"What are your plans for the future? The Qingyuan Sect has had the support of the White Mountain Beast Taming Sect since its founding. The whole world knows of our relationship. Breaking away so suddenly could be bad for you."
"I'll manage," Fang Qingyuan replied, his eyes downcast.
"That's true. Now that you've hitched your wagon to the Tu Family, who in the White Mountain Territory would dare to touch you?"
Lechuan's lips twisted into a self-deprecating smile. "I took the wrong path. A single misstep, and I lost you completely. Back then, I was still holding out hope, thinking it was just one Wilderness Bear Beast... But now..."
"For over a hundred years, I thought I understood you, but now I see I never truly did. Ah, Qingyuan, you'll certainly go much further than I ever will. But with that temperament of yours, you're bound to suffer for it. Still, a fine sword is sharpened through hardship. I hope I live to see the day you reach the Nascent Soul Realm."
