Listening to Ye Han, the Second Elder looked at him in bewilderment and said, "Listen to you, brat. You make being hunted down sound like something to be proud of!"
After a pause, however, the Second Elder said sincerely, "You escaped from Red Dragon Girl and even injured her. Clearly, your cultivation and divine abilities are far beyond what this old man-what I imagined."
Then the Second Elder glared at Ye Han again. "Stop keeping me in suspense, brat. Whatever merits you've earned, whatever you want to do, from now on, you're staying put in Skywater City and helping me hold the defensive line! Otherwise, I won't even have time to heal!"
Honestly, if Ye Han had not been the true disciple personally selected by Elder Liu, and if he had not saved Skyward City shortly after arriving, why would a late Golden Core stage cultivator like the Second Elder have treated him so courteously?
It was easy to imagine that once word spread through the Cultivation World that Ye Han had escaped from Red Dragon Girl, the strongest of the Blackwater Three Demons, and even wounded her, his reputation would soar still higher...
But that also made the Second Elder's burden heavier. After this, that demoness Red Dragon Girl would never let Ye Han off. He knew all too well how terrifying she was...
That was why he had said this. Keeping Ye Han within his watch would naturally put his mind much more at ease...
Yet Ye Han said, "Second Elder! Don't worry. Red Dragon Girl and the Black Water Sect won't be able to attack us again!"
Seeing the Second Elder's expression darken as he prepared to lecture him again, Ye Han stopped holding back and immediately said, "Second Elder, hear me out. Red Dragon Girl hunted