That's All

Before long, two days had passed.

Charm Ancestor left the Sword Sect.

Meanwhile, Ning Wanzhu and Ming Yu were also preparing to head back for a visit.

For Ning Wanzhu, having returned for two days already without going to see her master was simply indefensible.

As for Ming Yu, it was because her grandfather, the "Rain Listening Dao Master"—the founder of Rain Listening Pavilion—would soon be returning from a rotation at the Starry Sky Frontline Battlefield.

After all, she had never told her family the real reason she had gone to the Chaotic Sea to set up Immortal Net connection nodes.

She had merely fobbed them off with the excuse of going out to clear her head...

"So, who are you planning to go with?"

Inside the residence the Sword Sect had arranged for Yuan, Ning Wanzhu stood by the window, looking at the potted spirit plant on the sill as she asked what seemed to be a perfectly casual question.

Ming Yu said nothing, holding her phone as though she were replying to messages.

The two of them appeared relaxed, as if they did not care about his choice at all...

But anyone who truly thought so was being far too naive!

Yuan's face was expressionless, but he was practically numb all over.

After two days of such "happy harmony," he had thought this hurdle would not come after all. Yet he still could not avoid it...

He glanced sideways at Yinling.

Only to find her happily engrossed in her phone.

Yesterday, when he, Ming Yu, and Wanzhu had returned, they had been about to take her out to buy a phone, only to discover that she was already using one.

When he asked, he learned that it had been bought for Yinling by his fellow townsman's grand-disciple—Jiu Yu.