Lin Jingyu and Wang Yutang Become

The crowd gathered together again.

Lin Jingyu's gaze swept over the crowd, finally landing on Gu Changyuan.

He took a deep breath, as if making up his mind.

Then, he turned his head and looked at the beautiful figure standing quietly not far away, who had deliberately avoided disturbing the reunion of the master and his disciples.

Wang Yutang stood there with a gentle smile on her face. Watching the reunion of the martial brothers, her eyes were filled with genuine joy for him.

She didn't step forward, just stood there quietly.

She knew that this moment belonged to the master and his disciples.

She could wait.

Then, she saw Lin Jingyu turn his head and look at her.

His gaze was very serious.

"Master," Lin Jingyu spoke.

Gu Changyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, looking at him.

Lin Jingyu did not hesitate; his tone was as firm as if stating a decision made long ago:

"Since you have returned, I would like to ask you to be a witness."

He paused, his gaze still on Wang Yutang.

"Miss Wang."

Wang Yutang was slightly startled, her heartbeat inexplicably quickening.

"A hundred years ago, we met, and I saved you. Since then, you have always stayed by my side, devoted to me, and have expressed your feelings to me many times."

"I know I have never responded to you. It's not that I don't like you, but because I always had an obsession in my heart: to find my Master. I wanted to wait until I found him and resolved this obsession before giving you an answer. Now, my Master has returned, and my heart's obsession is finally laid to rest. Thank you for never leaving my side and for your silent companionship over the past century."

He raised his head and looked at Wang Yutang firmly, his eyes full of sincerity:

"I, Lin Jingyu, swear by my heart and my sword, to protect you for all my life, to cultivate the Great Dao together with you, and to become Dao companions. I wonder, are you willing?"

As his words fell, the entire place fell silent.

Wang Yutang was stunned.

She widened her eyes, looking at the man she had pursued for a hundred years, looking at his serious features, his firm gaze, and listening to every word he said.

He said... become Dao companions? Spend the rest of their lives together?

The moment she realized what he was saying, tears instantly welled up in her eyes.

Those were not tears of sadness.

They were of joy.

Of excitement.

Of the uncontrollable ecstasy of finally waiting for this moment after a hundred years.

Tears slid down her cheeks and dripped onto her clothes, but she didn't care to wipe them. She just nodded desperately, her voice choked with sobs but incredibly clear:

"I'm willing! Of course I'm willing!"

Then—

Without any hesitation, she suddenly rushed toward Lin Jingyu.

Lin Jingyu opened his arms and steadily caught the figure rushing into his embrace.

The two hugged tightly.

On the side, Gu Changyuan and the eight disciples were watching with great relish.

Xiao Yi and Han Feng had completely forgotten the painful experience of being sparred with just now. At this moment, they were stretching their necks, eyes wide open, staring intently.

Gu Changyuan couldn't help but smile.

Good boy.

He usually looked aloof and taciturn, but at the critical moment, he was quite direct.

However, before their group of onlookers could express any thoughts—

A deafening cheer suddenly erupted from below!

"Whoa whoa whoa!!!"

It was the elders and disciples of the Heavenly Human Holy Land!

They had been alarmed since the battle started just now, pouring out of their cave dwellings, main halls, and cultivation towers one by one, looking up at the commotion in the void.

First was the earth-shattering battle between the Second Patriarch, the Fifth Patriarch, and the Tenth Patriarch.

Just a glance at a battle of that level could allow one to comprehend something.

Then, they saw the following scene—

The Second Patriarch, who had always been as cold as a lotus and kept strangers away, actually confessed to a woman.

He even said things like becoming Dao companions and spending the rest of their lives together?!

Holy crap!!!

The entire Holy Land instantly exploded!

"The Second Patriarch! The Second Patriarch is taken!"

"That's Saintess Wang from the Shuyu Sect. She pursued the Second Patriarch for a hundred years and finally got him!"

"Well, I'll be damned..."

Cheers, whistles, and jeers rose and fell.

Some elders even jumped up and waved their hands, completely ignoring their image, looking more excited than the young disciples.

The matter between Wang Yutang and Lin Jingyu was not a secret in the Heavenly Human Holy Land to begin with.

Over the past century, the Saintess of the Shuyu Sect had been running to the Holy Land every few days, heading straight to where the Second Patriarch was every time she came.

For Lin Jingyu, she didn't even care about her promotion within her sect, keeping the title of Saintess all this time.

Whether it was the sect elders or the disciples, they all knew more or less.

Over the years, many people had been secretly watching the drama, silently paying attention to their movements.

Now seeing the two finally confirm their feelings and hug each other, these onlookers were more enthusiastic than anyone else.

The cheers rose and fell, and they were happier than if they had become Dao companions themselves.

Gu Changyuan watched this scene and shook his head with a smile.

His gaze fell on his usually aloof and taciturn second disciple, and then looked at the woman beside him whose face was completely red but whose eyes were full of happy light, and he slowly spoke:

"Since the matter is settled, after your Ninth Junior Sister returns and we finish catching up, I will take you to the Shuyu Sect in the Central Continent to propose marriage."

As his words fell, Lin Jingyu was slightly startled, then immediately turned around, faced Gu Changyuan, and bowed deeply:

"Thank you, Master."

Wang Yutang also hastily followed suit and bowed, her eyes turning a bit redder:

"Thank you, Master, for your blessing."

Gu Changyuan waved his hand, signaling them not to be overly formal.

Then he clapped his hands, his gaze sweeping over the Holy Land square below, which was already boiling over—

"Alright, let's go inside first. If we keep chatting here, they're going to start a banquet down there."

The crowd followed his gaze downward, looking at the scene of the disciples jumping and dancing below.

They couldn't help but shake their heads helplessly, and then followed Gu Changyuan back to Tianyuan Mountain.

They chatted for a while longer, and Gu Changyuan suddenly remembered that there was still a human cub waiting for him at the Heavenly Demon Pavilion.

So he first let the other disciples tell Lin Jingyu about his matters, and then with a flash of his figure, he arrived at the Heavenly Demon Pavilion, heading straight to the second floor of the first pavilion.

"Giggle giggle—!"

Silver bell-like laughter echoed in the room.

Tushan Hanyan was holding Gu Xing'er's right hand and hugging the fluffy Xiaobai with her left, playing around in the room.

Suddenly—

A figure appeared silently in the center of the room.

Tushan Hanyan instantly stopped in her tracks, looked up, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Grandmaster!"

Leading Gu Xing'er and holding Xiaobai, she quickly trotted over to Gu Changyuan, looking up with her small face, her eyes sparkling.

Gu Changyuan smiled and crouched down, rubbing the top of Tushan Hanyan's fluffy hair with his left hand and gently patting Gu Xing'er's little head with his right.

"How have you been playing these past few days?"

Tushan Hanyan immediately began to report with great excitement:

"I took little sister Gu Xing'er to see my collection, and we went to the back mountain to pick fruits, and also, and also..."