"Junior Brother Liu, you saved my life. If you ever need help, don't hesitate to come to me."
A few breaths later, Yan Qun'er's clear voice rang out, a faint note of concern in her words.
She did not turn her head, keeping her eyes on the scenery below. There was no telling what she was thinking.
Liu Yu looked at her intently, studying those sincere, clear eyes. He nodded gently but said nothing.
"Senior Sister, with your lineage backing you, why are you going to the front lines? Surely it wouldn't have been difficult to decline?"
After a moment, Liu Yu voiced the question on his mind.
"One of our ancestors is stationed there. My aunt arranged for me to go and gain some experience!"
Before him, Yan Qun'er shed the pride of a young lady from a great lineage's main branch and spoke softly.
Liu Yu fell silent at her answer.
The ancestor of a Golden Core lineage was a Golden Core Cultivator. With one looking after her, arranging assignments that offered great merit with little danger would be simplicity itself.
After accumulating merit and experience on the front lines, she could return to the sect and, with her lineage's connections, immediately take up an important or lucrative post. That would cover part of the cultivation resources she needed in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
This was the advantage of having a lineage behind her. A smooth road had already been laid out, rather like the "gold-plating" of credentials in his previous life.
Liu Yu felt a slight twinge of envy, but nothing more.
With the Immortal Mansion in his possession, he believed he would certainly travel farther along the immortal path than other cultivators.
But that would take time.
A long silence followed, neither of them speaking.
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