Xu Longyun and Jiang Qingqin made up and were as close as ever.
Only then did Jiang Qingqin explain why she had come. The Heaven-Sent Ones in the Lin Bai Fan Club were clamoring for Lin Bai to hold a fan meet-and-greet, and she had come to invite him.
"No," Lin Bai said decisively.
Jiang Qingqin froze. "Why? You have no idea how infatuated they are with you. The first thing they did after descending into this world wasn't to find suitable cultivation arts, but to ask the alliance to make matching outfits for them. They've even prepared lots of portraits of you."
As she spoke,
she took a stack of drawings from inside her robes. They contained all sorts of sketches of Lin Bai: normal versions, cute versions, cross-dressed versions, childhood versions...
Xu Longyun looked at the portraits, then at Lin Bai, and the corners of her mouth curved upward despite herself. "Senior Sister, the people in your Support Squad really are interesting. Have them draw another set of portraits like these. I'd like to keep a set too."
"Master, they entered this world specifically for you. They love discussing every single thing about you. Every one of them asks me to help them meet you whenever they see me," Jiang Qingqin said. "They're so enthusiastic. The Heaven-Sent Ones have all their meridians open. A group that adores you like this is much more loyal than the Beggar Gang or the Alliance Army. Harness their enthusiasm, and before long, they'll become a powerful fighting force devoted entirely to you."
"Then I have even more reason not to meet them," Lin Bai said.
"Why?" Jiang Qingqin asked in confusion.
"Distance creates beauty. They're so infatuated with me because of the stories they've heard and seen about me. Even if I