While the two were having this conversation, another lizard-shaped beast was exterminated.
The lizardâs attack speed was extremely quick and the fireballs it spit out were no joke; They could even melt stones in an instant!
If Ning Xuemo had to deal with it on her own, she would not even be able to take one of its attacks.
However, she had this little ginseng spirit to help her. They co-operated without a hitch. She was in charge of dodging the attacks that came their way, while he was in charge of sending out attacks. In only two or three moves, that lizard went to meet its maker.
Ning Xuemo had not held much hope for walking out of the 9th mountain before. But now, her confidence received a large boost.
With this little guy by her side, it was like she was using game cheats! Battles were much more straightforward!
She had to think of a way to keep him by her side...
âLittle Jiu Zun, do you have any plans for the future?â
âDonât called me little!â âDoes this damn girl have to add this word?â
âFine, Jiu Zun, you arenât thinking of spending your whole life on this mountain right?â
âItâs unlikely.â Jiu Zun was extremely frank.
âThatâs good! It seems like this ginseng spirit wanted to explore the world.â
Oh right, he knew about affairs that happened in the world so it seemed like he frequently descended the mountain...
âJiu Zun, you saw me naked!â Out of nowhere Ning Xuemo shot out this sentence.
âThereâs nothing worth seeing.â Jiu Zun gave the answer he thought most appropriate.
Ning Xuemo resisted the urge to toss him off, but she continued to reason with him. âEven if you didnât see those parts, you still saw me naked! You know that, in this world, if a girlâs body was seen naked by others, it would be counted as losing their purityâŠâ
âYour point?â Jiu Zunâs dark blue eyes narrowed slightly, his voice containing a faint coldness.
âMy point is you have to take responsibility.â Ning Xuemo replied in a righteous tone.
âTake responsibility? You mean marrying you?â No emotions were discernable in Jiu Zunâs voice.
âNo need for that!â Ning Xuemo waved her finger. âIt took you this long just to grow to this age, by the time youâre an adult I reckon I would have died and completely decomposed by then. I canât wait that long!â
She went in such a large circle yet she didnât want him to marry her?
âShe didnât care about this?â
Something flashed in Jiu Zunâs eyes but he continued speaking normally. âWhat do you have in mind?â
âStay by my side while Iâm still in Tianshu Mountain. I can continue carrying you on my back.â Ning Xuemo stated her condition.
To her, carrying luggage that had a weight of 15 kg to 20 kg was childâs play.
This little fellow was so light that it did not tire her out in the least to carry him. Even if she carried him, she would have a great protective umbrella, it was worth it!
âBenzun agrees to protect you for a day and only a day!â Jiu Zun spoke in an indisputable tone.
That was his bottom line. He had already made quite a few exceptions for her.
âTsk! Tsk! the little guy is really quite arrogant.â She had only called him âJiu Zunâ a few times and he started using âbenzunâ...
âFine then, a day is still a day.â It was enough for her to get all the way to the 6th mountain.
From there, she could rely on her own abilities to go through the few other peaks.
Both of them had already reached the peak of the mountain. The sun already reached its apex in the sky.
That one day of protection had just begun, she still had plenty of time.
âFine, one day then. Itâs one whole day, 24 whole hours. You canât leave me until this time tomorrow.â
Jiu Zunâs brows furrowed slightly. âOnly for the daytime.â He still had other things to do at night and wouldnât be able to accompany her then.
âHey, one daytime is only half a day!â
âOne daytime.â Jiu Zun was too lazy to negotiate with her.
âForget it!â Ning Xuemo also knew that although this fellow was small, he stubbornly abided by his words. Since he had already made up his mind, it would not be easy to get him to change his decision.
If she ran a bit faster, she would probably be able to make it in half a day...
In the time it took to have this conversation, they had finally reached the mountain peak.
The area on the peak was not extremely large. Bypassing a large stone, Ning Xuemo saw a different scene.
And then⊠her expression became like this?!
[1] Zun (?) means honour/respect. Ben (?) in this context means âthisâ and is usually attached in front of other characters to form a way for respected personages to call themselves. Like a prince or king would use benwang (??), the empress could use bengong (??). Hence, benzun means âthis honoured personâ.
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