Su Qianxue stood in the courtyard, watching Zhao Ming's figure disappear into the distance, and said nothing for a long time.
She turned and went back inside. Picking up her phone, she discovered that her call to Lin Jin had automatically disconnected at some point. She hesitated, then pressed the call button again.
The call connected after two rings.
"Hello."
"Lin Jin." Su Qianxue leaned against the window, her voice carrying a trace of lightness from her recent breakthrough, mixed with several complicated emotions. "I successfully broke through to the Domain Realm."
"Mm, congratulations!" A level voice came from the other end, then asked, "You didn't call just to share the good news, did you?"
"Not entirely." She paused before continuing, "Zhao Ming was just here."
The other end went quiet for a second. "Mm, and?"
"I've already talked things through with him." Su Qianxue's tone grew a little more solemn. "But he said he would come find you."
"Then let him come." Lin Jin's voice remained level.
Su Qianxue froze for a moment. "You don't sound surprised at all?"
"Tuoba Zhan from the Tuoba Clan already came before this, and we fought. What's so surprising about another Zhao Ming showing up?"
"Tuoba Zhan? That battle maniac from the Tuoba Clan?" Su Qianxue was surprised, but many things soon occurred to her.
Lin Jin had not only indirectly drawn the attention of the Zhao Clan and the Su Clan because of her affairs; now even the other great clans were beginning to take notice of him.
"Are you all right, then?" Su Qianxue asked.
"A fight at that level didn't even count as a warm-up. What could have happened to me?" Lin Jin sounded somewhat speechless on the other end.
Su Qianxue immediately realized that she had jumped to conclusions.