However, he didn't evade the question. He answered honestly that the two of them had no elders to act as their protectors; they simply relied on and guarded one another.
He figured that by comparison, this might make the junior sister feel that her own Dao Companion, despite his age, was still the more outstanding of the two.
It was just like back when Xu Lei was with Zhao Xin; ordinary young Cultivators couldn't compare to him then.
But Xu Lei was, of course, no ordinary young Cultivator. To say nothing of his already impressive Cultivation, his dynamite and Shotgun alone were more than enough to protect both himself and Bai Ling.
But Xu Lei and Bai Ling couldn't be bothered to explain all that.
After all, it was Bai Ling who had first mentioned the word "old," making the atmosphere a bit awkward.
And so, the matter was dropped.
It was, after all, just a minor disagreement during their conversation.
Overall, the two pairs were still friends, not enemies.
