Su Ru hadn't said those words only for her daughter's sake. Song Daren, standing nearby, also nodded, looking somewhat embarrassed and dejected.
Song Daren knew that Su Ru had asked them to do this partly to protect them, and partly because if they really encountered danger, they needed to leave quickly so they wouldn't hold back their master, Shiniang, and their junior brothers. It was the best they could do within their power.
Looks like I'll have to train even harder!
I should've gone down the mountain with them back then! In just a few short years, my junior brothers hadn't only caught up with me—they'd surpassed me by so much!
Among them, Xiaofan and Little Fatty were the best at moving around, but they couldn't count on the unreliable Little Fatty to lead the way. If they let him guide them, he might take Tian Buyi into the Dark River's maze.
Meanwhile, Zhang Xiaofan always stayed by Luo Yunji's side, as if afraid someone might bully him. He Dazhi thought it would be better for him, as their senior brother, to lead the way.
Since he couldn't compete with them in cultivation, he could at least find some sense of senior-brotherly importance in matters like this.
He Dazhi felt that being the senior brother of these two prodigies was truly miserable!
He Dazhi walked alongside Tian Buyi through the passage leading to the Dark River, giving him a detailed account of the area around it and the locations of several Monster Beast lairs.
Tian Buyi listened, feeling increasingly uneasy.
He felt that it was truly no small feat that these disciples of his had survived until now.
Other people—even the entire Azure Clouds Sect—had never encountered such strange and dangerous things! He really didn't know whether to praise his