An aromatic smell emanated throughout Zheng Jin's empty neighborhood as he slow-roasted a slab of demon beast meat. With him at the moment was Pebble, who was watching him intently from the sidelines.
"Why are you so quiet, Pebble?" Zheng Jin asked as he continuously rotated the demon beast meat on his makeshift roaster. "You should smile more. It makes sense because you're finally ascending to the inner sect, right?"
Pebble avoided Zheng Jin's gaze as he turned, and she simply responded to his question with a weak nod.
As soon as he turned his attention back to the meat that he was cooking, however, Pebble watched him again and asked, "What was all that about?"
"What was what?"
"You know..." Pebble muttered uncertainly. "From the Outer Sect Princess to even the Disciplinary Hall's Ha
