"Xiao Yan, I have to go. News of what happened to me must have reached the Misty Cloud Sect by now. My teacher and everyone in the sect must be searching everywhere for me, and my injuries have fully healed..."
Yun Yun did not know quite what she felt as she said those words.
In truth, she could have left long ago if she had wanted to!
After all, who said she had to wait until her injuries healed before going back?
All this time, she had simply used that as an excuse to keep lingering here.
But now, she truly had no reason left!
Whatever else she might be, she was the sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect!
"Mm, I know. Martial Aunt, do you need me to escort you back?"
Some inexplicable impulse made Xiao Yan ask.
But as soon as the words left his mouth, even Xiao Yan realized how absurd they sounded.
A fully recovered Nine-Star Dou Emperor needed a mere Dou Ling like him to escort her?
What a joke!
Yet as absurd as it was, hearing those words instantly warmed Yun Yun's heart.
A moment later, however, something occurred to her, and reason still made her shake her head.
"Never mind, Xiao Yan. I imagine you don't want anyone else to know that you were the one who saved me in the Snake-People Tribe Holy City, do you?"
That was plainly obvious.
Otherwise, why would Xiao Yan have disguised himself back then?
Xiao Yan opened his mouth, but in the end, he did not argue with her.
"Besides, I'm a Dou Emperor. How is a mere Dou Ling like you supposed to escort me?"
Seeing his silence, Yun Yun added this with the hint of a teasing smile.
Xiao Yan immediately rubbed his