After an extensive photo spree, everyone carefully put away their photographic crystals.
These were all going to be cherished memories for them in the years to come.
Many students also managed to get photos with An Lin and were whooping for joy.
There were simply too many students who wanted to take photos with An Lin, and in the end, they had to make a compromise by taking whole class photos with An Lin in it.
Thus, An Lin left his mark on every one of the fifth-year class photos.
An Lin returned to his familiar dorm room just as the sun was beginning to set.
“Giant An Lin, you’re finally back! I’ve missed you so much!” Tina flew toward An Lin excitedly before giving his Adam’s apple a massive hug.
“Ow! Easy there, Little Na!” An Lin plucked Little Na from his neck and placed her on the palm of his hand as he massaged his Adam’s apple with his other hand.
Tina sat on An Lin’s palm as she wrapped her tiny little arms around An Lin’s thumb. “Giant An Lin, where did you go these past few months? Why didn’t you take me with you? What did you do?”
She was very curious about all things that were new and unknown to her, which was why she was always keen to travel to different places with An Lin. It was also because of this that she was dying to know where An Lin had been in the past few months.
“Slow down with the questions, I’ll tell you all about it later.”
An Lin poked Tina’s cheek with a doting smile.
He turned to the flower and butterfly that were sunbathing on the windowsill. “I’ve been away for three months, and you’re not even going to say anything?”
“Welcome back, Master,” Xiao Hong and Little Gu said in flat voices.
An Lin: “… Why so unenthusiastic?”
Xiao Hong: “Hehe.”
An Lin’s lips twitched. “Did I do something wrong?”
Xiao Hong ignored him and continued to photosynthesize.
“Master, have you forgotten about how you tricked us into dancing three months ago?” Little Gu asked in a slow voice.
An Lin suddenly recalled this event, and an expression of astonishment appeared on his face. “Holy f*ck! Three months have passed, and you still remember something like this?”
“You sure are a forgetful man,” Xiao Hong said in her sweet voice.
“All women like to hold grudges.” Little Gu was not impressed. “Especially when someone does something wrong, but doesn’t do anything to rectify the situation…”
An Lin was dumbstruck. “This..”
What was he supposed to do?
“Oh, right!” An Lin’s eyes lit up. “I’ve got some treasures to show you!”
His storage ring flashed as he produced two items. “Xiao Hong, this is a Golden Divine Sun Immortal Pill for you. It is imbued with an extremely potent power of yang! Little Gu, this is an Ancient Myriad Poison Spike, an intermediate-rank immortal tool that will go along really nicely with your poison powder!”
“Ah! Thank you, Master! Master is not so bad after all,” Xiao Hong exclaimed in her sweet voice before gently kissing An Lin on the back of the hand with her red, flowery head.
“Long live, Master!” Little Gu was elated.
A faint smile appeared on An Lin’s face. This was the secret to pleasing women! Just dump precious gifts on them!
“By the way, where’s Little Tian?” An Lin felt like something was missing without Xue Zhantian flapping around him and praising him with his inexhaustible bank of idioms.
“He went to the Holy Glacial Lands with Little Lang to look for treasures, woof!” Da Bai replied.
“The Holy Glacial Lands?” An Lin was a little perplexed. “Why there of all places? Not even the snow maidens can bear to stay there.”
“Well, a month ago, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth suddenly resonated there, and it looked like someone successfully reached the Dao Integration Stage within the depths of the Holy Glacial Land. Furthermore, this was no ordinary Dao Integration Stage super mighty figure. Their aura seemed to be imbued with the terrifying dao realm of someone looking to defy the natural order and break the very heavens…
“Because of this, the environment there underwent a strange transformation. Not only has it gotten even colder there, but a bunch of strange living beings was also born there, all of which are even more resistant to the extreme cold. Think about it, Big Brother An, wouldn’t there be a great chance of rare and exotic treasures appearing there as a result? Woof!” Da Bai continued.
An Lin nodded slightly before his brows furrowed. “I get that there could be some special treasures appearing there, but why do I feel like Little Tian is going there with the intention of meeting that mighty figure looking to defy the natural order and break the heavens?”
A pained expression appeared on Da Bai’s face. “I think so too, Big Brother An. You have to be strong and look at things from an optimistic standpoint. Little Tian actually still loves you…”
An Lin was perplexed. Why was Da Bai making it sound like he had been cucked?
He tried to contact Little Tian via voice transmission talisman, but he was unable to do so.
“There is still a mysterious power within the Holy Glacial Lands that prohibits voice transmission signals. Woof!” Da Bai explained.
“Alright, I’ll look for them at a later date then.” An Lin heaved a faint sigh.
He then turned to the little fairy on his shoulder with a smile. “Little Na, I also have a present for you!”
“Huh? Me? What is it?!” Little Na’s emerald eyes instantly lit up with irrepressible excitement.
“A seed.”
An Lin’s storage ring flashed, and a translucent little ball appeared in mid-air. All of a sudden, heaven and earth fell silent, as if this little ball were the only thing left in this world.
Tina’s eyes widened as she stared blankly at the seed before her.
Xiao Hong, Little Gu, and Da Bai also turned toward the seed with astonishment on their faces.
Even though they didn’t know what this seed was, they could tell that this seed was an extremely extraordinary object that was much more valuable than even a divine tool!
“What is this thing, Giant An Lin? It’s too valuable…” Tina was completely overawed and didn’t really dare to accept the seed.
“This thing is called the seed of the realm core, which is something born from the Heavenly Dao and is imbued with the vitality of an entire world. It has a myriad of uses, of which only one is known, which is that it can repair a fragment of the realm core. As such, you’re the only one who can use this seed, so just take it!” An Lin passed the seed to Tina.
Tina carefully accepted the seed and cupped it in her hands before raising her head with a gorgeous smile. “Thank you, Giant An Lin, for giving me this most precious gift!”
“I’m your master, so of course I’m going to look out for you.” An Lin rubbed her tiny little head with a warm smile.
Da Bai’s mouth gaped open. An Lin was also his master, so why wasn’t he getting anything?
Come to think of it, many of the other beast pets also hadn’t received any presents!
An Lin said with a smile, “Go plant that seed in your Divine Mirror World.”
“You come as well, Giant An Lin!” Tina grabbed An Lin’s earlobe.
“Alright…” An Lin nodded with a smile.
“I want to go too! I’ve never been to Little Na’s world, woof!” Da Bai raised a paw.
“Sure. I have the ability to transfer other living beings into my world aside from Master!” Tina added with a pleased smile, “Xiao Hong, Little Gu, you two should come along as well.”
Xiao Hong looked up at the final ray of sun that was disappearing under the horizon and said in her sweet voice, “Alright, I’ll come along as well.”
“I’m getting a little excited.” Little Gu also spread her wings and flew over to Little Na.