Even if Qin Yun had not pleaded with me, I had never planned to stay at Huaying Academy, so I simply went with the flow and agreed.
Though we had left leisurely some time ago, Qin Yun still wore a complicated expression along the way. It went without saying that having her heart pierced had come with quite severe aftereffects.
"Are you still thinking about losing? To have fought this well despite accepting the challenge so hastily is already pretty good." I comforted her.
Qin Yun shook her head and said, "Long Zheng is younger than me, but he surpasses me in both state of mind and strength. Why did you bring me instead of him? Like me, he's been taken by his elders to travel and interact with the various major powers since childhood, and he knows just as many seniors."
"Is that so? Why didn't you say so earlier?" I teased.
After hearing that, Qin Yun became even more depressed. "I don't mind going back..."
"But wouldn't going back now waste another half a day?"
"But... anyway, even if I went to the next Immortal Academy, I might not be able to make use of the divine artifact seed Senior gave me." Qin Yun answered honestly.
"Didn't I already say it? How could something done in haste be taken seriously? Losing is losing. It's not as if no one has ever lost before."
"But..."
"Why are there so many 'buts'? Your temperament is far too hesitant and indecisive." I mocked her.
"I'm not! I'm just afraid of delaying Senior, all right?"
"It doesn't really count as a delay, does it? We still have some time before reaching Tianyi Academy, don't we? During this period, you can study how to win the next battle and restore your crumbling Dao