Central Province, Ten Thousand Flowers Ridge.
Bai Xuanling said little. Once she heard that Xie Lingyu and Qinghe were both at Ten Thousand Flowers Ridge rather than the Heavenly Derivation Sect, she decided to visit Ten Thousand Flowers Ridge before returning to the Heavenly Derivation Sect.
Chu Xingchen naturally had no objection to that decision. He simply asked whether she could hold up in her current condition.
Bai Xuanling's answer was as simple and commanding as ever-there had never been a time when she could not hold up.
Chu Xingchen hesitated for a moment before finally agreeing to her plan.
After all, he truly could not sway this mighty figure's thinking. Besides, Bai Xuanling might push herself, but she would not do so over everything. She certainly would not pay a disproportionate price just to see her own disciple.
As for their other companion, Yuankong, his lowly standing and sizable debt in Spirit Stones naturally left him with no say. Chu Xingchen simply brought him along.
When it came to Yuankong, Chu Xingchen had no intention of forcing his head down and making him become his disciple just to complete the system's mission.
Besides, Chu Xingchen felt that the system's notification had been a reminder rather than an urging: there was only one remaining True Disciple for whom the system could continue providing support.
Yuankong might be a good choice, but if he had a path of his own that he wished to follow, staying by Chu Xingchen's side would not really be a good choice either.
At the very least, that final disciple did not have to be him.
For now, though, he had to bring the boy back and check whether anything was wrong with him. If Yuankong wanted to set out again, Chu Xingchen could still offer