"Come over here, close your eyes."

"Alright!"

Yu Sihuang felt a burst of joy in his heart, and with a quick move, he was right next to Luo Qingtong, then closed his eyes and leaned in for a kiss.

Luo Qingtong watched his actions, a hint of mischievousness and wickedness flashing in her eyes, then she raised a hand...

and summoned the Little Fragrant Pig.

The latter was lounging idly in her sleeve pouch, using its little hooves to play with the nearby Little Golden Mouse.

The little critter was being teased until it squeaked incessantly.

Right in the middle of its play, the Little Fragrant Pig was suddenly lifted into the air, lining up perfectly with Yu Sihuang’s kiss.

"!!!"

In the eyes of the wide-eyed Little Fragrant Pig, its little nose was kissed just right.

Yu Sihuang immediately sensed something was off and opened his eyes.

Instantly, the man and the pig stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Then Yu Sihuang jumped back, instantly retreating three yards.

"Ptooey ptooey ptooey!"

He looked at Luo Qingtong, his face alternating between black and green.

"Tongtong! Where’s the promised sweet kiss?!"

"Isn’t this it?"

Luo Qingtong said, lightly flicking the Little Fragrant Pig’s little nose.

The latter still hadn’t reacted yet.

Yu Sihuang had black lines all over his face.

"Tongtong! You can’t be like this! I clearly said earlier, it should’ve been you!" He sounded utterly aggrieved.

"Correct!" Luo Qingtong raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "The Little Fragrant Pig is mine too! Any issues?"

"..."

Yu Sihuang, deeply ensnared by the trick, was left frustrated.

......

The two returned to the team, Su Yu and the others had been waiting for them for quite a while.

"Master, where do we go now?" Su Yu looked at Luo Qingtong and asked.

"You first take the Tianxie people to find a place to stay, familiarize and strengthen the Fake Soul Marks I gave you earlier. I will summon you when needed."

"Alright!" Su Yu and the others responded and immediately left.

Chu Lingfeng also wanted to follow Su Yu and the others out but was stopped by Luo Qingtong.

"What’s your story? How come you’re in Barbaric City?" Luo Qingtong looked at him and asked: "Wasn’t the Supreme Director supposed to send you on a mission?"

Could it be that his mission is indeed here in Barbaric City?

But when she left, the Supreme Director didn’t mention this to her!

This implies things aren’t as they seem.

"Master..." Chu Lingfeng hunched over like he had made a mistake, his gaze downcast, afraid to meet hers.

"I... after returning from the mission for the Supreme Director, finding out you weren’t there... just... just chased after you!"

God knows how thunderstruck Chu Lingfeng felt upon returning to the Daqin Saint Institute and discovering Luo Qingtong had left, missing the chance to meet the master.

He directly tossed down a "leave of absence" to the Supreme Director and ran to find Luo Qingtong.

However, Luo Qingtong was detouring to Fenghua City before.

Thus, Chu Lingfeng didn’t cross paths with them and arrived earlier at Barbaric City.

"Hmm." Luo Qingtong nodded.

Just then, Chu Lingfeng raised his head, the burly man, even larger than when he first met Luo Qingtong, now had slightly red eyes as he looked at her.

"Master, please don’t give me to that sect, I won’t go! Give this lousy token back to them!"

"Master! Please don’t be mad at me, don’t abandon me! I want to stay by your side."

At this moment, Chu Lingfeng was very panic-stricken.

He didn’t know Luo Qingtong previously said he was with the Emperor Sect was just a temporary measure.

He thought he had angered Luo Qingtong, and she didn’t want him anymore.