"I... I didn't! I only wanted Young Dao Venerable to spare Dong Ren. Since I had promised him, of course I would honor that promise..." Mei Yao hurriedly explained.
"Hmph, you hesitated anyway. Did you think I couldn't see it?" Nan Jin muttered as she looked at me. I knew this little drama queen was just adding flair for Mei Yao, so I had no intention of taking the bait.
Mei Yao did want to explain, but Tian Jin was already looking at her. Furrowing his brows, he said, "Medicine Emperor, what do you mean by this? You were born in Heavenly Lu Dao and raised in Heavenly Lu Dao, yet now that you have a chance to be rescued, you don't want to return to Heavenly Lu Dao? Did something happen between you and that Valley Master Dong Ren?"
"No! I didn't! I just don't want to burden Heavenly Lu Dao anymore, and even less do I want Heavenly Lu Dao to... to keep working so hard for my sake... I... I'm not worthy of Heavenly Lu Dao doing that..." Mei Yao said anxiously. She had originally promised to go to Mu Xian Continent with me, which was why she had been unwilling to return to Heavenly Lu Dao. Now that she had been questioned, she naturally answered on instinct.
Everyone was left utterly baffled by those words. I found Mei Yao's innocence amusing and was about to say a few words to prop her up when more than a dozen beams of light arrived beside Tian Jin in an instant. This made that brat Tian Jin even more smug.
"Young Dao Venerable!"
"Young Dao Venerable! Has something happened?"
"Why would Young Dao Venerable use the Heavy Radiance Break?"
"This sword is rarely drawn, but whenever it appears, it