Ten Thousand Thorn Cave
"Just blocking him is nowhere near enough."
Yan Ji shook her head and paced slowly, her breathing somewhat unsteady. Lu Xiaotian keenly noticed that she seemed to be injured, though she had been suppressing the fluctuations in her aura in front of him. They had been together for so long, yet he had failed to notice anything amiss. Yan Ji was certainly good at keeping her pain to herself.
Clearly, Yan Ji was wary of Lu Xiaotian. In such a perilous situation, she didn't want him entertaining any other ideas. She might not necessarily be afraid of Lu Xiaotian attacking her, but if he truly joined forces with Emperor Xiao Demon Peng, it would do her no good at all. She could barely hold off Emperor Xiao Demon Peng as it was, let alone with Lu Xiaotian added to the mix, now that he could faintly contend with the demon's clone.
"Please rest assured, senior. Given your ties to the Esoteric Buddhist Sect, I won't join forces with Emperor Xiao Demon Peng to deal with you." Seeing the strange look on Yan Ji's face, Lu Xiaotian merely smiled calmly. Yan Ji had been probing him with her words, but hadn't he also been trying to learn as much as he could from her? Ordinarily, once Yan Ji had recognized him through the purple-green wooden fish, and he had confirmed that she no longer possessed much strength, Lu Xiaotian would have sealed her inside the Green Fruit Barrier, as was his usual practice.
But after Ying Langtian and the strand of Divine Sense belonging to the Scorpion had escaped through secret arts, Lu Xiaotian was no longer as certain as before that the Green Fruit Barrier was completely secure.
What was more, Yan Ji was no mere