The people of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion felt as though they had been granted amnesty. They reopened a path through the already collapsed mine tunnel, seemingly afraid I would change my mind. Every one of them worked with all their might, Dou Qi surging as they forcibly blasted aside great quantities of rubble and scrambled toward the surface with panicked expressions.
They had arrived as arrogant as could be, and left as bedraggled as could be!
Thunder Venerable mingled silently among the Wind and Lightning Pavilion crowd, no longer carrying the proud, carefree bearing he had possessed upon arrival. Feng Qing'er remained at the very back, watching me as though she was worried about me as well.
Only after the Wind and Lightning Pavilion people had gone far away did she slowly let out a breath, intending to turn and leave as well.
"Feng Qing'er!"
I called out to stop her, a faint smile on my face. "Where are you going?"
"I... I'm going back, of course."
Feng Qing'er paused slightly. Meeting my gaze, she knew she was in the wrong. She stomped her foot, then shouted in embarrassed fury, "What do you want, then?"
I smiled, looking thoroughly pleased with myself. "Of course you're coming back to the Great Love Alliance with me. Didn't you say the Wind and Lightning Pavilion could join the Great Love Alliance? As the Young Pavilion Master of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, shouldn't you represent them and go to the Great Love Alliance to sign the alliance treaty?"
Feng Qing'er lightly bit her lip, her luminous eyes fixed fiercely on me as she stubbornly refused to speak.
Xiao Yan walked over from behind. None of them had acted earlier; only Thunder Venerable and I had exchanged a few brief blows. Since he