Yaoshi Yuan froze, while Shang Xin Lei stuffed shrimp balls into her mouth.
"I can think of a way to deal with the secret realm. Even if there isn't a Third Rank, there's still a Second Rank. In any case, we definitely won't lack places to gain experience." Yan Qing sat down and said, "It'll still be better than you living in fear every day in the Zhou Kingdom."
Regardless of emotion or reason, Yan Qing couldn't stand by and do nothing. Yaoshi Yuan's predicament was entirely because she had rescued Bunny Heroine. If Bunny Heroine hadn't been taken away, Dragon Locking True Person would never have suspected her. After all, Bunny Heroine only had two associates: Yellow Dog and Yaoshi Yuan. Since Yellow Dog couldn't be caught, Dragon Locking True Person would naturally focus on Yaoshi Yuan.
She had gone down into the lava, destroyed the Golden Locks, and come under suspicion. For Bunny Heroine, Yaoshi Yuan had risked her life at least three times. Sometimes, Yan Qing even felt that what they had done for Bunny Heroine had already far exceeded the value of the character herself.
"...The dignified Duke of Jin defected to the Zhou Kingdom. Wanted notices for me must be plastered all over the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains, so the risk of exposure is extremely high." Yaoshi Yuan asked, "Are you really willing to have your subordinates take this risk with me?"
"I am."
"Why? I'm actually not in much danger in the Zhou Kingdom anymore. Even Dragon-Locking Bodhisattva no longer suspects me. As long as I'm careful—"
"Because I need you."
Yaoshi Yuan looked up at Yan Qing, her eyes clouded with an indistinct mist.
"Your role in Thieves' Den is irreplaceable, even more so now that you have Dragon Snake Seven