280: Taking on apprentices

He hadn't expected the little girl to be so driven; to think that at only a dozen or so years old, she would go all out just for some benefits.

Yin Ling's actions completely stunned everyone, including Yin Ping.

One had to know that although Yin Ling was willful, her looks were not much inferior to her sister's, and she was also the little princess of the Taicang Divine Palace. No one expected her to let this newcomer take advantage of her.

The crowd not only found it unbelievable but was also extremely displeased, wishing they could kill this newcomer immediately.

Long Ying felt even more unwilling, and his hatred for Xiao Xing reached its peak once again.

He had tried so hard to please Yin Ling for so long, but she was incredibly willful and wouldn't even let him touch her. Yet, this kid Brother Jian Chen had managed to take advantage of her so easily.

It wasn't that he had designs on Yin Ling, but seeing her actions filled him with an inexplicable rage.

System Notification: Yin Ling's Favorability toward you has increased by 30 points, totaling 80 points.

“Brother Jian Chen, is it okay now?”

After an unknown amount of time, Yin Ling slightly raised her head, her face flushed to the extreme.

Although she was young, she was still a girl and naturally felt very shy about such things.

However, she had no other intentions in her heart; she simply saw Xiao Xing as a brother and wanted to use this method to get closer to him.

“Mm-hmm, it's fine for now. But we should communicate like this often in the future, otherwise, your favorability might...”

Xiao Xing replied without a hint of shame.

He discovered that this little girl was truly gifted and intelligent, so he decided to nurture her well.

Players also had an apprenticeship system, but Xiao Xing had been too lazy to take on Disciples before.

There was basically no one worth nurturing in the lower planes, and he spent most of his time hunting for treasures to get stronger, so he didn't have much time for this.

It wasn't hard to take an apprentice; regardless of gender, favorability just had to reach 80, and the Disciple had to be at least 20 levels lower than the Master.

Favorability between players could be increased by buying various flowers to give to each other.

However, favorability between players was worthless; even if it reached 100 points, the actual relationship was determined by the players' mindsets.

Since he didn't have much to do right now, Xiao Xing planned to play around with the apprenticeship system.

A Disciple between levels 60 and 100 could apply to complete their apprenticeship. At that time, the Master would receive corresponding rewards.

The size of the reward was determined by the Master's contribution to the Disciple and the Disciple's overall strength.

Generally, after taking a Disciple, players would do their best to nurture them and only let them graduate when the time was right.

According to Xiao Xing's knowledge from his past life, those players who nurtured their Disciples received some special items upon graduation.

However, he hadn't taken any Disciples in his past life, so he didn't know much about it.

He had so many treasures that boosted strength, and keeping them was useless. By nurturing Yin Ling, he might get something unexpected.

“Do you think this belt is pretty?”

Xiao Xing took out the hongyu nebula belt and waved it in front of Yin Ling's eyes, intending to entice her.

This belt was also a supreme rank treasure, unisex, provided a massive charm bonus, and was very beautiful.

But before Yin Ling could speak, the surrounding crowd completely erupted, as pillars of power surged from their bodies.

Under the wash of this terrifying power, the entire world began to tremble, and space started to shatter inch by inch.

The appearance of another supreme rank treasure caused their last bit of reason to vanish completely, leaving only the light of endless greed in their eyes.

Faced with two such treasures, few people could remain calm. Not just them—even the strongest experts would be the same.

Seeing the crowd go mad, Yin Ping was extremely anxious, constantly erupting with Taiqing Divine Power in an attempt to calm everyone's Heart Demon.

But she soon fell into despair; for the first time, her Divine Power was ineffective, leaving her somewhat at a loss.

Just as the crowd was about to make a move, countless golden pillars of light descended from the sky, enveloping those who had lost their minds.

As soon as the pillars fell, the crowd also completely exploded.

Tens of millions of light pillars trembled in the sky and earth, but no matter how crazy the crowd became, they could not break through the golden barriers.

As the sky full of light pillars appeared, Xiao Xing couldn't help but glance around.

He hadn't expected these people to be so crazy.

Because this was the location of the Tai Cang Hall, many passersby had stopped to look at the Fairy, resulting in a large gathering of Disciples.

But at this moment, except for a few dozen people like Yin Ping and Ji Ziyue who hadn't lost their reason, the others had gone completely insane.

The events here naturally couldn't be hidden from the upper echelons of the Taicang Divine Palace. They had already been observing in secret when the first supreme treasure appeared.

When the second one appeared, they knew things were going south, so they decisively stepped in to stop the crowd.

They were also a bit envious, but mostly excited. After all, Jian Chen was giving it to Yin Ling, which meant it would be their own property.

Since it was their own property, they naturally wouldn't try to snatch it.

Yin Ping breathed a slight sigh of relief when she saw the light pillars appear, and at the same time, she saw everyone's true colors clearly.

Especially Long Ying. Yin Ping had previously had some good feelings toward him, but seeing his crazed state now, she felt a wave of disgust.

By comparison, she felt that Junior Brother Jian Chen was infinitely better than Long Ying, whether in terms of courage, spirit, or other aspects.

“If you perform well after becoming my apprentice, how about Brother Jian Chen gives it to you?”

Seeing the somewhat dazed Yin Ling, Xiao Xing timely put away the belt.

He could give it to Yin Ling directly now, but considering she would have two supreme treasures on her, even those in the True God Realm might come to snatch them. There was no need to give it to her for now.

“Master, I'll be your Disciple from now on. I'll be very obedient!”

Losing sight of the beautiful belt, Yin Ling also snapped back to her senses and directly acknowledged their relationship.

After saying that, she unhesitatingly blocked Xiao Xing's mouth.

Yin Ling, who had no other experience, instinctively used this method to get close to her Master, with no other meaning intended.

“Now you have to seriously formally acknowledge me as your Master first. Later, we'll find a place with no one around to kiss, okay?”

Xiao Xing moved her small mouth away and spoke softly.

Yin Ling was not a player, so there would only be a System notification if she formally requested to become his apprentice.

Since he was taking her as a Disciple, he naturally had to go through the apprenticeship interface so he could get the System rewards when she graduated.

“Master...!!”

“It's fine. Just stand in front of me and say you want to take me as your Master.”

Xiao Xing taught her step-by-step.

He didn't want to be troublesome, but only this way would the System notification pop up.

Hearing this, Yin Ling thought it sounded fun, let go of his hand, and walked back a bit.

“Brother Jian Chen, I want to take you as my Master.”

After standing straight, Yin Ling knelt on both knees and shouted toward Xiao Xing.

Having done this, she waited expectantly for Xiao Xing's instructions.

This operation of hers left not only Xiao Xing but even Yin Ping nearby completely stunned.

From 'Brother' before to 'Master' now, and seeing how intimate they were, they might even have another relationship in the future. Yin Ping was completely speechless at the two of them.

System Notification: Yin Ling has requested to take you as her Master. It has been detected that you meet the conditions for apprenticeship. Do you agree to take her as your Disciple?