"Lingling, Gu Ran, why are you two still awake this late?" Tianlin asked, looking at them.
"Can't sleep. Thinking about things." Ye Lingling's voice was always so cool and detached. In such a silent forest, it sounded even more lonely.
"You're my boss. If the boss isn't sleeping, how can a lackey like me go rest on his own?" Gu Ran said with an honest grin. He truly was a rather dutiful lackey.
"Not bad, Gu Ran. Loyal enough. As for you, Lingling, are you too excited? Your strength suddenly improved so much." Tianlin smiled. Ye Lingling had obtained a thousand-year Soul Ring as soon as she arrived, so it was perfectly normal for her to be too happy to sleep.
Ye Lingling shook her head. "No. I don't pursue strength that intensely, because I don't need to shoulder a family or sect in the future like you, Gu Ran, or Tian Heng. Our Nine Heart Begonia lineage has always been passed down through a single heir, and we possess only healing abilities. We can only survive by attaching ourselves to other families."
"Nine Heart Begonia, the number one healing Martial Soul in the world. No sect would refuse to accept you." Tianlin felt that Ye Lingling was acting a little strange. She possessed such a powerful Martial Soul, yet she did not seem happy.
Ye Lingling revealed a bitter smile. "Yes, no sect would refuse me. But I don't want to join any side. Tian Heng actually invited me before, but I politely declined. The people of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan are all far too fierce in temperament. I don't like that."
"I want to be like my mother and find someone I can truly rely on!" Ye Lingling said hopefully.
"Not bad. By the way, what