Chapter 946: Agreeing to the Engagement, Leaving Qin Manor

Faced with such a difficult problem, Qin Xiao did not know how to solve it for the moment.

Play along for three years? He was not that kind of person. How could he possibly do such a thing?

Yet he and Qin Jing had only just met. To speak of any genuine feelings would be sheer nonsense; with no emotional foundation whatsoever, how could they become Dao Companions?

“Kid, I’ve told you so much, yet you’ve stood there without a word. What is the meaning of this?”

Seeing Qin Xiao remain silent, Qin Ji finally broke the quiet.

“Sect Leader, this is complicated. I will agree to an engagement. But whether we marry and become Dao Companions, and when, must be our decision. You cannot blame me if it never happens.”

Unable to offer any firm guarantees, Qin Xiao could only agree to the engagement first.

Immortals were still people. Even the Chinese word for “immortal” contained the character for “person.” Sacred Beasts, beast immortals and Barren Lands beings aside, reaching immortality did not change that.

However high their realms, they were not truly deathless or indestructible. They simply lived longer. Qin Xiao was no ancient monster with countless years of experience; he could not understand everything they did. He held to his own convictions.

Mortals lived for mere decades, yet a companion could profoundly shape an entire lifetime. Now that lifespans were infinitely stretched out, the weight of a partner’s importance became even greater. Qin Xiao would never choose a companion casually. With sufficient capital of his own, he had no need to compromise, no need to rely on powerful backers, and no need to sell out his own will.

Furthermore, he could never bring himself to trade someone else’s happiness for his own gain.

Human or Immortal, after ascending, Qin Xiao had seen no fundamental change in the world. All that nonsense about carefree immortals devoid of desire and ambition-that was merely a comforting illusion that mortals projected onto the immortals.

Benefits, power, resources-which of these did immortals not pursue? The only thing treated as secondary was genuine emotion.

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