Watching An Ke'er look so absorbed in the idea, Lin Qing suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next moment, An Ke'er said excitedly:
"Xingdu, how about I arrange a dual cultivation partner for you?"
"Absolutely not!"
Lin Qing hurriedly refused, even springing out of his seat in fright.
"Don't worry. I'm not really asking you to become someone's cultivation partner. It'll just be what we tell outsiders."
"As you know, Xingdu was only at the mid-eleventh tier before, while your cultivation is at the mid-twelfth tier. With such a huge improvement in so little time, we have to give outsiders a reasonable explanation."
Lin Qing understood what An Ke'er meant, but he still did not want any emotional entanglements with other women, even in name alone.
After lowering his head and thinking for a while, Lin Qing came up with a compromise.
"Master, how about this? We can announce that I've become cultivation partners with a woman, but don't actually arrange for someone to play the part. Just say she's a mysterious woman."
Lin Qing understood that his soaring cultivation needed a reasonable explanation, and dual cultivation was indeed a very good one.
But there was no need to actually arrange for an actress. With his current fame, trouble could come knocking at any moment, and he would inevitably stir up other trouble in the future. When that happened, the actress would certainly be implicated because of him, which was something Lin Qing did not want to see.
Naturally, Lin Qing had no intention of making trouble outside, but his cultivation advanced too quickly. Cultivating in peace and stability was simply a luxury beyond his reach.
Seeing Lin Qing's firm attitude, An Ke'er simply agreed.
The Xingdu before her was merely a replacement she had found. She had