"Miao Woman has been staying in your virtual realm, getting brainwashed by tales of your exploits every day. Getting her to fall for someone else would be impossible."
"I'm afraid that once you go back, it won't be about whether she's changed her heart. It'll be about whether she'll chase you down and see the marriage through to the bitter end, won't it?"
Something flickered through Gusu Hanxing's expression—jealousy or something else—and it always gave Qin Shaofeng a hair-raising chill.
He gave a dry laugh.
Only then did Qin Shaofeng say, "We'll deal with the future when it comes. Right now, we should focus on what's before us. Once we return, we need to prepare as soon as possible for anything that might happen when we go out."
"Mm."
Worry returned to Gusu Hanxing's face.
She believed Qin Shaofeng could not possibly have sensed wrongly. That meant there truly was an expert lurking in the shadows.
After all, they were the ones out in the open. Even with Old Ancestor Gusu's protection, guarding against the other's secret arrangements would still be harder than climbing to heaven.
"Go on!"
Old Ancestor Gusu did not seem to have any useful solution either.
Only then did Qin Shaofeng and Gusu Hanxing leave Old Ancestor Gusu's thatched cottage.
The moment he lost Old Ancestor Gusu's protection, Qin Shaofeng once again felt a faint unease.
The feeling was not particularly intense.
But it had been forged through countless walks along the edge of life and death. How could it possibly be wrong?
"Xing'er, the thing Father-in-law gave me is certainly useful, but I still feel there are serious problems with cultivation raised this way. Let's go somewhere suitable for training, like the Training Ground. Keep me company for a few proper fights," Qin Shaofeng said,