Seven Emotions Gorge
"All right, you don't need to put on an act for me. You're just worried and want to refine the Seven Emotions Life-Command Pill ahead of time." Yan Ji looked at Lu Xiaotian with disdain. It was understandable that he didn't trust her, but his self-satisfied act of playing dumb still made her dislike him.
"Senior truly has an eye like a torch. I'm only worried that the poison of the Seven Emotions Soul-Devouring Thorn might get out of hand. If we clash with that Emperor Soaring Demon Roc, there won't be enough time afterward to refine the pill." Lu Xiaotian put on a deferential smile. He wasn't embarrassed in the least that Yan Ji had seen through him. After all, what he said was true. He was already helping her solve a problem, while the benefits she had promised him were still nowhere to be seen. He had to look out for himself.
"You're already here. What good would it do for me to say anything else? Do as you please." Yan Ji gave a soft snort. Ever since she had met this young man, even after planting the bat seed inside him, Lu Xiaotian had never shown her the same awe as her other pawns. She knew he was a man of strong convictions, and that his plans could not be easily dissuaded.
Lu Xiaotian gave a dry chuckle at her words. That was for the best. He wasn't about to abandon his plans over a few words from Yan Ji. Since the Emperor Soaring Demon Roc's clone posed such a great threat to Yan Ji in her current state, he had no reason to fear her, even though her former cultivation had been far beyond anything he could aspire to. After all, she had