When Jiang Liu looked at Tong Chuchu with that kind of gaze, even though she believed her state of mind had already been cultivated to a level as still as an ancient well, she still found it somewhat unbearable.
"Just now, I thought Young Hero Jiang would respond to the Long Wave Sword God's call and head out together to exterminate the sea beasts."
"That was why I didn't specifically explain this to you."
Tong Chuchu forced herself to explain why she had not mentioned this news earlier.
But the way Jiang Liu looked at her seemed to say, Keep making things up. I'll just pretend I really believe you.
In truth, the reason Tong Chuchu had not told him directly was merely that she wanted Jiang Liu to take the initiative and attack the merchants' Control Guards during this purge of the sea beasts.
That way, Jiang Liu would not only come into direct conflict with the merchants.
He would also be exposed to the merchants.
Only then would those merchants temporarily shift their target from the Soaring Sky Commerce Guild to Jiang Liu.
However, she had not expected that Jiang Liu seemed to have no interest in going to exterminate the sea beasts.
This left her completely at a loss, and she could not figure it out.
Earlier, she had thought that Jiang Liu had been raised by some great power secluded on an overseas island.
If so, his attitude toward the sea beasts should surely have been that he wished he could wipe them all out.
After all, ever since Red Radiance had broken through to the Third-Tier Divine Realm, the damage it had caused those island powers had been far from insignificant.
But now, it seemed that was not the case.
Could it be that Jiang