The Princess Consort ultimately did not leave.
Because she could not guarantee that if other Outsiders captured her, her memories would not be exposed.
That Chu Qing would not be exposed.
What was more:
She was actually quite lost and had no idea where to go.
In the end, she decided to stay with Chu Qing for a while.
Hearing the Princess Consort's decision, Chu Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He, the Princess Consort, and Hongyi were now grasshoppers tied to the same rope.
If something happened to those two, he feared the matter of Stone Ridge Mountain would be exposed.
He was not afraid of martial artists finding out.
Because he could understand martial artists' methods.
If he could win, he would fight; if he could not, he could still run.
However, Outsiders' methods were bizarre.
He could not understand them.
As for what the Princess Consort had once said—that Dragon Tendon Eaters were immortal—that probably no longer applied to those Outsiders.
Those Outsiders even dared to kill their own people.
Much less someone like him, who was not an Outsider.
Before he had even figured out how to settle the Princess Consort down, Chu Qing impatiently took out a handful of pearls and handed them to her. "Take a look. Are these useful?"
The Princess Consort examined the bright pearls.
"These things are useful to Outsiders."
"However, the only ones useful to me are these."
She pointed to the bright pearls dropped by the peach tree anomaly and the strange bright pearls excavated from Stone Ridge Mountain.
Chu Qing asked curiously, "What are they for?"
Pointing at the peach tree pearls, the Princess Consort said, "Gather one hundred and eight of these, and you can refine a set of anomalous treasures: Peach Blossom Wind."
"With a