Given Jing Jiu's temperament, he should have nodded at this point, or grunted an assent. At most, he would have said "yes," without adding that "indeed" afterward.
That extra "indeed" lent it other implications, something like: whatever you like, anything goes, do what you want. See that red sun? Interested?
Of course, he was also very interested in wiping out the Profound Yin Sect.
That year, he had told Gu Qing that he needed to find time to kill Wang Xiaoming.
A few days earlier, Liu Ci had also said that on the way back from White City, they could see about killing Wang Xiaoming.
Something both he and Liu Ci wanted to do naturally deserved doing.
Sitting on Liu Ci's shoulder and listening to their conversation, Qing'er was very surprised.
She knew this old immortal was an extraordinary man, and the strongest person she had ever seen, but... that was the Profound Yin Sect!
Even if the Profound Yin Sect no longer enjoyed its former prestige, it still had countless experts. More troublesome still was its Mountain Gate Formation, built around the Blazing Sun Banner. How could the two of them wipe it out?
Hearing her questions, Liu Ci said, "Never mind all that. Let's go give them a sword strike first."
"Yes, indeed," Jing Jiu said.
Universe Edge flew through the morning light. Though the sky was warm and red, it remained as solitary and cold as ever.
A short distance south of Yunmeng Mountain, it entered Yu Commandery, then turned northwest, becoming a swift streak of sword light. After flying for a long time, it finally reached Juye City.
Continuing beyond Juye City would bring them into Cold Mountain's territory. In the distance, they could already make out the faint outlines of Snow Mountain.
Naturally,