The head master has a new female apprentice

Chapter 469 "Aunt Yan, do you like my father?" (Third update)
"The old man is probably not in the Fifth Tail!"

That day, Shen Juefeng pushed open the door, looking travel-worn, with an unyielding gloom between his brows: "All the secret marks I laid down didn't move an inch, not even a hint of response."

Zhou Qing frowned: "What does my father-in-law mean?"

Shen Juefeng pondered for a moment, then said, "We've discussed this matter. Third Brother, Yunzhou, and I plan to secretly investigate the Third Tail first. You don't need to come along yet, after all—"

He looked gently at little Yao Yao playing in the yard, saying, "Children need their fathers' company even more."

Zhou Qing was silent.

He really should spend more time with his daughter.

This was his promise to Lu Yaoyao—to give the child at least a carefree childhood.

“Alright.” Zhou Qing finally nodded. “But please be careful on this trip.”

Shen Juefeng laughed heartily and patted his son-in-law on the shoulder: "Don't worry! You've done more than enough for the Shen family. But you—"

He lowered his voice, "It's time to learn to enjoy being a father."

When do we depart?

"Tonight," a mischievous glint in Shen Juefeng's eyes, "how about having a couple of drinks with your father-in-law before you leave?"

Zhou Qing chuckled, speechless: "I couldn't ask for more."

……

As dawn broke, Zhou Qing watched the three figures disappear into the horizon.

For the next two months, in every street of the Fifth Tail, one could always see this scene: a masked man with a full head of white hair was clumsily braiding a little girl's hair in crooked braids.

He, who once single-handedly killed three Supreme Realm experts, now carefully holds a sugar figurine.

When Yao Yao tiptoes to reach the kite on the treetop, there is always a pair of warm hands supporting her waist at the right time—this is the tenderness that belongs only to her father.

Until one evening, Yu Yan arrived hurriedly, clutching a communication jade slip, her face filled with tension.

“The Rain Clan has sent people,” she said, her lips pale, “and they’re here for you.”

Zhou Qing stroked Yao Yao's disheveled hair, his expression calm.

With one palace, two temples, three sects, four clans, and eight families, who wouldn't want to dig out two inscribed supernatural powers from him?
“Perfect,” he suddenly chuckled, “we should also go for a walk at the Third Tail.”

Upon hearing this, Swift's tense body visibly relaxed, and a hint of gratitude flashed in her eyes: "Thank you."

Zhou Qing nodded slightly: "Go and pack your things first, we'll leave shortly."

Watching the swift's hurried departure, Zhou Qing's gaze gradually deepened.

He knew all too well the inner struggle she was going through at that moment.

As a member of the Rain Clan, she was unwilling to see her clansmen come to their deaths, yet she also feared that she would mercilessly slaughter them all.

What's even more worrying is how she should handle herself when she actually faces such a situation.

If he chooses to help his clansmen, the trust he has painstakingly built up over the years will be completely shattered, not to mention that he has saved her life.

But if one stands idly by and watches one's loved ones fall in a pool of blood, how can an ordinary person bear such torment?
Zhou Qing sighed inwardly.

Although they can continue to hide here, things are unpredictable, and who can guarantee that they will never be discovered?

Rather than living in constant fear, it would be better to leave the Fifth Tail and find another place.

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Yao Yao, who was playing in the courtyard, and his eyes gradually softened.

Swift quickly packed up and returned the cyan flying boat surrounded by the five-colored restriction to Zhou Qing.

"Let's go, let's go find Grandpa!" Zhou Qing said with a smile as he carried Yao Yao on his back.

Amidst their daughter's cheerful laughter, the three boarded the flying boat and vanished into the distance, disappearing into the sea of ​​clouds.
Six months later, a cyan flying boat quietly appeared in the third tail territory of Nanhuang Prefecture.

In the past six months, Xiao Yaoyao's cultivation has advanced by leaps and bounds, and she recently broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Perhaps inheriting her parents' extraordinary bloodline talent, her comprehension of various high-level supernatural abilities far surpasses that of ordinary people. Now, Zhou Qing has begun to teach her top-tier cultivation techniques such as the "Demon-Subduing Golden Bone."

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to take care of Yao Yao again." Looking at his daughter meditating cross-legged on the deck, Zhou Qing said softly to Yu Yan beside him.

The swift nodded gently.

She knew all too well Zhou Qing's concerns—if people knew he had a daughter, it would become the enemy's most fatal weakness.

"Go ahead and don't worry, I'll take care of things here." Swift's gaze was firm. "Go do what you need to do."

"Thank you," Zhou Qing said.

"After all these years, you're still so distant." Yu Yan suddenly looked up at him, her eyes sparkling like stars. "Could it be... that you still consider me an outsider?"

Zhou Qing's heart skipped a beat under her burning gaze, and he quickly turned his face away and coughed twice.

"Take Yao Yao to a safe place to stay first. I'll go and find out what the Yan family is up to, and also look for my father-in-law and Yun Zhou."

After saying this, he took one last look at his daughter, who was immersed in cultivation, and then his figure blurred into a golden stream of light and disappeared into the sea of ​​clouds.

The swift leaned against the gunwale, watching his departing figure, a complex expression on its face.

"Aunt Yan, do you like my father?" Just then, Yao Yao's playful voice suddenly rang out from behind.

Swift's face flushed instantly, and she hurriedly turned around.

But then she saw that the little girl had finished her cultivation at some point and was looking at her with her mischievous big eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Swift waved her hands helplessly.

Yao Yao, acting like a little adult, said in a mature tone, "I understand~ It would be strange if no girl liked a man like my dad."

Seeing the girl's serious expression, the light in Yuyan's eyes gradually dimmed.

She turned back around, gripped the gunwale, and looked at the sea of ​​clouds before her, her voice so soft it sounded like a sigh.

"Yes. Your father is like a cloud in the sky, seemingly within reach, but forever out of reach."

……

On the bustling street, Zhou Qing tried to contact Shen Yunzhou using a communication jade slip, but never received a response.

It seems that the distance between them has exceeded the communication range of the four-colored jade slip.

However, information about the Yan family was surprisingly easy to obtain, since it was already an open display of their strength.

Zhou Qing simply tossed out a few spirit stones, and the waiter immediately provided him with all the details about this enormous creature.

As the third-ranked of the eight great families, the Yan family's foundation is indeed astonishing.

The ancestor Yan Wudao, who had reached the Great Perfection of the Supreme Realm a thousand years ago, was only one step away from the legendary Earthly Supreme Realm.

But this step is like an insurmountable chasm.

It is said that this patriarch of the Yan family has been secretly preparing to undergo the Supreme Tribulation for many years, but has never dared to take the final step.

After all, there are already far too many people who don't want him to advance further, just considering the area of ​​one palace, two temples, three sects, four clans, and eight aristocratic families.

Besides this unfathomable ancestor, the Yan family also possesses four supreme beings:
Fifth Ancestor Yan Wuming (Late Stage of Supreme Realm).

The Seventh Ancestor, Yan Wutian (Early Stage of the Supreme Realm).

Ninth Ancestor Yan Wuxin (Early Stage of Supreme Realm).

And the current patriarch Yan Fengchen (early stage of the Supreme Realm).

Five supreme beings in one family!

Such a lineup, placed in the territory of Nanhuang Prefecture, is truly top-tier.

Even more terrifying is that the Yan family has also cultivated the "Myriad Phenomena" Four Prodigies, each of whom is destined to step into the Supreme Realm.

Unfortunately.
(End of this chapter)