Once she had pieced together what lay behind it all, she silently glanced at the friend beside her, who was clearly feeling guilty. Then she wiped the smile from her face, turned, and headed toward the Treasure Ship's cabins.
She truly did not want to bow to a young junior who was plainly much weaker than she was, and by no small margin at that, with the full ceremony due a sect master.
Though Hou Yue'er had no desire to bow or call that young man Sect Master, she did not want to fall out completely with him for the sake of her longtime friend.
Better to keep him out of sight and out of mind. She could simply spend the voyage resting in her cabin.
Gao Tongwei knew her friend's temperament well, but the sight of her walking away still brought an awkward smile to her face.
"Sorry, Sect Master Luo. Yue'er means no harm. It's just that she's already reached the Dao Integration Limit, while you've only just managed to step into Dao Integration. The gap between you really is rather large."
"So she lost her temper for a moment. Please, Sect Master Luo, bear with—"
"It's fine. Let's get moving!"
Luo Yi waved a hand, utterly unconcerned, and cut off her explanation.
He did not quite understand where that unfamiliar woman's sudden hostility toward him had come from.
But he could not be bothered to waste more time or energy on her.
After all, he would be better off using that time and energy to work out how to hunt more demons and monsters and gain more Energy Points.
Then he could raise his cultivation to the Dao Integration Limit as quickly as possible and begin preparing his breakthrough to the Great Vehicle Realm.
With that thought,