"Help? How would Your Highness like us to help? Does Your Highness also believe Shrek is duty-bound to help Heaven Soul?"
Jiang Yi raised an eyebrow and looked indifferently at Vina, who knelt before him.
Vina's situation was different from Xu Jiujiu's. Xu Jiujiu was his woman, and she alone held the reins of power at the Star Luo Empire's court.
Besides, he had heard Ling Luochеn's account of what happened on the road. Clearly, some members of the Heaven Soul Imperial Family had failed to grasp the situation.
They needed to be properly trained.
He had no intention of rushing in, red-faced with urgency, to work for someone for free, only for Heaven Soul to turn around and ask, "Why are you still here?"
"..."
Vina raised her head and looked at the great Pavilion Master Jiang before her. She wanted to speak, yet could not get a single word out.
She did not know how to begin.
They were not particularly close. Most of their connection came through Xu Jiujiu-and, of course, an as-yet-undelivered order from the Tang Sect.
Was she supposed to hold him hostage with morality?
That would undoubtedly be the stupidest choice. Shrek had nothing to fear from such tactics.
"What does the Pavilion Master want? So long as Shrek is willing to help, Heaven Soul is willing to demonstrate its sincerity."
Vina looked earnestly at Jiang Yi and shuffled closer. Whether deliberately or not, she rested both hands on his legs.
She pressed her lips together, determination in her eyes, and prepared herself to offer her body.
If Sister Jiujiu could do it, so could I! This is all for the empire. I can only say sorry to Ao Tian!
Yet Jiang Yi remained unmoved by Vina's hints. Instead, he regarded the princess with