"Get up. I promise you," Xiao Yan said helplessly. He himself was traveling the continent in search of a way to grow stronger, and he still had responsibilities to fulfill and many mysteries to unravel. Would bringing this girl along not be a burden? Just as Xiao Yan was about to refuse, the Golden Dragon King said to him, "Take her with you. You will definitely be grateful for this decision someday. To think that you could encounter something so rare here..." The rest was mumbled too indistinctly to make out, and only then did Xiao Yan agree.
"Benefactor, my name is Qing Yuan. May I know your honored name?" the girl called Qing Yuan asked Xiao Yan happily. Qing Yuan was not someone who would casually trust a stranger's pills or assistance. A hypocrite like that could be even more frightening; she had heard of such people back in the Mu Family. Yet what puzzled Qing Yuan was that ever since Xiao Yan had appeared, she had sensed an unprecedented warmth from him. It even seemed as if a voice in her heart had told her, Follow the person before you... That was why she had swallowed Xiao Yan's pill without hesitation and begged him to take her in.
"Qing Yuan, don't call me benefactor. It was only a small effort. My name is Xiao Yan." Trusting the Golden Dragon King, Xiao Yan did not stand on ceremony and directly told Qing Yuan his name. There should be no issue in this new continent anyway. Besides, from the Golden Dragon King's words and shock, Xiao Yan could tell that Qing Yuan, despite her young age, seemed far from ordinary.
"How could I do that? You saved my life, Benefactor. Qing Yuan will always remember it. Etiquette must not be