The sage was determined to die.

Although the tall man didn't understand, he still nodded blankly, his face showing gratitude. He bowed to Ji Bai and then got up to leave.

After watching the tall man leave, Ji Bai nodded, but for a moment he seemed lost in thought.

He certainly didn't make this claim out of thin air or casually put forward this idea.

The number of threads visible only to him was constantly increasing. He knew that secrets, once told to a second person, would quickly become worthless gossip.

What he didn't expect was that he wouldn't need to spread the word himself. As the message was released and more and more people tried it, the number of relationships he could control would increase.

Ji Bai couldn't help but think that if this were a tug-of-war, with both sides giving their all to win the flag hanging in the middle, he would be surrounded by people behind him, while his opponent would be all alone.

Thinking of this, Ji Bai couldn't help but frown slightly. He naturally had no intention of showing leniency towards his opponent, but he also had no intention of underestimating him.

Underestimating the other side is undoubtedly a strategic folly.

Would that person really be that foolish? Or did she already have other plans and intentions?

Ji Bai sighed, feeling a real pain in his head.

……

"Even when you do nothing, there will always be people who think you have ulterior motives."

The girl stared intently at Ji Ying, her gaze fixed on the masked face, and suddenly uttered those words.

The other person seemed surprised by her response and smiled, "So, you didn't do anything?"

"No," the girl denied readily. "It was just something I felt compelled to say."

The other party nodded lightly and slowly hummed in agreement.

As if she could read his mind, the girl asked directly, "What, you're not wondering why we didn't fight, are you?"

"That's true to some extent," Ji Ying asked, following her words. "I was worried that you two would both suffer heavy losses."

"So that I can make your wedding dress?"

The girl glanced at him and sneered, "He has no friends, and I have no real allies. Since we don't trust anyone, there's no need to hurt ourselves first, lest we be targeted by others later."

"Oh, it seems you've been in a really bad mood lately."

Ji Ying glanced at the other person's hands without showing any emotion. The other person's hands were clean and tidy, without a single small wound.

It's too clean.

It's like new leather replacing old leather.

For some reason, this sentence suddenly popped into Ji Ying's mind, but he concealed this thought without revealing any of his hidden emotions.

Seeing that the other party didn't react much, the girl naturally didn't want to make a fool of herself, and instead got back to the point: "Was that old turtle dealt with?"

"That thing."

Ji Ying deliberately spoke at a high speed, as if she wanted to roll the words over the tip of her tongue.

"He's really tough," Ji Ying shrugged and said. "He's thick-skinned and tough; my hand hurts a bit from frying him."

Seeing that the matter had been resolved, the girl nodded without finding fault or making sarcastic remarks.

Only then did Shuangshuang turn her gaze to the scene before them. In front of them lay a huge pile of rocks, or rather, a heap of dead animal carcasses...