"You! How could you say that?!" The Little Palace Mistress burst into tears at my response, but as the sounds of the fierce battle began moving toward us, she forcibly wiped away her tears and continued running.
Seeing how inexperienced she seemed, I secretly thought, Without her bodyguard, won't this girl blunder straight into a bandit's den or a spirit beast's jaws? Naturally, I couldn't help worrying.
"Hey. You really are too much trouble. I shouldn't have let you come just because you reminded me earlier." I gritted my teeth, then chased after the girl. It didn't take long before I caught up with her. After all, even though her cultivation was higher than mine, she was only at the late Crystal Formation Realm. She couldn't outrun me, who cultivated all six spiritual roots together.
When the Little Palace Mistress saw me catch up, she angrily said, "Didn't you say we should go our separate ways? Why are you following me?!"
"Hey, hey, hey, are you an ungrateful little brat? I'm following you because I'm worried you'll go running around blindly. Besides, why are you heading toward Fallen Wood Valley?" I hurriedly asked. That girl was currently fleeing in the direction of Fallen Wood Valley.
"If I don't run toward Fallen Wood Valley, where else should I go?" the Little Palace Mistress countered.
"You're in the marketplace, yet you're from the Enraged Spirit Palace... So your original destination was Fallen Wood Valley?" I asked in return.
"Hmph, you're only realizing that now?" the Little Palace Mistress snorted.
"Then that's exactly why you shouldn't run toward Fallen Wood Valley! You're being pursued by your own people, and your destination is Fallen Wood Valley. Of course you have to do the opposite. How about this? I don't care whether you arranged to