"Go, of course we'll go! How could I possibly lie to you? We can leave whenever we want." Li Tianming spoke with ironclad certainty, but then frowned and sank into thought. "However, I'm worried about something that might affect our departure..."
"If you've got something to say, spit it out!" Little Nine said impatiently.
Li Tianming frowned slightly as he considered it. "When the time comes, we might need to take the Line Source Skyway to the Divine Treasury Star System. If we do that, will it alert the Eternal Heavenly Emperor?"
He also knew that the Eternal Heavenly Emperor seemed especially interested in Little Nine. Little Nine had used its own methods to vanish instantly before slipping out from the High Heavens Imperial Palace.
Thus, traveling so openly would make sneaking out completely meaningless.
"Why are you afraid of that?" Little Nine said coldly.
"I'm not afraid. I'm considering this for your sake. What if the Eternal Heavenly Emperor rigs the Line Source Skyway? If he finds us before we even reach the Divine Treasury Star System, wouldn't that be troublesome?" Li Tianming said seriously as he looked at Little Nine's true form.
"No need to give a damn about that old bastard! I have my own way!" Little Nine said indifferently.
Its dissatisfaction was directed at the Eternal Heavenly Emperor.
Though Little Nine was also aloof toward Li Tianming, with eyes only for Divine Treasury Stones, it had never once spoken harshly to him.
"Little Nine doesn't seem to like the Eternal Heavenly Emperor much. It might even hate him... Though its attitude toward Little Li is only so-so, compared to that, it's actually pretty good." Sui Shen Yao was astonished.
To Li Tianming, this was actually a good thing!
"Then I have even more reason to hide