"On second thought, no."
Ye Li picked up his teacup again and said evenly:
"Thank you for the offer, but I have my own plans for this trip. There's no need to trouble yourselves."
"Find someone else."
The three of them were momentarily taken aback.
Lin Yue pressed her lips together, her brows drawing into a slight frown.
She truly had not exaggerated.
In a Yin-Yang Grand Competition fraught with danger, lone wolves were often the first to be eliminated by the major factions.
But looking into Ye Li's utterly unruffled black eyes, she swallowed the words of persuasion on the tip of her tongue.
"Since you've made up your mind, Senior, we won't insist."
Lin Yue cupped her hands, her expression impassive:
"May fortune favor you in battle, Senior."
With that, she turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
The towering man looked as though he had been granted a pardon. Clutching his enormous shield, he hurried after her with his neck tucked in.
Seeing this, Su Mu could only cup his hands helplessly toward Ye Li, then turn and take his leave with a sigh.
In a secluded corner at the edge of the Guest-Welcoming Island.
Several independent cultivators with formidable auras were gathered together. Seeing Su Mu and the other two return, one immediately stepped forward to ask:
"Well? Did that kid agree to join us?"
Su Mu shook his head with a wry smile. "He didn't. Said he had his own plans."
"You failed?"
The independent cultivator immediately frowned. "Isn't he an independent cultivator?"
Su Mu sighed. "He isn't, but his cultivation is high. He's at the peak of the Sea-Illuminating Realm, with all five laws perfected."
"Seriously?!"
Someone exclaimed in astonishment:
"All five laws perfected?! But he looks so young..."
"Just an old geezer