"That generous of you?" Long Mucheng asked with a smile.
"If you're so loyal, Senior, then once you step into the Heavenly God Realm, you'll surely look after me," Chu Feng replied.
"Fair enough. In that case, let's set off."
With that, Long Mucheng prepared to leave.
But it wasn't just her and Chu Feng who would be going — Long Mochuan and Long Moxiao would be joining them as well.
These two were not only among the top experts of the Dragon Breath Clan, but also specialized in barrier arts.
However, just as they were about to depart, they turned back.
"Chu Feng."
"My Master has agreed to let me join you all."
"From now on, I'm sticking with you."
Joy was impossible to hide on her face, and seeing Chu Feng only made her more excited. To her, this was wonderful news.
"Really?"
"Senior, you didn't sneak out here on your own, did you?" Chu Feng asked with some suspicion.
After all, she was a disciple of Daoist Zhaixing.
And though Daoist Zhaixing had left the Seven Worlds Holy Mansion, his heart still belonged to it.
Chu Feng's group and the Seven Worlds Holy Mansion were on opposing sides. Under normal circumstances, Daoist Zhaixing would not have agreed to let her join.
His earlier words about not letting her follow Chu Feng's group right away were merely polite refusals — in truth, he simply hadn't agreed.
Chu Feng knew this.
"Of course not. With my Master's cultivation, how could I have slipped away without his knowledge?"
"Here — my Master asked me to give you this."
A sleeve swept aside, revealing a pale, delicate palm that held a letter.
Chu Feng took the letter, only to find it required a special formation to open.
Then a stream of information flooded into his mind.
It was indeed from Daoist Zhaixing.
"Young Friend Chu Feng."
"I have a matter to attend to, and my return date is uncertain."
"Though she is close in age to your mother and is technically your elder, she is simple-hearted and can be willful at times."
"But she needs to be tempered — she cannot stay by my side forever."
"I'll have to trouble you to look after her."
That was the message Daoist Zhaixing had left for Chu Feng.
"He didn't exactly say he agreed to let you join us," Chu Feng said, turning the letter over in his hands as he looked at her.
"Well, he agreed to let me follow you, didn't he?"
She batted her eyes playfully.
That expression didn't suit someone who had lived for several hundred years.
But Chu Feng remembered how fierce she had been when they first met.
"Did he say where he was going?" Chu Feng asked.
He had a feeling that Daoist Zhaixing's decision had been made only recently.
Otherwise, he could have spoken to her in person just now.
There would have been no need to bring her along and then suddenly send her back while leaving on his own.
"I don't know either. My Master just said he'd find me once he's finished."
"In the meantime, I can follow you," she emphasized again, her gaze making it clear she fully intended to stick with Chu Feng.
"Senior Xia has gone to the Totem Dragon Clan — would you like to find her?" Chu Feng asked.
"Where are you going?"
"Can I follow you?" she asked.
"Well…" Chu Feng didn't answer directly, but instead looked toward Long Mucheng.
After all, he would be going with Long Mucheng from here.
He was there to help.
This matter was ultimately Long Mucheng's to decide.
"Of course she can."