Xue Xi noticed that Ai Chen seemed a little off and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Ai Chen? Is the dish not to your taste?"
Ai Chen hesitated before speaking. "Little Xue Xi, aren't you going to leave again soon?"
Xue Xi paused. "I sent this clone out to travel the universe. I came here mainly to see you all, and then I'll set off on my proper journey, so..."
"So can I travel with you, Little Xue Xi? These past eighty years, I really haven't wanted to leave you—or your delicious food—again!" Ai Chen said earnestly.
Xue Xi looked troubled. It wasn't that she didn't want a companion. "Putting aside the fact that you'd fall behind in your cultivation, the Alien Race I've angered hate me to the bone. If they send a top expert like a Universe Master to assassinate me, I can handle it. My Life Core is back in Chaos City, but what about you?"
She was confident she could protect herself, but if anything happened to Ai Chen, Xue Xi knew she would regret it for the rest of her life.
Ai Chen fell silent too, eating absentmindedly. The food seemed to have lost some of its flavor. Just then, the other three looked at them as if they were idiots. Luo Feng set down his chopsticks and cleared his throat. "I say, you two—did you forget about the clone from the Dragon Beard Candy?"
The two went quiet, then tactfully changed the subject. "Little Xue Xi, I feel like my Law of Light is almost at that point. Once I've finished nurturing a clone, I'll have it travel with you. Then I won't have to worry about starving because I can't eat your food anymore. Can I?"
Xue Xi thought it over. It would