Wary of Fang Qianyuan's status and strength, Gushe Qingyao ultimately said nothing more, but her expression showed that she still bore a grudge over what had happened.
The more she thought about it, the worse she felt. Suddenly, she said, "Would you really refuse to save someone simply because they're neither kin nor friend? As an elder of a Righteous Path sect, how can you be so heartless?"
Fang Qianyuan was watching Little White when the unexpected question caught him off guard. He paused in surprise. "What?"
"I asked whether you really are that cold and heartless," Gushe Qingyao demanded.
Anyone who saw her puffed-up, angry expression and heard her words might have thought Fang Qianyuan had done her some personal wrong.
Fang Qianyuan laughed despite himself. "And if I am? What if I'm not?"
"People like you are utterly despicable!" Disgust crossed Gushe Qingyao's face. She tossed out those cold words, turned, and walked away.
Fang Qianyuan could not help looking stunned.
As far as he was concerned, he had come to travel, deepen his understanding, and investigate the mastermind behind the scenes along the way-not to serve as anyone else's escort and protector.
Besides, saving people looked easy but was difficult in practice.
Leaving aside the fact that Gushe Qingyao herself had accomplished nothing, even his intervention at the final moment-gravely wounding the Crimson Flame Thousand-Legged Dragon with one strike, then killing him-had placed immense demands on his control and mastery of Black Moon. The slightest lapse could have burned jade and common stone alike, killing both the enemy and everyone from the Baili Household.
Had that happened, Gushe Qingyao would not have stopped at calling him despicable. Given her temperament, she might well have turned against him and attacked on the spot!
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