"Wake up, Zheng Jin. They're here."
"I know."
Zheng Jin opened his eyes and saw a small, worried frown on Xue Yin's face. She was looking right at him, her silver eyes shining ever-so-slightly.
"Why are you so nervous?" Zheng Jin asked. "Don't you trust me?"
"W-well, you were sleeping so..."
"I'm not. I'm cultivating."
"At a time like this?"
Zheng Jin chuckled. "Dear Pebble, I would cultivate all day, every day if I could."
It was true. After all, he could use every bit of strength right now, and especially for days to come.
Hearing hastened footsteps with his enhanced senses, he then looked at the makeshift door of the small hut that he and Xue Yin built, which would offer no resistance at all to the would-be intruders.
"Let's go," Zheng Jin said as he rose up and got out of the
