"This won't do."
After Huo Xing came out of the alley, he ran into Li Ming again.
"Miss Li Ming!"
Huo Xing was surprised.
"Even if they aren't bad people by nature, giving without conditions will only make them dependent," Li Ming advised. "If one day you suddenly stop giving, they might even resent you."
Huo Xing lowered his head like a child being lectured, unable to say a word.
Even so, Li Ming knew Huo Xing would not stop helping those beggars because of this. She sighed. "I'll give you more rations from now on."
"Thank you, Miss Li Ming." Huo Xing froze for a moment before realizing what she meant and thanking her.
"No need to thank me. Consider it payment for keeping me company these past few years. Your Soul Power may not be high, but aside from Li Yang, you're the only person I can actually talk to."
Li Ming smiled faintly. "By the way, the Earth as a Star Theory will be finalized within the next month or two. Go back and tell Li Yang. Once it's complete, let's gather at the Star Luo Adventurer's Guild... I can tell that after finalizing this theory, Li Yang will definitely head elsewhere to pursue deeper research related to the Starry Sky. At that time, for safety's sake, she may leave you behind. You don't have anywhere to stay, and you don't even know exactly where your hometown is. Why not come to my home? My house is quite large."
Li Ming had also guessed at Huo Xing's identity—for example, that he was the servant who had run away from Elder Xu Ming's home back then.
But so what?
No one in the sect would deliberately remember a servant's face, and besides—
The most dangerous place was the