Following Close Behind

After hearing this, Yunxi rubbed Dian Dian even harder and said with a smile,

"Who taught you to say such mushy things to curry favor with me?"

Lili flicked his tail and exposed him.

"Your Excellency, Dian Dian wants to advance as soon as possible. He has set his sights on a Fifth Order spirit plant in your plantation, so he said those things to flatter you."

"Dian Dian, I never knew you were so ambitious."

Yunxi teased.

"Master~"

Dian Dian's address twisted through eighteen bends, making Yunxi shudder.

"Fine. I'll save that spirit plant for you. Devour it when you feel you're about to break through."

After saying that, she released Dian Dian. Looking rather smug, Dian Dian twitched his whiskers at Lili.

Yunxi, however, turned serious.

"Dian Dian's words reminded me—if the evil cultivators learned of the Moon Gates' purpose, would they covet them?"

Lili's swishing tail froze. A glimmer flashed through his grape-black eyes as he immediately said,

"If I were an evil cultivator, I would certainly do everything possible to find both Moon Gates, then travel to the time and place where a mission had failed and use foreknowledge to accomplish my goal.

Perhaps the first thing evil cultivators would do after obtaining the Moon Gates would be to eliminate you, Your Excellency. Since you began cultivating, you have ruined quite a few of their plans and arrangements."

Yunxi narrowed her almond eyes after hearing that.

"Lili, you're right. If I were an evil cultivator, I would do the same. Only by strangling one's opponent in the cradle could one eliminate trouble once and for all."

Dian Dian immediately objected.

"Master, we should snatch one too! As long as we seize one gate, the two Moon Gates cannot become one, and they won't be able to