"Your junior, Xingqiu? Hmm, thank you."
Li Qiuzhi first expressed his thanks, then tried to explain as clearly as he could:
"It's not that we absolutely need something in return. Mainly, we have our own things to do, and joining the Guhua Clan might take up some of our time and energy. If we only joined in name without doing anything, there wouldn't be much point, would there?"
"I see. It seems I really was being presumptuous."
Sun Yu scratched the back of his head as he spoke, sounding somewhat enlightened.
Sure enough, he would have to rely on himself to revitalize the Guhua Clan. Hoping that other people joining would bring about its revival was a little hollow and impractical.
Was that what people called a "shaky foundation"?
"Hmph, senior, stop thinking about revitalizing the clan all day. Can't you... take better care of yourself?"
Xiao Que'er raised her eyebrows as she spoke.
She had actually wanted to say "spend more time with me" at the end, but when the words reached her lips, she felt something was off and changed them.
"You don't understand. As a disciple of Guhua, I should naturally take this upon myself."
Sun Yu shook his head, then took a brush, ink, and snow-white paper out of his bag. Using a flat stone on the ground as a writing surface, he quickly wrote something and handed it to Li Qiuzhi.
"Well then, my junior and I have important business in Stone Gate. May we meet again someday!"
He cupped his hands and smiled.
"Uh, may we meet again," Paimon said, imitating his gesture. Li Qiuzhi and Lumine likewise cupped their hands and nodded.
After Sun Yu and Xiao Que'er, the two Guhua Clan disciples, left, Li Qiuzhi and the others continued on their way