Ji Busheng instinctively assumed that whoever was tailing him was probably after Feng Jun's bounty.
Who would have thought that the person behind him would chuckle. "You're quite alert, kid. But... is this how you repay someone who saved your life?"
"True Adept Guyue?" Ji Busheng withdrew his desperate fighting stance, but the Heavenly Heart Ruler still hovered above his head.
Then he cupped his hands and asked warily, "I have yet to thank you for your help, Senior. But in the dead of night, you quietly followed behind me. May I ask what you intend to do?"
"I don't care about gratitude. I merely acted on a whim." True Adept Guyue waved a hand, then asked in a deep voice, "May I ask, little friend Busheng, are you heading to Ten Directions Platform to hunt bounties?"
"That is correct," Ji Busheng answered seriously. "Senior, you heard it too. I need a divination to advance, and Tiantong's bounty will be announced soon. I'm afraid that if I arrive too late... there won't be any Golden Cores left to kill."
"You certainly know how to put it." True Adept Guyue laughed. "No Golden Cores left to kill... Is it because Ten Directions Platform embarrassed you?"
"That is naturally one of the reasons." Seeing that the other party understood, Ji Busheng did not hide it. "The guest elder I wanted to hire was bullied by bigger foes, and then ganged up on besides. Did they think I had no pride? So I might as well kill two birds with one stone."
As he spoke, he sized the other man up again. "Senior has shown me kindness, but I still wish to ask: what do you intend to do?"
"Ahem, ahem." True Adept Guyue coughed lightly twice. "A junior of mine has reached