"Brother Linyuan, Lingling, I'm afraid we have to leave."
"These past few days, we've had you to thank for taking care of us. Especially you, Brother Linyuan. You helped us hunt Soul Rings, and Xue Wu and I don't even know how to thank you."
Shui Bing'er looked at Gu Linyuan and Ye Lingling, her eyes full of gratitude.
The gains she and Xue Wu had made were simply too great.
If they had come with their teachers, the Soul Rings they absorbed this time would inevitably have been standard ones.
By following Gu Linyuan, they had been able to absorb Soul Rings roughly three thousand years older than what they normally could.
It was simply unbelievable.
Yet it was the truth.
Moreover, they knew that Gu Linyuan had erased the Soul Beasts' will to fight, sparing them the torment of the resentment left behind after a Soul Beast's death during absorption. That was what had allowed them to absorb Soul Rings of far higher quality than normal.
Both she and Xue Wu were deeply grateful.
"Bing'er, there's no need for this."
"You're both Lingling's friends, which naturally makes you my friends as well."
"Lingling and I were already planning to come to the Extreme North."
"If it had just been the two of us, it would have been too dull. With you here, you helped keep Lingling and me entertained."
Gu Linyuan smiled.
"Exactly, Bing'er. Don't feel burdened by it."
Ye Lingling stuck out her little tongue.
Seeing that Shui Bing'er and the others were about to leave, the resentment in her heart had also faded away.
She had never been one to hold grudges. Besides, she knew that almost any woman who met Gu Linyuan would find it difficult to restrain her heart.
Wasn't she the same?
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