Especially since the creature they faced was a relatively treacherous venomous beast like the Witch Toad.
Zhao Er knew of the Witch Toad. This variant beast was medium-sized, but extremely valuable.
Witch Toads liked to hide in the water on moonlit nights and launch sneak attacks. Their toxin was invisible and formless; supposedly, even if only a person's shadow touched it, they would become paralyzed, unable to resist at all.
Zhao Er was naturally interested in such a toxin. But here in the Clear Radiance Mountains, he could withstand the test of poison, yet dared not gamble on the human heart. That was why he would rather hunt alongside a variant beast like White Marten.
"Then I won't trouble you any further..."
Seeing Zhao Er refuse, Sun Yuanying stopped trying to persuade him. She turned, left the courtyard, and rode away.
Only after riding some distance did she find herself unable to resist looking back.
"If you won't cooperate, we'll see whether you can resist the temptation of the Yuchan Toad Toxin when the time comes."
Although they had yet to hunt down the Witch Toad, Sun Yuanying already considered it in the bag. With a Sinew Transformation expert leading the party and several martial artists assisting, they would be well prepared. No matter how treacherous the Witch Toad was, it would have absolutely no chance of escaping.
Her purpose in inviting Zhao Er was naturally to recruit him, though her methods were somewhat cleverer than Wang Ze's empty promises.
Zhao Er was so young, yet he could hunt venomous variant beasts alone in the Mountain Range. Leaving aside his talent for cultivating the Martial Path, his ability to come and go freely through the Mountain Range by himself was already enough to make him worth recruiting.
If he were