"As a member of the Tianyuan World, I naturally have a duty to protect our world and keep it from being destroyed."
Su Jie smiled as he accepted the treasure Emperor Tianshu handed him, completely forgetting that he had been stealing the Tianyuan World's spiritual energy to nourish Blue Star, causing the world's Heavenly Dao to reject and loathe him.
"Happy cooperation!"
Emperor Tianshu wore a smile as well. The cooperation had gone unexpectedly smoothly; he had thought getting Su Jie to agree would be extremely difficult.
"Happy cooperation!"
Su Jie smiled back. The Chaos energy flow happened to satisfy his need to feed his Gu worms, so naturally he would not miss the opportunity.
The two sides then discussed the details of their cooperation at length. After settling the relevant matters, Emperor Tianshu gave Su Jie a strange look several times before suddenly asking, "I heard Star Origin Fellow Daoist is familiar with Yueyue. May I ask what your relationship is?"
"Martial Uncle, please stop!"
Before Emperor Tianshu could finish, Ning Xinyue, standing beside him, had already flushed with embarrassment and hurriedly interrupted his blunt question.
Ning Yunying smiled faintly and explained to Su Jie, "Martial Uncle is our elder in the Ten Thousand Tribulations Sacred Land. He is simply rather concerned about my younger sister's romantic affairs."
Su Jie understood. He glanced at Ning Xinyue, whose eyes darted about and cheeks were scarlet as she avoided his gaze.
"Hehe, you two catch up first. We'll take our leave."
Seeing the telltale signs in Ning Xinyue's reaction, Emperor Tianshu chuckled, cupped his hands, and left first with Ning Yunying and Great Emperor Dixuan.
Ning Xinyue felt uncomfortable all over and instinctively wanted to flee with her sister.
But the moment she turned around, footsteps sounded behind her. Su Jie