458: Su Linyun’s inner thoughts, Hongmeng Immortal Body!

Lu Hao calmly watched Su Lin Yun's figure, knowing that Su Lin Yun also needed to vent her gratitude, and he was worthy of this kneeling bow.

Lu Hao stood quietly in place, watching her kneel on the ground, her back slightly trembling, and did not stop her.

After a moment, when her excited emotions had somewhat calmed, leaving only soft sobs, he slowly opened his mouth and said,

"Rise."

Su Lin Yun did not get up, but continued to ask,

"Senior Lu... before entering the Saint Lord Inheritance, someone secretly helped me more than once. Was that your arrangement, Senior Lu?"

"Of course. Did you really think there would be so many people in this world who would help you? Is that so hard to guess?"

"No... no, Lin Yun was just a little unsure and just asked. Senior Lu... I have a question I want to ask you."

"Hmm, speak."

"I am just a very ordinary woman, why does Senior Lu treat me like this?"

Su Lin Yun unhesitatingly asked this question that had been pressing in her heart for a long time, then raised her head and looked at Lu Hao with eager eyes.

Lu Hao laughed heartily, and the Sky-Measuring Fan suddenly appeared in his hand, instantly opening with a flick of his wrist.

Lu Hao held the fan, gently fanning himself, and asked,

"Su Lin Yun, do you remember a question I asked you when we first met?"

Su Lin Yun frowned, unable to recall, as she had no impression of Lu Hao at that time.

Lu Hao closed his fan, walked in front of Su Lin Yun, looked at her, and said in a deep, serious voice,

"Su Lin Yun, are you willing to... acknowledge me as your Master?"

Su Lin Yun's heart jolted, followed by an indescribable emotion surging within her.

Becoming a Disciple?! Is it just to take a Disciple?

I'm going to become... Senior Lu's Disciple?!

Evidently, this was not the answer Su Lin Yun most desired in her heart.

Ever since she saw Lu Hao save her life in the fifth trial, in her heart, Senior Lu's image had already surpassed any other existence.

Not to mention she now knew all the truth; he had been silently protecting her all this time.

He was her savior, the deity who guarded her in secret, the supreme Dominator who controlled everything.

She was filled with the deepest reverence for him, boundless gratitude, and an inexplicable sense of dependence and admiration that she herself had not deeply explored but had quietly grown.

The image of that kind, handsome young man had long been etched deep in her mind!

She wanted to be rational, but the strong impulse within her still made her hope, was Senior Lu in love with her?

But now, everything was clear.

Senior Lu was not in love with her; he just wanted to take her as his Disciple.

Su Lin Yun couldn't understand why he would go to such great lengths just to take her as his Disciple.

Disciple?

Su Lin Yun knew that becoming Senior Lu's Disciple was an unparalleled Opportunity that countless Cultivators dreamed of, enough to change their destiny!

Because Senior Lu's strength had already surpassed her comprehension.

Reason told her that she should accept without hesitation.

However!

When the identity of a Disciple was clearly placed before her, Su Lin Yun's heart felt as if it was tightly gripped by an invisible hand!

A strong sense of resistance, so intense that it startled her, spread wildly like wildfire in her heart!

She actually fell silent, and Su Lin Yun suddenly closed her eyes!

Her long eyelashes trembled violently, like the wings of a dying butterfly.

When she opened them again, her eyes had regained their calmness.

Reason once again gained the upper hand. Su Lin Yun understood that what lay before her now was the greatest fortune of her life, without a doubt!

Other thoughts... should not be thought, could not be thought, were not worthy of being thought!

She took a deep breath, as if using all her strength to suppress all the sobs and trembling in her throat.

Then, she straightened her back and, facing Lu Hao, slowly and deeply bowed down again with the most solemn and devout posture!

Her forehead once again touched the cold ground, and the chill slightly cooled her fervent emotions.

"Disciple Su Lin Yun..."

Her voice no longer trembled, carrying a suppressed calm, yet imbued with immense determination:

"I am willing to acknowledge Senior as my Master! Please, Master... take me in!"

Three resounding kowtows echoed on the cold altar ground, making dull thuds.

Each kowtow was like a heavy stone pressed down on the nascent, untimely affection in her heart, burying it deep.

Although Su Lin Yun's inner struggle was immense, it was actually only for a brief moment. Lu Hao naturally assumed it was just Su Lin Yun's shock; he was unaware of Su Lin Yun's feelings for him.

As of now, he only knew that Lan Xiaoying liked him; he hadn't sensed anything else.

"Hahaha! Good, good!"

Lu Hao was incredibly excited. He reached out and firmly grasped Su Lin Yun's arm, helping her up from the ground.

"From now on, you are my fourth Disciple under Lu Hao!"

Lu Hao's voice returned to its usual calm, but with an added touch of a Master's authority.

"Yes, Master!"

...

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the System mission, successfully taking Su Lin Yun as a Disciple after she obtained the Saint Lord Inheritance!]

[Congratulations to the Host for receiving the reward, the Hongmeng Undying Body, and a System upgrade!]

Boom!

A roaring sound echoed in Lu Hao's mind.

A mysterious Qi surged into his body from an unknown source.

There was no earth-shattering roar, no dazzling phenomena.

Only a wisp of Qi quietly permeated the deepest, most Origin part of his body.

Lu Hao had never seen this kind of Qi before; it was ancient, vast!

It was as if this Qi had existed since the beginning of the Universe, when Grandmist was still unformed, and continued to exist until now!

It carried a rhythm of life and death intertwined, like the starting point of all creation and also the ultimate destination of all things.

Buzz...

The ground beneath Lu Hao's feet silently turned into dust. This scene startled Demonic Thought and Su Lin Yun, who both took a step back.

Upon realizing this, Lu Hao decisively ascended into the air and then sat cross-legged in mid-air, sensing the intense changes within his body.

This was something he had never encountered in all the missions he had completed, and he was also bewildered. He asked the System what was happening, but the System had not yet responded.

Helpless, Lu Hao could only continue to absorb this mysterious Qi.