Covering the Sky: The Years I Was the Empress's Strictest Master

"if not?"

Tianling tilted her head slightly, a playful gesture that added to her unparalleled charm.

Suddenly, she moved even closer to Tan Lin, almost touching his ear.

Her breath was as sweet as orchids, and then she whispered in a soft, alluring voice, like the sweet nothings whispered between childhood sweethearts:

"Or is it that Xiao Lin'er has remembered something else? Like... something from before, a way of calling me...?"

The warm breath brushed against my earlobe, carrying a slightly tingling, itchy sensation.

Her words came out of nowhere, but they did give a crucial hint.

However, this was before she fully revealed her identity and before her soul, which was fused with the Divine Silkworm Princess, resided in another's Immortal Platform.

Now, Tan Lin only realizes that the other party may indeed have had some connection with his past life, but what it brings Tan Lin more is a sense of vigilance and unease.

This means that the secret of his reincarnation, and his identity before reincarnation, may have been exposed...

This was Tan Lin's first reaction.

A chill ran down his spine, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He jerked back, putting distance between them once more.

With his back against the wall of the quiet room, Tan Lin's ears were slightly red from the intense emotions and Tian Ling's graceful behavior just now.

But he quickly calmed himself, exhaled softly, and looked at the stunning woman who seemed poised to press closer. He said in a deep voice:

"Senior Gu, please have some self-respect! I don't know what you're talking about."

The causal line represented by the other party was sometimes mottled in color and sometimes crimson, making it impossible for him to discern the other party's true attitude towards him.

"Giggle..."

Unexpectedly, Tianling started laughing again.

This time she laughed even more unrestrainedly, completely abandoning her usual aloof and dignified image. She laughed so hard she almost cried.

"Self-respect? Oh my... what a stick-in-the-mud! How amusing!"

however.

And at this very moment.

Deep within the Sendai of this wondrous body, however, a completely different and bustling scene unfolds.

"Tianling! You...you better tone it down!"

The twin souls were fluctuating violently, and the consciousness and divine sense of the Divine Silkworm Princess were in turmoil:

"How dare you be so... frivolous! Not only in front of me... do you know that the descendants of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion lineage within this Sendai can also perceive all of this outside?"

"Flirtatious? Where is he frivolous?"

Tianling calmly retorted.

Her thoughts were filled with a deep smile and a sense of smugness.

“This isn’t some kind of romantic relationship. I’m his ‘aunt’ now. What’s wrong with an aunt being close to her nephew?”

Besides, he doesn't remember anything now, isn't that hilarious? Don't you think his current forced composure, his ears turning red, is much cuter than his perpetually nonchalant, deadpan demeanor from back then?

"You...you're just being unreasonable! You were clearly using this as an excuse...no! You were trying to kiss him just now?!"

With their souls and consciousnesses united, Princess Divine Silkworm's consciousness was able to capture a trace of Tianling's real-time thoughts.

This made her, who had realized the other party's intentions, almost explode with rage!

"Why not? He's just a child."

Tianling spoke with righteous indignation, and the cunning in her thoughts grew even stronger:

"Since we parted in Snow Valley, it has been ten years since I last saw him. This time, with so many people watching, I cannot stay at the Xiang family's residence for long. Consider this... a farewell gift from your aunt to her nephew..."

In her mind, her emotions were tinged with tenderness.

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Chapter Ninety-Eight: That "Auntie" melted Tianling's heart (Bonus Chapter 5, please subscribe)

Hmm, that's a good reason...

While offering words of comfort, Tianling secretly pondered these thoughts, but Princess Shencan learned of them all.

"You... shameless!"

In the Immortal Platform, Princess Shencan was almost going crazy.

"Shut up! Just enjoy the sensation, it's not like you're kissing a man..."

Tianling ignored the meaningless "protests" of the Divine Silkworm Princess and began to focus her attention entirely on the outside world.

Meanwhile.

In the farthest corner of Sendai, Gu Qingying's primordial spirit, which was suppressed by the ancestral master's divine soul and forced to slumber intermittently, was also awakened for a moment by this commotion and perception.

He had just regained consciousness.

She then saw "herself" facing a boy, laughing heartily and behaving intimately.

Even...they'd kiss?

The other party was none other than the infant who had been abandoned in the snow valley years ago, the one who was suspected to be the reincarnation of his younger brother, and who had now grown into a handsome young man.

Witnessing this scene.

An indescribable absurdity, along with a strange feeling that she herself was unwilling to delve into, welled up in her heart.

'Master? What...what are you doing?!'

She questioned herself in her heart.

Then, almost in a disheveled state, I forced myself to sink into an even deeper sleep, too afraid to look any further.

