Xu Longyun had eaten a Rejuvenation Pill meant for external use, so her resentment was understandable!
But what the hell did you have to resent?!
Lin Bai gave Jiang Qingqin a sidelong glance and smiled. "All right, now that the misunderstanding is cleared up, I'll head back if there's nothing else. I won't get in the way of you two catching up."
"Stop."
The two women spoke in unison.
With no desires, one stood firm. Facing the two women who had inexplicably become angry, Lin Bai remained perfectly composed. "City Lord, was there anything else? If not, I'd like to visit the pill-refining room. I had a flash of inspiration last night and came up with another pill formula..."
"Explain to me what kind of cultivation requires you to whisper sweet nothings to a girl all night," Xu Longyun demanded, her face dark.
"Exactly!" Jiang Qingqin's face flushed as she gritted her teeth. "You've already pledged yourself to Xu Longyun, yet you said those things to another girl. Do you know what that makes you?"
"Words Become Law." Lin Bai didn't even blink.
"Words Become Law?" the two women echoed in unison again.
"Yes." Lin Bai wore an expression of wistful yearning. "The Righteousness Sect's supreme signature technique. No one has mastered it in ten thousand years. I want to try. Also, I should tell you that the City Lord and I have never privately pledged ourselves to each other."
"..." Jiang Qingqin looked at Xu Longyun strangely.
Xu Longyun nodded helplessly and shot Lin Bai an irritated look. Unwilling to get tangled up in the subject of private pledges, she steered the conversation back. "Who told you that was how to practice Words Become Law?"
"My master, of course." Lin Bai knew Xu Longyun had overheard the story he