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South Prefecture
A month had passed since Lin Xin brought An Ying back, and during this period, the two seemed to have returned to the way they interacted when they first met on the mountain.
Each practiced their own cultivation without interfering with each other, yet they would often take walks together and discuss Dao and cultivation techniques; most of the time, it was Lin Xin speaking, with An Ying listening.
But a tacit understanding that had been lost long ago was gradually returning.
The whole of Pine Forest Mountain knew of this, with some speculating that the Sect Master might be preparing for a grand wedding while others guessed that there could be friction between An Ying and Dugu Lin.
Regardless of the speculation, the Pine Forest Sword Sect, having grown like an octopus stretching its tentacles in all directions following Lin Xin's defeat of the allied forces, had crazily expanded.