She could sense the subtle emotions her ancestor displayed towards the boy; it didn't seem like a pair of "aunt and nephew" who had been randomly and inexplicably recognized, but rather like a playful argument between lovers.

All of this was beyond her comprehension.

She couldn't bear to see "herself" acting intimately with someone who resembled her younger brother, driven by such feelings.

Although that person wasn't actually her...

The patriarch's words and actions today were truly baffling and absurd to her.

……

Outside, inside a quiet room.

Tianling finally finished laughing. She straightened up, but still looked at Tan Lin with her eyes crinkled, finding him more and more amusing.

The beloved one who led the rise of humanity and silenced the ancient Beidou clan back then was actually this little bean sprout in front of me as a child, with a stern face, trying hard to look serious...

She suddenly felt playful.

Suddenly, she bent down again with lightning speed, before Tan Lin could even react.

Followed by.

Her warm, soft lips, with a faint fragrance, gently pressed against Tan Lin's left cheek.

boo...

Instantly separate.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still.

At the base of the wall, Tan Lin's half-grown body froze completely.

His eyes were wide open, and the spot on his face where he had been kissed seemed to be on fire, a blush spreading rapidly.

No... he was just "ambushed" like that by a woman?

This is utterly upside down!

hum...

At that moment, he was in a daze.

Perhaps due to some stimulus, some fragmented memories of his past life quietly emerged from the barrier of his soul pearl and merged into his consciousness in this life.

Some emotions began to stir inexplicably. He was even able to understand the complex expression in the woman's eyes earlier, and even vaguely empathize with her.

The other person's previous bursts of laughter seemed to be masking a deep sadness at the loss of what was once a beautiful thing.

other side……

Da...da...

After succeeding, Tianling quickly straightened up, took two steps back, and lightly covered her red lips with her jade hand, her eyes almost overflowing with laughter.

There was a hint of barely concealed smugness in her eyes.

Looking at Tan Lin, who was now completely stunned and blushing to her neck, she felt incredibly relieved, as if she had returned all the pent-up frustration she had felt when she was bullied in ancient times.

"Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore."

As she watched, Tianling gradually suppressed her smile.

But the gentle light in her eyes remained as she looked at Tan Lin, and her voice inexplicably softened:

"Aunt is leaving. The people of the Feathered Divine Dynasty have temporarily retreated. Although most of them will not give up, I have already set up a killing formation here at your Xiang family on the way here. Even ordinary Great Saints would not dare to attack easily."

However, you can't hide here forever. Besides, in this life you are a Holy Body, and your most terrifying enemy is still that Overlord Ancestral Star from beyond the realm..."

Before we knew it.

She talked a lot to Tan Lin, even though she did most of the talking while he listened quietly after calming down.

Finally, she sighed softly and said slowly:

"Cultivate diligently, and be sure to... remember me. Grow up quickly, I'm leaving..."

After speaking, she turned around, her white robes fluttering, and arrived at the door of the quiet room. Surrounded by divine light, she lightly touched the ground with her jade feet and prepared to leave.

But just as her figure was about to disappear into the halo of Dao patterns surrounding the Xiang family ancestral hall.

Behind me, a very low, very soft, hesitant, and awkward boyish voice suddenly came:

"Take care, Auntie..."

aunt……

Outside the door, upon hearing those two almost inaudible words, Tianling's departing figure suddenly stopped.

Immediately, she turned her back to Tan Lin and stood still for a full three breaths.

Then, Tan Lin saw that her originally slender and graceful back, like a fairy plant, seemed to tremble slightly.

She didn't turn around.

But a soft laugh, seemingly a sigh, seemingly content, yet also carrying endless sorrow and tenderness, drifted into Tan Lin's ears on the fragrant breeze:

"Hmm... take good care of yourself, Lin'er."

The words fell.

A flash of white light, and her beauty vanished without a trace.

Quiet room.

Only a faint fragrance remained, along with the thoughts of a ten-year-old boy whose mind was a complete mess at that moment.

He seemed to remember something, yet also seemed to recall nothing at all.

He didn't know what had happened to him just now; a sudden impulse surged within him, and he actually fulfilled the woman's request, calling her "Auntie."

He found this absurd and unbelievable.

How did he manage to utter those two words that I initially found awkward?

But at this moment, his chest, which was as thick as a bull's hide and rumbling like thunder, was undoubtedly telling him indirectly that he and that woman might have had a past relationship.

Cause and effect... the other party's unusual words and actions... a vague feeling...

All signs seem to indicate that...

The other party may not be as simple as the Goddess of the Spring and Autumn Pavilion.