"It really is too slow."
Ye Li nodded calmly, as though it were only natural:
"Long before you attain the Dao, I'll already be gone."
Two thousand years?
To him, never mind two thousand years-even two hundred would be an insult.
Hopefully, once I reach the pinnacle, I can get back in time for graduation.
That was one small hope he held for himself.
"But..."
The girl knitted her brows tightly.
She did not quite understand.
Yet she could tell that Ye Li was not boasting. On the contrary, he was earnestly trying to dissuade her!
But for some reason...
The more he acted this way, the stronger that instinctive longing grew within her!
"That's fine!"
The girl bit her lip. The pride and stubbornness in her bones finally showed themselves as she looked at Ye Li with unwavering eyes:
"Even so, I still want to stay by your side!"
"At worst... I'll just stay until you leave!"
"When that day comes, you can go your own way. I won't stop you!"
Looking at the stubborn girl before him...
Ye Li narrowed his eyes slightly and said with the hint of a smile:
"Now you're being a little rude."
Trying to force yourself on me, are you?
"You must know what it means to be polite!"
The girl showed no fear of the faint pressure he exuded. Instead, she declared with complete conviction:
"I was only just born. I don't know anything."
"I can stay beside you, watch you, and learn all these things from you!"
"I'm a Primordial Divine Phoenix. I learn very quickly. You'll never have to teach me anything twice..."
"..."
Ye Li looked into the girl's clear eyes and considered for a moment.
This Divine Phoenix was not yet among the strongest.
But she was, after