"But wouldn't going back like this be a little beneath me?"
Yu Xiaogang stopped in his tracks.
Back then, Yu Luomian had tried to persuade him with kind words, but he had turned him down.
Now that no one cared about him, wouldn't slinking back to the clan be a slap in his own face?
"Even if I need the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's help, I still have to return with some fanfare..."
"At the very least, people need to know I was invited back, not that I came crawling home because I couldn't make it out there and had nowhere else to go."
"Even if that's exactly what happened..."
Yu Xiaogang pondered for a moment, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "I'll go to Spirit City first. Yu Luomian came looking for me there before. Maybe he still hasn't given up. This time, as long as he gives me a chance, I'll return to the clan without another moment's hesitation."
With that thought, he changed course and headed toward Spirit City.
Meanwhile.
On a street outside Skywater Academy.
"Feng Xiaotian, why do you keep following me? Aren't you afraid Huo Wu will get the wrong idea?"
Shui Yue'er frowned at Feng Xiaotian in front of her.
"Haha, little Yue'er, Huo Wu trusts me completely. She won't get the wrong idea."
Feng Xiaotian shook his head with a laugh.
After hearing his answer, Shui Yue'er suddenly smiled. "Hehe, have you considered that Huo Wu might not care about you at all?"
Well, uh...
Feng Xiaotian's expression abruptly froze at Shui Yue'er's words.
"You look so cute, and there's nothing wrong with you anywhere else, so why did you have to grow a mouth?"
He grumbled helplessly.
He had to admit, Shui Yue'er's words stabbed him right in the