Inside a pitch-black cave, bright light shone as two figures moved about within. From the sounds of it, one was a man and the other a woman...
A lone man and woman sharing a cave, dry wood and raging fire...
That was impossible!
"What are you doing?"
"Are you stupid? Can't you see I'm digging up medicinal herbs? You even had to ask?"
"Oh... Aren't those just weeds?"
"Pah! They're medicinal herbs, medicinal herbs, not weeds!"
After saying that, she muttered to herself, "Tsk... People with no education are terrifying!"
Xiao Bai immediately bristled at that. She could say anything, but she could not say he was uneducated! He had at least received compulsory education. How could he accept such slander? This was outright humiliation.
"You're slandering me. I protest!"
"Protest denied!"
"I... You..."
Xiao Bai's expression turned solemn as he asked in a low voice, "Do you know what my cultivation level is?"
Xiao Yi Xian said, "Hm? What do you mean?"
Then she revealed an utterly incredulous expression and eyed Xiao Bai suspiciously. "You're not planning to beat a confession out of me, are you? So this is the kind of person you are!"
"Uh..."
Xiao Yi Xian, how could you just say that outright? How was he supposed to keep this going now?
Xiao Bai sighed helplessly and went off to one side to calm down.
Looking at the skeleton seated upright on the stone throne in the center, Xiao Bai bowed deeply to it, expressing his heartfelt gratitude for its generosity and willingness to part with its treasures.
"Senior, thank you. Since you've already given me all this, I'm sure you won't mind throwing that in as well..."
His eyes fixed on the bright white ring on the skeleton's hand as he said to the