"Sir!"
The two of them jolted awake, only then remembering that there were two other people present.
"I lost my composure, sir."
Xu Qing was the first to lower his head and admit his fault.
He had always been like this. Though everyone said he was overly rational, one thing was beyond doubt.
As a cultivator, Xu Qing had never shied away from taking responsibility.
"Sir, it was all my fault. I failed to prepare in advance..."
How could Sikong Xue possibly let Xu Qing bear all the responsibility alone?
She struggled to rise, but perhaps because her emotions had run too high earlier, a dignified Nascent Soul Realm cultivator actually stumbled and nearly fell. Who knew whether Ye Xiu's pressure had simply been too great...
"Enough, enough. Sit if you should sit, lie down if you should lie down. You're making it look like I'm about to punish you two severely."
Ye Xiu rolled his eyes.
To be honest, he truly disliked involving himself in the romantic entanglements of these young people.
It was amusing to watch these two little ones, tough-mouthed yet soft-hearted, tug back and forth at each other. But if he joined in, he would have to constantly take care not to plant other thoughts in the hearts of these awkward little fools.
Taking the tea Liu Wuyou had perceptively offered him, Ye Xiu took a few sips and found that he liked the taste immensely.
Perhaps it was because the Scorching Sun Dao Principles that had merged into his body had, with the passage of time, begun to occupy an increasingly stable high place in his internal ecosystem. Ye Xiu discovered that his body had also undergone some subtle changes.
"As for Xue'er, I won't say much. She's just a little illiterate who never received