A Man to Man Conversation

Since it was night, they ended up setting up camp. Wu Jian still had camping equipment stored in his ring, so he brought that out and set up the tent while Yu Qian went about cooking dinner. Yōuměi had already gone back into his shadow and fallen into a deep slumber. It seemed eating the heart of a magical beast at the peak of the Human Limit Realm had given her a lot of chi to process.

“Just to warn you, I’m not the best cook, so don’t expect anything extravagant,” said Yu Qian.

“That’s fine. I’m not too picky about my meals these days,” Wu Jian said.

“You’ve been traveling a lot until now, right? I imagine most of your meals were prepared by yourself.”

“Either myself or my friend, yeah. Neither of us are great chefs.”

“You’re not talking about Her Highness, right?”

“No. It’s a male friend. He and I parted ways after leaving the White Tiger Sect Ruins.”

“Ah. Partings are always hard, but I imagine you two will meet again if fate ordains it.”