"Follow me?"
Jiang Yan was taken aback by her words, but quickly recovered:
"Miss Xiao Qing, if you feel that you have no one to protect you in Demon Race territory and wish to remain by my side, that is naturally no problem."
"But I still suggest that you withdraw from this place and stay out of it. I am about to do something extremely dangerous, and that sword beside you cannot protect you. If my strength falls short, you will likely face an even more terrifying danger."
"Well? Give it some thought."
If it was only a matter of protecting Xiao Qing for a while, Jiang Yan naturally had no objection. After all, she was like a treasure trove, offering him all manner of wondrous opportunities.
Especially the Origin-Tracing Divine Talisman she had given him—it could practically allow Jiang Yan to summon the most powerful figure in this world at some critical moment.
Such an opportunity could be called heaven-defying, yet she had simply handed it over so casually. For that alone, he had to keep Xiao Qing safe.
But what he planned to do next was hunt down the Great Elder of the Swallowing Heaven Python Clan. Although Jiang Yan was fully confident, it was not the ten thousand ordinary outcomes one had to fear, but the one unforeseen exception. Something unexpected could always happen.
And Xiao Qing currently had limited means of protecting herself. If anything happened to her, he would certainly feel guilty. That was why he urged her to leave Demon Race territory if possible.
Only then would she truly be safe.
"No, no, Fellow Daoist Jiang. You have things to do, and so do I. I still haven't completed the tasks my lord entrusted to me. I cannot leave..."
Xiao Qing hurriedly waved her