"What are you..."
Zhang Yuan was surprised.
Xie Changye declared righteously, "We are all cultivators of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm. Isn't helping one another only natural? Say no more, fellow Daoist. Let us weather this crisis together first!"
"Yes, yes!"
"Ah! Fellow Daoist Xie makes an excellent point!"
"Exactly right!"
Qin Tianyi mingled among them, echoing their sentiments against his conscience, deeply reluctant.
He had been about to seize the opportunity to leave, but Xie Changye had proposed helping Zhang Yuan. On second thought, if Xie Changye and the others all came to help while he, with five million years of friendship behind him, ran away...
When he encountered Demon Fiend Zhang again, Zhang Yuan would surely settle the score with him. Even five million years of friendship would do him no good then, so he stayed.
Zhang Yuan was deeply moved by their words and began calculating how to use Xie Changye, Wu Liang, and the others as meat shields so he could find an opportunity to flee.
All cultivators of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm, helping one another as a matter of course? For Xie Changye to say that to me, does he think I'm some cultivator from Eastern Heaven or Southern Heaven who hasn't developed a brain yet?
"Good! Your noble character is truly admirable, fellow Daoist! If we advance hand in hand, we can surely suppress and slay this evil fiend!"
Zhang Yuan nodded solemnly, pointing his sword at the [Sin-Absolving Bodhisattva Statue], which gleamed with golden Buddha light.
Xie Changye nearly failed to keep a straight face. Zhang Yuan really has some thick skin. Still, he nodded and said, "Good!"
"Everyone, attack! Suppress this evil fiend!"
After their brief exchange, Zhang Yuan, Xie Changye, and the others reached an understanding and began jointly attacking