"You came just in time. No harm done."
Zhang Yuan waved a hand as he spoke.
In truth, had Bai Fu not come, the Bone-Listening King and the other Mountain Patrol Envoys would already have been reduced to ash.
Still, this worked out well enough. The Bone-Listening King was, at most, at the outer dao golden core realm and was not worth using a Supreme Treasure on. By driving him back with her sword, Bai Fu had saved Zhang Yuan a trump card.
Bai Fu dipped her chin, looking at Zhang Yuan as though she wanted to say something. But seeing Wei Jianxing and the other four still nearby, she changed her words:
"Master, White Tree City is not far from here. Please come there to rest your feet."
Zhang Yuan had no objection. He nodded, then added a reminder:
"All right. Also, I restored your freedom. You are not my servant, so there is no need to call me master. If you truly cannot think of anything else, just call me young master as you did before."
Bai Fu nodded. "Yes, young master. Whenever we are out in public from now on, I will address you as young master."
Out in public? What about in private, then?
Zhang Yuan caught the issue in her wording. After pondering it for a moment, he decided not to pursue it and turned to introduce her to Wei Jianxing and the others:
"This is Bai Fu. She can be considered a friend of mine."
Wei Jianxing and the others nodded stiffly.
Really just a friend?
Since when did ordinary friends address each other as master and servant? Wasn't this taking things a little too far?
Sure enough, this fellow was no respectable Daoist.
Wei Jianxing and the others silently entertained these thoughts, wisely