"Senior Hong, everything has been gathered."
Ji Ruyan offered Ji Rukun no explanation. After gathering the evil cultivators' belongings, she reported to Liu Yu.
Since Senior Hong had promised to provide the resources she needed to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Realm, there was no harm in giving these possessions to her younger clansman. She would consider it repayment for the Ji Family's years of nurturing her.
Her birth parents were ordinary mortals. Only she knew the secret of her Jade-Passing Phoenix Marrow Physique; she had not told anyone in the Ji Family.
After learning about her physique and its effects on male cultivators from certain texts, Ji Ruyan had feared becoming a bargaining chip for the Ji Family's interests and had not dared reveal a word to anyone.
Yet today, threatened with death, she had still... to survive.
For a moment, Ji Ruyan's feelings were tangled and difficult to decipher. She even felt some resistance.
But with a Primordial Spirit Restriction already planted in her, what could she do? She could only hope that "Senior Hong" would keep his word and return her freedom after obtaining her Spirit-Communing Qi.
"In that case, let us go. Return to the Golden Star Market Ward with me."
Liu Yu nodded lightly and spoke without emotion.
He rather approved of her decision to give all the resources obtained from the evil cultivators to her companion. It showed that she remembered old bonds.
Though cold, heartless, and selfish himself, he disliked associating with cultivators who shared those traits. He preferred dealing with those who valued affection and loyalty; it made things much simpler.
Valuing family ties was a good thing. He could use that as an opening to draw closer to her and bring her under his control.
At that thought, Liu Yu smiled