The Big Shot and Little Yao had not seen each other for tens of thousands of years, so they had plenty to talk about. However, they had less than twenty days to communicate in private.
During that time, the matter of the main body withdrawing and merging also took up considerable effort.
And during their conversations, Little Yao often consulted her big sister about cultivation.
She had always been feeling her way through cultivation. Although she possessed her big sister's memories and was generally on the right track, she still had many questions about the details.
Only after that did they discuss their experiences since they had parted, as well as the current situation outside.
Little Yao had heard her big sister mention Jiu Qing and knew that he was unpopular.
But she truly did not know that the name Jiu Qing was taboo throughout Heavenly Zither—the Big Shot had assumed she would understand the implications.
Yet Little Yao really did not get it and blurted it out so casually.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" The Bamboo Shadow in the air swayed faintly, seeming rather caught between laughter and tears. "Can you just say something like that?"
Although it was scolding her, its attitude was rather casual, like reprimanding one of its own unruly children.
Was there a problem? There really was not. In the eyes of Heavenly Zither cultivators, Jiu Qing was someone not to be provoked, and even his karma was not to be touched.
But was that really an issue for the Big Shot?
Making a show of it was simply giving Heavenly Zither cultivators some face. If they truly annoyed it, it would openly associate with Jiu Qing.
After all, that fellow was merely a "public enemy of the sects." To the clan faction,