Up to now, though the two women had never openly clashed or deliberately targeted each other, Tan Lin could always sense an indescribable awkwardness between them.
It was like an instinctive collision and entanglement of auras in their words and actions.
Of course, Tan Lin never cared about or dwelled on such things.
That was simply the kind of person he was.
As for today's tea-brewing chat, it might be their last for the foreseeable future, perhaps for a very long time.
Because after today, Tan Lin would act and seal Tian Yue away once more.
This was something he and Tian Yue had discussed long ago over the past three thousand years.
"Time passes so quickly..."
Tianling set down her teacup and sighed softly.
"In the blink of an eye, another three thousand years have passed."
Hearing this, Tan Lin sensed an unspoken meaning in her words, as though she wanted to change her mind, so he said nothing.
When it came to plans involving major matters, he had never indulged his women.
After all, objectively speaking, women were more prone than men to acting on emotion and often found it difficult to think rationally.
Though this varied from person to person in practice, it seemed that women like this would not change much even as their cultivation rose.
"Ah..."
Tianling glanced at him.
"Why aren't you saying anything?"
Tan Lin fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"If you have nothing else to say, shall we set off now?"
The moment those words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the pavilion seemed to freeze.
Tianling pursed her lips. She too fell silent for a moment before shooting Tan Lin a glare.
"How boring. If I'd known, I shouldn't have agreed so easily to seal myself away back then..."