Lin Yi's smile instantly froze.
Here it comes. This is the important part.
After all that beating around the bush, she was still coming for me.
She only wanted to go to Sunset Forest to kill a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?
Those two behind her could settle it with a casual move. Did she really need a level-fifty-one Auxiliary Soul Master like me?
This wasn't revenge. She wanted to lure me out so it would be easier to talk and get things done.
But with things like this, with her two Titled Douluo standing here, if I refused, I'd be disrespecting Spirit Hall. If she made an issue of it afterward, it would be even more troublesome.
Forget it. I'd just play along and see what medicine she was selling in that gourd.
With that thought, he put on a sorrowful expression again. "Since the Saintess has asked, if I refuse, it would make me seem like I don't value my old friendship with Brother Qinghe."
He turned to Ning Rongrong behind him and lowered his voice. "Go back to your room first. If Junior Uncle and the others return, tell them I went out with the Saintess and will be back later. Tell them not to worry."
Ning Rongrong had barely spoken since Qian Renxue appeared. At those words, her brows immediately furrowed. "You're really going?"
"It won't hurt to make the trip." Lin Yi smiled at her and said quietly, "Do you think I can refuse when she brought two Titled Douluo with her?"
Ning Rongrong glanced at him, then at She Long and Ci Xue nearby, and merely hummed in acknowledgment.
Only then did Lin Yi turn around and walk to Qian Renxue's side. "Let's go."
Qian Renxue politely nodded at Ning Rongrong before leading She Long and