Gu Yao immediately responded with excitement.
Gu Qing had no objections.
Once they had agreed.
The three said goodbye to Xia Wuyuan and left the Extreme Summer Martial Arts School together.
On the way to the nearby shopping street.
The evening breeze was slightly cool.
"Little Yao, do you want Haidilao hot pot or all-you-can-eat barbecue?"
"Sister Shu Ran, which do you think tastes better?"
"I'm fine with either. It's up to you."
"Is there anything else?"
"There's also a steak buffet restaurant. I ate there once last year, and it was pretty good."
Xia Shuran and Gu Yao walked arm in arm up ahead, chatting about what to eat in a relaxed, pleasant atmosphere.
Gu Qing followed the two girls at a leisurely pace, silently reviewing the strange events of the day, his mind full of the Deity Girl.
Earlier that day in the Inner Hall, when Xia Wuyuan had sent him flying with Qi and Blood Rebound, the Deity Girl had appeared out of thin air and caught him securely.
From beginning to end, she had shown no malice and had never hurt him. She had only acted to protect him.
So...
Is the Deity Girl my ally?
Is she something like an old master in a ring, my personal bodyguard?
If that's really the case, then I've gained an invisible trump card.
At that thought, Gu Qing felt a little heartened.
Just then!
The surrounding air abruptly fell still!
Everything before his eyes froze in place!
It was as though time had stopped flowing!
"What's going on?"
Gu Qing noticed something wrong immediately. Every hair on his body stood on end, and his mind instantly tensed.
Such a sudden change in his surroundings was clearly a sign that something major was about to happen.
An ominous