At this meeting, Shi Yutong had lost her former coy, affected manner and instead carried herself with greater dignity.
Li Ping guessed that Shi Yutong had yet to recover from losing both her father and her master. Such pain cut deep into the bones and etched itself into the heart; only time could slowly soothe it.
"Don't worry. I'm doing quite well here," he said with a smile.
Shi Yutong looked at Li Ping with gratitude in her eyes. "I must thank you again, Brother Li. If you hadn't refined the Profound Heart Pill and helped my mother break through her heart demon barrier, there's no telling what might have happened. The Snowflight Sect owes you a great debt."
Li Ping nodded slightly at her words.
Shi Yutong was someone who could distinguish right from wrong. She might have felt some displeasure over Li Ping fleeing alone when danger struck, but she could control her emotions and remember the help he had previously given the Snowflight Sect.
She did not let a single leaf blind her to the whole forest, remembering only his faults while forgetting everything he had done for her and the Snowflight Sect.
That temperament alone showed she was a capable sect leader rather than a woman ruled by her emotions.
Dai Sangyu, whom Li Ping had met in Windmist Immortal City, was far inferior to Shi Yutong in that respect. She had been far too emotional in both her conduct and her dealings, and her extreme temperament had offended too many people.
In the end, she had breathed her last not long after reaching core formation.
Shi Yutong thanked Li Ping once again for refining pills for the Snowflight Sect, then told him he could bring any requests to Mei Hao.
She also gave Li Ping