"Yes. If you don't leave, you will die."
With her meager Cultivation, she wouldn't be able to withstand the Nine Thousand Thunders at all.
During his advancement, he would have to focus all his power on resisting it and would have no attention to spare for her. He couldn't let her stay, nor could he take her with him. Yan Chen reached out, brushing a strand of hair from her face, his usually frosty gaze now filled with urgency and restraint.
"Your advancement... it's very dangerous, isn't it?"
He didn't speak, but his expression was a clear admission that she had hit the mark.
For reasons she couldn't explain, Jiang Yunnuan suddenly felt the urge to cry. She threw herself into his arms, wrapping them tightly around him as she spoke in a muffled voice.
"Yan Chen, you have to get through this tribulation safely. Once you succeed, you have to come back and find me, okay? I'll wait for you. And I'll… I'll miss you…"
"Okay."
