Cheese recalled the scene in the water, his face slightly flushed, and replied softly, "It's alright..."
....
On the other side, the Jile Sect dispatched a sizable force to guard Li Yelai closely, wary of potential assassination attempts.
In fact, those Ye Boshou comrades had already been persuaded by Liu Yun and others to leave.
An assassination was impossible.
Yet, the Jile Sect remained very cautious, with two Sixth-sense Chaos Demon Generals, a City State Lord, and a 'Guardian God' of the state—a Sixth-sense Dragon Blood Giant Ape—four Sixth-sense experts in total, personally escorting Li Yelai to the nearest city state.
And in the city state, they hosted a reception for Li Yelai to wash away the travel dust.
Li Yelai naturally wouldn't refuse, but he also noticed that the two Demon Generals, upon seeing him, showed joy but soon appeared uneasy, which then transformed into an expression of fervent joy.
Li Yelai knew why they behaved this way.
