Lin Heng was leading the group back home!
Over at the Star God Temple, they were also close to reaching the Green Pavilion Sect, with only about three hundred li left. They would arrive within an hour.
Su Qiubai had originally thought that heading south meant finding a main city to serve as a reception point for abandoning the Northern Continent.
She had never imagined that her little uncle would actually take her to the Green Pavilion Sect.
The thought of seeking refuge with Lin Heng, of living under someone else's roof and being humiliated and bullied, filled Su Qiubai with utter despair.
Su Moxie looked at the grown girl who was wise beyond her years and said in some confusion, "No! Didn't you say before that Lin Boy was pretty impressive? Who said we're living under someone else's roof and have to be humiliated and bullied!"
"Oh, uncle gets it. You're afraid of him, aren't you?"
"I'm afraid of him?" Su Qiubai pointed at herself.
"Yeah. Back then, you went to hunt him down, only to end up trussed up like a rice dumpling, almost killed."
"You couldn't beat him in a fight, couldn't outtalk him, and your background couldn't compare to his either. Sigh... truly miserable!"
Su Moxie knew that if he wanted Su Qiubai to obediently go to the Green Pavilion Sect, he had to use this kind of goading tactic.
Sure enough, Su Qiubai, who was easily swept up by anger, immediately shouted, "I'm not afraid of him! He just got a bit lucky. I was careless back then and didn't dodge in time, otherwise I never would've been captured by him!"
She was still making excuses for what had happened before.
"Also, is it my fault my background can't compare? Shouldn't it be dad's fault,