Lin Gong chuckled. "Bufan, you're famous in the sect now. Who knows how many people want to join our Morning Sun Peak? The threshold's practically being trampled flat."
Yang Kai picked up the thread. "And you still dare bring that up? Aren't you afraid Xueyao will kick you?"
Li Bufan's interest was piqued. "Oh? Did Brother Gong do something else?"
Zheng Haonan smiled and shook his head, taking over. "Bufan, you don't know this. Ever since you took first place on the Hidden Dragon List, countless Outer and Inner Disciples have taken you as their role model and rushed to join Morning Sun Peak."
"But those two show-offs, Lin Gong and Wang Mingxuan, exaggerated your exploits until they were bigger than the sky, then took the chance to brag about themselves too. They said things like, 'We're brothers who fought our way up alongside the Peak Master,' and, 'Whatever the Peak Master knows, we know a thing or two about it as well.'"
"And believe it or not, once those words got out, they really did attract quite a few female disciples."
Li Bufan shook his head, his gaze holding both helplessness and amusement. "Brother Gong, Mingxuan, you two really are..."
Before he could finish, Luo Xueyao had somehow silently appeared beside Lin Gong. She reached out and grabbed his ear. "Hmph, you already have me, and you still dare act like this?"
Lin Gong immediately wilted, repeatedly saying, "Wife, everyone's watching. Leave me some dignity..."
The people around them burst into laughter, the sound echoing through the lantern light and night breeze, made all the more carefree by their familiarity with one another.
Before long, Chu Feng came over with a wine cup in hand, sweeping his gaze across the group. "What are you talking about that's making you