After a while.
"Finally... we got out."
Xiao Yan, who had dragged the girl in a jog all the way to the trading venue, finally let out a long breath. Bracing himself against his knees, he panted heavily.
He swore that this was absolutely the most exhausted he had ever been in his life.
Even sparring with Hei Qing back then, or being savagely struck by Black Demon Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool, had been nowhere near as agonizing as what had just happened.
"It's only been a short while, yet Xiao Yi Xian has somehow gotten together with Queen Medusa. It even looks like they found a common topic. That really is bizarre."
Xiao Yan sighed deeply, utterly unable to make heads or tails of it.
Although Xiao Yi Xian and the other two were all exceptionally beautiful, their identities, personalities, and strengths were completely worlds apart. By all logic, they should not have had any connection at all.
Yet they had somehow ended up together.
What were they after?
"Who can ever figure out a woman's temperament?" Hun Ruoruo snorted coldly, stomping her little boots even harder.
"Perhaps." Xiao Yan shook his head with a bitter smile. "But no matter what, Queen Medusa's way of thinking is still far too wild. What human woman would disregard her modesty like that?"
At those words, Hun Ruoruo's steps stiffened for an instant before she quickly covered it up.
"Let's go. If those women who love watching trouble catch up to us again, I can't be bothered to keep indulging their nonsense."
"Hey, wait for me! Your Senior Brother is still a patient, you know!"
Watching the girl's back, which seemed inexplicably sulky, Xiao Yan felt utterly baffled. He could not spare the thought to dwell on it and hurriedly