"Shuai Shuai, I never belonged to this planet. If you follow me, it would mean leaving your homeland. Elder Xia Yubing and the others are all your family. You should stay here. Besides, the Feather Clan is developing rapidly and needs you right now. You can't leave."
Yang Ming comforted her.
"Brother, I know, but I don't care. I just want to be with you. Don't leave me."
Shuai Shuai shook her head, refusing to let go no matter what.
"Clan Leader Xia!"
Yang Ming could not help looking at Xia Yubing.
He did not want to leave either, but parting would eventually come. It was unavoidable.
"Lord Yang Ming, I don't want you to leave either. To be honest, I'm selfish too. If it weren't for you, we might have died long ago. The Feather Sect would never have reached its current scale, and we would not have become who we are now. So, I can't accept you leaving now."
"To be frank, we are practically strangers to you. There is no real bond between us. All these years, you have traveled everywhere for our sake, from the Northern Profound Region to the Central State Divine Realm, step by step. We don't need you to tell us of all the hardships you endured—we can imagine them ourselves. Now that everything has come to a perfect end, you want to leave after accomplishing everything. Forgive me, but I cannot accept it."
Xia Yubing shook her head and rejected him decisively, completely unlike her usual self.
At this moment, she did not want Yang Ming to leave either.
"..."
Yang Ming was left speechless. He had never expected even Xia Yubing to act this way!
"Brother!"
Shuai Shuai clung to him tightly, as though she wanted to hang from his body.