"Ah? Who?"
Ji Jue blinked, taking a long moment to realize who she meant. He immediately patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, I keep my word. There's nothing I can do if he loses an arm or a leg, but as long as the money arrives, I definitely won't kill the hostage!"
"There's no need to be nervous. Whatever happens during Rift World exploration, if it truly comes time to take ruthless action, there's no need to hesitate. He's just some young master. Whether he lives or dies doesn't matter. I'm merely reminding you that corpses can be quite useful too. Don't waste them."
Professor Ye shook her head with a sigh. "Compared to that, it's your talent for kidnapping, extortion, and scraping the ground clean that has truly made me, your teacher, see you in a new light. The Path of Embers has held you back somewhat."
It wasn't that she was dissatisfied with Ji Jue. Back in the day, whenever something happened, Ye Xian had been far more efficient than Ji Jue when she acted, and she was ruthless with few words.
If someone truly failed to recognize their place and offended her, there were rarely even opportunities left to preserve an intact corpse and throw it into the furnace to extract a Blessing.
Besides, hadn't she been the one who instructed him to give Kong Qingyan several hard slaps?
It was just that Ji Jue's style was far too bizarre. Every step he took lay beyond her expectations.
He had gone out once, and upon coming back, he had a matrix, Blessings, and had practically moved Mercury's entire collection home. Had he gone out to explore and excavate, or to blast and demolish buildings?
Had he caught a Rift World Friday sale and ridden a tricycle