"You wanna be my follower?" Jun Xiaoyao felt rather startled.
He never anticipated Jun Linglong to harbor such thoughts at all.
Becoming someone's follower was very common.
All 10 sequence position holders of the Jun family had a group of very powerful followers serving them.
Those followers were either geniuses recruited from the ranks of the family itself or capable people recruited from the outside world.
All in all, every single renowned, supreme figure was usually accompanied by a group of followers, who would play important roles in their masters' future.
Even Jun Xiaoyao's father, Jun Wuhui, had a group of his own followers. They were known as the Divine King's Eight Companies, with every single one of them being very renowned heroes on their own.
Jun Xiaoyao had thought about recruiting followers, but he was in no rush to do so while he was still three years old. As such, he never put much thought into it.
"Why?" Jun Xiaoyao was feeling curious.
'Is it just because I broke the Extreme Stage of the Eons?'
"I just had a gut feeling," Jun Linglong replied, gazing at him with her deep eyes.
She was not in a good position to talk about her premonition; she might have to bear some dire consequence talking about it.
She deemed herself far from being able to bear such consequences as she currently was.
"A Gut feeling?" Jun Xiaoyao felt rather exasperated.
He was nonetheless able to see that Jun Linglong probably knew something but was reluctant to voice it out loud.
Then again, he had heard a thing or two about Jun Linglong before.
This was a girl born with the Heart of Qiqiao Linglong, whose mind was so astute that she could learn all kinds of martial arts techniques and methods faster than anyone else.
If she were to be able to live long enough, she was destined to become a saint in the future.
Such geniuses would be renowned, prestigious, and privileged figures no matter where they end up. He deemed someone like her worthy of becoming his follower.
'Grandpa is the one taking care of my daily life right now. When he's now giving me lectures, he would keep telling me to sire a bunch of children for the Jun family when I grow up…' Jun Xiaoyao felt exasperated at the thought.
Despite being physically only three years old, he was actually far more mature than his age would suggest. Having to deal with a geezer all day long felt tiring to him, even though the geezer in question was his own grandfather.
'Seems like a good idea to recruit Jun Linglong as a maid to take care of day-to-day affairs,' Jun Xiaoyao thought.
He had no thoughts of fostering her to become something, but he nonetheless found the idea of making her his maid to be acceptable.
If other people were to know what was going in Jun Xiaoyao's mind, they would have probably desperately wanted to just kill him where he stood.
The idea of a shining genius, revered and adored by many like Jun Linglong becoming a maid seemed utterly absurd after all.
It was worth noting that even sequence position holders like Jun Zhangjian, only wanted Jun Linglong to be a companion cultivator of equal status.
Just when Jun Xiaoyao was about to talk, a female voice was heard.
"Jun Linglong, you truly want to be someone else's follower?" The one who questioned her was none other than Lan Qingya.
She didn't dare to get on Jun Xiaoyao's bad side, so she simply took her frustration out at Jun Linglong instead.
"What of it?" Jun Linglong asked calmly.
While she felt flustered and nervous facing Jun Xiaoyao, she was hardly tense talking to Lan Qingya.
"Sir Zhangjian recruited you. He asked you personally to become his follower, and you rejected him. Now, you go out of your way to become someone else's follower. Are you trying to disgrace Sir Zhangjian?" Lan Qingya's expression became menacing.
She saw Jun Linglong's action to be tantamount to dragging Jun Zhangjian's face through the mud.
"Jun Zhangjian was indeed exceptional, but I, Jun Linglong, would follow someone who would reign supreme over an era!" Jun Linglong's tone sounded rather heated.
"Heh… reigning supreme over an era? You mean him?" Lan Qingya asked reflexively without giving any thought about her words.
"Hmph, how insolent could a thing like you be!"
Before Jun Xiaoyao was able to say anything, Jun Zhantian's eyebrow twitched as he waved right there and then.
Lan Qingya was sent flying right there and then, crashing hard to the ground. Blood was seen coming from the corner of her mouth.
Jun Zhantian was going easy on her, believing that killing someone like Lan Qingya was beneath someone of his status.
