The two of them had gone through plenty of arguments before, but none had led to an awkward silence that lasted as long as this one. Nor a troubled feeling as torturous as this one, which made Bai Ye fail to fall asleep for the first time in his life.
He struggled to understand what was going on in his head. With all rational reasoning, he had to admit that what the sword spirit suggested wasn't impractical at all. Sharing her spiritual power this way would be the easiest solution to the bottleneck of his cultivation advancement, at no cost to her own connection with Twin Stars. He should've applauded the idea. But the moment he started imagining how to carry out this plan … he felt his chest tighten.