Qu Jianlei understood perfectly well. The key was probably "the other issues within the Restricted Area," wasn't it?
For a moment, he actually sensed a strong bureaucratic air from True Immortal Jiken.
It was a very strange feeling, yet it was real enough that he could not help frowning.
He knew all too well what bureaucrats were like: avoiding the important points, making empty promises, speaking in obscure terms, going back on their word...
Most crucially, these people not only loved ordering others around—when it came to dying, you went; when it came to taking credit, they did—but were also exceptionally good at shifting blame! He shook his head slightly. "Forget it. If it's only about slaying Heavenly Devils, that's fine. As for anything else... we aren't interested."
It was not that he was truly uninterested. Otherwise, he would not have lingered here for so long before. He simply did not want to explore with these people.
Just look at the team that had explored with True Immortal Bu Hu last time. What had happened to them? Bu, Immortal Maiden did not have much bureaucratic air about her, yet things had still turned out like that. This one not only had bureaucratic air, but also carried a Great Venerable's will.
If the team had needs of its own, they could simply go by themselves. They would not be cannon fodder, nor would they serve as the cookhouse squad! Ridge Lord Qu refused decisively, but the others did not find it strange.
Red Leaf Ridge had always regarded slaying Alien Races as its duty, and it had always acted in an exceptionally independent manner.
True Immortal Jiken frowned slightly. A trace of aura flashed past, and only then did he nod faintly.
"No wonder. Ridge Lord Qu comes from another world.