Something bad? Apart from the Adventurers San San had marked, who were still watching them, there was nothing else nearby worth noting—wait, there was something. Ye Chuqi suddenly remembered why Xiaojiu had ended up deep in the forest, chased relentlessly by a High-Rank Magic Beast—
"Did you spot those Adventurers from before?"
Xiaojiu froze. He genuinely hadn't expected Ye Chuqi to be so perceptive. What did that mean? It meant she had taken everything about him to heart. For some reason, little bubbles of happiness were already rising inside him.
"Yes. They're not good people." He narrowed his eyes, his gaze growing fiercer.
But what worried him more now was whether those people would come looking for trouble if they discovered he was still alive. They might ask how he had escaped the Demon Beast's jaws, how he had survived the depths of the forest, or what he had obtained there—
Those people had no moral boundaries. They were certainly capable of doing that. They were also powerful, with unpredictable methods, and Xiaojiu knew he was no match for them. However formidable Ye Chuqi was, she couldn't handle that many people either.
He could bear whatever happened to him, but he didn't want to drag Ye Chuqi into it.
Ye Chuqi understood Xiaojiu's worries and pointed at the Imperial Capital Academy group ahead, who were eager to get home. "Don't be afraid. We have backing now." They had saved so many people from the Imperial Capital Academy that the teacher leading them owed them an enormous favor. Providing them with a little protection was only reasonable.
Those Adventurers had been acting with guilty consciences in the first place. They certainly wouldn't dare bring their underhanded deeds out into the open. With an Imperial Capital Academy teacher backing him, Xiaojiu would