"Mom, when can I cultivate?" Little Lin Yue asked softly, not able to sit still in anticipation and in awe of how her mother could walk without her feet touching the ground.
"Aya, don't be impatient Yue'er, it is not until you clock three years of age that you can cultivate" explained Xie Mingzhu patiently.
Lin Yue frowned. "Why did it have to take soooo long?"
"Yue'er, other kid only talk when they are two but you on the other hand can talk and even possesses the intelligence of an adult, of course, you will feel impatient but close your eyes and before you opened them, it will be your time" Xie Mingzhu looked at her beautiful daughter and added, "Of course, you can learn how to walk first and then, we will talk about cultivation"
"I will try my best to walk before six months," Lin Yue said with clenched hands and determination burning in her eyes.
"Hahahaha, what a determination my daughter has got" a man's cheerful voice sounded and Lin Weidong in a purple robe slowly walked forward.
"Are you saying that I can't do it? you better not underestimate this girl" pouted Lin Yue.
"No no, I don't dare to" Lin Weidong waved his hand as a sign of surrender.
"Humph, you are such a coward, you are easily scared by me, thank goodness I take after Mother instead"
"Are you trying to piss me off?" Lin Weidong asked with narrowed eyes.
"Why do I need to?" replied Little Lin Yue in disdain.
"Ha, let me sleep so that I can practice hard later" Lin Yue waved her hand dismissively, yawning.
Xie Mingzhu chuckled softly, as she looked at her husband that can't win against her daughter in a discussion.
After confirming that the kid has fallen asleep, Xie Mingzhu finally turned to her husband.
"How does the visit to His Majesty go?"
Lin Weidong's expression turned serious and with a hand on his waist, he gaze at the sky. "His Majesty wanted to betroth the Fifth Prince prince and Lin Yue together"
"What?!" Xie Mingzhu stood up in disbelief.
"????" Lin Yue who was about to sleep.
"And what was your reply?" questioned Xie Mingzhu.
"Of course, I laughed it off but I fear that this matter might not end here, after all, we all know what kind of person His Majesty is"
"Ah, what can we do now? is not like the kid has started cultivating already, yet the attention she is getting is really...." Xie Mingzhu stomped her feet on the floor in frustration, an action of hers that Lin Yue has never seen.
"I only hope that His Majesty wouldn't take this far, otherwise, things would get out of hand"
"I hope so too". both the couple sigh as they looked at the distant horizon.
....
"What kind of person is the Emperor?" Lin Yue suddenly asked, which took her father by surprise.
He thought about it very well before giving her an answer "His Majesty is a god among us human, he is very powerful, powerful enough that with a stomp of his feet, ten meters of land near him will quake, with a stretch of his hand, a large building can shatter into dust and with a glare from him, one can turn into meat paste" he paused and then as if remembering something, he added "Oh and He is handsome too, so handsome that many women are willing to take an arrow for him"
"Why do I feel like you're making things up?" Lin Yue squinted her eyes slightly.
"Do you think your father here can make up things about his majesty?" Lin Weidong asked rhetorically.
"So..so you are saying the truth?" Lin Yue's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Aya, so my baby can also know fear?" Lin Weidong teased.
"Humph, I am not scared, I am just surprised"
Lin Weidong didn't say anything anymore but his gaze turns deeper as he stares at the sky, wondering what the future has in store for their family.