Seeing that Xie Jingxin had no experience to offer and was rather difficult to communicate with, Zhang Yuan asked his questions, gave her a perfunctory compliment, and stopped talking to her.
Alas!
Another useless one.
Why does everyone I meet know nothing but fighting? They don't have to be brilliant, but couldn't they at least have a tenth of Old Ghost Jiguang's cunning...
No, Old Ghost Jiguang was far too devious. Xie Jingxin is fine the way she is. She might be a little useless in the brains department, a real dimwit, but at least she won't scheme against me, right?
Besides, she's still willing to listen to me after coming to the Demon King Palace. That's already pretty good. People need to learn to be content instead of demanding this and that.
Zhang Yuan sighed inwardly, briefly indulging the greedy nature of a Celestial Person from the Dust-Dyed Realm before consoling himself at length. Xie Jingxin was no dead weight; on the contrary, she could prove extremely useful in the future.
With those thoughts in mind.
Only after the Hundred-Eyed Ghost Deity carrying the lamp had gone far away, walking toward the center of heaven and earth and gradually vanishing from sight, did Zhang Yuan and Xie Jingxin dare get up. The two had been lying motionless on the ground, stiff for a long time.
"That Hundred-Eyed Ghost Deity came from the east. The east might not be safe. Let's head north and find somewhere to stay."
Zhang Yuan spoke after a little thought.
The Hundred-Eyed Ghost Deity had come from the east carrying its lamp, so there might be other ghost deities of the Demon King Palace there. It was not a good destination. Heading west would take them to the [Yin Net Tranquil-Illumination Palace], which was no