After returning to his cave abode in the Great Serpent Mound, Song Yan took a small cup from an ordinary tea set in his ring and placed it on the table.
He brewed some tea for it.
He pushed the teacup forward a little.
He said nothing, but a voice suddenly came from behind him. "Was this tea brewed especially for me?"
A figure slowly walked out of Song Yan's shadow, circled the tea table, and sat down before him.
It was Sheng Nian.
He had just reached for the cup to take a sip when Song Yan's voice drifted over. "No, I brewed it for a dog."
"Tch, you motherf-"
Xiao He crawled out from Song Yan, assumed human form, and sat beside the two of them.
"Hehe."
She deliberately leaned in front of Sheng Nian, propped her chin on her little hands, and blinked casually.
"Oh my! Xiao He has grown again!" Sheng Nian said, just as expected.
But before she could feel proud, Sheng Nian measured her height with his hand. She came to just below Song Yan's chest.
"But aren't you growing a little slowly?"
"It's already very fast!"
Hearing this, Xiao He rolled her eyes at him in a huff, turned back into a little snake, and burrowed into Song Yan's sleeve.
"Say, True Person Song, did you know I'd followed you as soon as you reached Two Realms Mountain?"
Sheng Nian drank the tea in the end.
Song Yan shook his head.
"Not at Two Realms Mountain. I noticed back at the Taiyi Sect."
"..."
"You were the one sitting beside Wubei of the Buddha-Contemplation Temple at True Person Xueming's Golden Core Ceremony, weren't you?"
"You could even see through that?"
Sheng Nian was still carefully recalling what he could have done to give