In the courtyard of Dake's home.
"Uncle Guan, are you leaving?" Yana looked pitifully at Dongguan.
Dongguan ruffled her azure hair. "Yes, Uncle Guan is leaving."
Almost a month had passed since Dongguan arrived in Kabu Village. Once he was certain that neither his behavior nor anything else would give him away, he prepared to leave.
"I don't want you to go, Uncle Guan. Can't you stay?" Yana looked at Dongguan with eyes full of admiration.
"I like you too, Yana, but I need to cultivate. If I get the chance, I'll come back to see you."
Dongguan looked at Yana before him. She seemed every bit a little girl, but she was actually in her nineties, almost a hundred years old-much older than Dongguan.
Still, the Many-Eyed People were born at planetary level and had a lifespan of a thousand years. Someone not yet a hundred really was a little girl.
Moreover, she was at Planetary Level Seven, about the same as her father. She had only been knocked down by an ordinary blood level Dark Beast because she barely knew how to fight.
Over the past month, at Dake's insistence, Yana had begun learning to fight-or, more specifically, learning blade techniques.
During that time, Dongguan had offered a few pointers, which benefited both Yana and Dake immensely.
Yana's comprehension was genuinely impressive, too. She was only a step away from grasping an intent realm, something even Dake had yet to achieve.
On Earth, people like Hong and Thunder God comprehending domains at planetary level were far from the norm.
Normally, one comprehended an intent realm at planetary level, deepened it at star level into something like "blade momentum," comprehended a domain at Universe Level, gained insight into a world at the Domain Lord level, and studied laws at