"Hmph! You certainly have plenty of demands!" Tianyuan snorted at those words and asked in a low voice, "What is it?"
"I hope that when you go to the Herb Garden, fellow Daoist, you can take me along!" the Four-Armed Salamander Beast said without the slightest hesitation. "My parents died for that Herb Garden. No matter what, I have to go there!"
"Oh? Did I ever say I was going to that Herb Garden?" Tianyuan asked, regarding the Four-Armed Salamander Beast with a half-smile.
At those words, not only did the Four-Armed Salamander Beast stare at Tianyuan in astonishment, but Li Xiaoya was also rather surprised. Given Tianyuan's personality and the allure of the Herb Garden, he should never have given up on going there... But on second thought, Tianyuan was so mysterious that he surely had something else in mind. Li Xiaoya therefore said nothing...
"Well... are you not interested in the Herb Garden, fellow Daoist?" The Four-Armed Salamander Beast hesitated before asking Tianyuan in surprise.
"I am!" Tianyuan replied in a low voice. Then he paused and changed tack, asking, "But how can you guarantee that what you said is true?" Indeed, the Four-Armed Salamander Beast's story sounded convincing, but demon beasts and cultivators had always been natural enemies. Who knew how many times they had schemed and deceived one another? Tianyuan's many years of cultivation experience were not merely for show. The Four-Armed Salamander Beast had spoken of his parents and all the rest, but might he not have said it all just to save his own life? Besides, how could that Herb Garden be so easy to reach?...
"Well... every word I said was true!" the Four-Armed Salamander Beast vowed solemnly.
"Oh! We can discuss that later!" Tianyuan changed the subject again, leaving the Four-Armed Salamander