pulling Na'er out from behind him and awkwardly explaining:
"Um... teacher, this girl is shy and timid, please don't mind her."
"Na'er, how can you be so rude?
This is your teacher! Greet her!"
"snort."
Na'er turned her head to the side and muttered softly, "It's just that she has that cold feeling about her, and she's always so fierce. I don't like her."
Bibi Dong: "..."
Hu Liena stood to the side, trying so hard not to laugh that her face turned red.
It has to be these two siblings!
One dared to bargain with the teacher, and the other dared to give the teacher the cold shoulder.
"My little darling! You can't just say things like that!"
Xuan Hao was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He quickly squatted down and placed his hands on Na'er's small shoulders.
"Na'er, listen to your brother. You can't judge a person by their appearance alone, and you can't judge them by their smell alone."
"Although the teacher seems cold and is indeed a bit fierce, she has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She is actually a super, super good person!"
I don't believe it.
Na'er puffed out her cheeks, her purple eyes filled with suspicion.
"She was about to kick you just now, I saw it."
"That's the spur of love!"
Xuan Hao spoke nonsense with a straight face, "Na'er, think about it, what kind of person is your brother?"
"That's a master of courting death! He's been climbing on the roof and tearing off tiles since he was a child, if he's not disciplined for three days!"
"I'm not only greedy and lustful... cough, greedy for money and profit, I also like to cause trouble."
"Think about it, if it were someone else, and they encountered a kid as troublesome and annoying as your brother, wouldn't they have slapped him to death or thrown him out to be fed to the soul beasts?"
Na'er blinked, thought about it seriously for a moment, and then nodded.
really.
Although her brother treats her very well, he can be quite annoying at times.
"Right!"
Xuan Hao slapped his thigh and said excitedly:
"But look! Isn't my brother still alive and kicking?
Isn't he still so handsome and dashing?"
What does this mean?
"This shows that the teacher's heart is as vast as the ocean!
Her kindness is warmer than the sunshine!"
"To have survived under her care until now, and to be living so comfortably, doesn't that prove that she is the best person in the world?!"
"..."
The air fell silent.
The already somewhat awkward atmosphere instantly became even more bizarre after Xuan Hao's "suicidal" attempt to clear his name.
Bibi Dong, who was standing to the side, had been stiff because of Na'er's disdain, but now she couldn't hold it in anymore.
Her beautiful, pale purple eyes twitched slightly as she looked at her wicked disciple who was trying his best to smear her to highlight her own merits.
For a moment, she didn't know whether to be angry or amused.
Even Hu Liena, who had been trying to suppress her laughter, was now dumbfounded.
Goodness.
To appease his younger sister, he even blurted out the blunt truth, "I'm a drama queen."
You really do have self-awareness!
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