After cleaning up the battlefield, Wei Tu narrowed his eyes and finally turned his gaze to Ding Yuyan.
Had this woman not spoken up to warn him just now, to keep his own information from leaking, he would have chosen only one course of action: uproot the grass and remove the roots, killing her outright.
—She had followed the scar-faced man for ten years. He could hardly swear that her relationship with the scar-faced man remained as "stiff" as it had been ten years ago. The best course would have been to kill her and be done with it once and for all.
"What a bother..." Yet Wei Tu still shook his head and suppressed the killing intent in his heart.
Being cautious did not mean slaughtering people like flies.
Nor was he some bloodthirsty fiend. This woman had committed no evil and had even shown him a small kindness, so he truly could not get past that hurdle in his heart and kill her.
At that moment, Ding Yuyan seemed to sense Wei Tu's dilemma over how to handle a living person on the battlefield. Her pretty face changed slightly, and she hurriedly pleaded, "Fellow Daoist Evil Qilin need not worry. This humble woman will never speak of what she saw today! I will bury it so deeply in my heart that I forget it completely."
She knew full well how precious the [Cold Flood Dragon Sword] Wei Tu had used to kill the scar-faced man was, as well as the three mid-stage sixth-rank refined corpses capable of forming an array—these treasures alone were enough to draw the covetous eyes of every powerhouse in Shadow Crow Pagoda!
"No! No... This humble woman is willing to follow at Fellow Daoist Evil Qilin's side. Fellow Daoist Evil Qilin has been in