Specks of runic light shimmered, illuminating the dark, silent depths underground.
Amid the ruins, a handsome youth and an exquisitely beautiful girl rested together, leaning against each other in indescribable peace.
"Get up already. We should leave." Yue Chan smoothed her hair, her voice as lovely as celestial music drifting from the heavens, untouched by the mortal world.
"No hurry. Let me lie here a little longer. We know each other inside and out now, so what's wrong with leaning on you?" With his head pillowed on her long legs, Lin Fan was being rather shameless.
Yue Chan's luminous, fair face flushed slightly. She knew there was something suggestive about his words, yet remained composed, smiling faintly like a divine moon blossoming with light.
At that moment, she seemed even more transcendent and holy than before, possessing a divine grace and vitality, like a fairy leaving the mortal dust behind to ascend on feathered wings.
"You possess extraordinary gifts. Do not become infatuated with beauties who are merely skeletons beneath their rosy flesh and squander your talent. Your heart must remain steadfast on the path," Yue Chan said softly.
"Hey, I just helped you obtain the Azure Moon Flame, and now you're lecturing me?"
Lin Fan curled his lip, a little indignant. Who among his peers worked harder at cultivation than he did? Not a single one could put up a fight.
Yue Chan shook her head and said calmly, "I simply feel that with your gifts, you are destined for a lifetime of glory. You should not let other things distract you. You ought to take cultivation seriously."
"I disagree. If I lived solely to cultivate and missed everything else, I would rather be a mortal and taste life's sourness, sweetness, bitterness, and spice... What would immortality add to