Hearing Zhao Layue's words, Bai Zao fell silent for a long time.
"If that day really came, wouldn't you be disappointed?"
She suddenly asked.
She had once asked Liu S sui this question in the Sword-Washing Pavilion.
"No. To walk together for a stretch on the great road to Heavenly Access is already a blessing."
Zhao Layue's answer was the same as Liu S sui's, but her reason was different.
Was walking together for a stretch enough?
Bai Zao did not quite understand. "Don't you want more?"
Zhao Layue fell silent for a moment, then said, "A long time ago, I once thought about it..."
She remembered when she and Jing Jiu had left the old Plum Garden. Jing Jiu had been about to tell her his true identity, but she had refused.
Because she had not dared to know that answer.
Just as with the word "want," she had not dared to think any further.
She was not saddened by this, much less disappointed in herself.
Looking at the white clouds sweeping toward her, she revealed a sincere smile, her dimples faintly showing, her eyes, with their clear blacks and whites, extraordinarily captivating.
To be able to cultivate together on Divine End Peak-what more was there to want?
If they truly became dao companions, joining their bodies in dual cultivation, how would it differ from now?
There would merely be more affairs between man and woman.
"...Back in Shangzhou City, I saw the pleasures of love between men and women. They were somewhat interesting, but not all that interesting. They aren't worth thinking too much about."
There was much between those two remarks that she had not explained clearly.
But Bai Zao was one of the cleverest people in the world, and naturally understood, or rather worked it out.