"You're leaving again..."
Gu Xun'er stated the fact calmly.
There was no sadness in her tone.
Only a faint reluctance to part.
She habitually tucked the long hair by her temple behind her ear as she strolled leisurely through the Heavenly Tomb with Lu Yuan. Casually, as though they were simply taking a walk, she asked, "Before you leave, don't you have anything to say to me?"
"Say what?"
"Hold you and say that I don't want to leave?"
"Or ask you to wait for me?"
Lu Yuan knew what Gu Xun'er wanted to hear. After asking a few questions in return, he got to the point and added, "I've already made every arrangement I can. I can't guarantee the upper limit, but there is definitely a lower limit. If you're still worried, I can leave you with a few Small Means. They won't be very powerful, but killing a Dou Emperor shouldn't be a problem."
"That's not what I mean."
Gu Xun'er stopped walking.
Before they realized it, she and Lu Yuan had already traveled a long way.
Though she had not gone all out, she was still a Dou Zun, capable of moving at incredible speed. Since Lu Yuan had not been walking at full speed either, the two of them had remained side by side the entire time.
Thus, when Gu Xun'er stopped, Lu Yuan quickly stopped as well. He turned to look at her, met her gaze, and asked in confusion, "Did I misunderstand?"
Gu Xun'er nodded quietly.
She looked Lu Yuan up and down.
Only after making him somewhat uncomfortable under her scrutiny did she withdraw that impolite gaze.
"Although it's a little excessive for a girl like me to be the one saying this, seeing as you truly didn't understand what I was trying