When the Eldest Princess Yan Ling saw Su Bai's troubled expression, she waved a hand indifferently, her tone carrying a hint of matter-of-factness:
"What's there to worry about?"
"Su Bai, could I not know your strength?" Her beautiful eyes roamed over Su Bai, a trace of slyness in them. "Back then, that corrupt official at Late Deity Transformation had such a powerful background and such ruthless methods, yet wasn't he still cut down by your sword? Don't belittle yourself.
She paused, her tone encouraging. "In my opinion, you absolutely have what it takes to protect me. Those ordinary Peak Deity Transformation Cultivators might not even be as decisive and ruthless as you when it comes to killing."
Yan Ling had an even deeper consideration that she did not voice aloud.
Over the past thirty years, Su Bai's mysterious master, "Lu Jiu," had risen to fame in the Blue Origin Realm, his name resounding like thunder.
Not only was his Sword Dao Cultivation unfathomably profound, allowing him to contend against Peak Spirit Transformation experts of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Dynasty without defeat, but more importantly, he was the only known alchemy grandmaster capable of refining the Spirit Transformation breakthrough pill, the "Thunder-Pattern Primordial Spirit Pill"!
One Deity Transformation Breakthrough Pill meant one potential Deity Transformation Cultivator—enough to alter the landscape of a small tribe in a Demon Kingdom.
Therefore, among the many powerful clans of the demon realm, any that wished to obtain pills treated Lu Jiu with utmost courtesy and did not dare offend him lightly.
After all, no one could guarantee that they or their descendants would not one day need to seek help from Lu Jiu.
Having Su Bai, Lu Jiu's sole Personal Disciple, serve as her guard represented not merely Su Bai's own Combat Power, but also