A hundred years later.
Heavenly Mandate Daoist Academy.
An Ning found Xiao Yan just as he was about to cultivate and said she wanted to take him out for a walk.
"Senior Sister, I won't go. I've just had an insight and am preparing to enter seclusion to comprehend the Dao," Xiao Yan declined tactfully.
He was somewhat afraid of An Ning.
Over these hundred years, An Ning had simply treated him too well, yet he could not understand why she regarded him so differently.
This kindness had begun from the very first time they met.
Why, exactly?
"Junior Brother, you've been avoiding me more and more lately. What, am I going to eat you?" An Ning raised a brow.
"Senior Sister has treated me very well. It's just that I truly have something to do and can't conveniently go out," Xiao Yan hurriedly said.
An Ning truly had been good to him; that much could not be denied. He simply could not understand it.
He always felt there was something else behind An Ning's kindness toward him.
That muddled feeling had remained lodged in his heart.
"Then I'll wait until you come out of seclusion. We can go out together afterward." An Ning sat down on a stool.
"Senior Sister, you..." Seeing that An Ning had no intention of letting the matter rest, Xiao Yan gave a bitter smile.
He had no choice but to compromise.
"That's more like it. Senior Sister will take you around. We'll go to places you normally have no way of visiting—I guarantee you'll gain something."
The moment An Ning heard that Xiao Yan had agreed, she immediately rose and dragged him outside.
"Where is Senior Sister taking me?" Xiao Yan asked curiously.
"Don't you feel that you haven't learned enough? Senior Sister will