"I'd really like to spar with Brother Zhangjian for a bit in the future if the opportunity presents itself. As for you, just get out of my sight…" Jun Xiaoyao said casually.
He didn't feel like lifting even a finger at a small fry like her.
Lan Qingya's face was ashen. She shot a glance at Jun Linglong with an indignant look in her eyes before turning around and leaving.
Jun Linglong didn't pay any mind to what she said. She kept her eyes fixed at Jun Xiaoyao with a helpless look.
Other men would have probably agreed to it on the spot if they were given that glance.
Jun Xiaoyao paused for a bit and asked, "Could you make and fetch tea?"
Everyone was baffled when they heard Jun Xiaoyao's request.
Even Jun Linglong herself was stunned for a bit, but she nonetheless nodded subconsciously.
While she had never done such menial tasks for others, that was not to say that she was unable to do so.
"Could you make the bed and fold clothes?" Jun Xiaoyao asked again.
Jun Linglong continued nodding with a dazed expression.
"Well then, you have a deal," Jun Xiaoyao answered right away.
It was then that Jun Linglong and the others around them realized what he meant.
They all realized that Jun Xiaoyao was not picking followers; he was picking a maid instead.
Every single male genius present at the moment wore envious looks in their eyes.
Not everyone could have someone like Jun Linglong serve as their maid after all.
Jun Linglong herself was rendered confused for a moment, wondering if some genius like her had just become a maid.
However, she quickly recalled the future she saw. A steely determination was seen in her eyes.
She then pondered a bit and asked, "Now that you've asked some questions, Divine Child, would you mind if I ask you something as well?"
"What would that be?" Jun Xiaoyao asked.
"If you were to become a heavenly emperor in the future, Divine Child, what would you do?" Jun Linglong asked and proceeded to gaze at Jun Xiaoyao with determined eyes.
Jun Xiaoyao was slightly stunned and then shook his head with a faint grin. "That's simple…"
"If I were to become the heavenly emperor, I shall overpower all enemies throughout the world!"Jun Xiaoyao answered.
A thunderous rumble was immediately heard from outside as the heavens shook from his answer.
His words triggered mystical happenings that shifted the heavens.
Everyone looked shocked. It was something that they had never witnessed before in their lives.
Even Jun Zhantian took a deep breath. His gaze was full of mixed feelings.
"Wuhui, your son is indeed magnanimous and unfettered. Just like how you were when you were a kid…"
Jun Zhantian knew that what the boy said had just brought some serious karma upon himself.
It was the same time when Jun Xiaoyao made his declaration.
An ancient, croaked voice was heard in an area within the Bane of Life in the mystic realm.
"Some ambition among the Jun family of this generation instead. Hehehe…"
In some other place where true phoenixes flew and circled an ancient spirit mountain, a sarcastic chuckle was heard.
"Overpower all enemies in the world. Hehehe… so, Jun Wuhui's offspring is that bold?"
The same sarcastic words were heard from an ancient lair where the dragons gathered.
"The Imperial Path shall reveal itself in this era. Long Aotian and the others of our clan shall have the likes of the Clans of the Ancients like the Jun family know what it means to have their geniuses slaughtered and fall into decline."
Jun Xiaoyao himself probably had never anticipated that what he just blurted out would have triggered something that serious.
When he came to his senses again, he found Jun Linglong's gazing at him with her bright, dazzling eyes.
"What is it?" Jun Xiaoyao rubbed his face for a little bit.
"I, Jun Linglong, shall serve you by your side, Divine Child!" Jun Linglong was completely determined by then with no more hesitation.
Jun Linglong was able to realize a great deal from that one line alone.
Jun Xiaoyao nodded, finding himself earning several things on this trip.
He acquired the Divine Elephant Overpowering Force, broken through the Extreme Stage of the Eons, as well as having obtained the reward of the heavens—the Meditative Methods of Chaotic Divinity.
He was even bestowed with three stalks of Immortality Herb by the Eighteenth Ancestor.
Just when he thought that was all, he gained a blonde-haired girl as his maid before the day ended. Things could not possibly have gone any better for him.