After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 304 Can Sister Stay? 3
"Then... if I give the mermaid silk to my sister, how long can she be hired?" the boy asked cautiously.

"..."

The boy seemed to rely on me a lot, in a trusting way, without any defensiveness.

Logically, someone being hunted wouldn't so easily rely on others, much less let their guard down.

Lin Yan had a strange feeling that the boy's inexplicable dependence on her was as if he knew her.

But why? She was certain she had never seen the boy with this face before... and she did indeed feel that the boy's eyes were familiar.

She paused, then said jokingly, "I'm very expensive. How long do you think this mermaid silk will keep me employed?"

The boy bit his lip, lowered his head, and looked helpless and pitiful.

He pondered for a long time before timidly asking, "Sister, can you give me the mermaid gauze to escort me to the deep sea?"

Lin Yan put away the mermaid veil and looked at the mermaid boy in front of her.

The noble air he exuded suggested he was raised by a powerful sea clan. He was still being hunted down; could it be that he was being hunted down by members of his own clan?
For some reason, she imagined a scene of brothers in a large family fighting amongst themselves...

Since I was also planning to go to the deep sea, it would be convenient to bring him along.

If the mermaid silk is sent to the auction house and the price is driven up, she can earn tens of thousands of high-grade spirit stones. No matter how you look at it, she'll make a fortune.

"Yes, I guarantee I will safely take you to the deep sea."

"Thank you, fairy sister~"

Seeing the boy twisting his clothes, looking nervous and helpless, she offered him some pastries to ease his tension, asking, "Are you hungry? Would you like some?"

Seeing that the boy had no cultivation, she assumed he hadn't practiced abstaining from grains. So she took out some pastries to coax him.

The boy wanted to shake his head, but his stomach growled at an inopportune moment, and his face turned red to the roots of his neck.

He sat awkwardly at the table and picked up the spirit fruit to eat.

Since the boy was her employer, she sat down opposite him, looked at him like a child, and gave him a kind smile.

With the spirit stones in place, the employer is the boss!

"Sister...do you want some?" The boy asked as he ate, then looked up and saw the other person looking at him. His face turned even redder, and he became even more flustered.

"Little brother, you eat. I'm not hungry."

"Oh..." He nervously took a few more bites.

She waited for the boy to relax, but he remained reserved, only daring to eat small bites. She couldn't help but wonder: Did I look fierce?

She didn't know how to coax children, let alone how to communicate with young kids, so she simply watched him eat in silence.

After everyone had almost finished eating, he suddenly said, "Aren't you afraid that I'll take your mermaid silk and then abandon you, just leaving you here?"

"I believe my sister won't do that."

Hearing his trusting tone, she felt more and more that the boy knew her.

She turned back and searched her memory, trying to recall where she had seen him before.

"You should get some rest. If you need anything, just call me from next door."

Just as she was about to get up, the boy looked teary-eyed again: "Sister, can you stay? I...I'm afraid to sleep alone."

"..."

Lin Yan sized up the boy; the fear on his face seemed genuine. He had been chased and bruised all the way; it was normal for him to feel insecure and afraid.

Thinking this, she softened and nodded. "Are you full?"

"Mmm." The boy nodded obediently.

Lin Yan raised her hand and cast a cleansing spell, tidying the person up. "Alright, go to bed and rest."

The boy blushed and fidgeted for a moment, then walked slowly to the bedside, took off his shoes, and lay down.

He thought to himself: Is my sister going to sit by the bed and coax me to sleep? If so, I would be so content... Before he could think any further, he saw the other person take out a puppet and conjure up a dummy.

Lin Yan smiled and said, "Let it stay with you. There's a trace of my consciousness in its body, so it's like I'm with you. It can protect you from any danger, so you can sleep peacefully."

After she finished speaking, she moved her fingers slightly, and a thick blanket was placed over the boy.

Fearing it might not be warm enough, a stove was placed nearby, with two mid-grade spirit stones thrown in to start a fire, which could heat the room for one night.

Before the boy could speak, she left.

"Sister... Sister..." The boy pouted, feeling bitter inside.

He turned his head and saw the mannequin sitting on the edge of the bed, smiling at him.

The dummy couldn't speak, it just kept smiling gently. When he thought of going to find his sister, the dummy wouldn't let him.

It pointed to the bed and made a sleeping gesture, indicating that it should go to sleep now.

"..." The boy was speechless and dared not express any dissatisfaction, so he could only close his eyes in frustration.

The next day, Lin Yan opened her eyes and stretched.

She fell asleep immediately after absorbing the spirit stones last night. She hadn't slept like that in a long time. The environment of the sea had made her slack off in her cultivation, so she had a good sleep and felt refreshed.

After she cast a cleansing spell on herself, she felt much refreshed.

Arriving next door, she gently knocked on the door: "Are you awake?"

"Mmm, I'm awake. But... could you come in and help me with something, sister?"

She pushed open the door and entered. She saw the boy pitifully clutching his clothes, looking weak and helpless.

"Sister, could you... help me get dressed?"

He was observant and, seeing his sister's speechless expression, he timidly said, "I...I envy others who have sisters to help them get dressed...but I don't have a sister."

Lin Yan looked at the boy with amusement, and with a wave of her hand, he was dressed. "If you can't dress up next time, then don't."

After saying that, she looked her up and down and said, "Anyway, you can't see anything if you're not wearing anything."

The boy's face flushed, and he was at a loss for what to do.

Lin Yan came out of the room and saw the guiding tortoise eating grass in the yard. She walked over and took out a spirit fruit: "Would you like this?"

The turtle smelled delicious, so it opened its mouth and took a bite, chewing away.

She heard its praising voice echoing in her mind: "Delicious, delicious."

Lin Yan had plenty of spiritual fruits in her storage bag, so she took more since the dog liked them.

This made the turtle a little embarrassed; after eating a few, it refused to eat any more.

"It's okay, you'll be provided with food if you stay with me." She patted the turtle's shell.

At this moment, the boy timidly stepped out, looking a little scared when he saw the tortoise. "Sister...shall we set off now?"

"Take a stroll around the city, see what you want to buy, and then set off."

Thinking that the boy was currently being hunted, she took out a veil from her storage bag, put it on his head, and covered him completely.

The veil has the function of preventing cultivators from detecting it, which can save a lot of trouble.

……

After leaving the city, we boarded the guide tortoise and continued our journey.

She sensed she was being followed along the way, so she deliberately led the guide turtle toward the coral reef and silently set up an array with spirit stones.

After hiding the tortoise and the boy in a safe place and setting up a defensive formation with spirit stones, she went to deal with the people who were following them.

Seeing that they had destroyed the killing formation she had set up, she deliberately made a commotion to lure them away.

They relentlessly pursued her, but she lost because she didn't know the terrain of the coral reef and was quickly overtaken.