The sage was determined to die.

Ji Ying was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "Are you making a promise to me?"

"What?"

He smiled slowly and said, "Promise me you won't kill me."

The girl rolled her eyes and retorted, "Why would I kill you? I finally found a partner, what good would it do me to do something so thankless and exhausting?"

"I was overthinking it."

Ji Ying touched the tip of her nose and said, "Here, it's common to be two-faced and betrayed. One second you're like brothers, the next you'll stab you in the back."

The girl paused, a hint of regret in her voice, and said, "I never knew you could do that. I've learned it."

Ji Ying: "..."

As if suddenly remembering something, she added, "Of course, if you betray me, I will fight back. No matter how high the price of killing you is, it doesn't mean I won't do it."

"If you say that," Ji Ying smiled, "I feel much more at ease."

……

Ji Bai wrapped Wang Zhixuan's head tightly, and seeing that the other party could not see at all, he then said, "It's more convenient this way. Why didn't I think of that before?"

Yan Ming, standing to the side, also seemed to realize something. Looking at Ji Bai's crude methods, he was still somewhat worried: "Won't you suffocate him like this?"

With swift and decisive movements, Ji Bai cut off the fabric covering the lower half of the other person's face, allowing them to breathe freely.

Wang Zhixuan was surrounded by darkness and felt a sense of panic. He said, "Actually, there's no need for this. I won't harm the person who saved my life."

Hearing this, Ji Bai was surprised and asked, "Are you really crazy?"

other side:"……"

Ji Bai smiled slightly and said, "If you can't even do deceitful, two-faced, fawning on the powerful and bullying the weak, saying one thing to someone's face and another behind their back, then you're even in this world?"

He gently tapped the other person's chest with his hand, using very light pressure, to ensure that the person's heartbeat was normal and that there was no immediate risk of death.

"Looks like my technique is pretty good."

Ji Bai touched his face and said, "Now I'm finally free."

Yan Ming looked at the immobile Wang Zhixuan and made lewd gestures next to Ji Bai, raising his hand to make a chop to the neck.

He lowered his voice and whispered, "Since he's no longer of any use to us, should we... throw him away?"

Ji Bai glanced at him sideways and said, "Why are you so unkind?"

He looked completely serious, as if he had no ulterior motives whatsoever.

"Did we get anything from this kid?"

Yan Ming shook his head, inwardly complaining, "It's because you misjudged the person."

"Right?" Ji Bai looked heartbroken and remorseful.

"We've invested so much sunk cost in him, even giving him precious water, and now we've gotten nothing in return. If you were in his shoes, would you be content with that?"

Although he didn't know what was so precious about the water drawn from the river, Yan Ming did nod.

Putting everything else aside, Ji Bai's words do have some merit.

"Right?"

Ji Bai rubbed his chin, looking thoughtful, and said to Yan Ming, "I have a feeling that this kid is hiding something."

"One of my biggest hobbies is to get more gold coins from other people."

Thinking about his good habits, Ji Bai couldn't help but sigh.