Chapter 37 Negotiating Terms (2/2)

Yue did not expect him to give her anything specific and had casually mentioned something.

”I can give you a very good reward, but I have a condition.” Wu Lingyu continued smiling and said.

”What condition?” Sima You Yue furrowed her brows, this guy actually wanted to discuss terms and conditions with her!

”You have to accompany me for a period of time.” He said. ”After that, I will generously reward you.”

”Why?” Sima You Yue was completely stumped at his request.

”Before I completely recover, I can't leave here.” He answered in a straightforward manner.

”Do you know where we are?” She asked.

”The Pu Luo Mountain Range to the south of Dong Chen Kingdom, thousands of miles away from the capital.” He replied.

Sure enough, they were really at the Pu Luo Mountain Range. That blasted teleportation array actually brought her to such a desolated place! Sima You Yue grumbled in her heart.

”But I need to go back, I've been away for too long, my Grandfather must be very worried about me.” Sima You Yue sounded distant for a bit.

”If that's the case, I can't give you any reward.” Wu Lingyu casually looked at her. ”I actually wanted to give you a medicinal pill that could promote the ranks, an advancement elixir. Well, we'll forget about it then.”

”Advancement elixir?”

”I know that General Sima have been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time and I happen to have with me two advancement elixirs and thought that if you were to accompany me for a period of time, I will give them to you as a reward. But…”

”I'll stay with you.” She replied almost immediately. ”However, you better not be lying to me or else…Do not take me lightly, just to let you know that I have the means to save you but also the means to kill you.”

Wu Lingyu's mouth curved up slightly. This bratty girl's tone wasn't not very small, doesn't seem like the legendary waste that everyone had made her out to be! Thinking back on her reputation as a waste, he asked, ”This place is filled with Spirit Beasts, how did you get here?”

”The Academy's teleportation array sent me here. Hmm, those light pearls you have there are very good! They are really bright, come on, take out a few more out.”

Afterwhich, she turned around and went out.

”Where are you going?”

”To prepare dinner.”

Sima You Yue left the cave as a guise, she didn't want him to know that she had her own space that was akin to a world. Interspatial rings could only contain items and not anything that had a breath of life.

”Master, why are you getting a waste to protect you?” Fire Qilin couldn't help but ask in the contract space. ”Now that you're awake, I can just send you back to the Sacred Palace and let you recuperate.”

”We're not returning to the Sacred Palace for now, since we've come all the way here, how can we leave without finding anything conclusive?”

”But still… it doesn't make any sense to have a waste protect you?” Fire Qilin was befuddled and asked in anguish.

”Doesn't it make you curious? To what her secret is? A waste surviving alone on the dangerous and desolate Pu Luo Mountain Range without a single shred of worry or fear. While we were in the Capital that time, we received news that she had been missing for two months, which means to say that she's been surviving out here for more than two months on her own. Doesn't it make you want to know how she's been surviving up till now?”

”Now that you've mentioned it, it really does make me curious.” Fire Qilin said. ”But it's not like your usual self, you are practically cold blooded, since when did you take any interest in someone else's matter?”

”What cold blood are you muttering about?” Wu Lingyu expressed his dissatisfaction with the Fire Qilin's own evaluation of himself. ”No matter what, I am the Sage Pavilion's Holy son and representing our Sacred Entity to the world and sharing the glory of our…”

Fire Qilin stopped him short and scoffed: ”That is the personage you project in front of other people, don't mix your real self with that fake mask.”

”Oh well, it's about the same anyway.” Wu Lingyu muttered as he lay down. ”Sima You Yue, you've sparked my curiosity…hmmm…”