Wang Yan stood obediently to one side without saying a word.
Compared with his Eldest Senior Brother and that peculiar donkey, he had always possessed a keen awareness of his own limitations.
An expedition across the Myriad Heavens?
With my meager strength, wouldn't I just be making trouble for Master?
Watching Gray Gray and Li Tiezhu act like a pair of shameless hard cases, Si Chen couldn't help chuckling.
He bent down and rubbed Gray Gray's head. "I'd like to take you too, but if you leave, who will watch over Undying Mountain?"
Gray Gray froze, its donkey ears twitching twice.
"Hee-haw?"
Si Chen deliberately made his tone more solemn. "Once Changsheng and the others leave with me, this vast Forgotten River, this vast Immortal Realm..."
"All of it will need someone absolutely trustworthy to hold the fort."
Looking into its donkey eyes, Si Chen said earnestly, "Other than you, I truly can't think of another donkey fit for the task."
Gray Gray's breathing instantly quickened.
No donkey but me is fit for the task?!
This vast Immortal Realm needs this donkey to keep it under control?!
The resentment in Gray Gray's eyes vanished in an instant. "Hee-haw!!!"
Rest assured, Master! If anyone dares cause trouble on Undying Mountain, this donkey will smash their skull with one kick!
Watching Gray Gray suddenly swell with martial pride, Xie Changsheng's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
You're fucking way too easy to coax, aren't you?
How did I never realize this before?!
No other donkey is fit for the task? There aren't any other donkeys besides you!
Si Chen shook his head, then turned his gaze to Li Tiezhu and Wang Yan.
"As for you two."
Si Chen spoke calmly. "You really cannot come this time."
Li Tiezhu's face instantly fell. Although Wang Yan didn't