"Come on, think it over a little, will you? Don't be so hasty."
Meng Qi grabbed Xu Yue's hand as he was about to activate a talisman, speaking with some exasperation.
Junior Brother Zhen Se, could it be that before transmigrating, you were actually a Sea King? How enviable...
No, I really misjudged you!
"I'm a lay disciple, not a monk."
Xu Yue muttered, but he still put the talisman away.
"Let's go. The horse bandits will react sooner or later, and Evil Ridge has several Nine Apertures experts. Once they lock onto our position and swarm us, we'll be in real trouble."
Meng Qi rolled his eyes at Xu Yue.
Although Meng Qi was now capable of facing an ordinary Nine Apertures expert head-on, and his Hardening Kung Fu was not afraid of group battles...
Being pursued by An Guoxie before, along with that persistent, sticky tracking technique, had still left him uneasy.
With hawks in the sky relaying messages and the advantage of the terrain, even being spotted by a few Accumulation of Qi horse bandits might leave them stuck to their trail, impossible to shake off, until more and more gathered.
"Fine. You're the senior brother, so I'll listen to you."
After speaking, Xu Yue looked back at Gu Changqing, then turned away and said casually,
"You there, now that you've escaped, have you considered going home?"
"My name is Gu Changqing!"
He greatly admired Xu Yue's thunderous methods—killing Bai Bazheng on the spot, then intimidating the horse bandits as easily as chopping melons and vegetables—but Xu Yue's perfunctory words still left Gu Changqing somewhat dissatisfied.
"Oh, Young Hero Gu, who just opened his apertures."
"I don't need you to remind me. Your personality's kind of awful."
Gu Changqing was a true partner of justice with a