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Chapter 253: An overwhelming gap
Damn it! Of all the times to show up, why now?
Even Xu Ziqing, usually so calculating, could not help cursing inwardly.
The shout outside the cave abode had utterly destroyed the intimate atmosphere she had deliberately created.
Now, Xu Ziqing could hardly keep holding Chen Beiwu like this, much less continue expressing her affection.
"Are you sure you want to give yourself to me? I have no intention of taking a Dao Companion in this life, nor do I intend to carry on my bloodline and have children."
Chen Beiwu tightened his arm slightly around Xu Ziqing's slender waist and got straight to the point.
He did have some fondness for Xu Ziqing.
But unlike a simple marriage, Dao Companions in the Immortal Alliance were like-minded companions who explored the Beast-Borrowing Cultivation Dao together.
Chen Beiwu, however, aspired to the great Dao of immortality. Neither Golden Core True Person nor Nascent Soul True Lord was the destination he wished to reach.
Under these circumstances, taking a Dao Companion who could not keep pace with his progress would be no different from burdening himself with dead weight, and could easily expose the secret of Nine-Breath Chaos.
Hearing this, Xu Ziqing raised her head without speaking and met his gaze as though looking at a scumbag.
No Dao Companion?
How was that any different from fooling around and refusing to take responsibility?
No children?
Her aptitude could not compare to Chen Beiwu's at all. If she was lucky enough to achieve Golden Core in the future, it would already be a blessing worthy of blue smoke rising from her ancestors' graves. Her lifespan would run out sooner or later. How could she possibly not consider continuing her bloodline?
"So you just want to take advantage