Only then did the girl come to her senses. She remembered that she had been guarding the teleportation gate with her master. A choking sensation from before she passed out surfaced in her mind, along with the gentle, refined smile of the young man holding a fan.
Seeing the dreamy, lovestruck look on the girl's face, Yue Yao couldn't help chuckling. "Senior Brother Long said you passed out after seeing a very handsome young man. Seems he was right?"
The girl pouted and gave a huff, refusing to answer. But the shy flush on her face said it all.
Seeing her like that, Yue Yao stopped teasing her. With a low sigh, she said, "You really need to be more careful from now on. Do you think we can afford to provoke people from a High-level Space?"
At that, the girl's face immediately scrunched up in indignation. She rolled over and grumbled, "So what? They're only a tiny bit above our White Night Space. What gives them the right to act so high and mighty?"
Yue Yao looked at her helplessly. "That might be true of an ordinary High-level Space. But do you know where those people you saw came from?"
The girl instinctively shook her head. "No."
"From one of the ten superior High-level Spaces, Moxue Space. They're members of noble families."
"Moxue... noble families?" The girl stared, stunned.
Yue Yao's voice turned solemn, tinged with complicated feelings and longing. "That's right. Two of the Four Great Noble Families: the Kan Family and the Li Family. And their leader was Elder Kan Huaisheng, from the Kan Family."
"Kan Huaisheng is notorious for being someone you don't want to cross. You challenged him directly this time—did you really think he wouldn't strike back? If he hadn't taken pity on you