Chapter 4677 — I Don't Want to Go Anymore
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Huo Yudie halted, and with what seemed utter sincerity nodded to them all. "This is your destiny and your good fortune; I have not the blessing for it. Without the strength for it, one should not indulge in vain hopes—this much self-awareness I still possess."
"Hmph, coward!" Yao Jiali's expression changed at once. The other's words were plainly a veiled jab at her; Huo Yudie's strength was no less than her own, only greater—this was a roundabout way of calling her one who indulged in vain hopes!
"It's all right, I'll protect you. Don't worry, I absolutely won't let you come to any harm!" Ren Zhongyuan hurried forward, thumping his chest in pledge.
Wei Zhao cast him a wry glance. The fellow was a bedraggled sight himself, the blood on his face not even wiped away, and yet he had the gall to thump his chest like that—truly, one did not know what to say...
"There's truly no need. It's far too dangerous here. A single false-man vine was already so hard to deal with, and nearly wiped us all out—and that was only the beginning. I won't take such a risk, so there's no use trying to persuade me further." Huo Yudie's tone was firm.
Ren Zhongyuan was still unwilling and wanted to press a few more words on her, but Yao Jiali cut in first: "Well, then. Since Senior Sister Huo is so afraid of dying, we can hardly force her against her will. Let us part ways here, and may we meet again."
Her reason for specially inviting Huo Yudie to join them in the first place had never been any sort of goodwill—it was purely out of fear that this little chit and Wei Zhao might sneak ahead of them and find the Everlasting Root before they did!
And now, judging by the map and the actual conditions, there was only one route. As long as Huo Yudie did not go forward with them, she would have no chance at all of finding the Everlasting Root!
Since the outcome was already settled, what was there left to worry about? Given the deadly, water-and-fire enmity between her and Huo Yudie, would she ever fret that the other might fail to get the Everlasting Root and thus be unable to claim a share of it?
All along, though Yao Jiali and Huo Yudie were known together as the Twin Beauties of Chenjiao, in truth she had always been a notch below the other—because her grandfather's real power did not match Liu Ziqi's, because her own strength was not the equal of the other's, and even in looks, the thing a woman cares about most, she was a grade inferior!
A woman who pressed her down in every single respect—she not only loathed her utterly, she even wished her dead; if curses had any power, Huo Yudie would long since have been cursed by her into eternal perdition.
And this time it was not only Huo Yudie alone, but Wei Zhao as well, that useless encumbrance dragged along to make up the numbers. Given the brat's status as Shangguan Tianxia's personal disciple, he could not be killed—and what if he proved so blind as to want a share of the spoils as well? Though that was pure delusion, it was still a nuisance that had to be faced.
Now that Huo Yudie was volunteering to withdraw, this Wei Zhao naturally could not stay either! Even if he wanted to, the group would certainly kick him out. Two claimants to the spoils gone in one stroke—for Yao Jiali and the others, this was nothing short of a godsend; she wished the pair would roll as far away as possible!
Ren Zhongyuan looked at Yao Jiali, then at Huo Yudie, who had already turned to leave, and still wanted to try to salvage the situation. After all, this Western Isle trial was a rare chance to spend time together—once this village was passed, who knew whether such a shop would ever be found again.
"A melon forced off the vine is not sweet. Since Junior Sister Yudie does not wish to go, then let us not press her," Yi Xiaotian spoke up before Ren Zhongyuan could think of what to say.