Dugu Yueli listened to these words and fell into deep thought, unconsciously moving closer.
She rested her little head against his chest near his shoulder, her eyes full of hesitation. "Brother Heng, there's something I want to make clear to you."
"What is it?" Lin Heng asked.
"I feel like too much has happened lately. I never imagined that, from Great Mountain until now, I would come to learn of so many things beyond anything I had known."
"As for the future, I find it growing more and more unclear. When the day comes that Tianxing is truly pacified, then I'll become your Dao companion. Would that be all right?"
The moment she said this, Lin Heng was utterly baffled. "Why is Little Cabbage suddenly bringing this up? Little Lizi, aren't we already Dao companions?"
"(??ˇ?ˇ??) Uh... aren't we not? Doesn't it only count after Dual Cultivation?"
"What I mean is, once everything settles down, we can try to... mm... Anyway, I'm worried the ancestors will beat Brother Heng half to death."
Good heavens, after all that, she was still worried about Heng-gege getting beaten.
Lin Heng waved a hand. "You don't need to worry about that. The ancestors are just talking big."
The wild boar and the cabbage were wrapped around each other in tender affection when an untimely voice suddenly rang out.
"Heng'er, the battle is over. What are you two doing here?"
Hearing the sound, the two instinctively let go and turned their heads. Mu Li, Meng Yutong, Eldest Senior Sister, and Murong Ziyan were all walking toward them.
However, none of them looked to be in very good shape. Their auras were weak, and every one of them was dusty and disheveled.
Lin Heng gave an awkward smile. "Master, why are you here? Are you hurt?"