71: Imprison him

Su Lin looked at Ye You, a hint of surprise in his expression at her words, "lying in my private vault."

He knew his Fourth Disciple had achieved extraordinary things in the past century, but he hadn't expected it to reach this extent.

These top-tier Heaven And Earth Treasure, enough to make all major Schools envious, were spoken of by her as casually as cabbages in a backyard vegetable patch.

"What is Revered Master thinking?"

"Does Revered Master think your disciple is very powerful?"

Ye You seemed to know Su Lin's thoughts, winking playfully.

"How did you obtain these things?"

"Obtain them?" Ye You laughed, a hint of wild innocence in her smile.

"Revered Master, the things are there. If I want them, I just go and take them.

If their owners don't want to give them, I'll kill them and take them. Isn't that a very simple matter?"

As her words fell, Ye You turned her head, her small face filled with anticipation, her eyes sparkling, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

She yearned for Su Lin's approving gaze, and perhaps a little praise.

Unexpectedly, Su Lin merely looked at her calmly and asked an unrelated question:

"Have you been injured?"

Ye You couldn't help but show a bit of a pout, her tone a little surprised: "Revered Master, is that the point...?"

Su Lin ignored her small expression and repeated himself, his voice clear and serious.

"I mean, in these hundred years, have you been injured obtaining these things?"

"What are you saying, Revered Master? Your disciple is very strong now."

"Even if I, who was at the Body Integration Stage back then, were to get these things, it would probably take a lot of effort."

"It must not have been easy for you to obtain these, right?"

In an instant, Ye You felt her heart tremble violently.

In these hundred years, danger was certainly present.

To seize that ten-thousand-year Fire Spirit Ganoderma, she fought the Flame Demon guarding the core magma of the Southern Border for seven days and seven nights.

The Flame Demon was at the Peak of Body Integration cultivation and had the advantage of terrain; its strength was no less than hers.

Finally, enduring the excruciating pain of her right arm being almost incinerated, she forcibly tore open the Flame Demon's chest, crushed its demon core, and plucked the Fire Spirit Ganoderma.

In the hundred years that passed, all living beings, whether Human Race or demon, feared her power.

They submitted to her dominance, coveted her territory, plotted against her life, yet no one had ever asked her if she was in pain, or if she had been injured.

She had long grown accustomed to facing the world with sharp claws and fangs, and had long forgotten what pain felt like.

"No."

She licked her lips, but the polite phrase "minor injuries are not worth mentioning" simply wouldn't come out.

She could only change the subject with an air of nonchalance,

"Revered Master should first consider how to restore his cultivation.

These things can just neutralize the... in your body."

Before she finished speaking, a warm hand gently rested on her head.

This action was exactly the same as a hundred years ago.

"You've worked hard."

Su Lin's voice came from behind her, very soft, yet very clear.

In an instant, Ye You felt as if her heart had been fiercely struck by something.

Finally, she only said in her heart, in words only she could hear, "Revered Master is still that Revered Master."

It was also at this moment that four streaks of light swiftly flew from a distance, stopping steadily in front of the bamboo house.

These were the four Cat Girls maids, holding jade boxes and ice flasks in their hands. From a distance, one could feel the astonishing Spiritual Qi emanating from the boxes.

Clearly, they had retrieved all the Heaven And Earth Treasure Ye You had ordered.

However, as soon as they landed, they keenly noticed that Ye You's aura was a little unusual.

Their Revered Master, who always regarded all things as nothing, was now standing rooted to the spot in a daze.

And that gentle-auraed Human Race adult was looking at their Revered Master with an expression they couldn't understand.

The hearts of the four Cat Girls instantly leaped to their throats.

Revered Master's emotions are off!

We must have done something wrong!

Were we too slow in getting the items? Or was there a mistake in some step?

They dared not think further. With a "thud," all four knelt down in unison, holding the rare treasures high above their heads, not even daring to breathe.

"Revered Master, please forgive us! We failed in our duty, please punish us, Revered Master!"

Su Lin looked at their trembling figures, then at the still-distracted Ye You, and sighed softly in his heart.

He took a step forward and spoke gently: "All of you, get up. You haven't done anything wrong."

However, the four Cat Girls remained kneeling, their bodies trembling even more violently, not daring to move at all.

Su Lin told them to get up, but their Revered Master had not spoken.

"Revered Master told you to get up, so get up. Here, his command is equivalent to my command."

The four Cat Girls' bodies trembled, and only then did they cautiously stand up, but their heads remained deeply bowed, not daring to look at anyone else.

Seeing this, Su Lin also found it amusing. Although these few demons could already transform into human form, their intelligence did not seem to be high.

"What are your names?" Su Lin looked at the four and smiled.

The silver-haired Cat Girl in the lead spoke first.

Her voice was very soft, tinged with nervousness: "To answer the adult, my name is SilverUpturned."

Little Orange, the orange-haired Cat Girl behind her, seemed a bit more lively and curious.

She couldn't help but quickly glance up at Su Lin, then immediately lowered her head as if startled, answering in a hurried voice: "I, I'm Little Orange!"

Another one with tiger stripes, seemingly the most timid, said, "I... I'm A Ban..."

Finally, there was a slightly darker-skinned Cat Girl. She was the calmest, showing no emotion, and simply spoke plainly, "Ink Shadow."

Watching their four distinctly different reactions, Ye You said nothing.

She just watched quietly, watching Su Lin gently converse with them.

The scene before her reminded her of herself a long time ago.

That was a long time ago, she was just like this, standing before Revered Master for the first time.

At that time, she was even more nervous and at a loss than these four little cats.

Revered Master also asked her name in this way.

She remembered her voice being very small then, so small it was almost inaudible.

But Revered Master was not impatient, only smiling, and asked again.

Ye You's fingertips unconsciously tightened, gripping Su Lin's sleeve.

The dangerous thought surged again—he couldn't be allowed to continue like this, it was too dangerous.

She watched as Su Lin gently stroked SilverUpturned's head, and SilverUpturned instinctively rubbed against his palm.

This harmonious scene glaringly reminded her: Revered Master never belonged to her alone.

Outside the Sect, there were still Mu Qingxue, Luo Ximei, Gu Qiuyue, and those Senior Sisters who were out.

Even the powerful enemies from a hundred years ago might cause her to suffer the pain of separation again.

It would be better to hide him, imprison him, and from then on, he would belong to one person, thus forever ending the pain of loss.