"No."
Xiao Se naturally shook his head.
"There are indeed plenty of interesting things outside, but in the end, none of it is as reassuring as home."
Xiao Yan raised his brows, somewhat surprised.
"Is that so? I was originally thinking that if you wanted to, it wouldn't be impossible to let you go out and build a force of your own for fun or something."
"I am not someone like Father and Mother. At most, I merely have strength and nothing else. Even if I could establish a force, I would be unable to do anything more than gather up a patch of territory."
"There's no need to be that pessimistic. Back then, I only wanted to be a hands-off shopkeeper too. Your mother is the impressive one in that regard. If you have such intentions, just go ask her."
"Mother has been busy lately. I had better not disturb her."
Xiao Yan saw Xiao Se's slight hesitation and could not help laughing. "Surely you're not still afraid of her at your age?"
Still, he did not continue making things difficult for his son. He brought him all the way out of the Endless Fire Territory, and since it was rare for him to travel with Father, Xiao Se merely stayed silently at his side, watching the world before his eyes turn without cease.
"Oh, speaking of which, I wonder if your mother... if your Aunt Xun'er ever mentioned to you that before your mother was pregnant with you, she once went with her to the place where we first ascended to the Great Thousand World. Back then, I was busy dealing with the newly established Endless Fire Territory, so I didn't have the time... Want to go take a look?"
"That depends on Father's wishes."
"If you like,