Pei Ye couldn't help but gently pat his thin shoulder.
Gongsun Jiming looked at him in slight surprise: "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing. I just thought, Gongsun True Inheritor, you are so young, you shouldn't have to bear such a heavy burden."
Gongsun Jiming was stunned for a moment: "Mr. Pei, you are also nineteen... Aren't you just a year older than me?"
"...You're right."
Pei Ye looked at him, and they both couldn't help but laugh.
"I'm quite happy to have my abilities put to use." Gongsun Jiming seemed to feel some camaraderie with someone of the same age and said, "In the past, there were many things I wasn't allowed to do, and now I find that only I can do it... But seeing Tianshan become like this makes me quite sad."
The young man, though speaking sincerely, wasn't the type to let his emotions show. He gazed at the distant, mystical mountains, the black shadows writhing like its shadow at the foot.
