Xiao Yan: Xun'er left, and I'm feeling pretty fired up; Protector Bai: scared to tears...

"Miss Xun'er, we should be leaving..."

Atop a mountain peak, Ling Ying spoke with a hint of helplessness. His young mistress had been the one to summon him, so why did she look so reluctant now?

"Junior Brother Ling, you've already broken through to Dou Zun?" Xiao Yan glanced at Ling Ying, slightly surprised. The last time they met, he had still been a Dou Zong.

"My lord learned that I had received our teacher's inheritance, so he granted me considerable resources within the clan. That was how I managed to break through to Dou Zun," Ling Ying replied respectfully.

"I'll pay the Gu Clan a visit sooner or later."

Xiao Yan's expression remained calm. He gently held Xun'er by her slender waist and kissed her fair forehead. "I'll settle my accounts with those people one by one, too. Just focus on cultivating. If you really run into trouble, call for me."

"With my father in the Gu Clan, who could do anything to me? You, on the other hand... must be careful out there." Xiao Xun'er looked up at Xiao Yan through tear-filled eyes, then buried her lovely face in his chest and nuzzled him like a little animal.

"With Teacher around, no one can do anything to me."

"One day, I'll stand before all those members of the Gu Clan and take you as my bride..."

"Mmm. I'll be waiting..."

Ling Ying: "..."

They had repeated this conversation dozens of times already. So are you two leaving or not?

Did you summon me just to stuff me full of your lovey-dovey antics? Enough, enough! I'm really stuffed.

"Then, Brother Xiao Yan, I'm really leaving this time..." Xiao Xun'er wiped away her tears with her fair little hands, forced a smile, and waved.

Ling Ying inwardly sighed in relief.