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"Fellow Daoist, are you planning on traveling alone?" Xia Qinghe approached Ming Ze while asking.
This was a difficult question for him to answer because he didn't have a place to go.
Before he said anything, Xia Qinghe added, "it's getting late, I suggest you to stay at this sect. I will prepare dinner for you."
Ming Ze who was initially confused was immediately happy to hear that.
He nodded without showing his pleased expression.
"Sure," he said.
After that, he followed Xia Qinghe flying.
The rest of his attack was just left there. It would recover on its own later although it would take time but could be faster if the strong cultivators repaired it.
The woman turned out to be heading for her residence again, making Ming Ze wonder where she would put him for the night, would it be in the other pavilion or her pavilion?.
On the way, Ming Ze looked at his stats, wanting to see the EXP of his System.
[System Level: 1 -- EXP: 3%]
'So little!'
He couldn't help but knit his brows as it only increased to 3%. He thought it was more.
This meant that it would take a longer time before the System reached level 3 because from level 2 to the next level was definitely more difficult.
'Don't worry, Master. It's just because the two people you killed were too weak. You need stronger enemies.' The System spoke.
'I see...' Ming Ze stopped commenting.
After that, he finally arrived in front of Xia Qinghe's pavilion.
Now there were no sect disciples to be seen around. It seemed that they were either busy elsewhere or had started cultivating in their pavilions since it was almost nighttime.
"Fellow Daoist, there are no other pavilions available, so I can only bring you here. If you want to sleep tonight, you can sleep in my room. I'll be cultivating and researching that inheritance map in my cultivation room." Xia Qinghe said when they had just landed.
Ming Ze was instantly made very shocked as she invited him to rest in her room.
This woman probably didn't have any strange thoughts, or desire to have a lover as she was focused on her dao. However, allowing a man to rest in her room, Ming Ze could not guess her way of thinking.
"Are you serious, Miss?" asked Ming Ze with a strange expression.
Xia Qinghe who realized that this was strange was a little awkward.
She needed to take a deep breath to look calm again.
"Don't worry, please come in, I'll cook for you first," she replied.
She made an inviting gesture to Ming Ze, wanting him to enter the pavilion first.
Ming Ze finally chose to pretend nothing was wrong.
He stepped into the pavilion.
At least now no one was looking, so he didn't feel any jealous gazes.
After the two of them walked into the pavilion, Xia Qinghe closed the door.
She then invited Ming Ze to sit down while she herself went to the kitchen.
Ming Ze sat on the chair that was right beside the window.
It was currently open, so he could enjoy the increasingly cold mountain breeze as the sky finally darkened.
Occasionally, he heard the sound of clashing iron from the kitchen, and then smelled the wonderful aroma of food.
This was a situation that made him feel like he was a husband with a very virtuous wife.
If he wanted to enjoy this kind of situation all the time, Xia Qinghe really had to be his wife.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Suddenly the door of the pavilion was knocked from outside, shattering Ming Ze's excellent mood.
"Miss, may I come in?" He then heard Xiao Wu's voice.
This servant had apparently come again.
Xia Qinghe seemed to have stopped her activities in the kitchen for the time being.
She came into the living room, showing an apologetic look to Ming Ze.
"Wait outside!" She answered Xiao Wu's question.
This time, she actually didn't let her into her pavilion, surprising Xiao Wu herself.
Xia Qinghe walked out of the pavilion, then closed the door again.
From inside, Ming Ze could still hear their conversation.
"Miss, this is serious, the Nine Suns Kingdom is very angry right now. Even I was almost killed by them," Xiao Wu said.
In front of the servant, Xia Qinghe knitted her brows, already guessing that things would be chaotic because of the death of their first prince.
Since she was by Ming Ze's side, they must have also blamed her.
The possibility of her obtaining the Underworld Key from them seemed to no longer exist.
To her, this was something very important. In the Seven Realms, very few had them, and even the Holy Light Sect did not have any.
The Underground World was full of opportunities. And those who had the key would get something better, unlike those who got into that world just by following others.
After knitting her brows for quite a while, Xia Qinghe said, "I'll take care of this myself later. By the way, is the Nine Suns Kingdom planning anything after their prince was killed?"
"Many have asked the king to avenge him, but so far there has been no response. The king seems hesitant," Xiao Wu replied.
She occasionally glanced at Xia Qinghe's pavilion door, suspecting that Ming Ze was inside there.
When hearing about him killing the First Prince of the Nine Suns and the Sovereign Crow, she was also very surprised, feeling disbelief but later when she arrived at the sect, the sect disciples confirmed it themselves.
"That king is quite smart. He must have considered the possibility of his kingdom not being able to win," Xia Qinghe said.
"You go home first," she added, asking Xiao Wu to leave.
When the girl left, she looked even more uncomfortable, uncomfortable because she was certain Ming Ze was inside the pavilion. In other words, he would be staying with Xia Qinghe again.
The latter did not linger outside. She re-entered her pavilion.
"Fellow Daoist, perhaps you don't need to worry about the Nine Suns Kingdom. Their king is quite smart, and it makes him hesitate often. He must be wondering if you have a strong background." She immediately spoke of that when she arrived at Ming Ze's side.
It seemed that she was happy that Ming Ze wouldn't get into any other trouble.
However, the man actually looked disappointed.
"This is sad, when I really wanted to fight with a kingdom."
Xia Qinghe, "..."