"Uncle, how will I protect myself for a month without you?" Ashen asked, acting innocent and weak in front of Shang Wu.
In Shang Wu's eyes, Ashen was only at the core-formation realm.
He was too weak to protect himself for a month from his perspective.
Moreover, Shang Wu wasn't a fool. He knew that assassins from the other princes would come for Ashen's life.
He needed to come up with a solution for this.
Ashen, on the other hand, knew this. He was just being greedy.
He wanted another emperor realm cultivator as his guard.
Since Shang Jiao had originally promised to him to choose two emperor realm guards, he couldn't bring himself to settle with only Shang Wu.
He knew Shang Wu wouldn't agree with him if he asked directly to keep another guard, and hence he posed this question to let Shang Wu suggest taking another emperor realm guard for a month to protect himself.
