"So I want to ask you to send this little girl back to her hometown after I die."
Qi Zhou proposed a condition that greatly surprised everyone.
Yunyan immediately frowned and said:
"That's all?"
Qi Zhou chuckled and gently patted the girl in his arms on the back.
"The little girl's home is in Yangliugou."
At the mention of Yangliugou, Yunyan's expression changed at once, and he said coldly:
"Qi Zhou, are you making fools of us?"
Several years earlier, Yangliugou had already been occupied by demonic beasts. Now it had even become the entrance to the Third Demon Abyss.
Although Buddha-Slaying Town was only a few dozen li from Yangliugou, the benefits of obtaining the Yellow Millet Immortal Mansions Ruins Map could in no way offset the dangers along that road.
Seemingly worried that Yun Jiang would agree to Qi Zhou's request, Yun Ling also urged her anxiously:
"Eldest Senior Sister, the Yellow Millet Immortal Mansions Ruins Map is certainly precious, but throwing our lives away for it would be far from worthwhile!"
Yun Jiang did not respond. Instead, she quietly watched Qi Zhou atop Corpse Mountain, remaining silent.
With Yun Jiang's sword qi helping suppress the demon seed's power, the pressure on Qi Zhou had eased considerably compared to before.
He gently lowered the girl in his arms, laying her flat on Corpse Mountain. Then he placed the jade pendant in his hand into her palm and closed his own hand around hers along with the jade bracelet.
Only after doing all this did Qi Zhou turn to Yun Jiang and say hoarsely:
"Only after meeting this little girl did I realize that, evil as I am, compared to the Nine Abysses demonic beasts, I am like a firefly before the bright moon."
"My willingness to save this