However, Xiao Yi truly couldn't understand what she had to feel inferior about. What would that make Xiao Xiao feel?
He raised a hand and steadily supported Nan Qiuqiu's legs behind him, keeping her from accidentally falling.
The sudden warmth filtered through their clothes, and Nan Qiuqiu's cheeks instantly flushed crimson.
She had impulsively jumped onto him in a moment of excitement. Now that they were pressed so closely together, her heartbeat abruptly spiraled out of control, and in her panic, she no longer dared to look Xiao Yi in the eyes.
"Actually, I feel the same way about Qiuqiu. Otherwise, why would I have brought you back?" Xiao Yi said frankly, his tone sincere and without the slightest hint of perfunctoriness.
Those words nearly had the two girls steaming on the spot.
After sending the two girls back to their Outer Court dormitory, Xiao Yi returned to the Tang Sect. Neither of them was ready for that just yet, but Xiao Yi still rather forcefully stuffed the Immortal Herb pills into Zhu Lu's hand. As for refining them, there was no rush.
The harvest had been quite plentiful as well. Xiao Yi confirmed that one hand really wasn't enough to hold it all.
The next morning, beneath bright daylight, everyone gathered as promised by the rippling shores of Sea God Lake.
"Let's go." Xiao Yi looked at the group with a smile. He knew why Yan Shaozhe had told them to wait here.
Wasn't it simply to give the Inner Court's main team a flashy entrance?
So Xiao Yi chose not to give them that chance. They had come early instead. Why couldn't the Outer Court be the ones showing off?
The others exchanged glances and immediately understood Xiao Yi's intentions. Eagerness shone undisguised in their eyes.
"Hehe,