In the end, Shangguan Bingxin and Su Wanyue failed to sway Gu Chenfeng's resolve. Their persuasion came to nothing.
Su Wanyue even entertained the thought of forcibly taking Gu Chenfeng away, but Shangguan Bingxin talked her out of it.
After all, their current strength was simply on a different level from Gu Chenfeng's.
The two women could only leave reluctantly.
Watching their retreating figures as they descended the mountain, Gu Chenfeng wanted to speak but stopped himself. In the end, he could only remain silent and sigh helplessly inwardly.
Just then, an arc of lightning leaped beside him, and his Granduncle Master, Mo Nancang, appeared in an instant.
Looking down the mountain, he wore a gossipy expression.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Little Feng, you're just like your father, destined to be entangled in romantic affairs, with female confidantes wherever you go.
"These two girls are quite nice. Why didn't you invite them to spend the night at the Four Directions Gate?"
Gu Chenfeng looked speechlessly at his Granduncle Master.
As they interacted more, their relationship had grown closer.
Much of the restraint between them had fallen away, and they were more like friends despite their difference in age.
"Granduncle Master, stop being such an indecent old man. Those two young ladies are just my friends."
"Oh... I could tell. Friends who would risk their lives and even betray their sects for you, whose devotion runs deep enough to offer themselves to you."
"You... At your age, why are you still eavesdropping?"
Gu Chenfeng protested, though his Granduncle Master was not wrong.
He and the two women simply had not had a physical relationship.
In truth, their relationships were much like his relationship with Liu Fuyan.
They had long since become the people closest to him, people worthy of his trust.
That