"How about a relationship between a man and a woman?" I asked tentatively.
"You certainly have beautiful dreams..." Lan Ran's face brimmed with amusement. She stood up and immediately kicked at me. I hurriedly backed away, and she couldn't be bothered to chase me, simply saying, "If you dare tease me again, don't blame me when I really kick you next time."
I wore a smile and said, "Ran'er, you were refining the divine sword just fine, so why have you switched to stretching your limbs? How about I help you stretch your legs?"
"Come here. I promise I won't kick you." Lan Ran stepped forward again, leaving me no choice but to retreat completely. I couldn't push her too hard in case she grew annoyed, so I laughed and said, "All right, I surrender, okay?"
"I really don't know what I owe you. All I ever do is fool around with you." Only then did Lan Ran stop. Her face was full of helplessness as she raised the Meteor Star Hundredfold Refined in her hand and said to me, "Forget it. I'll accept the sword. After all, whether you and I are in a superior-subordinate relationship or some other kind of relationship, I can't refuse this exchange if we want to accomplish the greater cause... But now that Yin Huayi has returned, we'll be leaving. If you have any other schemes at the Sun Household, hurry up and take care of them. I still need time to recover, but once I'm recovered, there'll be no reason to delay any longer. I have more important matters to attend to, so I have no reason to waste time on you."
"Oh, got it. I really do have one thing to do—I want to see the Sun Household's senior forge a divine